The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, December 28, 1900, Image 1
THE MOKNINO NEWS
r< ahlUhcd IvV). - • in. ori>ur:iti <l is*t
J II KSTII.I. Prll* nt
DE WET IN A CORNER
111 It IIRITMH fiEtKIlUt ARt:
KWAGIW HIM.
HE HOPES TO BREAK THROUGH.
}\! 1 i IIIIM-It RBPOUT9 HE I* IM4lV
|%€i HOKHH HACK..
l?nl Mia Rrporla Mhnw Thut the non*
\rr 4<Ml-l'liihllng
| i.ulnu on Ml h % umber of Place#.
ll rported That B*er Umlrr* Will
offt-r to Surrender l oiulllloiinll).
linn lloera Ob*rr%wl rhrl*l*.
London, Die. 27.—The following dls-
I iirh ha* been rwlvoi from Iril Kit-'ti
t n* r:
Pretoria. Dec. 2*l.—iKnox, with lT.tr
i Pilcher find White, is* engag-d with
Wet's force. holding n position in the
i „*tiborhood of Iguwkop.
I>e Wet hopes to break through anl so
i iuth again.
The Boers* eastern roiumr In Capa 1
t ~s.ny is apparently headed by our
(i.m|W aitoui Heliport spruit. The Boer>’ j
\ * rn column la reported to have gone
i th In jwo portion- on*- tow rls Prl*
y . Hid the other through Stryikhbru.
T . y are being followed up."
IIOMHAU IIOKHS IN f ME4 K.
lint Kitchener Mu** Nl Vet P. 1I* lleil
Them Krom tap# C olony.
Ij, lon. Dec. 2\ 3 . m The late
, >*> from fiotvUi Africa show that
*1 Kitchener bos succeeded In holding
• invading Boer* In check. Put he ha**
i,.t yi been successful In expelling them
fr.m Cape Colony, while small com
i i <lot* continue to display astonishing
hiring and activity over an Immensely
yuk Held.
I Is questionable whether his procMma
t ( will have much effect until Gen D
- t has been captured. The Boers at •
w > to regard H *• **ur of wcokn*#*
i I to have a wholesome dread of De
\Vf,,M vengeance if they surrender.
The pro* I tmatlon Is approved by the
tir \ it home that favors conciliatory
t rins o the Boer* as u step In th** right
•.iir* et lon.
♦pieeen Victoria. It Is said, baa approv
i I th* proposal to Institute* anew- order
if knighthood to rew.r*l officers who have
• . • . In South Aft m •
called the Star of Africa
A dispatch from Vryberg. dated Dec.
m, says the Boers. In considerable num
**r>. were then miking an tin# xr*-"# I
movement westward. They had !V* vv *g-
Trie dispavh suggests tfi *t th v
wvr trekking ** Oamaraland. although
the I n?™ themselves denied such an in
tention.
fIORRX IIHINKN BUK.
I.i-n. Kitchener Report* irvernl
wnmll r.nueoent.
l.ondon. Deo. 27 The following dispatch
fr rn Gen Kitchener was received from
Pretoria under to-day** date:
Ye-terd.iy two hundred Boers a Macke 1
r mill |*o’.lce post n#r Boksburg The
ji • gallantly drove them off before re
i • r * m-nts from Johannesburg arrived
T • Boers damaged the mining machinery
i th neighborhood.
■ {'he Boers attacked Utrecht at 2
r l* k this morning on 1 were driven off
The itoer* held up a train three miles
y of Pan and were driven ofT.
The eastern forces of Boers lu Gap#
< Inv was headed ymterday and driven
in th** dlr**e:l.m of Venterstad.
• The w* 'tern force Is still being driven
I) >rtn through Btry<lerburg.‘*
N Util*:lt fllllKTH \H.
ln> i elehrnted by llrtermlneil At
tack tlong Entire Mae.
Newcastle, Natal. Dec. 27.-The Boers
c 1 re and Christmas lit the district be
••a*** u Biant#rton ami Ingogo by more or
1* determined at tuck* upon every BNt-
I ti g trrisun along the lines of eommunl
* i.m. Th* hi . however, were In nil cases
mi --•‘fully repulsed At Utrecht the
J ommaoctant ?>ent In a dem tsl for
whi key. cig irs rind Uhrlstma* luxuries.
1 i ling wrtlch he threatened h’ attack the
town His demand was Ignored *nl th**
Bot* attacked I?.trectit its s rong fore**
t*hrih*naa morning. They were repulsed
vhh loss, the Brit lull casualties being
alight.
1)1 Molt* III' *1 I)HI'-ADKU.
|)p Url. tp)n mill Han*broct*k Unlit
tii llmr II ml n rlrrPiiP*.
Itioemfontctn, Orange River Colony
V. Iromlny, Dec. W,-Therr tire renewed
• ■in unconfirmed rumor* here lht Ooti.
De Wet. president Steyn and (Jen. Hni*-
bro-.k have hail a conference ml de
• el* l to offer to surrender. (irovkW the
i "!"irlol retei|* are not punished a in! lie
1* i *. In' uillna thamaclv* .. are riot de
poned.
ttoi.it* i min otT iMU*iiM*n.
Itnt trr Itfinu Hotly Pnraaed b> the
llrilUh Force*.
r. . rghersdorp, Cape Colony. Pee. ?•
Cot. Orenfell continue* In t.meti with
K rultxlnger'* inmiiuipl of *even h u let re 1
men. who are carrying off the Brlllah
I l*oner*. Krultxlnger ha* abandoned hi*
M xlm* aml earl*. An attrmtl of the
h th lamcer* to turn Krult*lntt r * flunk
' I’ialsterheuvi 1. Dec. 21. re*ttle.l In
el. • noeiiallle* among the lanrere. In-
lii lr>K Ipoiil Frederick Blackwood, who
Wa* wounded.
iiidvt it tt r piiinoskhs.
Itnet* l|p|ra<rit Yeomanry After
Tkklnn Hrw* and K|Ml|*menl*>.
I<olVton. Dec. 27.—The Evening Btandard
to-ttay *ay it nn<ter*tan<t* that the **|ti*d
run ot yeomanry which, a* announced In
a itl*|*lch from Cape Town yesterday.
