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The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
Macco,s Death sun Doubted.

New York, Dec. l..-Dclcgatc
Thomas Estrada Palmn, when asked
whether the additional information re-
garding General Maceo's death had in
any way influenced his former opinion
as to the veracity Of the news, said:
mot in the least. ] cannot accept the
reports SO far published as conclusive
evidence of General Maceo's death. |
have just received. via Key West, this
cable dispatch from my agent in lla-
vnna: 'Maceo passed the trocha Dcccm.
Der 4. Report Of his death absolutely
false. You may contradict it upon my
responsibility"
Besides tho above telegram Senior
Estrada Palma exhibited several other
dispatches from places in Europe and
America, asking him for information
regarding Maceo. Among the cable
grams one received from a wealthy
Cuban in Paris reads: Gable us about
Macco. place $4,000 at your dis,
posal. Let us not dismay. Go ahead.
Another cablo dispatch from Porto
Plata, San Domingo, says: "Cubans
and sympathizers request further in.
formation AS to Macco's fate, We rcit
crate the assurance OF our devotion I,
the cause and place II hundred rifles
at your disposal"
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
HER REQUEST DECLINED.
Howard University Refused to Accept
DR.. Caroline Winslow's Body.

WASHINGTON. Dec. li.-Dr. Caroline
Brown Winslow. the noted woman
physician, who died this week, left a
will bequcathing her body to Howard
university to be carefully dissccted by
u medical student for the pur-
pose of advancing her knowledge OF
anatomy. After that she desired that
the several parts of her skeleton should
be wired together for the use of the
Minor normal school of the district
founded by her friend. Myrtilla Minor,
the skeleton to'occupy the place in the
school the founder designed that her
skeleton should occupy.
DR.. Winslow desired this disposition
of her body because the laws of the
country require that every medical
student shall obtain and disscct one
human body before he or she "a
graduate or receive Il diploma, and be-
cause there are no methods provided
by which said bodies can be legally OBJ
tanned except by bcqucst or sale by
the previous to death.
1t is understood that the university
declined to receive the body and it was
crcma'cd and the ashes will be in
TERED.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
Moro Protection for MnNnnn.

HAVANA, Dec. L. The work OF
strengthening the Notifications about
Havana Is being pushed with notice.
able energy. Guns are being placed
on the heights around the city, all
pointing toward the sea. The fortiti-
cations of the port of Matanzas also
are being strengthened. The govern
mcnt sent 800 laborcrs to GuanabucOa
to construct intrcnchmcnts and erect
new barricndcs as n ~prccuution against
n fresh insurgcut raid. IL Is under.
stood that the whole town is To he in.
closed within "A barbed wire fence.
La Lucha, the organ Of the Cubans,
loyal to the Madrid government, says
Of President Clcyeland's message:
1.-THE message Is from u purely hypo-
thetical standpoint. II is IA bitter pill,
but u is sugar coated. Ii is unpleasant
for Spain. but il is Of little real inn
portance." The paper praises Mr..
Clcveland's mastery diplomacy in
handling the subject between two
fires, with the result OF quoting the
jingoes at home without its being nee
cssary to plunge the country into for.
eign complications.
La Lucha subjects the Spanish min
lister at Washington, Senior pupuy de
LONE, To a scathing criticism for his
failure 10 correct the press exaggera.
ton in it's accounts and false reports
of the actual situation here, many of
which have been unfortunately quoted
by President Cleveland" Had the
minister been more alert il says, 'hc
might have checked in time the un.
favorable current and tn have changed
IL to some extent in SPANS favor
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
Eoth Sides Poor shots

OLATHE, Kan, Doe. l2.-At ; o'clock
this morning Policemen Hays AID
colchester saw three burglars in the
~poStonice drilling into the safe, \
.uSi!%dc of shots followed. The officers
rmpticd their pistols and reiterated Ia
heir Office nearby and got Il shotgun
md wounded one OF the burglars, but
30 escaped. Hays has several bullet
Go'cs through his overcoat. The post
o.f!cc safe was penetrated and the fuse
hal already been pat in ready To bC
ircd Postmaster p~cttijohn has not
hnrn nhlN to nMnm tho SniC.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
TO HAVANA.
Captain General wcyler Again In tho
Cuban CapitaI-Greetcd by Thrungs.

