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The times., 1899-10-13
THE LEADERS QUARREL.
ar. Hiifs Friends Laying the Re-
sPonsibility en- Mr. Croker

NEW YORK. Oct. 12.-Richard Croker.
whose victory over David b. Hill al ne
meeting of the Democratic State Commit
Tee at the Hoffman House was recorded in
the newspapers this morning, declared to-
day with much emphasis that he was not
the leader OF the Democratic party in the
State OF New York. and that he did not
want TO have anything to do with the
State leadership. Frank Campbell, chair
man OF the Democratic State Committee
and other friends of hr. Hill declared that
the meeting showed plainly that Mr. Cro-
ker had gained control of the committee
and that he must now be Acknowledged as
the leader OF the Democratic party in this
State. In other words, the friends OF Mr.
Hill seemed desirous of permitting the i'm
preston to get abroad that from this on
In this campaign at least, il is up to Mr.
Croker, and that whatever the outcome
may be Mr.. Croker must take the RESPONSE
Dlilty. The friends of Mr.. Hill declared,
further that il the professed friends OF
that gentleman on the committee had kept
tnelr promises the result of the meeting
would have been different, and there would
be no dispute about who is the Democratic
leader of the State
1t came out today that on Wednesday
afternoon Elliott Danforth went to
Brooklyn as the representative OF Mr.
Hill to see Leader Hugh Mclaughlin and
TO ask Mr. Mclaughlin for his support in
case there was to be any trouble Mr..
Mclaughlin, 1t is said assured Mr. Dam
forth that the Kings county delegation
could do just as it pleased. His hands
were of. This being the case Mr. Hills
friends believed that the Kings county
delegation would be with him-which it
wasn't. Others expected support also
iaiied TO show up. Today Frank NJ Mott
VINO introduced the Bryan resolution to
the meeting, called on Mr.. Hill. After he
mad finished his interview, Mr.. Mott wrote
letter to Mr.. Bryan in which he said:
1t was privilege and a pleasure to
present the enclosed resolution and TO ask
for its adoption. The resolution enclosed
was the precise resolution adopted Neither
Mr. Croker nor his friends suggested, in
spired, or had any knowledge of the en-
closed resolution before Ii was presented
TO the committee. State Senator McCar-
rem was not, as reported, enthusiastically
Tor 1t, and former Governor Hills objec-
tion to it related merely to its political
expediency, He had always consistently
opposed the passage of such resolutions
by the committee. without expressing
either political or personal animosity
toward anyone" Former Senator Hills
friends said that this letter stated facts.
while the friends of Mr. Croker said:
PotN Hills trying to climb on the band
wagon
to give the impression that Mr.. Hill was
still the State leader 1t was said the
Tammany leader did not care for further
responsibility
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THE INGHAM-NEwITT TRIAL.
The Prosecution Rests Its Case and
the Defence Begins.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 12.-The Govern
ham hewitt counterfeiting trial, and the
defence began the work of subverting the
testimony of the witnesses who have as
sailed the character of the former district
attorney and his assistant A. S. l..
Shields counsel for the defence, In his
speech to the jury dwelt on the high
character of both the defendants. Mr.
Shields called former Judge Gordon to the
stand and asked him what he knew of the
character of Ingham and hewitt for hon
esty and integrity. He replied that their
characters were of the best. Then were
called Judges Pennypacker, Arnold, Bregy,
SulZbach, Audenreid and a number of at
torneys and business men who testified
to the high character of the defendants.
The next step of the defence was to de-
stroy the character of the witnesses for
the Government
The first TO be assailed was Kendig, who
turned states evidence. Citizens of Lam
caster and the surrounding country who
had known Kendig as man and boy were
called and told damaging stories about him.
Without exception, they said that he was
a remarkable liar, and none of them would
believe him on oath.
Ellery P. Ingham went on the stand and
made a statement, in which he said that
Kendig had called on him and asked him
to look after his interests in Lancaster, say
ing that he had invested $50, 900 in the to-
bacco business with Jacobs; that the plant
was worth 100000, but that their money
was liable to be lost because some COM
petitors in business were trying TO ruin
them by saying they made false returns
to the Government.
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AFFAIRS IN HAVANA.
senor de Castro Joins the Ranks of
the Annexationists.

