Indianapolis Journal, Volume 50, Number 336, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 December 1900 — Page 5

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOUENAL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1900.

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BOMB WI5 OFKKK 20,6X0 Anderson, Ind., Refunding 4 S14.00O Knox Countj, Ind 4 3,000 Irtlngton, Ind., Refunding 4 ISelt It. II. Common Stock. Indianapolis Fire Insurance Co. Stock. Indiana Title Guaranty & Loan Co. Stock. Trice and particulars upon application. CAMPBELL, WILD & CO. 205 Stevenson Building. IDENTIFIED THE RAZOR WITMISS IN THE 3IOIHUSOX JIl'HDUR TRIAL AT 1ILDOHADO. Weapon Admitted an Kvldencc Olln Can tie Was Xot Placed on the Stand Testimony of the Day. ELDORADO, Kan., Dec. 1. The razor witli which Jessie Morrison is alleged to have cut Mrs. Castle's throat was identified in court to-day by Miss Clara Cowles, and the prosecution introduced it as evidence against the prisoner. Miss Cowles testified that she found the razor, which was Moo(l-?mearrd, on the lloor near where ilrs. Castle lay. The defense objected to Its Introduction, but the court overruled the objection. The other witnesses testilied that they had seen. Miss, Morrison with a knife or something similar in her hand after she had been taken from the Castle house by neighbors. Others testified that the prisoner had entered the house, apparently of her own accord, before the murder was committed. The defense, in its statement of the case, said It would show that Mrs. Castle called Miss Morrison into the house and then attacked Olla Castle was put on the stand to-night and gave important testimony. The courtroom to-day was crowded, as usual. The prisoner wore a few carnations, which had be-n given her. Dr. M. A. Coogler. the first physician to reach the Castle houc on the morning f the tragedy, testified that Mrs. Castle tiled from the effects of the cut3 in her throat, Pearl Beurdsley, a delivery bo, who hid arrived at the house with a packace, said he helped Mrs. Spangler raise Misa Morrison from the floor, and heard her exclaim: "She tried to kill rae; 1 had to 1) it." "Miss Morrison." continued Beardsley, "had a knife in her hand, and when I asked her for it she grabbed her dress with her I ft hand and covered her right." Mi?s Ruby Moberly, daughter of Mrs. Moberly. said she went to the Castle resi-rfenc-e after her mother, and saw Jessie Morrison coming out of the house with a knife in her hand. Mis Clara Cowles, who lived across the street from the Castles, told of seeing Beardsley entc the Castle house, of Mrs. Moberly and Mrs. Spangler coming out with Jessie Morrison, and of the latter ttrugling to get away. She corroborated t.fc. KiJk f IK J . I - - ' . fcas th first to pick up the razor," she said. The razor was produced by Attorney Brumback and identified by witness, nd the former said he wished to Introduce 1. as evidence.- The defense objected, but the objection was overruled. Several witnesses testified to seeing Miss Morrison going toward the Castle house the morning of the tragedy. i, i's, . a'"n nnauy Je:aed that Jirs. xiobtrly b statement of the contents of t cot's rr"i cc-3rttcnt evicts?, cnl Vri T -1 ? Ä . . .....

