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THE MORN INO NEWS
FstabUShed IW<>. - - incorporated IM$
J. H. KBTII.U President,
KIMBERLEY CUT OFF
*0 MAIM HAVE RR3ICHED THERE
FOK A WEEK.
food at famine prices.
hoers arrE ah to be vf.rv uvb-
Mr AT AM. I*ol ATS.
I,lll'knrr Report# ■> \nmWr of At-
At (irfrtn*t><l There Un.
n •harp Flfkl With Eight Killed.
"T Wounded and Twraty Mltna.
British Heoccwpy KlcUshiirg on
Urtirrairnt of Borra.
< • i>. lock. r|v Colony, Friday. Dec. 29
Kimberley la alrooat Isolated by Boer
iaiders. No malls have reached there
trom Dee. 1* to Dee. 35. Provision* are
ii .mine prices. The military took chars®
i alt foavtstuffs Dee. £2.
, >.e I ..hosier Regiment, commanded by
M.i). Harry, bad a skirmish, lasting four
ir. with the Hoera at Drelfontein Dec.
17 suffering slight losses.
The Boer* at Geluk captured a convoy
it tw. i.ty-flvo wagons on Christmas Eve.
kitchk-neh kbpouti attack.
Attack on llsiKas Column Brings
on l.tvely Engnacment.
Ix-ndon. Dec. .-Oen. Kitchener, tele
rnr-hlng from Prstorla under date of
Friday. De. 2*. amdn a summary of the
i mher of attack* made by the Boerw at
vm. ious point*. The only Important In •!-
, i was an attack on a baggage column
i. *r Grey Ungatad. A company with o
j>n.;o made a sortie from Greylingidud
end drove off the Boers, ('apt*. Rod. lyffe
ur.d Harvest were wounded, eight ttusi
w re kill'd, twenty-seven were woui.d-d
and twenty were reported missing.
HRITIWII RBUtIMNO CROIkD.
Too Commandos Forced tlaek and
In n llesperntr Nitnalloa.
Fondon, Dee. 99.—Dost night’s cable dis-
I lies from South Afri--a add llllle or
i hli gto the Information concern.ng the
i latlon, though the general trend of
iw li sc. ms to *h. w that the Br.tUh ar
r nlng the ground recently lost. A spe
. : from Naauwpoort dated Dec. 3*. re
y r’s that Col. DeUsle defraud tlertsog
iitaen rn.lcs west of DeAaar. capturing
a number of wagons and releasing the
i oner* captured at Phillipstown. L.ieut.
■ ■ I Orenfell forced hack Krltxinger to
wn,.is Vernerstad. Both commando* arc
In a desperate plight and probably will
n. ver r rosa the orange river
It !> credibly reported. according to
w I ;\ from Newcastle. Dee. 29. that
1 iotha has Informed Commandant
K; rulght that Kruger hti* *et word that
t>. but.-urr* must lay down their aims
<> m nuo lighting on their own account
no support from Europe can be ex-
1.1.N. t 01.4 IIJ.K’H H’ATFHF.NT.
hnj* Alarm Things About Huberts
nntl Kllchrn©r.
L don. !>©c. 29. Maj. Gn. f*lr Henry
•ivllf, Wtioee resignation ha* bon de
• , .led by the War office. ‘Hit who refus
d to ri -ign. and came to England from
. i ,Itnr. arriving at Plymouth to-day,
t . .mand a trial by court-martial to es
u ■ -ti the responribillty for the Yen
p .. r> diaaster at Utvlk)’ last May. has
I. a countc(strlkv at the w ir office
:. words statement which be has
j it ty iue He gi/i h® •■**:• ••—*
i to tVnund a Deo Inquiry dial dot *
r t Int.-nd to be made a *- a(Mgoit for th
t.-r of the staff. He avers that * :w
J 41. v disaster could never hove h|e
r -d b dhe been Inform.-! of 1-otd Rob
e■ - Intention*, lie lay* out the fuels
• I Maine* others. Oi-n. Colville and hi-
Irdacitlial [i icn.la In and out of the army
itiiui beginning a campaign against ihe
a ,< retary of stale for war. Mr. Wtl-
II Bt. John lir.Klri. k. Ird Robert*
•I tien Kitchener. It Is expected to be
ugh! out with some ferocity in Pariia
•’.en Colville alludes to ome of the
• ttnanry being millionaire* and quotes
• I Roberta at* saying It was hi* duty
■ a. rtfl.y. hkt force tor the Yeomanry.
"It al|i be remembered.’’ Gen. Colville
"that the corps d’ellte numbereil 0
i;d my force nearly eight time* that nutn
ilen. Colville cites two examples of what
■matters lrd Kitchener's "defective
ff work."
Ilrltinh Hrort-upj
•I*'ti fontcln. Friday, 25.--Th* Brit- :
imvf* rw). Plcteburg.
*m# time had bwn tn th handp of
Boer*.
a scoop fofTthe world.
• rmannrlh Will Tube CNar* T
*nrr—w to lltastrale Ml* Ideas
of alb Onlnrr .lonrnnllsm.
w U k, Dm?.
■ i r ami proprietor of he London
♦ M ill, has consented to take entire
<‘je, fir one day only, of the New
l. Wort-1 next Monday, to tllutsrate
••lea* of what the twentieth century
-paper sham'd be. Tuesday's million
tlie Wnild will he under Mr. ltarm--
rth's toll direction—new In form, Ue,
1< and contents.
1 said I hot Mr. Joseph Pulttxer per
ally offend to lve 150*0 to any char-
Mr Hums worth desUcnated. If Mr.
rr •worth could auccca-fully Illustrate
i >vel ldet of twentieth century Jour
• - tn. W hirl he has expressed In recent
~ iMne oriole* and newspaper Inter*
ws.
In vital l*n, If la said. waa accepted
Mr. Harm|worth.