HAVANA, Oct 12.-Rafael Fernandez d,
castro, who was formerly the leader OF tbs
autonomists, but who has taken no part in
poiitics since the war, will shortly issue {
pamphlet entitled "My Political Testa-
ment. He will say therein that he con-
demns the Cuban revolution, because be
believes that it has given the country only
ruin and misery. He has the honor. he
will say, of not having assisted in the rev
olution, and the aim of his work is to dem
onstrate that the only solution of the
problem is annexation. He declares that
all Cubans should seek this end, because
if the island is not annexed 1t will never be
other than like the South American Re-
publics. A protectorate, he thinks, would
be nonsense. Senor de Castro is an ex-
tremely influential and wealthy man. His
accession to the ranks of the annexation
lists in this avowed way will greatly
strengthen them. His work is expected to
produce marked impression.
Another attempted lynching is reported
from Alquisar. The victim, who is Span
ish curate, was protected by the rural
guards. The alcalde has advised the Gu
rate to leave the town to avoid further
trouble. The curate is alleged to have been
rabid Spanish supporter during the war
and a friend of General Weyler. The
present epidemic of attempted lynchings is,
by reason of repeated failures, suspected
of being nothing more than demonstrations
to scare unpopular persons. 1t is either
this or Cuban mobs lack the nerve TO put
their desires into effect.
The agitation among the Cubans against
the police court continues. Senor Lanuza,
Secretary OF Justice, has received petit
ton from the Supreme Court asking him
to abolish the police court Immediately, or
that it be reorganized with three judges
instead of one, in conformity with the
Spanish law. Senior Lanuza, it is said, will
present to the Governor General draft OF
an order forming court composed OF three
municipal judges in each provincial CAPT.
tai.
Chief of Police Bacallao has seized 4,I42
Remington rifles, 150 Mausers, and 100 car
bines belonging to the association of vet
Grams, which were not turned in by the
members of the association at the time the
Cubans were surrendering their arms. The
weapons will probably be put in the Cuban
arsenals with those which were turned in
by the soldiers when they received the SIS
per man allotted to them by the American
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THE COMMERCIAL CONGRESS.
The International Trade Conference
Opens in PhiIaleInhia

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 12.-The Interna-
tional Commercial Congress, which, it is
hoped, will result in largely increasing
the foreign trade of the United States, was
formally opened today. Members of the
Diplomatic Corps arrived from Washington
at 1890 o'clock, and were escorted to their
hotels. AT 2 o'clock they and the dele
gates to the congress assembled in the
mayors reception room in the city hail.
and, after being greeted by the mayor, were
driven TO the grounds of the National Ex-
port Exposition.
The Auditorium, capable Of seating 1000
persons, was decorated with flags of all
the nations which will participate In the
congress. Former Senator Edmunds, OF
Vermont. introduced the Assistant Secre-
tary of State, David ]. Hill. who said:
THE convocation of the International
Commercial Congress in this city at this
time is significant token of the worlds
progress. 1t treasures US that the political
independence OF nations which is essential
to their existence and well being, is not
inconsistent with their social and economic
interdependence. 1t promises hope that
the asDerities of commercial competition
may be tempered by the amenities of gem
erouS and intelligent cooperation. II in
dicates disposition on the part of all
portions of the civilized world to secure
the widest possible diffusion OF the bless
ings arising from the achievements of the
prolific century in which we live II the
problem OF economic distribution should be
rightly solved there would not exist upon
the surface of the earth a single human
being capable of rendering a social serv-
ice whose legitimate needs could not be
satisfied
Mayor Ashbridge welcomed the dele
gates and then former Senator Edmunds
made a speech outlining the objects of
the congress. Mr.. Edmunds said that
former Speaker Thomas B. Reed, would
preside at tomorrow's session.
IN the evening the delegates and men,
bers of the Diplomatic Corps were received
by Mayor Ashbridge in his rooms at the
City Hail.
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the nations. there is, as NJ. Bloch admits,
likely TO be some sort of trial of strength,
whose outcome viii be general conviction
of the impossibility OF war. This trial of
strength will take place under conditions
practically new in military history. Two
things viii alone determine the outcome of
the next great war; economic conditions
and national character.
The suthor Of this book points out the
great alteration in the possibilities of bat
lie due to the introduction of smokeless
powder and the increased range, iattened
trajectory, and enhanced destructive pow
er Of firearms. Formerly the soldier
fought more or less in the dark, and the
preservation of his life depended On several
things-physical strength, personal brav
cry, deftness in sabre play, skill in marks
manship, luck in dodging behind tree or
other shelter. None of these things will
have any effect on the battlefield of the fu-
ture. The report of the rife will not be
heard, the smoke viii not be seen; a bullet
will simply arrive from some unknown
place, and bury itself in the body of
man, with the impartiality of Fate. All
the havoc which shot and shell make in
the ranks viii be plainly visible. 1t will
be impossible TO rescue the wounded who
fall in the zone OF fire swept by bullets
between the eontending armies; they Will
lie there for days, perhaps, exposed to all
the horrors Of such a situation. The OFF,
GERS, being the more conspicuous, will be
picked off by sharpshooters, and suppos-
ing the contest TO be between civilized ar
mics Of Iearly equal strength, both will
soon be deprived of the necessary compile
ment of leaders. What will decide the
outcome Of a battle under these condi-
tions? A sudden rush upon the enemy
would mean simply decimation of the at
tacking party. The only possible way of
advancing would be by slow degrees, en-
trenchments at every step. Under these
conditions. almost without precedent in
the history of warfare, what troops will
prove themselves fittest TO survive?
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sistance. in AelEanas. Nevertheless. Day

