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THE MORNING NEWS,
rsiatffished IS3O - . incorporated 18S3.
J. H. ESTILL, President.
SB SJDMIO a
Carried Down Two Hotels
and a Monastery.
CRUSHED FOUR VESSELS.
Iheir Crews Sank to the Bottom
With Them.
finny rerson* Were Hurled In the
IJehrls— Population of Aninlfl,
Italy. In a State of Terror, and
Troops Were Called Out for Rescue
Work—Loss of Life Probably
Heavy, including Several Monks
and the Hotel Guests.
Rome, Dec. 22.—A terrible disaster took
pace this afternoon at Amalfi, the popu
lar tourist resort on the Gulf of Salerno.
Abfnit 2 o'clock an enormous rock, upon
which stood the Cappucinl Hotel, slid bod
ily Into the sea with a deafening roar and
without a moment's warning, carrying
yt: it it the hotel, the old Capuchin mon
astery below, the Hotel Savanta Calerina
and several villas.
y. inv persons were buried in the debris,
which crushed four vessels to the bottom
of the sea, destroying their crews. The
niat-H of earlh which slipped was about
Sc.OOO cubic yards.
The population Is in a state of terror,
tearing fresh calamities. Troops have ar
t.ved upon the scene and begun rescue
work.
I is believed that the lots of life is
heavy, Including a number of monks and
the occupants of the hotel. As yet, it Is
impassible to ascertain the exact number.
Amalfi is a small but lively town of 7,-
£O9 inhabitants, situated at the entrance
<fa deep ravine surrounded by Imposing
mountains and rocks of the most pic
turesque forms.
Tne Capuchin monastery was founded In
1212 by Cardinal Pietro Capuano for the
Cb eicians, but came into possession of
l ie Capuchins in 1853.
The building which stofid in the hollow
of the great rock that rose abrup.ly from
tli. sea to a hight of 230 feet, contained
line cloisters.
FORTY CHILDREN DROWNED.
lee Gave Way mid They Went Down
Into the Rtver I.y*.
Brussels, Dec. 22.—Upward of forty
school children were drowned to-day in
nil ice accident at Frelinghem, near the
French frontier.
The children of the district had been
given a holday with permission to play oil
the frozen river Lys.
When the merriment was at full hight
the ice broke suddenly and the children
disappeared. A few were rescued half
dead, but the majority were drowned.
Thirty-six bodies have been recovered,
but others are still missing.
The catastrophe spread consternation
through the town where nearly every
family suffered loss.
MEETING OF FINANCIERS.
They Will Endeavor to Keep the
Stork Market Steady.
New York, Dec. 23.—The 'World says:
An important meeting of financiers was
held yesterday at the offices of J. P. Mor
gan & Cos., for the purpose of devising
means for preventing any further failures
In this city, and for the purpose of steady
“ 4 the stock market until after Jan. 1,
"lien it is generally believed that the dan
ger |Hjint will have been passed. \
This meeting is said to have been called
bv J. P. Morgan, who has been the inain
of the finaneial world for the last
weeks, and without whose aid at a
cruicul moment on last Wednesday, dieas
i■ r would have come to many prominent
“buses who have survived the crisis.
Ihe stock market rally at ifie close Is
generally attributed to the fact that this
g f ui> of men had reached the conclusion
to ,io everything in their power to prevent
further raids upon the market.
HI N ON A PORTLAND HANK.
Hut There Was Plenty of Cash and
Everybody Was Paid.
Portland. Me., Dec. 22.—A rumor of un
known origin concerning the solvency of
*he i’ortland Savings Hank sarted a run
ori ihe bank to-day. Deposits were turnel
® Vt ' r as fast as the books were presen,ed.
I:, ‘' of the payments being in gold. The
V ' "'I reached such proportions early In
■*"' afternoon, however, that off) ials < f
>h' imk concluded to guard against run
l “v short of ready cash by taking refuge
hid the means provided by ltw. About
* <i was paid out to-day and ihe bark
reopen in the morning p.eprred to
' 1 any and every demand.
1 IHUE MORTGAGE RECORDED.
kern res Bonds on Cotton Mill Prop
erty of 90,000,000.
Laltiniore, Dec. 22.—A first Income mort-
K, ‘“' from the Alt. Vernon-Woodberry
10,1 Luck Company, to the Internatton
-1 rust Company of Maryland, was re
j "* lo day. The mortgage la to secure
urt income* mortgage. 5 per cent,
"hde of the company to the amount
\ ' '.'<o,lXlo.
( property of ihe company convoyed
,h ' mortgage Include* *> number of
•“ Maryland, and some of the share*
, " Columbia. H. C„ and TaUuhuaaee
‘ 4 '“ilia 01 Alabama.
fpje lllflfning ffetegt
BANQUET given gen. urooke.
