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THK MORNING NEWS K.blih-<t - - Incorporated IV J. H. ESTII.U Pr-i<t-nt IS A REAL INVASION jjOFR* 40 41% CARRY W4K IXTO II Ii 11 I'll TERRITORY. KITCHENER If HARD AT WORK. I*. bhIRGIXG THOI RANIMA OF TROOP* FROM fill; M'HTH. g, nr* Ivtprrunl 1 Imt the W linlf C'npr Will Hr GriMliinlly llnltril In to Rebellion One Thousand Klvr Hundrpd IMafrli llmldi*nf Join the Horr* In Unr District Alone-Other lliapti ti'liro Drnrrlbr llnldrrn no Dot UK Little Harm. Uoidon. Dec. 24.—The position of Cap< Ok*i>y fc hanging In the balance. Ac wording to tha Morning Pott's <%!*• Town wrrespondcnt everything depends upon t i* quantity of ammunition In possession of th© tfliloyal Dutch resident*. fifteen hundred of whom have joined the Boer* In the Phlilfpwtown dHtriet alone. Kner a-tlc measure® have been taken to atom s th® invasion, but there it unquestionably dinger thot partlep of Hoera will get through Into porta of the eolony and grod it |ly raise the whole rape Into rebellion. Reinforcements can arrive none too soon. *Most of the dispatch©* from <*a|*© Town, however, describe the raiders as doing lit - tie harm and as being rapidly enclostd by Lord Kitchener’s combination. I®>rl Kitchener K in th© heart of th- dlsaf fe. led district*. lie has the advantage c f being personally acquainted with local conditions. laist March he supervised the suppression of the rising which o'- nrr©d :hen. He is bringing down ihou rjtnds of troops from the north. The Standard's Cape Town correspon dent say's the loyalist a demand that mar tial law shall he proclaimed throughout fipa Colony, hut adds: Such a step is now Impossible, owing t * the lack of sufficient troops to enforce it *’ Civil railway traffic has been suspendd largely in all i*arts of the colony, and the movements of both the ftnrra and the Hrltish are almost unknown In Cat** Town. One Boer column attacked Kteyns l urc btil was repulsed and fled entrench ing Itself in the mountains. Another Jlo©r commando capture*! a party of poilc© at Venterwtad. Mounted colonial troop* sur prised SOtt Hoers fifteen tnilea from Iturgh e iorp Dec. 23. and after a brisk inter change of volleys, retired with a loss of two men. The Cape Town correspondent of the Times telegraphs that scarcely any Cape t olonist* have Joined the invaders. RAILWAY KIIRVM I! REGTORKO. Hoera IM*I Not Destroy Bridge South of Me tnr. • • (♦- Tusii, I. • HvAai*. t‘ : vice between Cape Town and DeAar has been restored. The report of the de struction of a bridge south of I>cAar turns dim to be Incorrect; only a culvert was damaged. Trains are running from Dr Aar to Kimberley irregularly. There re considerable delays elsewhere as the >• ult of heavy rains. A TATItIOTH FOLONY. New Zealand l)or Not Wish Her South African *'llc Diminish'd. Wellington, New Zealand, Dee. S.—The government has nsked the governor, the of Ranfurly. to Inform Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, the secretary of state for - C-lOimr. that it li es not W SH be New z -land contingent in South Africa to be diminished, the drafts will be for warded to fill the rank/ and that addi tional mounted men will he sent. I ord Kitchener Heard From. l/tdon, Dec. 2T*. Kitchener tele t aiming to the War Office under date of Naauwpoort. Dec. 24. 9 a m.. report*: “Tiiorfieycroft's mounted Infantry have o - itpied Hrlteionn without opposition. The iViers retire*! to -the north In the ul i tk*n of lTioska They will be follow ed up." Fighting lining n Near I>e 4ar. Cape Town. Dec. .—Fighting I* going on war He Anr Particulars ire unohtaln •hle. Two hundred Boers have left Brits town, after ermmeadeering all supplies available VI KKI. THADF.. London Time* I* Hiirriorl nrr l*om petiih>n Krnm Tlil> I'raairr. Ixaidon, t*ee. H—The Timex prints thlx morning mother long article upon the progress of American xtoel and iron com- I MHioti, coigludltig aa follow*: "How mti<h of the worltl’x expansion will America take from ux? How much will ahe leavy ux to struggle over wph other manufacturing nations Apparently the profciem w|| he solved far sooner than Itax l>een generally extiected. The ah i ormal demand of the l'nltcd State* for Its own englitering products Is fast slackening. thu bringing the marvelous Increase In Amdlran manufacturing ca pacity for the lust live years and espe cially for the IRt three, to hear upon foreign markets. It Is a <|itestlori para mount to all othen. even to the efficiency of the navy sudsky." BRI'AN (iIIEEI'S HIM KHIENO*. hays People WII Noon Return to Teachings of flie Fathers. 1-eavenworth. Kan. Pec. 25.