The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-29
The Conway Cabal Against
Gen. Washington.
How Fabian Policy in war
and Politics Originated.
Diver and the Spook Music--What
to DO When Cyclone is Coming.

Tn letter to The Newsa corresPo".
saws that he road in oS article oo"'i"o
xv,th the Grant tomb dedication s'a'0
.,,,, 10 rho effect that Washington nau
a.. aa,r,ctors as we'll as Grant iho
,vr,tar ,hen gees on To say ,that ne had
800, hoard that the Father oil MS
.-o,,trv was ever subjected 10 CRITICISM
''.,,,s, ',ba rropress of the Revolutionary
War nT ofterward and he asks tue i ineahi
NO of the statement 10 when ne rei1i w, ~
II is n fact that Washington like az i,I .Ia
who have written their nailos t,, the
pages OF history, was at one tiine ,a ord
st,s,ot for the attacks of disRrunticu nnu
srs,,s s,,ir,ts Undoubtedly the Wrlter
yS.So article to which The News cores
nondent refers had in minu Ihe toumH tn,c
cabnl. witt which all familiar WIN 3 w.
intionary history are well acqu"ii'.su.
n,,';s naha, took it's name from tie major
e,araral of the American army, nlnh
syho was one Of its leading splrlts. ino
disasters of the American armies uurine
the carly part Of the war ied some PEI,
sons TO question the iithess ., ,,ue, sosccs
Tor the command Of the military iorces,
snd after the surrender OF Burgoyhe 10
ssonaraI Gates at Saratoga, poWeriul
c,sn,,a was formed for the removal vi
washington, the participants peing, ~
was alleged John Adams 9anuei Aua!ls'
Henry lee. Thomas Miffin, with uates,
Sn honed i'm case of the removal OF
Washington, to obtain the command Tor
himself.
Tho couspiracy failed on account OF the
popularity of Washington with tne army
and people, and in spite Oh MS re,crses
huted the conspirators that most OF tneih
,rara clad 10 disavow all connection with
tna affair. and Conway resigned MS COM
mission in the army. He was soon after
ward wounded in duel, ana peiievine
himself apout to die, he wro.e an apoiJE. ~
ryound and went to France. conway
,yos an Irishman who had been educated
an France. and reached the rank OF
colonel before coming TO America. aiter
his return to France he re-enterea tne
army. was appointed governor OF french
colony i'm India, but was unfortunate his
cuarrelsome disposition involving him IN
Continual trouble. In the French revolu-
zion of 1850 he was sent TO take command
If a Royalist force in the south OF
France but was deserted oy MS .roJps In,,
who went over to the people. Conway then
fed from France and never returned
xhonUh he lived for some years In OBJ
ecurity in various parts of Europe.
The Fabian policy about which on. one
reads has reference to both war ana poll
tics. It takes Its name from Quintu'
Tsbius Maximus Verrecosus, the Roman
eeneral who when Hannibal was inarcn
{nr up and down the peninsular OF Italy
and carrying everything before him, aavo
hsd everything to gain by fighting 1
pitched battle. but the Roman general wa'
&ot his equal In strategy or the tactica
management Of troops, ana as inns iac
was we'll known, Fabius advocated th'
policy Of wearing out the Sarthagohian
6y degrees. Declining to fight, he fol
lowvd the Carthogenian army from pom
20 point cutting off stragglers. harass
in9 the troops and keeping always II
view OF the foe, in readiness to take advan
tane of any mistake that might bc made
The policy was SUCCESSFUL, Menousn ANU a
for q time was made unpopular by IT. ant
later In the war IL was abandoned Tor NJ
AGGRESSIVE campaign, both in Italy AM
AYrica Fabius died at IN extreme oil
are. b. c., 203, about the time that Han
nibal left Italy.
Much has been said about the adultera
tion of candy, and statements have IRE
Ouontly been made that soapstone, pipe
ciay and other mineral substances, to
Ccther with tiff OF sulphate Of baryta nj
used for tho purpose OF increasing IN
weight and bulk OF the toothsome daint
which is so popular among children an
matinee freqnenters. People wpo are Ion
q
reflection that 1t contains nothing moi
harmful than glucose or grape. sugt
which on account Of its greater weight,
employed by the candy makers
preference TO cane or beet sugar. Sugi
fs 20 cheap that it does not pay the cand
maker TO adultorate his goods with 9th,
substances and IL is believed that cases
adulteration are very rare.
According TO the wild tolc Of Div
Dolph of San Francisco there are spool
around the wrcck of the sunken steaIn
Sunol which went down after collisi6
with the big bark Olympic Dolph IL
iirst-class diver, but he was halked
spooks the other day. Captain Pryor, wi
heads the party that Is removing q
treasure from the sunken steamer. w
very much astonishcd TO SEQ Dolph rise
the surface hurriedly, tear off his divil
costume and swear that imps were hol
ing high carnival around the silver III
lend bars sixty feet beneath the water. III
that an Internal band was playing ii
on the Ocean Wave To amuso thei
Pryor looked at Dolph. whom he knew
Be levcl-hoadod and sober man, b
whom he did net know To be supt
Etitious Divers SEQ queer things In I
depths and Imagination can make the
still morc strange. Dolph was clos.
questioned ms To what caused his fear.
finally said that while clearing away sol
wrcckage he came across dark-color
box Of hard wood about foot and h
square and several inches deep. As
threw II aside 10 pick up some lead a
silver bars he heard well known Inu
and then saw fantastic figures hovori
about tine wooden box. Without waiti
20 investigate Dolph left the scene a
camc 20 the surface
As he told the tale the Scamen "
were working on the schooner became