Pleasant Words Spoken at Farewell
Dinner In Havana.
Havana, Dec. 22.—Slxty-flve persons were
present at the farewell banquet tendered
to Gen. Brooke to-day at the Paris res
taurant. Gen. Maurio MenOcal presided
and Mr. Ernest Lee Conant acted as toast
master.
Senor Llorente,*ln proposing the health
of Gen. Brooke, said:
"Gen. Brooke was called upon to gov
ern Cuba under the extremely difficult
conditions of transition from the ok! nar
row system to the new, liberal regime;
and he did so without injuring the rights
of any one. Cubans will always remem
ber him with gratitude and love.”
MaJ. Gen. Wood, who spoke briefly in re
sponse to words of welcome, said:
“The United States is in Cuba in the
persons of representatives who intend lo
carry out a great work and to fulfill strict
ly the promises of the United States C n
gress. As for myself, I can only do what
the President has sent me to do; but I
hope to enjoy the esteem and confidence
of the Cuban people as Gen. Brooke has
enjoyed them.”
Gen. Brooke, responding, said in part:
“I shall always remember the long
hour of toil in Cuba, but I shall ever re
call the kindness shown ms by all Cu
bans. especially by those who rea'ize that
the Americans are their best friends.”
Gen. Brooke will leave to-morrow for
Tampa. A squadron of the Seventh
Cavalry and a battery of the Second Ar
tillery with a band, will escort him from
the palace to the wharf. A major gen
eral's salute will be fired from Oabanrts
as the steamer leaves the harbor at 3
o'clock.
A governor general’s salute will be fired
in honor of Gen. Wood.
At to-day's meeting of the Municipal
Council a motion was made to send an
address of thanks to President McKinley
for his candid references to the Cuban
people and the future of Cuba in his re
cent message to Congress. The motion was
rejected on the ground—as asserted by the
principal speaker in opposilton—that the
message contained nothing new, but mere
ly reiterated a former promise.
URGENT DEFICIENCY BILL.
Main Items In This Measure Which
Carries 951.4)00,04X>.
Washington, Dec. 22.—The urgent de
ficiency appropriation bill. the first
of the important supply bills
for goverement expenses, is prac
tically made up, and the total will amount
to about $51,000,000.
The items have already teen sent in by
the several departments, and these are be
ing put togther so that the Appropria
tions Committee will be able to submit
1 the bill to the House soor. after it assem
bles.
Of this amount $45,157,871 is asked for the
war department, and $3,143,740 for the navy
department.
Some of the deficiency items required for
the war department are very large; that
for the transportation, troopship®, etc.,
being $20,000,000; subsistence, $3,000,000; pay,
etc., for the army, $15,188,832; quartermas
ters’ supplies, $1,500,003.
Other amounts are: Temporary em
ployes, war department, $150,001; signal
service, for apparatus, war balloons, etc.,
$165,000; balloon house at Fort M>er, Va.,
$18,500; horses for cavalry and artillery,
$250,000; barracks and quarters, $1,000,00);
clothing, camp and garrison equipige, $2,-
000,000; bringing home the remains of of
ficers and soldiers who die abroad, $100.00);
manufacture of arms, $200,000; ordnance
supplies. $330,000; medical and hospital de
partment, $500,000; Deep Waterway Com
mission, for surveys for waterways be
tween Great l>akes and Atlantic, $20,C00.
The $15,188,832 already enumerated for
pay account, includes items of $3,197,149
lor pay of enlisted men, $4,000,000 travel
allowance to enlisted men on, discharge;
$1,500,000 for clothing allowance on dis
charge; and $4,524,715 additional, 20 per
cent, on pay of enlisted men.
The main navy department items are as
follows:
Ordnance, $230,000; coal and other equip
ment, $370,000; preservation and comple
tion of vessels on the stocks, etc., $2,500,-
000; naval academy electric light plant,
$43,740.
The other departments and bureaus also
have urgent deficiency items as follows:
Treasury department, $1,740,000; interior
department, $196,317; library of congress,
$47,051; observation of total eclipse of sun,
SB,OOO.
MRS. SANDERSON ACQUITTED.
Charged With Killing Her Hnsband
With Ground Glass.
(Marshall, Mich., Dec. 22.-The sensa
tional case of Mrs. Sanderson, charged
with attempting to murder her aged hus
band by feeding him ground glass in his
oatmeal, ended to-day in a verdict of not
guilty.
Sanderson, who was wealthy and much
older than his wife, died suddenly last
summer, and an analysis of his stomach
showed the presence of glass. A servant
of the family testified that she had seen
Airs. Sanderson grind glass in a coffee mill
and then put it in her husband's food.
This evidence, however, was discredited.
DENHAM COMMITTED SUICIDE.
First Made n Murderous Assault on
Dr. and Mrs. Marvin.
