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The Washington times., 1901-11-25
NEVER INTENDED TO REVOLT.
General EnGan Engaged in n strug-
gle for Mexican Property.

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 24.-Charles p.
Eagan, ex-Commissary General. backed BIZ
Aivinza Hayward and Charles D. Lane.
California mining miIlionaires. is fight
ing w c. Greene, the copper king of Ari-
zona, for possession and title to 5000. 900
acres in Mexico, supposed to contain rich
coal beds. The land is in Sonora and wEs
part Of the estate of an American named
Johnson who went to Mexico and married,
century ago
Greene and Eagan discovered that this
land coD,ained rich coal mines and sought
to secu-e control of the property. Greene
bought from Carlos Johnson, the present
head OF the family, the mineral rights to
the big grant, for nominal sum. while
Eagan purchased the same rights directly
from the Government
Greene secured possession first. hus
Eegan resorted to the courts and Greene
was declared a trespasser. Greene went
into the courts and after some litlga-
tion the Eagan party was forced 70 quit
the disputed land. By this time both sides
had machinery on the ground, ready to
rush development, while Greene had be-
gun railroad from Guaymas. through
the coal fields, to his copper mines at FL
Cannea, Ariz.
Eagan then went to Guaymas and Sc
cured the aid of local judge and dis
trict officials. and Carlos Johnson and F.
G. Fenner, Greene's mining expert, were
dragged into court. Eagan took possess
sion with armed Mexicans to aid him.
but Greene sent a gang of Arizona cow
boys and the Eagan men we're driven off
Last week Eagan interested the Mexi-
can Government in the fight and troops
were sent to San Marciel. near the coal
mines. The Eagan party were reinstated.
but Greene applied more diplomacy and
the former Commissary General was re-
moved
Last Tuesday Fenner and Johnson were
a gain arrested and confined in Jail at
Guaymas. Both parties are still full of
fight
The Washington times., 1901-11-25
WRECK OF THE RIO FOUND.
Discovered by an Expert Diver After
n Long Search.

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 24.-The expert
diver Sorensen, who has been searching
for the wreck of the Pacific mail steamer
City of Rio de Janeiro since last May, now
declares that he has located the sunken
treasure ship, which has over half mil
lion in valuable cargo and also Consul
General Williams official papers. which
the Government is anxious to secure
The diver says the wreck lies half a
mile from Port Point, but the currents
are so swift that he will not be able to
make another descent until December 2.
when the tides will be favorable. He
claims to have located the wreck by fol-
lowing current similar to the one which
carried the Rio to destruction, and then
graphing.
He found the wreck on November 10.
going down with an electric light in his
helmet He declares the rail and deck
houses are gone, but he could make out
the wheel plainly.
His scheme is to warp the yessel by
cable to a shallower spot and then raise
her On board are s65,000 in general
cargo. $4,000 in block tin, and 100000 in
raw silk.
The Washington times., 1901-11-25
HOT FIGHT FOR COAL LAND.
Klondikc Miner Says the schems
Was n Swindfe.

VANCOUVER. B. c.. Nov. 24-An Amer
ican miner named R. L. Pinny. who reach
ed here today from the Klondike, throws
new light on the mysterious Order of the
Midnight Sun. an alleged revolutionary So
ciesy that the Canadian officials OF the
Northwest Territory are taking very seri-
ousiy. and are sending elaborate reports
about TO Ottawa
According to Pinny. the whole thing was
5unco game. devised by two gamblers
They were broke when they struck skag-
way last winter. after an unsueeeszf,l
season in the Klondike
They heard much talk against the Ca
madam Government and they devised n
scheme OF revolution with secret so
ciety. They fxed up a seal. prepared an
elaborate initiation ceremony and charged
80 a head as a membership fee Many
miners. among whom was Pinny. Joined
as a lark. Other persons were bled for
considerable amoInts. the chief victim be-
ing SHORTY Chambers. who ran a pack
morse train from Skagway to White Horse
He was told that the revolutiouists
would destroy the railroad. and thus
throw fortune into his way. He gave up
more than $4,000. II is said.
Pinny says the gamblers never meant to
start any revolution
The Washington times., 1901-11-25
FOREIGN TOPICS.
Moving Picture Portraits.

