Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 361, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 December 1899 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY,

DECEMBER 27, 1S99

discipline. This would not happen now. he said, since the men are well organized all over the country and have contider.ee In their leaders.

so Ainu: i iwasio. 31 r. Keatlns? Has Heard Nothing Aliont the Fenian Movement. CHICAGO. Dec. 26. John T. Keating, national president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, deelaretl to-night that he knew nothing of the rumored armed Invasion of Canada by four columns of Irishmen. 'There are many enthusiastic Irishmen who would be willing- to attack Canada, now that England's attention Is concentrated In South Africa." said Mr. Keating, "but to my mind I think the present moment requires active and substantial aid to the Boers. I have not heard of anything in connection with an invasion of Canada. There arc plenty of able-bodied men who are willing to fight the English anywhere, as hundr-ds of letters sent me within the last month will testify. I think, however, the Ancient Order of Hibernians will gladly welcome an assessment In favor of an ambulance corp? or hard cash for the Boers. I shall call a meeting of the national directors of the Ancient Order of Hibernians to-morrow. Th directors will probably meet In Washington or Pittsburg, and the question of an assessment will be settled. "Irish-Americans, who long to se their mother country free from English shackles, will. I think-. reognize that the best way to hurt or cripple England will be to do It In South Africa by aiding the Boers, rather than by an invasion of Canada. If Canada were In a state of revolt and rather on the verge of It, as In India, matters would be different. Or. If Irishmen could reach India during this crisis as easily as they could reach Canada, then I should not be at all surprised to see an invading army marching on India. I do not think there I anything In the report, however, Of an organization to Invade Canada." alleged headquarters. Fenian Said to He Orjcanlxlnff In n Mew York Town. DUNKIRK. N. Y.. Dec. K.-Thc Fenians are said to be organizing here for an invasion of Canada. A man known to have knowledge of the condition of Fenian affairs in Dunkirk says this city has been called on to raise six hundred men to form a part of New York's quota of the 125,000 men that are to be enrolled throughout the country. At the present. time five hundred men are known to be mustered with the Fenians here, and the remaining one hundred will be obtained with little difficulty. It Is currently reported and extensively credited that the Fenians have two carloads of arms and munitions of war in concealment Jn or near this city. This material Is said to have been in the possesslon of the Dunkirk Fenians for some years. Illdlculed by Canadians. OTTAWA. Ont., Dec. 26. The stories regarding a Fenian Invasion of Canada, telegraphed here from the United States, are laughed at by the militia department, the government and the people generally. RIOT ON A STREET CAE. Three Xegrroes Fatally and Ttto DanKeronsly Hart After a Cake Walk. NEW YORK. Dec. 26.-During a Hot among forty-seven negroes, men and women, on a trolley car at Morrisania early this morning, three were fatally shot and two dangerously wounded. The Injured - are Dudley Smith, twenty-three years old. shot In left groin, fatally; Edward Lyon, twenty-four years old. shot In back and three knife wounds on thigh, and George Terrend. thirty-one years old, fchot In Jaw. Charles Trassy, twenty-four years old. who did the shooting, was arrested. There was a cakewalk last night which was attended by a large crowd of colored people. Forty-seven of the participants and spectators about 1 o'clock this morning boarded a south-bound trolley car. bound for Harlem bridge. There were no white people on board, except the conductor and motorman. Among the negros was Lizzie Stewart, of Mount Vernon. She had been Trassy'a partner in the cakewalk. Almost instantly after boarding the car the negroes began to flght. The row was started, it Is said, by some of the colored men making disparaging remarks about the Stewart woman. Trassy was Identified by Torrend, one of the wounded men. lie claimed to have shot In self-defense. Most of the negroes Involved In the row escaped. WILL DISCUSS MONEY. Bryan Has Xot Abandoned Ills Hobby Prunilae from Carnegie. AUSTIN, Tex.. Dec. 26.-W. J. Bryan's attention was called to a dispatch from Washington stating that he had written Congressman Daly, of New Jersey, that he would make several speeches in the East, discussing trusts and Imperialism, and he was asked as to whether the report Indicated an Intention of abandoning the silver question. He replied: "Congressman Daly has probably been misquoted. I expect to make several rpeeches In the East, but I expect to discuss the mone; question, along with other questions. There are three questions now prominently before the people, to wit: The money question, the trust question and the Philippine question. Whenever I make a political speech I discuss all three questions." Mr. Bryan will leave here Saturday for bis trip to Lincoln. Omaha. Kansas City and Chicago, and thence to the East. He will be gone about one month. Mrs. Bryan to-day received a letter from Andrew Carnegie stating that he would gladly furnish the money for the erection of a library building at Lincoln. Neb., which It Is estimated will cost between $50,000 and 173,000. NO CHANGE IN WEATHER. Continued Low Temperature. Clear Skies and Westerly Winds. WASHINGTON. Dec. 26. - Forecast for "Wednesday and Thursday: For Ohio Generally fair on Wednesday and Thursday; fresh westerly winds. For Indiana and Illinois Fair; continued cold on Wednesday and Thursday; fresh westerly windii. Loral Observations on Tuesday. Bar. Ther. It. II. Wind. Pre. Weather. 7 1. m Su; w 7 Wwt. o.ixl Clear. t p. m 20.1 2) 6-1 S'west. O.txi Clar. Maximum temieraturv, 31; minimum tempera ture. . . 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FILIPINOS MORE BOLD

