The Ferris Wheel, Volume 5, Number 13[a], Saturday, November 27, 1897 Page: 3 of 8
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Hi- o Sm ^ 'extehgie
i -tt ,: ' ey,:ade:are ":'using the
^^to tlli e'an *allege4i'shipment of
qn fr ;i'an important Texas mar^^^^^
he~ "madn who got the $60,000 is
t s s-oiewhere, but 'his destinasunKnown,
:and the exchange
~%'o~Kiers would give a dollar to find out.
il~'!e person * most wanted, the' man
w'ti-_ Thes swag,, has been buying cotton
n 'f.'Texas for several seasons, and is
:ell known in many of the large marS^ts-.
,He has been a regular shipper,
~d.arid heretofore his transactions have
i!always! been square. About twenty
diays ago he went to a large bank, told
':theli he had a large order for middling
o;:iotton, and would like for them to cash
?:h1s draft. He gave the bank the name
i'-' of 'a big firm of New York exchange
b -. brokers, -who were selling the bills
A, Against his shipment. The bank wired
>:-the New York firm if the deal was all
' right, and received an answer that. if
?'he draft was accompanied, by the bills
if :e.:flading'to honor it.
~ <i-it?,As a bill of lading was attached to
':~ :the draft, the man in Texas received
I '!his money, which is estimated all the
-W ' 'ay from $60,000 . to $100,000. The
..,/:bank sent the. draft on here in the
-'^,nsual course of business.
. ^':'j:'; The' New York firm wired the ship@:::'per,
but he was not to be found. They
:. w!,wired him for several days, but -failed
A.- to reach him at his headquarters.
' ':They tried other towns and failed to
~ !: Jfind him. 'They began to grow sus?.
picious, but decided to wait a few
?,;, 'days, in the hope that the man would
l': turn up. The few days passed and the
: :S t man was still missing.
' :-? :i There were several things that added
^;:: to the suspicion that had already been
''.' formed. The man had paid off old
:: debtst, to the amount of thousands of
H.-1' ... dollars, had purchased an elegant home
HAd ''for his wife, paying therefor in cash,
Fi; u and in addition had deposited quite a
sum, to her credit in the bank. The
ian had then left for an unknown loality.The New York people started an in:
' vestigation in earnest. They know
;,': '-t't700 bales of the huge shipment
rJ went through the port of Galveston.
,..wo '"hundred bales were destined for
:. Bremen, and 500 bales were for Genoa,
X; ' Italy. The date of shipment is not
-.' ' definitely known here yet.
J ' :-'; Instead of the.cotton being. middling,
-: as was claimed, it ies,now sald that all
.i 0 of the shipment was "Hnters," or "dog'
ta ' it,"^'a'll? , ea'ns cotton too poor for
stable class 'catlon.
- his cotton is the refuse from the
gins, and can be bought very cheaply.
But there is the other question as to
what the interior of the bales contain,
because it is known that there are several
sand-pits in a state the width and
ljefgth of Texas. If the bales were all
-'/"linters,". the Texas man could not
have made as much money as he is reputed
to have disbursed, for the reason
that the difference in price would not
net him that much.
Just what game the Texan has
played and how strong he played it will
not be known till she ships arrive at
Bremen or Genoa, and personal examina.tion
of the stuff can be had. It is
dl on the water now and the man Is
one. There is no-thing left for the
ew Yorker to do but to sit as still as
Ae can and await developments. He
has found out that the alleged cotton is
gone, and the chipper is gone, and he
don't know where either is. If course
,be will pay the draft, because he stood
4:hind the bank; consequently no loss
come to anybody in Texas.
STEAM HEATER EXPLOSION.' Dep rabl 'as the '/oditiAo o' th
rT :encehtrados` mi ybe, S.pal n's1t
r duty is clfearlyto relieve he suffering
- of her own troops. " The loyal soldiers
are inas serious plight as the major-
ity of the reconcentrados. 'he reconcentrados
havee .on advantage-they
may receive charity.
To begin, the Spanish soldiers have
received no pay for many months and
l consequently they are not a!e *o buy
anything on their own account in the
small towns in which they are stationed.
