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THE MORNING NEWS 1 .labllsLe* IISO - - Incorporated !W J H EBTII.L. President. ONE SAVED, 34 LOST •trt-N OUMAC TO AMIPriSG IK i:vj.imi CVAMNISL. fiercest storm in years. mark rimiHo**.: crokh ok re. ItilO* ROCKS. lumlnental lertloe Anapeaded Tea. ..rate, and Uorrlnue lleporteit Incrraaliiß t Quea-naioarn—\ ea a..|a Rerklnf Shellrr in llarhnre ■ud Maay Wrreki Announced. *l>nnlel> Sluamalitpa In I’rrcarlnua Minnttnns. UniV. Dae. S8 Much damae haa j,„,, armjiM by a recurrence of violent atnrma In the ctrannel. The fury of the Rale caused a auapenalon of the cor.lineii tjj service areas the channel this after lon The hurricane is Increuslnx a*. C teenatown. where the observers say It W the (lei' < atorm In years Tlie Marla, laden with cna.l. ~nk at her anohoruge The mail* are delayed. Keiwrte arrivAng from all the coast* an nounce damage done by the storm. Ves r l* In numbers nr# necking shelter It. the harbor* and a number of minor wrecks I rave been announced The Brttlsh bnrk Primrose Hill from Liverpool Dec. 11 for Vancouver wws driven on he Penrhos rocks, not far fiorn Holyhead She had been drifting up the channel undur bare poles. 8h broke In two and went to piece# In a few min proa One man out of the crew of X> men vas saved by a llfehcat of the coast g uardstnen. The Spanish alesmer Hnecurl. last re ported from Bilbao, sought shelter In j- tiand Roads and was driven ashore on tae Portland breakwater The Weymouth lifeboat attempted to rescue her crew and It is believed they con be saved despite tae fserful sea* running. Th# British bark Pegasus from Queens town. Dec. 3*. for Sharpness. which was first tnoorrectly reported to have found e.-.d with loss of her crew, grounded oft Jjtvernoek Point, bin ehe was subsc q lertly floated and towed to a place of shelter. In lowering her boat* live men v.*-re precipitated Into the water anil ell t it one drowned The British bark Queen of Cambria, fmu Tocoptlia, Auk . for Falmouth, w le being towed lrito Falmouth, was Mown acroee the bows of the British bark i rosrn of India. The latter vessel uf fored damage to her head and she Queen of Cambria was cut down to the water's edge. She baa been beached and la leak tig. A Spanish steamer driven ashore at the Portland breakwater. The Wey mouth lifeboat attempted to rescue her I rew. but the fearful seas running pre vented them. The British steamer Penpol. from Su- I ia. Nov 3. for Dublin. Is ashore on II sands between Aheravon and Briton Ferry No fatalities have occurred. The British steamer Hosefleld. which ar r <l at Antwerp. Dec. 22. from Pensa cola. lost pari of her deck load on tha Voyage. Tile J*rlmrose Hill was soon smashed i . The Hibernia stood by throughout. 1 u was |stwet lees to aid. The Holvhoad s im life boat made three vain attempts t teach the Primrose Hill. The tatter's crew was huddled on the poop when a 1 ce sea dashed over the vessel, washing el! away save one sailor, who was finally hurled against the rocks, sustaining ter ■ 'l< injuries. More Sertona Mishap* to Vessels. bindnn. Ded. 29.—Tile steamer Xealm • . tided with another steamer near Cltvs <l ii. on the Bristol channel. A llfebonl re> ued nine of the Zeairos crew At Watchat Harbor, near Taunton, the treakriter was wrecked and the tremen d"u* tit caused several vessels to break edrift; ta-o foundered and live others were driven Into a hopeless tangle and ground each other The damage will reach many i cueanda of pounds. The Austrian bark Capricorn was driven ashore near Bude. Cornwall. Nine of the ciew were drowned, one was saved and < nir are still on board with little likeli hood of being readied. Two other ves * h are asflore on the Cornwall coast. Hevaral were stove In at Ilfracombe har hor The bark Bagna was wrecked off Trsvla*. near Cardiff, three of her crew hing drowned and nine being res-Usd by r ke" lines. II M S. Black Prince, at Queenstown. si.il H. M. W Tessar. at Portsmouth, wars both badly damaged. Wales appears to have suffered the worst affects of the gale, both on land and sea Incessant reports of mourners Mr ship- I g asualtles show that the gele was • e ol tha wotwt known In many years l’robably several days will elapse before ’l>* full extent of the damage becomes known. ■t> addition, some vassals not yet Iden t'ded. have beet, wrecked or placed In •■real danger The fate of soma cross i isnnel steamers Is In doubt. THE FURTIBTU I.\FA\TRV. *•"• i'uatilair lhi> Filipinos Haunt Ik Mindanao. MantiE Dec. a—A pushing campaign fvs bona o*rrt<Ml on by the Fortieth 111- * ntry during December In Northern Min danao. The town of Jemelnli u cap ’at a a was also an insurgent stroi.g * Id In the mountains further Inland. The < set town of Dungartn wee captured by * iv’suhment of a hundred troops, who t watered the enemy In that vicinity, kllt- Ia and capturing several A portion ot .roope thus engaged have returned ' ‘ “<*yan a: and Joined ln\lhe campaign whi h lirlg. Gen. Kobbe’ Is personally rr< wsullng **n MecArthur's procli mot lon Is re- S'wtlr.g In many arrests of alleged Insur r>"-t uniats In Manila and vicinity. a few ' i these taken Into oustody being prom- Insn* rtne prisoner was shot dsod ano another wounded tn attempting to es ' ■ a ■l* IUIA lion' HAD MTATR. Iseesdlsrlaai Rampant end Fwae Fields lleing Horned. Kingston. Jamaica. Dec. —Mali ad r'®os from Barbed os report that locen dUrlani is rampant there. Thirteen cane r -*ds and house premises were burned and wtng the week ending Dec. It. The P antera are alarmed and are aacurlng P- J protection Two cases of yellow fever •’ Rarbodoa sre being treated with Baus ■ alU’s serum. jlatomnal) Morning Bettis. DE WET'S CAPTURE REPORTED Hn an < onllrmntion of the Report. DeWrt Stilt In a Tight Comer, However. Uondon, Dec. 28.