W I* ei trapped and captured by the Boer*
w hom they were following from BrUtown.
was reeaaed after the men had been re
lieved of their hor*a and other equip
ment. Tan of the yeomanry, the paper
*-Ma. wre wounded.
Barra Hepuleeil nt H*rahrr*rt**rp.
cape Town. Dec. 17.-A email part' of
l’***mi ait irk'd Hurgherwlon* on 24
7t**y wer* ter he***
Saliimnal) ihornino Wrtos.
The Itoer- ire active and skirmishes In
several pi • n have bean retorted
MurtlMl I .aw Proclaimed.
Town Ijm . 27. Martial law has
Ism |r*> iuim and In th* districts of Beau
lon. West cd Ourruivon
SIDNEY MILLER FOUND.
\\n With Ills Mother Asleep In a
Mouse Ottl> HU Miles \wu.
Mrs. Miller ta%e Ip the
t Mid.
Indiana poll I*. 27. dl-ln* y Miller, the
j 7-year-old s- n of K.imusl Mill* r. an l
grandson f .x-l'nlte.l Btn4e* Attorney
OUL W. II II Millet, who was ksl
nap{ied by M mother last evening, wa*
recovered • arly to-day by hi* father. Mrs
Miller and tin hlld were found at
reiice. >ix mil* - * ist of th* city, asleep
in th** h >m** of o man nunel Marshall,
where the> had obtained lodging for the
night. Th* j.wl. • reache| th* place at
daylight Mis Miller give up the child,
and w.i not pitied under arrest.
The finding of Mr- Miller and th# chill
w.i* tf** culmination of one of the longest
, chare*- In the hl.-tory of the police dc jiart*
meat. When the chief w.*> notified of the
! case, nnusiirc* wbre a* o. •* taken to
j And the b t knun who drove Mrs. Miller,
j the t\ it, if ;-. „ .\eri:•■- * from the 1
*on Hot* I, whej* th** child hod been
tiktii to visit his mother. Th** driver
w* lot.t-| i:i* illv at his home. He said
th.ti wb'Mj the govern* s* jumped from
the *•.? rlag- M? Miller rdvted him to
• lri\* to Brih'w>o4| where rt Is thought
; sin* Intended to catch a train.
H* ual not r a :• Hrlghtwood In time
| fr I * ’rain, and forming new plana Mrs.
Miller hired at d*.r outfit and w*ns taken
to 1,4%\\ r i. * S nour said fie dl l not aua-
I*eet f. r a moment that th* chlkl was l*e
ing kuln.tpt** *l. After h<string Honour's
vtory Tin |sille* started on the right trnek
•rd '.a : but ll le difficulty in finding the
mother and her child.
M Miller rnrrl* l Hainuel Miller nine
v • ir- <• Hln* *- I;..at miiie r Mr Mll
! r 1 :.*.■* te-ldcl her* 1 and his wife In New
York.
BRITISH ARMY REFORM.
Maj. *lr !lrnr> ( nhille'i Krlg
util '.mi l)rnmnlnl-*#*nal tonal
lr% r lop mi nit KpN*lrd.
London, lim 27 Tho War Office ha*
Upim the promi*#-! reform of the army
in n iM-na itlonal manner. It has damarwl
• I 'h* r >• icr.nlloti of M.iJ. to n. Ibry Col
vlll# . <omiuandlny the Ninth I)iv|ion of
the South African hold forces. Qn. Col
ville ref tit* • to re-Ur . and he l now on
liia why to Kngl.tnd. The now* t* all
the more xtartllnß a* ihe queatton of
Gen. Colville's re^ponalbllty for tha Yeo
manry dbr*t. r nt Llr.dlay lari May was
fully Inveatlsat *1 by the authorities
when Oen Colville returned from Smith
Africa aoturner Afier th** Inquiry
Gen. Colville was reinstated In hi* com
mand at Gibraltar In September last The
attitude of the Wnr Of?lo* indicates that
the tiew regime In Pall Mall will reverse
the decision of Lord latnds.lowne and
l>>rd Wol-**l* y In regard to -ome of the
recent commandern In South Africa. Gen.
Colville, ilk G* n Methuen, ha- always
l>een a (treat social peraonaife In London
mi n prominent Hub non. He has had
i m*>*t dir ingutsh* I military career h
been repeatedly mentioned In dtopatch**,
and I?* familiarly kn- wn us "Odirers." lie
in also a well known author, and on the
occasion of hls murlug*. crewted a stir
by fcouiK on hls honeymoon In n balloon.
THE DRYFUS*BORDEREAU.
I)rr. (IK Drplnrr. lint- n Forgery ■mi
>■). tkr llrlulnal . Written
It. K.ifrltn.. I<* niT Hi*nr|.
f irli-. Dec 77 —Dreyfua ha* written to
.. < . - u n ...... ... .1....
1 lit* |.| • mi. t . .** *. .... • e -............ u. ■
InK a) 1 another (alirbcod Ihe receni state
ment f.f M. H.-nri Rochefort In (be In
tmnslxrant thill hr. Dreyfus, had sen!
i in Emperor William of tlermnny, In IKM.
Ii letter stolen from the German embassy
l at l*arle nnd which. annotated hy the
llmperor. conslliuled formal proof of the
rrlme "far whh h I have lieen twl a un-
I justly condemned," and add*:
"M> Innocetic* s absolute and legal rec
j r.gitltVn <>f thl* Inner ncr hy i revision I
will seek to my hist breath. I am no.
t . iiKl'or of ihe horelereat. annotated hv
(he IlmpeiMr. which 1* a forgery. iv>r of
(hr original, authentic bordereau, written
Henry AH (be
I'rti" Ipal nutlior- of my Iniquitous non
; trmnnikm are atlil alive. 1 am not de-
Milled of all my r.gh's I at ill retain
illaa of every man to defend 111* lionor
>pi] have ihe truth proclaimed. I there
i f. the right to .1 -k you to oreier an
Inquiry.” ,
SHOT CHIEF OF POLICE.
thief llrown of Bn r re. \ t., A*a*l
nntrd by llnlliina lor Breaking
I’p Hoetnllat Meeting.