Then, too, the credit of the
troops has been in most instances exhausted,
the shopkeepers refusing to
deliver them goods until they are paid
what is long due them. All, the soldiers
have to depend upon in the way
of food and clothing is- what is supplied
by the commissariat department,
and that department is neglected and,
it is asserted, corrupt.
When Gen. Blanco, in an interview
four days after his arrival stated that
he would do his utmost to better, the
condition of the private soldier, he was
sincere, but it was impossible for him
to realize then what the condition of
the soldier was. To learn the truth. he
must personally inspect the country
districts. The reports of officers are
calculated to deceive the captain general.
All that Gen. Blanco has to judge
by are the reports from hospitals and
even these, with all attempts at concealment,
are appalling.
In Havana, leaving aside the hospitals,
the conditions are not so bad. But
if the captain general were to go to the
country he would see ill soldiers dying
by the wayside; he will find many
forts that in reality are nothing more
than hospitals and in most of the small
towns he would experience' difficulty
in getting together a force of any size
that would be able to march live miles
and then be in a condition 4t tackle
an ordinary band of rebels.
I am not in any way exaggerating.
The whole country along the road
from Artemisa to Havana is in ruins
except a few small patches where tobacco
is being planted under the
guards of the forts. In further proof
of the assertions regarding the condition
of the Spanish troops, the correspondent
has received the following
copy of an official telegram, dated November
17, from the military commander
in Clega de Avila to Havana:
"Very serious conflicts in this town
(Garrison). No bread, no flour. Absolutely
8000 sick in hospital without any
provisions whatever, besides -the garrison
itself. With greatest urgency must
must be sent the flour asked for on
October 28 and send cash' to buy effects.
No credit."
In Matanzas, Cienfuegos and, in fact,
nearly all the 'towns credit to the
troops has been refused and telegrams
similar to the above are pouring into
the palace daily. If this lasts much
longer the troops will surely mutiny,
particularly if relief is first afforded
to the reconcentrados.
Such is the state of affairs in the
Spanish army in Cuba that Gen. Blanco
has to contend with. It is hardly to
be wondered at that he fels incensed
at the way in which he kas been deceived
by Spanish ofllotrs.
Stories of the sufferings of the reconcentrados
have been so rrequently published
that there is little that is new
to tell. However much in earnest Gen.
Blanco may be, it will be weeks before
he can effect any visible improvement.
The officers in the country are opposed
to his policy and will dally with his
orders.
If Spai. has not exterminated the reconcentrados
she has cut across the
island a wound that will take generations
tn heal Tlhe children's children-its ,'rI.-nrsl fat iiaae-,:
, terday' mohwig at.9"o'loc
' J. C.- Graiitery of Virglija ine hai.
The conference was openea:'ith rer
ligious services, consisting pofd eiread
ing of the 'third chapter of ,'hesians,
singing hymn No. 228. and prayer by,
1the bishop, after which Rev. I. -dWhirter,
the pastor of the Methodist
church at Nevada, former secretary of,
.the conference, called the roll and 144
{clerical .and 22 lay delegates answered..
Rev. C. I. McWhirter was elected seoretary,-with
Rev. J. F. Archer, Rev. R.
C. Hicks, Rev. J. Marvin'- chls'.and,
Rev. R. Gibbs Mood as assistants.
The following reports were read and
referred to the proper committees:
Report of Barbee & Smith book
agents, read and referred to' the committee
on books and periodicals.
Rev. J. J. Tigert, D. D. LL. D., book
editor of the Methodist Episcopal
church, south, was introduced to the
conference and stated that he was here
representing the publishing house.
Report of the misisonary secretaries
was read and referred to the conference
board of mission with some other
papers.
Report of Rev. David Morton, D. D.,
secretary of the board of church extension,
was read and referred to the
conference board of church extension.
The report of Rev. R. J. Bigham, D.
D., secretary of the board of education,
was read and referred to'the conference
board of education with other
papers.
The report of the faculty of the
Southwestern university, situated at
Georgetown, was read and referred to
the conferenece committee on education.At this juncture Rev. John R.'Aien,
D. D., chairman of the faculty of the
Southwestern university was introdiuced
to the conference and spoke at
length on the condition, prospects, etc.,
of the university, which is the property
of the five Texas conferences of the
Methodist Episcopal church, south.