HAVE THE TEMERITY TO ATTACK AMERICANS AT SII1IG Driven Array rrltli the Assistance of Marines Oilier Flights All Spanlards to He Sent Home. MANILA. Dec. 27. S:2T a. m. General Santa Ana. with a force of Insurgents estimated at three hundred, attacked the gar rison at Sublg yesterday. A body of ma rines was stnt from Olongapo to reinforce the garrison and the Filipinos were driven back, several being killed. There were no casualties on the American side. A com pany of the Forty-sixth Volunteer Infantry, together with a contingent of marines, has bet n sent from Manila to reinforce the Sublg garrison still further. MANILA. Dec. 23.-Colonel J. Franklin Dell, of the Thirty-sixth Infantry, encountered 150 Filipinos last Thursday near Allmlnos. province of Zambales, and killed, wounded or captured twenty-eight of them. Our troops also obtained possession of a number of rifles and a quantity of ammunition. One American was wounded. A detachment of the Thirty-fourth Infantrj' encountered a band of the enemy Saturday at Arltoa, province of Neuva Vlzcaya. and routed them, killing two and wounding or capturing thirteen. The Americans also seized a quantity of ammunition. The Twenty-first Regiment attacked a Filipino outpost on Sunday near Calamba, scattering them and killing five of the enemy. The Thirty-second Regiment on Sunday had a brush with the enemy in the mountains northwest of Dlnalupljan. One American was wounded. The troops captured 125 head of cattle and brought them to GrankI, Bataan province. In the Island of Panay Captain Brownell's company of the Twenty-sixth Infantry fought the enemy near Sala. The rebels lost heavily and the Americans captured a number of rifles. The rebels who fled from Panay to Romblen Island were surrendered to the American garrison from Panay. Otls'a Report on Recent Flhtlng. WASHINGTON. Dec. 26.-Under to-day's date General Otis, at Manila, reports some details of engagements with the insurij'ns following the death of 'General Law ten. Ills dispatch follows: "Following are recent minor engagements: Capture of San Mateo, Dec. 19. General Lawton killed. Captain Kinan, Twenty-ninth Infantry, and Lieutenant Breckinridge. Seventh Infantry, slightly wounded; four enlisted men 3lightly wounded. Capture, same date, Montalben, Lieutenant Cotchem, Eleventh Cavalry, and six enlisted men wounded, mostly slight; enemy's casualties heavy. In northern Zambales on the 21st inst. Bell struck 130 insurgents, killed, wounded and captured twenty-eight and secured twenty rifles; Lieutenant Read. Thirty-sixth Infantry, wounded in the thigh, slight. Hughes, Hollo, reports that an Insurgent band attacked Brown's company of the Twentysixth Infantry at Jaro, but were repulsed with heavy loss of men and twenty-six rifles. Insurgents in Romblen surrendering arms. On the 23d inst. Captain Dams, of the Thirty-fourth Infantry, struck an insurgent band near Arltoa, province of Neuva Vlzcaya, killing and wounding llfteen anu capturing seven rifles. Lieutenant Mead. ' of the Twenty-first Infantry, attacked the insurgent outposts near Calamba on the 24th Inst., killing five and capturing five rifles. In the mountains of the southern portion of Bataan province on the 24th Inst. Captain Comfort, of the Thirty-second Infantry, struck an insurgent band, wounding four and having one man wounded. Major Spencer, of same regiment and In the same locality, captured the Insurgent corral with 125 cattle and ponies. Captain Nalson. on the same date, was attacked in mountains near Sulug; one man missing." j Ll.. w FREE TRANSPORTATION FOR A Spanish Soldiers, Civilians and Their Families to De Sent Home. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. At the Cabinet meeting to-day It was decided to construe that portion of the treaty with Spain regarding the return of Spanish soldiers and prisoners of war In the most liberal way. By the. terms of the treaty the United States agreed to transport all Spanish soldiers and prisoners of war serving in the conquered territory of Spain. Quite a number of disputed questions have been raised in connection with the repatriation of the Spanish soldiers serving in the Philippines and they have been the subject of considerable correspondence between General Otis and the Spanish representatives at Manila. In the peace treaty various terms are used "Spanish soldiers." "Spanish prisoners," "prisoners In the hands of insurgents." etc. After discussing the question to-day the Cabinet decided to construe the language of the treaty liberally, indeed to stretch not only to cover all Spanish prisoners In the hands of the insurgents who are now falling into our hands, but their families and all civilian officials and their families. All will be transported to Spain at the expense of the United States. Secretary Root has no information as to how many Spanish prisoners remain on the islands. LONDON. Dec. 27. The Daily Chronicle, commenting on the decision of the United States government to transport from the Philippines not only the Spanish prisoners falling Into the hands of the Americans, but their families as well, also the Spanish civil officials, v with their families, says: "This action of the United States is characteristically generous toward their late foe. It can haroly fail to awake .a responsive ecno and to do much to diminish the bitterness resulting from the recent war." Death Sentence Committed. OSIIKOSH. Wis.. Dec. 26. William Scarborough, of this city, a private of Company B, Third United States Infantry, who was tried by a military court in the Philippines on a serious charge and sentenced to death, has been saved from execution by President McKlnley. The President has commuted his sentence to dishonorable discharge and twenty years imprisonment. The Mentle at Singapore. WASHINGTON. Dec. CtJ.-Word was received at the War Department to-day that the transport Meade, with Colonel Murray and the Forty-thin! Volunteer Infantry, arrived at Singapore yesterday on her way to Manila. Colonel Murray reports the death of Corporal Kerrigan, of Company B, on the ISth Inst., of alcoholic poisoning. Killed Lofrnn's Slayer. A North Vernon dispatch to the Crawfordsvllle Journal says: ""Albert Harrington, of this city, writes from the Philippines that he killed the Filipino who killed Major Logan. Harrington is soldier In the Thirty-third Infantry." The Westminster nt Sea ARaln. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26. The steamer Westminster, which put back to port yesterday owing to damage to her machinery, left for Manila this afternoon. The Westminster has about four hundred horses and mules aboard. Michigan's Allrjretl Frnml. LANSING. Mich.. Dec. 26. The grand jury reconvened this afternoon. Since adjournment the officers have made what is claimed to be an Imjwrtant find in connection with the alleged fraudulent military deal by locating the four women who transferred the tags on the goods which were sold by the State and replaced them with the Henderson-Ames Company's marks. They will swear that they wvre hired by Mr. Bickerstaff. of the HendersonAmes Company, to do the work. They all reside at Kalamazoo. The women assert

they removed the buttons from the soldier clothes and the linings from the caps and replaced them with others. BIGHTS OF STRIKERS.