Findlay, 0., Dec. 22.—Edward Denham
tc-night murderously assaulted Dr. and
Mrs Al. J. a poker, and then
ki l and himself. Dr. Marvin's arm was
breken and Mrs. Alaivin's arm was brok
en in two places. D-nham was drinking
and was asked by Mrs. Marvin for money
due for board. Denham was well connect
ed.
GOLD TO HE SENT TO EUROPE.
To-day's Steamers Will Carry 94,-
073.000 From few York.
New York. Dec. 22.—The following ehlp
ments of gold will be made by 10-morrow’s
steamers:
Baring. Magoun A Cos., $1,000,000; Heldel
b.tck. lckelhelmer & Cos., $1,250,000; L. Von
Hoffman & 00.. $400,000; Ooldman, Sachs
& Cos., $1,700,000; Muller, Schall A Cos., $625,-
000. Total $4,975,000.
W ell-Known A Irginlan Killed.
Cape Charles, Va.. Dec. 22.—C*p. J. W.
Richardson of Machipongty, Va., was
thrown from his carriage this afternoon
and Inatamly killed, lie was en route
for the railway station, when hitt hors*
became frighten' and and dashed .oft, throw
ing him vMeiiily agatnot a tree.
SAVANNAH. GA„ SATUKDAY. DECESIBEK 23. 1391.
FIRE ENDED ELEVEN LIVES.
SCHOOL CHILDREN WERE PH El* AIl-
ING FOR CHRISTMAS.
Child In a Fluffy Dress Brushed
Agnlpst a Gas Jet and Spread Ihe
Flames to All the Others—One Roll
ed Down the Stairs, n Maas of
Flames, Which Ignited Dresses or
Others—Many Others Were lladly
Burned.
Quincy, 111., Dec. 22.—'While the schooC
children of St. Francis Parochial School,
Seventeenth and Vine streets, were re
hearsing this afternoon for an entertain
ment to be given next Tuesday evening,
one of their dresses caught fire from a
gas jet, and ten minutes later four of them
were burned to death, two died an hour
later and five others died before midnight.
Half a dozen others were burned more or
less severely.
The fire started in a little dressing
room. Three or four little girls were
dressing for the rehearsal and laughing
gaily among themselves. A dozen others
were grouped in the wings of the stage,
near the foot of the stairs descending from
the dressing room.
The girls in the dressing room had near
ly completed their costumes when one of
them brushed against the gas Jet. A touch
of the flame was sufficient, and In an In
stant her dress of cotton and light cloth
was in a blaze.
She screamed and ran out of the room
communicating the blaze to the others as
she ran.
Girl a Flaming Torch.
One of the girls, with her dress in a
blaze, jumped out of a small window Into
the stairs leading to the stage, and then
down the stairs. A flaming torch she
was, as she almost fell down the stairs,
and rushed into the groups of children
standing in the wings.
They were all clad like her In the fancy
costumes of cotton, lace and silk, and the
fire spread with incredible rapidity from
one to the other.
There were fourteen children In the cast
of the Chris 1 mas entertainment and only
a few escaped. It was over in ten minutes
and in that time four perished, seven were
fatally burned and others more or less se
vere'y injured.
Jnmped From Teachers* Arms.
Frank Musholt, a teacher of the school,
was standing at the foot <>l the stalls from
the dressing room when he heaid the cry
of "fire,” and turning to where it came
from saw the flash of flame in the dresdng
room.
He was half way up the stairs at one
bound, when he met a child rushing anj
tumbling down, a mass of flames from
head to foot. Tearing off fiis coat, he
threw it around the blazing child and en
deavored to extinguish the Homes, but she
jumped out of his arms and rushed on
down past him, still wrapped in his coat,
Into the group of other children standing
about in the wings of the stage.
All the telephone lines in the neighbor
hood were in service summoning surgeons,
and in a very few moments nearly all the
doctors in town were on hand. Besides
the many patients within the smoke-stain
ed walls, there were dozens of fainting
and heart-broken women without.
REORGANIZATION COMMITTEE.
Kansas City, Plttsbnrg and Gulf
Plan to Go Throngh.
Chicago, Dec. 22.—The Reorganization
Committee of the Kansas City, Pittsburg
and Gulf Railroad has been announced in
an unofficial way. The names of the fif
teen proposed directors of the railroad,
when it shall be reorganized, are as fol
lows:
J. W. Gates, John Lambert, I. L. Ell
wood, William Eden born, Max Pam of Chi
cago, Edward H. Harrinfan, Otto Kahn,
James Stillman of New York; John J.
Mitchell of Chicago, Herman Sielcken of
New York, William F. Harrity, Samuel R.
Shipley of Philadelphia, Julius Walsh, Al
fred Clifford, James Hopkins of St. Louis.