Barre. VI.. Dec. *7.-Chief of roller
Patrick Browne I* In a critical condition
with email .hope of recovery, on necount
of three bullet wounde Inflicted by Ital
ian H.Klallel* early to-diy. The chief
had hern called to a hall In which the
Hi* Inllel were holding a bn I. to nttcll a
row. Sever'd ier*one were driven from
the hall. The chief wae ehot from am
. way took to the nation QUO
tteriwcclo and I.lKl H leel have Iteen #r
reeted. anal Identllled by the ehlef. a
lielns connected with the attempted a*,
sierlnatlon.
A l.l\ III.V Itnt I'KIIBH.
l-reeldent of l\nn*n* W. C. T. t.
Wioitehee AIPII Worth of Vllrrore
W him. Kan.. IVc. 77 -Mr*. Carrie Na
iler., |.r. lihin of Harher County W. C.
T t' entered the Carey Hotel barroom
to-day and wilh a stone smashed a m<
painting and mirror valued at lion.
Mr*. Natlen broke mirror* In two *u
loon* at Kiowa. Kan., *oroe monthe ago
„and declared tltere I* no law under which
ybe can I*' pro-routed. Khe wa* lodged
, n <!„. ,minty toll thl* afternoon charged
with malic lout destruction of property.
* a w Two Steamer* Ashore.
New Orlon. Dec 17—The Morgan
Una eteamer El Rio. Capt Maeon. from
New York, report* having !tvt*d o
tuamrr with two maat* and
smokestack ayhore near beacon it. rlor
'tfhe°al*o raw a ..earner with white
smokestack and black top a*kora on El
bow Beaf*. ri*. t
SAVANNAH. C.A., FUI DAY, DEC EM BE H 28, lIKHi.
CHINA IS RELUCTANT
< n%\<; %\H t IIIM. II \% I' MKAHI)
KHOtl THE KkPKROK.
CONDITIONS NOT PLEASING.
(OlItT UITtfMA RKDtf I lO> Ol
tiii: rimn.
MalnlrnNiii'r of Pt-rianne nt • **•
tton • • nords %lso t*hJ%M*t*l to—En
voy a Will Hold Further t wittnmsl
ration With the Court—Me law* li
nt rut of I nl ted states Troops to
ln% estlgnte He ported Ituralog if
t hrlntlaas.
Pekin. Ib*c. 27 —Li Hung Chang and
Prince t'hlng. the Chinese p i e com
mission* rs, have h.ud from Bmi*eror
Kw-tng Bu. Prince t'hltig • -!:**•! on the
foinx r for consultation, remaining over
an hour. Th* -xnirt obje t strenuou-lv
to reducing the fort* and also to all *w
lug permanent legation guard?*, which. It
seems to think, could be made -ufTiviently
large, at any time, u wus d**slrcd to
menace the court Itsilf.
After the conferenc* It was and. l h**l t**
hold further o-mmunlt i l**n wltfi ih*
court before seeing the ministers
The British have incra* and ihelr gar
rison at Yang Tsun by a hundred men.
with hor*** and three gun**.
A flying column of !.%>■ cavalry will
scour the country l*etwt#ti T en Tsm and
Yang Taun, lu obedience to Field Mar
shal von W alder*#*'* orders to le ri th*
alert. In view of ih- French r*|H>rl of an
engagements with 2,r* Chin*--*- tr *>p
Col. Tulloc'k’s regiment will return to
destroy the towns he recently held. Thai
action Is owing to the fact that It ha*
been discover***! that a number of Box
ers un*iuesilonably made them their he id
quartets. The British authorities say
they do not npset serious trouble from
the Boxers, mainly b> au • they lack
arms. Fortunately. th* Chine.-** gavtra
ment fears ro trust them with arms. I**et
a rebellion against th* dynoat) Is under
taken. Otherwise the danger mlgnt nave
been serious. British soldiers have l*c*n
found dead outside of the Tempi* • f
Heaven, with bullets in their heads The
murders are believed to have been com
mitted by Chin##*.
A detachm* nt of the ftixth Unltel
States Cavalry. Ninth Infantry and Fifth
Artillery will leave 10-mormw t lnv
ttgate the reported burning of tiutlve
t*hrlslians by Boa era, as report *1 by Bev.
Mr Kelly, fh* Presbyterian missionary.
The expedition will l>e command.-I by
Meat. Col. Theodore Wlnt of tin* Sixth
Cavalry.
SHOT IN HIS OFFICE.
Secretary *my llr >y * n tt om.ti 111. l
(hr -hootlaa. Imt la.llralloaa
Taint tn tlrni|>tril Suirl.lr.
In.llanapollr. linl Par. -7—Willi m H
flmythe, rrorHary of thr <ir.in,l
of the rtrtlr. nil- MOI 111 ihr tl< l I
in his office In th* Mnsonlo hull tin r !ior
l> after noun to-rtay. Il ► lirlirvr.l hr
cannot live. Mr. (tmythe rlnlmr ■ m
mm <ll*l Ihe hoot In* The police have so
far em unable to b**.
lawls A Colrmon. an attorney, foun t
Mr Smylhe ahorily after he aas shot
lying in a pool of eioo*l on fhe fl.ior Me
Colemon *al*l he deiec!e*l a -mdl of *u.'t
poorder the moment he t.tepi.e.l into Ih
room. Mr. Coleman at on, e ran from
the -nil.ling and telephone.! the i„l,'*
department. When the police arrived tae
wounded man wan In a aemi-eonactous
eoridl'lon. bul aaa able lo nay that he is
reated at his de*k when a blonde
woman entered hie olthe and asked to
uee the telephone. Me said she had tteen
In several times before, that the lust rail
Irritated him and he refused *he r*que-t,
and that she then drew a revolver from
the liorotn of her dress and tired. Thl- Is
all he would -av except that his sou
would give all Ihe Information desire I
Ir. K in* r rtmythe. when to-l that his
father had said he would give Informa
tion as to the wonu.n who did th*' shoot
In*, replied thsl he did rot know her. .
When a search for Ihe woman failed to
reveal any traee of her 111** thisiry was
advanced tnai Mr Smyth* had attempted
to luke his own life. Ills son* said that
while Ihetr father had been very .lespond
ent at tlm*s during th* past year, they
were unwilling to believe he had attempt
ed his own life.
HI'I.ATIOY* WITH tlllt.
Senate t ommlttre to Heel Immedi
ately After the Holiday*.
