The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, December 31, 1900, Image 1

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MORNING NBW |v,i - . Incorpnntlcd 1* !■' * j n kHTIIJU President. A BRITISH DEFEAT u „,ihm. aonitb um op a, slltovt; POBT. BOERS CAPTURE HELVETIA, imiri'f K,t ’ MSD ANI * 800 1 PIUSONRHS. . |f . „f fhr II;mI Srm llrltlah " lo Take n Vtrjr Hopeful Hi** *itunll*m. \4%%ltt \ M*' * l * * Hhu tUr 4ir**m Irllvlt) *! *• * ti< r% ** •*> !*••• Kltrbm , r -, , * . 11.—The xvnr of!1-'o hnn r**- foitowiiift <llnpatch from Lx>rl , Dec. 80. I'** m.—G*n. Lyt ,,rts that our po#t at Helvetia ~1 >cHt*rlay norning by th x; .>u fifty were kill* ! *nl , 4 ,„| two hundred taken prla- K l ich*n*r reports that h© If* fol j h x email fore* In th#‘ track m y, Helvetia being raoccupiM who has lw**m reinforced from ; ivflK n very strong poeltion ( , ,j :j hiuknlorp-Lydenbunt Railway, I by a detachment of the lJv , time at. Am aakiDg for further In i h I'rfM* Tnkf* Mfefil View. !/.. . I Dec. 81.—While I*>rl Kitchener t . id new* for England on th© ©l#x h, ■ *>• o! the year, the preoa continue* • i hurprielngly hopeful view of a ! u.itioti and of revelation* of an i-l\ wide Held of Boer activity <; no Wet 1* etill at large. Kimberley . t*d. The I?oer* are In for e , m io have captured a strong |wd , Helvetia, In tlie Uyndenburg #ll*- w hlle. Judging from Lord Kltchen , \ \ recent advice*, no progrei** t* made again*! the Invader* tn Cape x o <*ny. .rding to further telegram* received y, /.cruet I* practically besieged, i , t •*■ provision* *ufllclcnt for five r The garrlton at Ottouhoop ha* ; withdrawn to Llctrtenburg. , h from Can.avon tkat*l yeeter , : . i>rts that the Hoer* who have I , ihrentening that |wint were driven . it : tire being pursued. l j*. , vldent,** say* a belated m* i tn Krugeradorp. dated Dew 1 . 23. "that i commissariat in the direction of . tllesbt rg i> well supplied and thui •ft* i. country hfilurctui hep ©! the , rg u properly cleared of Boers, > will ogitlnue to eon rent rate th©r©. r .nd r* inn partlcuary adapted to i Ir m *hol* of warfare." l;,-r admit that in their fight with f;t j .*. m nt* at Nooitgedachi they kwf "It - understood that leorl Kltchencf ii ,i-k the colonies officially to *en< tii j a Durban dhpatch, datH i j.\ **f* 5* t h® desire* it to be knowi iu Au iaiia and Canada that Australian aid Canadian* who are nerving in Xat*| i l 1 * eligible for immediate cnHsttm and i; -rn-giilar corps, whl*h I* proceedltii . • Joi.iinnesnurg for five month* service. >*%% lai nalew* Reported. To empha.-ize Lord Kitchener's covet ii.frui- . u that no progress is being nmf n i*■ ? th#* invasion of Cop© Colony, h ndent at Hurghcradorp. wlrMfi reports an fallows: r. fresh commandoe* .ire t ‘• • ny. Urn- has already crossed nr J.r . u-I.iar. ar.d the arrival of onotherj* ii. atily expected in the Hleyosbilg • The Dimms are *ald to have tfo r> - hors*** wch, though in bad *f ai • Well >Uspiled W ith L -Metff’l r n nid amniunition. Capturel Iksr* ‘ 1 that the intontlon of th**s** commln* u • - m t, r*> m .• t>out am! wait until tin. l*e\\Yt apfXNirs on the scene/* All dlsiratche* arriving In Ixsidon a b e thir ih** Caie Dutch show no Inclinn n to rise. but. on -the contrary, appeal to Ih tired of the war and desirous of p *e. Many retiis• t. stippy the Iloers i th lo l si-I if w illing to give Informs on to th* l.r n-h regarding lkvr t". Details of th*- <ireyllng>t.d aff ilr p w that, while Colville's column wan pur- ng the Boers, a second force of 400 of the ci* my was imh ii moving toward the * mp wlu-re the lirlthh transport was Jn h,-a*ne.l Tlie small Itrltlsh for • •• n plucky stand until rein for. .-men ar rl\*d with artillery, and. after a s •* re light, the Itoers were defeated. The trlt- Ish losses altogether were nln* kill*- and dSty-three wounled nn<l missing The Do* rs arc said to have had third-one killed llers Mmiiia In Suiiill Pnrtlf. Lord Kitchener, wirit;g from l*rvHa, B.iturdny, Dec. ill, say*. "Theie mu much change In t*l r ti.itton In * *: *h Coloiiy. The eau rilfor* of the onernjr appears <* have bron up Into small p.irtl> at Utretcht anAo n moving ahouf rapidly In il*e *am iUtrDt. • alently waiting for nui>pori the isirth. "The ki*t report states that thdwest < n fnree is m-.ving to Carnavon. rids!* nn*i Thorfieyeroft are in cKmm* "French he* ofOtgrifd Ventds*lori ( <em*dHs rrjKirtu fl at he I* oposed >n t e r*Mid to Hustenbrrg. The **strn line w •- blown up near l*an, and u trjn "a --h Id up this imnnlng on the Btsjderion lir'c ne.iT Vatftl station. •White's column has arrived and kal. Knox’s column and Doye's prig *is i holding Dr Wet from leaking south.’* BUY 111. MAM %Kltß*i. W i rn.nl Issued fr Member if !