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At o'clock the jury was excused, while the lawyers argued the point of admitting, s evidence, the statement of Mrs. Moberly. that Mrs. Cattle wrote a note after the tragedy containing the words; "Jessie

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taking of testimony was resumed. Nothing important was elicited during the afternoon. A night session was held and Olin Castle, widower of the murdered woman, took the stand. His evidence proved quite as Important as any yet introduced. Castle and Miss Morrison had been employed as clerks in a local store. It was shown at the preliminary hearing last summer that Miss Morrison had secured the razor with which she killed Mrs. Castle at the same store. Testifying to-night, Castle, in answer to a question, said that one of the razors in stock was minus a piece of the handle. It was a razor with a broken handle that was found in the room after Mrs. Castle was attacked by Miss Morrison. Castle declared that his own razor was found in the bureau drawer after the tragedy. Castle had not finished his testimony when court adjourned till Monday morning The Vitriol Thrower In Prison. COLUMBUS, O.. Dec. 1. Mrs. Emma Van Llew, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter at Van "Wert yesterday, was delivered at the penitentiary this morning about 9 o'clock in a carriage, accompanied by Sheriff Webster and her husband, the latter being a special deputy by appointment of the court. The prisoner was put through tho usual course at the prison female department, being shown no special favors, nor was application made for special consideration. The sheriff say3 that he spent the entire time since his arrivel here, excepting about thirty minutes, in the prisoner's company. She was taken to a hotel for the night by reason of illness. The parting of husband and wife was touching. Found Gnllty of Mnrder. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 1. George M. "Wclngard, of Topeka, Kan., traveling salesman for a whisky house, was to-day found guilty of murder in the first degree for killing W. A. Simpson last April and was sentenced to the penitentiary for life. AVeingard killed Simpson in a quarrel over the former's attentions to Mrs. Simpson. WORDS OF WISDOM. Judge Speer Speaks Them nt a Dan qnct Table in Georgia. . ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 1. The annual banquet or -the Chi Phi fraternity was held here to-night. Prominent members of the society were present from many parts of the country. Judgo Emory Speer, of the United States District Court, was the principal speaker. His subject was '"The Student in Politics." Judge Speer condemned sectionalism and spoke of the position of the South as it is to-day in national politics. He said in part: ".Eternally must we strive until we regain the high plane of normal constitutional American politics. Who can estimate the intellectual and political degeneracy which is threatening tho youth of the Southern States by habitual departure from that lofty principle, the sovereignty of the individual voter, which is the basis of American government?"What sentient Georgian was there who did not blush with shame when a delegate from this State arose In a recent national convention and avowed that he came from a State which would support any candidate the convention might choose 1 nominated upon any platform the convention might adopt. What, then. Is the one thing needful to restore and make permanent normal political methods In the Southern States? It Is a vital Inquiry. For nearly a third of a century the white men of the South have surrendered their political convictions for fear of the spock of negro domination. The negro will never dominate the white man. Great harm has been done when unscrupulous men have used the votes of ignorant or corruptible members of the race in municipal or other local elections. This is where the danger lies. "But concede that negro domination is of real and not Imaginary portent. Tha easy and the nbvloirs remedy Is at hand. We have but to adopt a fair and justNjualiftcation to the right of suffrage and honestly enforce the same with equal hand3. Then we will witness the disappearance from our system of the ignorant, unworthy ami corruptible voter, b.ack and white as well. Wc should resort to ro questionable expedient. We should accord to ignorance or worthlesness of whatever color no hereditary rlht to ths privile?s cf

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Nearly Seventy Deaths nnd One Thousand Cases of Sickness Caused by Careless IJrcirers. DISEASE LIKE BEEI-BERI DRINKERS OP THG DCER ATTACKED BY rERPHCRAL NEURITIS. More Crimes by the "Hooligans" of London's White Chapel District General Foreign News. LONDON, Dec. 1. The beer-polsonlng epidemic at Manchester, which has so wotked up the north of England, has now spread to London. The County Council announces It is taking active measures to protect the community. The workingman now empties his pewter pint with more or less fear and trembling, and analysts are busy day and night on samples of the glucose and saccharine used so extensively by the brewers. Many of these have been found to contain arsenic. In the Manchester and Liverpool districts there are already more than a thousand patients, and there have been nearly seventy deaths cue to a particularly bad lot of glucose supplies to favorite local brewers,, which caused peripheral neuritis very similar to beri-berl. As a result .of the agitation the use of glucose will probably be restricted by legislation. It is suggested that the mystery In the Maybrick case might have been solved had the facts now made public in regard to the arsenic in beer been known at tho time of the trial. Didn't Relish Choate's Hnmor. LONDON, Dec. l.