Washington. la*- 27 The Semite Com
rrdttr-e on Relation* with Cuba orobably
will meet Initm-dlately after the expira
tion of the holiday* for the purpose ot
further conetderlng the question of Irreg
ularltle* umk-r the Cuban service, * di
rected by the re*olitlen of the la*i *e*
*(rm. The Lawahc report made to the
Secretary of War ho* rot been r-e®lv**d
by the committee Tno*e who have la
come fsimilar with the r>|Krt •> that
It contain* very little Information that
ha* not been olteaily given to the pub i
HAWAII'* n.lld F. t'blDD.
*-. Hole to It eeom me nit I'aimrnt
of Ihlne*r and .lapaae*e.
Wayhlngton. Dec. 27 —lt la expected thit
Oov. Dole, of Hawaii will make a recom
mendation to the Hawaiian Legl-Hture.
which mcela In February, for the s'Ue
ment of the claim* of Chlne-e and Jap
nee growing out of the deslructiwn < f
their property nt Honolulu at the time
of the bubonic plague outbreak. It ap
pear* that th* 1 Chlneae claim* are !e~*
than wa* ot drat estimated and that
the total of Jaiwneae and Chine*.) claim*
la appro* l bta'ely II at. tim
A *1 gllilW KIIB CMOHBB.
Mn*t Anawee lM*ialrle* In England
Hraprctlng lit* Income.
Loudon. Dac. 27.—Rickard Crokar. who
hat been rusticating for *evetal week* In
Cariabad awl Nice, raturrad lo Waihing
ton twd day* before Chrutma*. where he
received n summon# to appear Jan. 3 lo
reply to Inqulrlea rtspectlng hi* Income In
connection with the Income tax. He left
Wantage yeeterday pr**unwtbt> for the
• ontlnent. Hl* houe to-day wa* ahoo
lutely clotted, and there I* no expecta
tion of hi* return before next week.
FOUND CARTER’S SECURITIES.
Ittorney brsln Hilnltt Judas
llrimn Will urdir Ureenr mill
t Ueorgls.
i Macon. Ds* 27—District Attorney Ma
i rlon Id-win has returned from New York
IH* says b** bas no doubt that Judge
Brown will require Oreetw* and Oaynor to
< *.ie to Georgia for trial. He says h* has
loun I tldn.tOb of Carter’s securities, which
*o mysteriously dlsuptwaml when the
. ourt martial was h**kl In Bavatvnait in
I<7
The country U being scoured for the
n* gro suspect rt! of the murder an.l nh
-j aery of Mrs Dave Birdsong, near here,
I yesterday 8o far. no truce of him has
nwn found.
A mgto boy tried to drive a hms* hack
i !wt ■>*' frcrtii an East M**COti sidewalk to
, day The horse kicked th* hoy, breaking
Hi. skull
Examinations for West Point cadetship
from thie district w til be hcbl hero to
| morrow
Ten i*pplk*tlons for the auictintivlency
*>f th*- So.lwre Horn* have been tiled with
Uen C M Wl*x. one of th* trustees
It is thought .* ap|*ilcatlons will be made.
tn* 1 job pays I3t.fi % ve.rr and home.
Partners are offering to pay their lab.
or*rs ons hundrnl pounds of lint cotton
per in* - h next year. Tlirre will Is* a
liiiivi i *lon of the laborer# t(vtn*rriw in
th. um and they will organise if
poxslhi. ati l lemand %vhatev.*r price is
* tgifrtl u|ion among themselves.
ilatfirus J* welry I'aluc# Vit **lose*l here
to-night and John U. Cooper was appoint*
<l r** *dvr The proceedings ar* a hill
in equity. Hied by creditors who obtalnexl
state .ourt J'wlgments h*alnst Mr Max
UiX%r*is In It is <lalim**l by them
iha? Mr. loixarus Is sol*- owner of the
Jewelry company.
THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF.
t tMitnilaalwtt D*n!a With t|M'*tlnn f
i hiir<*li r Giurrniurut Hsn**r*
ftltlp uf .1 Mtilli'hl
t all*a<*.
Manila. Ibc. 27.—Thr Philippine com
mi**lon ha# ompl*t#A th#* tariff hill aiwi
mailrtl It to Wushlng*on for api*rovaJ Th**
•I# i*t >n of the commission will t> ma*!#
pifhiic The rtr#t question dealt
with by th- commission affecting an issue
I* t wr*>ii the church and the Fnfted Bt#tc#
gov* rntnent L whether the control of th#
* I ' Nt !*• i < i‘K* * '*“ •*“ •*' ’*•**
ti,. - **• • *"' * -nturjr,
an*l the Jesuit order woe given Its con
trol When th# authority of th# Jesuits
In the Philippine* c**a#rtl the Spanish
gov*’rntncrr direction of th# ool
!**#. anl kt#r fiermlttrtl th# Dominican
order to conduct Han Jos# <*oll#g# a# part
*t th# Fnlv*relty of B*nlo Trims 1 "k*
lowing th# American oerupattlon. a rvp
! recrttlv# of h* paaplo Insist**'! that th#
colhg# uiHlcr th# treaty of Parts, cam#
Into control of th# Unit#l Btt#. and
; otigtH ttot to b# control!*l by th# church
Th# * iiirrti aufhcfitle** clamed the church
had full l<Ngal iwjasesaion. Q#n. Otis final
ly rl*#*l thi Institution. Th# first hear
ing took place i*li#rtly after th# commls
arrived. The Archbishop# rhopptll#
rtt <\ Notakaki m ule <h# pr—entaUons of
th* church's poeltlon
If the rttnmisaion decides hat th# con
trot h v. Med tr. th# government, lltlga
tk n I# M.nsidfhKl probable.
NOT WORKING FOR BRYAN.
Scree.ary UaUh Dewles Report
Democratic Ynflnnnl e omraldre
l*l.i.in.ng for llr.an for IflOt.
Chicago, flee. 71 —Charlr* A. Walsh of
|i,n i ircretery of the Ifemocratl*' Na
tonal I 'ommtt ee. arrived here to-day to
noim In arranging feir the meeting of the
National Ke ittive Commlliee In Jan
uary. Itrgnrdlng n report circulated to
Ihe effect that the present organisation
of ihe Democratic party la planning to
make W J. Mryati ihe preaklentlal can
didate in 1901. ho sold:
"There I* no foundation for eurh a
aiory. A* the lust aeldreas aent out hy the
. ommlthf enya ’ll la not designed to ad
vance the interest* of any man or fac
tion.’ Tiiat la what the organisation de
clared and 'hat Is all I care to ay about
the matter.”
ttc%. I Mini. lIHUtTBO.
luliimltlan Troop* 111" Vle-.or.es
Over Me*olw.tools.*.