•*••* kelirelner Cabinet. Ix mlon. Deo. St —“A warrant *• t**" te#u <1 Dr. T. Water, •knombor of t t* late 8> hrelner cabinet, wp 1 un- Uer irrnt on a oharne of di-irrlnit a eotlitlotta epeech at tiraaMtrttt 1 ' In* !o retwlllon. In oonnocllon attti the r<-<;ent lioer Invaaton of the *ny; an-l thi*. ”*ajn* the Cihi Town (or*>i.'<' , 'ni of the Dally Teloitrai>h," 1* the <*itm<’nce tn.tni of a orle of arreetn. hiaMM * wide extension of martial law. ■Matt, Mall tall, for Sn.tMWI *r. Wen. IXMi.'on. Dec. SlCotnmentlnlupon the Helvetia disaster, the Dailj’ |all tails upon the yovemment to sell out at least 50.00} additional men. Aervlees of Mnoels llerhird. le>ndon. Doc. -Mr. Chamlrlaln. ac dordlnjr to a dispatch from Wejtnftao, N. 7... has declined the acivlce ofUuoii* tor South Africa Matning PUT BACK TO QUEENSTOWN. I** kr > '* l ntle , Terrible Kaprrlenee In th** *torm Wtih Over fttm •*•%* ii ifrr % board. Queenstown, Ike 8.-Thv British st* an er leak. M yuntl.-, cat 4 Taylor, from Uv ijm.,, I'j.h; S5. and Queenstown D< 1. for John, returned t* Qu< ns lown hatbor x*sterhiy (SuiMkiy) in rnin : ift.*f .1 t. rrll.lt* • xp. lienee In th goie. Su. left Quonsiown Wednesday, carry ing rhe Car lian mills, fortv-ftvc sakion j - • *tcvragt iMsser.gers. jhnr||i||y for elgntrs. wit.l many Jews among them. Hbt had r. • point abcHit 4W mtl*;s w. >t Thursday night, when she encoun tt l . in. r iD.s gain. Ih having splen did *h* w.uld have got through, hud no the s- t-ring g.*sr w nac damage*! h*i . p.a iog her in a dangerous post- Itioi Th. w worketl hrav.ly and rig lu* h:.dw ir; ,11.1 the Ve*e| tve ugalit hr*agh? ui .? r control, rnfortunately the , hanlge r **-.> laH anie damaged The gnte I In hi twenty hours, and an lmmen<* *<* I r*e over the vessel. smashing the D < > hn -h and flooding her between I* ne. wnere the steerage ptissengers wer * io fttd it also Lisliml away ;i greater ;- •11 *.* * he Httliii* and dul oonsidera* 1 *i‘' and image. Three ltfels>ats were *a - * * * m- of the rew wer j-erloi.**. ’vinjund, an i.i* nani'ii was kille<l at H k . r' f n th.- -f.-rm mo*lerate<| Capt. Tav -I*| d** i-• ' to rtum t* yju *n**tow n. It di ’ • work to steer th*- Il ship, hit she n 11 .1 •• I to nn hor here without tf*Dt tf.* Her officers an.l men were ex hiust.M). U? I.ak* Marantic proceeded un*k*r or ders tj IdvserpKtl this evening with all t-M 1 rjgers and mails, to br transfer rfd ro the Iwikr Su(HTlor. which will I Nave th. Metvy Tiifslay. Tugs will b*- tnt fr*n Liverpool to meet h-r. There jil! - oijvl.J. rahlc anxiety as to her nfofy It i- urvl. rspKvl that ther* were pd.-M rS'sable eries among the pisscn i*-*> who arc said t* have howled in des iitlr for tiours, exjwcting that the steamer oud founder it any newnent. V||U TATUM A IITHKIIKYIIVIk More London I'lrms Kxpeeted In Foil T-d y . I lr.flon, Dec. 30l —London *to**k broker* pro very npprehen a iv- as to the result* fuf to-r,orrow's chilling*. Ileor traders for th. btst fortnight had been concen trating their attacks on the Whittaker t Wright shares and had not these assault* fail'd, tha results must have been quite 1 s s.-r - ttkmal was the suspension of the fjcmdo.a and Ulobe Finance Corpor ation. l.imtt'Hl A* iTairs stand now. it Is expected that no fewer than six additional Arms will .•isp.-r.d to-morrow. The feeling this evening Is very gloomy. It 1* feared that the general markets must become ofleet ed. Till; mtM'ltl MTI 'TIO'I. llhj ll*. hii T.i|.||lnK fin y In I.nmlon *lot*k llnrk.t, Ixin.lnn. !)-. 31.—1 t Is annmuv'wl that M.irqnis rf Duffenn hii-I Ava, on rs sslvlnir n s that his son. lairtl Knslvr i.-lt *7*. koo*l ha<l wnun l* .i, 1 at aionfonttln. r>slifnsl ths ehalr manshlp of th. 1. n.lon anl (llobo Finance Corporation. I.lmltnl. Th. IMily Teietrraph says: “Th. !>• ar orders to sell for a fall In I.ak View and other shares emanated chiefly from Adelaide, where the condi tion of th. properties was I.resnmahly le-iter kiiow'r. So perefafently did ih.* 1 .a>- r.tlons l.ecene Halt an oiae’sina Kreup In 0.l i by ti e l.oi and n an.l li obe Flnai.ce . ...o.ion Limited, tried to create a c oil r In the • (wires to sque. * out th* i>..rs, but they were unable to I sty for ti e lirse block* of .hores purchased." The Financial New*, which is inclined to the vh th.n the leind.m and O.ohe Finance Corporation, srfll v. itet the .'..nini.-.letl >n It requires, mentions a re iiort that one ar .up actually .rffer.sl f.,0. .n t„ assist In •k-allna with the crt*K t.ut was Informed that at least P*A^‘•• , will l> required. THE %I.ID <** *H. F.mprror In I-r.lrl ,,wtr In Imjtnrlniil t rrenn.ny. 81 c.rier.burtr. D**. 30-Emperor Nleh o!a- aeoordtnir to very recent tnformatkvn (rent a member of th. Intf rial family. ,111 arrive here from Mo.oow about the end of January. He will not ietlct(-t* in lb., ceremony of the blle.lny of th* Ne va .ran.l Duke Vla.llmtr.th* o!det of h*J K rand .Ink.- will . re t .re.nt him that fun. Con The i k.ne, however are -u bet to < ‘i in*, at any moment; and. In .