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The San Francisco Call VfXLUME LXXX.-NO. a S3. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1896. pkFce five cents. UNCLE SAM-You'll Have to Watch That Chap Through Another Session. HART'S ROUTE CONFIRMED Aerial Lights Seen Flitting in San Fernando Valley. SIMILAR PHENOMENON SEEN IN ALAMEDA. Brief Review of the Remarkable Developments of the Past Week. J'SAGE REFLECTIONS MADE BY MAYOR DAVIE. S es No Cause for Surprise in the Cam That A?rial Navigatioa Is Possible. It i* now about ten days since the hrst report regarding the elusive and mysteri- ous aerial lights came from Sacramento. >;m:e then developments in reference to them have been rapid and sensational, but mystery still surrounds the object and the human agency that are said to be respon- sible for ther appearance. At this time tne history of the myth, phenomenon, airship or whatever it may prove to be, will be«r a brief review. Tnis is given that the readers of The Call may the more readily and intelligently gra«p the present situation. Incredulity, deep and general, greeted the first report which credited the lights to an aerial voyacer. Next it was an- nounced that George D. Collins, an at- torney of this City, was the legal repre- sentative ot the inventor ana manipulator of the wonder of the starlit sky. This honor Mr. Collins did not disavow, but wjis unconquerably obdurate when it came to a question of disclosing the name of hia c client, the location where the marvel was put together, or the place where it found exemption from the eyes of the curious. The knowledge that this interestingin- formation was lodged in irs legal custody = caused him to be besieged by newspaper reporters, speculators, invc-stoi*. cranks aEKi a horde of curiosity-seekers. Under 'th-e. pressure thus put upon his time and patience, be made numerous statements relative to the matter that was absorbine ; public attention and his connection there- with. Unfortunately these statement?, as pub- lished in the various newspapers, did not °lit?together quite as accurately as a scien- tificallyconstructed edifice should. Among otner things he allowed it to be inferred that a Dr. Fi. H. Benjamin had aided in the construction of the invention. Meanwhile reports continued to come to hand daily of strange and luminous visions. Men well and most favorably known in scientific, official, professional, business and educational circles claimed to l*ave seen these nocturnal visitations of moving lights at great altitudes. None, however, appear to have secured a clear vie.w of the body to which it was sup- posed these aerial lights were attached, though most observers of the phenom- enon stood ready to assert that they were guided in theircourse athwart the horizon by human power. Sacramento, Oakland and San Jose furnished the most frequent and startling descriptions of the mystery, I Suddenly came the news that ex-Attor- ney-General W. H. 11. Hart had been sub- stituted for M.r. Collins as the legal cus- todian of the secrets and destinies of the reputed airship. This was followed by the announcement, on the authority of General Hart, that the airship mystery was only incidental to a full-fledged and extraordinary filibuster- ing scheme for the capture or destruction of Havana, the stronghold of the Spanish authorities in Cuba, by the use of dyna- mite. He further informed the startled public that the aerial warship to be used in this enterprise wouiu be designed to carry half a tun of dynamite, in addition to its necessary appurtenances and crew. He also, over his own signature, averred that two airships were now in readiness to sail the ethereal blue, and that another, on modified and improved plans, was in course of construction. As soon as this last-mentioned crafl was completed and the crew made thoroughly acquainted with its handling it was to take flight, he said, to Havana, there to aid the Cubans in their struggle for independence. For his adv»cacy 6f the use of dynamite General Hart was taken to task by the Bulletin, which was tentatively abetted by tb°e Examiner. This attack elicited a spfrited and martial-toned rejoinder. The ftar in the public mind now is that the scene of war *^ay be transferred from the carnage-stained fields Oi Cuba to the un- offend co:unins of the local newspa- per*. Shortly after the name of Dr. E. H. Benjamin appeared in connection with the mystery of the air he disappeared from his lodgings at 633 Ellis street, where liy had l:ved lor two years, leaving noth- ing more than a carefuiiy locked trunk Vfehind. Yesterday morning he called, for his bag aire and then "flew the coop," as the detectives phrase it, leaving no trace aa to nis future movements, but on the con- trary taking precautions to cover his tracks. Saturday night r< , putable p eo p| e of A!a . meua aver that they caw' the floating lights, and an electrician states it bore all the characteristics of an eiectric light. Anderson, a town about ten miles soath of Redding, lays claim to the honor of a visit from the aerial nondescript on Satur- day niglit. Mayor Davis contributes some pertinent philosophical reflections to the literature of the topic of the day. Dispatches from