The photograph craze Of the eighties is
being equalcd by the mutoscope mania OF
today in England and English society de-
lights in seeing itself as the biograph
saw it. At All exhibition in Birmingham
the other day Mrs. Chamberlain came
across a reproduction Of her husband
making his speech at Blenheim. 1T is
wonderful, joe" she exclaimed to her
husband. Why, l am just closing my
parasol." Mr.. Chamberlain was curious
enough to place his eye at the spy hole
and regard critically his own gestures on
that famous occasion. He must have been
satisfied with himself, for he has ordered
duplicates for the entertainment OF his
own guests.
The Washington times., 1901-11-25
TO JOIN DowIE's COLONY.
Many Indiana Farmers Decide to Go
to Zion City.

INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 2i.-Three weeks
ago committee of farmers from Hamil-
ton, Boole. Upton. and adjoining counties
visited the Dowie colony at Zion City.
near Kcnosha, Wis, to enquire into the
methods of government, and to decide as
to the advisability OF becoming a part
of the colony.
The committee returned, gave a de-
tailed report of the matters into which
they enquired. the beauty OF the sur
roundings. the fertility of the soil and
the peculiar government of the people,
The report was received with enthusi-
asm. and about 100 people from four or
five counties are now preparing to move
to Zion City, and will reach there early
in December.
The majority of those VINO are going
have disposed OF their farms, but will take
their live stock and their personal effects
with them. There is much excitement in
the communities from which these people
viii go, and IL Is altogether likely that
others will follow.
It is said that one member OF the COM
mittee which visited the colony has been
made deacon in the Dowie church. and
it was largely through his influence that
others have been induced to go.
The Washington times., 1901-11-25
SALE OF PORTO RIcAN BONDS.
The Event Celebrated by the City of
san juan.

SAN JUAN. P. R.. Nov 24.-rhis city
yesterday celebrated the event of the sale
by auction of a new issue of municipal
bonds in the amount of sso0.O 900
M. CebalIos & Co., of New York, were
the highest bidders. They offered a pre-
MUM ,of 9 per cent. or about s61S,375-
The officials and citizens generally are
very happy over this good bargain. as it
shows the estimation in which the credit
Of the city is held. Last night the city
hall was decorated and illumina ted, and
the mayor held a reception
The bonds are to run for twenty years at
s per cent interest The Government re-
serves the right to redeem them in ten
years. if it sees fit. The insular treasur-
or is empowered to withhold taxes in case
of default.
TIE following is a summary of the bids
in the order in which they we're opened:
Mason, Lewis & Co. par: Adolph Klay-
hoit & Co. S5S7 leo; the new First Nation
al Bank ct Columbus. S5I6.O0O; J. VI. Ceb-
sllos & Co. S61S.S75. and Seasongood &
Co Cincinnati s613750
The award will be announced tomorrow
This is the first investment of American
capital in Porto Rican public securities.
Hany other cities on the island are con-
semplating the issue OF smaller bonds for
public improvements.
The Washington times., 1901-11-25
CITY BONDS ILLEGALLY SOLD.
Ex-City Clerk of AshtabuIa Arrested
on Serious Charge.