A 111 II KRMMfC 111 Li
ne Introduced I pan Plans Pre
need by bewey, t’rosvnlnshleld
*l Ktmr.
sshl.-i.loh, rtac. B—A h!M *ffl • *"•
luced tn Congress upon Its raaesetnbl
for tha forma Hon f • naval reserve
ed upon plant prepared by a board
•posed of Adltlral Dewey, Beat Ad
si Crownlnehiild and Capt. Evans
features of tha btli are the 1
of the reearte forces o a *
1 men, the otlcera not to exceed *
itnber, made tip of i*l|f. Ueuteo-
Junior xrade and lieutenants The
ol enlistment la axed at flva yea/a
Jsatemnal) Jllofning . cros.
LONDON FIRMS FAIL
Flroi© Follim l.ondna mi.i
<alt*lr I inmin* 4 orporntiou * *ua
|*nlon.
rvr .~Th lxxu\cm anl G!b© I
Finance Corn. rs;Km. Limited. ha# nu*- ;
payment. When the tvroktr* ye#-
trrdty <f©iiv©r©i ©took purchaned on ac
c*ount of the Ixvndon end Globe and a-k*d
for payment they received cheeks which !
were dishonor. ,!. This was followed to- j
day by the failure on the Stock Exchange I
of !2 firms, as follows: Haggard. Half A
I’lxley, Uatie Driver. Douglas. Jr.. * Cos..
Cornfoot Bros.. F. A. Cohen. Blockey & j
Rueklngham, Gunn A Aubrey. Richards !
A Sloper, Baker A Smith, F. C. Watt* A
Cos.. Flower A Cos, and F. Houliy A Cos.
The first named Is a big firm, with tm- j
port an t (onnrctklM. It i fexr©d a num- |
of tmal!©r Jis>.*r© toll) l** aft** ?4eJ.
Whil© th© oimoult I** of th© firm* rln- ;
ly mnwMß.l with thf !>x:lon and OiotK l
division wrre largely ll#'*>unt©d. th© r©- j
l©ntd f ill of th* hammer thl# morning
a st. .*? wniiitioo. II 1?* f©ir©*l the j
I full of failures I* not yet known.
% BLACK HIV *H LONDON.
rtnr More nrrnn to < losing
4 hnttier of l.rd lluflrrln*# l.ifr.
l/XMktr. !©<*. 2?.— I The failure* to-day in- |
S voive tw*my-rtht m**ni. **ra of the Stock j
I Kxchunx© and arc equally divided anion*
j Jobber a and broker*. It I* generally re
• irarded m the mining market as bed me the
| Uaekmt day tinea the Baring emash.
! which was to all departments
j To-day’s cri*i*. however, did not extend
to other market*, though moat of them
cobed depressed. Americans were Incl
danta lv affected, owinp to some of the
•firms which failed bring interesi*sd In
American sccurltiea.
The Lot.-hiii fu| Globe Is said to be
! largely interested in the Itaioer Streea
j Waterloo Elaific Railroad, and th#*
troutdc J* iiartialiy attributed to the
noncy It has tied up In that road.
Th<* hairman of tie is>mion aid Globe
I‘inon *e t‘or|M>ratkin. Limited. I* the Mr
quls of Dufferin ail Ava. the former Gov*
emor • Jeiiera* of i'an oLi. ami British Am*
ha**ador to Pari*. The failure of the
oiveern. of which he is the head, adds
one more sorrow to the rloairijf chapter
of hie ilfe. for he is to-dav preparing *o
Mtart for South AfrU't*. in company with
Ui ly Dufferin, In ootnaquanc* of the
serious condition of hts son. le>rd Fred
erick T**mpla Blackwood, the lieutenant
in the Ninth Lancers, who was wounded
Monday at 4Ji**nfonteln. It le scarcely a
year aro s.rue I*rrd Dufferin o*t h*s
ei<|g*>t eon, tli Keir) of Ava. who die*l
it Ulv m th. He is now en< omias*eil
by fnmll> arief Hid hi* honore*! name I*
• lr* kc*-I In the financial mire.
TTlrd DufTerm'* fellow director* are
Whitaker Wright, who is well known in
connection with many oompanien; Lieut.
Gen. the Hon. Boynerset rmigh-t'althnrpe.
who has been colonG-in-chlef of the Fifth
Dragoon Guard* since I*®2, and Lord
Pelham Clinton, master of the Queen'*
household and a son of the former Duke
of Newcastle.
Lord Dufferin hold* 5<W shares of the
Lotainn and Globe and >,OjO British-
Americas.
englandTltorm.
<tan*itttle of \\rrrk*nf Thrown V p
and Many t nrrportnl Dlsaatrr*
Antleipalfd.
laordon. Dec 29-Quantities of wreck-
J age have been thrown up on the different
I coasts, evidence# of disaster* from the
gale, not yet reported.
The remainder of the crew of the B|in*
i#h steamer Knecurl. which was driven
tshore at the Portland breakwater (where
twenty-two men got ashore. leaving five
cm the wreck) have been landed. The cap
tain revhdted the vessel thL morning ami
\ tm he stepped on her deck thr ship heeloi
i over an I sank. The captain was drowned.
The French bark Heine, from Iquique.
Sept. 23. for Dunkirk, ha* been driven
ashore at P err an port h. t'ornwall. The
crew, numbering men. were
saved by the rocket apparatus.
lit) HITS MIIKII MHORE.
Tnrgfr of Ibr I'mir IVllimi la llir
Prlitirnar Hill.
Holyhead. Pec. 3 —The bodies of twenty
members of *he etc* of the British bark
Primrose Hill. Cept Wilson, from Liver
pool for Vancouver. which went on the
ro.-k* three mites off South Slack during
the calc ami broke up, hive been washed
ashore.
PREirii mii.ori lout.
Tishina Insrk Fssadrn and Pilot
float left.
Paris. Tier 2* —The fishing smock K
pe ranee foundered off Treport and three
fishermen were lost.
A pilot lost heloAimiff to Havre has
been lost with two men.