Los Angeles last night state that the sirange lights have been seen in the neighborhood for the past few days. General Hart had something further to say yesterday on the use of dynamite in war. "In the event that an airship could be made to destroy a city," he said, "that in itself would firmly establish the peace of the civilized world. It would be realized that it would be no use to light against such means. The very fact thai such a thing could be done would bring about uni- versal peace. The result would b3 that the nations would resort to arbitration in all matters of international differences. It would no longer be a matter who has tne biggest cannon and who can shoot the farthest. There would be no use lor navies or fortilications, and thus would be brought about absolute peace." He also took occasion to explain that the 120- mile flight referred to in yester- day's Call was made with the larger air- ship. The smaller one, he added, is capa- ble of moving much more rapidly, By going with the atmospheric currents and using the electric power at the same time, he claimed, it can attain a speed of forty to lifty miles an hour. One point that has been noticed is that Attorney Hart intimated several days ago tUat the course of tue airship would be southerly and dispatches confirmatory of this were last night received from Los An- gles. OVER ALAMEDA. The Mysterious Lights Made Their Appearance on Saturday Night Last. Alameda had another spell of excite- ment over the airship on Saturaay night, when the mysterious light that has been puzzling residents of the towns about the bay made its appearance over the south- ern portion of the Enciual city.' Shonly after dark the family of a gen- tleman living at Versailles station, while observing the heavens from the southern windows of the house saw a big white light suddenly appear high in the air about over Bay Farm Island. It seemed to flare out in a second as though some- thing that had obscured it had suddenly been removed. Allwatched with breath- less interest while it rose, passing rapidly westward meanwhile to a greater height, where it seemed to pause for an instant. It then turned toward the south and pas?ed on in that direction. It appeared about the size of a man's head when first seen, but grew smaller and smaller until it passed out of eiyht. The time that elapsed between the first appearance and the disappearance was aboui twenty minutes, and all agreed that it seemed to urch from sidp to side aa it went southward. A gentleman visiting at the house, who hns had considerable to do with electric light power, and who saw the aerial mystery, is convinced that it could heve been nothing else than an electric light of great power. ANDERSON IN LINE. Her Citizens Claim to Have. Saen the Aerial Mystery In Its Flight. REDDING, Cal., Nov. 29.—Anderson, located about ten miles south of Redding, is either in line with other cities of the coast or else her citizens have the same "night owl" proclivities, for it is current talk that the aerial monster passed over Anderson last evening about 20 minutes past 8. Her citizens claim to have seen the stranger in its flight. It was first observed from the corner of East Center and Ferry streets by a re- putable citizen noticing a peculiar light in the westward. He called the attention of others to the seeming phenomenon, and quite a crowd collected. It was generally conceded that this must he the long- ta!Ked-of airship. Its course was south and west, and the lights ioon disappeared in the south. The light was large and brilliant and seemed to move in a steady course. AN ORAL REVERIE. Mayor Davie Says Some Pointed Things About a Current Topic of Interest OAKLAND, Cal., Nov. 29. Mayor Davie has seen a phase of human incon- sistency during the past week that has amused him. It is best told in his own words: "Whether there be an airship cruising nightly over this neighborhood," said his Honor to a little group of friends yester- day, "is only a secondary matter with me at this time. If there be not one now, I am convinced that the problem of aerial navigation will soon be solved. What is now interesting me is the peculiarities of some newspapers and some newspaper readers. '•Early Sunday, as you all know, we find on our doorsteps small libraries which are called daily newspapers. We look through them and find that a good portion of them Js occupied wit h the marvelous things that scientists perfect and prophesy. During the past few months this has been more the case than ever before. The newspapers publish all these things as facts, prof ess to believe them, and the majority of their renders accept them as truth. Being some- what of a scientist myself, I am led to be- lieve in many thing? that now appear im- probable. But I have a precedent for it. "Ayear ago if any one had told me that they could produce a ray of li-jht that would photograph my watch through a wooden box wouid I have boen called an ass for doubtin.' him? Yet I have seen this very thing done. Wo have all read of the progress of aeronautics, and yet when a thousand reputable citizens de- clare that they have seen some kind of a machine navigatirg the ssies, and believe their eyesight as proof that some one