The Reorganization Committee an
nounced that $51,268,623 of the total of $58,-
010,000 of securities have been deposited,
pledged to Its scheme of reorganization,
this being a majority of the securities of
each of the constituent companies, and
the committee has Just declared the plan
operative.
PERRY DIFFERS WITH BURTON.
Says River and Harlior Hill I* Desir
able at This Session.
Washington, Dec. 12 —Repres*n ative
Berry of Kentucky, a member of the Riv
er and Harbor Committee said to day that
he did not agree with the view of Chap
man Burton, of the committee, that the:e
would be no river and harbor bill this
year.
Mr. Berry thinks It most desirable that
the bill should be framed at the present
long session, and he is of opinion that the
committee will lake this view.
VALENTINE INDICTED.
Expert*’ Report Showed His Steal
ings Were 9H0.1X10.
New York, Dec. 22.—The grand Jury at
New Brunswick found six indictments
against G. M. Valentine for embezzlement
and four for making false entries, all in
connection with his operations which
wrecked the Middlesex County Bunk at
Perth Amboy.
The report of the experts showed that
Valentine'# stealings amounted to $110,900.
Fire In Steunier Vulcan.
London, Dec. 22.—The British steamer
Vulcan, Capt- Nailo, which arrived at
Hamburg on Dec. 18, from Galveston and
Norfolk, via Faya], where she was towed
in with loss of propeller, has had a fire m
her hold which has been smouldering, and
seventy bales of cotton, have been dam
aged.
Duke isf Westminster Is Dead.
Loudon, Dae. 22.—The Duka of West
minster ia daad.
DEMOCR ACIA HAS SUSPENDED.
Philippine Newspaper Find* Condi
tions Are Too Harsh.
Manila, Dec. 22 The newspaper l)emo
cracla, the organ of a coterie of Filipinos,
including the Sum erne Court ju iges, fa
voring American control in the Philip
pines, 10-night unnoun e that It lias b en
decided to sub: end publication.
The paper was started at the suggest on
and un ler the patronage of the Philippine
advisory Commission, held by Prof. S. G.
Pehurman. The Demoeracia prints a sin
gle page, in big type.
In the scum nl accompanying the an
nouncement if its sustc sion. the editor
says he has been directed by ih- provost
marshal to retract certain eiitlckm of the
clerical methods adopted In regard to the
management of school*, and adds:
"Recognizing the authority of tile pro
vost marshal, we have no recourse except
to comply and have decided to sttsp ml
publication until the present extraordina
ry conditions regarding press matters dis
appear. When we know what laws rule
us, by what mode we are Judged, and to
whose Jurisdiction press malleis aie
amenable, the lvmocracla will c appear.”
The paper has generally been a w.um
supporter of the administration. The
provost marshal recently threatened to
suppress it for publishing bn editorial as
serting that Manila streets were in a worse
condition under the American than they
had been under S|anish administration.
The Manila Times was also recently
warned, with an Intimation of Imprison
ment and confiscation, for printing an edi
torial recommending the creation of a
t>oard of charity commissioners to control
the charitable institutions, on account of
rumors of mismanagement of charitable
funds by the church authorities.
The newspapers complain bitterly that
the authorities exercise a paternal super
vision, threatening suppression, they
claim, for trifling errors in the publica
tion of news not connected with public
matters. They also say the censorship
handicaps newspaper enterprise by sup
pressing ..cable dispatches, received from
respectable agencies, whose transmission
Is of an exceedingly costly character.
The matter suppressed Includes reports
of government actions, among them being
Philippine and American occurrences
which might give the Filipinos an unfav
orable opinion of the United States.
REMAINS OF GEN. LAWTON.
Have Been Placed Temporarily In
Pnco Cemetery Clinpel,
Manila, Dec. 22.—Gen. Lawton's re
mains were placed in the chapel In the
Paco Cemetery this morning. Private
services were held at the residence and the
body was carried to the cemetery by mem
bers of the genral's stqftLuid court'd by
Troop 1 of the Fourth Cavalry.
Public services will be held later.
New Orleans Benches Manila.
Washington, Dec. 22.—The New Orleans
arrived at Manila to-day, Just two raontht
out from New York.
THOMAS MAY ADVANCE FUND*.
To Pay Depositors of Prodnee Ex
change Trust Company.
New York, Dec. 22.—The following state
ment was given out after a meeting of the
trustees of the Produce Exchange Trust
Company to-day:
“At the meeting of the board of trus
tees of the Produce Exchange Trust Com
pany, a proposition was made by Gen,
Samuel Thomas to advance the money
necessary to pay the depositors in full,
provided that, upon ati examination of its
affairs by his representative these should
he found by him to be in such a condition
as to justify him In assuming the respon
sibility. It was understood that In the
event stated Gen. Thomas would accept
the presidency of the company, and that
such changes of officers and trustees
should be made as he should determine.
