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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-09
ADVANCE OF THE INSURGENTS.
The Cubans Proceeding Westward fl
Two Colunna.

The Cubans Proceeding Westward in
Two Columns.
In spite Of the reported defeats of Max
limo Gomez and Antonio Maceo by Gen.
Suarez Valdez, Gen. Navarro and Gen.
Aldecoa, the latter being understood to be
In pursuit of the insurgents who were be-
leved to be caught between the columns
of troops commanded by these generals and
that of Gen. Aldave, 1t is now stated that
Gomez and Maceo, having united their
forces, instead of being in flight in the
province of Puerto Principe are advancing
through the province of Santa Clara.
Gen. Aldave. as already cabled, was said
to be in pursuit of the insurgents after
they had turned his flank and crossed the
line between Ciego de Avila and Moron,
in the province of Puerto Principe, on their
way to Santa Clara. Maceo and Gomez, it
Is now stated. have already passed the
road from lguara on the frontier, to Ia
guasco, little north of Sant Spritus.
These movements of the insurgents throw
an entirely different light upon the cam
paign In Cuba, and if correctly reported
would indicate that the Spaniards have
been unable to prevent the advance of the
enemy from the province of Puerto Prin-
cipe into the province OF Santa Clara, and
that the combined armies of Gomez and
Maceo are strong enough to enable them to
be divided into two corps, which adj
vancing into the heart of the district where
Gen. Ca1npos has made his headquarters,
and where about 10000 Spanish troops are
reported to have been assembled.
These rapid movements of the insur-
gents, which their friends hoped they
would accomplish before the arrival of
reinforcements of troops" now seem to
have actually taken place. and, therefore,
the rebellion, instead of being broken looks
as If it was making rapid progress in spite
OF the efforts of the Spanish government.
q no oft Hon, ir, ,-n
insurgents are advancing in two strong
columns through the province of Santa
Clara, where it may be said nearly the
entire effective Spanish force is concen-
trated.
Leaders Quintan and Randeras are now
with the head of their forces and they are
marching in the direction of the district
of Trinidad.
Gen. Campos has just finished reviewing
the Spanish battalions. He will leave for
the province of Santa Clara
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TO SET UP A REPUBLIC.
Proposed Colonization of y Gulf o
California Island.


A number of Los Angeles, Cal. men
have. it is said. received a concession from
the Mexican government to the Island of
Tiburon, in the Gulf of California. The
men are John Bradbury. J. Downey Har-
vey, Peter Martin and Walter S. Moore
Indians, war-ike race said to be cam
nihals and an expedition Is being organ
lied to conquer them and take possession
of the island A company of 800 men IS
being organized, under the command of
Col I. H. Polk. Each soldier is to receive
$3.50 and 100 acres of land after the island
is conquered.
The money for the expedition is being
put up by Col. Bradbury, who inherited
million or a few years ago. There are
only about forty male Cer!s Indians. but
they are said to be such valiant fighters
that the Mexican government deSpaired of
subduing them, and has offered the island
to Bradbury and his companions If they
would undertake the work.
1t is the intention of the Tiburon Con-
quest Company. as the new corporation is
called, to establish a republic of it's own.
and have the United States establish
protectorate. 1t is stated that Mexico has
consented to this.
One Of the objects of the company is to
establish a great resort, and lines of
steamers will be put on from both Yuma
and Guaynas. The climate being delight
full. the island will soon become one of the
noted resorts of the world. 1t is teeming
fact. game and games will be imported
there
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WHERE CARESSES REIGN,
In the TrnnsvaEl the Woman Has the
Whiphnnd.