ASHTABULA. Ohio Nov. pa. B. Phil
lips, ex-city clerk of this city.wa arrested
last night in Cleveland, charge with IL
legally disposing of about S10.0o worth
Of Ashtabua city bonds and appropriat-
ing the money. He has been brought to
AshtabuIa
When arraigned. he pleaded not guilty.
He is at his home in charge of an officer.
In January, 1895, the city passed an
ordinance authorizing an issue of bonds
to the amount of $4,000. A Cincinnati
firm bought the bonds. These bonds were
signed properly and sent to the firm, but
they were sent back, the banke rs insisting
that the bonds be made out On their own
blanks Accordingly the new bonds were
made out and signed and forwarded.
The ones returned from Cincinnati ap-
parently were not destroyed. Instead. it
is alleged that Phillips disposed of them
1t has just come to light that the city
has been paying interest on $50 coo worth
of bonds instead of $4,000 worth for four
years without discovering it.
The Washington times., 1901-11-25
To Hold Anarchists in Check.

Solicitor General ]. X. Richards
made a speech in the Union League
Club. of Philadelphia. on Saturday
evening about anarchy, the kind of
anarchy that makes a speciality Of
murder Every body, save the slayers
and their instiga;ors, wants those who
believe in that k I'd OF thing sup
pressed. The people of the United
States think that Congress should do
something" Congress is willing as well
as anxious, but neither the people nor
Congress know what to do.
Mr.. Richards said that "a murderous
assault upon the President. aimed, as
it is, at the life of the Government, i'm
plies the security of the whole country,
and whether successful or unsuccess-
full, should be punishable by death"
He shows that it is the duty of Con-
gress to protect the President, and he
declared that there is no higher right
under the Constitution, which no one
doubts. The trouble is that the eXecu-
ton of a creature who tries to kill the
President, whether or not he succeeds,
viii not stop such attacks. The as
sassin knows that his life will be for
feited. He is prepared to be executed.
He rarely ever attempts to escape.
This holds true of nearly all attempts
on the life of rulers.
The solution of the problem must be
in finding some means of preventing as
saults upon the head of the Govern
ment The knowledge that Czolgosz
was executed does not lessen the grief
of the nation for President McKinley's
death nor its loss. And no one who has
the slightest knowledge of the destruc-
tive anarchists thinks that Czolgosz's
execution will stop other attacks. The
aroused sentiment of the whole coun-
try, the wave of earnest indignation,
the exhibition of deep personal loyalty
u him who was murdered and to the
Government, will do more toward
stamping out anarchy than any puni-
tive law
The Solicitor General made some wise
remarks about the limits of free speech.
He says that any man has right to
criticise political and social conditions
as much as he pleases, but he has no
right to counsel crime as q means Of
changing them. "Self-preservation is
as vital to the State as to the indi-
vidual" is his point. It is a principal
of common law that man may kill
another who threatens him with death
and escape the charge of murder If it
be proved that the threat was backed
by determination.
The exclusion Of alien anarchists was
urged by Mr. Richards, but that can
not be effective. The most dangerous
Of the creatures are not known. They
do their work secretly, and no exclusion
law would reach them. The suggestion
that the civilized nations should place
anarchists under the han of a universal
law is an excellent one. but there is in
this country a prejudice against III,
espionage and surveillance which this
would entail.
Surely there is a remedy for this great
evil. and in time the solution viii be
worked out, but thus far it has not
been suggested.
The Washington times., 1901-11-25
Deed. Count More Than Words.

Colonel Lynch has been elected by
the Irish Nationalists a member Of the
British House Of Commons. Lynch was
commandant in the early part Of the
Boer war Of a corps Of irregulars called
the Second Irish Brigade, and rendered
many conspicuous services 20 the Boer
cause. IT is not recorded that Com
mandant Lynch showed any Of the
daredevil bravery Of our American
Colonel Blake in command of the First
Irish Brigade.
Lynch was an agitator-a strange
outgrowth OF Irish Nationansm and
French Socialism. He is now a member
of Parliament without a seat. traitor
safely returned from a war in which
he risked little 4 hero in two desperate
causes comfortably installed in a for
eign capital well removed from both
scenes Of activity. Such leaders are not
calculated to add dignity to the Irish
The Washington times., 1901-11-25
Gives spcctncIes Free.