has done what the newspapers have told us for years is only a matter of time, most of those papers try to make us believe that they have been fooling us with their prob- abilities, and that their stories of scientific prophecies are all fool stories. "Several years ago there was an old in- ventor named Dr. Secring who lived in this city. One day I hear! a conversation between him and the late Walter Blair, who built the Piedmont cable road. Seer- ing told Blair not to think of putting his fortune into an expensive trench in the ground as in a short time electric-cars would be running all over Oakland. Blair laughed at the idea, put his trench in the ground and put his foitune into it, and electricity was substituted on his system after the road dad been sold by the Sheriff. Dr. Seering fell dead on the street here about two years aeo, but a few weeks be-, fore his death he told me that with nlumi-« num and electricity an airship would soon be a certainty. I don't say this as proof that there is a successful airship now in use, but I will say that ifI were to read in to-morrow's paper absolute proof that on« has been constructed, I should not be any more eurprised than Walter Blair was alter he saw bis mistake." SOUTH OF TEHACHAPI. The Aerial Wonder Appears to the People of San Fernando Valley. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 29.—The operator of the California airship seems to find the climatic conditions soutn of Tehachapi very favorable for the evolu- tions of his bird-like machine. Persons whose occupations keep them up late into the night relate experiences of having seen strange and peculiar lights during the past three nights moving about near the summit of the mountains or crossing the valleys at a rapid rate. These visitations have heretofore been witnessed by only a few persons, but to- night scores of residents of East Los An- geles saw the flittinglight in the direction of Pasadena moving along the foothills toward Santa Monica. A Call correspondent took great pains this evening to verify th« reports about the lights, and is now thoroughly satisfied that some very unusual spectacle was seen by a large number of persons, all of whom gave substantially the same description of what they saw, and there can no longer be any question but that some figure of huge outline and carrying a light has been seen, in the San Fernando Valley and along the foothills extending from the valley to Santa Monica. Motorman Millsap of the Downey avenue car line, which runs into East Los Angeles, gave the best description among the many interviewed. He is quite sura that what ne saw is an aerial machine operated by a human being. - Will Start on lull lime. ROCKVILLE, Conn., Nov. 29. —The Warren Woolen Mills at Stafford Springs will start on full time to-morrow. These mills employ about 300 bands. The Un- derwood Belting Company of Tollami is rushed with orders, owing to so many mills starting in various parts of the country. A number of the woolen mills in tins city recently increased their running time. The New Champagne Vintage. \ By its remarkable quality and dryriess, with- out being heavy, the solendid new vintage of G 11. Jlumin's Extra Dry now being imported is creating a sen.»;ttion. *It should be tasted to be i uli}' appreciated. ->• *- * -••••-- PERISH IN A BLAZING STRUCTURE. Luther Greenman, His Wife and Three Chil- dren Burned to Death on a New \u25a0 York Farm. ROCHESTER, N. V., Nov. 29 —A spe- cial to the Democrat aud Chronicle from Perry, N. V., says: A whole family per- ished in flame and smoke this morning in tlio tenement house of ill,' lrtr!ng Ti> son farm, situated about fcur ruilss north- east of the village, where resided the fam- ilyof Luther Greenman, consisting of hus- band, aged 40 years: Mrs. Greenman, aged | 37; Andy, aged 6; Lottie, aged 3, and Arthur, a baby 11 months ana a few days. The house was discovered in flames by Mr. Thompson at 6:45 a. m. He rushed for the building and burst open the front door but was driven back by the' fin roes, which seemed to be in possession of the whole interior. He then knocked opeji a room window and took hold of Mr. Green- man, who was burned so that the flesh came off in Thompson's hand, and it was all he could do to drag out the corpse. He was then compelled to flee from the house, the flames which came from the window almost burning him. The house was quickly destroyed. , Comner Matson arrived and the horri- bly charred remains of the family were .taken from the' smoldering ruins. An inquest will be held in the morning. The fire was undoubtedly the result of a defec- tive stovepipe. Greenman and his family were burned out two years ago, barely escaping with their lives. INTENSELY COLD WEATHER. Gnat Suffering in the Far North and an /ncreasa of the Death List Is Expected. ST. PAUL. Mix*.. Nov. 29.—The in- tensely cold weather which prevails in the storm-swept districts of the Northwest has brought on intense tunVrine, and the death list of four is expected 'to be in- creased unless milder weather sets in. Reports from the railways to-night mdi« cate that they are running nearly on time again. \u25a0 T?epor?