The board thereupon adjourned until
Wednesday next lo await the result of
such examination.”
The spe-olal committee tn change has In
contemplation the making of a dividend
to depositors at an early date.
ANOTHER EXPERT HEARD.
Agreed With Others That Moltnrux
Wrote Fatal Address.
New York. Dec. 22.—The session of the
Molineux trial to-day was brief, Ihe cas:
going over until Tuesday next, after about
three hourß had been spent In the exam
ination of Henry L. Tolman, a handwrit
ing expert of Chicago, ard Charles E. War
ren, chief clerk of the Lincoln National
Bank, who was called to the stand to
identfy the handwriting of Harry S. Cor
nish.
Mr. Tolman went extensively into the
technicalities of Ihe handwriting shown in
the various exhibits and declared that he
had never before seen such an excellent
collection of specimens for portraying the
most striking characteristics of the wri
er. His testimony agreed with that given
by Experts Kinsley and Tyrrell regarding
many of the strongest charactorlstis exhib
ited in the writings.
CONVENTION OF POPULISTS,
Senator Bntler Hn* Written to Na
tional Committeemen.
Washington, Dec. 22.—The Poet to-mor
row will publish a letter sent out by Sen
ator Butler of North Carolina, chairman
of the People's party, to each national
committeeman t>f that organization, ask
ing them a number of questions, the an
swers to which will determine the plans
and purposes of the Populist party.
In the letter he calls attention lo Ihe
Omaha agreement to hold the national
convention one month before the old party
conventions, and writes to get a consen
sus of opinion as lo whether he shall call
a meeting of the National Committee lo
fix a time for the national convention, ns
to where tne convention shall be hold, or
whether he shall take a referendum vote
of the committeemen on these points.
NEW MEASURES IN THE HOUSE.
Grand Total Up to the Holiday Re
cess Stood 5,175.
Washington, Dee. 21.—The official* of Ihe
House of Representatives have alrutk a
balance on the recent deluge of bills, eh fir
ing that up lo Ihe recess the record stood:
Total bills Introduced, 5,015; Joint resolu
tions, 95; sample resolutions, fS; grand to
tal, 5,17$ measure* of all kinds.
FEAR IT IS A BOER REPORT.
THAT LADYSMITH CAN HOLD OUT
FOR .SEVER AI, WEEKS.
How Lieut. Hubert* Died In the Fight
ut Tiigcln River—Col. llnllock
Swore He Would Not Surrender,
Bat He Was Nevertheless Miiilc n
Prisoner—Boiler's Casualty I.l*l,
Including the Miialug, Now Put nt
1,150.
London, Dec. 23, 4:t5 a. m.—Belated
South African dispatches throw no light
upon the present situation at the sent of
war.
There ia no confirmation of the report
that Ladysmith could hold out several
weeks longer, and it is feared that this
was circulated by the Boers for their own
purposes.
The Daily Telegraph has a special from
Chieveley, dated Dec. 16, which tells how
lAeut. Roberts fell at Tugela river. It
6ays:
"The horses of the Fourteenth and Six
teenth Batteries had been killed and Lieut.
Roberts, Capt. Schofield and Capt. Con
greve, of the Rifles, attempted with gun
ner volunteers, to drag out the guns. Capt.
Schofield succeeded, helped by a corttoral
and some men. Lieut. Roberts was hit
by a shell, dipt. Congreve was struck
and wounded slightly.
"After a while Capt. Congreve. Capt.
Foster and MaJ. Haptle brought Lieut.
Roberts from the open to a little ravine,
where he lay hidden from the enemy's
terrible tiro. Fourteen gunners, fourteen
men of the Devonshire regiment and
men were with Cos). Bullock. When
the retirement was ordered these
with Isolated parties of Devonshire® an I
Scots Fußllleers, together wl it some of
the Queens were out off and capture I.
Many fought until late In the afternoon,
a party of fishermen running the gauntlet
of Boer Mausers from hiding places along
the river bank.
Ordered to Surrender.
"At 5 p. m. forty Boers approached thn
abandoned guns. On espying Col. Bul
lock, Capt. Congreve and the others In
the ravine, they called upon the British
to surrender. Col. Bullock declined and
threatened to shoot, although ills party
had only fourteen rifles. The Boers re
tired from the guns and a parley ensued.
Then a hundred Boers rode up to within
a few yards of the party, but Col. Bullock
swore he would not be made a prisoner,
whereupon a Boer knocked him down
with a rifle butt.
"Afterward the enemy gave our wound
ed water and eordlnls. Then having all
their arms, ammunition and field glasses,
they let them return by our ambulances.
Col. Bullock. Col. Hunt, MaJ. Walter and
Capt. Goodwyn were taken prisoners. The
Scots Fusil leers lost nearly two companies
captured.”