Washington. Dee. 17— I'nlted States
flange and Affaires Heauprle at Bogota,
has cables, the Hiaie Department that lee
hat- been Informed hy the Colombian gov
erntn*tv that the Invading troops were
overlaken by the government forces at
Rea>r!o. also that their leader, Gen. I7rl
-1.- wes defeated at Comsei. In Ihe prov
ince ot Bolivar. He was retreating with
a few remaining followers through the
.1. (Marine nt of Magdalena toward th"
Veneiueian line The wnr Is said to he
ptoglD'seing lavorably for the Colombian
government.
KII.LKU lit % YOl TH.
llerrlisnl at VV ndeshors, A. t'.. Fata I
- shot hy 17-teAr-l.ld Hoy.
Wndesboro. N. ('.. Dec. 77.—John M.
Murray, a merchant, was shot twice yes
terday afternoon hy Pearl Cagle, n 17-
year-old youth of Itlchmond county, and
til.si to-day from (he wounds Murray
and Cagle he. ante Involved In a quurrel
early In th- afternoon. Cagle left,
lx,light cartridges, returned and renewed
ihe quarrel. Cagle was arrested, also It.
It Itlttle, who Is charged wltm being an
accessory.
TIIK I-KTTKH TO Hltl f.l-711.
Hrspoaslhllltr IMaclalmed In (he
lluteli Seaalr Ir.lrrds).
The Hague. Dee. 27.—0n the rmssem-
Kiuaf Of tlte Hehaic to-day Senator Ren
ger* d|srlalm.sl. In lahalf of the house-,
nil responsibility for the letter of the
dent Of the ffc-nate to Mr Knaer,
i 7. 11l s . doing the Hcnator painted
. id that the Senate merely aulhorlied the
I resident to express sympathy with Mr.
Kruger. _ (
FIIYB IIB'IW HBPOKT.
Told Cabans In Drive Ameri
cans o*l.
Washington. Dec. 77.-A. E Try*, ths
upen: ter.dent of education of Cubs, b.*s
islsgrsphed ths War Depsrtmsnt • swssp
•ng denial of th* published story to th*
effect that he Issued a circular or proc
lamation in Havana, advising the Cuban*
to proceed to drlvo use Americana out of
Ibe island. '■ <
SOUTH’S EDUCATORS
ti %< iii iis n gt:sxio>
AT Bit
MANY PROBLEMS DISCUSSED.
Ft I.TO\ T tI.KA OF M%
GRO IAM %Tlt>\.
No %l*i|iiatr llrtnrni for ih* N|llllas
ttpeatl—The 4*retet \eel of tlir
Nonflt I *-•*%> a threat liistltutloa.
hvi'rilimloeing Nil Others. for
*1 e'liat*al lusiruetian—Nlaitv Ills-
IhiKublirtl l-aloeaiurs l*r*snt
lU. hmond. Va . Dec 27 Th* tenth an
nual convetvtlon of the Hoot hern E!uca
iimixj Asrto<ia!k>n in**! h*t* tb.* morimu:
the attendancf being very good The l*o i>
\ died to otdtH b| J’. ii i chaii
.
Hunts, and an invis atlon war- made bv
lb v. ’rey E Morgan of tills city
Addresses of si li oa** were deltvereil by
tov. J Hug* Tyler, Mayor Richard 11
Taylor ami Cky Hcboul Huperlntendem
Fox. and resjnaise* were mad* 1 by rtuper
m*4dent Wooten of Paris. Tex It (’
Glenn, state >tnm is do tier of **li> atlon of
Georgia. t*ml Superlrt*nl*nt of Ihiblle lu
sruction J F. r.ilhoun nf laajis.ana. Mr
Hill then surrendered the gavel to Pres
ident II It Fultou. chancellor of the
tUniversity of Miatilsalppl. who thereupon
:
•red Ins annual mddreea
It. B. Fulton. < tinncellor of tlic t*nl
verslty of Mlssisidppl, lu Ins annual d
-ilri-ss a# president of the a*aiclatlon. dls
cussrtt the f.< llltles f>r education given
by the !A>ußt to the whit* iinl cotore*l
races and said in *o h mat* they had
divided with t fe colored rare th#' fund
ral**.| by taxes |h* *1 almost entire.) by
white mii, and had given equal educa
tional fa**tl>ti*w nt the puoll* expense. H.*
askrtt whether It had been proven that
the studies Which tmln to uteuess th-
Angl-fUtxon mind w r*- the l**st t* sharp
**' the Moimodaii or th# African Intel
l#*K Had n*t blind -antiment Iw* n aim
ing to give Angi-Baxon mind# to th-*
negro ra •* |n#t ad of offering th.it d<
\rt**iHn* tif ind training u hi* h would ln -i
•ic**t tho |MM#lbl!ltl## of that rac* ’* Mil
lion# of dollar* had been #i**nt mr ual.\
for thirty-flv# >**c*r# m th*- Huulher.y
stivtes for the of th# nrgi.
rat **. Had there been an adequate retutn
In advancement sfnisn’ It ivm, he ad*l
- th# duty *tf rh* intelligent edtic*ttor#
of th# Houth to study and discus# these
t*rnb|#m# tn all fullness, and with Impar
tial lnt#reet. and to determine, inform
tin* kind and method of education and
training that ahould b# afforded to tn
n#gr*> race Continuing. President Fulton
sld in port:
"There are two important particulars In
which coming changed will certainly
mo*llfy the Dilicie* and the work of our
school# of higher rank In the firm place,
thus# Institutions which aspire to be caß
#*! ctdleges or universities must se* that
vastly more I# lost thttn Is gained when
h*dr rolls are swelled hy th# tiain* s of
tmmaS ure and id ml*#- oul.ni* In pr*-
P'lnHory chits##, and when th# funds and
energies of th# Institution ar-
work that pro|erly' ts-iongs to elemen
tary or secondary school*.