-vent. Information concern In* the I IV . r attainable, owltik to the |k.l|c* pre .■attrion* taken to Insure hi. safety while traveling* _ Ml AHItITH tTII'I O "fHT lilted ktale. and Hnawln ' ol *’ rr " l.nrlnn to Newotlate. m Cet.-r.hura. I he. SO.-There haye Iw, r; no rusotlallnn. reyar.lln* the arbl tr itlon of the China Indemnltl** b.-twa. thl . Culled State an 1 Itu.-ia, which flr-t arbitration; and the ral.ln* of th© corr© , #pondcut of th#' man :; 1. timelv until t o n. KOtlatlnm. r/Tim . further It *< h*- / that ltu..la I. .till m “'b/d to eum-rt th- < trbltratlon propoeal. aTMIhHEHtct* term.. , rman Hanker, tk.nrlc.ed of l Ileritn. Dee. 30-The U>™ An.e„er an nounce. that the appeal In the *• of he banker Sternbern, eonvlet.-! of an olTenm ayulnri morality, wlb r.wll In a now trial, owing to a byal flaw. ~ ui .o a.eert. that pre*e,llna have beeti ’beftun a-aUw. Dr. theh-dm. -I th • b*f4*nse, snd Dr. Her fhnuer ' the Junior eo.m-el. for oolhi.ion with Criminal Comml-.toner Thiel to .* re Hi. •rally f# l * 1 aequltial of Sternberg u,e on Hr*Mh • hnnmel. Uon.ton. Dec A dlß.ateh from Do v ' M} . thr gale ha* renewed and that the wir.J la blowing heaet.y In the chan nel. [ -enndnloo* Oon* of Dovrle glonlata tonden Dec*. Jl.—Scandalous acetic* oc enredot • Dowie Zlool.t meeting In iwr mondaey town hall laat evening, the dH culßUtmUng tn a Ir #hfc SAVANNAH. GA„ MONDAY, DECEMBER HI. I'•><>. CHINA TO SIGN NOTE mid. ti i rrt i uMtiTiott miHMk. ill rue: pom ms. FOREIGN ENVOYS NOTIFIED. tiii: onor.it th *i.\ i M:\ri i ri:i> in i iiiuixK. %\JII .Ask That \* K otlntlon* < nm nirn*r Fnrlbwllb and Thnt Milt • itry o|M*rNtlonn <Vnsc—t>r. Msrri *• U rllrs I limi (li* (.rrmnuH \rr rfittiiiK Trwublr Ip Ihfir I unvs llnrlitif• uml ( Imrncs \ n U niarrirr With llnd In III*, fvktn, D.*c. JO.—The C*hin** tlrnics have bf*n uMiprctMlly onl*rctl to sign thr preliminary Joint n*>t<* and h-iv* notiflt.) the foreign envoy* to ttwit cfleet.The Chinese thccnsclvcH were grx’St. I> i'tonight.| t receiving ihe inqM rial InstructlociM. Neither LI Hung ('hung nor Prince Ching had expected success (crHiiadlnig the court tint lor ten day* Th© EmptrorV instructions are to agree fully to the note, but to endeavor to g the beat term* po**ll>le, particularly ti tn** mnCter of litniilng the number of trie legation gimrtl* and also a* to the |*tlacas where these are to k located. The (denipotentlnrie* *sre )n*tru*teil t* ©ntleavor to limit the nurnier of armt post* along the of railway to as few a.t [KKsible anti lin<tli> to re<|ti***t (h Rowers not to destroy the forts, but mere ly to disarm them Li Hung Chung’s health 1* had and it* i* doubtful whether he will h** able to do more than affix his signature to an Instru ment deUgating hi* ptw**r to l*rlnc* Cuing until another pit itlpoCenilary ha been appointe<l. lie wa* ipi>el this morn ing and carried tn a enir to tne re-idtn e of Trintw* Chlng. with whom he h* id a long consultation/ Prince Chlng then cali ed upon the doyen of the dlpionuitic cri*, che flponish minister. Bettor deColsgan, tnd requested him to notify th- other en voys that instruction* had been received from th Emperor to sign the note. lilt. timiHl.lri RKPOHTS. -n>. Chine.* Arc hendlnw Formal Aceeptftnrr- ly IS*toy. laandoet. Dec. 31.—Wiring to the Tim-, fiom I’ektn yesterday. Dr. Morrison *uy; “The Chinese have accepted all Itn eondltlone of the Joint note. They nre sending formal acceptance by on envoy, and ask that negotiations should com mmee forthwtlh and ml.itary operations cease. "Lt Hung Chang Is much better, al though greatly shaken. "Five expeditions are now operating. Every report tells of Increaeing unres*. Tho policy of depriving the Chines., of all (tower to exercise authority Is spreading disorder broa.l n-f and forcing peaceful Chinese Into opposition." In a dlsputrh. .htted T*ec. 2*. Dr. Mor rison send* a long protest aguln.t tier man harshness which, he says, I* creat ing Instead of cheeking disorder. He a - the Herman* of harrying the coun try. mid punishing the Innocent no.I the guilty Indiscriminately in order to levy line, for defraying their own military ex pense*. and to form on excuse for con tinued hostile occupation. He also charge. Count von 3Valder.ee with a breach of faith, on the ground that he gave LI Hung Chang a map de fining the area of the occupation In the province of Chi LI and Indicated the dis trict beyond which the allies would not Operate, an I yet allowed the Herman tiuupg to fr.Stc* severe |>unlhm‘itt U|“>n the Chinese at T.ang Chau and Yung Chlng, both of which are outside the area. Repenting his statement that t‘i* Her man. are preparing for nn expedition to Sian Fu In the spring and also foment ing trouble In the Yang-t*c valley. Dr. Morrison says: “The question arises whether the occa sion should not ta* selxed to separate the British troops from Count von Walder see's command.” Full KILN KM OYS XOTIFIKO. Princes Communicate the Imperial edict Accepting the Ante. IVtris. Dec. 30.