Holler's Casualties.
A dispatch to the Dally Mail from Chl
evcley, dated Dec. If, estimates the casual
ties In Gen. Buffer's repulse at 1,150, in
cluding 332 missing. It announces that ”
portion of the Britisfi troops have return
ed to Frere.”
A correspondent of the Associated Press
at Modder river, under date of Dec. U,
describing the changes in the art of war
fare, says:
"It would be almost Impossible to take
such a position as Magersfonteln lay as.
suit. The modern battle, owing to the
length of rifle range, will last six days,
where formerly It would only have lasted
a few hours.” J M
SIGNIFICANT APPOINTMENT.
One of Roberts' Staff Wrote Life of
Stonewall Jackson.
London, Dec. 23, 4:45 a. m.—The Daffy
News Bees immense significance In the
fact that Lord Roberts has appointed on
hia staff Lieut. Col. Henderson, author of
a life of Gen. Stonewall Jackson, Ihe Con
federate leader and a man who has close
ly studied the history of the American
Civil War, especially as he has not served
under Lord Roberts before, and is but
little known to film personally.
The appointment is regarded by Ihe Dally
News as proving Lord Roberts’ belief
that what is wanted in the war in South
Africa is a strict application of Jackson's
principles.
It also connects the appointment with
the rumor that Gen. Joubcrt served un
der Gen. Stonewall Jackson.
GEN. METHUEN’S MOVEMENTS. %
Said to Be In a Position to Afford Aid
to Kimberley.
London, Dec. 22.—A dbpitch from Cape
Town dated Sunday, Dec. 17, says that
Gen. Methuen's primary object In crossing
the Modder river appears to have be- n
to establish searchlight communication
which Is believed lo l>e
etlll on full ratlcns. The Water in the
mines is plentiful.
On the other hand, in spite of their üb
ual tactics, it Is considered possible that
the Boers have been compelled lo assume
Ihe offensive, the rommarvJer having ar
ranged for the disposition of the forces
and anticipating difficulty in maintaining
fo- and supplies in the? present position'.
Moreover, it is said there is a growing
desire among the Free Staters to return
home, which Is tcsti'iid to on many sides
and may t-nd to precipitate an action on
the part of the Boer comminds.
In spite of the delay cf Gen. Methuen In
advancing he Is regarded as larg ly Ihe
master of the situation, and his entrench
ed position Is believed to be unassailable.
In the event of the Boers attaching Kim
berley, Gen. Methuen would be enabl and
to make a counter move with his artillery
and cavalry. .Consequently, such a move
ment on the tiart of the Boers, it Is said,
Is not contemplated.
It Is apparent, therefore, that lo make
haste slowly Is the truest policy at pres
ent. In accordance with Gen. Methuen's
dictum, the army should not advance fas
ter than the slowest ox‘wagons
THE WOUNDED AT UTIIEVEI.EY.
Most of the Wounds W ere In Ihe Sol
diers’ Arms or Leg*.
Chleveiey Camp, Natal, Sunday, Dec. 17.
—The camp which was pitched to the left
of the position taken up by the Union Brig,
ade, was shifted from that point this
morning to Chleveiey.
The wounded are being entrained for
Pietermaritzburg. Moat of Ihe wounds
are In the arms or In the legs. Dr
Trlev* is operating on Ihe wounded. Mr
William MucCormsek attended at tb
railway platform, and several assistant
surgeons are giving every attention.
SORTIES FROM LADYSMITH.
Seven Men Reported Killed and
Fourteen Wounded.
London, Pee. 22.—A war office dispatch
from Pietermaritzburg, Natal, gives a list
of casualties Monday, Pec. IS, of seven
men killed and fourteen wounded, all non
commissioned officers and men. The
names of the regiments concerned Indicate
a hitherto unrecorded sortie from Lady
smith on that dale.
CHURCHILL AT DEL.AGO A DAY.
Has \\ Irrtl Ills Mother of Ills Kacnpe
and Arrival There.
Ixrndon, Dec. 22.—Lady Randolph
Churchill has received a cablegram from
her son, Winston Churchill, who was cap
tured l>y the lloers in Natal and taken to
Pretoria, and whose escape from the In
was announced Dec. 14. saying he had ar
rived safely at Deiagoa bay.
I,EFT AHEAD OF THE ODDER.
Joubert Hod Directed I.leut. Church
ill's llelense,
London, Dec. 21!. The following dispatch
has been received from Lourenzo Mat quest,
under date of Dec. 17, regarding Wlna'on
Churchill's escape from the Boers:
"Mr. Churchill wrote Gen. Joubert on
Dec. 9 asking to be released on the ground
of being a war correspondent. (}• n. Jou
bert on Dec. 13 replied that Mr. Churchill
had been detained because he had been re
ported as a combatant nsMsttng an armor
ed train (o escape. He added that Mr.
