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the morning news stl „i - - In*'f>rj'<>rute<l ISSN "'j H FST ILL. Preuldcnt- SANTA FE TIED UP * OF it* TnUBOHAPH OIfIERA TOHS ON A STRIKE. UNION CLAIMS 1.300 ARE OUT. ,Ul* LISE MEN QIIT IN SVMPAIHV M ITU OTHER*. , , ir I, inner Usd Mreiulj S.-cnrr.l ! i ,ir Brmnnrt*. Hw Thoxe nn ihr (,nl! <lorailo >il *### Fr 11. l (lie *nut l> Train# Snlil |i,. riril I |> — Men ttanlril Htli rr !•„. Mini 1 linn lira In Hulra ov rrninii Them. lie * Sl* hundred trlenraph , . n the line* of the Atchlaon, . ,ii s.nii !•> Railroad airuek lo • . •npnthy nllli tle opera!ora on , , Colorado n>! Santa Fe Ilxll i n h of the Atchlaon ay*tern, v , „ :.t out !at Thuraday. . £ inc at.itrment la according: to , rm.itlon obtainable from the t . offl Ula to-night. The entire , f operators on the •yeten la whom tan are said to be uni >n ! I the *) nirmircra of the union. Mini, refused to strike. leaving , -m with about one-he If of It * i..-I work. i of ihe road deelare that un ~ i t umotances will they yield to , , * and that none of them will , ini ue allowed to work for the < . v iii any capacity. ..j-ei .-ors mi the main lines of the . r otan demanded some weeks r ire in |*ay end some changea i r The negotiatioiia with the ; v h.nj reached an acute atage ri - i.mpany conceded the demand* „■ in. a and the trouble waa averted. i' : . * order of ’hlns* did not prevail Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe. and tro niieratora there demanded an Increase of pay amounting It la *atd, to ajiproxi n j o per annum for each man and -. .MS in the rules whereby men w.-re and to act ns telegraph operators .... ugenu also. The demand , ~1 and the men went out. Tis : men on the main system went ou - in vtnpathy. i hilmed I,:MH Are Out. tv 11. Kan., Dec. S.—General Chuir rii J A. Newman of the Santa Fe di v -n if the Order of Hallway Telegra -1 i aiding the entire Santa Fe sys ter, a 1 the following order at 3.3i e it: afternoon, and a few minute* ..as infomied that I.SOO ojierutors n- i. entire aystem quit their key*: * *.: ißent* and operator* of the F , Fe System: In accordance with • .mu of your general committee. I,v-I.tws of this organti.itlon on t 1." yu will str.kc, c< aso work and t refuse to perform any duly character whatsoever un ,i id strike Is declared oft ! ii illy, and notice o! settle- I ill y.iur Krlevauces acknowledgetl. eli ii,i-f Is- vouched for by our i.l i. is Vou will turn your boards ; . iM leave them In that poeltlon pi rma- II r'orefuily protect al! company ; 'v In your care or possession, and i cv r. , person a cess thereto until you * :: n eijv hecked and released from all t i billtv by the company - * actual i nine. This action I* made ne ' to secure f. r you reasonable com 1 in and conditions. 1 train dispatchers, clerk* and other ire earnestly requested to give t- assistance." *t til Train* Are Tied I'p. • ‘ • - io this order, Chairman New b ~|: ■ ion mi* taken up at Ihe siig s of National President M. M. Dol- I -I onjy after It was evlden. th ii 1 i ni y would not listen loour grtev. fc I *he Santa l- e train* are said to I** t m :n this division Iretween Newton 't l ':t * I . No ojersior was working ‘ ■ o k except two at Arkanns f • rial raw at Perry, Okla. Division indent Ti e I- trying to bring the * i ain in. but It Is not expected that ;l -ii' <1 Three freights and a ius ire lied up hoie. and a telephone from Wellington soys that ev is dead on the Panliai .he ill ' .n. 'vii\t itipi.t:t .%¥ or it. I)pp|ri' the Mnln l.lne '*''• Have llrokrn I ontriirt. r B.—Moat of the telpgruph j c 1 i. the lines of the Atchison, T*>- ** • I S uit i Hallway System w# ut or late to-day In support of the < tugurated on the (lulf. Colorado “ 1 tv division Thursday. ? in the day the men went out on •mi dlvM ii- hut at 4 o'clock It i *1 to extend the walkout over * the entire system. *d K I*. Hl|d*y of the Atchison ■i he learned of the strike of line operator*. *ail: non, having broken their con* ! l left our employ without cauot * it nothe, will not Ik* re-em- Id • tlon was taken, notwithstand f t that the rofikfanny made a 1 ’ with the operator* In service on or . Topeka and Santa Fe prop ' ! v l. and with those In aertvce on west of Albuquerque. Nov 15. : tder the terms of which they i rn-hip*dvea, through their organic* • * give the company thirty days* 1 ’of any dhitallofadlim." K * Ml 4 U\ TO 411 TO MtMl.t. **' 1 'llaioii of 4 onrflesy to Turkey Ha*i lleen Dtaoharged. • fiifton, |H*e B—Secretary Long t°- CiH * and instruction* to Capt. Chester r ?.int!n>ple to proceed with hla , Kentucky, from Smyrna on hi* * * and voyage to Manila, to replace -on on the Asiatic station. It can -1 (• trn.il Off! tally that th. ml*ln m discharged, but It la ald Kentu kvi mlaalon. which waa ■ eourteay, has been diacharg.d. *— *i Kill.. I In ■ Collision. t . I<4r :d, Drc. I—A colltaton occurred to ' Ov.jo and Vac-ar on th rall ( from Cordova to B.lmca. Aa ar •' the acald.nt acv.n pnraona are and twelr* ar. suffering trom to* •uioalned. Satwnnal) iTlornino Xctos. OUTRAGES ON MISSIONARIES. Il *al<l fli#* Details of Niumr Jam Uurnril Are loii ltev oltlng—An % lit I*l 'orris II i*t ii k Pekin, Dc. €.