—William J Bryan to-day. wlrpK from Lincoln. Nb,, to the Evening Standard, atated t following: Please present greetng* to my polit ics! friends of Leavenwtrtli and of Kan su . The principles of Democracy Mill live and the policies for which the fusion forces fought will yet be vindicated We car enter the twentieth cjntury with the cor Aden t belief that the teople will soon ret ir n to the teachings If the fathers and to the traditions of he republic." LIEtT. ItOfISON IMRtOVINtt. Not Yet Able to Its HUMany Call ere. However. New York. Dec. 25. —It wee ye par ted to night that Lieut. Richmond 1 Ho he on Is stead,|y Improving, though hets not yet •l i* to see any of the many teopie who call dally to Inquire after him INDIAN RUNS AMUCK. Ilad WhUlc? and Firearms Get In Their llcuilly Work In the In dian Territory. Muskogee. I T.. Dec. Si-John Tiger, a full-blood Indian, a ferryman on the Ar kansas river, two miles south of Kufaula. went to Kufaula with his wife this after noon. and while intoxicated, met U B. Hoper and threatened to kill him. Roper immediately struck Tiger with a Uxirl, no words pairing between them Tiger went to his buggy, procure.! a Winches ter and came hick to kill Roper, hut fail ed to find him. Enraged. he proceeded to sh.ot every one he saw. shooting Jesse Beck through the hips and killing him. shooting and killing David Porter, n nephew of Chief Porter, and a mover n.me*| J.hr**nn, on his way to Mlaouti in a covered wagon, with his family. Bud Taylor, ag#*l IS. was shot through tha shoulder and 1 not expelled to live. Tiger Immediately Jumi*ed n a horse and tried to escape, but was pursued. Tiger was chased three miles, when he Jum|ted off his horse, went behind u tree and begun shooting. Deputy Marshal Johnson, who returned the lire, struck Tiger In the arm The murderer surrendered and was brought to Kufaula. Tiger's arm will have to In* amputated. Great indignation prevails over the free sale of liquors and firearms. J. Smith, who lives two miles sooth of Choctah. became Involved In a quarrel with T. Thompson, over the af fair at Eufauia and began shooting. Thompson being mortally wounded. THREE MORTALLY WOUNDED. f)-|-rnl Xhonltnn liy Two llrolh rr< in lilt Bl>—The RrnlNers trrr.lrit ft-r n Hiinnlnn KUrht. Carbondal*. 111.. l>—. This ft-rnoon at Vartt-nn-a. -ftwU .ration on lit. Illi nois rtntral Hallroa.l In thl* county. Jo aiwl .1 ,ik>' I.vldion, brothu*. l>—atn In volved in a quarrel with Henry Fox. a proeperou* farmer. In a saloon In the vil lain-. Joe Oavldeon empUetl hi* revolver In Fox'* abiiomrn Other .hot. .ere fir-il ahb-h probably mortally wounded Poe Pyatt. a bjwiander. The brother* at once flvj and a email po**e wa sent alter them A lew mile* from town three men named Ttppey, Crain ami Hoit. overtook the hrothM. and demanded their Immediate *iirr.nler. A runnlriK light t.e.k pla.v- and txtth the ttr.a her* w. re wounded, one being *hot through the eye. while the other wa* badly wounded In the shoulder They were finally captured and placed In the '-o*mty Jell It i* thought that at least three of the wounded men will die UPHELD UNHID STATES. Ilnssian \ew*|>nper. Support Tbl* Government In Its Atrltnde T <*- nards Ho>-Pnuneefote Treaty. Bt. retershurg. Dec 2.V—The Novoe Vremya. discussing the news pa|a*r Indli'tntent of the I'nlted Bi.ite ?4en ate for "It* unparalleled attempt to over turn I lie Claytotr-Hfilwer treaty," *ay: “The caw I* not unuii*l. Condltlona have changed, and the treaty must change, too. Kussla alfonlc<l an example in I*7" In declaring that she was no longer hound by her promise nol to maintain war vessel* In the Tllack sea.” The Ilourse Gaxettc says: "Russia I* gratified by America'* diplo matic victory over ling land Wen tern Enrol— dislike, the Monroe doclrlno be muse II deslr■* to grub territories every, where Hussla. which has nmi.ihltel with America since her Inh-l-ndence. stei which liquidated her Amerioan pon- M -alon* to Am.-rlco. nas nothing against the Monroe .ioi-iriu.* r*l the ol.| .vnii*- tides have grown more cordial In China." t tihsl I, ('OHHIT* ■* I ID*. w. Irving this Opens trlery and I l> Tbronl nnal \V rials. FhUa.lelphta. Dec. K.-W. Irving Shaw, who had been filling the position of Ended Bt.itee cannul at BarranquUln. Co lombia. smi who was recently appointed consul general lo Singapore, committed suicide In a hotel here to-day He opened i femoruL artery und slashed his throat pud wr: * With u knife 111 health I* supposed to have affected hi* mind. He v .is J' yeatw of age. NEVER HBYf lIBU TUB lit NT. Henry I- Wilbur Thrown Front His Horse nml Killed. Philadelphia. Dec. 25.