Churchill was unknown to him personally,
but he Mould accept his assurance that
lie was a non-combatant and would o iler
hla release. The order arrived at Pre
toria ten hours after Mr. Churchill la id
escaped, leaving behind him u letter ex
pressing gratitude for the treatment he
iiud received."
Commissions for in nail In ns.
Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 22.—A cablegram bus
tieen received by the Dominion govern
ment from the Imperial authorities stat
ing that all graduates of the Royal Mili
tary College ut Kingston, Ont., who are
recommended by the Canadian Minister of
Militia will receive commissions in the
British army.
Alleged British Cruelties.
Amsterdam, Dec. 22.—A committee has
been formed to draw up a protest against
cruelties alleged to have been committed
by the British In South Africa. A mani
festo will Ik* issued to the people of Eng
land, and the continent, reciting instances.
SUGAR WAR TO BEGIN AGAIN.
WlioleHiile Grocers Would Not Sign
the Trust Agreement.
Chicago, Dec. 22,—The formal announce
ment of the end of the "factor” plan of
to ling sugar, which means (hat the su
gar war will he on again harder than ever
ufier Jan. 1, la contained in the current
number of the Modem Grocer, published
In Chicago to-moriow.
The news is ihat the "equality" plan
will be abolished Jan. 1, and thereafter all
sugar will be sod on a competitive bas.g
and on Its merits.
1 Tile abandonment of the curd agreement
comes after a year's futile attempt on the
part of the sugar trust lo get the aid of
the wholesale grocer* in driving the inde
pendent refineries out of existence. A
month ago a committee from the whole
sale grocers went to New York at the In
vitutlon of the Havemeyors to make,a
final effort at an understanding. The
wholesalers were to get their sugur wlih
an additional rebate If they signed mi
agreement to buy only trust sugar. The
conference, like former ones, came to
nothing, and it is supposed (he sugar
trust officials gave up In disgust.
FUND FOR GEN. LAWTON'S WIDOW.
Committee Is Gratified at the Genu*-
ous Response Made.
Washington, Dec. 22.—The committee en
gaged in raising a fund for the relief of
the widow and four young children of the
late Maj. Gen. Henry W. Lawton aie
gratified with the generous response to
their appeal, and now suggest through
the press that all those feeling able and
so disposed, make a Christmas offering to
promoto the work in hand.
It is proposed to cable Mrs. Iwton on
Monday the result, as evidence of the ap.
prvclatlon of her husband's splendid eer
vice and the sympathy and regard in
which she is held by her countrymen. The
total contribution to the fund to date
amotyits to *4,334.
WILL GIVE UP FOR TRIAL.
Gilbert Charged AVlth Fraudulently
toner*ling Assets.
San Francisco, Dec. £2.—W. H. Gilbert,
a bankrupt hardware merchant, from
Winston, N. C-. has formally declared lo
United States Commissioner Peacock, that
he will no longer resist the legal effort
lo send him to North Carolina for trial
on the indictment, charging him with hav
ing concealed a portion of his assets with
Intent to defraud hi* creditors. Gilbert
will be taken before United States Dis
trict Judge DeHaven, who will make the
necessary order.
COMPANY OFFERS A REWARD. '
For Author of Reports Intended to
Affect Its Stnek.
New York, Dec. 22.—The directors of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company has of
fered a rewurd of *25,<100 for Information
leading to the discovery and conviction
of the author or authors of reports re
cently circulated concerning the company's
affairs, with intent to affect the market
pricer of Its stocks, an offense punishable
urxter the laws of the state.
THEY WANT DOER* TO WIN.
New York Aldermen's Prayer to the
God of Untiles.
New York. Dae. 22 -The Hoard of Alder,
men of New York city to-day adopted a
resolution, praying the "God of battle,"
to make the Boers successful In the war
against England,
PAfLT, M A YEAR.
I CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY J-TIIfES-A-WEEK D A nil
DEATH OF DWIGHT L. MOODY.
GREAT EVANGELIST PASSED AWAY
AT NOON YESTERDAY.
Ills l.nst Moments Were Spent In
Comforting Ills Fsinlly—Realised
Early In the Day That the End Wns
Not Fnr Off— Sickness That Caused
Ills Death Regan In Kansas City.
I.lfe anil Career of the Famous
Preacher.
East Northfield, Mas*., Dec. 22. Dwight
L. Moody, the evangelist, whose fame
watt world-wide, died at his home hers
at noon to-day.
Hl* family was gathered at hla bedside,
and the dying man's last moments were
spent In comforting them.
Early in the day Mr. Moody realized
that the end wa* not far off, and talked
with hi* family at Intervals, being con
scious to the last, except for a few faint
ing spell*. He revived, and with wonder
ful display of strength in his voice, said
In a happy strain:
“What's the matter? What's going on
here?"