From the New York Press.
Mrs. Boer may find life in the Transvaal
rough and monotonous. She has distirc-
lions, though. for she is the most kissed
woman on earth. She may be as homely
as the proverbial mud fence" her voice
may rasp like a file and her housekeeping
put a Hottentot to the blush: but from
the cradle to the grave she is kissed-kss-
ed by her great-grandfather and great
grandmother, by her grandfather and
grandmother. and by her parents, of
course. She Is kissed by her granduncles
and aunts, by her cousins. male and fe-
male, to the last degree of kinship. She Is
kissed by the relatives of the above and
by their relatives. Her brothers and
brothers-in-law, her sisters and sisters-in-
law and all her relatives and female
friends residing long or short under he-
roof kiss her repeatedly every day.
She is naturally fiattered by this deli
cate attention, and turns it to good ac-
count. for she rules her man kind with
rod of iron. They do not know it, how
ever, nor does she suspect it. All of them
would take oath that the exact reverse
was the case. Ask her to speak in church
or on a platform anywhere and she would
imagine you to be crazy. THAT is a man s
business, she would say. Nevertheless
Mrs. Boer would see that her man" or
SON WOulu say in CHurcn OF on a platform
just exactly what she wished said. Wo-
mans rights as understood by the Ameri
can woman would be utterly incompre
hensible to the Boer woman, were they
ever SO clearly explained.
Her husband might be able to see 1t
quicker than she, for mis- privileges are
more limited. Whether he is poor or rich,
he dares not dispose of an article no larger
than a tenpenny nail unless he consults
with her. He would not even think OF go
ing out to herd sheep unless he had her
approval. Her sons fare no better. Even
marriage does not give them liberty. She
commands her married son of fifty in the
same way that she did when he was five.
He obeys and kisses her just as childlilse.
She calls her husband by his Christian
name to her friends. To others she speaks
of him tine baas." Ask her If he is
her "baas." No" he is her man"
What white woman" she asks you, lever
had a master? DO you take me for KAT
fir woman"
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Trying the Texas Machinery.

The battleship Texas made a run Of a few
hours duration Saturday to test her ma
chinery. She went ten miles beyond the
Scotland lightship and returned, arriving
off Tompkinsville at 4:30 pm. For nearly
one hour she ran under full steam, and
made 1919 knots per hour.
The machinery worked admirably during
the run, so one Of the officers said He as
serted that not defect was discovered. 1t
will take few more preliminary runs to
get everything in order. For this purpose
the Texas will make three or four short
runs during this week. and at the end of
as many as may be required Capt. Glass,
her commander. will report to the Navy
Department that his ship is ready for serv-
ice. Then she will be ordered upon her
trial run to test her horse power and her
capabilities as a battleship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-09

Mr.. James R. Maxwell, in the Engineer
Ing Magazine, writes that the Central rail-
way Of Peru reaches the highest altitude
Of any railway in the world. 1t crosses the
Andes at an altitude Of 1866 feet above
sea level, and two other submits on the
southern system Of the Peruvian railways
reach attitudes above 1920 feet. These
roads were built by the Peruvian govern
ment for the development Of the country
and for military purposes, and the routes
and standards of gauges, etc, were fixed ac-
Cordingly. The maximum grade is 4 per
cent, compensated on curves of less than
! ,9GS feet radius, and the minimum radius
allowed was 1886 feet.
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AFRICAN MINES SURPASSED.
Ex-GOv. Grant Discusses the Cripple
Creek Gold Discoveries.

Ex-Gov James b. Grant Of Omaha and
Grant Smelter. who has just returned from
a tour of inspection among the mining
camps of Colorado. says that all are pros
pering. Il am compelled to believe that
the future of Cripple Creek" he said. far
SURPRISES the widest anticpations of these
who had the greatest hope for Leadville.
Cripple Creek will produce more gold in
the next twenty years than any camp ever
known. Leadvile has produced over S1u0,
100000 in the last seventeen years. When
they have been mining seventeen years at
Cripple Creek it is safe to say that the
camp will have produced over $500, 900,
There seems to be general impression
that values at Cripple Creek are confined
to small seams of porphyry. The fact is
that in a great many cases there are great
lodges just as well defined as any lodes in
the San Juan country. AS to Leadvllie, =!
look for a constantly increasing supply of
ore there"
Speaking of South African mines, the
governor had no hesitation in saying that
the mines in Cripple Creek region will
soon excel them in the money value and
and actual tonnage.
Let me give you my reasons for this
belief" he said. THE mines of South
Africa now average about 3.OOO,oO per
month. But their ores are all very low
grades. Out Of the october yield. the aver
age mill runs were but $3.50 per ton, and
from the tailings $3.50 per ton more was
taken. This shows the African ores aver
aging scarcely more than $11 per ton. Now
such ores in Cripple Creek are all thrown
on the dump. Indeed, anything less than
$40 ores are thrown on the dump. The
quantity of lowgrade Ore-from $50 to 81
per ton-are practically without limits.
The ores on the Rand which the English
mine operators call the African country,
can't compare with the quantity OF Cripple
Creeks low grade, and it's low grades eX-
coed the money value of the average of all
the ores of the African country. and the
Cripple Creek low grades will be worked
as cheaply and effectively after while
as are the ores of Africa. On the Rand
they have fifty cyanide mills at work
here we have hardly any. When the eva
hide and chlorination mills are erected in
the Cripple Creek country rlentifully
as they are on the Rand, you may look
for the largest annual product from the
Cripple Creek country that history records
from any other camp in all previous
times"
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TO INDUCE A RETRACTION.
Efforts to Persuade Barbara Aub to
SIGN n Statement.