—While riding r mas- country to Join the Chester valley hunt to-.lay. Henry L. Wilbur, aged 12 ye.ira. soil of H O. Wilbur, the well known ton and chocolate manufacturer of thl* ity. was thrown from his horse and killed on the farm of A J Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Valley l'orge. pAtOlt TO HE CHAIRMAN. Will Take Miargr of Tennessee's III* Mining Company. Duluth. Minn.. Dec 25-D H. Bacon Of Duluth, who oas hern president of the Minnesota Iron Company for the paat ten years, will, on Feh. i. resign Ills present isvslllon to become chairman of the board of directors of the Tennessee <V>al, Iron and Railroad Company. Mr •'' r. *idr in New York clly. and will have ht direction and management of all the departments of the company's business. \OTHINtVI X THE RETORT. President Raster t oalr.dlet. Ntnry if Hmron'm ■•*••• rnt. Nashville. Tenn., Doc. 25.—Nathaniel Harter. I.tl<'ent of the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad Company, whose home !s in this City, ivas seen this afternoon With reference to the story that D H. Bacon, of Duluth, Minn., wns to assume •he presidency of the company on Feb. 1. Mr Barter declined to discuss the report except to any that there was nothing in it. THE TENHIttI/E Tl. AtiPE. Indian Viceroy Rrports *5.000 Deaths In Use State. Calcutta. Dec. .-Lord Curaon of Ked eaton the viceroy of India, in the courae of , speech to-day said Shat alnce the appearance of the bubonic plague In ISM. i wenty -live thousand deaths from the 4,1-ate have occurred In the Mysore atat*. SAVANNAH, CA„ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2<, THE NOTE RECEIVED 9PASHIN MIN INTER RCtITDRS IT TO I'll INI K i HINCi. LI HUNG CHANG STILL ILL. WILL BF C4IMMI NII ATBD TO TIIF FMI'KHOII AT ONI K. I’rliM*** Chinn iMnrra Ihr Mlnlatrr* Thai *• K|***l> Nr|l> l Ihr llraire at thr 4 marl mm If IVrla That All Chinn Ilrslrr* nn*l l*ro|rr- It * l'rr nr It Ofttrer Klllrtl I*> Hom er Troop*. Prkln, 24.—The preliminary J*)lnt note was delivered to-day to the Chin***’ LI Hung Chang found that he ww un able to a4tend the meeting of the rain letera, nnd hlx credentlula and thoe of Prince Ching were prenented by the Ut ter to the foreign envoy*. IVlnce Ching. replying to the Bpon|mh mlnUter. Rer.or B. J. de Cologan. who prerented 4he note, raid h** would Imme diately communicate Its content* to th* Emperor and assured the mlnlstera that a ajieedy reply WII the desire of the court. * It fell that all China wants pvac* nnd prosperity. WILL 44 I RFT t1NI)ITIONt. l*orrlgn MlnUtcr* I nnniinnM| of f Ala Opinion mm HraiMrria < lilnn. laoivdon. Ihc. 36.—According to a n*w•* agency di*pat< h from ivkin, <hj*l Ih. 24. the furetgn mlnlaters there are unani mously of the opinion that China will accept the condltlona \ by the Jojnt note of the Poore re within u month. The note was started on Its wmy to the Dowager Bmprwii an-l the Kmi'eror im mediately after Its presen tot lon, the dis patch says, but wire ommunlcat on 1% slow and It probably will not rea-h them until Dee. 27 THK FRENf II %*4 H NT. Mlntstera Wet • HsaMrnrr of Npnn lh Minister. Paris. Dec. X—A dispatch to the Havas Agency, from Pekin, says: The ministers assembled at the resi dence of Senor J. B. De Coiogan (the Spanish minister and the doyen of the ! diplomatic corps) and received Prince ! Ching to whom the £p a ni*h minister handed the Joint note of the Powers. 1.4 Hung Chang, who is still ill. soiled to he excused. Prince Ching said " *1 have the honor to accept the not** concerning the re-establishment * f go**-i relations and will transmit it etelv to the Emperor and communicate to I you t*i* hi* ******> s* TWO mix K' IIIHIVII I) I 111 tin GrlllH Heady to * i|il> Willi ■lt*niMiiili f Ihe I'otiiM linden. Dec. . The ShinKh.il rorrc apondent of She Standard. telegraphing Dec. 24 says: "In* (nv*rnin>fit ha* arrested Prin-e Tuan and Prince maun* on ihe border* of the Shan Si and Kiien Si province*. Yo Helen ha* been ordered to return to Sian Fu forthwith to be executed. It t* supposed. "It l Inferred from these reports 1.1. H the Imperial outhortttee are preparing to concede the demands of the Joint note for the punishment of the instigators of the irouUe In I'hlua." FRENCH OIKH KK K 11.1.1:11. Hlfr Which the Troupe llnrned n t blnese llllnue. Tien Tain. Dec. 91. A French detach* ment of MO men left here Dec. 3h for Hung Teu. twenty mllea a.el ward, to aearch for arme. Appro.clung a village across a froaen rrevk a fores' of Hox.-ra opened fire, kllllnx I.lout f’ontnl and woundlnx another officer. Tne IYn h burned the village RIMHII VKHV SMtlllTH. Orders (dipti lo Withe Mats >f Prop erty Taken li> Troupe. London, Dec. 38. —Vice Admiral Aiexleff. nays the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Times, has tasued orders to the men under his command In China to moke detailed lists of the Chine**' property money, cattle, provisions, etc.