«» eominz in from wmt of the Missouri say the losses to stock will not be great, as when the storm broke the beeves found fair shelter in the valleys. The weather, however, is very severe, tne temperature being below zero all over Minnesota and the Daketas. The thermometer registered 12 below zero at 12 o'clock to-night and is still rowing colder. NEW YORK, N. V., Nov. 29.— The first real snowstorm of the season in this city made itself felt to-day. The promised cold wave was also on hand, although the temperature was not low enough to have been disagreeable if the. weather had been clear. At about 3 o'clock this afternoon bail began to fall and continued for about half an hour. Then cams a light, misty rain, which continued intermittently until about 7 o'clock, when it changed to snow. At first the flakes were light and hardly distinguishable from a heavy mist. But soon they grew larger, and at 8 o'clock quite a respectable snowstorm was pre- vailing. At 11 o'clock the ground was white. By midnight the aspect was de- cidedly wintry, and at 3 o'clock in the morning a heavy snowfall continued. A BUREAU OF MINING SHOULD BE CREATED. Senator Mantle of Montana Earnestly Favors the Recognition of a Great Industry. ' . TO THE EDITOR OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL--Sir: Replying to your favor inquiring as to my opinion regarding the cre- ation of a \u25a0 'Bureau of Mining" by Congress and a 'Secretary of Mines and Mining" to be a member of the Cabinet, permit me to say that the subject is one which has my active sympathy. I quite agree with you that the mining industry of the Nation has now assumed such immense proportions, and has become such an important factor in the growth and advancement of the coun- try, that it is entitled to this recognition. I shall take especial pleasure in giving my earnest support to the movement and in co-operating with those chiefly concerned, and especially with Western members and Senators, in the effort to secure this just and necessary legislation. Butte, Mont., Nov. 25, 1896. BAD BLOOD AT A BALL GAME. Indians cf the Choctaw Nation Show Their Bitter Rivalry by Using Bats With Deadly Effect PARIS, Tex.. Nov. 29.—For some time the Indians of Red River and Eagle coun- ties, Chcctaw nation, have been playing match games of ball and the rivalry be- came so intense that bad blooa was en- gendered. Last Thursday at Good water the antag- onism between the two counties culmin- ated in a cenenii fight, in which the butt ends ot their ball sticks were ireely used and men wire knocked down all over the ball field, some twenty or thirty being more or less iniured. Will Goings had his ?kull crushed and died in a short time. P^astnian Battise received injuries from which he died. John Billy waa seriously wounded. Sheriff Huston 01 Eagle County was so badly injured, it is said, he cannot pos- sibly recover. No arrests will follow, as the Indians have no law to punish a man for killing another in a ball game. No firearms or knives were used. Carriage ITftr/ca Burned. YORK, Pa., Nov. 29—This morning the Quef nstreet shops of the Martin Carriage Work* *vere burned. Loss nearly $50,000. EDISON GIVES HER SIGHT. Objects Seen and Distinguished by the Aid of X-Ra/s by a Child Blinded Several Years Ago. NEW YORK, N. V., No*-. 29.—With the .aid of X-rays, Thomas Edison has enabled nine-year-old Kittie Schoellner ofNewarlc, N. J., to see after having been blind for two and a half years^s the result of a fall, which crushed one of the bones of the skull, and it is thought, caused a pressure on the opttc nerve, paralyzing it. The child was taken by her father to the laboratory 1/.. Tuesday, and Mr. Edison consented to see if the X-raya would en- able her to see. Ho says: "When the little girl arrived I asked her if she could see anything. She said 'No.' I placed her in front of the lamp and she •told me she saw light "I then, ran my hand in- between the light and! her eyes. She «aid: 'There is something in front,' and then said it was a hsnd. One of the boys at the laboratory, Ned Daily, then placed a piece of brass, cut. circular, in front of ner. and she said it was a plate. A little while later she said it was a yellow plate. "I asked her father if he was positive she was blind. He said he was. I then took the lamp and moved it from side to side, and her eyes followed it and she told me just where I stood. "The next night we tried to discover the location of the bone pressing down on her optic nerve. The doctor said he was not able to see it, although we expect we will be able to take a pboiograph showing the bone. The remarkable thing to me washer ability to distinguish colors. " I believe this is a new feature. "This experiment was not made with the fluoroscope. It was made with the cild looking directly at the lamp. The reports that the fluorescopo will aid the blind to distinguish articles is all wrong. No X-ray gets through the fluoroscope. In a rluorofcone is simply light." Mr. Edison said he did not think the X-rny would enaole the blind to read, be- cuuse the article to be seen must be of metal. PICTURES IMPRESSED UPON THE BRAIN. BOSTON. Mas? , Nov. 29. An experiment, the result of which delighted and surprised the scientists present, was made with X-rays to-day at the Crystal Maze, which tended