sistance in AeIisanas. Nevertheless. Day
argues that-the-only thing we had con-
quered was sMogtojo's fleet, and that even
our right to the Bay and Harbor of Ma
MIA was founded on the Edmunds- Ireland
protocol Of August z. 1898, which, as Day
helped what little he knew how in its con
coction, must be considered as a superior
foundation q right to Dewey's victory, or
TO Merritts~ occupation of the Philippine
capital city. Really, Day and his argu-
ments are hardly worth the space one has
to waste to discuss them.
According to this eminent Canton
county court lawyer, our only title to the
philippines is one by purchase. He says
we paid twenty million dollars for the
possession which we had never conquered,
ana which none of his associates in Wash
ington or Parissever thought we had. Ger
tainly we paid Spain the sum of money
stated, and our agreement to do so is con-
tanned in paragraph of Article III of the
treaty OF Paris, the first part of which
covers the cession of the Philippines.
ASIDE from the fact that the cession and
the agreement to pay happened to be
grouped under one numerical head, there
is not line, a word or any other indi-
cation whatsoever that there is the slight
est connection between them. For any
thlng IN the text of the article to the con-
trary, the payment may have been for
Porto Rico or for the evacuation of Cuba
or for the island of Guam. This is too
peculiar to have happened without design
ferhaps Day, who just now seems anxious
10 relntroduce himself to an appreciative
pubic, viii do another turn, and explain
why the treaty did not say that the
twenty million dollars was intended as
the purchase price for the Philippines?
If we were to ask Senator Davis that
question, we rather think he would re-
ply that it was because the American
commissioners insisted that the money
involved in the transaction should be con-
sldered as donation and should not be
referred to in way to cloud our other
wise perfect title to the islands. resulting
from conquest
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PREPARING THE BROOKLYN.
Coal and Ammunition for Her Trip
to Manila.

NORFOLK, Va, Oct 12.-Ammunition
by the ton, provisions, and hundreds Of tons
of coal were today placed aboard the cruiser
Brooklyn in Hampton Roads. The repairs
to her machinery are being made aboard,
and the Brooklyn is scheduled to sail on
Saturday direct to Manila. The Marietta
will coal here tomorrow, and may sail with
the Brooklyn. All short-time sailors on
the Brooklyn are being given their dis
charges, and reserves from the navy yard
here are being sent down to take their
places.
The Texas has rejoined the feet, after
a run TO Hatteras, where she partially de-
stroyed sunken derelict with torpedoes.
Every incoming steamer reports that the
abandoned schooner Carrie A. Lane is a
menace to navigation, south of Hatteras,
and ship captains have recommended that
a war vessel be sent down to destroy this
dangerous derelict.
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THE FUNERAL OF A NoMAD.
Picturesque Ceremonies Will Attend
n Gypsy Chiefs Burial.