—Perslsten* reports are In olreuiatlon in London and on the con tinent that Gen DeW'et ha* been cap tured. Tile British Chartered South Af rican Company received this Information from a source In which II is accustomed to plan Implicit confidence. The war office, however. Is without any confirma tion of the report. fill WET IIOL4HKU Ilia OWK. His Attempt to llreok Through South Kru ilrsl ed • However. Cope Town, tlec. 2* —Gen. DeWet's at tempt to break through to the south ha* been frustrated, und he I* now reported to be si ftenekal Wal commando, holding the country between Plcksburg, Senekul and Wlnburg Gen. Knox |e holding the country be tween laxlybrand and Wlnburg. The eastern parties of Invading Boers are being ronatantly harassed and driven back toward the Orange rtver. B°ers Itasnaged .lohauneahnrg nut terles. Johannesburg. I>ec 28 -The Boers dam aged the new Kletnfontetn and Chime* batteries yesterday. Boers Release British Prisoners. Cape Town, Dec. 28 —The Yeomanry who were captured near Drlstown have been released. THE POPeTnTERVIEWED. He Atronaly f'ondeutus the l*olley of the P'renelt Ministry und Throws Out u Strong Hint to Kruuee. Paris, Dec. 2.—'The Matin publishes an Interview with the Pope devoted exclu sively to the attitude, of the Waiduck- Kousseau ministry toward file religious congregations. Referring to the premier's speech at Toulouse. Oct. 2*. when M VValdeck-Rouaseau enlarged upon the ne cessity of the chamber passing a law reg ulating assoclatlons-a measure directed against religious congregation#—the pon tifT sal-J . "The concordat Is being changed from an Instrument of peace Into one of war ami oppression. Even In Protestant coun tries religious orders are not excluded fiom the liberties enjoyed by other cltt xens. They will probably return to Eng land and the Inked State* as In the days of the terror, to find a refuge against the Iniquity of Catholic Prance. 'The asso.-lnilotis hill is the negation of all the law* of liberty. I hope the Prench government will not renounce the services I am sill', able to render her Several times recently I have been solle- Ued by the head of a powerful state to permit fhe rights of Prance In the East and Par Hast to be disregarded. I have refused, although compensations were Offered to the church. But. If the order*, without which Catholic expansion Is Im possible, are to be suppressed, what an swer shall I give In a day when almllur proposals are nude?" GAMBLERS - BLOODY BATTLE. \rn York Sporting Men Fight a It eg alar Tesas Burl—One Killed, One Dying nnd Two Wounded. New York. Dec 28 -One of the flercest and Moodiest lights that has taken place in Ous city In a long time took placa In Harlem early to-day. Four men wore shot, rine died and another Is dying. Two wounded men escaped nnd the police art* looking for them. One man is under arrest and the dead man's brother has sworn to kill the prisoner who U accused of shooting hint The men engaged In the fight are for the moat part gambler*. The dead man was Georg# Price, a printer and bartender The wounded are Fclwartl Courtney, alias "Slat*." shot In the abdomen, Thomas Kennedy, alleged proprietor of a poolroom, shot In one leg. Ddward McGtimes. alia* Kdward McMullen, sporting man. shot In the left arm Kennedy and McGlnne* cannot be ‘ The prisoner la Miles McDonnell. M years old. of City Island. He Is well known as a gambler. He has a recor.l the police cay. The parties were drinking and a quarrel which starred between Mc- Donnell and Kennedy, who were partnera In a recently closed gambling bouse, wa* renewed Kennedy threw McDonnell to the floor. Instantly friends of both men rushed Into the tight with drawn revolver* and a fusillade began Fifty whole were fired. It gn* like a duel, the crowd asp erating Into couples and firing at short distance. Courtney dropped first. The others then begsn to separate. Kennedy ran out and McOtnne* tried to follow He wss shot In the arm The police ar rived and arrested McltonneU and took Courtney to a hospital. HITT MAX I* MAMMA’S FBlßtll. President Tenders Ohio Mao Place Held by l.ole Auditor. Washington. Dec. -The President has tendered to Fret Rlttman of Cleve land, 0.. the poMtlon of fourth auditor Of the treasury, msde vsesnt by the tragic deeth of Awll'or Morrlr. He Is a lifelong friend of Senator Henna He Is expeoted to take charge next week. The condition of Hamuet McDonald, who killed Auditor Morris, was considerably worse to-day. The change Is due to a renewal of Ms efforts to thwart the measures necessary to his recovery. tUltman Accepts of Coarse. Cleveland. 0.. Pec M.