Jadfrc Harris Holds Pickets May De Posted and .Nonnnloniiti Persuaded. TOLEDO, O., Dec. 26. Judge Morris, in Common Pleas Court, to-day rendered an unusual decision as to the rights of striking workmen. The members of the Bicycle Workers' Union struck at the Standard tube and Porkside works. A temporary in junction was granted restraining strikers from patrolling the works and accosting and intimidating employes who took their places. This Injunction Judge Morris today dissolved, holding that the strikers had a perfect right to keep pickets about the works and to talk to workmen and urge them to come out. He held that there- was no positive evidence of threats, and that the number of men employed at the works exceeded the number of strikers usually kept on picket duty, so there could be no danger of personal violence. The case will be appealed. FOUNDERED IN MIDOCEAN I'MvNOWX ilAIIK WK.NT DOWN WITH F I FT 12 12 X 31 KX ABOARD. Heroic Attempt of n Steamship's Crew to Resene the Imperiled Senmen Stru&TKle with the Storm. NORFOLK, Va Dec. 26. News has just been brought to the city of the loss of an unknown ship and her crew of .fifteen In the terrible storm of Saturday night. With j her great steel bows bent and twisted by murderous seas, two propeller blades gone and steel lifeboats transformed by giant waves so that they resembled the figure "8," the overdue Johnson liner Noranmore, a 10,000-ton vessel, the largest tramp boat afloat, arrived In port to-night, twentythree days out from Liverpool, after encountering a hurricane of tremendous proportions and one that nearly sent the big ship to the bottom of the ocean. Captain Richardson brought the first news of the loss of a bark In midocean with fifteen persons aboard, of the almost unequaled heroism on the part of a boat's crew from his ship in an attempt to save the lives on the sinking vessel, and how in the hurricane and darkness his own men narrowly escaped death. The Noranmore had a tempestuous voyage all the way over, and last Saturday night was struck by the same storm that sent the Arlosto on the Hatteras Diamonds j and twenty-one men to their death. It was about 8 o'clock in the evening,' the waves running high and the wind blowing a hurricane, that lights were seen In the distance, and above the fury of the storm came human cries for help. The Noranmore had only ballast aboard, and, big ship as she was, tossed like a feather, the seas making clean breaches over her. She, however, bore down on the distressed ship and could see that it was a bark already awash, masts gone, the crew waving lanterns and frantically begging to be saved. A crew from the Noranmore volunteered to man a boat, and In the height of lhe storm a steel boat was launched. The cries of the imperiled ones were now piteous, but the life boat had hardly left the Noranmoro when a tremendous wave overturned It and the would-be rescuers were precipitated into the sea. They fortunately wore life belts and managed to right the boat. Lines had by this time been thrown them and they were dragged through the waves to the Noranmore. A second attempt was made to rescue those aboard the bark, but she had disappeared In the darkness and storm. Although in Imminent peril himself. Captain Richardson stood by until morning and then steamed to where he had seen the bark, but she had sunk with all on board. No wreckage could be seen and it was impossible to learn her name or destination. She appeared to have been loaded with a bulky cargo, and was a vessel of probably 1,000 tons. The storm continued with unabated fury, and the Noranmore had to change her course several times, finally heading for Norfolk. Captain Richardson said in all his ex perience he r.ever encountered such a storm. The big ship sustained severe damage, and will have to be repaired here. The waves at times completely hid the ship and swept everything movable from the decks. Several of the sailors were tossed about and injured by the seas. Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK. Dec. 26. Arrived: Menominee, from London; Kensington, from Antwerp. Sailed: Marmanta, for Glasgow. GIBRALTAR. Dec. 26. Arrived: Kaiser Wilhelm II, from New York, for Naples and Genoa QUEENSTOWN. Dec. 24. Arrived: Dunregan, from Portland. YOKOHAMA. Dec. 26.-Arrivcd: KInshuMaru, from Seattle. AUCKLAND, Dec. 23.-Sailed: Moan, for San Francisco. LONDON. Dec. 26. Arrived: Mesaba, from New York. CUBAN PRISONS. Offlclal Report Says They Are Indescribably Horrible. l NEW YORK, Dec. 26. Charlton T. Lewis, president of the New York Prison Association, who went to Cuba on behalf of the state and other prison organizations in the United States, has made a sensational report to the secretary of war in regard to the penal institutions on the island. He contends that this government is responsible, and says that a truthful description of the prisons "would arouse universal indignation, which would probably be misdirected." After urging this governm?nt, through the War Department, to stop the "intolerable cruelty and Injustice which now constitute a national disgrace," Mr. Lewis adds: "Great prisons are overcrowded with men and boys. Assassins, brigands, pickpockets and young men charged with disorderly conduct or merely suspected of slight offenses are herded together In absolute Idleness and unrestricted Intercourse. With no change of clothing, no blanket or . semblance of led. many hundreds sleep on bare stones, where filth und vermin are kept down only by constant sprinkling with disinfectants. In some prisons the only disinfectant known is insect powder, and cases of tuberculosis, some of them far advanced, Infect the rooms and doubtless spread the seeds of disease. Moral and physical contagion are promoted on a vast scale together. Most of these prisoners have b?en proved guilty of no offense. "In this hell upon earth they are held indefinitely while the judges of first Instance Investigate the charges. Each of these judges has a secretary, who can often secure a dismissal, but the prisoner without money or influence must wait." STOLE A BAG OF GOLD. Arrest of n Subtrcasury Clerk Who Dressed Well nnd Gambled. CHICAGO. Dec. 26. Clyde H. Wallace, a clerk In the United States subtrcasury In this city, was arrested to-day on the charge of having stolen $3,000 In gold from the office. The young man Is said to have maie a full confession to the secret-service officials. The gold, a sack of twenty-dollar goldpleces, was missed Nov. 13, but It was several weeks before the officers could obtain a clew to the crlmLnal. Wallace finally furnished it by wearing fine clothes and diamonds and by playing the races in poolrooms, making all his bets with twentydollar goldpleces. He is in jail in default of bonds or