—-CYipt# Wtngat* and Ryk*r. who *c ncnpant©t the expedition to Kalian. returned 10-duy During tnelr aosenc* they viflifd uncral pin ©s to which the Germans did not go, but they er. ountered no opioi:i“n. They learned tnat come twelve Wuro ixaru*. mostly and Norwegian m --.*vitarie*. b‘!l*lei ('apt Watte Jones, were red at Kwei Hun Cheng by order* of tle Tao Twi, an<l that one hun dre<| native l'hr*etlan h.*d aleo hen put to dt h. Tne detail* of the outra;eH •*re mom revolting Winyatea and Ryder visited th? Belgian atation. where the prk*t In •h'lr g' an*l . ••<> t-onverta ha l hohihliiki a irolof)g*ti cunt by Boxers and imperigi tloupe. They were informed that other Mat lona furtner w** * r‘ .•‘till teaiege*t. not only by Roxera, but by Chinee© tr<w^ia. . ?lru under orkra lr>m the authorities. Ji.d this in apltt of the .B*urane by the p id, •-! ntiant* that th* government is doh g i‘ - utmost to >*upprt~ the outrages Chinos* carrying <oi. -,i-<i weapons are trreet*d daily in Rektn. Natives allege tnat In. yj has been as the date for rising against the foreigners in the caj*- •'ai. No .tl.’irtn is felt, however, as the troop* her** ir* sufficiently numerous to deal wfih a rising should on© occur. %(.itm:Mr\r iniuiiv pow&n.v Text tin* Iteeii Krcphrd In W a*b ington iriiiii Pekin. Washington, T>e<*. ► The text of the agreement reached between the Powers it Pekin has been received at the Htste Department, aid is now m pro* ess o tratisiatloii from th© cipher code. It i- ind. finite:v known whether the a< eptah- © of any I’ow r, other tnan t/mt of Japan, has -en ha l. but aesuraiw'e r\: b* * n rec eived that th© remainder of the Towers wail prompt I > ratify tiu* agreement. GREAT CONCERNED. Trouble Nrtwrrn HollauA unit Por t'll!I Fur kor* krrlou* Than firnrrully *uppn*rl. Isutdon, Dec. S Though th* trouble br twc-n Hoi la tul iul Portugal cun scarcely r, -ult In war, It is far more scrlou* and interesting: than generally regarded here Great llrliain 1* concerned In the affair more deeply than appears on the surface, for ihe Associates! Press learns that It I* due to a Hrttish protest to Portugal shat the exeauntor of Herr Pott, the Dutch consul at Lorango Marque*, was withdrawn and the visit of the powerfvn British fleet to Portuguese water* la something more * ban a coincidence Th Lisbon press frankly declares It was Intended q* a winning demonstration to other nations to keep their hands off Pot tugnl. The British officials also do not h- ikute to admit their government - * read mes* to hack up the action which Portu gal took in It* request. Hence, Holland con do IPSIe more than gracefully mak" the best of a had Job. unless she receive the support of some of the great Powers, which I* a very remote contingency. TRAIN VI'RIPK STREET PAR. One Mint list Killed and Hl* Wife Fatally Injured. Pittsburg. Dec. F —The CumheeJatid ac commodation for Pittsburg on the Baltl moie and Ohio road to-night crashed into a Enlied Traction car filled with people it itinkln. One nin wi* killed ouirlght. hi* wife was so badly hurt that she ran hardly recover, hi* Uiby was seriously In jured and a score of other jsisscngcrs were badly hurt. The 'lead man I* unknown and hi* wife at a late hour benight 1* still uncon scious fr ni the effects of her injuries The l*iby was found cl isi*-d in the fath ers arms with the mothers body across tin tn. _ . - Tto mjurrl are: Antonio f o.let* o. Rankin *erlou*. Antonio Lons nf Rankin. h< ail mi l tardy m unrlert. Patrick Guvlsan. owluetor of too traction mr. arm and | rg broken; Mr*. W. 1. Marshall ami two -mall children, the woman seriously, chll dr.n -lightly; Harry MoOirm. aetioualy. Mrs Km* and baby; James Kill* Home mi or twelve other t>-mrcrs were taken Into house* near by and nar i.l for. Their Injurte* are not known. When the traction car reached the Hah tlmore and (mlo crosaln* at Kankai. fon duetor Oavlgan went forward to *e tr the , roaslitK was clear. He found • drunk en man lying on the tracks of noth trac , n and railroad " hen arousM the .trunk* n man showed tight and Oavlgan an Ito drag him from the tracks When * wm- k -mi. tha rootorman to go ahead i. the ex, l enient the approach of the rad ix ad train was unnoticed, and In spite of the effort* of Engineer usbln. who re vcreed and put on the air, hi* engine struck l ie tear of the street car. hurling „ twenty vards. horrtoly mangling I: • human freight. The men who was re , .n Ihie for the o . l.b iu e*c.i|ted Injury, a'n.l as >'t detection. tail.l.l*li>% ON CO.