—taken by them, and where such property now Is The correspondent also says that de tachment* of Kuitalan troops In Mouth-rn and Southeastern Manchuria continue to pursue the work of exterminating disor ganised Chinese troops and brigands. Nosers Kill sail Hum Catholics. I pm.ion. Dec. SS.—A dispatch from Pe kin to a new* agency hero dated Dec. 24. says missionaries state that Boxers, thir ty-live mites east of I'skln. killed twelve Catholics and burned eight In the tem ples. French Paper Congratulates Mc- Kinley. Paris. Dec. LeOaulols congratulate* President McKinley upon his decision to abandon an independent policy In China In favor of Joint action wlih the Pow ers. thus putting an end to a most dan gerous sltuwtlon. RK Httlt W INTHMOP DEAD. Was a Descendant of the Famous tint. John Wlntlirop. New York. Dec. 2s.—Buchanan \Vln throp, a well-known lawyer, died at hi* home In this city to-day as a result of an operation for appendicitis. He was a direct descendant of John Wlnthrop. Gov ernor of Massachusetts In 12, an I was the head of the Wlnthrop family In this eity. Hr was horn here In 1841 and was graduated at Yale University. For a number of years he hsd been treasurer general of the convention of the 'Protest ant Episcopal Church. Cape to Cairo Telegraph Line. London. Doc. 38 —A dispatch from Dur ban to a news agency here announces that the Cape to Cairo telegraph line is now In operall*n to a point fifty mllea noith of Ksaanga and a hundred mile# beyond tba southern end of Lake Tanganyika. MASSACRED THE REFORMERS. %la A4f ittr, 11. 1., of the Nlewakter of l.ksi ( hinrar He firoiera in fit-hill l*rois*r. Mtnr.ewi>liw, Minn.. Dew-. 26—A t*er*tal to tn*- Times from Vancouver, B. C.. says. Near* of a terrible maasacre of the re form forces In China and the beheading of 27 of Its leaders, was received here to-do > in a cablegram by \\ A Cum row. m rftur> of the nsiwn Reform A' O .atUm. in America The engagement ii ported to have taken pla<.v in a |x>pulou> i*ec4ion of the Yang-lae valley li* Central China. It resulted In the kill ing of 1,500 men and the complete demor ailxa'.ton of the reform force#. The battle. Into which the reformers brought by treachery, occurred n lo 18, und ih<* work of 4he imminent hai*. fti> a consequence i*e-n droppMl in 4*l that part of the country. The Chine*© her* ir* k*ud In their exprcion* of dis apfiroval of the cvitjud of the campaign by tht-ir iMderw It apin.ira f\*m the few details given In th ih.iitram received to-day, that Long Tom, the reform leader, at the head of a 10-liy ann*>l force of 12.(A0. paid a visit to Chung 111 Tung, governor of the district, who. though an imperial officer. *'.i* Ik lirved to be in H\*mpMthy with thr reform movement. Dmik wa** lnvit<d to the palace ml with his ILOuO men was marched into the city. They ;• ft ad their arm* autslde the gate*, tak ing th* pmatition only to carry their loaded revolverh. There were I.Ott) lm p*ria. troop* in 4he town, but nothing wae feared from them. A d* lay of u day took place In order 4ha; o her reform leader* in.ght l>© sent for un*l when ihe audience with the gov etnor w.<* finally arranged there were twenty-M-ven of the leading followers of Kuiiir \ u \\ *l admit ted. Thai u dis agre* m* tit 7*ione. The governor had the leader* mixed and taken In to th® court - yard, w here they Vere beheaded In the meaaitime a secret order had been sent to the Imperial troops to descend u|K>n h poorly armed rabble of the reformers. Ti:* fine, well-drilled s Idlers to k the country people romplet#ly by surprise, but n< Ihi lotta t-.'.i kd\ fottghl their wray through and escaped. They carried nw.y their own wounded but left 1 > • n.l on 4he field and scattered) in the *r<tn of the city. Thi- cable says that the -ne of the butchery was fright ful. THE SCRANTON STRIKERS. They Nucce©*| in l'©rua!tua Net* A|en to Mult \A nrk—Only Two tar® Run !rlrr<l*). fl-'ranton. Pa . Dec. 2j to the *ucr**ful work of the scout* of th© *triking car men ten of the thirteen men brought on from B>rcua®, N. Y . to tak® th©lr places were *©n4 home to-day and to other* were induced to qißt and agree noi to go back to work One of them wa* Willing to leave town, hut refui*©*! tik '.*,• if RIAIMV from tha. atrfker* lie !akf he w*ui*l walk ©very atep to S>t.i u*© bvfor** taking money out of the *triklng treo'iiry. He .!©•* *abl he wa* told that there wn* no strike h®re. *rvl that If thing* were not *ti*factory when h© arrived h©re h.' would be furnished hi* fare homes. The twelfth man decided to stay and secure other work. The oth er man could not Im* ©or r a led hy the woouts. Three new men were brought In from .Svr eii© this morning, hut already two of them have been won over by the strlkar* The other was kidnaped by a buriy striker. Only two car* were run in the whole county to-day. One of the®©, on whl- h Superintendent I'almeraon wa* motor man ran off the track at 11 o’clock and wa* wo badly damaged |i had to he taken to the barn. No other car was sent to re pbtc© it and Ml Innrk th® other of the two car- wa* taken In and housed. General Manager Silliman waa not dow rt©iMt hy t-ie of the strik er*. !!