THU ('UNKME IRIW.III.
I Brilliant "prelarlr at the Sear
Theater Traneals I-aat Maht.
Pari*. Pee. 3 —A brilliant spectacle was
presented a' the Theater Praneal* to
nUbt on the return of the Comedle Fran
ks to Its old home whirh has been re
buflt on sclent W© method# since H was
gutted by Are last March. The occasion
a* celebrated with a gala performance,
and it l* lotihlful If Ihe historic play
house ever held a more dis tnguUhed
gathering of representative ranchmen.
hiary oßDßnr.il to bf.ri.iy.
Hmperor s Brother Mast Windy Af
fairs af state.
Berlin nee 9 -An imperial order, dated
ig. commands Prince Henry of Pni.
-la. (hroihe- of Emperor Wl.lismi. to re
: r to Berlin b> Jn I. •<* remain tt
, .pita! for some tunc, with the view
of a-inning a os-re intimate knowlclge
Of sine affairs H. Majesty desires tha*.
while at the capital. PHnce Henry shall
maintain close Much with the foreign of
fice.
PR lit E Attn THE I Hi RfH.
The Pope Espres.es Worross t the
llaaaer to Bellaloas Orders-
Parts. Dec .-Cardinal Richer* areh
bHSOD of Per* l * lon h "'
t.r from the Pope, egpre.sing bitter eor
,, the danger threatening the rell
rJu. order. HU Holmes. *vle lbs
Frcneb Bishop to work in har
nK)ny to safeguard the intereaki Ot the
congregetue*-
SAVANNAH, GA„ SUNDAY, DECEMBER IK), IDOO.
THE HAZING INQUIRY
COMMAND AMT MRI* THB IT AND
\ mTKMtDAI .
SUPT. MILLS ALSO TESTIFIES.
BrrORTS TO at ITHKM KIAZIXG
HKUTKU.
lisilng Traditional and Thosght
4 omnirndaMr in amr Quarter*.
4 n|. Mill* Tell* of What He tin*
Done— Hud Fourth € laa Men La
ter Into an %areemrnt Not to Sub
mit to Hstlna anil Increased Ite
*lon*liilitlea of First fin** Men.
West Point, N. Y„ Dec. 29 -The Inves
tigation of the . hargfs ot brutal hazing
arising out of the death of former ca
det Oscar L. linos, which, under a court
of inquiry appointsd by the Secretary of |
War. has tn-en tn progress with some in- j
term Is* lon for the last two week'*, was j
concluded at she West Point Military
Academy this afternoon. The court left
for Governors* Island to-night, and on
Monday will examine the mass of evl
*T*nce which they have listened to during
the several e**tnn* nf the court and ex- i
rept something unforeseen occurs, will !
make a report to the War Department a*
Washington very soon afterwards.
Lieut. Col. Oito L. Hein, com
mandant at the tint tad States Mil
itary Academy, was the first wit
nes# cullel to the mand to-day to tes
tify before the court of Inquiry appointed 1
to investigate the allegation* of brutal J
hasing of cadets.
<\d. Hein produced the superinteixlcn 's !
sick reporis, which show-d that Cadet
Boos had only reported sick once while
he was at the academy. The record* \
made It clear that Boos had never been
absent from breakfast, dinner nor
per while he was a cadet at West Point.
An extract from the records was read
by the witnes*. who said Ctt let Boot hoi
availed himself of the Saturday evening
privilege* of going anywhere within the
reservation on Saturday, Aug. 6, the day I
of the Boos-KeUer light. Booa reported
his going away at I’M p. m. and his re
turning at Stiff p. m. In reply to Gen.
Clous, the witness said that in the sum
mer of 1*99. through anonymous letters,
the brutal basing of Cadets Mi Arthur
aid Haskell came to th. knowledge of
the academy officials. An investigation
was immediately ordered, but no Inform i
tion a# to the facU could be ottettad from
any of those examined, among whom w* re
MacArthur and Haskell. The regiatton*
busing provided punishnSjm
for baser* and hazed alike.
in teJAng of ih* agreetnent made by
,he fourth das* men in Im, among whom
catkin JlncArihor and Grant, not to
submit to hazing. Col. Hein said:
*T callwi the 4asa together (It was a
very large one) and explained to them tin
rule* and regulation* prohibiting basing.
1 told t heart hat if they would agree not
io submit to basing, arid promise not to
I .vase anyone themselves, they would rid
the academy 4*f * foiii blot on It* reputa
tion. Boon afterwards they appealed to
me to he re teased from this agreement,
but l refused.
**l n so hewPl,** continued the witness,
•that candidate* preparing at Highland
Kalis were being based, amt 1 mde an
inveettgation. the outcome of which was
severe puni.- invent of ih* guilty cadets,
Hpeaklng generally of basing. Col. Hein
eaid i
•Hating I* tr.lit!on,l, etsl I *m sorry
to say Is thought by persons. Inside a*
w .a . of sderoy. *o he
,„mnv mlal.le. and a* Mig as students
hear U siKikrn of In thle I*
lnn>lbls for ihe authorities lo stanip It
“What methods do you shirk could be
usu to stomp out the Vallm* out’ of the
fourth class men and subsequent fistlo
en.wuntersT" asked Gen. fkaw.
"Why. 1 consider that a form of hat
ing. and a* long as Ihe cad.-l* <lon live
up to the agreement not to submit to hat
ing and the upper els -* do not cease In
terfering with them. It sill be impossible
to suppress t."
Former Cadet Umlih of Carborslale. 11l
testified to seeing Boot, on one occasion,
nokling out dumbbell* and dotng "Wooden
Wllilee.” “We "ere excr ie.) oltnus’
•lally.” the witness .aid. "Cadets Meyer
.11*1 Nelly excr —I me frequently."
Cadet Trum.m W. CarTuthers of Ell
netk*. the next witness, said he was rah
,*l out "for dlsolM-yfng ujq-er ni, ’ n
and generol freshness." His opponent
was Mr. Shannon of the present second
etas*.