—The Havas agency ha* received the following dispatch from Pe kin; "Prince Chlng and LI Hung Chang have communicated to the foreign envoys an Imperial diet. In which the Emperor de dares thnt China accepts the Joint note and authorises Prince Ching and LI H'tng Chang to negotiate acl to ask for n suspension of hoatllltle*." Prince Chlng and La Hung Chung, ac cording to another dispatch to the Havas agency, say that Emperor Kwang Hsu has expreiwed a desire that the court should return to Pekin at the end of Feb ruary. MIAHTF.M Wl Ik hi HPRISBO. llnd Thought Term* > Joint hole Too Harsh for Acceptance. Washington. Dec. 30.-The report that the Chines, plenipotentiaries had been directed to sign th* Joint note in a source of satisfaction to official* here as Indi cating a disposition on tn* part of the Chinese government to heed the desire of the Powers that negotiation* shsill be en tered on at once, and the present unsat isfactory rendition of affairs terminated. The Emperor. It was expected, would In atruct hi* agents to obtain the beat term. po**ibl*. One of th* principal objection. s*M to have bean made by Ihe Vchltieae to th* location of any great number of legation guards In Pekin. Is that these guard, would be a menace to the existing Chi nese government. A* has been already stated In them, disiattchee th# United States government dues tsh desire the absolute detnolklon of th>< Taku forts, but simply their dis mantlement so that ready access to -he Chinese capital of a foreign force would not be prevented The demand of the Power* In ihe Joint note, however, was for the destruction of the forts The Inquiries said lo have Iwen made by th# Chine-# government of Ihe envoys, of wliteb Inqulrtaa. however, no official In ttmatlon hs* been received from Mr Con ger. hare been regarded by the officlels of this government as reasonable and be oai*>* of this no more delay than ha* oc curred was experienced In tlie court's di rection for the signature of the note, haa cons* from Mr. Cougar la* k tiding the status of the note since a cgblgram fron hint **tn iluy* ago an* notnw irg that it had been pres**itte! t . <lt* ChUiesf Mr Wu. the Chines'* minister. 1* some- , what puzzled ii* to Ju*t what constru*ih ; tu place rn th I'ektn dlatHitrh. All lions , h*- has regarded the demands conveyed lit j the )o,nt note as harsh and never© ard the statement that It had be* n *lsnd C'Uts' - him surprt*' . lie is Inclined to !>©liev that in all trob tblflty wh.*t the Knipi r r h.n directed Is thnt the Chin* |df*r.it'*(H tu tarie* iHxvriHi to discuss In a friendly manner with the envoy* the term* of the agreement with a view, as -• !t and in the i’ektn dispatch, to obtain th K*st term* |>oe*ttle ah*ng cert tin sjs dtl'd line*. iral also in other* not con tained in the caldegram. IT U A* 1.l HI \. 4 H AM*. **n( a tirniiH Uemortnl l the Thr'iitf, I rgltiu 4 ompllance. Fekln, Saturday, Dec. 28 -The foreign communities in Pekin an' greatly satis fied at the decided tone of th* collective note and the assertion that the Rowers are determined to entertain no proposal* for the modification of their demands. It 1* said t iMtt LI Hung Cluing sent a memorial to the throti*. couched In very strum. Terms, urging complete compli ance. The German* killed forty Chinese troop* tear Man Cheng, northwest of Ran Ting Fu. Tney had no casualties. Among the native* s feeling of great distrust I* being cau*d apparently, by the high-handed action of the Hermans, ns the Chinese suspect them of nn Inten tion to force a serious engagement with the Chines** troops. TO MET! It A TO PEKISL l*erl*fent Heporls t** Tills F.lfeet 4 IretllMfetl In KhNMKhal. Hh inghai, Dec. SI. -There r- perslst ♦nt rejH)rt* tn circulation hero that the imperial court t* preiwrlng to rettirn to IVkin Chino*© advice* from the capital *av that ninety carts with mules and horse* have been dispatch'd to Tai Yu©A Fu to meet and bring back the Inioert il isrsonag'** rsl their entourage. It li a!sH> asserted that Fm|i©mr Knurr lisu h.* rntninortcd llu Ring (’hlh. former governor of the province of Hhan HI to Himn Fu to a<‘<i*mpany him o fvkin Th- rising In tlw* prov ince of Kn Ru I* spreading; and thr *roop* of the viceroy of the province of Hu Nan are alone able to hold their own UfcMlnM the re lie la. MURDER OR SUICIDE. Mtnini l*r©l*l©nl %rr©M©l € lutrur'l Willi Heatla of Woman With U lioni It© W aa Too Frl©o'tl? . (‘hiCHKO, Dec. 3D —Merritt D Hoff, pre*- kie nt of rh© Turn Affwin Arm GoLi Minin* 'imp;iny of Rhoentx. An . was arr©st©<i here 10-Uay. uut I*, held f©n<llnn an ln v etiicvutoii by the polios Into the h*ath of Mrs. N*>ra Hammers, who was fuutul deni in her ruuni, with a bullet tn her brain. Hoff, who he*l !