FOR LAWTON'S FAMILY

MONEV RECEIVED RV GENERAL CORBIX XOW TOTALS $15,000. Subscriptions to the Home Fund to He Ilecelveil I ntll Jan. 5 Mrs. Lawton's Letter to 3Irs. Logan. The Journal acknowledges the receipt of 210 for the Lawton homo fund. T.h-3 following contributions were received yesterday: A. M. Scott. Ladoga. Ind " Dr. W. C. Chafee. Huntington, Ind 2 Augustin Bolce, city 5 Other Indianapolis newsnapon report contributions aggregating fcoD.bl Thl?. with the Board of Trade subscription of S0, and the contributions received by lhe Journal, makes a total of J1.40S.53. WASHINGTON. Dec. 26. Adjutant General Corbin'a list of subscriptions to the Lawton home fund aggregated $13,000 at noon to-day. The committee announces that the subscription lists will be kept open until Jan. 5 next, when the money will be banked and placed to Mrs. Lawton's credit. The amount now in the hands of General Corbin probably Is less than half of that actually subscribed, many subscriptions not having yet reached him. , NEW YORK, Dec. JC The subscriptions to the Lawton fund received by the Bankers' Trust Company of this city thus far amount to $-,775. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 26. The Lawton fund of the Evening Telegraph of this city, which has been officially designated by Adjutant General Corbin to receive subscriptions for the relief of the widow and children of General Lawton, amounts to-night to $2,411. Seventeen subscriptions of $100 each have been made to the fund thus far. PITTSBUiiG. Dec. 26. At a public meeting held at City Hall to-day in response to a call issued by Mayor Diehl a fund was started for the widow and children of General Lawton. H. C. Frick subscribed $2jw, Captain J. J. Vandergrift $10u and quite a number of others lesser amounts. Efforts will be made to raise a large fund by the close of the week. NEW YORK, Dec. 26. The Union League Club to-night appointed . a committee to raise funds for the family of the late Major General Henry W. Lawton. ExMayor Strong presided at the meeting. The principal address in honor of General Lawton was made by ex-Congressman Wise, formerly of Virginia. MEMPHIS. Tenn., Dec. 26. The Commercial-Appeal of this city, by request of Adjutant General Corbin. will receive donations to the Lawton fund. It is believed that several hundred dollars will be readily donated in Memphis and vicinity. HAVANA, Dec. 26. A salute of thirteen guns will be fired to-morrow in honor of the late General Lawton. The flags over the government building. are at half-mast. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2C.-Donations for the Lawton fund received by Major General Shafter now amount to $931.50. Mrs. Law ton's Letter to Mrs. Logan. WASHINGTON. Dec. 26. One of the pathetic episodes of the Philippine war is a letter received this morning by Mrs. John A. Logan from Mrs. Lawton. Read in the light of the fact that it was written just after the death of Major Logan and was received after the death of General Lawton, the letter is remarkable. Mrs. Lawton said: "I am perfectly heartbroken for you and know not what to ay. When Jack arrived so short a time ago I was ill in bed, but had his room all ready, and had given Instructions to be informed the moment he arrived. Plans were changed and he did not stop, but went straight on to action with General Wheaton's brigade. Since his merry, warm-hearted boyhood your boy has been dear to Mr. Lawton and me, and I did not need Mrs. Tucker's good letter to make me feel that no other home must be Jack's out here but ours. And In case of illness he should be my pleasant care. I was only waiting to see Jack to answer Mrs. Tucker's letter. And now, O! what can I say? Be sure for his dear sake 'as well as yours everything possible that kind hands, loving hearts and sympathetic presence can do I will do for you. You already know where Jack died that he was magnificent, doing so pplendidly and in every sense worthy of his noble father. You may all well be proud of him. I am and I think of you with a full heart. May the good God give you strength to bear this terrible sorrow." Reitret and Sympathy. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-A resolution expressing sympathy with the Boers In their war with Great Britain, identical with the resolution which was adopted by the Board of Aldermen last Friday, was to-day offered in the City Council. President Guggenhelmer ruled that the resolution was out of order and it was laid over. The Council adopted a resolution expressing regret for the death of General Lawton, who was killed in the Philippines, and expressing sympathy for his family. I-'ort Wayne Lantnu Memorial. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE. Ind.. Dec. 26. A largelyattended Lawton memorial meeting was held at the Temple Theater to-night. Addresses were delivered by veterans, members of the Odd Fellows and Masonic lodges, to which Lawton belonged, and other leading citizens. Resolutions were adopted favoring the erection of a monument here, and deciaring it proper that the state Legislature should assist financially in the project. Date of La vt oil's Fnnernl. MANILj. Dec. 26. The funeral of Major General Lawton will take place Dec. SO. The remains will be embarked on the transport Thomas. STILL RESTING. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) to denominate an ordinary household necessity like Hour as contraband of war is Improper. Provisions, he said, cannot be held to be arms or munitions of war. "Inasmuch as the vessels were bound for a Portuguese port." he continued, "upon which no blockade has been declared, and as their cargoes were consigned merely t'o merchants in Johannesburg who have nothing to do with the war except to furnish provisions to the wives and children who remain at home, it is unlawful for British warships to seize or send back merchantshlps of foreign traders unless their cargoes are declared especially contraband of war and a blockade is established along the African coast." . At the British consul's office in th'.s city yesterday the statement given out on request for an expression of opinion about the seizure was: "If you will show me anv one who can define contraband of war I will tell you what I think about this. If our countrymen considered flour contraband of war. as giving aid and comfort to the Boers by being part of their siistenance, it was perfectly right to seize the vessels on the high seas, even though they were directed to a neutral port. In the recent Chinese war rice was declared contraband of war." Judge Addison Brown, who presides over the United States Admiralty Court for the southern district of New York, was asked, ytsterday, if the seizure of the two English ships, the Beatrice and the Mashona, carrying American cargoes, was justifiable and if the seizure of the neutral ship, the Maria, of Holland, carrying a neutral cargo, could be defended in law. He said: "It is very difficult for me to lclieve that the English had no better reason for seizing any of the ships than that they considered the cargoes of flour contraband of war. If destined directly for an enemy It might be considered under certain circumstances as such, but as flour simply It cannot be considered contraband. The proclamation of the Spanish government at the beginning of our recent war, referring to contraband of war, named arms, munitions of war, harness anu such things, but left flour, provisions and even coal without mention. If the case as stated In tho dispatches Is correct

then the seizure of the two ships flying the English flag on the presumption that the cargoes were intended ultimately to reach the enemy, was a tyrannical exercise of the war power. Justified, however, by th emergency. The nation is supreme over its own subjects. But. as to the second question, regarding the right of seizure of the Dutch vessel, the case Is very different. It seems to me this was apparently an exercise of the law that might makes right. Great Britain may have considered It necessary to make the seizure. She could not do It legally, but may have decided to make the seizure knowing that by raying an exorbitant amount of damages the matter could be adjusted later. She can afford to pay almost anything rather than let that flour get into the Transvaal."

WILL AID THE BOERS. Philadelphia Irishmen and Others to Eqnip n Hospital Ship. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 26. The North American, to-morrow, will say: "Philadelphia will send a hospital ship and a large corps of American physicians and surgeons to the Transvaal. Subscription lists will be circulated and a pro-Boer public meeting will be held at the Academy of Music with that end In view. Many public men and leading citizens have become In terested in the movement and to-day a committee will be appointed to take charge of the-details, secure the necessary funds and charter a steamer, which will be started on Its mission of mercy from this port Just as soon as it can be properly fitted up for the trip. "Patrick O'Ncil, of this city, who is the Pennsylvania president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, together with a committee from that organization, is at the head of the movement and asserts that there will be no difficulty in successfully carrying out the plan. 'We will have a committee of prominent men appointed tomorrow,' said Mr. O'Neil to-night, 'and all the arrangements for the expedition will be left with that committee. Among the men to go on the committee are representatives of every class of people who are In sympathy with the Boers in their fight against the cruel oppression of England. It is our Intention, also,' continued Mr. O'Neil. 'to have a public meeting called, to be held at the Academy of Music, this city, and. while arrangements are about completed for this demonstration, which will be a pro-Boer gathering, we are not yet ready to announce the date, because of the uncertainty about the time certain speakers can be present. We already have assurances of enough money to say that there will be no failure in the undertaking. We have not much time to complete arrangements,' said he, 'but two weeks will see the public meeting over and the necessary amount of money subscribed.' " ANOTHER CHRISTMAS TREE. Queen Victoria Remembers the Families of Her Soldiers. LONDON, Dec. 26. The wives and families of the Guards Reservists from Windsor, now serving in South Africa, assembled at St.' George's Hall, Windsor, this afternoon to participate in the Queen's Christmas tree celebration. Queen Victoria, the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, Princess Henry of Battenberg, the Duchess of Albany and others of the royal family were present. The tree, which was twenty-five feet high, was illuminated with electric lights and covered with presents, which the members of the household distributed' after a bountiful tea. The Queen evinced the greatest interest in the festivities. Where Doers Get Supplies. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 2G.