-Frederick E Rlttman of this city hs aeceptedthe po sition of fourth auditor of the Treasury Department to succeed Frank H. Mortis. am ARAIIA.M A DYMCHIMO. Megro Istsrrinl *f **"V" Bsrsts* Massed by Mob. Montgomery. Ale.. Dec. M -Oeorge Ful ler. s negro, was lynched lest ntght near Marlon, Perry county Wednesday night the barn of Dannie Cummings was burned together with several hundred bushels of corn, a large amount of forage and „vn mules. Fuller had been a tenant of Cummings and had mad. .Meats con earning s settlement He was arrested. a„d while on the way to y J jrlon * >x> J. y of masked men took him from the offl •srs and hanged him to a tree. SAVANNAH, CA., SAITHDAY. DECEMBER 29, VMM). INQUIRY WILL CLOSE TAKISG OK II 47.1>G TK4TIMOXY IXI emit: TO-DAY. SEVERAL CADETS SUFFERED. BVIDOCH mown that sow: *n.\ PAIATKD. Ob* f a(1*1 nt on Ilia Head In 9ltm Inulira of Wafer, Thru Wild Arrona Ha fit room Floor and Mood Guard Orar a Head Hat— Cadet I Ifiara ft. (•rant Had fo Ho HluttU 4lnni& With tle Ileal. Wtt Point. N. Y . Dc. 38 —The taking of testimony by the military court of in quiry. In regard to the -loath Of ax-Oadet Osoar L. Boos. will <*loar here to-mor row. To-day's Investigation brought out tesvlnuwiy that cadet* had been Inured to degree of exhaustion. The vlctlm men tioned particularly wera <\idet M. Ar thur and Haskell McArthur himself denied that he ha 1 convulsion*. but acknowledged that le had been exercised to such an extent that he had cramps in his muscle* and that he laid control of them Haskell la not In the corps now. o that his testimony was not available. Several of the present four h class men told of what forms of hiring exist ed during laat summer s encampmen* at.d while there were a few case* of men be ing made to stand on their he* Is. there was very little exercising done, whl h would show that th majority of the ca dets are living up to the eta** agreement made last year to abolish severe basing methods. Cadet John C. Pegram Af Virginia t ilflwl that in camp In 1899 he exercised Cadet Kernel. "I gave him 150 eagle* I think." he said "I was In my room. Cadet Williams called me out Into th hall and told me a man had fainted. Ken sel was tying down. 1 gave him some water, lifted him up and he said he was all right. I heard also that a cadet named McGinnis had fainted ami lhat n pl'be had fainted To the latter I car ried smelling salts He wan a fourth class man He revived " "Did you ever hear of cotton being put In cadets' mouths to keep them from crying or being hysterical?" "Yes. I was told that Cadet MacArthur had requested some tipper claes men to stuff his mouth wtth cotton so that he eon Id not cry out hysterically, as he said he could not control himself after some severe exercising." "Why should he do Inis?" "There vu an officer near by at the time and I wan told MacArthur was afraid h? would hear him " Young Phil Sheridan svas recalled He added Ihe name of Cadet lirenton to the list of those who had fainted after ever olslng. He also said that Cadet llaknll was only shamming the night he wa* supposed to have fainted. Cadet Quinn Gray of Texas had heard that Hnekell had been haxed and that Cadet McArthur had barn attacked with convulsion* after "exercising " Cadet W. D. A. 'Anderson of Virginia told the court of hie having been required to swallow tubas CO sauce ami qualify for the mess hall by eating 10(1 prunes Cadet 11. H. Robert of Mississippi denn ed brass guns and bayonets carried water ami swept out the tents of upper does men during Ihe summer encampment this year (bidet C. R Alley of Massachusetts was compelled to stand on his head In a bathtub In six Ini he* of water. He only remained In that position for a moment. He slid across the floor of the bathroom and stood guard over a dead rat. In reply to further questions by Gen. Clou*. Alley said that on one ocrnelon In oamp he was called upon to say who was the meanest man In Ihe third ctase. lie refused ami he wa* called out to tight Cadet Rlatr of tha third data Blair won. giving wltnaaa a bad nosebleed. Other witness* gave experien-e* In hexing Went Point officials also testified to steps taken to suppress haling Former Ca det J. R. Doyle of Philadelphia testified ho saw Cadet Bender exercise Breth to Ihe point of exhaustion Cadet Ulysses 8. Grant, grandson of the hue President, said that In 1*99 he had to do eagle*, held out dumb-bell* and did other exercise* and ridiculous things. MAIL POUCH STOLEN. Mlehlaae Hohbers .let Plon.ono la Megotlable Paper and I aktiovm last of Money. Detroit. Mich.. Dec S*.~A mall pouch containing *lon,r> In negotiate paper and an unknown amount of money was stolen from the Wyandotte Michigan Centra) Railroad passenger station some time last night. last mall for v arrives at 10:4. and owing to the lateness of the hour. K Is left In the station until morn ing. Dost ntght Night Operator Illchert threw the pouches under a seat In the corner of the waiting-room and then went to his liotue In Detroll To-day M.d! Carrier MCleary missed the suck, and Oeorge ltessy. a driver of an oil wagon also reported at the station that a pouch, ripped open and empty, was behind an oil lank close by. Two employes of the J. R Ford Alkali Works brought In a number of checks and opened envelope* they had found strewn along the railroad track. Postmaster Johnson of Wyandotte Im mediately Investigated. The trail of the