HAVANA, Dec. li.-Captain General
Wcylcr arrived once mor in this city
at : o'clock last evening on horseback,
accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel
Escribano and others of his staff, and
by a cavalry escort.
The streets of Havana were t~hronged
with people and the houses of the
town had been gaily decorated with
bunting in anticipation of the captain
generals return. The Pua2a hrIncs in
front of the captain generals palace
wa packed with a vast OF
people. -.
Captain General Weyler made a brief
address, in the course of which he said:
IL have only directed. The army has
done all" Various delegations, both
civil and military, were received later
by General Weyler at the palace, and
they offered their congratulations
upon the outcome of his operations in
Pinar del Rio.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
n Proposed Army Appropriation.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE army
appropriation bill for the fiscal year OF
1875 has been completed by the House
military affairs committee, and Chair
man Hull expects to call it UP early
next week. The amount is sea, 1872, 400,
slse, 600 less than for the current year
and S7l6, 900 below the estimates, the
reduction being due to provision for
average instead of full legal strength
The principal reductions in estimates
are in pay, subsistence and the quar-
t~ermaster's department. A provision
Ia embodied to turn over to the interior
department the hospital at Het
Springs, Ark,
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
THE PROTESTS DENIED
sensational Washington story . fake-Hc-
port il All Fiction.

WAsnINGToN, Dee. l4.-An emphatic
and positive denial is made al the state
department of the published report
that Mustapha lIey. the Turkish min
istcr, by direction of the sultan. has
entered Il protest against the language
of the Presidents message To Congress
in its treatment OF the Turkish qucs-
ton. The report Is characterized rs
pure fiction" and it is pointed out
that Mustapha hey did not make a call
on Secretary Olnoy on the day on which
he is alleged to have signifed to the
secretary of state the deep d~ispleasure
of the sultan. 1t is probably true that
the government of Turkey was far
from pleased at what Mr.. Cleveland
had to say concerning Turkey.
But the rules Of international law ON
this point arc now SO well settled that
it is regarded as altogether improbable
that official attention would be paid to
the words. The communications of tho
executive to other nations have no o
Germ and international law is clear on
this point, which arose in "A famous
case between Austria and the United
States, in which it was clearly made
manifest that Austria could not notice
references to Hungary made in a Pres
idcntial message.
The Turkish minister authorized the
statement that he had received 10 in
s~,ructions from his government touch
ing the Presidents message, and that
he had not male any official communi-
cation to the state department or to
any branch of the United States gov
crnmcnt concerning this subject. The
minister desired to convey the broadcst
and fullest dissent and denial of the
published reports to that effect.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
Th,rty-two Years In Building.

New YORK, Dee. IL. One more FOR
inidable addition to the navy of the
United States was made yesterday
when the monitor ram Puritan was
formally put in commission ut the
BROOKLYN navy yard. 1t is thirty-twc
wears since the keel Of the Puritan wa
laid, and four years since she wa
launched. Now that she is ready for
service, she is regarded as for defens'
I've purposes superior to navy vessel
Of the first class, while for offensive
warfare she Is a little inferior TO first
class craft. She is 800 feet long and
60 feet wide, and has . displacement
Of 9, 200 tons.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
Crecdon In Nine Rounds.

NEW York, Dee. li.-At the Broad.
way Athletic club, Dan Crecdon OF
Australia o%utfought and outpointed
Dick O'Bricn of Boston in nine rounds.
From the beginning of the bout until
the referee intcrfered and stopped the
mill, when the ninth round had nearly
expired, the work of both men was
very rapid, and they worked SO hard
that during the last three rounds one
good blow would have settled the on
test. Crcedon was undoubtedly the
better man.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
A Reporter In Contempt.

FRANKFORT, KY, Dec. IA. -Frank u.
Robbins of Cincinnati, who has been
here assisting +. q. BurlSam of the
Timcs-Star in court of appeals work,
was arrested to-day for contempt OF
court. IL Is claimed that he clandes-
timely secured means for evesdropping
in the courts consultations and gave
out the decision in the Walling case
to the Times-Star over an hour before
it was announced by the court.
TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. l+,-When the
members of the State Reform Press
Association meet in this city on Japz
uary l2 to dispose of Stcinberger as
president, they will probably discover
that no such organization exists. II
has been dissolved by the president,
and the National Reform Press Associ-
alton has been notified to revoke its
charter, The association was com
posed of the editors of the Populist pa
pers in Kansas, about 100 in number,
and was "a subordinate to the national
association. The editors will likely
hold the meeting, but they will have
to r~eorganize, and will not DO recog'
nlzed by the national association
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
GOV. SMITH lMPUGNED.
Ex-Cicrk Rcdding Makes Sensational
Statements About the Home Manager.

