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The San Francisco CallVfXLUME LXXX.-NO. a S3. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1896. pkFce five cents.

UNCLE SAM-You'll Have to Watch That Chap Through Another Session.

HART'S ROUTECONFIRMED

Aerial Lights Seen Flittingin San Fernando

Valley.

SIMILAR PHENOMENONSEEN IN ALAMEDA.

BriefReview of the RemarkableDevelopments of the Past

Week.

J'SAGE REFLECTIONS MADE BYMAYOR DAVIE.S es No Cause for Surprise in the

Cam That A?rial NavigatioaIs Possible.

Iti* now about ten days since the hrstreport regarding the elusive and mysteri-ous aerial lights came from Sacramento.>;m:e then developments in reference tothem have been rapid and sensational, butmystery still surrounds the object and thehuman agency that are said to be respon-sible for ther appearance.

At this time tne history of the myth,phenomenon, airship or whatever itmayprove to be, will be«r a brief review.Tnis is given that the readers of The Callmay the more readily and intelligentlygra«p the present situation.

Incredulity, deep and general, greetedthe first report which credited the lightsto an aerial voyacer. Next it was an-nounced that George D. Collins, an at-torney of this City, was the legal repre-sentative ot the inventor ana manipulatorof the wonder of the starlit sky. Thishonor Mr. Collins did not disavow, butwjis unconquerably obdurate when itcametoa question of disclosing the name of hia

cclient, the location where the marvel wasput together, or the place where it foundexemption from the eyes of the curious.

The knowledge that this interestingin-formation was lodged in irs legal custody

=caused him to be besieged by newspaperreporters, speculators, invc-stoi*. cranksaEKi a horde of curiosity-seekers. Under

'th-e. pressure thus put upon his time andpatience, be made numerous statementsrelative to the matter that was absorbine;public attention and his connection there-•with.

Unfortunately these statement?, as pub-lished in the various newspapers, did not

°lit?together quite as accurately as a scien-tificallyconstructed edifice should. Amongotner things he allowed it to be inferredthat a Dr. Fi. H. Benjamin had aided inthe construction of the invention.

• Meanwhile reports continued to cometo hand daily of strange and luminousvisions. Men well and most favorablyknown in scientific, official, professional,business and educational circles claimedto l*ave seen these nocturnal visitations ofmoving lights at great altitudes. None,however, appear to have secured a clearvie.w of the body to which it was sup-posed these aerial lights were attached,though most observers of the phenom-enon stood ready to assert that they wereguided in theircourse athwart the horizonby human power. Sacramento, Oaklandand San Jose furnished the most frequentand startling descriptions of the mystery,ISuddenly came the news that ex-Attor-ney-General W. H. 11. Hart had been sub-stituted for M.r. Collins as the legal cus-todian of the secrets and destinies of thereputed airship.

This was followed by the announcement,on the authority of General Hart, that theairship mystery was only incidental to afull-fledged and extraordinary filibuster-ing scheme for the capture or destructionof Havana, the stronghold of the Spanishauthorities in Cuba, by the use of dyna-mite. He further informed the startledpublic that the aerial warship to be usedin this enterprise wouiu be designed tocarry half a tun of dynamite, in additionto its necessary appurtenances and crew.He also, over his own signature, averredthat two airships were now in readinessto sail the ethereal blue, and that another,on modified and improved plans, was incourse of construction. As soon as thislast-mentioned crafl was completed andthe crew made thoroughly acquaintedwith its handling it was to take flight, hesaid, to Havana, there to aid the Cubansin their struggle for independence.

For his adv»cacy 6f the use of dynamiteGeneral Hart was taken to task by theBulletin, which was tentatively abetted bytb°e Examiner. This attack elicited aspfrited and martial-toned rejoinder. Theftar in the public mind now is that the

scene of war *^ay be transferred from thecarnage-stained fields Oi Cuba to the un-offend n« co:unins of the local newspa-per*.

Shortly after the name of Dr. E. H.Benjamin appeared in connection withthe mystery of the air he disappearedfrom his lodgings at 633 Ellis street, whereliyhad l:ved lor two years, leaving noth-ing more than a carefuiiy locked trunkVfehind. Yesterday morning he called, forhis bag aire and then "flew the coop," asthe detectives phrase it, leaving no traceaa to nis future movements, but on the con-trary taking precautions to cover histracks.

Saturday night rson farm, situated about fcur ruilss north-east of the village, where resided the fam-ilyof Luther Greenman, consisting of hus-band, aged 40 years: Mrs.Greenman, aged |

37; Andy, aged 6; Lottie, aged 3, andArthur, a baby 11months ana a few days.

The house was discovered in flames byMr. Thompson at 6:45 a. m. He rushedfor the building and burst open the frontdoor but was driven back by the' finroes,which seemed to be in possession of thewhole interior. He then knocked opeji aroom window and took hold of Mr. Green-man, who was burned so that the fleshcame offin Thompson's hand, and itwasall he could do to drag out the corpse.