thief was marked along the railroad track by strewn letters, checks and drafts. Moat of the mall was Intended for the Ford Company and a force of clerks was wmt out to collect the strewn letters, J B Ford. Jr., said a draft for *40.000 he expected was missing. GERMANY GETS A CONTRACT. Porte Informed la a Friendly May That (termsaty AA nulrt Raped similar Treatment o t. . SerHn. Dec. 21—The Ottoman govern ment has con.raced for the reconstruc tion of the Ottoman battleship Aasar-I- Tewitk at the Germania wharf. Kle>, at a coat of ISTOOOO The Cologne Gexstte esys that Ger many. In a friendly way. Inforaied the Porte that If the claims of the Chtted States for damages, growing Out of the Armenian outrage*, wars granted. Qer ,mf'Y would expect similar treatment. CAROLINA’S NEW FACTORIES. fiver $.1,400,000 Hubacrthed to inter allied Industrie* la %Idlflon to •7.7!r>.<MN for t niton Factories. Columbia, H C., Dec 28 —The Secretary of State show* that for the ysar lftn the following amounts have t*e**n subscribed to manufacturing enterprises in this state outside of cotton nulls Wood products and building materials. $442,000; iron foundries. $15,000. loom har rier*. sA*.ftb. farm tools. sso,Oft); lot. SM>,OUO. mucilage, $10,000; water power devekqv ment. Jl.2oo.otvi. gold and kaolin ml new, $1 telephotM ex banges, $7*8.100, build 1 1 k and loan. 81,856,000; cotton seed oil and bone fcrtllixer. S4U.Q(Ij. Total dl ver*ttt and industries. s*.4oi.oun. against $2 - 98v.;30 lust year, T-tal cotton mills. $7 716.000. against 86.- lari year NEW EMPEROR APPOINTED. Unwaurr Fittprewa Weleet* a He* Roy and l.ei* K ttsitg Helarn to l*ekln. London, Dec. 29—" Private advices from the province of Hhan Hi say." wtrea fh# Hharghai corrsspon lent at fhe Htandurd "that while the court was sojourning a' Titi Yuen Ku. the Empress Dowager se cretly appointed anew Kmperor. with the title Tung Hsu. He is a 16-year-old hoy. who was taken to Sian Ku in the Imperial yellow chair This explains the permission given to Kmperor Hwang Hu to return to Pekin. ‘Emperor Kwung Hu has notified the reform party that he Is returning to the apiial slid will reed tl**lr assistance." nil'FlCl I.T or ACCBBPTANOB. Reported In Unhington That Till* ne*e ( ontldrr Terms Too INrh Washing*n. Dec 28.—The Chinese em bassy here is without information otn the reports that Kmperor Kwang Hsu doe* not approve the demands submitted by the Powers. For soma days however, the view has prevailed In Chinese quarters that the term** were so harsh that It would be difficult to secure tlvslr accept ance. A report was In circulation in dip lomatic quarters that one of the Chinese envoys wa . opposed to accepting the terms, hut It Is not known whether this report came from any authoritative source. It wss understood also that Li Hung ('hang' illness might have soma effect In retarding the regulations. The state rlefxnrtinert has received noth ing from Minister <‘osger to Indicate tha the Kmperor oppose* the acceptance of the pe.tce terms The officials continue *o he hopeful of an early aceeptanea The roUtt* referred to as obieottanabls to the Chine***, chiefly the maintenance of lega tion guard*, are not regarded here ss hHe|y $o form serious harriers to Jn agree m*r.t. nn all of the Powers probebly will give visible evldenee. et an early day, of their purpose to reduce the legation guard ex a*on as ('hfna shows good faith in accepting the condlttoiia. In asms diplomatic quarters it Is be lieved that the reported opposition of the Hmi*rnr will not lead to a rejvuion of the demand, but to the submission of a counter proportion or tnqulry from Chi nn This would save China her rights to accept the terms at a later period, while m the meantem** seeking to rtduca their severity. THIS THIIOPS IV CHINA. Von Waldersee Neporta Ipnn Move meats of International Force*. Berlin, Dec. 2* —The war office has re ceived Ihe following dispatch from Count Von \V*ldef-*ee' Pekin. Dec 17 —A column commanded by MaJ. von Medal will star! to-morrow for Ban Ma Helen to 00-oporste with the Qrueher expedition, wldch left Tteei Tstn I ice. 19, for Yuen Tien Tslen An Ameri can detachment will Imve Pi kin to-mor row vl* Hiana Ho Bten with Ihe same object. The Chinese who were defeated by the French Dec 22 fled In a southerly direction." DYNAMITE’S WORK. Placed Over a stove to Thaw It F.x plodra. Killing 91* and Wound lag others. In llnllroad ( amp. Keyser, W. V*,. Dec. 28.—One of tbo most disastrous accidents In th* history of railroad building In thin section hap pened at Baker camp near Durbin, Poca hontas county, on the line of th* Coal ami Iron Railroad, now building out from Klkin* A* Ihe result of a dynamite ex plosion, six men are dead and aaveral others are nol expected to live. Th# accident happened at noon yes terday, while th* men were at dinner. Home dynamite had been placed about th* stove to thaw out. and shortly after a terrific naploslon wrecked the camp, kill ed three men outright and Injured eight others, three of wnom have alnee died The dead men ever* blown Into atoms, leg*, arm* and hand*, and other par!