Rev. F. B. Sinex, financial agent of
the university, also spoke in regard to
his work.
Report of the North Texas female
college, located at Sherman, was read
and referred to the conference committee
on education.
*B. M. Burgher of the committee on
entertainment of the' conference, 'Iade
some remarks regarding * the ,comfQrt
of the preachers. " ',. rf': "':
The following transfers were announced:
M. H. Neeley., elder from the
Denver conference; J. N. Crutchfield, I
elder, from Northwest Texas conference;
S. H. Renfro, elder, from the
Louisiana conferenece; T. P. Pipkin,
deacon, from the Indian mission conference.Various announcements were made
and the conference adjourned until 9
o'clock this morning.
The afternoon was devoted to general
work, such as meeting of the
boards, committees of trial, examination,
ete.
THE STONECIPHER MURDER.
Charlie Little Was Arrested aud Made a
Confessen.
Celeste, Tex., Nov. 25.-Sheriff R. MI
Patton and ex-Sheriff Jeff Mason arrested
Charlie Little on the line of
Lamar and Red River counties Tuesday
and brought him hero. Little was
taken before Justice J. F. Puckett and
made a full confession to burning the
house west of town about ten days ago,
and killing the man found In the house.
He says he killed the man in selfdefense.
He said they were nlivlnsrSeveral Persons Injured on an Ohio Valley - ........, .., -
prasengel- rTrain, of the Cubans within the concentration cards and fell out. The murdered
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 25.-Sp-ccias zones to-day will bear the marks, phys- man's name was Stonecipher. Whec
from Morganfield and Sturgis, Ky., ically and mentally, of the existing Little was arrested he had Stoneciphgive
the particulars of the explosion of misery. er's watch' on. Little has been work..
givteprtculrsofthex___ nOfing around Celeste for three years. His
t steam heater in the rear coach on the live in the southern part of t
)hio Valley passenger train near De- Emer efed.county. He was taken to Grenvil
!9ven yesterday morning. No one was He as t ak Grevi e
ven yesterday morning. No one a s Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 25.-Bell El- and put in jail. A reward of $325 wat
led but one was seriously injured of San F de d Icipher's
C. Watkins, traveling freight agent er of Sa Franciso was eate offered for te arrest. Stonocipher'
Illinois Central, had his leg broken I ess than two rounds by Kid Parker of people live in Missouri.
'd his face badly mashed. C. C. Denver before the Los Angeles Athletic
meron of Louisville was knocked club Tuesday night. Parker resorted N'w Tank Factory.
'selcs; J. E. Hannon of Louisville to unfair rushing at the start, but was Corsicana. Tex., Nov. 25.r A Mr
; slightly injured; F. E. Fisher of cautioned several times by the refere eidSebak of D allas has rented buildnsville,
slightly hurt; Mrs. Millie to break away clean. He knocked El- igs from Clpton & Bragg in this city
Imp of Hopkinsville, Ky., was bad- mer down twice in the first round abd the purpose of aging in the
earned , all her clothes being con- twice in the second. The last time manufacture of tanks and cisterns, for
id. She was also struck, in the Elmer rested on his knee just a fran- which a big demand has been created
by a flying timber. Miss Lolo tion of a second too long, and 'as bythe increasing output of the oil wells
of Petersburg, Ind., was slightly counted out. at this point. He has been building
The coach is a total wreck. tanks for the oil men and shippinijured
were sent to Paducah. them down from Dallas, but now as the
. .Mellner Convicted. avenues will justify a tank factory here
Fever Situation at Me ile.cur Cincinnati. 0., Nov. 25.-Frank, alias he has concluded to make this his headd
as low as 38.7 degrees yester-my"Bald" Menier, was yesterday convict- quarters for that business..