“What was the result?"
"1 got knocked out, sir."
"Did you receive any InjuriesT’ In
quired Gen. Clous
"Ye*, sir. 1 had an abrasion on the
forehead and my Jaw was broken."
"Did you go to the Itospl'ol?"
"Yes. sir. 1 was there Just two weeks. ’
••Was Shannon a Rod man?"
•Ye* sir. I thought so.” replied the
witness, who laughed a# he answered.
He was allowed lo go then.
OV>! A. E. Mills, superintendent of the
academy, was then sent for. and after
a few minutes delay h* came Into the
court and am sworn. He submitted manv
report* and extracts regarding the reg
ulation* prohibiting basing and the meas
ures a.lopted by the authorities lo abollsu
•he several sard-tie* of It. which existed
at the post He a.so *u >nslt!d long list*
Of ca.let* who were summirlly punlart.*!
for violation* of these regulations, bo.
they were merely repetition* of th# ex
tract* of records handed to the court pre
viously by f’ommsislsnt Hein.
fipeaklng of "bracing.” the aupertnten
.t.n. Mttd: "I do not oonskler ’hraetng’
as basing, hut It amounta to It when car
rted to exesas and causes physical pain.”
For the protection of th.- fourth class
mm she witness raid :hat he had In
creased the reepopslhllltlea of the first
class cadets In regard to this etui He
felt that these men, on the verge of grad
uatton. aotikl use Ihclr u most endeavor
to aboish haalng method*
Col Mill* said that a great deal of dlftl*
cavity had been experienced by him and
the other officers in getting Information
front cadets about case* of baxln* on the
ground that they might incrtnlim* them
selves.
The superintendent told of his haring
secured the oath of a society known as
tba "Uod Carrier*." which existed araeng
candidates for admission to tin* snwemy
who were at a pmaulorr school at
Highland Falls, about two mil** from
West Point. It was • society composed of
and formed for haxlng candidate, Th,
witness uld It was of such a vt.s nature
that ha know he had a good weapon In
hta hanud. He submitted It to the cadet
body with the result that when they saw
what haxlng entailed, the graduating
class Of DM deviated they wood abolish
huxlc.R atxS arrta him to that #fff* t. Am
to stlf-iri' rtminalion of r*<ki wltiu*wa*s.
lha par*jraf*ii xivinx ihi* privllffF **l MH
*it*w#rin#c vk .wit wouiti in* att lnTiinint- |
Inx qu**<tlon WAm amfnk<i by lh<* War Ih?- j
partmaat. Ttl- left to tha j
of th* wiponntvmVnt of th* ]
wlifthtr or not c*'kl swill
ln'timinat#* hifiu**'!f b> anaaerlnx i*rtaii j
qu* ?ikmp.
ThL t'haiiito wa.H mado aftor the* Dni*t*
hid male an j#ro*nv nt to slop ail forms
of *xcrcf*iiig.
Col. Mill* r#*a.l oocna letlor* which h*-
had writ urn to th** War lVf*rtm<*t in
his efforts to abolish haztnc *t Ih a fl
oras. lontaintna auch aaxe*Uv# words a*
“brutal treatment of cadets** and ••secret
outratfes.’’ rvfarring lo the eeant|*m*iu
of 1899.
In ratdy to Gen. Batts. Col Mill#
“I don’t think that h.tztn can he
ua(ly stamped out a# long human imi
tirv r*xnaitiD a.-- it I*. Eveti in <llip
and i*-_ho;s arwt businr## centers it
carried on. For instance* the Initiation of
a mconker of the Stock Lxchan*** i*
marksxl by rouith usago of the IWWOOUW.
Hut I tnitik that by vigilance of th** nu
ll* irtlie* *t ihii 1 academy ami the co-m
--eration of the cale?s th-mno)ven It can t
K< i*t within ucii bounds that no injury
would result.
“I have been unremitting in mv en
dfavofsi," continued Coi. Mill*, "in trying
to secure the n#ltan<'#> of the cadets •<
thi- end and I feel that my effort* h.ive
been successful to a large extent."
Referring to ih* case of Oscar I*. Boos,
he said:
“The tirst information that 1 had of the
case was In a letter I received from the
editor of the Inteliuenca of Doyleetohrn,
Fa., in which he said that Boos wh dy- |
Ing from the eff ci* of severe injuries he
had received In a fight at " l*oiiif and
also from the effect* of having awaliowed
some liquid substance.
“This letter was dated Nm-, 27. 1908.
I Immediately Investigated the case and
repib>d to he letter Nov 2K. saying that
OsvVir 1,. Boot had resigned on account
of wak eye* and that he had recotved no
serious Injury In the tight men Honed.”
“1 id you * ver in any way call Cadst
Bona a liar?** inquired Gen. Olottw.
No !“ir. 1 simply wrote to the author
ities at Washington the fact# which 1
learned through my Investigation here at
Dm* academy.”
Thl# ended the testimony of the last
wltnesa, ami the court adjourned at 4
o’clock to reconvene at Governor’s Island
at 10 o'clock on Monday morning.
chinaUkely to accept.
XothiiiK 4Mtl-inlly innnnnml llat
lt*l>rf tu 'I hi* Fffrrt \rr 4,t*li
ing 4 redeact*.
Shanghai. Dec. 29.—Chlnaoe paper* here
kiut# 4/iat the court has decided to accept
| the condition# of the Bower#, ami thl#
report Is gaming credence, but nothing
has yet been officially announced.
It I# asserted that tne Kmperor ha# or
dered the immediate decapitation of Yu
IL.cn. formally Governor of Hhan Si.
who was previously degraded and bin
ehed.
LI 111 AG GUNU \ EHY ILL.
\notlier 4 nmuiUalinrr May Have to
He Appointed.