%*T USE. One Sinn \S * Killed nnd Three Were Seriously Injured. Richmond. Va. r>ec. *-A head-end col lision between two freight train* occurred on the Atlantic Coast Uns. two mile* he kiw Richmond, to-night. In which one man was killed, three other* were Injured and an engine and a doxen freight car* wrecked. Fireman Robert Royd. whose home was In Weldon. N. C.. was fatally crushed un ,l. r ihe overturned engine. Knglr.' Or William Kllppen of Man.heoter. Va . was badly (cakled and severely, though not faiall> injured, and colored brake, men lien Powell* and Jee Butts were 1, a seriously hurt Kllppen was brought to hi* bom*- In Mane heater, the brakemen were brought • i u hci>:tal hero unit the body of Boyd will |n s. rt home to-morrow to lA bride of a few month*. The Coast I-ine train ran Into a Rich itiond. Fredericksburg and Potomac shifting freight, which bad come from the belt line and wa* backing on tha Coast Une track* To-night * train* all oam* In over tha belt Hue. Serious Ft re In Sweden. Stockholm. Dec. t-A fir* at Boris**no, near Falun, ha# rendered 180 parson, homeless and cause.! damage to U .wj.ii n ■ of held * million kroner. SAVANNAH, C.A.. Sl NDAY, PECEMBEU t), 11*00. DE WET IN A CORNER 111(1X1*11 comm %Mr.itft m:i,ir.M, TllfclV MWK HIM. SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES IK T lift M4Y ( H(M WOM.F\ HIV KRS !!% nttlslT Oft HIM. Ih# Cbnif Hn> Hrd One. lint Kn> Hn* ll**rn l , #*rUl**it. Hupri llml to 4lMitln W*** Knox Nab Hrru ou a MHrch After Them Wln*e Her. 2— . en He- Wet'a Attem|t on t ope t olotxy >lh •' all •*!. Allwal North, Cap# Colory. Fhldav I>ec. Gen DeWet oppeara to be In a moat datigerou* ,iottion and to need all bis strategy to extricate hi* force. With strong British aiiumn* on three sides and two swol.en rivers barring hi* front, the British commanders begin to be hopeful that the great chase by four column*, which ha* been one of tn* moss exciting operation* of the war. will result In the capture of DeWet. Definite news of his whereabouts * first received Dec. 2. The next morning Gen Kt.ox started In hot pursuit and Pit cher's and Herbert# .vdumiis w.re de tached to make a turning movesnenS. After three hours march Gen. Knox learned that during the night lie Wet had doubled back (vast the British right, ne - ' satiating a complete cnange >t pun* During the night of Dec. 3, Gen. Knox csmjied on the Carni'-l farm, th.- site of the Boer laager, which had evidently re cently end hurriedly moved. Gen. Knox started again at daylight, hoping to coi ner D*Wet while crossing Katrepoort drift, but he arrived too late. Th# British experienced very great dlf fiettity In following DeWet, owing to the rise In the river, but tney succeeded ju cicesing wltuout the loss of man or 11 beast. From that time on the pursuit of the Boar* was taken us> without bag gage. the tronjw being supjdled by forug • r*. enabling them to make more rapid movements, and keep In touch with the republican* DB WET (.OKS NORTHEAST. Hla Attempt on Cays olony Said ts Have !'ni led. London. Dec. B,—The war office has re ceived lha following dispatch from Gen. Kitchener, from Biootnfomeln, dated Dec. *; "Have Just received new* from Knox, at RouxvHte. that DeWet - * fore#, having failed to force Ctmmsssl* bridge, which we held ha* trekked northeast, abend m- In* SOO horses atsl many cart*. Hl* al tempt on Cs[# Colony, therefore, has failed. He Is being pressed on all *l>le* " KHII.I II KKCKIVKO HI Mil l N. V left Was Not Attended by Any For mal Ceremonies. The Hague, Dec. S.-Qtie-n Wilhelmlna received Mr. Kruger In audience Urshiy As the Boer stateemian wa* tr.iv-l.ng In cognito the visit wa* not attended by tiv* ceremony usually poid to a • hlef of ***te. A court official pro<-e*ded to hi* hotel am! accompanied Mr Kruger to tin rmal jsilace In a state carriage. Dr. 1* yd* re - ceived Mr. Kruger at the door of th pal- S'-e, but was not present at th* audience Mr. Kruger son- a black < <*it. over which was a broad sash of the Transvaal color*, and the gram! crow of Tin- N'th erla tele Mon Dr. I.eyd wore a dliwonuitli uniform. The visit lasted a quarter of .-in hour The Queen. Queen Mother anil Mr Kruger nose- weie pr*s-n' The lat ter thnnknl th# Queen for pli ing the cruiser GehVerMnd at Ms diet*- u The crowds in ttie street* warmly cheer ed Mr Kruger TELKUH tM FROM KRttlP.fl. (able* Ills Thunks to the American Transvaal I-eague., New York. Dec. * —Th ■ consul general of the Orange Free State ha* received t;i following reply to a cablegram of good wishe* sent to Paul Kruger by the Amer ican Tiansvaxl League "I thank the dire tor* of the American Transvaal league find all sympathising American* for tlvMr greeting and hope their kind wlahe# will b futflllet], "Kruger.” I.urd Roberts at I a|e Town. rape Town. Dec. Ijord Robert* ar rived here t.