-The British consul here Is authority for the statement that New Qrleans has been one of the chief ports used by Boer agents for securing supplies for use In the Transvaal and that British ships have been used largely in their shipment. Corn, it seems, has been one of the principal staples bought for the purpose and was bought and shipped away from this port without creating either suspicion or comment. The British authorities, however, appear to have been possessed of more or less information on the subject for some time, but have been powerless to stop the shipments. The plan, the British consul says, has been to ship the grain and other supplies from New Orleans to Rotterdam and there reship to ports from which the Transvaal could be reached. British ships were used to carry tho supplies as far as Rotterdam. Investigation here to-night revealed the fact that the quantity of corn shipped from New Orleans to Rotterdam this season has been in excess of three million bushels, while the legitimate trade has never required more than 400.0CX) bushels. Doer Agent Assaulted. EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 26. An agent of the Boer republic is in the city for the purpose of enllsling men for the present war with Great Britain. He is well supplied with funds and claims to have come from the Transvaal. He reached this city on Saturday from San Francisco and said his intention was to cross the river Into Mexico and operate from that side of the line. His purpose might not have been disclosed had he not got into a dispute with an Englishman and been shot at severa times. He went to a firm of lawyers, Turney & Burgess, and engaged them to prosecute his assailant. Adam Dieter, who fought with Roosevelt's Rough Riders, exhibits a commission as second lieutenant, which was given to him by the agent of the Boers. Hash Order for Canned Beef. CHICAGO, Dec. 26. The employes of the canning department of Armour & Co. at the stockyards worked Christmas day filling a rush order sent by the British government. For almost a week, night and day, shifts of men have been kept at work. Recently, it is said, two large orders camo from the Knglish government ofucials for meats for the army. The supplies are intended for the British forces in South Africa. It Is expected the order will be filled before the week Is out. The supplies will be carried east In special trains and shipped at once to Cape Town. Ileeruitlnrc In Arkansas. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 26.-The Gazette to-morrow will say: "J. R. Rowan, en electrician of Buffalo, N. Y., and J. C. Sellers, of New Orleans, are here to form a company of forty-eight men to go to South Africa to aid the Boers. Twelve men i.ave so far enlisted and the full number can easily be procurred. Rowan says, when arrangements are perfected to transport them to the Transvaal. Both men saw service In the Spanish-American war. Rowan In the Seventy-first New York and Sellers in the Second Louisiana." Recruiting Olllcer Strikes. CINCINNATI, O., Dec. 26. M. Pierre Pettit, recruiting agent for the amulance corps of the Boer army, suspended operations temporarily to-day on account of the failure to receive an expected draft from Dr. Leyds. It is said that five hundred recruits have been sent from this city, which is more than was sent from any other one agency in the United States. Liberal Canadian Bankers. MONTREAL, Dec. 26. The Bank of Montreal to-day subscribed $10,000 to the relief fund for the British soldiers in South Africa. The directors of the bank added i7.50 to this amount in personal subscriptions. Kitchener nt Gibraltar. GIBRALTAR, Dec. 26. Lord Kitchener has arrived here from Egypt. Her Mistake. Pearson's Magazine. The conductor said there was room lor a few more Inside. At the Elephant and Castle, when the tram turned west, the customary, contingent of shoppers got in, and there was an uncomfortable Jam. But the little man kept his eyes on his paper. He also kept his seat. "Pardon me, madam." said a polite man hanging on to a strap to a lady standing beside him with an armful of paper parcels, "you are standing on my foot." "I'm so sorry," said she. "I thought it belonged to the man slttinr down." And then the little man's eyes were lifted from his paper, und she got the scat

PANDEMONIUM REIGNED

ANOTHER TUMULTUOUS SESSION OF THE FRENCH HIGH COURT. To of the Defendants Expelled from the Room Germany Not After the Danish West Indies. PARIS. Dec 26. The public prosecutor this afternoon began his closing speech before the high court (Senate) in the conspiracy cases. He reviewed the evidence, which, he said, showed that the conspiracy was more dangerous "than when the Compte de Paris so forgot the traditions of his family as to Join hands with General Boulanger." This evoked a noisy protest from the audience and the accused, Jules Guerrin. called upon the piesldent of the court, M. Fallieres, not to permit the prosecutor to indulge in such "insulting remarks," but the prosecutor continued, saying that the same men who conspired ten years ago had again plotted to overthrow the republic. The Compte de Paris, he added, was dead, but the Due d'Orleans pursued the same system. The remarks of the prosecutor were soon drowned by the vehement Interruptions of the prisoners. M. Fallieres for a time faintly rang his bell to restore order and eventually the prosecutor was- heard to declare that he had decided, ow.ng to want of evidence, to abandon the prosecution of six prisoners. MM. Chevlelly, Frenchen-Court, Brunct, Cailly. Bourmont anu Balllcre. He then recapitulated the story of the antirepublican machination of the Due d'Orleans and his agent, M. Buffett. The latter violently protested and an uproar ensued, many of the senators demanding M. Buffet's expulsion. Three of the prisoners, MM. Cailly, Brunet and Jules Guerrin, then successively shouted that If M. Buffet was expelled from the sessions they also wished to be expelled. Perfect pandemonium resulted. Finally the court in secret session decided to expel MM. Butiet and Cailly until their counsel's speech for the defense. WILL XOT BUY THEM. Germany Has Decided to Let the Danish West Indies Alone. BERLIN, Dec. 26. The German government has definitely abandoned all Idea of acquiring the Danish Wet Indies, either by purchase from Denmark or otherwise. The correspondent of the Associated Press received this information from an authoritative source to-day. The German embassy In Washington has left no doubt that such an attempt would be looked on by the Americans as an unfriendly act and as a serious infringement on the Monroe doctrine. According to the same authority the reports representing that Denmark is negotiating to sell the Islands to the United States are either entirely premature or without foundation. Dr. Paasche. leader of the National Liberals In the Reichstag, has Just returned from a four months' trip in the United States, Cuba and the other West Indies. The trip was undertaken for the united German sugar interests, the