n Gypsy Chiefs Burial.
NEW YORK, Oct 12.-The funeral of
Seth Lowell, noted gypsy chief, the old
est son of the late Queen" Rebecca Lo-
veil, who was former ruler of all the
gypsies in the United States. will take
place with impressive and picturesque GER
emonies tomorrow morning in the gypsy
camp between Elizabeth and Waverly.
Chief Lowell, who was seventy years old,
expired of pneumonia on Tuesday in West
Philadelphia, where part of his tribe is
encamped He Is well known to gypsies
all over this country. and the funeral of
his royal mother, who was buried
eighteen years ago at Evergreen Cemetery,
near Elizabeth, surpassed in pomp and
picturesqueness anything ever before seen
in these parts.
The family have plot in Evergreen,
and the chiefs body, which will rest be-
side Queen Lovells, was embalmed
Tuesday, and forwarded to Elizabeth,
where it has just arrived. An undertaken
of that CITY, who has buried all the gyp-
sizes that have died in that section of the
country for the past twenty years, took
charge Of the body, placed it in black
cloth casket, and then conveyed Ii to the
gypsy camp where it will lie in state until
tomorrow, in a big new tent which the
sorrowing tribe erected as a temporary
mausoleum. By direction of the tribe the
interior of the tent was hung with black
cloth. interspersed with smilax and cut
flowers artistically arranged. Many beau
tiful floral tributes were placed on and
about the casket.
1t is expected that by tomorrow all the
nomads in New York, Pennsylvania, and
New Jersey that can possibly do so will
be present to participate in the burial ex-
ercises. Chief Joseph Lowell, only re-
naming brother of the dead man. sent a
telegram today to the various gypsy en-
campments, acQuainting them with Seth's
death and the date of the funeral. At
the gypsy camp tonight the scene is weird
and solemn. The mourners were grouped
in various attitudes about the tent of death
smoking long clay pipes and indulging oc-
casionally in a low, monotonous chant So
far as can be learned there will be no
religious service tomorrow, nothing but
the peculiar committal services of the
Romany type. The dead chief, it is said,
was attended in his last illness by Phil
adelphia Catholic priest, but he is to be
inferred in Protestant cemetery.
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Remaining to Be Seen.

tFTom the PhlIadeIphia Hecord.)
Notwithstanding the abolition of the censorship
in Manila by official decree, the army correspond
ents are by no means permitted to send what
they write from the seat of war In place Of the
fatal blue pencil an order has been issued which
prescribes in general what may and what may
not be telegraphed to the United States. and
correspondent who should disobey this order
would be liable to deportation. The correspond
ents have complained that they were not per-
mitted 10 make any reports concerning the con.
iition OF the army, the care and discipline of
the troops, and like matters. All this will still
be prohibited by the. order on the ground that
it is calculated to give information to the enemy
How much the situation may have been changed
for the better by the removal OF the censorship
remains 10 be seen.
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wARsHIPs AFTER BR1GANDs.
Suppressine LootinS Bands In the
New Hebrfdes.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. IA special to
the Cali from Victoria. B. c., says:
According to advices received from the
New Hebrides, two warships, one British
and the other French, acting In concert,
have been suppressing bands of brigands
which have been robbing and looting the
native villages and in many cases the
stores of the traders in the Southern Pa
cifc archipelago.
"At Segon band of convicts from the
French prison at New Caledonia, who
since their escape in a stolen schooner
FIVE months ago have been robbing and
raiding, were killed and their camp de-
stroyed
"At Leper's Island, where the Governor
was killed, two ships fred upon and de-
stroyed the native villages. On another
island several native women had been
seized by beach combers,' and in revenge
the natives made prisoners of seven mis-
sionaries, who were rescued by men from
the warships."
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Harrison and the Kaiser.

IFTOfn LtUKtF.
Good may come of the conversation between
former President Harrison and Emperor William.
at which variety OF American and German ton
les came up for discussion. So patriotic an
American as the former President could not fail
to represent his country's interests in the most
favorable light. while both he and the Emperor
are quite intelligent enough TO give proper con-
sideration TO the claims OF each others respec-
tive countries when properly presented No
doubt each learned something about the interests
represented by the other, and the result should
tend to place the two countries on a more am
icable footing.
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Found Hanging to "A Tree.

NEWPORT NEWS. Va. Oct 12.-New-
port News hunters from Warwick county
report finding today the body of man who
evidently committed suicide by hanging
himself to a tree In the forest. Vultures
had eaten nearly ali Of the body. making
Identification almost impossible. The au-
thorities have been notified and the matter
viii be investigated From the hair left
on the head it is thought to be the body
of a white man. From the condition OF the
clothes it is thought the man must have
hanged himself two or three months ago.
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Day ON the Philippine Acquisition.