-.|ii> from Port Eilxabeth. He was accorded a splendid re epilon ’1 he Mayor. counclUora, the elinaas' oot tee and thousand? of leh'rer met him at *he do k* and escyrted him to tlovirn ment House. liners Capture IT.iHKI sheep. Johannesburg. Dee. B.—The Hnr have captured 17. W* 1 sheep from smull detach ment of British troop.- In the vicinity of Krugersdorp. CZAR UETTIMI THIUI)H. If le Aafd He Tow Spend* Pari of the Day' Out of fled. L!vadta. European Russia. Dec. % —The physician* of the Cxar Issued the follow ing bulletin this morning "The Cxar fWt very well during the last twenty-flair h.ira, He afsends pirl of the day out of bed Hl* strength I* vlsttdy Increasing and hi* temperature and pulse are normal.” 1,11 All II 1 Full SOLDIER*. Will He Paid In Every Man Who Served lit South Afrli-a, London. Dec. E—Th* war office an nounce* that a gratuity will be paid to every officer and man who ha* served In South Africa alnc* Oct. W. 1W The least amount will be ti It I* roughly esti mated that It will tak. (1.0(.0( to com plete the payment Bridge Went Bos. fader Train. Cologne, Dec —A bridge at Dlfferdln gen. tn the Qrand Duchy of Luxemburg, eollapssd to-day a* an express train w n naming over It. and tha train plunged Into the stream Five persons tsrar# kilted and eight ware badly Injured. TWENTY PEOPLE INJURED. FoiprrM Trnin I mjift Box Cr llosl Juni|©d lYxrk. rhiliTclphui, I** b Twenty p©r#©n wtre injun.l ic>-Ja\ in a accident on ti© I’hhusk iphia, Wilmington and liAltW n <*rc aOroMd a- (#r©y • b rry Bution in \\>*t I*i>Jlalcl|>hlA. An empty h-*x car Jump©<l ih© track and damac©d xcvwral of th© ooAA.h on th*' fipresi traiii which leavss W*uih itiktou At U a m for New York. M © Emma Dougherty of Chester had h*uh I*. broken and in h rrUical con .i. >i iii.i Mihj* Ella Little, alau of Chea ter. wm UanKeroueiy Injured The *xprwe train wn* made up of thr** I’ullmaii ciir. a dining car And six .lay cout h©*. Ths* Infer were filled xsnth resklents of Oh ater, !*.. aid mutt of Ihe Injured were of their nuinb‘r. Following is the list of Injured: Richard Barnes, a brakeman of expr#se, fingers crushed. Mr* U. W. BiacitWeli. St. L.'Uls, leg fr.i - tund. Mies H. Ii Bower. Wil mtr.Ktor i©k fractured; Miss Margaret Burke, t’plands, l* . cut about fa *e and | i ■•"!> . Kinnia lh> ig erty. Chester, ; t Ii Jkh lr<ken, Mies r'ulln, fthli* h. s a p wounds. Anna Dougherty, • ’heeler. > aij vv.und* Graham Ulis^*. 1 unor*. fra* turel; 1 8. H>lkvst>, H i St Denis. New Yrk slight. J. J i k-oi , Wi.mingtiUi, serious; Elia Llt tl*. t’h*—ter. probably faia. > hurt: Aim* M lAin©is. t | ian t-. Fa ,fa © and !*.**i\ "is, J Mahan©). Ciieeter. wluni. K M A Mnioi.ey, Chester, erioitfly In- Jureti ainMit eh* s<. Mrs Mary Mitchell, • ’oiawin, Fa Mceratlons; Wmiani |*‘ Faj*|. Wilmington, g*n*ral lacerations; ! Ciar* in© Fallen, New York. bndly ?rul.-twi. Kote ReUAeld, C’hester. htw*! lac • rateNj; Mali*'! Smith, W iimiugtou. head • 1 1 cut. Henry Matthew*. FhiiadeF j j*hia. Internal injuries. A out thirty ohtera were elhrhtly In jur* i by broken glass, but were not taken to the ho-jmais. Tic I oilmen oar© contained Washington i in i R <lntmr© passenger* almost exclu -1 *tvel>. An the express approached the • r,i\ * !'©rr> station an empty boxcar, uhi h trlng shifted, left the tails •*nd fell t* .inM the tai**enger train. The parlor cars escaped Injury, but one of tne •*y coi he* waa almost wrecked, while three others w©re badly damaged. BAD FIRE uTbALTIMORE. Itiillliu'.rc Hrs*lu SS'n*- Hnrm*il Oat at tOH n( gltoo.tHXl—Man, llml Narrcivr I.acapea. ISaltlmorn. Dec. Th# extensive stnre* sr-1 stock of t!i# llaplmore Rirgsln House. x 212 to 23U West Baltimore at reel, wi re totally fiesttoyed by fire this morn ing snfi the stock snfl building of Orol- Jan, Lobe A Cos., wnloh adjoins It. was consl>ler.ihly damaged. Th# Are was discovered shortly after 3 O'clock a. m and burned flsroely all th# balance of the night and fsr Into the morning, completely obstruetlrr iraffl- In the busiest |tt of the city during th" early morning hours. Revr#l firemen mule narrow escape, from death, but none was seriously Injured. The Battlmo-e Bargain House, of which Mr. David Kpaleln I* the he.ul. I* one tf Hie largest com-srtis of tla- kin*l In the South, anl fuel a large holiday ilork on tiuii'l. Mr. Kprteln Is a* yet un.ible to glv. an a curate estimate of the lose on t . k tut muglilj pla* *-* It at 1130.000. GrotJ.in, Lb<- A Cos . esilmat'- their In** a V3‘*" while the loss on the buildings will probably swell ihe total to sAo.*tlo, u!) being fuly covered by Insuran -e. Fireman John Flynn had nilru. ulout i-s.