.d as low as 38.7 degrees yesterorning,
but the wind prevented ed at Newport, Ky., of criminally asnation
o~f frost. The board of saulting Mrs. William Gleason, October A Catce ing Invitaton.
was convinced by the weather ~, and sentenced to twenty years in the "ith pleasure"
us that it could no longer be penitentiary. Claxson and Greer have The photo was taken and the sitter
-r absentees to return, and at previously received the same sentence caid:
meeting voted to advise their for the same offense. Five others are "But how about that little invitaNo
new cases or deaths since to be tried for -this offense. and all tion? e
art. The board-will cease hold- will no doubt receive twenty' years "Oh, sir that is just a trade'yuse o6f
tm ingan. will issue no ch he endts be to
...,,,.:'2 ' " - "' ,!u'eh&ni-ai t :arcentW ia;ed 'itiil
^.egresses dou^^Pbt a:s to, th
' the -friendship- which is presedI ,by
the American governmentand said:
"If the. American government cannot
prevent the sailing:from the ports of
that country of expeditions in aid of
the insurgents and does not respond in
other ways to Spain's efforts to come
to favorable terms, it is useless for
Spain to maintain friendly relations
with America."
Reports from Matanzas say the conservatives
having 'become enraged at
the change in the government's policy
are disturbing public order. Ex-mayor
Crespo initiated the disorderly conduct
by giving public offense to Snor Armas,
the new civil governor of the province.
The chief of police followed ;Senor
Crespo's lead by endeavoring to
prevent aid being given to the suffering
reconcentrados by newspaper correspondents
and others. Of the reconcentrados
in Matanzas, numbering less
than 50,000, seventy-nine died in two
days, thirty-seven perishing from
hunger. Saturday seventeen deaths
were reported, a large proportion of
which were the result of starvation.
In Jaruco about 65 per cent of the
deaths are caused by starvation and
the same is true of many other towns.
Owing to the lack of proper clothing
and of blankets the situation of the
reconcentrados is 'becoming worse as
the winter season approaches despite
the efforts made to relieve them. Horrible
episodes are of daily occurence
among the reconcentrados. After lying
three days on the sidewalk in front
of a house in Mantanzas, a poor negro
woman, who was suffering terribly and
was unable to move, was carried away
by a flobd caused by a heavy downfall
of rain. A short time afterward her
dead body was discovered a few blocks
away and at last reports was still lying
in the gutter.
A cab-driver, who was carrying a
sick man to a hospital, observing that
-his passenger was dying, dragged him
from his cab, leaving him on the curbstone
where he died. Cases similar to
these are of frequent occurrence.
Reports from Candelaria say a man
who was suffering from small-pox was
driven by the authorities into the Insurgent
camp at Cejadala Negro, Pinar
del Rio, where threats were made to
hang the man if he was not taken
away.
'On Wednesday evening the remaining
cane fields on the plantation of
Portugalete, owned by Dr. Galvo, were
destroyed by fire.
Marshal Blanco has appointed thirty-four
new employes at the customhouse.
Of these, five are native Cubans
and the remainder are Spaniards
and reformists. The autonomists are
greatly disgusted by these appointments.
Sixty persons employed about
the docks and several others in various
parts of the island have joined the
revolutionists and a number of prisoners
at Guines who were pardoned
under the recent proclamation have
returned to the insurgents.
Small-pox is ravaging in the neighborhood
of the insurgent headquarters
in Pinar del Rio, and there are in the
hospitals in the hills 1100 persons suffering
from the disease.
It is stated by a prominent resident
of Pinar del Rio, according to an official
report, that there are only :1300
armed insurgents in the province, including
the bands which have recently
entered the province under Major Rodriguez
and other leaders.
Gen. Hernandez Velasco confirms the
statement that the insurgents in Pinar
del Rio are abundantly supplied with
ammunition. Seventy of Gen. Velasco's
men have arrived at Pinar del Rio suffering
from wounds received in recent
engagements.
The financial situation of the military
administration is bad. The soldiers
haye not been paid in eight
months. There is a scarcity in the
meat supply of the hospitals and in
many towns no meat has been obtainable
for many days.
Will be Sent Back to Bremen.
Baltimore, Md., Nov. 22.-Fortyeight
men from the interior oIfAustria,
who were arrested last week in the
swamps of Mississippi by United
States inspectors on the charge of violating the alien labor contract law,
were brought here yesterday with their
leader, Johan Poje, and locked up in
the immigrant house of detention at
Locust Point. They will be sent back
to Bremen on the Munchen of .the
Lloyd line in a few days. The men arrived
here September 9 last and were
engaged in cuttting barrel staves.