"In the second place uu<ittiitlons Intend
ed l*> give sper tally sclent 111 or technical
training will |#?arn that their I*#t work
is not don* when they at nipt to lie all
things to nil men—to work upon material
that should he in th* grammar schools
ns well as that which Is more advanced—
to give classical #r literary ctllttir# as
well us technical—to prepare for ultimate
entrance Into th# profession of leaching
as well is for ih** management of Indus
trial f*nhrjir|u , n,
"Technical education In th# South,ln the
Institutions already established, and In
those which may be established will imt
achieve for Individual#, nor for she com
munity. th# high* m and fullest results
until iich education sin 11 be ma*le to r n
-form more fully with th# law which th*
experience of nil t ie past shows to Ih*
the governing prhc lfd# In educational ad
vancement.
"The greatest educational need of the
South tx-d*y b at least on** Institution
pr# emlneiHlv fUterl hy Its nmterkd e*|iilf>-
nwnt; Ms mean# of supirort, an*l its #n
vtrorwnent to command and hold without
challenge th# position of leafier In tech
nftcal training -imong the fnetltutlon#
about M No one of the state Institutions
ran claim this r*o#ition for our serf lon
To afford the material appliance** for such
/•r* Institution •# we need. lI.OOMWI l a
minimum sum To maintain Its work as
ll should be. an endowment of not less
than 03,000,0(10 woultl Is* needed. On# lostl
tiMlon with am|b* *r|tilpene;:t prf;t>cr!y
■■alert *n*l *>rgnnta***!. could c.i-lly I*.* made
to exert a guiding and helpful Influence
u|tnn all manual and technical training in
all Kch*Ktl* In the Soldh
•'('an there not b* found twmrwher* that
urlon of wealth, material with w-alth of
m tile liberality which shall provide In
th* flr*l year* of the coming century for
thl* mo*t praewlng n ed of e,*uieitlon In
the SouthT’
The morning session wa* concluded by
an admirable paper read by MU* Cele*.
tin S I'arrleh, professor of phy*iolo
anil phllorophy at th* Hand.*!ph Ma-on
Woman'# College of Lvnehhttrg on the
auhjei't "Kducallon for Southern Women "
(• yt Parrlh profeor of phlkwophy In
the tliinilolph- Macon Woman'# Coll ge of
| Lynchburg. V i pre*en|e.| ooine Intel e*'-
tng fucta regor*llng the education of wo
men In th* South I-art yeir aliotit !.?
So*tthern women, he -aid. were doing col
lege work In recognised Inatltutlon*
throughotu the colbg- year. Although
: (h*. result* of the opening of achool* to
' Southern women nr*, under the clreum
atanee*. a*s nl-hingly larg .they had been
dteapiK'lntlng to many otitlmlrllr people.
He continued:
•'Of couree our poverty, the recency of
the i wakening of women to *elf-c*>n
*t loti*nee. nod the con*ervUm of 'he
Soull> might be mentioned, but the ma n
reaeon Ir probably found In the defect*
of our *eeo-dtry ** h ol* for girl-. Th**e
rchonl. do not fwepare for
eollegc and give Hill* " r n't
•tlmulu* to further work. They have no
endotvmeftt. are crippled by competition,
employ (*>or leacherw. n*l overwork rhem
to a Pitiful extent. They have, a* rul*.
no laboratories ilbrarle* nor gymn.t-iom*
Their work I* nueltittlcil. Of *tlmulat-
Ing many-*idert development, of creating
abiding Inlereet. of the gradual adju*i
ment ro the eplrttunl po**ea*lon of th
race of e*lucatlcn " filling h attklent to
take pn*elon of the culture we Inherit
from the pan. they have never dr earned
“Our great nerd now 1* good teondiiev
1 uchoole An tmporant atep In thla di
rection will be to strengthen city high
school*, hut even when thl* I* don*, that
■mall elite* and large country population
of the South will make n*-**ry a num
ber of girl* boarding *.chool* If every
’fema.e college' In the South would make
jtaclf the college It claims to be. or drop
He nam* nnl *l* avowed an*l lamest sec
ui *r> work th* prM* in w.i.ild pi >
l;< t|y sd\el That le probably t.s*
iiitich to *xp* t from humatt natut . i
hen**** some iiium !*■ • *•* *t*l l -i* and Th**s- J
Si am Id te avwe*lly • ••. • |ar>. mioiikl b*
**ndWrt| ind lu>u.l i*ni{'i"> n- teacher#
■ •'!.*;•’ men aii'l w * mi* i %vho have ha*l.
thorough prof-.#nami tratning "
!’• ad*nt t’harie- I* M l\*r of th* I
Stai* Normal and Industrial tVdlege ot t
North' <*ar*dlna. an*l Miss Nina Horn** i
of <*>n\*is*- i'olh'g* South Faioilna utl>
lts. uase*l th* pap**r.
This aft* tlks.• th* asia* iatlou had six
l*lNrtm*ii **unferi*nc's. in which va*
ous tophw* were *tieiuss*l and later th
tnemWrs ttt*nd*l a t •••ptton at th
•*\*‘.uttv* ntanslod anl a tn*' Wtanan’s
t’iuh, th* latter given by the Virginia Ed
ucation ll AssO*iMtl*Ul
At tt regular p*-sion aldres#es were
mad* by Dr Nicholas M Butler *f <*►
iumbtu 1 Diversity, New York, President
F I*. Vcnabh, l'nlv*rs:;y of North t*ar
‘*llna. Piitui.d It VV Ttmetall. T*mi
Institute, Port Depoalt. Ml . Dr W I.
fount'll, *>f Wasnii.gtoit and l.* Fniver
sify. ami Mis t'harles \ p*rkins *f the
i ntv* rslty of Tenn**.e-
Th* Blinkers before ihe dcjsirtmenfs
Wer*
kilss (Vlestl* S Parrish liaodtdph-Ma
o*n t *tlli g* . Dr I. \\ Kin*. Virginia
Sat* Kaiiitlt* Stimuli Ht'hool, Dr Kts*n
Ai*xind*i. I diversity *f North < atoltn i
M 1, ltr)tt*ai. Fultou ctHint) , •* .
t’li.itl* - E V a role#. Miller Manual Hehnol,
V , Prof VV A VV ltn*is, t'allege af Ag
rtculturv* in.! Me*haiihal Arts. North
t'nrolltia, l*>f i*harl*s A Taylor, Wake
Forest. N c,, mi. i Prxif \ll*ert Tuttl*
l lilver sl*) f Virginia. Ku|i B <’ M
Iv*r t'hester. 8 *' . II It Work. Wheel
ing, VV V. Prof E 8 l,*u*ton, Bristol.