Judge william r. Day will be smilingly
remembered In this city as the Secretary
Of State who used TO discuss the policy and
proposed action OF his department under
street lamps with whoever would talk with
him. and whose foible It was to trot of to
foreign legations and quarrel with their oc-
cupants. He has maintained for such an in
diyidual long silence which, at length, he
has broken In letter treating of the Paris
Peace Commission and the alleged secret
history of our acquisition of the Philip
pines.
Judge Day asserts that neither the Presi-
dent nor the Commission ever had the re-
hottest idea that the archipelago came TO
us by right OF conquest 1t is true that
Dewey, and later Dewey and Merritt, de-
stroyed all there was of Spanish naval or
military power, or any other power of re-
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The Var of the Future.

The book which is said TO have inspired
the peace rescript OF the Gear of Russia
has lately been translated into English. Its
title is The Future of War" and II is
the work Of NJ Bloch. political economist
of Warsaw There are many elaborate ar
Eunentf in IL, which 20 10 prove that the
gradual perfection OF arms and explosives
viii eventually render wsr an impossibility,
because the cost Of maintaining IL will be
TOO great for the people at home. and the
loss OF life too great FOR armies 20 endure
But before this can happen, and some
other court OF las; appeal be arranged for
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Austria,s Jack the Ripper.

VIENNA, Oct. 12.-Telegrams from
Linz, capital of upper Austria, on the Dan
ube, report that the inhabitants of that
district are in a state of terror owing to
a series of "Jack-the- Ripper murders
The fifth occurred yesterday. The victim
a woman fifty years of age, was assaulted
before she was killed.
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THE VANDERBILT WILL.
It's Contents VIII Probably BE Made
Known Tomorrow.


NEW YORK, Oct. 12-Alfred Vanderbilt,
who was in Japan when his father, Cor
nelius Vanderbilt died, and who is now
on his way across the continent, is ex-
pected TO arrive in this city tomorrow. He
left San Francisco on Monday in a special
car attached to regular train. There will
be family conference, probably on Satur-
day, at which the executors and lawyers
Will be present. The will will be read and
filed for probate, and its contents will then
be made public.
Senator Depew, who is now In YER
mont with Admiral Dewey, viii return in
time for the conference. Nothing positive
as to the contents of the will is known
outside of the members of the family, the
lawyers who drew 1t and the executors,
but it is generally accepted that, while
young Cornelius is not disinherited, the
bulk of the property is not left to the eldest
son, as has been customary for several gen
erations In the Vanderbilt family.
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THE ANARCHISTS PUNISHED.
Sebastian Faure and His Associates
Sentenced in pnrin

PARIS, Oct. 12.-Sebastian Faure. the
Anarchist leader, who was arrested on
August 20 for melting to riot the mob
which attacked and desecrated st. Joseph's
Church had been condemned to two
months imprisonment His associates
Dborr, Ferriere, Perrin, and We'll. who,
with Faure. funked when they saw that
blood had been shed. and attempted to es-
cape, were also convicted and sentenced to
various terms OF Imprisonment
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WRECKED BY FIRE.
The Chicago Produce Exchange
Building BADLY Damaged.

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, Oct. 12--While
the Presidential party was being formed
today the Produce Exchange building was
wrecked by fire. All of the occupants of
the building were burned out or their
goods ruined by water poured .ntO the
burning structure. Several small buildings
in the rear were also destroyed. The loss
is estimated at SIS, 600.
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NEW LOCOMOTIVES ORDERED.
The Canadian Pacific Patronixe.
United States Manufacturers

OHIteU StHttH tfHhuIuCTuTtrS-
MONTREAL Oct. 12.-The Canadian Pa
cifc Railway Company has placed orders
for some thirty or forty new locomotives
with several OF the leading locomotive
manufacturers in the United States. This
is the first large order for locomotives that
the Canadian Pacific has placed outside
Of Canada for many years. Some time ago
all the maehinists In the employ of the
company from Fort William to the Pa
cific went out on strike. because the off,
GERS of the company refused to IeeOg
nize their labor union, and induced the
company to depart from lis policy of turn
ing out its own locomotives.