He was then compelled to flee from thehouse, the flames which came from thewindow almost burning him. The housewas quickly destroyed., Comner Matson arrived and the horri-bly charred remains of the family were.taken from the' smoldering ruins. Aninquest willbe held in the morning. Thefire was undoubtedly the result of a defec-tive stovepipe. Greenman and his family

were burned out two years ago, barelyescaping with their lives.

INTENSELY COLD WEATHER.

Gnat Suffering in the Far North andan /ncreasa of the Death List

Is Expected.ST. PAUL. Mix*.. Nov. 29.—The in-

tensely cold weather which prevails in thestorm-swept districts of the Northwesthas brought on intense tunVrine, and thedeath list of four is expected 'to be in-creased unless milder weather sets in.Reports from the railways to-night mdi«cate that they are running nearly on timeagain.

\u25a0 T?epor?«» eominz in from wmt of theMissouri say the losses to stock will notbe great, as when the storm broke thebeeves found fair shelter in the valleys.The weather, however, is very severe, tne

temperature being below zero all overMinnesota and the Daketas.

The thermometer registered 12 belowzero at 12 o'clock to-night and is stillrowing colder.NEW YORK, N. V., Nov. 29.— The first

real snowstorm of the season in this citymade itself felt to-day. The promisedcold wave was also on hand, although thetemperature was not low enough to havebeen disagreeable if the. weather had beenclear.

Atabout 3 o'clock this afternoon bailbegan to fall and continued for about halfan hour. Then cams a light, misty rain,which continued intermittently untilabout 7 o'clock, when it changed to snow.Atfirst the flakes were light and hardlydistinguishable from a heavy mist. Butsoon they grew larger, and at 8 o'clockquite a respectable snowstorm was pre-vailing. At 11 o'clock the ground was

white. By midnight the aspect was de-cidedly wintry, and at 3 o'clock in themorning a heavy snowfall continued.

A BUREAU OF MINING SHOULD BE CREATED.

Senator Mantle of Montana Earnestly Favors the Recognition of a GreatIndustry.

'.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL--Sir: Replyingto your favor inquiring as to my opinion regarding the cre-ation of a \u25a0 'Bureau of Mining"by Congress and a • 'Secretary ofMines and Mining" to be a member of the Cabinet, permit me tosay that the subject is one which has my active sympathy. Iquite agree with you that the mining industry of the Nationhas now assumed such immense proportions, and has become suchan important factor in the growth and advancement of the coun-try, that itis entitled to this recognition.

Ishall take especial pleasure ingiving my earnest supportto the movement and inco-operating withthose chiefly concerned,and especially withWestern members and Senators, in the effortto secure this just and necessary legislation.

Butte, Mont., Nov. 25, 1896.

BAD BLOOD AT A BALL GAME.Indians cf the Choctaw Nation Show Their

Bitter Rivalry by Using Bats WithDeadly Effect

PARIS, Tex.. Nov. 29.—For some timethe Indians of Red River and Eagle coun-ties, Chcctaw nation, have been playing

match games of ball and the rivalry be-came so intense that bad blooa was en-gendered.

Last Thursday at Good water the antag-onism between the two counties culmin-ated in a cenenii fight,in which the buttends ot their ball sticks were ireely usedand men wireknocked down all over theball field, some twenty or thirty beingmore or less iniured. Will Goings hadhis ?kull crushed and died in a short time.P^astnian Battise received injuries fromwhich he died. John Billywaa seriouslywounded.

Sheriff Huston 01 Eagle County was sobadly injured, it is said, he cannot pos-sibly recover. No arrests will follow, asthe Indians have no law to punish a manfor killinganother in a ball game. Nofirearms orknives were used.

Carriage ITftr/ca Burned.YORK, Pa., Nov. 29—This morning the

Quefnstreet shops of the Martin CarriageWork* *vere burned. Loss nearly $50,000.

EDISON GIVES HER SIGHT.

Objects Seen and Distinguished by theAid of X-Ra/s by a Child Blinded

Several Years Ago.NEW YORK, N. V.,No*-. 29.—With the

.aid ofX-rays, Thomas Edison has enablednine-year-old KittieSchoellner ofNewarlc,N. J., to see after having been blind fortwo and a half years^s the result of a fall,which crushed one of the bones of theskull, and itis thought, caused a pressureon the opttc nerve, paralyzing it.