One of the children replied: “Father,
you have not been quite so well, and as
we came In to see you."
A IlftCe later Mr. Moody talked quits
freely to his sons, saying:
"I have always been an ambitious man,
not ambitious to lay up wealth, but to
have you work to do, and you're going la
continue the work of tlie school* In East
Northfield and Mount Herman, and of the
Chicago Bible Institute."
A* the noonday hour grew near tha
watchers ut his bedside noted the ap
proach of death. Several times his lip*
moved as If in a prayer, but the articula
tion was so folnl that the words could
not he heard.
Just as death came Mr. Moody awoka
as if from ulumlicr and said with much
Joyounness:
“1 see earth receding; Heaven Is open
ing; God Is calling me," and a moment
later he expired.
Ills Dentil Was Not Expected.
14 was not expected until yesterday by
the members of Mr. Moody’s family and
Immediate circle of friends, tliat death
would lie the result of hi* Illness. Tha
cause of death was a general breaking
down, due to, overwork, tyr. Moody'*
heart had been Weak for a long time and
exertions put forth In connection with
meetings In the West last month, brought
on a collapse from wnlch he faded to
rally.
The evangelist broke down In Kansas
Clly, Mo., where ho Was holding services
about u month ugh, and Hie seriousness
of til* condition was so apparent to the
physicians who were called to attend lilrrn
that they forced him to abandon his tour
and to his home with nil possible
speed. After he reached Northfield emi
nent physicians were consulted and every
thing was done to prolong life.
'A bulletin issinil last week communicat
ed the tidings to the public that Mr.
Moody was very ill. hut that a little Im
provement was noticed. This week tha
pul lent shownl a steady gain until yester
day, when he showed symptom* of ner
vousness. accompanied by w> aknesa which
caused the family much anxiety.
This morning the weakness continue!
and al 8 o’clock Mr. Moody called his wife
and children, telling them Ihat the endi
was near. The family lemained close by
the bedside all the forenoon. The evan
gelist was almost free from pain and oc
casionally he talked with apparent ease.
About the last words he was heard to ut
ter were:
"I have always l>een an ambltlou* man,
not to lay up weaUh, but to find work to
do.”
Just before 12 o'clock the watchers rawi
thai the end wa* airprcaching and at ex
actly noon the great preacher passe!
away.
Mr. Moody's Career.
Dwight Lyman Moody was bom sb
Northfield, Muss.. Feb. 5, 1837. He worked
on a farm until he readied the age of 17,
when he became a clerk in a shoe storo
111 Boston. In 1856 he went to Chicago anil
while engaged there in active business en
tered zealously Into missionary work
among tho poorer clauses. During tha
War of Secession he was In the service of
Ihe Christian Commission, nnd afterward
became a lay missionary of the Youn*
Men's Christian Association of Chicago.
11l 1873, accompanied by Ira D. Sankey, an
effective singer, he went to England, where
the two instituted a series of week-day
religious services, which attracted largo
and enthusiastic audience*. They re
turned to America In 1875, and organized
similar meetings nil over the country.
From that time almost up to the day of
tils death Mr. Moody was an active evan
gelist. In both this country and England.
His last visit to the latter country was
In 1883. Mr. Moody founded two great
schools at Northfield, one for young wo
men and one for young men. These sc hools*
nre Intended for the thorough education
of young men and women who. thougti
possessed of excellent character, have not
the means of securing an education In tha
colleges. The greater part of the expense*
of the schools Is paid from the sale of
Moody and Sankey hymn books. He also
founded a large nchool In Chicago known
n the Bible Institute, where 300 to hid
men and women are trained each year for
the various departments of Christian
work, both at home and abroad. He wss
the author of a number of books and ad
dresses, which have had a very large cir
culation. Mr. Moody is believed to havo
spoken to more people and to have ad
addressed larger audiences, than any other
man of his generation.
Hunker Talks of Moody-
New York. Deic. 22.—Ira D. Sankey. Wh
for twenty-seven years was associated
with Mr. Moody In evangelistic work,
wa* greatly affected at tho lew*
of his death. Mr. Srnkey to-night
told of hie work with Mr. Moody from
the time they first met, of their tour
through England In 1878, and of their
preaching and singing in the United
States.
"You may say." said Mr. rtankey. "time
in th death of Mr. Moody the world has
lost one of the greatest and noblest men
ot the age. I have labored with film for
the last twenty-seven years, traveling wills
him by land and eea, and a nobler, braver
and wieer soul I never knew,"
Conn resawn a lloutelle Metier.
Boston, Dec, 22.—The condition of Con*
gruasnwii Roulette wilt mu.-ti Improved to*
sushi (>d Lt' left tor Bangor, Me