Sigh n statement.
Warden Fallon of the New York Tombs is
reported as saying that two persons known
to represent newspapers had offered Bar
bara Aub, who recently confessed the
falsity of charges against Langsrman of
assault, 500 and $500, respectively. If she
would furnish them with a signed state
nent. Warden Fallon says that he was
il formed of the offer made to the girl by
barbara. She said that after the PROPOSE
ton had been made she refused to con-
sder it. Continuing, Warden Fallon said:
Il understood from what the girl told me
that the reporters who made the offer de-
sired to obtain from her a confession that
would contradict the confession she has
made. Just what purpose confession of
the kind l understood was wanted could
serve, 1 cannot imagine. At any rate, the
girl refused the prop osition, and she did
right l will not give the names of the
papers that made the offer, but 1 will say
that only two reporters have had long
talks with the girl, and they were women.
Two male reporters had short CONVERSE
tons with her yesterday"
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Ftremen Were Admitted With Re.

There was a great commotion in the assay
office In Wall street, New York. last week.
The journal Of an engine in the deposit melt
ing room. where s., 100000 in gold bars was
being arranged for shipment became over:
heated and the oil ignited. The fame fol-
lowed the oil train along the point of the
machinery to the ceiling. Great volumes of
black smoke quickly filled all the rooms Of
the building. Outside. on the Wall street
side. came a great kicking at the doors. 1t
was policeman trying to get in. An off,
cial opened the door about an inch and then
slammed the door In the policeman's face.
The policeman ran to a fire box and turned
In an alarm, and in few moments two en-
gines ratified up to the corner.
She hremen, axes in hand, made an on
Siaught on the iron doors, but they were re-
fused admission. They insisted, and finally
fifteen were allowed to enter.
MIR. Crossa, chief clerk said that the only
danger was that the fire might have ex-
tended to the assay room over the deposit
melting room. The building was old, and
the Hmbers very dry, and consequently
highly inflammahle.
The damage will not amount to over 500.
Most of 1t was done to the betting and wood
work.
There Is a sum amounting to nearly 500
OO0,000 in the vaults in the assay office $780,
600 of which is in silver. The shipment of
&, 100000 will not be delayed The ASSAY
office is in a building that was erected in
1923.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-09

Go to the devil Then she sratched the
paper from his hands. and the pair stood in
silence for a second, facing each other
vaguely.
Well" said Philo, slowly, you seem
to be rid of your difficulty
She gave little shiver as she answered:
so it appears"
Philo swung his fur coat on to his should
ers and slipped his revolver back into its
place. AS he stretched out his hand to his
hat the woman touched him en- the arm
You can stay if you like" she said, in
voice that was half provocaticn, half an
appeal
Philo looked at the womln's beautiful
face. and his heart grew hot: then he glanc-
ed round the room, and thought what sham
bles it might have become if what had not
been had been. He took up his hat.
mo. thank you." he said, and he walked
slowly out of the room and out of the hail.
and drew the door sharply behind him in
the dimly-lt corridor Then and then only
he suddenly took kind of fright. and he ran
down the stone stairs in the darkness a. if
for dear life. He never knew how he got the
main door open; his next act of conscious
consciousness was to find himself again up
on the emhankment, with the cold, wet wind
whipping his forehead.
When he awoke the next morning he tried
to find the letter. but failed.
Il wonder, he said to himself, 'ff the
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Money in Dreams.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Hero is "a strange true tale" with the
scene in Georgia, near the fourishing town
of Ccvington: A few years ago a negro
woman living near Covington lost son by
death. A week or so ago the woman had a
dream in which the son appeared to her and
told her that If she would go to a certain
corner of the house and dig she would find
fiat rock, underneath which she would find
lot of silver money.
The woman awoke and was so much
wrought up over the vision that she aroused
some of the family and went at once to the
designated spot and began to dig. Soon the
fiat rock was reached and removed with
trembling hards and high expectation. A
small box was revealed. This was taken
out and opened, and, to the wonder and
establishment of all present, 1t contained
thirty silver dollars.
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SECRET SILVER PARTY.
The Patriots of America Hope to Have
the Balance of Power.