to prove that Roentgen's light impresses pictures on the brain independent of the eyes. The subject was Dr. James Richard Cooke, a regularly graduated physician, now practicing in the Back Bay. The experiment was conducted by Professor Sutherland of Boston University and Mr. yon Palm. Cooke became blind when three days old. He was placed in the cabinet with -Dr. Sutherland and fluoroscopic screens placed in front of his sightless eves. When the current was turned on he distinguished the ray's and experienced a painful sensation. Then the top of his forehead was placed against the screen and a block of wood thrust before the glass. Immediately he stated that something resembling a slab, but seemingly of no density, appeared on his brain. \u25a0 Finally a screw-driver was placed before the screen ana Dr. Cooke placed his finger on the glass and cried out that an elongated object had appeared on his brain. When the screw-driver was placed in front of his eyes and the current turned an, Dr. Cooke could not distinguish it, but when it was placed in front of the forehead he immediately distin- guished it. BOASTS OF BUTCHERIES Spanish Colonel Struch Glories in Slaying the Defenseless. WEYLER'S ORDERS ARE CARRIED OUT. Slaughter of Pac.ficos in the Attempt to Exterminate All Non-Combatants. HUNDREDS OF OLDMEK, WOMEN AND CHILDREN SLAIN. Terrible Massacre of Those Who Surrendered in the Province of P.nar del Rio. KEY WEST, Fla., Nov. 29.—Late Ha- vana advices say the extermination of pacilicos continues by Weyler'a special orders. All commanders are ordered to clear the country of all non-combatanta. This is done silently. Communication with the country is difficult and it is hard to obtain details. The massacres only become known through the confessions of officers and soldiers in some cases. Colonel Struch, it is said, openly boasted in Havana of killing over "jOO old men, women and girls, who sur- rendered in Pinar del Rio Province. Many have btea also killed in other provinces. It is also reported that Colonel Struch, while in his cuds, gave r volting detaiU of the Pinar del Rio massacre. On the night of November 2J Colone Struch and his men drank heavily and then followed one of the most horrible oc- currences of the war. Inflamed by drink, the Spanish soldiers ru-hed upon their helpless prisoners and subjected them to .treatment which cannot be described in print Finally Colonel Struch significantly- told his men that "it wai no use to bo longer bothered by the Cuban cattle." The soldiers took th» hint and immedi- ately began firingon the old women and girls. Volley after volley of lead was Sred at the cowering and shriekiug creatures who had so lately been the victims of Spanish cruelty until not one was left alive. The- bodies of the victims were left to ths vultures, and; Colonel Struch marched his command bacli to headquar- ters and reported to Cap.tain-General Wey- ler that several insnrgent «camps had been "raided and about 300 rebels killed." Colonel Slruch and many of his officers were eiven furloughs iii consideration of their services and returned to Havana. Since going to Havana Colonel Struch has been drunk all the time and has openly boasted of the awful slaughter of innocents. This story is not in the least exaggerated, as it is made upon official statements which have fallen from the lips of Colonel Struch as he staggered out of the cafes of Havana. From other provinces come stories of massacre of innocents, but none so well authenticated as the one related above. Weyler's edict offering pardon to those who surrender is proving to be simply a dev'fee to lure Cuban's to death. HAVANA, Cuba, Nov. 29.—The latest reports from the province of Pinar del Rio locate Captain-General Weyler in the vicinity of San Cristobal. He was march- NEW : TO-DAT. M \ j-^ f%y StSt . Healthy, happy babies : are generally the offspring of healtliy, happy mothers. It would hardly be natural if it were otherwise. The baby's health and hap- piness depend on the mother's. The mother's condition during gestation par- ticularly exerts an influence* on the whole life of the child. Impure blood, weakness and nervous- ness in the mother are pretty sure to repeat themselves in the child. If a woman is not careful at any other time, she certainly should be during the , period preliminary to parturition. ; It is a time when greatest care is necessary, and Nature will be the better fof a little help. Even strong, well ' women will find themselves feeling better, their time of labor shortened and their pains less- ened ;if they will take Dr. Pierces Fa- vorite Prescription. To those whom troubles peculiarly feminine have rend- ered in any degree weak, it willprove a veritable blessing. It is a good general tonic for the whole system, and at any time will promote the proper and regular action of all the organs. It is a medicine for women only, and for all complaints ' confined to their sex is of inestimable value. Dr. Pierce has written a 168 page book, called " Woman and Her Diseases," which will be * sent sealed, in a plain envelope, on receipt of teu cents topart pay postage. : Address, World's Dispensary Mcdi- " cal Association, No. 663 Main < Street,- Buffalo/, N;Y»- . \u25a0