Statements About the Homo Manager.
WAsuINGroS. Dec. li.-William i.
Rcdding. an inmate of the Hampton,
Va. soldiers home. who was the Clerk
OF Governor Smith Of the l~caycnworth
home from 1889 to isg?, appeared to-
day before the House committee in
v~cstirating the L~cavcnwOrth homc and
testified that he drew the contract
with the Leslie kccloy institute, by
which cures Of thc morphine nnd alcO-
hol habits were to he administered TO
the inmates. IIy the terms oi the con
tract, $40 was Ia he charged for the
cure of the morphine habit and S. for
the alcohol habit.
ltedding swOrc that on onc occasion
Governor smith told him. whoa it waE
suggested that the temperance socie-
ties should give him Il III dial Tor his
activity in pushing the kcclcy cure.
that he did not want Il medal, what he
wanted was the 81 900 This was
when negotiations with the institute
were pending. He also testified that
Governor Smith raised the sum charged
TO inmates for the administration OF
the cure to $50. although the contract
price was S.. He said that Governor
Smith took the cure himself, and shat
subsequently he (iicddingl saw Smitn
under the influence of liquor. lie tcs-
titled that Governor Smith Frequently
went to Excelsior Springs and re-
manned for several DAYS.
BEDDING testified to various minor
incidents tending to show Governor
Smiths arbitrary aud oppressive trcat.
mCnt of the inmates. He attributed
his removal from Il position he held ut
the Northwestern home to Governor
Smiths influence. He was the only
! witness to-day.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18

COLUMBIA, Mo-, Dee. l@.-An un-
known man jumped from the east
bound train No. . Of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railway last night,
while going at the rate OF forty miles
an hour, and was instantly killed, He
had sG74.lO in his pockets, and in his
grip, which he retained when he
jumped, there was 81, 800 more. There
was nothing by which he could be
identified. lie bought his ticket at
Danic,p TaynS
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
Cnunterfeit Gold Pieces in st, IOuIa.

Sr. LOUIS, Mo-, Dee. lt-Wcll exc.
cutcd counterfeits of 81 gold coins are
being circulated here. The only rough
work is in the milling, the edges being
irregular and thicker than or the gen
uine pieces. The metal, however is
soft, wears easily and the color clearly
indicates plating. Seven Of the spurious
coins were taken yesterday to the Of
fee of Assistant United States Attor-
ney Wayne by persons who accepted
them as rood.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
AMERICAN VOLUNTEERS.

BallingtOn Booths Model the Constitu-
tion-stars and stripes the Banner,
New YORK, Dec. IA, -Commander-in-
Chief Ballington Booth and his staff
field officers of the Volunteers of Amer
lea have draughted Il constitution for
the organization, following the spirit
of the constitution OF the United
States, removing entirely any scmb'
lance Of autocratic power and avoiding
any possibility of theological discus
sion, the theological tcnets berg such
as will be readily accepted by all evan
glcical bodies with whom it is the desire
Of the Volunteers to cooperate in all
Christian work. The stars and stripes
has been adopted Us the banner OF the
organization
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
Ten Year. Each for Eootpads,

SALlNA, Kan, Dec. A.-Andrew
johnson and Edward Manning have
been sentenced to ten years each in
the penitentiary for holding up three
bows here last August, from whom they
secured 81. johnson is said to have
served five years in the Iowa peniten'
tiarv for burglary. He claims to be u
printer of Kansas City. Manning is
So wears old and is known to the tramp
fraternity throughout the West us
"Denyer Red"
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
Hanged uimkeII In JIM.

LAwRENCE, Kan, Dec. l2.-Henry
Filgcr, who was arrested yesterday
morning by the Lawrence police for
stealing Il mule, committed suicide last
evening in the city Jail by hanging
himself. lie had taken n piece OF wire
used ms n clothcslinc and made n moose
and put his head through IL, fastening
it above to u ventilator by means of
pair of dra wcrs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
Mrs. Morris Wins Her suit.

TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. l2.-The jury in
the case OF Mrs. Daisy Morris W.. the
Western Union Telegraph company, on
trial in the Federal court since yestcr-
day, returned IA verdict this morning of
8 1900 in favor Of the plaintiff. Mrs,
Morris lives at lloyt, and sued for
SCI, 600. because the telegraph com
pauy failed to correctly transmit q
summons To her nhvSician.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
REST AND RELAXATION.
President Cleveland WIN spend Next
Week Hunting In south Carolina.