Bek In, Dec. 99.—1 t Is doubtful
now whetj.r U Hung (’hang will
be able to attend the meeting#
of the diplomats. The sign# of oid
ige are isH- iming more pronounced, and
I the lower p rtlon of hi* body 1* comitate,
ly paralyzed. Though R is officially an
flounced each day that Earl lA*a condition
Is improved, it is a fact that he lias not
! appeared out of door# aince iie was first
I taken ill. Ills friends say they believe
h. will not completely recover am! think
that another t'ommlssioner must be ap
point ad.
NOT RKFOKH J 131'ARY A.
I'rlnee 4 It Inn Dora Not Expect* Dell-
Rite Hep!?' |f*fec llini Tlaue.
Pekin. Dec. .-lr Rolw rt Hart, direc
tor of Chinese lmtM'rlal maritime custom*.
I frequently sees i’rlnee Chin*, tie says
Chin* expects a definite reply from
the t*>urt to the Joint note of the Power*
not before Jan. k. He liefieves that the
note will tie accepted In It* entirety with*
In a short time.
CHI YEAR GTIIHt.
ttsshinslnn tel kiarprlsed Thl Chi
nese should Want Time,
Washington, !*e 3>.—‘ The Chinese mlr
l.ler had rot returned thl* mornltut from
hi* trip to Montclair. N. J.. a nil ttio offi
cial* of the Chinese leg-aliot) had received
no Information concerning the reported
•election of anew Emperor, or of the re
ply said to have been made by the Chi
nese envoy* on the demand* of the Bow
er*. The stale department Is also unin
formed on the re|*>rtel change of Km -
peror*. and tn view of the alienee of the
mnlstera th# report 1* received with
considerable sk< ptlcltm. The Chines# offi
cial* are una quainted with the lineage
of the youth said to have been chosen by
the Empress Dowager for the throne.
It 1* recognised hy Ihe officials her* as
a perfectly natural course on the part
of the Chine*© government to ask for ex
planations of the Important points In the
rereoment reached by the ministers at
I’ekin. Ho they are not surprised to hewr
ins that before blindly accepting the
iqtreement as binding uton It. the Chinese
i court wishes for some definite statement
j a to what Chines* cities are to he occu
pied. how long the occupation Is to con
tlnue. whether It is an absolute condition
that the Princes are to be beheaded and
whether the Take forts are to he raxed
or whether dismantlement trill riot suf
fice. tnjr government doe* not desire the
absolute demolition of the Taku forts; It
will suffli-e for our iHirpose*. having tn
mind a temporary stay In China.that they
should be renders.l harmless by ill-man
tl.ment to prevent the ready access to
the Chinese oapltal of any force which
It might be necessary to send from Ho
repe ihd America In the Improbable event
that the Chinese government fall* to live
up to the obligation* it will assume un
der the agreement.
I
Imperial Troop* Aealtered by \eta
tleo.
Berlin. Dec S—The war office has re
ceived from Count von Waklerse* a dis
patch dated Pekin. Dee 3*. reporting that
i a company of the Third Eaat Asiatic Reg.
Intent scattered s<* imo-nsi irnsM nee
U tn the mountains northwest of Man
Taking.
A Hessian Tramp Steamship
Norfolk, Va., Dee. Tha ateamshlp
Heron, the first Russian tramp steamer
ever In this port, arrived at Dambert'a
Point last evening from Port Tampa, Fla.,
for a bunker of coal. She sailed this
morning for auuin, Germany.
DO THEY LOVE US?
IIItITIXII WRITER* DIM IMA END
OK CBXTIRY.
MUCH ROT ABOUT AMERICA.
kill EDWIN 4HNOI II WHITES I % A
M>\M*rr.
Mr. C unnl#i;linui-4.riibant. Known
a# at Amrrican limi t. tliNiata I *
Warmly Drift* It Mit nifa>4nrr r
llaxr Tbrlr Kjr* mi I lit* 4 Hiiti.’n,
llowrvrr, ami In* iln-mlv t on
ftltlfrinu L<M*ntiyu Bluni* on I'lil*
kldr iHimrnar #lil|> Uni Mn> |
4 imir tn Gulf Bnrl.
Lontion, Doc. 29. R*vb*w# of thr yrai 1
*4*l century fill tim w*e>klir# and dally
paper#. In Ihe litter and broader Hold
the writer# find great #atl#fae(loi that
Amaruxi part In Fnalatid’a history ffa
uraa prominently. Hlr ICdwin Arnold
#lxnaliz># the new exhtury with • son j
tad. ireding 4'oiumbla, Lugland #>#
“I send thee motherly kt# am) benlxon,
love me or lov© me not;
"flap what may hap, my prid* and
prayers watch thy bright court# begun.
’Thou doiit uphold iht* !©a#ona learne l
from m OJMS Ik ms ,* , *
IpWcMlod go wM h Ilier.**
Cckimnbla aiuiWer#:
"If Ihy loe# 100 much darr I think w*
•ball hr i* more keja iMindor,
Than two gr#i*t t >ud* in lloaven that
holt! the fbunder.”
Thai'Sir Arnold’# view# are not
unanimously ahared can be Jialg<d from
a letter of Mr. (hinninghaiVi-Graham (a
former member of Bariiament, who in
July, jfclkt, wrote a serif# of artbie* most
Insulting |o Amerl-an# In ihe Wrstmln#
ter tiasetle) which i# given a pbu-o of
honor in th© Haturday Review. It i# the
moot bitter arralgnmi nt of Anglo-Ameri
can friendship (hat ha# amxired for
many a day. The writer deritle# ihe ©f
ter-dlnner iqreechew of Hdunor
Haiiidmry. and other# and deriare#
ihi# friendship ha# resulted only in kirks
for Great Britain, in theeaeeaof tha Ven
ezuelan, San Juan. Al.iluind and Behring
award#. He tmym:
**We wen* on patting rnirsdve# ufma
our diaphragm#, making c*r<aii that all
th **#* kick# were hut ym|4onx of th#*
affection end love the American# bar**
tie. in return for our moral help, widen
wo gave them In -their brave punching #>(
their brother tfpatilard#, they gave u#
nothing of a kindred wort when we #tart
el in to 4hr#h our brothor Boar# Last
ly, on top of all our conde#c©u#ioim. like
a cold tnth upon a drunkar*!. come the
clause* of tho donate in the llay-BaurKHi
fote treaty, to which w are commanded
to tunmnt to kick number two. and 1 siip.