•• say* he can get all tha men he wants after th© holidays. A BULLET IN HIS HEART. \-Knya V*rne That lmrlr* B. \r|- * Ifna t nrrlrtl Onr I lirrr for Over Fwr YMra. Chlt .JKO. Drc. 35.—The Chronic la to-mop*, ro* will say: Proof th.*< • man may live with a btl lel In his h*iri waa aerorilwt by the lira of the X-ray on Charias B Nelaon of Ca dillac, Mich., formerly a Chicagoan. who waa. In l*a**l the central figure In a Rela tional shooting (hat nearly resulted In hi* death. I’nder the fluroscope the ball In Nel son’ heart coulil be pin inly seen liilnsr and falttnff with well pul-atlon of the vital oman. The bullet had been there •Inee the night of July 1, !*s*>. The vnysterioua circumstance rur round itU? the r hooting of Nelaon made It one of ihe sensational epiaodea In the hbtory of Chicago. On the night of the Minot ins Mr. Nei-on waa In company with Mias Margaret Bt.tplea In Washlng ton Park. A lt4fero did the shooting. af ferwar*l escaping. and the mystery sur founduig the .iffalr waa never cleared. HtNNt OKMES RETORT. sets There Wns No laibby al Phila delphia lOßlfßlloß. Cleveland. 0.. Dec. 25.—Senator Hanna was Informed to-day of a statement which Jx In circulation to the effect that there was a powerful lobby In favor of the sub sidising of American shipping at the Phll ailelphln convention atid In Washington. ! "The only lobby of that kind I know : anything about," he said. "Is a lobby of foreign steamship companies which Is try ing to defeat the bill. There was no lobby at Pnlladetphia at all. The subsidy Mil is h business measure, and there Is no desire to force It through Congress. We want It to go through on Its merits. It has been three years tn preparation, and haa iwn amended twenty time#. Tbs President. In all bis masaagea. has urged the necessity of some such measure, and It was mad# a plank In the Bt Louts platform and the Philadelphia platform cne details are left to Congress to work out." _ foies Arrested lor t aosplrsey. Vienna. Dec. 25 A dispatch from War saw aays that fifty-two Polea have been j arrested there, being accused In a po * initial conspiracy. THE COMING PAPER ENGLAND*® GREAT JOI RN AIJST ON FI TI HE OF THK I'ltWt. IMPROVEMENT IS POSSIBLE. MERELY **%T THK FRINIiK OF .lot R -lA.ALINTIC UFA KIjOFMCNT. Me lllsewsaes th* **stmiiltane<tia*' >r***|tti|trr of the* ’I euf irtli ir lury—tlnilr Nrn|i*|irr* %A ill Mo nopolise Incur Fields With Their Oku Telegraph nnd Fable Lines nnd Vprt iwl Trnlns. N w York. Dec. % Alfred If.vrm*wwth editor ami profaletor **f th** D>:i*lon DH> Mall, who is a passenger on 4h® Teuton! due In New ).rk 4o marrow. h.* tvm tribtiiad to Ihe Januaiy numiwr of the North American Review an ir(K)* on w hat he Aills "The* Simultaneous New • l*npers of th® Twentiath Century." Mr llarmsworth e\pr*-*-* the oponlon that In spite of all the that has Im-h made In the .1. \ ©l>|*m, nt of the news|a pers hitherto, w*' an* etUI merely at th* fringe of Journalistic development. tie o’iq taper lliurtrttion h* ** > ?*: "An oivtilonii, new-|Hip*r Illustration. If It can be properly product and Is no doubt o gH>*l thing, and Is appreciated a.- help* fui by the read* r; hut many of the present day Illustrations are quim unnecessary, and are ni©rel> given a- a matter of hab it or breaus© rival Journal* use them. *r even for th© leas urgent re a.-. Min that there is a certain aimuint of |m. *- to Ik* de< ora:©*! and attls'H or |>hotngr.iphera t* le kep occupied. No daily Journal which rellaa primApaily upon iis Illustration*, has he©n, in any s< ne. an overwhelming succets." Mr Harm-worth takes exception tc th© hopelessly r|uvny shape of the ordinary newspaper. "With the newspapers Of the Whole civ ilised world before rn©." he M*ys. "each week I look 111 vain for any great im pressive stroke of originality or daring We still ding to the clumpy and awkward shape In which uur newspapers nr© |- sue.l and ihe man who has attempted to maniputat© one of them on n windy duv will h**st appreciate flu* force of my re marks. By th® u*© of Improved m hln ery H would be p*.>s|h|e to |n*u© the new*- paper of the future In what is oiniously it* proper form—a small, portable and neatly indexed publication. The power of the press Is not what It used to b©. I* Mr. Harmwor<h * opinion Thi*. he eays. I* especially true of Eng land, woere the elltorial or leader, which ' was formerly read and quoted by all men of intelligence. Is now scarcely glanced a:. The great cry I* for new* Hut ©ven In connection with the dissemination of news, the press. In Mr. Harrmworth * Judgment. hi* lost reputation He ©ay*. ‘Toitely there has la-gun a kind of In ternecine warfare between th** various or gan* .f the press, by which they very largely Injure th.