the balance OF Power.
The free silver leaders Of the country
have arranged for the marshaling of their
forces in a secret political or1er or society.
which will be incorporated under Illinois
laws in few days They hope to control
the election of 1896. and to dictate terms
to one or both of the great parties. The
new order Is to be known as the Patriots
of America" and will have as its main OBJ
ject the restoration Of the free coinage Of
silver at 16 to l ratio. 1t owes its origin
to w. II. Harvey, author of "Coin's Flnan-
cial School, and Is also backed by the Ma
tional Bimetallic League, the western mine
owners and the friends and advocates of
free silver generally.
Last summer free silver bureau was
established in Chicago, backed by western
capitalists, with ex-RepreSentative H F.
Bartine of Nevada and E. B. Light, a
well-known western man, in charge. In
der their direction the National Bimetallic
League was organized, and they also began
the publication of a weekly paper. the Ma
tional Bimetallist. A canvass was made of
every county In the United States, except
those In New England, and thousands of
letters went out from Chicago to leading
men OF all parties who it was thought
could be trusted" The letter in question
read as follows:
Dear Sir: We wish to know the name of
one reliable. Jealous. patriotic man in each
county In your state in hearty sympathy
wishes to communicate at once concerning
the organization of our forces. While YOU
may not be able to furnish us all the names
desired, yet please make the list as COM
plete as you can, and we will push the in
curry through others. Give the name of
no one who Is not reliable and earnestly
attached to our cause. We do not want
the name of any one who is a partisan, or
who is likely to follow his party, should 1t
go wrong on this question. The names we
do want are those who would bolt their
party in case it declared in favor of the
present financial policy Of the government
or equivocated on the subject
TheSe letters were sent out in September
and ELECTED replies from every part of the
country.
The free silver champions propose through
the order, to establish permanent organi-
cation in every county in the Unit ed States
with members pledged to support only the
party and candidates known to be unaI-
terably in favor Of the restoration of free
silver coinage at the 16 to l ratio.
Over 1000 local organizations, represent
ing every section of the country, are ready
to receive their charters the first of the
year. and will obtain the ritual and other
working material from the Chicago head
quarters
If it is found impossible to swing either
of the great parties into line for free sill
Yer. the present plans call for a national
conference Of silver men early in the sum-
mer of go and the nomination of a sepa-
rate ticket for the presidential campaign.
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Mrs. Darling Will Retire.

Mrs. Florence Adams Darling, the found
er and organizer general of the national
society. Daughters of tine Revolution, will
retire from the active direction of the 1776
societies after the annual meeting, which
will be held next month. In recent in
terview Mrs Darling said she was in favor
of the state organizations and against the
proposed policy of Capitalization. She OBJ
Jected to the Washington headquarters
RELOCATING the state regents to the rear.
In conclusion she announced that she
would favor union of Sons and Daugh-
tiers of 1916,
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LARGE AND SMALL FARMERS,
California Ranches to BE Divided Into
Tenanted Holdings.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
A syndicate has been formed to purchase
end place on the market over dozen Of tho
largest and most valuable ranches in north
ern California. All arrangements for clos
ing the deal have been perfected. and with
in few days all the papers required to
bind the holders Of the vast tracts Of land
to the terms Of the transfer will be drawn
up and signed. From present Indications
the syndicate will close with $4,000 acres,
though 1t is probable that an additional TO-
600 of the Cone ranch may be admitted into
the deal All this property, which is now
owned and cultivated by a few wealthy
men. will be cut up into small ranches OF
twenty and forty acres and be improved
with dwellings and outhouses. When the
vast acreage of the syndicate land is taken
into consideration, and the fact that the
land has a frontage Of seventy-four miles
on the west bank of the Sacramento. besides
a large frontage on the east bank, the CO.
lossal extent Of the big land deal will be
readily apparent.
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THE SON IS SUSPECTED.
A BildefOrd, Me-, Carpenter Found in
His Bed Murdered.