pone Lord Salisbury i# going to turn hi#
ample shoulder# to receive It and ##ure
the kickera of hi# distinguished conrirfur*
• lion, and thank ihem for th© energy with
which it is bestowed,”
In coMnectlofi with the proioed Ni<*ara
guan canal. 14 is said that when the Unit
0(i State# definitely deckle to build, oft©
of th© greatest #hipbuilding coruxrmi in
Lugland will o|h*. on one
of Die Gulf ports, an imrnenw* ship yanl.
Several #tee! manufacturer# ar© l#o said
to lie considering the advisability of es
tablishing American plain#
The Manufacturers’ Record, {Mx>king in
b* half of English tro4le. nays:
The men who have dominated the me
tallurgical Interests of th© world for #o
many year#, when# trade ramification** ex
tend to every civl!is*x9 country, arc nK
the men to yield to America’s supremacy
without ©haring ki it by b©' ornUig a tmc*or
in America'# production. To these giant#
of industry it I# not very material whetW
er the ©our*'© of product ton b Kngland
or Beaiinyivar.hi or Awibama. The peo
ple of America should welcome th© In
coming of thl© capital, not only for i#
material benefits, but for that do#© kin
ship into which th© Fnlted Htafe# aid
Great Britain would be drawn.”
FOR THE DA*N?SH ANTILLES.
The 1 Hl(,'.t stales Will Give I2,inn>,.
immi Kroaer aa rl N Mare.
f’openhaiten. De.-. 23 The I'nliM fitafe,
mtnlliT. Mr. E. B Hwenson, has In tot m
ofi the Danish government that the I'niteJ
Biales offtrs 12,>>.0 kroner for the Dan
i.h Antilles, ami wifi not give more.
PRICE OF DAHIMH HH.AIHI*.
Senate sail House W oul.l Roth Have
lo Pa* n Pueebaae,
Washington, Dec. 29—The negotiations
between the government of the United
fbales and the government of Denmark
have been In progress, though Intermit
tently, for the past two years.
The sum named tn the Copenhagen dts
patch as offered by Minister Bwenson. 12.-
000.000 kroner, a* the price lo be paid for
the ItlandJ, l* roughly equivalent to aboql
$3,210,000 American. It is Impossible to
learn whether this la me maximum price
to be offered. An acceptance of this
proporsltlon by the Danish government
would no‘ omiplete Ihe transaction.
The transfer .if !•■ a only
under a form of a treaty which must be
accepted by the United B*.tie- Ben t e.
And, In addition, owing to the neee.siiy
for providing Ihe money to he pakl for
the island*, the House of .#
must have Its say. twlng called upon to
make the neeeasary appro|>rtatlon.
COREA HAH ROXBRB, TOO.
Proelaawalloaa Issaesl fitrlsdls. All
Pnrrlgners. Even Japaseee.
Victoria, B. C.. Dec. 2* —News la
brought hy the Kiojun Mru that Boxer
pnoclamalions have been found In Seoul,
calling upon Oorean Boxers to expel all
for. Igiiers, Including Japanese. Blmiiar
proclamations have been issued by HI
Yung Hick and party. The antl-forelgn
movement In Corea la reported to be In
creasing In such a manner as to cause
much uneaslnew*. In South Corea two
missionaries were assaulted and robhed of
all they had.
Dispatches from Seoul tell of the Rus
sian advance Into Corea, they having cap
lured Hoolo and Anlong Ken. The Japan
ese government has made a protest
against the Invasion.
Great Increase In Bank Clearings.
New Tork. Dee. 29 —Total clearings of
•11 th* bank clearing houses in the Unit
ed (hates for the week ending to-day
were 11,**4,T5?,2. an Increase of 11.2 per
cent, over th* uerreapoeding period of
last year.
GRIFFIN COTTON ABLAZE.
Tlir Uriel* %V are l • There lltsrn
htH-l.naa %lrrMlv llrarhe# S*B4,-
mm and Eire #illl Rurnlna
Grlfßii, Oil.. Dec. 30. Tli© I*rL*k war©
Nona© her© <x%ui(lit Are about 12:10 ©*to'k
i hi# irv*rtiinx am! I* burn in* fl©r<*©ly
Klv© ItutHlr©*! hate# of cotton have atr©a(ly
Iwrii dettroyecl. iul fully n© much nior.-
will | rob ibly be burned.
Tho low will la* between LV.OQO ©ml
OOP.
The rottnn b©kmx# to farmer©. nn9
amount of insurance oarrieff t# not known
Tha city clerk# anl city tf©aur©r #
offf.*©r# war© In the wrelui#e, and It i#
(♦wired tha? ail th© city record# hive l*ern
dfstroynl.
Tn© ertlmstedl lo## up to thl© Urn©. (I K*
o'clock s. m ), is and th# lira I#
util! burning.
MILES HA*SNT READ IT.
way© 4liter Took Two % ear# anil Hr
heril Hr In no Horry lo lte|l).
May Have Mo met lift* a lo w y
later.
Charlotte. N. C„ Dw\ 29 —A #|#cliil from
Ookblioroi N. C, to the Oh#©rvsr says:
Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Mil©#, I’. H. A .