-rip* fram being kill'd- He fell five storl- - from the rear of lbe western see tbiii of the serlra of bu.l'llngs Included In th*- ILliimor- Bargain House Flynn wa* on she roof of the building, when, over ■ ■ome by smok*-. be lout h* balance. Ha* ompaniuiij* wfho saw him topple bu-li w.ird and f ill felt jure that every bone In hi* body would be broken. In his full tin- fir. Ai.in situ k Hire# different times on a zlgxag arrangement of rain sprout? Each section that he struck gave way. bit each broke she momentum of his fall. A* he struck the pie*, of rslnspout of aluminum fell off and beneath him He Bn-k ui*>n he helmet, mushing It ns flat as h piece of paste board When hi? companion* picked him up he wa - unconscious.but revived shortly when It was discovered that the only In juries he hud received were a number of bruises on Ms shoulders and a broken tinkle. whith < ti** inf. mw.turns. It Icw I || the House of a Man nf Al leged l, e Morals. Atlanta. Dee. A special to the Journal from New Decatur, Ala., says: The residence of A. J. Thomas, near Cluttsvllle. In this county, wa* wrecked la-t t ight by dynamite The crime Is believed to have been the work of white cap*. Thomas, who Is a single man of about j|) \ ..,,rs of age. It i* alleged, had s* oceu. taut* of his house seven women. He had been repeatedly asked to send the In mates of hts house away, and had recent ly received warning* from a so-called white cap committee. One of the women wus badly Injured In the ejplost m. TO HIKE WITOHITV REPORT. Ileintteralle Member* on the War Revenue Heduetlon. Washington Dee. *. -The minority mem ber* of the Wave end Means Committee are holding Informal meetings In or.Pr t-> prepare lb- minority report on the bPI reducing the war taxes, arul the report will be submitted by Representative Aich ■ r-t-on of Tennessee <. Monday. It Is understood that the reimrt wilt not op pope the reduction* prnptxted. but will pr.smt add.tonal features to which the bid should apply. Wll.l. W Lit M1.1.F. tllimilLt.K Kid Met o> Instead of (orbett to Harry French Actress. London, Dec, 8— Kid M-Coy, who has received cable advice* announcing that hi* wife had obtained a decree of divorce against him In the United States, to-day told a representative of the Associated Press that his marrtax* with Marguerite Corneille will occur In Paris or New York an Christmas Ideal. Robson Much Better. New York. Dec. I—Lieut. Hobeon'e condition to-night we* much Improved. FATE OF CANTEEN %% ini n >\tk ( OMum rn on niil. nun AiTimi. CHAPLAIN FAVORS CANTEEN. *A\H IT B PIN HI.riTH XII 4X ,\ %- TIVK MIOPS. Ni utlirra of h r> Women's <'ltriafinn l>mpi rmiof I iilon Went Nrforr lle ( iiuimtlt-r to I rr tlie llrlrß of Ihe l*ri%|liA Ikiilikl the i'Anfeen ( hiipleln Millfr. Who Berxel In llte I*l* 111 ||l e*. %n y m If .Hhnnlil \if He ilmlUhril. WttAftilnfton. I > s Th© S©n.te C**m mit:-e on Military Affair* I lay contin ued It* hearintr up<hi the AiiU-canteen provtAion of the fiillltar% bill, hearing in aftddFvhkfi Cos a number of *hn t *|e© he* tn Advocacy of th® provl* n. a pi *X tin*t it from R©v. Mr Misier wtu ecrve.l fourteen month* a* an army chap lain in the Philippine* Mia. That her of N©w J©r*©v appealed for the aboil.don f the c tiu© ii on flnan cia4 uroundA. inivlhb that it nri© l **•!- .Hem to *quander nM only tii ir >©.!(h and th lr time, but their money .* well, Mr. Keila of -1; H ?f**kr fr th© mother* of Che soldier*. ©<*>tnjf that all of them favor© 1 the ippi©H im of ti e liquor traffic. Mrs. inf ill* of Hi ic ib *al<l he knew of mitny eoUiler fwy* who lial contra**!* **! the liquor hddi at th© canteen. Ml** Kearney f Mi c 1 1 *- n informal tiiat Gen. I k n hnl i"*© u no - able ©x< epiioi among p< ni.l army “fti cer* in favoring th© ciint* ©n. Mr* Aliiaon. VV. C *i 1 . ©uperinteml ent of |. a*iatl(n. *all that •©! .i *t * tinti' A iiiow tlia: Hi© liquof ti !li le IF ©tally following the American hug in Id© .io|*..w Bne preer-nietl figure# to *aow that th© .tquor ©x|i Jati'W(* from tne \ *nlt©* Bta>e* to (*uba for the flrat five nnuitnii ,( \<*j Im<l reach©*! sl7#.•* Mgln.*t th',Tie’s Jor l fie ©ntir© year of IM*K In the Philippine* an.l Form III* o thare hail Uen h com-npaiuJing in- • • *•- It ©% . Mr. %llllt*r Baiora i mil© ©a Air. Miller gave hi# unrt*©rv©U 4nkn© men! to lha canteen, and ©aid taut the* view wa the reauil of actual obaervation in the I'hilippln©*. Ho declared tilme* If to ©* temperwn • n*an and said that it is beoauae h© Is -uch he took this position In the Philip* p.nee. the canteen is not. he said, the low grog shop tn®4 It ha# been described, but 1* entitled to bo called a i©u ©x hang© as it i* officially oali®<! He wa* sure that the#© exchanges do much t" restrict drunk* nm ss. The reason for hi position was found in the fa i tiut if 4he aokliera could not get the lager berr and the Ugh? win®# supplied at the can ♦on# they would patronise the low grog ,’*rt©a k**pt by the rte*tiVMS, where only vino