object of Dr. Paasche being to study thoroughly what prospects ane sugar had In the regions through which he passed competing successfully with German beet sugar under the existing American tariff, in the course of an Interview to-day he expressed the opinion that German sugar would be driven out of the United States market within three years unless the United States grants better terms than the present tariff. He will fully discuss the matter In the Reichstag and will publish a book on the-subject. Dr. Paasche, who says he greatly enjoyed his experiences In the western world, speaks enthusiastically of the "phenomenal prosperity every where apparent In the United States." He believes a way will be found to effect a commercial treaty with the United States which will be beneficial to both countries. It is asserted In official quarters that the new tax rate on accumulated capital in Prussia shows an Increase of five milliards. Armored trains will hereafter be a regular feature of the German war equipment. Extensive experiments have been made on the military railroad line from Schoenberg to Kunersdorf. Various types of plated trains have been used, all made at the Krupp works. It has been found that a light armored train with ,an armored car before the engine, in which a machine gun is placed, adjustable for firing In three directions, is the most available type. These cars are open at the top. There has been another heavy snowfall in Germany and street traffic Is greatly Impeded. One lesson from the severe snow of the last two weeks Is that the accumulator electric car system Is a failure. The Berlin lines will substitute overhead wires. French Mining: Troubles. PARIS, Dec. 26. The Cabinet council held to-day at the Elysee Palace discussed the St. Etienne strike. Tho premier, M. WaJdeck-Rousseau, and the minister of public works. M. Baudln. announced that measures would be taken to prevent a serious shortage of the coal supply. The coal miners are calm to-day. but the mines are guarded by troops. Only 25 per cent. of the miners descended Into the pits today. The lay workers held a meeting this morning and resolved to continue the strike. Losses by Fire. AUGUSTA. Ga.. Dec. 2G.-The saw mill of the Perkins Manufacturing Company and the Georgia Iron works, owned by the Perkins Manufacturing Company, were destroyed by lire to-night. The loss is $173,000. This does not Include the loss of many valuable patterns which cannot be duplicated. The Insurance Is about $33,000. Two hundred men are thrown out of employment. BINGHAMTON, N. Y., Dec. 26. The Jones scale works of this city was badly damaged by fire and water to-day. The fourth fioor of the main building is in ruins and the rest of the structure, filled with the manufactured product, is drenched with water. The loss will probably reach $G0,0O. VAN BUREN. Ark.. Dec. 26,-Murta's Opera House and Hlnckel's Hall were burned to-day and the stocks of the Van Buren Hardware Company, John Hinckel. general merchandise, W. II. Ross, drugs, and several smaller stores were destroyed, causing a loss estimated at $100,000. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 26. The extensive m..l of Joseph Fling's Sons, manufacturers of cotton and merino, in Germantown, a suburb of this city, was almost destroyed by fire to-day. The loss Is estimated at $60,000, covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown. BUFFALO, N. Y.. Dec. 26.-A big building on the terrace occupied by several manufacturing firms was badly damaged by fire to-night. The principal sufferers are: Montgomery Door and Box Company. $100,000; Duther Manufacturing Company, $30,000. TOWER HILL, 111.. Dec. 26,-The City Hotel and J. W. Shelby's dry goods store burned to-day. Several hotel guests had narrow escapes from the burning building. The financial loss was small. HOUSTON, Tex., Dec. 26. The new sugar mill recently completed at Sugarland. Cunningham's plantation, was burned this evening, with all machinery. Loss, $S5,000, fully insured. Distribution of Lafayette Dollars. CHICAGO. Dec. 26. The souwr.lr Lafayette dollars received in Chicago by the Iafayette Memorial Commission on Christmas eve were taken from the government kegs at the office of the treasurer of the American Trust and Savlng3 IS mk to-day, and the distribution of the coins ofliclally begun. Fifteen thousand of tn coini have already leen subscribed and r'd foi, and will be delivered Immediately. Ten thousand coins are to be reserved fo" distribution in France next year durt ig the exposition, which leaves twenty thou-sand for sale In America. New Division of the Wnhash. ST. LOUIS. Dec. 26. Vice President and General Manager Rumsey, of the Wabash, to-day authorized the announcement that on Jan. 1 ft new division, to be known as

Tube Works WronitMron Pipe for Gaj, Steam aod vater( ftol!r Tub. Cat s4 Mi:&ble Iron Kitting (black tnj rmlvinliel). Valves. Stop Cock. Er fine Trlmmlnr. bteam Gaufft, Pip Tonca. l'lps Cutter. Vls. Scrsj riatft an ! Dlea Wrmcha. Stnm Trap. Punijs, Kitchen Sinks. FIo?a. Hlt inr. Hatbtt Metal. SoMer. Vhtte and Colored Wlrirg TVatte. anJ nil other Suprnea uel In connection with Ct. Fteara an4 Water. Natural Gaa Buprlles a apecUlty. Steam leitlng Arparatua tor rubllc RullJinca. Floreroonn. MiJIa. sW. Factories. ljiun.lns, Limb lry Houeea. etc. Cut anl Thread to crier any itr Wrcucnt-lron Pipe, frcm , Inch to U lochea dUoa KNIGHT & JILLSON. xa to 127 8. PENNSYLVANIA 8U the Detroit division, comprising the Una between Detroit ana unicago. tne ncimer branch and Montixlier yards, would be) rrented and nlaced under the nuperlntendency of George M. Rurns, with headquar ters at Detroit. Mr. uurns nas Decn located at Wabash headquarters in this city since March, 1S?6. MR. B0UTELLE WORSE. The 31alne Representative Sent to a Huston Sanatorium. BOSTON, Dec. 26. The condition of Con gressman C. A. Doutelle, of Maine, who was taken ill in this city last week and later taken to his home at Rangor, is un derstood to be quite serious, and it ll stated that he was brought to a sanatorium in this city yesterday. SSSBSBBSBBSBSSBBBBaSSSSSBSSSSSaBBSBaSSBBBSSaSSSBBBSaSHBSSSB TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. . Jim Thompson