London has what Is known as a
spectacle mission for those who cannot
afford TO buy spectacles for themselves.
On certain days each month the appli-
cants repair to the headquarters of the
mission for their spectacles. 1t is one of
the most pathetic sights to see the hard
working seamstresses and such men as
eompositors, to whom good sight is spe-
cially essential, and who have never been
able to make much of a success of life.
secure the spectacles that will enable
them to earn their livelihood in the
future much easier than in the past The
mission performs its work we'll, tests the
eyes thoroughly. and care is taken that
glasses of the exact strength are sup
piled
The Washington times., 1901-11-25
PLAN A CoLoRED CONVENTION
4 Christian and Educational Con-
gress soon TO Be Held

ATLANTA, Nov. 24.-Preparations are
now in progress for Christian and edu-
cationaI meeting of the young people of
the colored race in Atlanta next year.
All denominations and boards OF agen-
cies doing religious work in America are
taking an interest in the proposed meet
ing, and conferences, conventions, synods,
Sunday schools, and young peoples socie-
ties are active in their efforts for its sue
cess.
Booker T. Washington will be one of
the speakers at the convention and the
members will make a trip to Tuskegee to
visit the school of which he is president
A thousand commissioners have bean
appointed, whose business 1t is to create
interest in the convention. II. R. RieEer.
collector of internal revenue, is treasurer.
The Washington times., 1901-11-25
MR.. CLEVELAND MUCH BETTER
Complete Recovery Looked for in n
Few Days.

PRINCETON, y. J.. Nov. "a. - Grover
CIeyeIand's condition continues to i'm
prove j. H. Wyckof. the attending ply
sician, said tonight:
MI. Cleveland is doing nicely. He
passed restful night and has had a com
Portable day"
he reiterated with emphasis his state
ment of yesterday that the ex-President
is, to all appearances. entirely out of
danger.
Mrs Cleveland also announced that her
husband was very much improved and
that she expected his complete recovery
in a few days.
Mr.. Cleveland is still confined to his
bed and is distressed with a bad cough
caused by the breaking up Of the cold, but
in other respects his condition Is very
comfortable
The Washington times., 1901-11-25
A HEALING WE'LL.
Dug for oil and Find Pnnaccn for
Various Ills.

CINCINNATUS, N. Y, Nov. 24.-Inter-
est in the question whether Gil or gas
will be found in paying quantities in the
we'll being drilled near here has been
superseded by a report that the water.
which fio"s from a depth Of more than
900 feet has been found to cause remark
able cures of rheumatism, skin diseases
and other ailments.
The report has brought hundreds of
people to the well to bathe in the water
and large quantities are carried away in
bottles. jugs, and kegs for home treat
ment.
The impression prevails that the best
curative results are obtained by wad-
ing in the water as it flows from the
we'll, and men and women remove their
shoes and stockings, Notwithstanding tine
cold, and wade in the pool.
So great have been the crowds during
the past few days that the drillers have
been hindered in their work.
The we'll has been sunk TO a depth of
nearly / 900 feet Considerable trouble
has been experienced from the drill get
ting stuck. Three distinct pockets of gas
have been struck, which. together with
the large quantity of salt water, is con-
sidered a favorable indication Of oil, and
the drillers are confident.
The Washington times., 1901-11-25
PADEREwsKrs DESCRIPTION.
His Minuet Wns Written TO Settle
Argument.

An interesting story is told of the min
uet which is. perhaps, the most popular
Of all Paderewski's compositions. Pader-
ewsh while professor at the Conserva-
toire Of Warsaw was one evening at the
house OF Polish poet, who expressed the
opinion that no living composer could
compare with Mozart in beauty and sim
plicity. At the moment Paderewski merely
shrugged his shoulders: but the following
evening he appeared, and asked permis-
sion to play his host a little thing Of
Mozarts, which. perhaps. he did not
know. He played the minuet. The poet
was enraptured, and cried, trimuphantly:
Now. you must acknowledge that a
piece like that could not have been writ
ten in our time"
Well" said Paderewskl. quietly. that
happens to be a minuet composed by me-"
London Mall.
The Washington times., 1901-11-25
Prosperity in Texas.