Is sold. This liquor he described a* lusmiful to health end said it* offset often was almost to cau*e inani ty. Many vino "Joints’' had been destroy ed by the establishment of th© ©anie©n Mr Miller expres© th opinion that * l©r ©nt of the ofWoera of tii© army *rv favorable to th© canteen aiwl also *#i! thui h© enlists*! m©i want It H“ quote*l written opinion* from pool cem mar.derm in the Philippines in auppori of his poeltlon. IRttH'llHn I I.OAE t %LL. Voyage Made Memorable by Narrow Escape From Disaster. San Francis o, Dec. 8-The tranwport Belgian King I* In port aff r n voyage Of nfty-flv* day* from Manila, made mem orable by disaster aid harrow escapes from total destruction Shortly after leaving Manila the vessel encountered a typhoon, and for two days those on Isnird welted for the death that icemed Inevitable. Th* coal In her bunk er* shifted and the transport waa for forly-elght hour* on her beam ends, only the sudden abating of the storm saved the transport from going to the bottom. The Belgian King wa* laid up seventeen days for repairs at Hong Kong and after leaving the latter port her coal ilsught Are through carelessness In loading, and burned three days wtili* the trenstwrt made a desperate effort to reach Taku. Ills Are gained such headway that at one time the staterooms were too hot to be o eupb-d. IRISH t, 111 It Nil' A St It IDF,. Found In Ills study, n Mullet lljslc Throngb Hts Rend. New York. Dec. 8 * Seated In a chair In the study of hts home, Uriah t* Bur nap, one of flnsdtiyn's foremost cliix.-n*. a figure well known among the city's eoli l business m<-n and a close friend of the late William L. Strong, wag found dead to-day. a bullet hole In hi* head At h!a Side lay a revolver Melancholia, ag gravaged by worry over the condition of an 111 daughter. Is believed to have led Mr. Burnap to take hi life. | Wilt NHli KILLED THE CHILD. Nurse Llrl Irritated Reenuse Her llaby Was Taken From Her. New York. Dec. I Ali-e O'lionnell, the nure# girl who killed the lufint child of t Mr. and Mr*. James J. ne- In Brooklyn last night, was arrested to-day. Hhe ad mitted killing the child, saving that her own baby, which wa- horn eight months ago, was In an Institution, and she did not see why another wnni.ii should be able to have her child with her when that privilege was denied as to her own | child. I Heavy Ratos tnste Damage. Brussels, Dec B—Owing to recent • heavy rains the river Be tine has over | flowed the suburbs and Inundated a pot- I Hon of the city. Th> Rue du t'errle I* un- I der water. The Inhabitants are Imprison ed In their houses and some stock has been drowned Mrs. MeL -an seriously 111. Washington. Dec —Mrs Washington McLean, mother of John R McLean i proprietor of the Cincinnati Entjulrer.and of Mra Dewey, wife of Admiral Dewey. I* very seriously 111 of heart complica tions. at her home here The attending phyatclsDS have UtU* hop* o l her raoov ry. „ I m RESISTENCIA CRITICISED. I 'deration of lastior tsnlnai **\*na i’h lgnrroakrra Mueli lln*l !!•• \\ ns Trammeled le.uisvtl e, Dec b -At 10-tlay'g aeeslnn of th Atner *u F'slet itiv fi of Uhor Con vention 'Kmstdeirtbie bu*lne>s w.is trai *• acted but ■ minittec rt*j*ort mere not .'ll forthcoming. An u)i>( l was read from the ft* I©r*- tion *; Labor * ? I'orto Hi.v. asking lor '(r ©kim of sjh ch In nae* mbl) and press.” and that a commit:©* be sent to th- - island fr th purp> of eouiiileUiii th** orcuidaatlon. A t©j©gi uti wi i©ad from the \V C. T Ii Wa - uingtoi. asking n ~sune .n | ntting (Fwti tn© 4b|u>r iraflb B *mhl vice? President Duncan read the r©p*tt of the HxfvuUv© Council It re view-ml tit© it i*n *s national ai©! tntr? niiiofiat unions for the p*um v or, crltl .um and the tr©.mmuu >f th© ntrett rai*w ic tnp.ov©** m Ht Ixuis during the siren I raiiway ::*k© in that cliv. th* n *tlon lof l*i llmhii-n*-in Clg*!makers of Tam !jni . iiu and reafhrmed the right of j A inert-an *huio ie w rk without hln dianv©, cited the reduction of th* work ing hours of gtanite cutlers to eiglit * ii? aod in ♦ i.d av* rug* wug©s l' i t i©r ©eir in the Cnlted Btstin and • in * ada A resolution was adopted instructing ;he stale |i ii: hi -t of ihe f'l' r.in •-!< h to p. ItliHi the L.g.siiiurc f*r a i buna© In the cotiAtmiiion providing f*r | the submission io the t**"pl© of conAtitu \ Tfonul aiiv* .in© ts on of voter* •id lust!urtina tii© I;*©, uiive Council to ! a-k for like siiMiidmcnts to the federal | cofiatkution. A rec* ss was then taken until the after noon. i Jo** hr f- rm ad to umm ent a number of | !■•■-" utions w©re*i*r s#niel In- till© and j referred, among them t**ina one aguinsi (the anti- .>'p4ng bill, one to ©noourug© I..