>©©n •*#|uaint'<l with Mrs. Hammers since July, :ulm4t* that he# was io the riam at th© ttm© of th© shootinir. which whs done with Ms re volver. but h© claims th© woman com m tte#i suicide. Charles Gdiissen. n frleiul of HofTs, atvl Mrs. I-V'lta Oliowell. a staler of th© dead woman, hiv© also l©en arr#*t©il Th©e* two milntain that th#* wman her p lf Leaun© she feared Hoff, who ha#* a a if© and daughter. Inteiwl©*! to hl< ac ]Uflintanc© with her. Hoff’s revolver was found In one of th© d'a<l airman’s han#ls. Hoff claim*# that when Mr©. iluinm©m fired the fatal ©hot h* picked | the weapon anl ran for a doctor. On the way he met Gnua©'*n and told him of the tragedy. Hoff sa>*s he rave the revolver to Onussect. who. In turn, took it k to th© room where h© shooting occurred an I pUicvd it tn th© woman’s hand. Hoff lived for elfhteen years tn Min neapolis. and win* the station mrent of the Great Northern Itallrond In that city. TO BE NO RE-ORGANIZATION. t halriuMn J.hn*Hfi Way* Aallownl 11. u.o. rnllc tiimßilltss Will Mss' a* Orxsnlsnl I will lIMI4. Kuus.s City. Mo.. Dec. 3 n —J. H. John son, chairman of the Executive Commit tee of the Democratic National Commit tee, who passed through Kansas City to day I* rout* from Chicago to hie iiome In Kansas, said: "I am not tn a position to any what will be .kmc townr.l maintaining the Dem ocratic organisation perfected .hiring the last campaign, but 1 will way that there will be no reorganisation of the National Committee. The ommlttee I* organised until 19W. amt will remain am it Is until that time. I believe that the present precinct organisation can be malntain*d and made entirely self-supporting." WILL INCREASE ACREAGE. Usnrlirster Textile hrrrsr, Welles I pnw Outlook for Future l ot* ton Crop. Manchester. Kng. Dec. 30 Reviewing the cotton Industry the Textile Mercury remarks: "One effect of the present condition* cen hardly fall to be a great Increase In planting next Spring. In spite of any at tempt* to prevent M Should a determin ed and combined effort on the part of the American cotton slate* restrict production so as to cruxmtntn price* *1 the present level, this will simply invite competitor* on the other land* to enter til, field of cultivation." SPANISH POLITICS. tteuor Isxssls Declares Thu, a (hang* of Ministry I* Inevita ble. Madrid. Dec. 30 -Humors of a cabinet crisis Increase. Benor Bagasta. former premier, who baa Anally broken silence, declare* that a change of ministry l* In evitable on account of the differences In the cabinet Itself. *• *H •• 1" ranks of It* supporters. Many ministerialists assert that the Ax carraga government will oontinu*. Should p f,a. its only poislble successor would bes mivda ministry. Two persons were killed and eleven se riously wounded at Vlvar. province of Urecada. during an election riot A TRIPLE KILLING It KOI I.Tt OF A liltl >KFA MAY’* mm.i.i a \\i> nai it n DEADLY FRAY AT AB3EVILLE. HKHIFF. \ \4tHTIIKM Al'ft. AMB t. g. %l ANSI! Al.. A l.l* llli:. Wm. h>l(* 'it Mnsni liiMti ii' I’nlnll) by ,I'ihn iHio-by, t n4(*l *(o#e* V,itrlul himl Usnhlrr, Hersii'r He Not Rlm 4rl for V’owejr. INnkly, |'urfti*'l In *lerllt Ke• - ••rdy oii'l 4 Itlsenn. Kills (Im* Mterlll ami la llltoaelf Killed. Charleston. H. C , Dee. .*W Thrs men were kilisl in Abb'*vtllc, this state, last night. the r***ult of a drunken min’* spleen and malice. Two of them, the sheriff of the county and a highly respected N'Mihcrner, Wil liam Kyle, of Mu -.i hu-* tts. who hsa !ei*i sui* rlrrtendlng th© hulidlfg of a cot ton mill In Abb vlll*\ wer© playing card* for plndar* at the h**i I. when John Dano by. a notorious gandHcr, who waa foi sev eral years I’nltcki Htates marshal, throw 82 wi th*‘ table, and mild; "Play for this/' This was refused, nd an altercation ensued Dans by suddenly dr*w a IT© call ler pistol and 'hoi Kyle in the aUloin* n to the amasement of all present ll thou i>ackH| out of the declaring that he would shoot any nun who art* nt,< l to stop him H© was followed by two policemen, but held them at bay with Ills pistol until Jihetiff Kecmoly anl a numix-r o( **itl xens arrive*!. Th© sheriff -albl to Ihins* by to conw* out of th© house of his fih ©rdn~4aw. wait her he had fled and sur render. Dansby cam© out closing th© door be hind him. and with the remark. "Well, we’ll all go to hell together," commenced firing. Danshy srcia shot twice In the leg and full In th# chest, the sheriff was struck once In the left breast near th© heart and fell n* sxn as hit. Danshy walked some fifty steps and was relo.eling bis IHstol. when he wa shot again, som*- say l*y th© 'tying sheriff Th© sheriff and hi stnyer died within a few minutes. Ky.e lingered until 2 o'clock (o-ttay. YOUNG MAN’S RASH DEED. Il4©m|ilr'l 4• Kill Uomaii V. hum ll© tla'l 1.0% e'l anil Thru l*nl Itullrt Into If!