W~A,rINGroN, Dec. l2.-prcsidcnt
Cleveland, feeling the need of rest
after the hard work and close attcn-
ton incident to the Venezuela question
and the preparation of his annual mes
Il z To Congress, accompanied 10y Cap
tain Il. ID. Evans of the navy, Captain
Lamberton of the Fifth lighthouse dis
trict, and Dir. O'Reilly, will leave here
late tomorrow or Sunday morning 10y
rail for Georgetown, :. C., where they
will bc met by a lighthouse tender,
probably the Wistcria, and taken
down Winyah bay to n clubhouse,
where the party will be the guests OF
General Alexander. This is the same
club which entertained the President
and party about two years ago, and
the recollections of the sport had at
that time decided the President in its
favor for his present outing.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
CHAIRMEN NAMED.
Lieutenant Elect Harvey AM
nounces Five Committee Chiefs.

TopEkA, Kan, Dec. l4.-Lieutenant
Govcrnor-elcct Harvey, president OF
the senate, caused surprise to-day by
making the announcement of his sclec-
ton of the cha irmcn of five important
senate committeeman as follows: Ways
and means, ex-governor l.. ID. Lcwcll-
ing Of Wichita; judiciary, w. B. Cros-
sen of Miami county; railroads, ex-
Congressman w. 4. Harris Of Lcaven-
worth county; fees and salaries, II. O..
Jumper of Usage county; agriculture
and irrigation, l.. y. King OF Cowley
county.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
Three BABES Moderated.

IRwiN, Pa, Dec. l2.--festcrday
afternoon, while John ralingwest and
his wife were away from the house
three of Their children, aged 4 months,
4 and u years, while playing with an
oil can in front OF the CRATE, all caught
fire and before help ~arrived'werc nj!
burnru Ia death.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
Maria Barberi Acquitted.

NEW Work, Dec, l2.-rhe jury in tho
nsc Of Maria Barbcri, the Italian girl
who killed her faithlcss lover, has re-
turncd n verdict of not guilty. The
,ase has been Il celebrated one locally.
Miss Burbcri was tried once before and
convicted, but the supreme court
granted hcra re-trIal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
Double suicide In Boston.

BosToN, Dec. li.-Mnry l.. Collins
and Samuel =. Putnam, of Chicago
were found dead to-day upon the floor
Of q room occupied by the m
The gas was turned on. The woman
was 20 years Of age and the mar about
so. An investigation is nov being
made by the police.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18

NEW York, Dec. ls,-Thc confer
that have been in progress foi
ten days between the principal manu-
Iacturcrs of white newspaper have re-
in a practical agreement OF al
concerned to pool interests and to dca
with only through n gen
cral agency, which is to he established
IN this city.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
Santa Fs Case Is Argued.

LEAyENwoRrH, Kan, Dec. 1.-THE
Ease in which the destiny OF the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad is at
stake was argued before Judge Louis
Myers in the district court yesterday.
When the lawyers had finished their
arguments Judge Myers announced
that he would take the case under adj
viscmcnt and render his decision De-
ccmbcr rs, at OSkalooSa.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18

OTTAWA, Ont, Dee, l2.-Sir Richard
Cartwright will leave in IA few days for
Washington To ascertain whether Pres
ident-clccC Mckinley will enter int
reciprocity negotiations with Canada
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
Spauiarus Killed In a Had structure.

MADRID, Dec. l2.-A dispatch from
Jerez de In Frontcra that a
large building has collapsed there,
burying yer 100 persons. Eleven
bodies have been recovered.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
American wArship nj Havana.

HAVANA, Dec. 1.-THE United States
warship Newark arrived here this
morning. Nothing can be learned OF
her errand or whittier she Is bound.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-15

famous men than any other photograp her
IN America. Among his first sitters were
refer cooper William Cullen Bryant.
LongtelloW, Charlotte Cushman, Forres.,
Booth, John Mccullough and Ristori; his
famous picture of the last mentioned ar
tlst as Marie Antoinette was probably one
OF mis- greatest creations. He had an
amusing experience in making this pic
ture He had Ristorf posed on a platform.
ana the great actress was nerved for the
occasion and for the time being was Ma
RE Antoinette; the veins on her forehead
STOOD out like your little finger; whether
al MS supreme moment he was fired with
MS own artistic enthusiasm or with the
wonderful power or the personal magnet
ism OF the great Ristori, he forgot his
surroundings, and, backing toward the
camera out of the way of the exposure.
tumbled head over heels from the plat
form. Ristori was convulsed with laugh
ter over the righteousness Of the situa,
tlon, and exclaimed: "Sarony, you have
mistaken your vocation: you should have
been an actor"
the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia gave
the little artist many sittings. Gems.
Grant, sherman, Sheridan and Hancock.
ana Presidents from the time of Lincoln
sought his studio. It Is said that more
than $4,000 negatives are stored in Sar-
ony studio. and that they include prac-
ucally every man and woman who have
come before the public since ne started in
business, and every prominent visitor from
abroad i41
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TACKLING FOR TEAM PLACES.
SAVANNAH PREPARING FOR LIVE
LY GRIDIRON TUsSELs.