** ©sfabllshmetit *f local union* of tfv© Retail t’lerk International FrHeetlv® As<* latl.ui. on© for a government 1* p.iittiotit t( l.dH>r, the hal t a hi* h ■ -*ll have a place tn the cabinet, one to I * nr** the |*; sage by t'oiigr©** of a Nil | *'* restrict Immigration with a view to preventing the growth *f the sweating © stem and <Mie r*'afTlrmlng adle-rera e by ihe federation to the principle of self government by each craft % trade, and .! number recommending boycott* again*! spec!fled firms d’lie < • insider*tlon of and passing upon 4ti©s© r© -oiutlott# and other husines* will occupy the attention .f the convention H next w*k, Mr (Pauper* stilting tr** n j hi to an Associated l*re*s refiresenta live shat final adjournment will taken “li* week from to-night. < <Kl’Otl %I. lllHHft* PIUIKfXRD. tf. U llioii II* |irlnm n#l**#l for f)il TrfUlmpnl of Harris. Atlanta Dec ft—Gov. Candler to*<i*r la u#d the following order regarding the Sa vannah court martial before which Corpl. Harhi* wa* tria l Th# Governor pprtvi*s th# fladlngs of tha court-martial, a* fol lovrs: "I aifrrv# th* of fh** H>urt tn thia undrr tha avldanca, tha d*fenlant la taebol<miiy guilty. Hut htn offend w.* i unnilMPtl unrlar irr>at |rov ocatlort. an*t win mor t<x’hnl('al th*n rral. and thaaa rraNoiis ha U haraby friirdloruil of al I tha • 'lon *f th*‘ court. It la my duly to In aavaraat tnrma tha com rtiwodint; officer of thl n njrnjmny, (Vipt. Wtlaon, and hia auhaltarn. UoiH. H ir th**lin h, for their conduct toward t’orpl. H irrl* from thr tiMimcnt of hia arr*at to hi* arraiKi nt tn court, which wan not mark' and by that dignity* kin *rnl fairtirsa which will !>• roquirod of all of flrt-rn of tha deoritta Htato troopw In thwlr twartnjf towurd Umar und*r com mand.’* Th** aantcvn’w t**>vw r*f<rri to wan di hoinrli' dlarharaw from tin* ptata tr<ajfNi HKHISb POIKISB IMHHBItAIOD. < >loutl.la ( iHiwN lo Mr?f Hqu# l r*l • In* llr alatloa. Now York. Ir.* a -tb*nor Arturo d*- Ilrlifiird, th# Colombian ronaul In this cl;y, made th- followtii* tatcm*nt to the Anaocutted Hr. tiita evenlnc: ’I Imv* day r‘*#iv'd caidearam from Henor Carloa Martinos Biiva, mtn l#tt* r of foreign relatlon, dated Bogota. I>#Ce 6. which reads a foilowa •"After several ancountetra with the reb el* In th** Department of Bolivar, and the idtlea of lAi Uiradtt and Buena Venturi* the r*hel fonrea under Gen, Uriim I rliie and ottirri hove iwn diapr*w • i Several department* nn- in entire pence. The la dyirtK out and th government ia aurrotlfided with en thuniaaUr follower#, la prepatins to ea tiihlish normal nommunicatlon for com m**rce and destrea to mstinrain friendly reiwilona with the neiftiiiorinc coun tide*.' *’ HI IIS Id > IIKI) AVS AH liulli;. lIMil Aaaaolted and t-'atalljr lnjnrl %lr*. .1 1 •*• h While. Home. Dec. V —Bud Kufut. a ne yro who cuterday aa#ault'<l and fatally Injured Mi*. Joseph White, wlfo sofa farmer living twelve mile* from Home, waa csuiiht and lynched near here to day. IMfuR waa taken from the county of f'eera at midnight by a mob Mr*. White d'titlOn) the priJMjner. who was hurrle# to a r.illrosd hridjre newr by A waa placed about hi ne- k and he waa forced to Jump from the bridge His body wa* then riddled with bullet* •*!* at liHM *o. Taerm, Wash . Tier A—'Mall advice# eny there are al*out thirty case# of emall pox at I'lswantt Prompt meaaur**# hav 1m ' n taken f**r checkin* the apresd of the disease DeleatMtea t Tlie Xnunr. Vlenm*. 1 **. S.—Th# New Frle Pr##* anriouiicet* tht the Austrian deieg#-.*# to the inirrvitlonai court of arbitration at The Huaw will he Count von l*etielborn aid Dr Umm*rh. and th# Humf.trbun delegate# Count Albert Afpoynl and Dr. Haai-igyl. former mlni.iter of Just lea Holland U 111 Not Intervene. Antwerp. Dec I —A special dlapntOh fron The Hague aaya Holland ha* ra> in tention *o lntarvan# tn # avor of arblirattor. 1n tha Tranavaai trouble#. Poisoned hy Drlakliif Tea. Stockholm Dec * -Through carela#ne# eight person# at .Mandvtken hay# been poisoned by drinking taw* Thrae of them wra dead. ,< DAILY •* A YKA ft. * KNTH A COPY WEEKLY 2-TIMEB A WEEK II A YEAR CAUSED EXCITEMENT ihi i iii to ni<ii\r khio:r I V 4.1*11 MAh W TO COME UP IN REICHSTAG. oil vr Hu hi i i.iw u ii,i. Hi:rt,T TO I N I l it %Tl4t v Xian* Pagera *lile Util* the tttltnd* of Ihe ITmpernr—Bore lull* of Re foliation on ml of tlie IMug. let Tarlg—l Horn of %iaitaaaaat>r While t Ha It* tnl n a ft# aeafnl He in aiaht. Her 1 in, I>#■(■ 8 Mr KfitrciH r ©~'4 k p fiH here and the r** • ns bsidtng Vh©retu will l made the ©ubj© t of an Interpel l itlon in the L‘i'hstug e.tny in tti' lin ing week, n th© first budget debate Tim Impel and t'lnim-ellot 4Aunt v*n Kurin#, will r©ply pci *i tity. The ti item©tit on the subject is still de©p and far*reaching, as evidenced by to la\ Dl Niiti.u.. wh h c.nt.ili>> an artb 1© I*) Prof Thetakir Mommaen. who .