■ Own ll©al. Dublin. Gi., Ow. 3u.—Dr. I*. M John son of l/ov'Mt was In th© ©tty y©sf©relay. #n#l brought th© in-mi that r©ar iltrrtMn, Thutvelay ntah#. Mr Hobrrl Mrri©. r©n drr©l b -p©r.iti by unr©<iuit©i lov‘. #-r --danvorr'l to vnurdtr a Mrs. Ttiom(kins, a brirl©. n*l shot him© If through th© h©a#l John was in tov© with th© indy, an#! when h© b# an) that she ha#l mart I* I de t©rmln#-l to kill her. He called Mr to th© iloor and fir©l at h©r twice wHb a pistol, but both ball* flew wkl© of th© mark. He th*r. ah'4 himself through the h# ul. but will probably recover. Morris nerved durliiK th© war with Bpuln In on© of th© Georgia rtirtmfiit*. THE END OFTHE CENTURY. Xrehdeacon Farrar Takes a tllosiU) visa of the Outlook for Bxglsn'. Ixindon, Dec, 31 - All reliulou* denomi nations arranged for "end of the dentury services." some of Which were held yes terday, and others wl.l t*e held to—toy. At Westminster Ab!’y Archdeacon Fied erlck W. Farrar. preacbiiiK yeeterdny. took a very gloomy vb w of the future, lie said he thought It by no means itn probable that evrly In the coming century England would have to meet a combina tion Of le.iJpc: ’> Lower*. Referring to Ihe "serious Irnde competi tion of Or many msl the I'ninri States he appeoled to England to rouse herself. Alluding to the national curuc of Intem perance, he said that the Itev Charles .Sheldon had tokt him that he had ***n more drunkrnnsas in England In '> year than in hts own country, the Unit'd Suites, in a whole lifetime. ARB SOT l> THE XI XHKF.T. Danish Islands Mill Dr Mold In This t ouatry. If at Alt. Copenhagen. Dec. 30—In Danish official circles the report that Germany 1* nego tiating to purchase the Danish Antilles Is denied. "If thr Island* are to be aold," aaM a high official to-day, "the purchaser wl I be the United Btates and no other Bower All will tie wold or none.” RIC 4 HI ITS row OOKSSA. empress send- tilft* to Red t ross Society I’eople. Bt. Petersburg. Dec. 31.—The Russian transport Bt. Petersburg ha* left Odessa with fifteen hundred recruit* for th* mari time province*. Bh* carries also numer ous presents from the l-.mtres* ro the Red Cross Society's offielala and nurse* tn that district. OFIIXIXA TOtHIMT* KII.IUD. Xseended Mnuntatns Ml I houl Halites nnit Fell lot > Xhjss. Ixndon, ike. It -Two Herman tourists, Iletren Ijylner and Klrwlllngsr. a*e. n.Je.l Mount Bchwartaen’ergen wMhoot guides, according to a dispatch to the Daily Ex press Horn Vienna, and felt Into an abyss and were killed. BKSt. IRIDT XT MARACAIBO. Mis Departure Regarded ns a Death Dion to HevolnHna. Caracas. Venexueia, Dte. 30 via Haytten Cable Oen Uribe, the chief of the Co lombian revolution, who was recently de feated at Ooraxel. In the province of Botl var. ha* rrrtved at Maracaibo. This I* regarded a* a death blow to the revolu tionary movement. AMERICANS VERY ACTIVE. Vimij I nsssrmi'sla tn Philip pine"-—( 'Mimlmml'iii tl©'*'nmeii'l" l.i'il'loy meni of American Ten * her*. Manila, Dec To-d-vy brought mmy reports of captures >f insurgents as th-* result of sc* tiling throughout 1 aiann. The ! Americans in this w*ik sustained no • ualtt' s A detachment of the Fourth It©* In* nt captured sixty In the province of Cavite Gn WhHiton reports having capluwtl and burned Ur.morio s camp In the prti- Ipmila, nar r* m Antonio Gen Funston repirts that five Insur gt tils were killed utwi several capttirel i,i at Gavsuu. ib n Hut It h wires that the iswlamitloti of the governor geneial has liad good re sults In hts district Near Moil tw* >e t©rda> a doom insur g I'S Wele killed itixl eight W'.uiHb- \ Gen. Grant telegraphs that he has de tmbments covering th© kw‘r fairthai* f M'nint Arayat in the li*i* f cai‘*hln AleJantHato ll* says that last Fui.iv I a iblehment of th# F*rty-first Infantry j rskb'l th© ©amp of th© Insurgent leader ! mill s ur# <t fMHii© #f hw i*ap©r N; *r Ali.iJn to-day Capt. M *n*loxa wit r thirty men of Batvllco’s command, sur render#*'! ta im©nts of tn© Wrvnrtii ! .u*l Ninth 4*ivlr> klilel twelve Insui x* i;t and d©trov©d several *arop* Ih th> Os marines lDtrit The Rhlllppln© C.*mmisslon has d*lel to the |K-it. ling s* hh| bid a provlsUst f**r lh. ! employmeiit of Ameri*.ii t©*ch©rs :• salaries ranging from s7a lo SWO per month. atil Hint XKIXAKO ALIVE. Officer lit I'lilllpidne" Heporta Terri ble Atrocity. West Superior. WK. Dec. .~ln let ter written from the Rhlhii|dnes Just 1© fore tin* recent elect ton to Ills relative# in this city f'apt. Harry W Newton say that ar that tiro© the encroaclwnoitta of the tiatlV'S were w*rs© than they had b • n at any tim** during th© year pre vious As one Instance of their ferocity he writes: "Just the otl*r *lay they Jumped • de tachment of out Twenty-fourth, numher *tng twenty-two men. and capture I slxl©©n of them 4>n’ of ll©iii was f.mnd terribly mutilated. sh#wing signs of iM-ing sklnne ! whlto yel alive." CROWE RENTED THE HOUSE. OmMlin I- ISiilflrr Tkftl ( rnn. I— Ik W liuiw M<* Hralnl thf Omiiiq. Ni'h. I ><-o. * John Smith, it tiruommnk.r MBpko>'*d hy thr Srlmriderwlnti broom taetary, !