Practice for The Savannah-JaclSson-
VILE Thanksgiving Game to Begin
This WeeI-The Team Weakened
by Gordon Saussy's Absence.
Charles II. O'Byrnc Elected Tempo
rary Captain-TOm HHlliGRn to
Manage the Team.
The prospects for foot bah in savan-
nah this season are exceedingly bright.
The team will get down to hard work this
week and will begin practicing daily for
the Thanksgiving day game with Jack
sonville. The players who can do so
will practice in the afternoon and for those
who cannot attend this practice a night
practice will be held.
The strength of the team has been i'm
paired somewhat by the loss of Capt.
Gordon Saussy, but it will not be mate
rally weakened. Mr.. Saussy is quite i'll
with typhoid fever and he viii not be able
to play for several weeks. He is probably
the strongest man on the team and will
be missed. He was captain of the team
and his coaching would have been very
beneficial to the boys.
For the past two seasons Saussy has
played left half back on the Cornell Uni
versity team and before that he played
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-15

twice before, and has always been en-
Enthusiastically received. There are so many
university men in Savannah that when
the Athens boys play here the cheering
is as loud and the colors as much worn
IS that of the home team.
Early in the season the High School boys
endeavored to organize a team, but the
refusal of the park and tree commission
TO allow them the use of the park for prac-
tiee doubtless put an end to the idea.
There is material in the High School for
a good team, and if the boys will COM
municate with the managers of the Cath
Ole Library Association park they would.
no doubt be able to obtain the use of the
park
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is none the less to be pitied, wherever is

is none the less to be ptied, wherever IL
may be-"
There are blunders of the species "bull'
which have not been born in Ireand. 10
was a Scotchwoman who said hat the
butcher of her town only killel half
beef at a time. 1t was a Dutchnan who
said pig had no marks on his ears except
a long tail. 1t was a British magistrate
who, when told by certain rascal that
he was not married, responded: That's
a good thing for your wife"
At one of the first examinations Tor
sanitary inspectors in England, there
were some very curious replies handed
in. One candidate, asked what death
rate was, replied that it was rate levled
on the living to support the cemeteries
Another, replying to question about the
willful exposure of person suffering
from an infectious disease, said that ne
must not ride in any conveyance except a
hearse without first informing the driver
Another, in a reply to the same question
laid it down as imperative that "a person
dying of an infectious disease must gNe
notice to the local authorities Wlthih
twenty-four hours"
There has been in bookish circles OF ia!e
some complaint that the DOCK uaue -
passing out of the hands of men OF cul-
ture into those of an inferior class OF men
who know little and care less apout ~
books they handle Point is given 10 tH ,
accusation by the following exannpl ~
among many that have been noted py
book buyers. gentleman staying at
well known seaside town made inquiry a.
a book shop for the "Autocrat OF tho
Breakfast Table" when the vendor re-
plying that he had not got COPY,
elenched his positive assurance by sayins
that all the cookery books were kept W
gether, and it was not among them'
The Librarians Of the now nulneIous
public Libraries find the tedium OF tneIr
labors a little relieved by the blunGers
made by their unlearned patrons Wheh
asking for books. There is no book tias
seems to have caused such puzzlemenl.I, "
readers as Miss Harraden's Ships Inas
Pass In the Night" 1t has figured IN sno
requests of would-be readers as SHIPS hips
That Speak as They Pass BY, Shlpo
That We Pass" "Ships That Sail IN tLe
Night" "Ships That Pass Through tne
Night" "Ships That the Night Passes
By and 1.-THE Ship Book" and these .,S az
only a few of the variations lno
Heavenly Twins" has been asked LOT a.
1.-THE Heavenly Angels" and "rhe hea az,
emily Wings" while poor "Trilby' mas , nS
ured as Little Trilby" Little Blilee
and even as ''Triplets."