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  • The San Francisco CallVfXLUME LXXX.-NO. a S3. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1896. pkFce five cents.

    UNCLE SAM-You'll Have to Watch That Chap Through Another Session.

    HART'S ROUTECONFIRMED

    Aerial Lights Seen Flittingin San Fernando

    Valley.

    SIMILAR PHENOMENONSEEN IN ALAMEDA.

    BriefReview of the RemarkableDevelopments of the Past

    Week.

    J'SAGE REFLECTIONS MADE BYMAYOR DAVIE.S es No Cause for Surprise in the

    Cam That A?rial NavigatioaIs Possible.

    Iti* now about ten days since the hrstreport regarding the elusive and mysteri-ous aerial lights came from Sacramento.>;m:e then developments in reference tothem have been rapid and sensational, butmystery still surrounds the object and thehuman agency that are said to be respon-sible for ther appearance.

    At this time tne history of the myth,phenomenon, airship or whatever itmayprove to be, will be«r a brief review.Tnis is given that the readers of The Callmay the more readily and intelligentlygra«p the present situation.

    Incredulity, deep and general, greetedthe first report which credited the lightsto an aerial voyacer. Next it was an-nounced that George D. Collins, an at-torney of this City, was the legal repre-sentative ot the inventor ana manipulatorof the wonder of the starlit sky. Thishonor Mr. Collins did not disavow, butwjis unconquerably obdurate when itcametoa question of disclosing the name of hia

    cclient, the location where the marvel wasput together, or the place where it foundexemption from the eyes of the curious.

    The knowledge that this interestingin-formation was lodged in irs legal custody

    =caused him to be besieged by newspaperreporters, speculators, invc-stoi*. cranksaEKi a horde of curiosity-seekers. Under

    'th-e. pressure thus put upon his time andpatience, be made numerous statementsrelative to the matter that was absorbine;public attention and his connection there-•with.

    Unfortunately these statement?, as pub-lished in the various newspapers, did not

    °lit?together quite as accurately as a scien-tificallyconstructed edifice should. Amongotner things he allowed it to be inferredthat a Dr. Fi. H. Benjamin had aided inthe construction of the invention.

    • Meanwhile reports continued to cometo hand daily of strange and luminousvisions. Men well and most favorablyknown in scientific, official, professional,business and educational circles claimedto l*ave seen these nocturnal visitations ofmoving lights at great altitudes. None,however, appear to have secured a clearvie.w of the body to which it was sup-posed these aerial lights were attached,though most observers of the phenom-enon stood ready to assert that they wereguided in theircourse athwart the horizonby human power. Sacramento, Oaklandand San Jose furnished the most frequentand startling descriptions of the mystery,ISuddenly came the news that ex-Attor-ney-General W. H. 11. Hart had been sub-stituted for M.r. Collins as the legal cus-todian of the secrets and destinies of thereputed airship.

    This was followed by the announcement,on the authority of General Hart, that theairship mystery was only incidental to afull-fledged and extraordinary filibuster-ing scheme for the capture or destructionof Havana, the stronghold of the Spanishauthorities in Cuba, by the use of dyna-mite. He further informed the startledpublic that the aerial warship to be usedin this enterprise wouiu be designed tocarry half a tun of dynamite, in additionto its necessary appurtenances and crew.He also, over his own signature, averredthat two airships were now in readinessto sail the ethereal blue, and that another,on modified and improved plans, was incourse of construction. As soon as thislast-mentioned crafl was completed andthe crew made thoroughly acquaintedwith its handling it was to take flight, hesaid, to Havana, there to aid the Cubansin their struggle for independence.

    For his adv»cacy 6f the use of dynamiteGeneral Hart was taken to task by theBulletin, which was tentatively abetted bytb°e Examiner. This attack elicited aspfrited and martial-toned rejoinder. Theftar in the public mind now is that the

    scene of war *^ay be transferred from thecarnage-stained fields Oi Cuba to the un-offend n« co:unins of the local newspa-per*.

    Shortly after the name of Dr. E. H.Benjamin appeared in connection withthe mystery of the air he disappearedfrom his lodgings at 633 Ellis street, whereliyhad l:ved lor two years, leaving noth-ing more than a carefuiiy locked trunkVfehind. Yesterday morning he called, forhis bag aire and then "flew the coop," asthe detectives phrase it, leaving no traceaa to nis future movements, but on the con-trary taking precautions to cover histracks.

    Saturday night rson farm, situated about fcur ruilss north-east of the village, where resided the fam-ilyof Luther Greenman, consisting of hus-band, aged 40 years: Mrs.Greenman, aged |

    37; Andy, aged 6; Lottie, aged 3, andArthur, a baby 11months ana a few days.

    The house was discovered in flames byMr. Thompson at 6:45 a. m. He rushedfor the building and burst open the frontdoor but was driven back by the' finroes,which seemed to be in possession of thewhole interior. He then knocked opeji aroom window and took hold of Mr. Green-man, who was burned so that the fleshcame offin Thompson's hand, and itwasall he could do to drag out the corpse.

    He was then compelled to flee from thehouse, the flames which came from thewindow almost burning him. The housewas quickly destroyed., Comner Matson arrived and the horri-bly charred remains of the family were.taken from the' smoldering ruins. Aninquest willbe held in the morning. Thefire was undoubtedly the result of a defec-tive stovepipe. Greenman and his family

    were burned out two years ago, barelyescaping with their lives.