-Joseph II. Choate, the United States ambassador, Thursday evening at the Thanksgiving dinner given at the Hotel Cecil, under the auspices of the American Society in London, referred Jocosely to "Long-eared" reporters, which has evidently not been considered by the English press to be as humorous as intended, for the papers dismiss the speech with a few lines. The Pall Mall Gazette says: "Mr. Choate was naturally jubilant last night, as Americans always are on Thanksgiving day. There is no false modesty about them. They have not writ-, ten their 'recessional yet, and if any poet were to oblige them with ono unasked they would promptly put it in the fire. A great people, a younj? people, an unexpanding people, that can lick creation that's the sort of people who can heartily enjoy Thanksgiving day." AnKlo-Amerlcnn Relations. LONDON, Dec. 2. John II. Ileaton, M. P. for Canterbury, has commenced a series of articles in the Observer on Anglo-American relations, in which he pleads for a union of the two countries as a combination of moral and material forces that no power In the world 'could overcome. He explains that by union he means such identity of Interests and policy as unites England and her colonies. He asserts that an unsigned alliance already exists in the form of an institution of mutual attraction of two kindred peoples, one unassailable on land and the other on sea, which he says, accounts for the happy issue of more than one crisis in recent years and represents the fairest hope of humanity. Scotch Churches nt War. LONDON, Dec. 1. There was an extraordinary incident In Whiting Bay, Arran, yesterday evening, connected with the recent union of tho Scottish churches. -A number of anti-unionists attempted to forcibly take possession of the local church and the officials barricaded the doors, whereupon the besiegers stormed the church and tried to force an entry by way of the roof. They then broke through a window, compelling the defenders of the edifice to retire at the muzzle of a revolver. In the forthcoming legal proceedings by the remnant of the free churchers opposing the union there will be two thousand defendants, Including all the assemblymen and trustees of the United Free Church. "Hooliganism" In London. LONDON, Dec. 1. The recent Increased activity of the police here against "Hooliganism" In White Chapel has been speedily followed by a revengeful murder. Early to-day Constable Thompson attempted to disperse a band of "Hooligans, when one of the latter turned and stabbed him to death. Thompson was closely connected with the search for the perpetrators of tho "Jack-the-Kipper" murders. Another band of armed "Hooligans" shot a woman in the Lime House district last night, and a number of other assaults by the rowdies have been chronicled. Inhabitants of the East End of London are becoming panic-stricken by the frequency of the outrages. W. W. Aslor's Strong Box. LONDON, Dec. 1. William Waldorf Astor, who is the owner of one of the most beautiful office buildings in London, has just had constructed at a safety deposit vault a special chamber at a cost of 3,000. It is currently reported to be full of securities and documents representing a fabulous amount, which, it Is added, "never ceases to cause the admiration of even the company's officials who are accustomed to handle the wealth of British millionaires." Dnellst Wonnded. FONTAINEBLEAU, Dec. l.-Captain Coblentz, who, on Nov. 17, fought a duel rlth swords with a brotter-in-law of Turfman M. Lebaudy, this afternoon, fought another duel with an artillery officer. Captain Glllot. in consequence of a. dispute arising out of the unpopularity of Captain Coblenta with his fellow-officers. Captain Glllot was wounded in the chest. Winston Churchill Coming. LIVERPOOL, Dec 1. The Cunard line steamer Lucanla. which sailed from here for New York to-day, had on board Hadden Chambers, the dramatist, and Winston Spencer Churchill, who Is to lecture in America. Ttvo Arbiters Appointed. STOCKHOLM, Dec 1. Ollvecrona. a Swede.' formerly asressor of the High Court, and Gram, a Norwegian, formerly a minister of state, have been appointed members of the International Court of Arbitration at The Hague. Donndary DIspnte Award. BERNE. Dec. 1. The award of the Swiss government in the Franco-Brazilian boundary dispute gives Brazil 117,000 square miles of the contested territory. Franco gets about 2,000 square miles north of the Tumuc Huraac range.' Onr Ad Harris In Paris. PARIS, Dec. L Mr." A. C. Harris, United States minister to Vienna, has arrived here. He will start to return to his post next Monday. ' . Cable Notes. , Owing to rains which have recently fallen the Tiber has flooded the country nsar it mouth- The city of Rome, however, is not ruenaced. only the lowest portions being inundated, tut the river is still rising. Yesterday's elections In Peru passed off without cisturtance. The result wes favor-C-o to V z c'.rstcnU coallücn, In t23 Vzl

Asretl Executive of Mexico Renews His Oath of Office.,