-lr own (sisHlons aid that of their opponent*. An Item of new* published in one paper I* Immediately dis credited in another, ami the public, nat urally enough, come* to tit© nfdnton that newspapers ar© usually Inaccurate and toooft*n dismb* a |>erf#*ctly correct stat<- ment a.* m©r* 'newspaper talk.* ** Mr. llarmsworth pays a high tribute to the pr©** of th* I'nlted Htates. l>eing. in one re*i*Mt, far In advance* of the pr - of his own country. "The question." h* *ay, "what to put before the public, and In what manner to inace It before (hem in one that rail? for the keeneet acumen and beat JiMlitmcnt OU the part of the n-wpaper dir**.’tor Here, undoubtedly, the pres* of the United rttutea is In aiivame of th.t of (treat Britain. Hue i newspaper 1a lent as PulHtfr, I>nna. B-nnett. llearßf. Hay mond. Joned, <’hll<K Medill. I.iwaon, liw#- aell, Cummins*. Taylor, II tlsieari. Pat terson, DeYoung, Hlnglerley, (todkln, Oreely, M Klway, Wat ter eon and Wil bur Storey have had but few counter porta with u*. The Instinct that tell# what Ir new>. and how the public will beat take It, Ir not given to every writer There I# a *rrn art In feeling the puiae of the people.” Praaidf tlng who? the Journal* of the twentieth century will l*e he rvr: “I feel certain that the newapa|ter of the twentieth century will be drawn Into the vortex of combination and centnllxi tlon In fact, given the man. the capi ta!, the organ tint lon and the ocraßloo. there eeeme to !>e no renaot) why oti* or two newr#j*apera rray not |vns<n£ty dom inate great wctlcaa of the (*nltes| Atatea. or aimoet the whole of (Jreat Britain. In other word*, where there are now a mul titude of new*paper*—good, had and in different—there will then te one or w<> great journala. The method by whl.?h Much Journala would lie caiahllahe.l woul 1 be precisely those -mployed In the form * tlon of th* ordinary truat. Possessing ba own cable*, wires, lißpatch boat* an I special train*, the alraultaneotiß newspap er concern wouJd *oon have tta own p*p*r mill*, printing Ink factor!**. machinery, shop* and the like. **The almultaneoua newspaper woul I represent a standard of excellence which has never before been attained, and with lta vast resource* It would be aide to carry out on an unprecedented scale enter prises outside of the atrict ncw*j*;*r Held.* thr ninisTi in i44 ißATimr*. r,rrrstlN of llolllmor* Irroiul I burrh (|oilo on Cvral. Baltlmrw*. Doc. 95.—The opening sorvl-r ■nd rone<'rot lon to-day of Ihe Second Churrh of Christian Sciential* mark* an epoch In the hltory of Chrietlan Helene* In ihla city. It I* the thin! Chrlatlan Kclentlot church between New Y'ork and Texas, the olher edifice* being loratc.l In Allania and Fltagerald. (la. The chaie*i was noi large eroiugh to accommodate the congregation and visitor*, and at the ser vice* at H •• m - * ,ml 4 *’• m at .Hiding room waa at a premium The *ervlce* in cluded Bible reading*, together with pass ages from the text book. "Science .nd Health." I'RIAIDLITI RUHR R IRRIBII. Miss Itaaboagk of Yoasastne*. Harrlsa Philip O. Cook. Youngstown, O-. Dac. 25.—Mi1l Manjle Stambough, doughtar of Col. and Mr* Daniel Stambough. and Philip Gerald Cook, a procninon: lawyer of rterendon. N Y.. were merrled to-day et the Stem bough home in Uil* city The bride 1* a niece of Pregldeot McKinley. i INTIMIDATED BY NEGROES. Indiana Inn u (•©( a Taate of \\ hat tlie Brother In lllaek Is AA hen He Is Had. Jeffersonville. Imt. Doc 2.Y— A race war i* In progress at Cementvlll®, n *na I eia tlun on the FanhaisU© rad. fi\© mil**# i.rth of this oil) aid serious trouble Is exp* , ted Th© negro*** ar© armed and the w ult©* me k*-©ptng within tknorw to avt>il them. Th© out tvk began yeaterday aftei n*K*i when le<* Hunger and John Red nt(*i;*l negroes. Uvumr intoxlcatea! so*l smrted 111 to intimidate th© while*. When thrir insults were resented other negroes Joined Hanger and Redmond sim! wp* tur©<! Heislali's aalotat. Nearly tw*n\ hots w©r© flre*l hut no one wa* hurt. .An appeal by telephone wae mst© fo H.ierjff Have for help and he drov® to Ommtvll © and to some extent qule'ed ti© rtegtxee white he was present. After us departure another otn break t€k place snd iti©*<*.igt offer came to i.i© local poilr© to send men to the town Ranger wa* shot by Kendall. Imt how badly Is not known, as he wa* carried .wav and *©cretcd by his companions Kendall's life w.* threatened, and atmut nddnight h nuin ige.l to esca |ie from hi* e i© and cam© direct to this city, awak • nlng I'r.wn * utor Montgomery, and l*rg ytng him l !