Tetin ; Prof A. G liu* kner. Kings <*.!•
leg*. T*mi , hi *1 Prof t'harles VV l>ah
ney, Knoxville. TANARUS un
Presl-lent t'liarles VV Dabney, of the
Fnlvrndty of T* nnc-** r*ad a t*|H*r on
“Hi tentifl* and Te hnl* il Education In the
Booth."
Te*finical skill, the •*jeaker said. Is need
*d t utilise the raw material m the beet
ad van tag* The tinu* coni##, however. In
t lie history of every nut lon. when It must
edllcaie Its |H*f*l*- 111 sl*'iice an*l train
then In manufactui*** ai*l Industries, or
It will go down. This higher scientific
*lu* ation Is the forerunner of higher pros
perity. il th* nation which foil* to de
velop the Intrll* tual faculty for produc
tion must leK* ncrate. for It cannot stand
still.
In society. as In biology, there are three
*t.i t? r In the first, th* State of prim il
equilibrium, things gi< w neither hette
for wars*, the -****nnd Is th** st.it* 1 *f
• -vlutton or detalwpm*nt. during which
unlmaia and planta ***lapt themselves to
their envlr**mn* nts, and take on new
iara Itfblkt; tin thiii that f d*-
genenttioti. when they first statsl still,
th*n •b*.*\ and so g< *•■ k to the eartn
from which they npraitg Th** sam* Is
true of nations. Our Boiithland stands
the beginning of the *u i *ond slate W*
have live-si as long ns we can upon th**
bounties of nature, and have reached that
point at which twe must study sclenc.*
learn the arts, use our material resources
and accumulate wealth, or else fall be
| hind and g> down
| The study of science and the snplka
i lion of sclenc* always have gerne td #l
- must go hand In hand Asa matter
of fact, discoverers and apt Her* of #c|em*w
*re often * ml>!ned In the same parson
The Intereg** of pure science and tech
nology are largely blent lea I and science
cannot take a step forward without open
ng new* fields fr Industry New truth#
In science always lead to new |ev*lop
manl In Industry Mem*e, we must have
the inventor as w*-ll as the lnv***tlg.itor
Tt Is no: g#*n rally known that
was h great haltsver In scientific and
technical education. The gouthern peopla
have Mtlll to rcullxe the Ideals of 14** In
education.
FEMALE PRISONERS RIOT.
Ilarilrairfl Hwrn In York Jail
Make I>•••!• ra I•• ImhiilU on
%lnlrn and Unrilrn.
Nw York. I)*"’ 27 -Twenty
prljan*rn in llw Ibiyniotvl direct
jail. Hrooklyn. to-day arwl flrrrrly
mMM.tull(* 1 Vuiroti Kiinnlr llandy a* *1
Wardrn McGrath. Th**fr w.m no attnntu
to
Thr riot wan (hr onPHqurnct l of noth
inir out 111 frrilim. Miw II indy mu trano
frrrinif th* |*rliHnrri from on#* corrUlor
to another In i;r* womm i Hri tlon. ah*n
•hr wan afta*krM| by NHlk' Jom-H. tt pow
erfully built woman, wfio luMt trrn iwn
trn -al to f!ft a *li vh for Intoxication
Mira Handy wj* fallaif Nineteen othrr
prlMim ra 1 1>• i wiMiiitMl h*r. While <h*
low- rained thlf k U|wn her he | nn l
liody eh manaiied to r*a*h u |uah bill
ion that ran* a In II in the warden*a of
fl’C.
Warden MeOrtth ritniiel to the wo
m.m'a depart mem without watting to call
for aaalatance. Ah be entere| the rorrl
dorx he diverted the attention of the In
fill Ist and women and they Jumped on him
'I he Mow ( were f;in( and furkua, and
M-Graih went to the floor. Hat.Mna wre
l<'uu|ht Into ;*hy am! hl fine, head and
neck were sotufed Mix* Handy made her
way through Jfhe • r*w<l ar>d **•* ran*;
the akirn? Tle her iff. underaherlff and
tl\e deputies replied They lad much
trouble In auixiulnK the women, but sue.
(•ceded, and two of them were plac'd In
*tmight-jack* ts. Tnc others were put In
si parate cells and then th#* (iriaon physi
cian wax nailed to attend the* wound#-;
warden and matron
gr K IINOKF.ng ASSIfiY.
said In fie Due • Dtaagrraarant of
Part tier*.
Naw York. the. 77.~(Turrlar A Hunker,
who rttd business as stork lirokara at 71
Park Row. male an asslgnmant to-day
for tho baiw-m of thalr rrlltora, to Wll
ilsm II Honytnge. Currier was a mem
bar of the CotvalMntal Exchanga. F. H.
Hard, aiiomay for tha asalanora. said
that ths nsatgnmani waa primarily due
to a disagreement between tha partner*
Mr Hard would give no Idsw of the as
sets or llabtllttra. bui a tapra.aniailva of
the firm said the luaid.ltla* would be
within llj.wth
■III. KIRK 11 K IST I.OYOOY.
Klia lmmrl.se Shad* Del rn, ed af
I lie Kail India Ihlrka.
lmkm Dec.. 77 On. of th.- moat seri
ous fire* which hs* ocetirra.l In th# Kail
Kml of Unix ton during the last l#n years,
brokn out 10-day at the Kul India docks.
Five immense siiads fllll with goods. In
cluding a thousand talas of hemp and
quantities of Juta. ware consumed. The
shipping in the neighborhood .md other
T.--'(houses were only saved by th* great
exertions of ths S.-sman.
A Twentieth Cssfsry Ra,|oaa.
Nw York, Dec. 77 —Tha Jo irnsl thl*
morning, on Its first pegs, ssk* the c|tl
tans of New York to Illuminate their
home* Monday midnight, os a wouome to
tho Twentieth Century.
DAILY fR A YEAR.
5 CENTS A COPY
WEEKLY 2*T I MK - A-W KE K .ft A T*AR
ROBBED, THEN KILLED
% TAI.R OF tlt IMF %\l> VIM.URV
mini I ti.iFoßMi.