    INTENSELY COLD WEATHER.

    Gnat Suffering in the Far North andan /ncreasa of the Death List

    Is Expected.ST. PAUL. Mix*.. Nov. 29.—The in-

    tensely cold weather which prevails in thestorm-swept districts of the Northwesthas brought on intense tunVrine, and thedeath list of four is expected 'to be in-creased unless milder weather sets in.Reports from the railways to-night mdi«cate that they are running nearly on timeagain.

    \u25a0 T?epor?«» eominz in from wmt of theMissouri say the losses to stock will notbe great, as when the storm broke thebeeves found fair shelter in the valleys.The weather, however, is very severe, tne

    temperature being below zero all overMinnesota and the Daketas.

    The thermometer registered 12 belowzero at 12 o'clock to-night and is stillrowing colder.NEW YORK, N. V., Nov. 29.— The first

    real snowstorm of the season in this citymade itself felt to-day. The promisedcold wave was also on hand, although thetemperature was not low enough to havebeen disagreeable if the. weather had beenclear.

    Atabout 3 o'clock this afternoon bailbegan to fall and continued for about halfan hour. Then cams a light, misty rain,which continued intermittently untilabout 7 o'clock, when it changed to snow.Atfirst the flakes were light and hardlydistinguishable from a heavy mist. Butsoon they grew larger, and at 8 o'clockquite a respectable snowstorm was pre-vailing. At 11 o'clock the ground was

    white. By midnight the aspect was de-cidedly wintry, and at 3 o'clock in themorning a heavy snowfall continued.

    A BUREAU OF MINING SHOULD BE CREATED.

    Senator Mantle of Montana Earnestly Favors the Recognition of a GreatIndustry.

    '.

    TO THE EDITOR OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL--Sir: Replyingto your favor inquiring as to my opinion regarding the cre-ation of a \u25a0 'Bureau of Mining"by Congress and a • 'Secretary ofMines and Mining" to be a member of the Cabinet, permit me tosay that the subject is one which has my active sympathy. Iquite agree with you that the mining industry of the Nationhas now assumed such immense proportions, and has become suchan important factor in the growth and advancement of the coun-try, that itis entitled to this recognition.

    Ishall take especial pleasure ingiving my earnest supportto the movement and inco-operating withthose chiefly concerned,and especially withWestern members and Senators, in the effortto secure this just and necessary legislation.

    Butte, Mont., Nov. 25, 1896.

    BAD BLOOD AT A BALL GAME.Indians cf the Choctaw Nation Show Their

    Bitter Rivalry by Using Bats WithDeadly Effect

    PARIS, Tex.. Nov. 29.—For some timethe Indians of Red River and Eagle coun-ties, Chcctaw nation, have been playing

    match games of ball and the rivalry be-came so intense that bad blooa was en-gendered.

    Last Thursday at Good water the antag-onism between the two counties culmin-ated in a cenenii fight,in which the buttends ot their ball sticks were ireely usedand men wireknocked down all over theball field, some twenty or thirty beingmore or less iniured. Will Goings hadhis ?kull crushed and died in a short time.P^astnian Battise received injuries fromwhich he died. John Billywaa seriouslywounded.

    Sheriff Huston 01 Eagle County was sobadly injured, it is said, he cannot pos-sibly recover. No arrests will follow, asthe Indians have no law to punish a manfor killinganother in a ball game. Nofirearms orknives were used.

    Carriage ITftr/ca Burned.YORK, Pa., Nov. 29—This morning the

    Quefnstreet shops of the Martin CarriageWork* *vere burned. Loss nearly $50,000.

    EDISON GIVES HER SIGHT.

    Objects Seen and Distinguished by theAid of X-Ra/s by a Child Blinded

    Several Years Ago.NEW YORK, N. V.,No*-. 29.—With the

    .aid ofX-rays, Thomas Edison has enablednine-year-old KittieSchoellner ofNewarlc,N. J., to see after having been blind fortwo and a half years^s the result of a fall,which crushed one of the bones of theskull, and itis thought, caused a pressureon the opttc nerve, paralyzing it.

    The child was taken by her father to thelaboratory 1/.. Tuesday, and Mr. Edisonconsented to see if the X-raya would en-able her to see. Ho says:

    "When the little girlarrived Iasked her

    if she could see anything. She said 'No.'Iplaced her in front of the lamp and she•told me she saw light

    "I then, ran my hand in- between thelight and! her eyes. She «aid: 'There issomething in front,' and then said it wasa hsnd. One of the boys at the laboratory,Ned Daily, then placed a piece of brass,cut.circular, in front of ner. and she saidit was a plate. A little while later shesaid it was a yellow plate."Iasked her father if he was positive

    she was blind. He said he was. Ithentook the lamp and moved it from side toside, and her eyes followed itand she toldme just where Istood.