killed Harrison Ray in a drunken row, at Tazewell. Tenn. At Walnut Hill. Va.. Ral Ely and his uncle, named Dops, had a quarrel, la wnich the latter was killed. R. Overton and John Combs, of Atlantheus Hill. Va., fought a duel and both were killed. They were prominent in their neighborhood. James and Allan MacXaughton. of tlia Tradesmen's National Rank and the Wool Exchange, New York, yesterday filed a tition in bankruptcy. Joe Frye and Edward Overton, miners, were killed at the Phoenix mine, near Cartervllle. Mo., their heads being crushed against a wheel of the hoisting apparatus. Three members of the family of Manford Pollock, at Barboursvllle, W. Va., died Monday night, having been mysteriously poisoned while eating their Christmas dinner. James Patton and Harlan CIscoe, of White Oak. Ky.. got into a difficulty. Patton shot anJ killed Cisco while Cisco was cutting Patton to pieces with a knife. Patton will die. Seven Indians, Including two women, were drowned a short distance west of Ashcroft, B. C, by the upsetting of a canoe in which they were attempting to cross tha Thompson river. President John W. Springer, of the National Live Stock Association, has issued the official call for the big annual convention of his association to meet In Fort Worth, Tex., on Jan. 16. The 1.800 men employed by the Lehigh and Wllkesbarre Coal Company and the Silver Brook Coal Company in Pennsylvania were notified yesterday of an Increase of 2 per cent. In their wages. Three colored children named Dixon, aged three, five and seven years, were burned to death at Mlddletown. Conn., yesterday during a fire which destroyed the home of the parents. Tho New York Press Club has agreed to consolidate with the Newspaper Club. The membership will be over seven hundred, making the largest social organization of newspaper men in the world. At Vandalia, Mo.. Edward Spencer walked up to Benjamin Eddlemr.n. a nUht watchman, with whom he had quarreled, put one arm around him. and with the other shot him dead. Spencer was arretted. Mrs. Henrietta Fingerhut. who. on Saturday last, was found g"ullty at Somorvine, N. J., of manslaughter in having killed her landlord. Paul Roehricht. w.s yesterday sentenced to six months In the county Jail and to pay $300 fine. Regarding an item recently published to the effect that he had asked for serviee In Cuba, Gen. Henry C. Merriam. commanding the Department of the Colorado, said, last night; "You may say that the statement is entirely unauthorized." Chinatown, in Marysvllle. Cal.. wan the scene of a flght yesterday between rival highbinder societies the Suey Sing and the Hop Sing. About one hundred phots were exchanged. One Chinaman, a member of the Suey Sing faction, was killed. At Alatewan, W. Va.. Wayne Hatfield.son of Ellas Hatfield and nephew of "Devil Anse," shot and killed George Hatfield's son. of Bear Creek.. The shooting occurred in George Brazur's store. Wayne Hatfield, the murderer, escaped to the mountains. An order for the arrest of the former sheriff of Milwaukee county, Wisconsin, Frederick C. Isenrlng, was lssu?J yesterday. Isenting completed his ctro n Jan. 1, last, but up to the present time has net rendered an accounting for the las: lulf year of his Incumbency. Walter Cotton, a desperate negro murderer, sentenced to hang Jan. 12' for murder, walked out of the Jail at Norfolk. Va. early yesterday morning, despite the presence of J. Saunders, the night death watch, in the cell, and escaped. Saunders was asleep in a rocking chair. While engaged in digging a cut for a miners' trench on Butte creek near Chico. Cal., Frank Cable and a man named Conner were buried under tons of rock and earth. After several hours work the terribly mutilated body of Conner was recovered. Cable's body has not yet been found. The New England Sabbath lrot??:lve League has sent a protest througn ita president. Senator George F. Hoar, io the KRtmaster general against the reromti:cnJa tlon that the eight-hour law hjinJ be changed so that the postofflce cn;ives may be worked on Sunday up to ihe eighthour limit. It is now believed the story telegraphed from Niagara Falls, Ont., relative to the disappearance of two men. is without foundation, beyond tho fact -that the men left the carriage and descended to the pathway. It is the supposition that the men climbed the banks of the gorge in order to avoid the paying of the elevator tolls and the hackmen. William C. Conster, James Galloway and Rudolph Beltz, three men serving a sir months' Jail sentence at Springfield. III., for participating in the Cartervllle mining riot, were discharged yesterday by Judge Allen, of the United States Court, after serving three months. The court extended leniency at the urgent request of prominent labor officials. Alex. Fisher was shot and killed by his brother. Pies Fisher, in Clay county. Ker.tucKy, Monday night. They haJ been drinking and then discussed the old 1'nll-pot-Grlffin feud. In which the brothers weie on opposite sides. After killing his brother lies Fisher escaped. Sam hP ;-.?, who was in Jail charged with recently killing; Ned Rogers, has escaped. Dewey Presented with a Rear. Washington Special. Admiral Dewey has been presented with a big black bear by citizens of Minnesota, It arrived here last night, but. as tho admiral had no accommodations for the animal, it was sent to the Zoological Park today, where It was on exhibition, much to the gratification of the young Americans who visited that place. The bear Is called "Billy," nnd Is supposed to be a good-natured and tractable pet. but the employes of the exptess companies who were called upon to handle the animal gave hira a bad name. The bear reached here about midnight and was ravenously hungry and thirsty as well. Although caged, he became obstreperous and acted in such an unruly manner that the express company officials telephoned the superintendent of the zoo to send for hira immediately, as there was danger of his doing damage to the property of the company. Bruin was given a drink, as well as something to rat. but this did not seem to pacify him. and he was in an ugly mood when transferred fwAW I Vi S fnO'A I r st-iflfri Via eaa4A.t sa 1 larger one, which will be his futuro hoes.