Explained. -
"ild you'know that English colonialwomen marry more titled Englishmen
than American women do,?"
"N. -How do you explain it?"
if r - lo ,)1uitn ^ ila-^ 7 tIj
or
feet tode ha prevaled anaeio .
realize the seriousness of tommt a :
tion, and the insult .hofp ui*Wt'
assembled in the tres : ', '
prison van passes through; the ypo
shown them how- strong is:iee. "
ing against them. Saturd: ; ia t
prisoners were kept in t-her ap e
justice, so great were the crow '
streets, awaiting the *appeaaceidr thf
wagon. The prisoners are well gu.-"y
ed, and a mob can not get at stiI
One of the attorneys for twhe defense t "'
told y that te jury that the case as attract
ing the attention of the civilized wor. '
Prosecuting Attorney Azpe, a young -
man who has won a brilliant triumph-: '
in this case, and who with admirable '.'
-self-possession has refrained from replying
to the Inuendoes of the opposing
counsel, made one of the most - ;.
notable arguments in the history of the
Mexican bar. He showed that the ag- ':', ''''
gravating' circumstances of premedita- 'k' .'. -
tion, advantage, felony and treachery' a.
were present in the Arroyo murder. '
He asked wh premedtats premeditation. It is - : .'
to think beforehand' on an action "
which you are going to commit,' and -
decide to commit It after reflection. ?
Now all those men had an opportunity ;
of reflecting. The time necessary te4-6' '.'
make up one's mind on such a proposei- \ ;
tion was surely not long. There are
doubtful propositions, which require ry
more or lees time to consider; there -
are other propositions about whose un- i
lawfulness there can not be a shadow
of a doubt, and which do not need five
minutes to decide one way or another. -
All had the same opportunity of reflecting
as had Monroy, but while he
answered firmly, never, they with one
voice answered yes. Now take the
circumstance of felony. It consists in
taking the victim unawares, without
allowing him the means to defend himself.
Is it not obvious that this circumstance
is present in a marked degree?
The poor lunatic Arroyo was
lying in a room at the police headquarters,
never dreaming of the daif: . '
plot that was closing .over. i'
Ho' cuid not defend-hInE^f
at him; no, not even by rolling over
on' the floor. Only moans were left to
him when his arms were bound. There
was a violation of faith toward Arroyo
because he had the right under the social
compact to think himself safe in
the hands of the very men, the police,
whose business It is to defend human
life and property.
The defense confined Itself to showing
that the prisoners acted under orders,
and the responsibility rested with
the late inspector general of police,
who had committed suicide In prison,
knowing well that his guilt was clear.CEN. ORDWAY DEAD
He Passed Away at the Hoffman House,
New York.
New York, Nov. 22.-Gen. W. J. Ordway
died last night at the Hoffman
house, in this city. Gen. Ordway and
his wife returned from Europe last
Wednesday. They engaged rooms at
the Hoffman house. Next day the
general was taken sick, and he continued
to grow weaker and weaker until
7 o'clock yesterday evening, when
he passed away. His death was probably
hastened by the sad and recent
events in connection with the daughter,
Bertha Gerard,' the well-known
actres: The latter, a complete wreck,
was tii:.arred to a private sanitarium
from' Bellevue hospital a few weeks
ago. It was owing to the pleading of
his wife, who had become reconciled to
her daughter, that Gen. Ordway consented
to the return of the prodligal,
and a reunion of the family in Washington
was arranged. Gen. Ordway's
death is attributed by the attending
doctor to jaundice and pleurisy, which,
developed from a cold contracted in
Paris.
New Road to Klondike.
San Francisco, Cal., Novt 22.-The
following details have been received
from the Pierre Humboldt, Alaskan
exploring expedition, which sailed
from Seattle, October 15,. The party
is located ten miles from the river
from Chilkoot inlet. The course is being
surveyed on both sides of the river
and the explorers have' already located
a pass over the range, 2500 feet'lower'
than either Chilkoot or Chilkat. A
perfectly feasible and easy route for a.
railroad into the valley has beea dis: .
covered. : :- , . - ' :' . '-.
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