*■ pol -ttvrly ldmttfl-l Phi Crowe n thr imm .Ihi, in M. pri'-mca*, rent ad th* H hi.ri.tor wln.l hon Otovrr .tr.-.t, which waa u*'<! a. a prlirn for Kddto Cudwhy whtl. ho wi. Mit' 'lolnlno l for thi s2f>,wt ran mtm. Thl I. thr flrat pohttlve prraon*! ra-barnitlcn of any of th* bumltta and <■- tabllaho. tho moat lmi>rttt point yrt devrtopr.l tn tho c*r. Wiirn *ko<l lo Identify tho plotitrr of Tat Crowe In eon n.jtlon wMh the caM-. Hmlth .aid: "You nord not .how mr any plcturr. I know ahat mn. It waa Cal Crowr. I could invo tald any |lhs* offlerr the •ami, thlna trot he called upon nu- 1 wua huay at lV ■' hr*om nioohlne when Cat Crowr catlb'd to rent thr hou■ and paid no attention to him during hlw talk with Mr.. R'hnrtdrrwlnd Then 1 thoiiKht I rnoanlacl the voice and wfopf—.l my machine lona cnoiitth to art a towel lwk at him. 1 -aw hi alancr that the man waa none other than Cot Crowe, a man whom I have known for ten year.. I am a. fw—lttvr aa to the hlcntlty of Cat Crowr aw 1 would I— of my own brother " Smith ha. lived In Omaha twelve year., dtirlna whl.ti time he luia known Crowe and ween him at frequent Interval*. WATCH NIGHT SERVICES. gout hern XI. Ikndlsts Have Raised BI.MMI.WMI lr a Txrentletk t'eu lury t'.dsrstinnsl Fund. Jackon. Mis*., tk-c. BA—BSsbsp Charles It. Hii.k-way. president or the general hoard of education of th* Methoillst Kids oopal Church. Roulh. has re.eive.l advice# that the watch night eervlre* Monday night In Ihe chur lie* throughout the South will Is- th* most enthusiastic In the history of the rhurch The services will also lie held In the Northern branch of the church ami In England. Dlshoo Galloway announces that |1 .gyi.ieo ha# been mined hy the Southern Church os the twentieth cen tuty fund for educatkinal purpose*. THE KENTUCKY FEUDISTS. *l* 1 lay t iinnty Xlen Killed and Twelve M ussdeil Mlthlu the Last To Meeks. IxirsViri. Ky., Dec. 30 Fiir men have been killed and *n wounded In Clay county light# within the past two week*, white two other Clay county nan wer* killed and two were wounded In a light Just over the Clay county line during th same iwrl-st, m ikliaf a total of six killed and twelve Wbunded within two weeks The faction* are again becoming hostile sisl drastic mleisures may be necessary to quell the feudists. AkurilEH H<>* KI DA X PRO. A Hansom Thought to He the IMiJrrl In This Case Also. Houghton. Mich.. Dec. 30.-Th* S-year old son of Mrs. Itavmond Thlervy of Dol lar Bay. ha# been kidnaped, evidently in the hope of securing a run som It I# be lieved ihe boy was taken by a well known character In the copper region. an<l th* Sheriff. With a large posse of Indignant cttlxcr.s, 1# ocmirlng the cwntry hoplna to catch him before he gets beyond the elate line It Is thought he Is heading for Cana-ta. THE RKVOLI'TION IT BOIB*. Varying Aeeounls Herelved of state of Vgnlrs in I ot.io.btn. Klng* ,on - Jamaica. Tec. SB.—The British steamer Orinoco, which arrived here to day from Colon. Colombia, reports con siderable rebel activity hi nearly all the province*. Tbe Colombia Railway and the •e 1 Ixed. and huslneas t* at a standstill In every section, excepi Colon. The Colom bian government, according to the seme advice*!, haa been making uneucoeasful at- to corner the rebel band* DAILY. A YKAR CKNTN A COCY YYKRKLV ITIMKh-A-ft KKK.tI A YEAR ROOSEVELT TO MEN. M:AA \ 4l|| K'* OOVKIIKM SPK.AKJr TO 1 . M. r. A. CARNEGIE HALL CROWDED. Ill* PAHTH I I AULT f AITIOYEO THEM %4. A I \**l MAYA, \o More Moral In* llrrak Ih© Tenth 4 omnia ad men 4 A*%% Than l iiaa llren for 4he l'nl Thirty 4 ©*- turlea—%\ c-rvl• f• \.( Hie 4n1% <.*tt| ’lhlng In I |p-l'*r fletter tn lla U ©ll Aomefhlnift Worth litilng. The I rne 4 hrlatlan Is 4he Trae 4 Ittsen. N*w York. Dec Yi ftov. Ronsavalt sp**k* l this aftfervuxni at Cnnu>g © Halt I'rfore an audleti* • *f young men that completely ni1,,1 lh© lions©, it mt* a nia** m<©‘li\g arrangtsl by the Young Men’s 4‘hrl-tlsn As*wl..:l.i4i of the city, but It wu •* mewhat utilqii© In the fact Ihit th© chief sjMcakrr w s In a wav *•!• dressing more than • hundred other au dlen ©* thfCHgtinat the < *<untr>. It hsl been arranged ►*> that oopfra at Oov. Hot ••veil - - had been serur*.ul In a*!v n © nnl t t Hpcrcturlin of cladons throughout the country, snd It was sal#! that the siblrcss was read .'llothl at more than a hundred ©ther nnetliigs at the same hour. VA ItlLfthi E Dodgv pr*‘s.(|ed an*l among thus© on h© piatftitn were Gen. O. O. Howard, G©n. John it. I<nmk© uii*J v rl'us offhers (i**m the liartiur forts and the navy ysrxl. There were also moro tiwin a htitqlrcd blue J.n k©t* am) soldiers presont. most of whom ar© n©m*er* of the army and navy branch of the asso ciation The New York festival chorus h.