**• warrants and have deputy sheriffs sworn In to serve them* It w .tim<d daylight when the com munity became quiet, the negro©* having everything their own way. Bn far to-day no outbreak has taken place. The whites are Intimidated to such an extent that they or** using every passible precaution to prevent a **olll*lon. YOUTSEY’S CARTRIDGES. Hot nf -l**-.*r*R r*iiiiiil In Auditor*® 4 iill In tli© ONI*-© In A\ lileh He %\ tt ■ n t lerk. Frankfort, Ky . I*®c. % -One at th® clerk* In the Rial© Auditor’* office. In ©©arching ihe vault for old reconla to-day, f'iui.l a cartridge !>ox containing eight metal-patclicd ~m"k* , te*>4|Hwd*T cart ridge". .TH-iT* caliber, exa*tly to th© bullet found in the tiackl©rry tree iii wliich wh t©i!©v©d to have imnwil through Senator Goebel * biMly. Th© *lg nlttrance of the dDovry He* in th® fact that Henry Yruiaey. convicted of (Mirttcl pitlng In the Goebel a*<4a**lnatlon in 4>c tooer, wm a cleik in the Auditor'* office at the Urn© of the a®*. urination, and had arc©#* to the vault where th® cartrldg®* were found, and that Georg© Barn®*, an other clerk In the offic*, testified h® saw Youtsey with a bog of cartridge*. FAVORS EtMOPfcA* ALLIANCE. A lean* Journnll®! I>ra*va Atteatlow In Ataeries'® lo©renting airetmfh. laondon. I)®c, 2S -The Tim®*’ Vienna correspondent says: •T’ndar the title ‘F7uropean Keonomlcal Alliance.* I'oul leHoy Iteaueneii In the Neu© Wleoer Tageblatl, after reelting America's !n>men*e resources and growing populatitofi, " ‘They may henceforth be retarded a* th© first Industrial nation, and the su periority will become striking year hy year The I f nl*ed Rtwtes frill, moreover, soon have a consider®bl® mercantile ma rine. American* are already accustom ed 4o regard European*, more particu larly Pori inentals. In about Ihe same light a* orientals, who vegetal® In dream® of th© past.* " "ll© jMiint* out that European states In dividually are comparatively restricted •s :o market* <mo! • •*••• t • dlv • lon of labor to th© utmost limit*, and h© suggest* an economl*®| alliance and the regulation of tariff* by a laermanent Eu ropeun commission. The eommerclal eo op©rallon, he think*, mlgiit l©.d to grad ual t©ductton of armamcrM." AT % IIHI .It TIIMFK MIA. Soldier ( rarrd With Brink Mnntida Washington, I>ec. 26- Prcnxled by <lrink. James fa. MTtonoufh. a private soldier t Fort Washington this after noon sUic ksd a sergeant and four pri vates at the post, wh attempted to place him under arrest and stabbed three of the party with a bayonet which he had con* * .tied under his c*at. The attack was entirely unlooked for and as a result H+*rg<. J !*. Hiaab Is dan gerously wounded In the left breast. Two other soldiers were also victim* of Ihe Infuriated man. one sustaining a painful wound In th* arm and another being •tabbed In (he should* r McDonough then e*ri*ed but w:is later captured In this elty. He is *1 foreigner by birth. HKUIITRI C-I.RNKS sTHIi k. ( hleeno F*llHee Employe* Tired of ttiirktn* Over llonre. Chicago. Dee. 25. -A *irlke among th* clerks of Ihe registry deportment of Ihe postoffice yesterday menaced for a time (he prompt delivery of thousands of Christmas gifts. Extra hour* of work was Ihe grievance of a score of opera tive*. w>o during the h'dllay* have been compelled to labor fourteen hour* a day. The trouble we* quickly adjusted by the poatofllce authorities, who suspended the leaders of thr strikers. The rank and file of the protesting clerk* then returned to their labor* Superintendent Rlarr of the registry depariment sakl: "The mail* were floated this year and there I* no other way <han to make (he clerks work. We are handling I* per cent more work (hi* year than In IIW f h ve thirly-etx m n es|*t|ng he regular force and 1 wi.uld odd more but for (h* fact that (here are no e*|erlenced hand* available and I c.inont break In green ones." IIRItm 4TKII IN ROIMIKR. Thai City Claim* Credit for Rika ( brl.lms. Charily. Boanohe. Va.. Dec. 26—Th* Idea of th* Order of Elk* giving Christmas cheer to th* poor origins :ed In Roanoke several years ago and Is now a custom through out the entire country where thtra are any Eiks To-day ’he order fed mof R.wxnnke - * poor In Aseemhly Hall. Bev. rrel long sables were In the middle of tha building and HR* vis, tors looked on. Th# dlnuer coal over lI.KR DAILY, ts A Y KAIL h CENTft A r*oPT WEEKLY S-TIMRR-A-WKBK.iI A TEAR A LOVELY CHRISTMAS nr.t tifi *. k t nit n PttßVktusa TMIS WORLD OVER. MANY DEEDS OF KINDNESS. <'h*r*tv *xtn (tomt will Htiucni THK tin Gr.VKHALLY. -nlrntton Irnj F.4 ThioMu*. In Yrn * ark nurt Olh-r CUrl—...tßnrr Ron-, n-nt In *,, Fork f-r rxrt.lnu nut. Tknn K, -r lt.tm nan Hnr. *r 4 harlt,—K am. In.