The child was taken by her father to thelaboratory 1/.. Tuesday, and Mr. Edisonconsented to see if the X-raya would en-able her to see. Ho says:

"When the little girlarrived Iasked her

if she could see anything. She said 'No.'Iplaced her in front of the lamp and she•told me she saw light

"I then, ran my hand in- between thelight and! her eyes. She «aid: 'There issomething in front,' and then said it wasa hsnd. One of the boys at the laboratory,Ned Daily, then placed a piece of brass,cut.circular, in front of ner. and she saidit was a plate. A little while later shesaid it was a yellow plate."Iasked her father if he was positive

she was blind. He said he was. Ithentook the lamp and moved it from side toside, and her eyes followed itand she toldme just where Istood.

"The next night we tried to discoverthe location of the bone pressing down onher optic nerve. The doctor said he wasnot able to see it, although we expect wewill be able to take a pboiograph showingthe bone. The remarkable thing to mewasher ability to distinguish colors.

"I

believe this is a new feature."This experiment was not made with

the fluoroscope. It was made with thecild looking directly at the lamp. Thereports that the fluorescopo will aid theblind to distinguish articles is all wrong.No X-ray gets through the fluoroscope. Ina rluorofcone is simply light."

Mr. Edison said he did not think theX-rny would enaole the blind to read, be-cuuse the article to be seen must be ofmetal.

PICTURES IMPRESSED UPON THE BRAIN.BOSTON. Mas? , Nov. 29.

—An experiment, the result of which delighted and surprised the scientists present, was

made with X-rays to-day at the Crystal Maze, which tended to prove that Roentgen's light impresses pictures on the brainindependent of the eyes. The subject was Dr. James Richard Cooke, a regularly graduated physician, now practicing inthe Back Bay.

The experiment was conducted by Professor Sutherland of Boston University and Mr. yon Palm. Cooke becameblind when three days old. He was placed in the cabinet with -Dr. Sutherland and fluoroscopic screens placed in front ofhis sightless eves. When the current was turned on he distinguished the ray's and experienced a painful sensation. Thenthe top of his forehead was placed against the screen and a block of wood thrust before the glass. Immediately he statedthat something resembling a slab, but seemingly of no density, appeared on his brain. \u25a0

Finally a screw-driver was placed before the screen ana Dr. Cooke placed his finger on the glass and cried out that anelongated object had appeared on his brain. When the screw-driver was placed in front of his eyes and the currentturned an, Dr. Cooke could not distinguish it, but when it was placed in front of the forehead he immediately distin-guished it.

BOASTS OFBUTCHERIES

Spanish Colonel StruchGlories in Slaying the

Defenseless.

WEYLER'S ORDERS ARECARRIED OUT.

Slaughter of Pac.ficos in theAttempt to Exterminate All

Non-Combatants.

HUNDREDS OF OLDMEK,WOMENAND CHILDREN SLAIN.

Terrible Massacre of Those WhoSurrendered in the Province

of P.nar del Rio.

KEY WEST, Fla., Nov. 29.—Late Ha-vana advices say the extermination ofpacilicos continues by Weyler'a specialorders. All commanders are ordered toclear the country of all non-combatanta.This is done silently.

Communication with the country isdifficult and it is hard to obtain details.The massacres only become known throughthe confessions of officers and soldiers insome cases. Colonel Struch, it is said,openly boasted in Havana of killingover"jOO old men, women and girls, who sur-rendered in Pinar del Rio Province.

Many have btea also killed in otherprovinces. Itis also reported that ColonelStruch, while in his cuds, gave r voltingdetaiU of the Pinar del Rio massacre.

On the night of November 2J ColoneStruch and his men drank heavily andthen followed one of the most horrible oc-currences of the war. Inflamed by drink,the Spanish soldiers ru-hed upon theirhelpless prisoners and subjected them to.treatment which cannot be described inprint Finally Colonel Struch significantly-told his men that "it wai no use to bolonger bothered by the Cuban cattle."

The soldiers took th» hint and immedi-ately began firingon the old women andgirls. Volley after volley of lead was Sredat the cowering and shriekiug creatureswho had so lately been the victims ofSpanish cruelty until not one was leftalive. The- bodies of the victims were leftto ths vultures, and; Colonel Struchmarched his command bacli to headquar-ters and reported to Cap.tain-General Wey-ler that several insnrgent «camps had been"raided and about 300 rebels killed."

Colonel Slruch and many of his officerswere eiven furloughs iii consideration oftheir services and returned to Havana.

Since going to Havana Colonel Struchhas been drunk all the time and hasopenly boasted of the awful slaughter ofinnocents. This story is not in the leastexaggerated, as it is made upon officialstatements which have fallen from thelips of Colonel Struch as he staggered outof the cafes of Havana.

From other provinces come stories ofmassacre of innocents, but none so wellauthenticated as the one related above.Weyler's edict offering pardon to thosewho surrender is proving to be simply adev'fee to lure Cuban's to death.

HAVANA, Cuba, Nov. 29.—The latestreports from the province of Pinar delRio locate Captain-General Weyler in thevicinity of San Cristobal. He was march-

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