* of their bodies being found In different di rections from Ihe little building In which they llveat among the wild mountains Physicians hurried from Green Hank and worked all night with the wounded, som* of whom bagged the doctor* to shoot them Instead of helping them to live to be blinded or maimed for Ilf*. On ac count of Indirect connection* with the camp. It la Impossible to gecure the com plete details 10-ntght. PRBMWNT St *t OK HAITI. Deprecates Kfsels of F.neoale* to Discredit His flasvernaieai. Kingston. Jamaica, Dec. 28—Prealient Tlresias IMmon Ham of Haiti delivered an Impassioned address Dec. 16. deprecating th* effort* at Ida anemic# to discredit his government In Ihe eyea of the United Bta** and other nation*. He said he knew who his enemies were, stsl that he seould watch fhent carefully until the expiration of hi* term of office. In IMS. Advice* front Halil say that the speech mode an excellent Impression, and thpt the country la tranquil. W Llbelmlua's Marriage get far February T. New Tork. Doc. -Tha Holland Soels ly of New Tork received a cablegram from The Hague to-day. saying that Queen Wllheltnlaa# marriage baa besu I sat tor Fab. T. ALGER TO MILES ISXdEniKTANI OF U 411 RKXBWB 01.1 l FKt 11. ARMY BEEF MATTER AGAIN. HK l I’HOI ||v $.4,4> 4M> C4\D245%4 NII.IIB. bays I MMsnl Fresh Beef 4\ ns a btandard 4rnn Motion—Mr. 4laer’a Article la tiir best Isaae of the horth 4m*rirsn Review Ukely to t rente a *easMftn. Kew York. Dec 28. —The North Amr can Review. In Its next issue, will con tain an article on "The Food of the Army During the Hpntilsh War?'* by ex-Secre tary of War Ku*sell A Alger. The at tk*4e cites the creation of the wsr invee tigatUm commission, and says: "On the nst day of r>ecember, the major general commanding the army of the t’nMcd Hiates appeared lefore lh commission, then sating in Y.’ashlngf. n. and made his statements wMh respect to the canned, freehand refrigerated beef furtilebed to the at my during the war. The article says: "den. Mile* refused to be sworn or affirm, a* every other of the 4T> wltnw*ea had been, declaring tn substance that he would ’make his sdalement without bainvt •worn arxl w r spon•,Me for whst he said.* "Although the commiMdon had been sit ting n*arly ttiree months, the chargs with reapsot to canned and refrlser •••si beef were now made f.p the first time, and. stranger and more Inexcusable •i 1 more uneoidlerly still, during all those months with this pretended knowledge of fsrts. which. If they existed, should have been made known to the Secretary of War for tha prelection of the army (lea. Miles never mentioned 4he subject. Nor did I ever hear a rumor of chemically* treated beef being pure baaed for the army until the OeneraJ s testimony wss given before the commlMton. In answer to In quiries ae to how canned beef became a l*n of the army ration. Gen. Mile* sold: ".'You had better ask the Sscratary of War or the Commie nary General; 1 think they can tell you I know It wa.* sent to the army as food, and the pr tense is that it was sent ae an experl ment. • • • Then- wna sent to Porto Kioo M 7 tons of what i* known as. rr called, refrigerated beef, which you might coll embalmed beef. • • • " ‘Now if you want to ascertain the cost to the government of this eo-calle.l re frige rated teef •inhaimwi beef rake the original coet. • • • I do not know what may have been Injected In it. • • • The understanding Is tha# this la a secret process of preserving beef • • • It may be that they are still Handing the stufT down there I don't know •• • If B was furnished for any ex|edition In this country or snj other, with such stuff 1 would prohibit the men from taking It. • • • I do not think that beef su<?h a* was sent to Cuba and Porto Rico would h* good In any country. In the stomach of any man. • • • They coukl get some bacon. but the* Is not considered suitable food for the tropica. • • • You auk about food In my judgment that was one of the eertoua causes of so much sickness and dftatresa on the part of our troop*.* •Tot Mi tent with these grave and ■an dalous charge*, thus made public for the first time before Ihc war investigating commission. Gen. Miles permWted himself to be Interviewed on the following day at Ctnclntvst!, wii.s he made similar chargee •*Tiia allegations that unsuitable food, not a part of the legal ration, had been furnished to the army under pretense of esperitneM, *id I hat refrigerated beef, treated with |>olsonous ciiemicals, bad leen and was Iveing supplie<| to our army of 275.W8 men. were Indeed serious, Imply ing as they did. criminal lncomf*etency on the part of the commissary department; willful negligence and dishonesty. “fpon Commissary General Charles P. Kgan the chargee fell with the sudden ness and sharpness of a blow from an as sassin's knife out of the dark. Gen. Kgan had been an officer of the regular army for thlrty-slx year* No other sup ply bureau of the atmy had excelled the commissary department In promptness, efficiency and successful administration during the war. Tbe charge* of Hon. Miles, fnadc so publicly and so positively, and the manner In which they were for the Orel time made known. #*<-med to Gen. Fgan, In hi* nervoua condition, the more magnified and horrible. "(Aon. Kgsti Immrdlitlely requested a rehearing from Ihe commission. I-asned to the quick by the allegations contained In Gen. Mile#' testimony and tn a *ut<se quent Interview, given