* It* roves Kmperor William not receiv ing the Roer statesman as being mor® dignified and nnr© Just than If he had received him and then eonf#sse| his pow- I erh * *nes* to avert tii© rtouth African trag©l\ whi h Is now g*dng *ai toward I the dual tot. The Ynee echo Zettunc k**s a similar view and iy* ti?t “ via* rlti*'al Franc®, which i seeking to embroil Germany with Kngland. won and have left Germany lr th® lurch. proiMbly confederating with England agniiwa (i-rimin>. after im’oeal log in rupturing the Ismdw of Anglo-Ger ni in ft lei ni* hip.” beraia*) and the Meat Trad®. An edit mini article in th© Kreu* Z*ltung on th *ubj< t of Pre id# nt M Klalty'l recent m©-sg© to C’ongrees is srigmfloant t expressing the view n and aims of th® moilerat* German ogr.iriana It says. ** 11 dw# no: ni; tier if ihe Americana lose the tUrtmm m* it trade, ainca Ainefi can manufactur'd Impdtt# to Germany will enormously in* rcj**e. which I* watch el anxkntaJv in Gertnany, Aiwiro Hin -k try and MwittrrNUMk if Germany, In tha project**! treatie* imitate# *te Dingley #orlfT how in th* Amrl u.- *HH]dalfi? It would only l# not of alfdifenge.** Tha arlif .e then pro e. la to . numerwt# th# many Apparent unfairness*# in tha tartff rtUtlooi with the United that#*. Tha Crdogp# Voika Zeliung. the iraUru Cantrlsi orgaiK acknowladgea the <?eaaa [#M attanvptaof th# t nlied dtate* ambii wlor. Mr. White, to keep tha p*-ao# t#~ tween th# two nmntil**, but claims hi# effort a are pooh-potjned anl frustrated by th# It*puhji in jlmtoe* In Am*rit’, win* #r# partlctdarly venomous agulnat Oer many. IVrff U Ifh < lit no Com lag. An official of th Japan legation In formed ll# corrt|#iviim of the AaM3l ated Pp**R that the latest adfv) *# JutNltierl lit# Im lief that tii*" r* -*—fai*lltihinem of with ChltKi iwtn beati qul kly trig since tiie condition* hav# been modar -4ilml by ih* Powers. Tha foreign otTl * her# formally oon- Mrn the Rt.itementa that the remaining minor point# of th# Pekin Joint note have been settled An inspired article In to day * Cologne Gnsetta, detailing the <*on teltttf of Hie note, wiiieitantiidy agree# with what has been primed ih th# sub- Jed In America The <orre*iond#nt of the A*#oc|#tH| Preaa barn** frmi private source* that Kmperor William will send a #i#*dal en voy shortly, to make tjur of the notabi# Am*ri *n ato k firm with the view of l urch t ing id I • nd carriage hor##a for the ImperUl stttblc*. Hitherto tha court h*# purch * '-I exclusively in Hun giiry and Kngi.ind. The i* r* > illy Illle*| out hla census formula, saying hi# business was "German Km per or md King of Prussia." Ilnnker St era berg*# 'I rln I. At to-day'# m* —Jon of the trial of th# wealthy Berlin Banker Aternberg, charged with an offense .ig tlnst morality, Marga ret Fischer, who vui#aummon#d from New York, where she hud become Mrs Mkler, testified *t length. Her testimony was In favor of the defendant, but *h# ad having r* el veil large sums of money from Htemberg. Th** Berlin lt#r A-<* - i.i ion gav# formal notice to-day that it will take proceedings agiiu et Herr kepo. th* leading lawyer for he defen *, for ti#p* :<>ua doings in Aon section with the fit cm berg case. IdWitß WIU, 11111,11 YACHT. % Plana far Boat That U 111 f oat pete With Shamrock 11. Boston, Dec. i— After a conference with Boston do niftier#. Boston builders and a numln r of representative llaton yaotits* men, Thomas W. I,,WMjn, the well known flmittcier and horse fancier of tld* cKy armourv'N) to-night that he would per. sonaily stand the rxpenw of bulldlrut another yacht to oraupete for the lamor of defers ling the •Amcrbi’a cup against Hir Thomas Llptoti's Hhsmrock 11. The new yacht, acnordtng to Mr. Law son, will be designed by B B Crownrln shleld, of this city, who has already had considerable aucc*# with smaller boats, while Geurg*- loswley, of Boston, the builder of the former eut> defenders Puritan anl Mayflower and the outfitter ct still another, the Volunteer, will i>rob ably construct the new host It l# expected that <*upt Nat Watson, one of the last #kipi# r* In th# Bast, will act as sail -nyt tn md Mr. Lawson also Rfate# ;I*nt .<> opf-rtunty will h# glvm n number of coß**g# f’oritahlan yachtsmen to a i?t In working the boat a* s part of her crew. TIIKRI Ml > UI.HR imoUTKD. Slillf The mere in Man hnwi itt the Ttiwbosti fsltns. Industry. Pa. Dec. I—A skiff contain ing Hir*-** stcsimboat men wa# run down near here last night by the towboat Dick Fulton and the onuptntl drowned. Their name# were; Kdw.ird Mason, Kdward Matthews, John Moment. The men belonged to th# crew of the towboat Boas and rowed deliberately In front of the stanmer Fuiton. Their horn#* were at Jed do, O. Ty phot# tu Sin# ln Prison. Sing Bing. N. T. Dec £-Warden Johnson announced to-day that typhoid had broken out among the convicts In Bing Bing prison Therr are now seven teen case# of typhoid In the prison hospi tal end additional cases are devwiopiug daily.