A DEVIL IN HUMAN FORM.
rmirr nor#, tmi v kii.i # womb
uho tih m;u HIM.
Then i heated the l.aw by Killing
Himself— I Tinsley Married Ills tills
Jan. 2. Traveled %%tth lire I ntll He
ltat laafteu VII Her Honey and
Then Desert eil Her— Re cause she
*mi|fhl t *l***l Negress ID- Killed
Her.
Is** Angeles Cal Dec 27 —John W.
Tinsley shot and kllb-1 hut wife. Anna P.
Tinsley, on the street to-day and then
fit* Ii bullet into lit own msid, dying
Instantly.
he couple were married at Vannuran,
Ark Jan 2. a hi* year Tinsley repre
ente| himself as p >-sr-d of property
In Helena Mont . to the value of 173,000.
Ills w'ife Im*l cash and a house and
lot In J* kmtn. Tenn., valued at 12.3U0.
This Inter her husband Induced her to
sacrlth e for 11,000 and five days after
marriage they came to I*** Angels# on #%
honeyni4Hn trip, the expense# of which
were <lefraye*t hy Mrs. Tinsley. From
Here they went to Mineral Wells. Tax.,
and Aug. 23 reached Excelsior Hprlngw.
Mo
There Tinsley Induced hls wife to trams
f*r to Idtn the 17*0 that remained of her
muc) iui I to|.| her he must so to Helen*
to settle up hl affairs. After hi* d< i*i t*
tr* she finiiMl that h* h*l alwo taken
u diamonl rlrK and stud, valtjed at WW
Hhe r* elved a telegram fnm him litter,
dated L*** 4 Anirelea. in whl h he ocknowl’-
edaed that he had deceived her In rs
yard to hls wealth, and that she would
s#*e him no more. Hhe followed him her*,
hut in the inoamlm#* he had left for Mon*
nett. Mo.
Two week* later he returned to TjOs
Angeles, and an arrangement was mad*
w hereby he cave her a #lraft on an Ar
kansas bink ftr MS and promised to
make otlur reparation. Hhe aenl tno
draft fr collection and It mu returned
with the statement that the money to
Tlnaley'a credit had been withdrawn hy
telegraph, on the 21st of this m#nth Mrs.
Tinsley filed suit against her husband In
the Huperlor Onutr. to recover the tl.Kd
fraudulent!* obtained from her. and bit
terness over this suit and the trouble
leedlns up to w e\ida*ntly caueed the
double trayedv to-dar
HAVE YOU SEEN CROWE?
IMsuotxeil as a %% (Humit In C'tileaao,
lie Is on a tean**r for User*
Pml nod Taklsa n llrtnk
In M. J#eet*h.
flnston. Dor. 27.—The I lost on police
have etrldmoe to ftndl at**, they think, that
Tat Crowe" and the other man who la
wanted on a charge of kidnapping young
Hifdahy. arc on the Warren liner Mich
igan. hound for IJverpool, and a cablo
eontalnlng that Information has been
sent to the Hctlnn*l Yard detectives, who
will be <m the l giver pool don It wrhaa the
steamer arrives.
Just before the Michigan sailed last
Hot unlay, two men who acted so stiapt*
ciously os to attract attention, and who
atiHWercd to the des# riptions of Crowe and
the other siisrsjfH bssnSsia
•hr stramrr with a Inrgs amount of hag
g.igr. Th* stvamsr sallist In n vary short
tlm<- but not brforo aroni of tha prasatma
of tha stranger* had baan sent to poll?*
haa-lquartam.
A* WIDOW 1% Milt imvi.
hiaago l-nllaa OfNaar *■■ ( rrm. la
In That Clip.
Chicago, Dra. 77 IHsgulsa.l aa a art.-,
man. f’al Crime srtwi I* bring s>ught by
tha |*ollca alt ovar tha I’nltad Htalaa or,
tha rhsrga of klitnaigUng Kaklla I’uelahjr
at Omaha, fuss la-an aaan In r’hicaßo
trnhln tha last faw days, ami may aftil
ha In Mitlnic hara. a> •• nllng to stafamanta
rruntn to-ntght by Daiactlva H.-rg.ant
Hloran, a •’htrago |M.t|ra offlrar who
ha. arraata.l Crowe a number of ilmea
In tha post.
Htnran claims to hava trar-nl Crow* to a
room, whar* he wo- rmisq .ara-tfiar as a
young whloa In mournlnv. taH that <Yowo
recalverl warning from Ms frt'-iub* that tho
|m> h r wars on hls traH. an.i earapad be
fore a capture could ha affecterl.
WAS TAHITI) A ItltlAK.
at. Joseph Pallr-na* flee# t raw*
Cuter Saloon There.
Omaha. Neb.. Dec. 27-A rparlai dla
nnfch to the Worfd-Henld to-ntght from
St. Joaeph say* that Patrolman Carson
H* Pat Crowe enter a South 81. Joaeph
■aluon thl* afternoon H* yh* I* sura
of th* mart a* he know* blm well.
In Omaha no credence b* placed In the
etory that Crowe wa* In Boston or any
point In the K**t.
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PORTO Hit IX* FOR HAWAII.
Arkadln Nall* From I'once far Save
Orleaa* Will* tint **n Hoard.
Ban Jutn. Porto Rleo. Dec. 27 — The New
York and Porto Rico Steamship Cum.
t ny' eteamer Arkadla. ended from
Ponre yeitenki) for Neat Orleana, having
on lioard four hundred I'orlo Klcaaa. ■
|i*r cent of whom were women and chil
dren, deellne*! for Hawaii.
. g .
A HKt’OKIt IINIHKIIN TRIP.
Steamer tenuat, Philadelphia to
** Fra arise a In .I** Hays.
Ban Francisco. Dec 27.-Th* new nan
er Sonoma, built for the Oceanic Steam
ship Company. ha arrived htre after *-
record-breaking run from Philadelphia#
She cam* around Cap* Horn In thlrty
eight <lay>. nina ho-r* making no e:opn.
{ gar and tsarina to Rctarw.
St. P*t*r*burg, Dec 27—The ~*r and
Cgsrlna will return to Taarskoe-SaiOt R*ag
hero about Fab. *