lec. 23 In a New York newspaper. Gen. Kean's Indignation exceeded the limits of hi* * If-eimtrol, and In hi* efforts to deny the charge* made, hts language in hla reply became vituperative, extravagant and highly Im proper. I believe that, had Gen. ICgan'a health not been aerlowsly Imp* I rid by overwork and anxiety, the two objection able paragraphs of U> word*, out of an aggregate of 13.000 words contained In hla reply, would never have been written or uttered. Kven yet, divested of Its offen sive adjectives In ih* two paragraph* re ferred to. his reply to Gen. Miles remains unanswerable In Its logic amt tn-ontro vertlbla In It* facts. "The allegation that 1 had Inspired or had any knowledge of Oen. Kuan's In tended attack upon tIW statement of Ga Miles 1a absolutely untrue. He did not make known to me the nature of his pro pnoed answer to the charges Neither did hs consult me In the matter Had Oen. Bgan submitted his manus- rlpf to me he would undoubtedly at this writing still he In full |esae*slon of th# rank and privilege* of th* office of romml-ssry general of Ih# United fttalc* army. A* It was. even the se-lf-prejudlclal and Intem perate presentation made by Oen. Kgan convinced Ihe commission that there was no foundation In fact for the charge* and Ir.stnuattone deduclble frem the term*, ■pretense of experiment' and 'embalmed baef.' -lAs soon as 1 learned of Gan Kga ' s statement before the committer 1 sent for him I Informed him of my surprise and mortification al his conduct "You had no right." I continued “to matte us# of such unbridled language at tint*, and under circumstance* which assuredly would result In associating th* PrisMwil'i name and my own Writ such a disgraceful eplaoda " "Th* language of Gen. Kgan could not b* overlooked." The article than review* th# sentence of Oan Rain by the court, and ears the court-martial was the result of th* lan guage ragan used, not of Gen. Miles charges "Gan. Mile*." th# article continues ■teemed te be p<eased with the notoriety which his startling statements before the i (Mnimisslon, and Mg subsequent news paper Interview *\ him for again on the list of Mar h. 9X* mi New York City, he published e>klttlon.al charge* Thin J intervlsw fieri Miles was unable to deny under oath and part of hta statements in It were used by the court of tiuiuay a* a basis for InvestigNt!*." U< ding Geti Mile*-' charges, the ex fh- retary says: If tkn Mitt* li*l not know that can ned teef wa - t p irl of the army ration. 1 then he display'd an Ignorance In an im port ant matter of his profession that l. j to sav the least, moat remurktihle. If h*- ‘ dll know that canned fresh |eef was • rertagnlg'd part the ration, then bl al lagation t the contrary Im so much more j reprcln nslble. "The allegation* of Gen Mile* that can n and fresh l*‘ef w - not a part of the army tit 101 lmi that It wm* Issued as the pi'-tensf of an eximriment* were i.t only contrary to tad, but sen- mad* *ts solutety wit hoist . particle f evidence or ex-'itee If Gen. Miles rtMllv bellevrsl hU serious charges, his conduct is ait the more b.nmeworthv. In that he apparently ' made no effort to assure titmsrif of thetr truthfulness nor to report Ihem to th*- H* retary ol War l>efor publt l> uttering them "If w* are to believe written evidence to TTie contrary. It d<Hs not appear that (er Miles w.is even honest in making his dilatory charges ttmt the tinned beef was Issued it* the pretense of an experiment, and !h.t it noi a part of the ration On June 17. Issn his m**at confidential staff officer stinted n letter by ‘direction of the major general commanding the army.' Instructing she i)p t <mmtssary nt Tampa to furnish to Gen Nunes 10,844 poun.i* of canne 1 roast beef, to be Issued from the ‘subsistence stores of the army.’ If we at-* t accept the reading of this letert a# correct. It |xv>yr# that Gen. Miles knew that i unned fresh lH*ef was a part of the ration, (hat he knew* there was a large quantity of It at Tampa for Issue to the tro(| and shat he so far approved of tie use a* to direct that the ration lie furnished in Isrgt qumtitte* to our allies. "It was never Intended by the commis sary department that canned heef should l*o used other Shan as an emergency or travel ration " The article points out the legal warrani and use here and abroad of canned beef and says the only f.vult found with the ration was that It was unpalatable when served, without additional cooking and without vegetables and condiments. "He says the <ourt of tnqulry and War rommisßion found that there w is no foun dation for the charge shat canned fresh beef was not a part of .the ration, or that It had been furnished as Ibe pretense of egperlmcnt. o Shat It w*t the |*ulp from beef In the haste under which the B*n tlago expedition left Tampa, proper pro vision for cooking the food of ths men on the traneprts seems to have b*er. either neglected or Impossible on account of the lack of Sime. (let). Miles arrived at Tam ini on June I, o* the special repre sentative nt the War Department to over look and assist In Inc preparation and etni >rkation of the Santiago s*p*dltlon. If Gen. Mllea did not look Into the ques tion of food for the Santiago expedition he was as culpable as though he had fulled to inspe 4 all other Important mat ters. There wjs no shortage In vegeta bles "The ration was not a perishable ar ticle, and I do not hlnk that the expres sion. 