I# In 4b© city In-nixlX ©n rout# to Wash
Inxton. ll© l© returnlnx from i hunt lux
trip on th Trent river, whara h was <h’
kiipm of hi# oki friend, Mr. C. ('. Jerome,
formerly of t'hk’sgo. lie cxiw©#©*4 him
wolf ilellghtetl with the trip ami r©xrotl#l |
that th# duties of tils position n#cc#witalsl
his return tu Wiishlnglon by the new
year. He H# t ’U##*#l |i* *avtly recon#trtic
llon tkiys and referred to hi# residence
In the #ti*ir h# cotnmander of the dl#-
trict before N# stslelwMMl ws# re#tore*l and j
e#|erialiy referred to th© fs*t that h© In
#tixatt#i a movement of help to soma 2&.-
(MM white# mad© i>oor ©• a re#u!( of war
condition©.
Hiwaklng of cx-BkHtary Alger’s attack
he #ald:
“I haven’t read It In M# entirety, Alxer
waited some two year© to make the at
tack, and I xwin# I need Sw* in n* hurry
!• make reply. The beef que#iion ha#
been pretty well condemned already by
th© press of the country. If need Is*. I
may have y©< Mmethinf to #ny of the
rottofineM of th© whole affair.”
THE RECOGNIZED.
Cblcf Xurgcnn of Araxy Is Tuba de
part. Thai Moaqaili.e* I us...
Yellow Fever, Malaria *>!
Othrr IH.rsaM.
Washington. Dsc. 99 -The Uoltefi (Hate*
govermuo.it linn fornwtlly rci.ajuixM the
responxlhlllty of tla- mosquito for the
transmission <f yellow fever anil malarial
diseases. Thl* fact Is ln.ttcatcd by the
laatMhce of a general order by Me.J Gen.
w.ssl, at Havana, .lire, led to bis in let
commanders re lilng that the chief sur
geon of the Departmenl of Cuba ha* re
ported that it Is now well pslatdi*hc<l that
mo laris, yellow fever ami filarial Inf-o
tlofl are Iran etui tied by the bile# of mos
quitoes. Therefore, the troops are enjoin
ed to observe carefully two prrcaullons—
Href, They ere to use mosqui
to bars in all barracks, hospi
tals and field service whenever
practicable. Second, they are to destroy
the "wlggleta" or young mosqußora by
•he u*.• of petroleum on the waters where
they breed. Permanent lol* or jssMle,-
on- to he filled up. To the others are to
he applied one ounce of kerosene to ea.-ii
fift.-.n square feet of water twice a
month, whk-h will destroy not only the
young hut the ok! mosquitoes, This <loee
not Injure drinking water If drawn from
la-low and not dl|H>ct out. Protectlo.l In
thus secured, according to ihe onlcr, lie.
ravee th*- tmesquito doe. not fly far. seek*l
shelter whesi the wind blow* and thus
e 1 h community bteeds Its own monquF
toes.
CAME GRIEF QUICK.
mispress t .n|l*ye Thoouht He t nsld
(lent Ihe Morid Pin,lna Poker,
lint Soon l.enrned Ills Mlsinke.
1 ’olumbla. H. C., I)***". ‘-'3 The belief
that he could bent Ihe world playing
poker caused the downfall of Jowl J
Myerr. an employ* of the Southern Ex
press at Charlotte who to-day recovered
from a drung In thl# eliy. He learnt to
play card* In Novemlwr and had auch
lurk he determined to play on a large
*rs> snd make n fortune quickly. To
got a suitable slake he held up a pack
age containing more than **,o)o In cash
and checks that were passing through the
Charlotte office. After losing a few hun
dred In Charlotte he came to break Co
lumbia’s gambling houses. In three days
ail bis cash waa gone—s2,ooo. Tha
Indorsed checks for more than *4,000 he
did not attempt to use. Myers drank
heavily and attempted to poison himself
yesterday. Th# pei sons who took him
In charge found the check* while putting
Myers to bed. The young man confessed
all to Division Superintendent Bndler of
tba Southern Express Company to-day.
EIITTSSO TRAIN RACE.
New York Cealral Flyer Make* a
Fast Han Arrnas the t onntry.
New York. Dec. 13.—An exciting tram
nice aero** th* country to catch th#
steamer Campania before leaving for 1- v
erpool was successfully made, the New
York Central train reaching this city in
time to make connection with the Campa
nia before her deiwrture to-day. The
train carried the New Ken land and Aus
trallsn malls, some of which are of an
important officlsl character.
M Alt, PTE A HER UT.
News Received at Seattle JaatlNes
This Belief.
Chicago. Dec. 23 —A special to tba Rec
ord from ••!! wye:
The steamer, Bertha and Dolphin ar
rived from Southwestern Alaska last night
with news tending to sustain the belief
that the Untied Blase# mull steamer TH
emook of Ban Francisco, ao long overdue
Hum Jjutck Harbor, is tost.
HAII.Y. s<> A YEAR
- i KNTB A COPY
fi’KRKI.V !■-TIMEb-A-WEEK $1 A TEAR
FOR LONGER TENURE
mi. fi.FiFi.tMi mart Mg* crf*-
IIMCXTIAI. TERM.
THE METHODS OF ELECTION,
I'NEMKAT PI. Alt la IMllltntT AND
I I MIlI'.MaoRFk,
lt. nil. In a I nn.lltlnn of Affair*
AA here Recipient of the Trust la
No# Al l, a • the . liolee nf Popular
Will—tlr. I letelnn.l Goes Not Nay
NVhul Ihange 11. AAould Anugesf
In the ilunoer of meeting a Freni
ct©nl.
Ne’w York. Dec. 29,—'Writing on “Tho
President of th* Twentieth Century," foe
a copyrighted s|s-.-UI Is-uc of th# New
York World to-morrow, x-President
Cleveland refer, lo Ihe president tu I tenure
In th©s© (#rm#:
“Thoughirtil Htiz©n# tv 111 more aiwl m©r#
#!Mr ©late Mi© oUjc tion# urx#d ai?Mn#i
th© prr#©nt litlntit and
of ©l©i©iitix tti#lr Br©#l<l*n|. Th© ©lp
riim#taiu’©s In which thl# |l;in origin,*?©♦!.