MEXICO CITY. Dec. 1. President Diaz, escorted by his military staff anfl Presidential Guards, left his house at 9 o'clock this morning, and, passing through streets lined with troops, went to the hall of the House of Representatives, where he took the oath as President of the republic for the next four years. When he entered the Chamber of Deputies all arose, and he took his stand In front of the speaker of the House, who asked hira if he promised to observe and comply with the precepts of the Constitution. The President answered in the affirmative, and the speaker said: 'If you shall do so, may the nation reward you, and if you do not, may It call you to account." This constituted the simple ceremonies of affirmation. The President then drove, with his staff and escort, accompanied by all his Cabinet ministers, to the national palace, where he received the congratulations of the diplomatic corps, foremost among: whom was General Clayton, the American ambassador, who, by his rank, takes precedence in matters of diplomatic ceremonials. v - - The President then stood on the central fcaleony of . the palace, surrounded by a brilliant throng, and reviewed the great procession of peace, made up of allegorical charqueters, rural, guards in their picturesque uniforms, representatives of the press and banks In carriages, many societies and deputations from all the manufacturing and mining industries in Mexico. The Two Republics, a newspaper, which was the oldest daily in the English language here, has supended publication, leaving the Mexican Herald the only Associated Press paper In Mexico, the sole dally printed in the English language. The Two Republics was established in 1SS7 by the late Manor Clark, of Texas, and its editor for many years was James Mastell A. Clark, now deceased. BEFORE THE REICHSTAG MEASURES WHICH WILL BE URGED BY THE CENTRISTS THIS WEEK. Another Biowby Germans nt American Meats rnderrnluntion of Henrietta Cloth at Coburg. BERLIN, Dec. 1. During the coming week several Centrist bills will come up In the Reichstag. Among them, Monday, will be a bill demanding that the government take steps to provide against a coal famine and prepare measures restricting trusts and syndicates. Wednesday Herr Lieber's so-called "tolerance bill," Intended to give Catholics and other religious minorities wider liberty of worship, will be Introduced in the Reichstag, and the government will introduce the Invalid pensioners' till, which increases pensions from 40 to 70 per cent, of the younger army officers to an even 100 marks per month. XXX Trade In American meats is more and more restricted throughout Germany. A striking case has developed at Gera, where a large business firm, that of Beyer, has been ruined by the authorities of the principality of Reuss forbidding the official examination of his American meats. Yet Beyer was unable to sell them without a certificate of inspection. xxx A quinquennial census of the empire began this noon. The-items are age, business, sex, description dwelling, civil status, religion, mother tongue, birthplace and deformities. XXX Special United States Treasury Agent Partello has investigated several cases of undervaluation In Coburg this week. Herr Otto Boesnich, of Glauchau, the largest manufacturer of henrietta cloth in the world, who exported 10,000,000 to 12.000,000 marks' worth of his goods to the United States, but who was charged with systematically undervaluing, upon which American exports greatly declined, has submitted to Baron Von Richtoff, the secretary for foreign affairs, a strong protest on the subject and is also agitating in the Reichstag a retaliatory tariff against the United States. The correspondent of the Associated Press hears that Dr. Von Holleben, the German ambassador to the United States, will be instructed to present protests in connection with, the Boesnich case. XXX An American electrical engineer named Murray, who was mixed up in the "Innocent Club" trial as a victim, is the husband of the American prima donna Nlklta. Murray represented here an American pump company. Both Murray and his wife have disappeared. It is supposed they are In the south of France. Murray is suffering from quick consumption. Mrs. Murray has not yet recovered her voice, which she lost consequent on being run over in Paris. Mr?.. White, wife of the United States ambassador, lectured this afternoon at the American Woman Club, on the Island of Fcehr, where she spent thesummer, and on Frisian customs and antiquities there. xxx The American Duke of Loubat has donated to the Berlin Museum of Ethnology a valubale collection of Central American antiquities. xxx Count Von Buelow, the Imperial chancellor, receiving a deputation from tho Chamber of Agriculture to-day. assured his vlstors that the legitimate wishes of the agriculturists would receive full consideration in the future customs tariff scheme, "so far as compatible with the economic and general interests of the country." JEFFEIES TO WED. Champion Fngillst and Dorothy- Dren Are Reported Engaged. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. l.-James J Jeffries, It Is reported, will soon marry Dorothy Drew, the comedienne, who is appearing in vaudeville in this city. Miss Drew accepted congratulations last night and was entertained at dinner by several friends, but to interviews she dodged a direct answer to the query about her engagement. She told questioners to "ask Jim about it." But she told friends that the report Is correct. . Jeffries made a flying trip from New York Thursday night. He came up on the midnight train and returned to the metropolis early last evening. He, too, accepted congratulations, but declined to talk for publication. He admitted having long had fondness for Dorothy Drew. "When will we be married? Ask the lady," said he In response to queries. ' - Strike of 'Linemen. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 1. The linemen employed by the various telegraph and telephone companies on this coast struck today for Increased wages and a shorter workday and for recognition of their unioa. Several hundred men are out. A number of concerns have agreed to the demands of the strikers. It is expected that the number of strikers in this city will be In the neighborhood of 200. Good order prevails. National W. C. T. U. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. The general executive committee of the National W. C. T. U. devoted to-day's session to the reading of state reports and to tho drawing of seats for delegates to the congress. Pile and Fistula Cnre. Sample treatment of our Red Cross Pile and Fistula Cure and bcok explaining cause and cure of plies rent frrc to any address by mall. DU. REA & CO., Ilir.r.tzpclü, 4 P.i ,

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Pnlncc and Government Buildings Wrecked ly the Most Severe Typhoon in Forty Yonr. ARRIVAL OF THE THOMAS BODY OF COLONEL LI SCUM ON BOARD THE TRANSPORT. Filipinos Flocklnsr to Europe, but Not Planning Another Campaign, According? to One of the Junto. MANILA, Dec. l.-Rear Admiral Remey In his official report of the recent typhoon which visited the island of Guam states that the storm was the severest in forty years. The palace at Agana apd the government buildings were unroofed and wrecked. The sea reached the plaza. Many of the homeless sought refuge In the school and jail. No one is reported to have been killed at Agana, but the mortality caused by the recent epidemic of the grip has been much Increased by exposure, most of the dwellings having been destroyed. The town of Marajan was leveled and twenty-eight persons were killed. Several persons were killed in various small villages and several small coasters are missing. No reports have been received from some localities. Cocoanut trees and all crops are destroyed and food is being distributed to the sufferers. Admiral Remey has ordered the Arethusa from Cavlte with food supplies. Flour, corn and meats are needed and it is suggested that contributions be sent from the United States. The Brutus, from.Cavite, and the Solace, from San Francisco, due at Guam recently, will relieve immediate needs. The pounding of the Yosemite on the reef broke and twisted her propeller and she was abandoned, and sank Nov. 16. The flagship Newark has gone to Investigate the disaster. Lieutenant Colonel Mandl C. Goodrell, commanding the Sixth Marine Battalion, with 100 marines, have gone to Subig to relieve troops there. He will land to-morrow. The rebels in that vicinity have been active of late. Director of Fosts Vallle sailed on tho United States transport Grant. A detachment of the Twenty-fifth Infantry in the mountains near Iba found the camp of the guerrilla leader Joaquin forsaken. Suspended from the trees near the camp were bodies of three Amigos, and proof was found that the rebels had tortured other captives. One thousand two hundred bolomen entered Vigan, Island of Luzon, yesterday afternoon and surrendered to Capt. Green, of the Thirty-third Infantry. This is the largest number of men who have yet surrendered in Luzon at one time. Gen. Tinio has been keeping a swarm of bolomen along the mountains and they have impoverished the food supply. FILIPINOS IN EUROPE. Many Fugitives Now in London and Parrs No New Campaign. LONDON, Dec. 1. There is a notable Incursion of Filipinos Into London and Paris. The report, subsequently denied, that Agoncillo, Aguinaldo's agent in Europe, was contemplating going to Hong-Kong to reorganize there the Filipino . transport service and resupply tho Filipinos with munitions of war has given rise to tho belief that the Filipinos in Europe are contemplating a new campaign. A representative of the Associated Press has interviewed one of the most prominent members of the European Junto, who has just returned from Paris and Madrid. He said: "We are planning no new campaign. There is no reason why Agoncillo should go to Hong-Kong to give the Filipinos a further supply of munitions of war. The fact that Agoncillo has just leased a home in Paris shows he intends to remain there and watch events. The reports of our committees at Kobe, Yokohama, Macao, Batavla, Hong-Kong and Bangkok show they are all working well. This Is also evidenced by the fact that ten thousand rifles were smuggled Into Manila last month. The was is no nearer an end than ever. The Filipino resources are still great, as can be Judged by the fact that Aguinaldo is continuing to keep and feed 3,000 Spanish prisoners. We are deeply disappointed at the re-election of Mr. McKinley. Although our agents in the United States never led us to believe that Mr. Bryan would actively help us, yet we relied upon the strength of the anti-imperialists in ths United States. We are still anxious to come to an understanding, and there are indications that Mr. McKinley favors a compromise. It Is clear that Judg-e Taft poes beyond his instructions and that Mr. McKinley is prepared to give greater concessions