'ookwsal error.’ as ni>plltd by th* court of Inquiry to this ptirebaaa. we* warranted Moreover, the Navy Depart ment purchased annually KM.ak) pounds. or (IC.OS) rations, <ft this same canned lieef Again, lie- War Department 1* now sending to the Philippine* lbM*<o ration* cf panned fresh lieef a month, for a force consisting something less than tn.fibl "It I* significant to observe that the war Investigation commission eaysi "Of the all need-s examined by this commis sion, Gen. Miles and Dr. Daly are the only one* who mak* Ihe charge 'of chem ically treated beef ' Gen. Miles' star tling and scandalous accusation* appear to have been baaed entirely upon the ver bal ata lenient a of Dr. W H. Italy, a volunteer major and surgeon, and upon a single leter from hits volunteer." The ex-aecretary takes up the incident of th* I’owell pro-eased beef, of which he oay* two quarter* were allowed <o be put op one of the Intneporte at Mr Pow ell’S request, and that It epnlled and was thrown overboard Nona ever was Issued to the troops Mr Powell swore that the hef exhibited by him al Tampa and eaten by l>r Italy was treated by fumi gation. and that neither boric nor salicy lic arid was used at aU In the operation Dr. Daly matte himself further ridiculous In hla letter to Gen. Miles by referring to Ih# last* and smell of decomposed boric acid In Ih* meat condemned by tha board on th* Panama Scientific evi dence wa* submitted to th# effect that boric arid doe* not decompose when used a* a meat preoervatlve, and that II has neither taste nor <dor "At the time Ih* Panama Incident oc curred, Dr. Daly hlm**lf odml a that his observation* had been In progres# for three months. He did nol communlcaie hi* suspicions <o the hoard which con demned and threw overboard the spoiled meat, nor suhmM hla alleged samples of tbet meal to Ih# government experts and chemists for examination and test, but secretly took It home to analyst*. He did bring to Washington a residue claimed to have been taken from the Panama, but not proven o be refrigerated beef, which contained (races of boric and salicylic acids. The circumstance is suspicious and doe* not Veflect credit upon Oen. Miles' only witness. "The allegation that Ihe food furnished the army wa# the oau* of much slrknee* seems lo have been is IHfl* Investigated or to have had a little warrant for tl* utterance as tbe other disproved charges." In conclusion. ex-Herretary Alger says: "While the allegallun* of Gen. Miles, made only after the peace trealty had ueen signed were not based upo* feci and were conclusively disproved by two sep arata tribunal*, unimpeachable In their composition and methods of Investigation, the Irreparable damage had been done. A brave. honest and fatfhful officer, suffering under the loch of pitch cruel, unwarranted and unlMstlfled Impu tation*. while exonerated from the heavy odium of those charge* waa. as a result of them. rlflced on th# altar of his own I>aa*lon. righteous In Its existence, hut fbexctiaabl# In It* expression. Beside* this * false impression had been created throughout the country aa to tbe food furnishes! the army, which may never lie removed. The charges of Gen. Mile*, twice proven false in spirit and substance, are therefore the more heinous In tbelr effect. Yet tbe present Congress promoted <ien. Mllea to lx- lieutenant general, and ha* thus far failed to give to Gen. Shatter the rank of major general to re tire upon In his old age. and this after, hht magnificent campaign at Santiago, as wrii at bis former distinguished ser vice*." Threatened Strike Wall Nat Take Flare. WHkoebarre. Pa , Dec. 36—The threat sued strike of the employes of th* Wiikee. herre and Wyoming Valley Bhetrle Rail way will not taka place, the ownpany and the man after several t-anfarmre* having succeeded In effecting on amicable ar rangement in which each able mods con cessions- DAILY I* A YEAR f. G|CNTH 4 rOFY WEEKLY 2-TIMKS A U KKK.tI A TEAR NEGRO EDUCATION on. n\nnt\<.i:H xitriii to XtII'IIII.BN mi NI HII, ISSUE STRONGLY PRESENTED. 4 kKMre TO THfT WHITT sl4 41 4* URIX A* Tin: 4K4.R0. An IHrrwif Prrsrntallon af fhe se gru Hrstilea la fhe Snath hr of Its Ablest fMacatses-lietli Ma eatlun ami Prnnrtiisr for fhe he* mrm t nu <1 cat a ed—Teachers Adjaarss 4fter I dvctlaa Glena of t'esrgla l*res|(teat. Itl<'hmor.d. Vo.. Dec. 28 - The C'ommlttee of the H*'iithern F/lumltonai Ahsm Ution met thli morning, no general session of the n*Mvisllut) frltif heM until to-night and were address'd Ivy United fkates < ommissioner of Education tlarrta on Relations I’niversltlos and Cal lge* to FubHc Hchools." and Prof. Wood ward of the H.ufh t’aroiinx (Mllcfs on "Dfawivacke to Fducgtlonal organisa tion in the (Houth." I'resident F. C. Woodward of ths Houth raroilna tNdlege. t'oiumida. R. C.* *|s,.*ke on "I>r*wtMckN to E>lu<wlkmal Or ganiaarion m th** South " lie eakl "Systematic organixation at educational worn is a prime necessity. The reaitao tion of this In the Houth is alow, mainly due to the Indifference of the various branches of the would-be *yetr-m to need ed correlation, and to the *m. k of ao kt*ow.e*|g.