- nf D-.lliaUun W.nt I near-n far. Nw York Ij— K —On, of rhn eblaf fratur*. of nirtiim. it*y t n N-w Ynrk rt*> a n.l It. vicinity nr., th* waathar, wtilch nan clr.r ami nlmori aprtncllka. Th- church-, w-r- ilirung-a with wor ahlp-r. and th- tr-at, of th city flllad •tth m-rry throne* of mrn. woman and chtktr-n who l-ft th- Ghrl.tmaa tr-an In th-tr hititin and ant out for a breath of th- Invigorating atmniph-r-. It la aattmaivd <hnt more mo nay Wat .|Mtnt in rtirl.tma, gift, thla y-ar In N+w York thnn -y-r t>-for- and th- aamo la tru- In r-xard to rharltnhta gift*. U wa only hacau.a a caw) of d-atUuttan *" k-|H hlddrn that tha unfortunglaa w-rr noa >upi>llrd with Phrtximaa ch—r. Of all Ih- ,l f'hrlatma, f-a.tn that of th- Halvatlon Army at Madtaon Kqu.ro Gard-n thl, -v-nittg waa lh larg-at. A iMtunllftil Chriaamaa dlnn-r waa rv-d to alioi ll l.oixi p-rona. m-n, woman and -hllitr-n. Tha coat w.ta d-fmyrd from tha fund of mlmmii *H>i collccl.,l hy tha army, through tha kcttlaa which for aav -rnt wraka hova hung from trt|la In ro rioti. taarxa of th- city to racrlva contri butions lo k—p th- chriatmoa pot boil ing. FKD I,Mm AT l I.KVRI.4XIt, W-nnlor tlannn Xlnkaa an titdr-aa la doralna -111. niton trim'. Work. 4'l-valand. 0.. It—. St.—Th- Halvatlon Army f-d I wn poor |n-opl- to-day In tha Gr.ija Armory. Twcnly-fiva ion tahl-a w-r- u— <l. eovrr-d with pup-r and fur nlah-t with tin dtah-a. A larg- —quad of poll— tool a luiay Jim- k—plng th- man and boya In g.mt ord-r K-nator Hanna, who la a at.nunch frland of tha Kalvatlon Army, war pr-arnt and waa gra-trd with cKwrr H- mad- a abort *p—ch. tn whirl* ha aald "Chrlatmaa should l>a a happy day. can aacratad to tha hlghaat artitimanta of trua l oapptn-aa. It altould ha confined to no j class or a—t. hut ha ■onaacratad to Him who cam- to aatth fot all man. “It la a happy day. mad- by these kind amt noble men and women, whom I call prictlra; chriallana. I am glad to have occasion lo -apr-aa my apprerlallon of tha Salvation Army It la ihe klndrr garten of rbrlallanlty. "It fulfills h- nemla that other Inail tutlona fall to till. It gives an opportun ity to those who havu none; It lays tha foundation of law and good order; U ad vances higher rlvillaatton and tha rtty of Cleveland la fortunate In having such m hand nf Chriarian workers Thla labor to lie entlrvly aucccaaftil should have lha au|)port of all go-d cttla-na; tli-r-fore. my fri-nds, renew your allegiance and give your euiamrt In thla grand work "May that Ideas all tha— In this lahor and tnay w- all Join Ik (ha fulfilment of the hlgh-r promise " The food <Hspc-l of ronslated of 2.KXI poural" of turkey, z >**t pouiwls or -niciten, I.JOI pounds of |rk, 7i Imahela of pota toes. Ist loaves of hr-ad. TSrt head- of cwtdiage. Kit gallons of tvtffew and kxt mines pl-a. PHOYIIIKO 15.1*10 PBU'.VB. At. Isouls* Hie *es*iaper Bea a (great Haj’a Work. flt isouls. Dec. 35 —lnmates of the vari ous eleemosynary an*l corrective Inetltu llont of the city enjoyed rhrlstmna along with the rest of the world to-day. Th*m were special celebration*. In all of which religious service* were a feature. The Dost-Dispatch provided dinners for the pom In different parts of the city. THR DAI AT THR CAPITAL President aad Mr*. MeKlsley *pent a Qalet ( brlatmaa. Waahifigton. I>ec. rTrietmas waa generally obaerved here, all of the churches holding si*ecial servieen. A.t thn While House the Tresldent and Mr*. Me- Klidey dined alone, and spent a good iart of the day togedher In their prlvwtn apartments In the afternoon several par aonal friends called, but remained only a aiiort time Tire government'* df*rt mmtH were eloaed aivi until late In the day the streets presented an Almost de serted appearance (*HHIMTM %a I* PHAXCI. • Parlslss* relehraled It la (karae* terlallr Faahlon. Parts. Dec. .-Thrlfimtdlda was fa vored In France with bright, cheatfkl weather, and Parisians celehrtMad It In characteristic fashion. All the reataurant• and cafes were crammed (’hfiatmaa ava with festive supper parties, which did not disperse until early this morning. At midnight ma**e* with apeclal musical attraction*, filled the leading churchsa to overflowing A roaring trade, greatly In excess of that of previous years, waa done by booth holder* on the Ixmlevardi. - - - m a- ■—r IIF. MILL FAY AO CAH. Hrr.lt.r Or4-r f < lio-M Frlvnda Is Totally llankrapt. Indiana poll*. Ind.. D-c . Bwalrtg Clark of th* Ordar of Choasn Krlaoda ha* r*turn*d from N*w York, wharo ho aM-urd h* bond of th* dataulilng tr**a urar. Wilton, of Kotrark. and th* c*rtM cat** of t ork In ih* Chosan Frtcnda Building and Loan Aaaoclatlon, but i cash H* says thar* la a mlatakan Im pression that th*r* will ho aomothlng to pay from th* r*r*tv*nhtp. Ho will not poy o ront and th* rocatvorahtp waa er at*d to pr*v*ni th* poymant of nm Awoty by policy-holdoro,