*il elevat©#! seats on the itlafiorni and conducted by Mr. Morgan. <hr •hrwwfr, tettalered musical setoctlons. Mr 1 H>dge spuke brietla >n the history #f the \. Al. C. A., and tlien SUlfglsel i'ol. li*usveli iii th© various rapacUte* in which h© is known to the pnidte. Ttw Vice |*resUleft-elect was rec4%*ed With prOlOlged applause The following are extnsets freon tho address: Thru** anaoclaHoas of jwin fry lo make men self-helpful ami to help them hwi they urn self-helpful. They <fc> not try merely to carry *n.-n, to belief!t them for the moment hi the oat of their future undoing. This muni that ait In any way connected with them not merely re tain, tail Increase their self-re*pecl. Any man olio takea part In the work of such an oigenlsnlton la lehrfiud to lottir va lent and lienettte the community to >•■ ement of couraa a .ways with the proviso that the organtaalb.h la well mansard, ami la run on a ouslness basic, a* well a* with a phllanthropic purpose. The forline of brotherhood la necessart l> as rsmote from a patronising spirit on the one hand, a* from a spirit of envy end malice on the other. The best work for our upllftlna must la* hmc by oui selver. ami yet with brotherly klrak)**as for our nriahlair In such work, and therefore. In the kind of work .tone by the Young Men's <'arts'tan Associations, we all eland on the selforcspecting haais of mutual benefit sal commaai effort. All of ue who take |rt In any such work In whatever measure, both receive ami •eaifer benefits. This Is true of the found er amt giver, and It la no less true it every man who takes advantage of what the founder ami ttlver have done. This * r.ahermssi makes us nil realise now much we hove In common, and how tnueh we can do when we work In common. I doubt If It Is possible to overestimate iho gissl .lone by the mere fact of assorts, that with a common Intereal, and for A ..annual end, and when the common In i' test Is high on.l the .a.mmnn end pecu liarly worthy, the g.sst done la of ooures, many times Increased. There are, of course, a thousand differ ent ways In wrhlch the work can bo dona, and each man must choose as his tasi.-a and his powers bid him. If he la to do tha best of which he Is capable, ftabr all iho kinds of work must be curried along on certain definite line* If good la to mane. Ail the work must be attempted us on tha whole this Young Men's Christian Asso ciation work has licen done; that la. In a spirit of good will towards all ami not of hatred towards some; In a spirit In which to broad charity for mankind Micro Is added a keen ami healthy sanity of mind. We must retain our selfrrsp.-.;* each sml all of ue. and we must I-*warn alike of mushy sentimentality and of envy and hatred. There la degradation to us If we feel envy and malice an.l hatred of one'* neighbor, for any cause, and If we envy him merely herons* of his riche*, we show we have ourselves low Ideals. Money la a good thing It ts a foolish .iff.—t itton In deny It it.it it Is not the only gno4 thing, and after a certain amount he* been amasessl It ceases to be the chief even of material good things It Is fop better, for Instance, to do wrll'g I,lt of work which Is well-worth ‘king. I do not care whether this work Is that of an engineer on a great railroad or rspf iln of a fishing lata*, or foreman In a factory or mnchln.* shop, or section ho**. or di vision chief, or assistant astronomer In an observatory, or a acrend lieutenant somewhere In China or the Philippines— each man of these' hoe an Important piece of work and If he I* really (ntcraate.) In It. and ha* the right stuff in him, he will he altogether too proud of what ho Is doing ami too Intent on doing It well, to waste his time In envying others. From the days when the chosen people received the decalogue, to our own. enry ami malice have been recognised ns evils, and woe to those who appeal to them. To hr* ak the Ten'h Mommamtment 1* no mor> morn! now than It ha* b-n for the past thirty centuries. The vice of envy la not only a dangerous, but also a mrnn Vice, for M I* always a confession of In feriority. It may provoke conduct which will be fruitful of wrong doing to others; end It must cause misery to the men who feels It. It will not be any the lea* fruitful of wrong and ml-ery. If aa l so often the case with evil mo tives It adepts some hlgh-svmding alia*. The truth la. gentlemen that ra-h one of tM has to him certflln passions and Ins’.lneta. which If they gain the upp*r hand In his soul would mean that thw wild beast had <ome uppermost *" him. Kr.vy malice and hatred are such pas sions. and thay are Ju*t as bad If direct ed against a class or group of men aa It directed against an Individual. What we need In our leaders art (Continued on Fifth Fags.)