The dead body of James NJ. Hurd. car
penter of Biddef ford Me-. was found in
red at his home, I Oak street. at about Z
o'clock Saturday morning. deep hole in
the left temple, and, cash completely
across his throat indicated murder, and
the dead mans son. Fred. twenty-five years
old, has been arrested on suspicion of hav-
ing committed the crime. The young man
is thought to have acted under the I'M
pulse Of insanity as he has on several &C.
casions, it is said, shown signs of mental
arrangement.
The body was found by young Hurd,
who, with his parents. were the only oc-
cupants Of the house The son at once
notified the coroner and also reported the
facts to the police, saying that his father
had been murdered. On searching the
house, the officers found bloody razor
and several bloodstains in different parts
Of young Hurd's room, and from other
evidence 1t was considered advisable to
place him under arrest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-09

A meeting was held Saturday at the Of
flee of the Central and Southern Telegraph
Company in New York for the purpose of
furthering the organization of the Pacific
Gable Company. This company will be in
dependent of the Mexican and Central and
South American telegraph companies in Its
organization. but they will hold relations
which will mutually be advantageous. The
projected cable will connect San Francisco
with the proposed American naval station
at Pearl River harbor, in the Sandwich
Islands, Japan, China, Australia and In
dia. A committee on plan apf scope was
appOinted,
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GEORGE AUGUSTUS sALA DEAD.
The Well-Known War Correspondent
Passes Away.

George Augustus Sala, the journalist. 10
dead. Mr.. Sala was born In London In 1923
He founded and was the first editor Of the
Temple Bar Magazine. He visited the
United States in 1863 as special correspond
ent for the Daily Telegraph, and In the lat
ter part Of 1864 published the result Of his
observations, under the title of America in
the Midst of War"
He was war correspondent for the same
paper in France in 1870, witnessing the fall
of the empire in Paris, on September 4. He
afterward went to Rome to record the entry
of the italian army into the eternal city,
and in January, 1875. he visited Spain on the
occasion of the entry of Alphonso XII. H4
visited Russia in December, 1876, as special
correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, and
subsequently traversed the empire to Oh.
serve the mobilization of the Russian army
then in progress. Mr. Sala started a weekly
paper in May, 1892, entitled Sala's Journal
but discontinued the publication Of 1t.
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Copyright, 1895, by Bachelor johnson & Bachelor
Continued from Saturdays Starr
SYNOPSIS.

syNnps1s
Philo Ames, a London ciubman. receives
a mysterious note from a lady asking If he
could be seen On the embankment, near
Seopa.ra neeuie, on Chr.stmas eve. AT
foreet The Jnn;de,t 1880, I M NJ. 49,, 90
impulse impels him to act upon its sugges-
ton. On the night and at the time indi-
Gated ne Is at the needle and Is met by
ae au. t woman, VINO cohaucts MN 10
exDlanations tbsw antsr anS are driven
away,
1t was only after the cab was in motion
a.. -, -, .,,;,.
~ ~ ~
VI MS position anu the "hiihslcaAty, u gay
the least, of the whole amazing expedition.
With the rapidfty that thought permits in
,no-,en,s 81 oxtra,,,+ ha oontr.s,.a .u,o
-. - - y,
p1'uee-'ie oiie VI NM E>ieS sea'eo III
the comfort OF the st. Stephens Club, with
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Never Asked for the Refugees.

The Independence Beige of Brussels denies
the statement, published in New York, that
United States Minister Ewing has informed
the government at Washington that Bel
GUM refuses to grant the eXtradition of
Russell, Killoran and Allen, the men al
legged to be the post office thieves who es-
on July last. The Independence Beige
adds that the eXtradtion of these men has
never been demanded by the United States