If ©v©r of controlllnx Impfirtatt©©. ©uxht
no knx©r to ©zt'iiw*' such a t**tttl it>z rxm%*
fusion of hl©# •# xrow# out of tho prop*
ositlon that in a |w>tular xov©rnm©tit tha
P©op|©‘a chief officer ©nl thdr tn#t <ll
- K’prcßcntatlv© miy l ma*l© th© p©-
ci|l<q? of Muir trust ami th© !©pnsltarp
of th©lr |M'n%-r In HiKiant op{o©itk>n to
th© I©’)ar©d popular will,
“Htronx urxumcfMs ar© from tins© to
Hint* ui'ttMi in fiivor of h ©imnx© In th©
tenur© of the pr©i<ln(ial offlei Th##©
shouli! chailcnx© #©rious attention, lo th©
♦©id that th© pr©#©nt conoiltlltlonal limit
may b© rsenovtd. snl a more
ami u#©fil on© substituted. Thor# ho© boon
a continual l*< reams In f©<l©ral i©ffisialiou
of a pare nipt or y character and rctaicd tu
th© immcfdiat© and rout In© ©©a*lti©a of
th© ©otintry; and mo It ha# > om© #o pa#
that of th© four session© of Congress hakl
during a pr© widen tin I term, two ar© so
brief as to scarcely permit, th© pa#wnga
of the necessary appropriation bills, whtto
tf th© othera one m-i'iir# when the Presi
dent ia uauaily stranx© In his now offh©
and burdonod with import unit!©# and la
bors in** |arahk from u ( hang# of admin-
Llration, and the remaining on© ©n.Gun
ters during it# continuance th© interrqp
t|ons,timidity anddemmaliention of a pres
ident iai and conxreMikmal canvaaa. The#©
Dominion# suggest th© scant opportunity
allowed for th© initiation wi*d adoption of
now andi important remedial i©gi*totlon
during a *ums pr ©klentlai *©rm,
“Another argument of ©onridembto
weight in favor of the change I# ha#e<l
upon th© complaint that th© buidneas and
other impaataat inff©re#ts of nur paopla
are now too frequently disturbed and dla*
quieted by ih<* turm*di and heat of a pi©©-
idetttlal ©lection. It is twit amis© to add
that a substantial extension of the xcu
€ Iv© tenure would pave tho way for ea
taidlfthing th© IneJiglbllßy of an Incum
bent to succeed himself—which baa kiiif
found favor with a largo class of our peo
ple as a a,VnisuiimaMon much to if© de
sired.
“Thu# American cMliena In th© twen
tieth oentury will lie cjvrxd with tha
duty of unurfiur fw themaalves th© act
ual substance of jx pular rule by ©stab
liNhlnx more direct mod© of ooleeUikg
the people's chief ©xeeutlv© in strict ac
cordant© with th© peopto’a will, and by
►o extending th© temir# of hl offle© as
tii ©natd© htr% to hotter twrva hia oouft*
trytren and tror© thorongtdy protect and
offend all their Intcrcati.”
PORTO RICO’S^LEGISLATURE.
He Hrialnn a ANiirtblraa anil I nprnf
liable tine— lw.ri.wn. Tklnk 4 .n
--greea Nny Abnliab 11.
(f’orreepondem-e of the Asaooiatefi Press.)
Him Juan. Porto Rleo, Dee. 34 -Tb# lag
lebitlve aaeembly of Porto Rim siljounwl
on Hol untily until Jan. 1 It bait been tn
a*eelon eighteen ilny*. Nearly fifty bill,
have been Introduced, but not one ha*
been of Interest or promise to the buxi
ne** |N>opie.
The pop'ilar opinion among the Amerl
cane I* that If ihe House ennttnuee a* R
! 1,, t'ongresa will als,llh It allogetlver snl
govern the Island through a governor sod
.aMnet. Hunh IrreguUr i>rore.l\w* ha.
been followed that It I* a question beta
whether any buelrits* ha* been legally
dotie- * _ .iwauutel
MATT QUAY’S FIGHT.
atruaale for the Nennioeeliip In
Ib.ubt and Bulb klilen Fxpreaa.
lua < oAlienee.0 Alienee.
Harrisburg, P>-. t>rc. -Tba struggle
for Unite.! Btalea Benetor I* still In doubt
with both stdrai professing to be absolute
ly confident ot the outcome. COl. M.
g. tguay ntwl hkt lieutenant# claim posi
tively they have enough vote* pledged to
organise lwfh branch#* of the legislature
and Insure hi* election. 8.-ontor AVHliam
Fllnn of Allegheny, leader of the antl-
Vjuay Republican*, and William T. Creasy
of Columbia. Ihe Democratic Fader of
the House. liit*t that the fuskmtstn wilt
organise the Hone* and probably tha
Brnate.
It AII.AAAI MF.N I’ROkIITKO.
ii ii—.i 11.1111 mi mm •
southern Annonnrea I fcasgxa Pol.
Inwlna Rrslanation of Nnpt, Har
rell.
Washington, Dec. J*.—The Southern
Railway an noon-’** the following appolnt
tr.rnt* effective. Jsn. 1;
44 It. Peddle, general snoerlntendent
of tran-portatlon. It. 14. I'egram, as
sistant general manager; II E. Hutch-*
.-n*. suierlni. rsl. r.t Memphis <l!ciHun; A.
ltamseur superintendent Norfolk dlvts
lon. These lire change* growing out ot
th# resignation of J. H Barren n* gen
eral superintendent of transporiatton.
MOKHIA* 51.4 4r.lt IVIES.
McDonald's Death Reaalta From
aeit-tndirfed Weaads.
Washington, Dec. Rarausl McDon
ald. who on* week ago shot and ktllad V
H Morris, auditor tor th* War Depert
mant. died this morning St the Bmargen -y
Hospital from th* self-inflicted wound, he
received at the tint* of the murder. Mc-
Donald. attar killing Morris, cut hi* own
throat and abut himself near tha heart.