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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