*d leadership. "There la llttl*. onnectiofi luisaix the schools fr*m lowest to highest The seo ondary school* are independent petty re iHitdtcs of letters with no nckmvwledged otdlg.vMofi* to anv common atitndard*. and no a **pird directl< n of my oommoti he.id The collegee atp almost ii sttls rivals. All are apparently incited by tha commercial spirit 4o take the Add for pal fvit>ie results, to surpass In niMnters, equipment, notoriety. There la too little emulation in k>wml works, ton much striv ing for mfitertai results, ton little co-riv alry In scholarship and culture. tx much industrial antagontem ami envy, tor* much seeking after palpable gains, to the neg lect of the unseen eternal things, lienee, the temptation, ton little reisted. to ao commodate aianlat'de to impular fancy. s4i* h school and college tries tn to- self sufficient All are in the gntdivatlnff dl plom i-glv lug boeine** Hwarms of A H a btsss forth yearly from ttie unlversltlea. col leges, coiieglste Inetltutea, almost his tv schoula. to fatten oti the body politic, tfi atead of providing for it. "Hie iesustlng Uiae estimates and tde*l encourage metensuat. super tlriaUty, rhariatanism. There it dwaagantaattoii instead of organixation There la preva lent indifference lo libera) studlse. a sort of modern scorn of culture that scouts its regimen. The Industrial awakening Is a dangeroua prcwiperlty that mmactf revered traditions, thrsatena established institutions and Ignores the highest aspi rations " These addreesos were discussed by tha members. The report of the (irganlxstlon Commit tee appointed two years ago for th# re organisation of the association, wa* con tinued until next meeting, a year hence The afternoon wa# consumed in Ihe meet ing* of d*|iiirtment>. In the department of higher education. Pi of Addlnm lloguc of Washington and leu University. Himke on "The Clrealeet Need of tkmthern Kdura-.lon " Prof. Har rison Randolph of the College of Charlea ton. H. C.. tin "The Prlvaie College and Public School." and t'haniMlor Kirkland Of Vanderbilt on "The Slat* Id educa tion " In Ihe departmenl of normal schools, Prof p p Claxtan of Ihe Hlat* Normal am! Industrial College of North Carolina spoke on "The Function of Ihe Normal School " Some of the departments did not hold meetings When to-night th a*orialtan i-onvened w general session, the largest crowd yet assembled was present. Prof. O. T. Winston of the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arl*. epnke on "Industrial K-lucatlon al Ihe Mouth." President Winston referred to education am] machinery ae tbe two great forces of modern life and said the South for Ml years, maintained an Industrial system (hat rendered Ihe full employment of these force* impossible The long aec tlonel contest thet eu.mlnated In the Civil War wa# neither pcdltln*!. social nor legal, loot at bottom, industrial, a struggle between the educated Yanhee merhanlo astride the steam egina and tha educated Southern planter carrying on hie shoul ders the Ignorant negro -lave. Had tha South posee-esd equal resources and skill, he said, the hoy* 'ln gray under bee and Jackson would have ben invlnribte not only by Ihe Nqyth. hut hy the world. The poet helium recuperation of the Mouth had elicited the world's admiration and wonder. Hut he reel emancipation of th* Southern whit* was the negro slave** ap parent emancipation. He continued; "The South I- now educating her own children and those of her recent staves. Hite Is converting Into wealth her largo sniT varied resource*. Hut Its develop ment I# only begun and ll* product* are still either raw malerinl or cheap fabrics. Its only safety la In skilled tabor and Ih* finest products." "The negro." he said. “I* our labor unit al present, and he Is less skilled than during slavery Tn increase his skill an-1 productive power there mu*t be united effort of the Nnrth ami South, through government snd philanthrope, ed Ur-at ion snd religion snd domestic, social and In dustrial Influence. National manual training schools should he established. "The need of Industrial training for Southern whites It scarcely leaa than that for negroes "Our educational system needs to ho reconstructed and almost revolutionised The universal Southern schoolboy dream of statesmanship must yield to desire for workmanship Supply industrial -kill and the Mouth will he th# psrsdl-e of th< worid." Dr Paul B. Barringer of Ihe Universi ty of Virginia, spoke on "Kducstlon of the Negro In the Mouth." Th# most significant addre— mails be fore ihe association was that of Prof, Paul B. Barringer, for many years and until a few day* ago. the chairman of the faculty of th# University of Virginia. Ill* subject one- “Negro Kducarian In th* South." In considering this them* the speaker lock a wide range and touched upon the political, social and education s'. phases with great vigor. Discussing Ihe enfranchisement of thn negro. Prof. Barringer said; "Th# at tempted degradation of a proud psopla wa- simply sectional rrima, but a btralto on the wheel of national expansion Is, If poaetbl*. a greater evil end .this, tha Fif teenth amendment. "We dace not give statehood to Ihe lel snde already under the flag, wtth their Spanish-American. Chinese. Malayan and (ConUnued on Eighth Pag# / ,