Hon. Dudley Wooten, who comes to
Congress for the first time from Dallas,
the metropolis of the northern end Of
Texas, is at the Normandie, accompanied
by his wife. Mr. Wooten is a graduate
both of Princeton and the University of
Virginia, and his looks are in full accord
with the high reputation he has long en-
joyed for scholarship and versatility in
literary matters. He has written a his
tory of Texas that has won great praise,
and has been u frequent contributor 10
the leading magazines. As an orator, he
Is probably without a peer in his state.
In person Mr.. Wooten IS tall and OF com
manding presence. His eyes are dark and
expressive, and his features are those Of a
student and thinker
The Washington times., 1901-11-25
DEATH OF CAESAR PHILIPPI.
Brother Was Accused of Shooting Mt
King of Prussia.

NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 24.-Caesar Phil
ippi died here last night, aged ninety
years. He was a native of Germany. His
brother. Jules. was charged with shooting
at the King of Prussia.
A number of arrests were made and
among them that of Caesar Philippi, who
was accused of being an accessory and
confined in a prison in Saxony. He ss-
capped and took refuge in this country.
He moved to Beardstown. Ill. in 1888,
where he operated the first sawmill in
the State. Moving to New Orleans, he
became cashier of the Canal Bank and
afterward of the Southern Bank.
The Washington times., 1901-11-25
French Glove Discipline.

II is announced that the French army
will soon be deprived of gloves from mo-
tives of economy, says a Paris correspond
ent. Each of the 100000 soldiers receives
two pairs a year. and each pair costs /
franc % centimes. But the inhabitants of
Mort, who live by. the manufacture Of
these gloves, are protesting vigorously
against the proposed measure. Four
thousand people will be thrown out of
work should General Andre persist in in
Producing the reform. Needless to say,
every pioupion will hail it with delight.
The glove, or rather the absence of 1t.
has been the cause of more punishment
than all the rest OF the catalogue Of mill
tary offences.
The Washington times., 1901-11-25
Bronze Trousers In-FiitIng.

Prince Blsmarck's tailor. is indignant
with Prof. Begas' monument of the late
Prince Bismarck on account of the way he
has made the overalls sit on the Chan
cellor's legs. Il served the Iron Chan
cellor for years" said he. "and know his
fit thoroughly, but neither his tunic nor
his overalls ever sat like that Why, the
latter are full of folds. and Prince Bis
marck's were always smooth; and look at
the tunic; just fancy a tunic closing like
this one round a mans neck,"
The Washington times., 1901-11-25
GIRL TRAMP IN BOYS SUIT.
Her Cheerful Laugh in n Cell Betrny.
ed Her Masquerade.

ALTOONA. Pa, Nov. 24.-Having cut off
her beautiful long black hair, Mary Ben
ME, of Pittsburg, seventeen years old,
was discovered a few nights ago in the
disguise of a boy tramp in the Cone
maugh lookup. near here. where she had
obtained lodging. Suspicion was at first
aroused by her cheerful, girlish laughter
while in a cell with two boy COMPANIONS
one of whom, it was afterward learned,
gave her a suit Of his clothes to wear be-
fore starting from home.
She confessed TO the police her identi-
ty. and said she had arranged to make
herself appear as 4 boy tramp and run
away for the novelty believing there
would be much fun in it, The girl had
been wandering over the country for more
than week and had walked eighty miles.
She was returned to her parents.
The Washington times., 1901-11-25
A PECULIAR ACCIDENT.
watch Blown Half Through Hunt-
er's BOdy.