    "The next night we tried to discoverthe location of the bone pressing down onher optic nerve. The doctor said he wasnot able to see it, although we expect wewill be able to take a pboiograph showingthe bone. The remarkable thing to mewasher ability to distinguish colors.

    "I

    believe this is a new feature."This experiment was not made with

    the fluoroscope. It was made with thecild looking directly at the lamp. Thereports that the fluorescopo will aid theblind to distinguish articles is all wrong.No X-ray gets through the fluoroscope. Ina rluorofcone is simply light."

    Mr. Edison said he did not think theX-rny would enaole the blind to read, be-cuuse the article to be seen must be ofmetal.

    PICTURES IMPRESSED UPON THE BRAIN.BOSTON. Mas? , Nov. 29.

    —An experiment, the result of which delighted and surprised the scientists present, was

    made with X-rays to-day at the Crystal Maze, which tended to prove that Roentgen's light impresses pictures on the brainindependent of the eyes. The subject was Dr. James Richard Cooke, a regularly graduated physician, now practicing inthe Back Bay.

    The experiment was conducted by Professor Sutherland of Boston University and Mr. yon Palm. Cooke becameblind when three days old. He was placed in the cabinet with -Dr. Sutherland and fluoroscopic screens placed in front ofhis sightless eves. When the current was turned on he distinguished the ray's and experienced a painful sensation. Thenthe top of his forehead was placed against the screen and a block of wood thrust before the glass. Immediately he statedthat something resembling a slab, but seemingly of no density, appeared on his brain. \u25a0

    Finally a screw-driver was placed before the screen ana Dr. Cooke placed his finger on the glass and cried out that anelongated object had appeared on his brain. When the screw-driver was placed in front of his eyes and the currentturned an, Dr. Cooke could not distinguish it, but when it was placed in front of the forehead he immediately distin-guished it.

    BOASTS OFBUTCHERIES

    Spanish Colonel StruchGlories in Slaying the

    Defenseless.

    WEYLER'S ORDERS ARECARRIED OUT.

    Slaughter of Pac.ficos in theAttempt to Exterminate All

    Non-Combatants.

    HUNDREDS OF OLDMEK,WOMENAND CHILDREN SLAIN.

    Terrible Massacre of Those WhoSurrendered in the Province

    of P.nar del Rio.

    KEY WEST, Fla., Nov. 29.—Late Ha-vana advices say the extermination ofpacilicos continues by Weyler'a specialorders. All commanders are ordered toclear the country of all non-combatanta.This is done silently.

    Communication with the country isdifficult and it is hard to obtain details.The massacres only become known throughthe confessions of officers and soldiers insome cases. Colonel Struch, it is said,openly boasted in Havana of killingover"jOO old men, women and girls, who sur-rendered in Pinar del Rio Province.

    Many have btea also killed in otherprovinces. Itis also reported that ColonelStruch, while in his cuds, gave r voltingdetaiU of the Pinar del Rio massacre.

    On the night of November 2J ColoneStruch and his men drank heavily andthen followed one of the most horrible oc-currences of the war. Inflamed by drink,the Spanish soldiers ru-hed upon theirhelpless prisoners and subjected them to.treatment which cannot be described inprint Finally Colonel Struch significantly-told his men that "it wai no use to bolonger bothered by the Cuban cattle."

    The soldiers took th» hint and immedi-ately began firingon the old women andgirls. Volley after volley of lead was Sredat the cowering and shriekiug creatureswho had so lately been the victims ofSpanish cruelty until not one was leftalive. The- bodies of the victims were leftto ths vultures, and; Colonel Struchmarched his command bacli to headquar-ters and reported to Cap.tain-General Wey-ler that several insnrgent «camps had been"raided and about 300 rebels killed."

    Colonel Slruch and many of his officerswere eiven furloughs iii consideration oftheir services and returned to Havana.

    Since going to Havana Colonel Struchhas been drunk all the time and hasopenly boasted of the awful slaughter ofinnocents. This story is not in the leastexaggerated, as it is made upon officialstatements which have fallen from thelips of Colonel Struch as he staggered outof the cafes of Havana.

    From other provinces come stories ofmassacre of innocents, but none so wellauthenticated as the one related above.Weyler's edict offering pardon to thosewho surrender is proving to be simply adev'fee to lure Cuban's to death.

    HAVANA, Cuba, Nov. 29.—The latestreports from the province of Pinar delRio locate Captain-General Weyler in thevicinity of San Cristobal. He was march-

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