SHICKsHINNY. Pa, Nov. 24.-F'rank
Benscoter met with a peculiar accident
while hunting which resulted in his death.
Benscoter had a rabbit cornered in a
hole in a stone wall. He leaned his gun
against the wall while he hunted for a
stick to poke the animal out of its hiding
place.
The rabbit darted out suddenly and
Beuscoter reached hurriedly for his gun,
which discharged as he grasped it.
The load entered his side and discharged
two shells in his cartridge belt The ex-
ploding shells blew his watch half way
through his body.
The Washington times., 1901-11-25
st. Louis Fnfr Strikes.

Buffalo Express-n the contractors and
manufacturers Of St. Louis can protect
themselves against strikes during the
building Of the Worlds Fair, they may
count themselves as very lucky. The basis
Of the plan is a cast-iron agreement to
help any contractor or manufacturer VINO
has a strike on his hands and to forbid
absolutely sympathetic strikes. If un-
ions call sympathetic strikes. the con-
tractors and manufacturers viii bring in
labor from the outside. After the forma-
ton of a plan Of this kind, the accumula-
tion OF nerve to carry it out is neces-
gary.
The Washington times., 1901-11-25

A comic opera tenor who calls himself
Ferdinando Avendano has sued the
smoke inspector of St Louis because
the tenor's throat was so irritated
while walking on the street by foul
black smoke" that he was unable to
sing This is distinctly a new press
agent yarn. Possibly the smoke in
spector may persuade Signor Ferdi-
nando Avendano to pronounce his name
rapidly in succession half dozen times,
which might warrant an arrest for
using profane language.
The Washington times., 1901-11-25
rnrin DISQUALIFICATION.

Houston Chronicle - With California
roaring against Porto Rico oranges. Louis
lana against Cuban sugar. Connecticut
against Cuban tobacco, wool growers OF
the West against Argentine wool, and Ha-
wall nowling for tax on coffee, General
Hancock was right in saying that tariff
was a local issue" though the declara-
tion probably defeated his Presidential as
pirations.
The Washington times., 1901-11-25

Manchester Union - The disturbance
caused in Athens by the proposition to
translate the books of the Gospel into
modern Greek is something which we in
this country can hardly account for We
even translate them into modern and al
most slangy English, as has been done re-
Gently in Chicago. But the American will
easily understand when told that there is
politics behind the whole business.
The Washington times., 1901-11-25
DISTRESS DUE TO AMERICA.
Competitions Causes Poverty II
Northampton Factories.

LONDON. Nov 25.-The Daily MALI
this morning makes a feature OF a col
umn story with the caption. 'Northamp-
tons Distress-Acute Depression Due to
American Competition.
The writer draws a gloomy picture OF
the poverty CT the workmen in this Egg
lish shoemaking centre.
The trade union leaders u rtfcr says
declare that the men mus raid bet
ter wages and treated differently in cr-
der to be able to compete with the Ameri'
cans
The Washington times., 1901-11-25
Arizonn,s summer vacation.

Bayonne Hera'd-Arizona is begging
for admission to Statehood and complains
that great injustice was done the metrop-
mis- OF the Territory by taking the cen
sus during the summer when half the
population was out OF town. Here are new
data bearing on the yeXed question,
Ought wives TO be allowed TO go away
summers %
The Washington times., 1901-11-25
The Rise of spain.

Springfield CID News - The fact that
Spanish statesmen are now demanding the
reorganization of the Spanish army and
navy upon the American plan is cOmpli-
mentary to the United States, but Incl
dentally it indicates that Spain may yet
become power in Europe.
The Washington times., 1901-11-25
Congressional sidetrncks.

Cincinnati Enquirer-So much work is
laid out for Congress that it would seem
impossible to get through with it till the
leaves begin to fall in 1902. Congress viii
probably adjourn early, though, leaving
the sidetracks crowded.