than Judge Taft. It is true that a large number of Filipinos are flocking to European countries. At least sixty are now in London, but not with the idea of a renewed propaganda. The Junto is content to wait until the Americans are tired of losing officers and men by deaths from sickness. We hope and believe better times are in store." . COLONEL LISCUM'S BODY. It Is Aboard the Transport Thomas, Now nt San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. l.The remains of Colonel Llscum, who fell at the head of the American troops before the walls of Tien-Tsin, arrived here this afternoon on the transport Thomas. The body will lie on the Thomas until Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning, when it will be taken under military escort to the train which will carry it to the national cemetery at Arlington for Interment. Mrs. Liscum accompanies the body of her husband. Among the cabin passengers on the Thomas were Maj. J. A. Hull, son of Congressman Hull; Col. Webb Hayes and Lieut. Col. Jesse M. Lee. Major Hull has been assigned to the Judge advocateship on General Shafter's staff. The Thomas also brought fortyfive army prisoners, eight insane and between seventy and eighty dead. The Meade Sails for Manila. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. L The transport Meade sailed to-day for Manila, via Honolulu? and Guam, with a large number of cabin passengers, 13i recruits and thirtysix members of the hospital corps. There Is also a big cargo of freight, including many Christmas packages for the soldiers in the Philippines. The cabin passengers include officers returning to duty and the wives and children of officers now in the Philippines. There are also a number of civil employes of the government on board. Beer for the Philippines. VANCOUVER, B. C, Dec. 1. The outgoing steamship Empress of China, which sails from this port for the Orient on Monday, will carry a record-breaking cargo of beer for the Philippines. Fifty thousand barrels, brought hither in seventy-five trains, are consigned , to Manila. SXBBVMSMSSM SSBMHSSHMMSSnMBBBMB The Short Line Restrained. MANSFIELD, O.. Dec. l.A fight to-day between a force of graders of the Mansfield Short Line and 200 section men of the Pennsylvania Railroad, caused by the Short Line attempting to grade on the Pennsylvania right of way, caused lhe Pennsylvania to get out an injunction against the Short Line, in retaliation for one which the Short Line got out last niht against thv Pennsylvania. A number of fights occurred between ths Chert L' i

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AID FOR BOER FARMERS RAILROADS WILL. TRANSPORT T1IK31 Fit EE TO TlILi WEST. About 7SO Already at Lonrenio 31 a riines, Waiting for Ships to America Government Helps the "Work. NEW YORK, Dec. l.Last June an interview with Mr. Reitz, Transvaal secretary of state, was cabled to this city, in which the secretary said that the Iioers would light for their liberty as long as there was any hope of saining it. They would never surrender to Great Britain or become a part of the British empire; sooner than do that most of the Boer farmers would emigrate with their families to the United States. The publication of this interview in the New York World brought spontaneous expressions from the Governors of several States, Including Arkansas, Colorado, South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana, who called attention to the millions of acres of unoccupied public lartds in the States which were still open under the homestead laws to actual settlers, who could obtain ICO acres free, on their arrival, on declaring their Intention to become citizens of the United States. Five years occupancy ojt the land and actual cultivation thereof only were required to complete the title. In connection with this movement Third Assistant Secretary of State Thomas W. Gridler has sent to this city a copy of the following dispatch from Lourenzo Marques, South Africa, under date of Nov. 27, to the secretary of state at Washington: "Please advise New York World that a number of Boer families here, maximum 600 men, 150 women and children, contemplate emigrating to United States, and ask the New York World if offer of homestead farms made in said newspaper's telegram to President Kruger, sent in my care, June 1, still holds good. Also inquire what further assistance can be given these people. Passage provided here. Reply prepaid. 'HOLL.IS, United States Consul." Since receiving: the dispatch from Consul Ilollis. through the State Department, the officers of Western railways owning land grants have been asked what special advantages, if any, would be offered to the Boer immigrants if they came. Prompt responses were received, among others from the Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe. -Ohicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul and St. Louis & San Francisco and from the Northern Pacific Railway. The railway officers offer to transport over their lines free of charge the Boer Immigrants and their families and household goods If they come here as a result of their message to the State Department. IMPORTANT PARDON RULING. Court Holds Commutation Cannot De Withdrawn When Once Recorded. JEFFERSON CITY. Mo., Dec, L-Judge Haiell, In the Circuit Court to-night released W. J. Ray, a Christian county prisoner, on a writ habeas corpus. The decision Is Important as a precedent because It holds that the Governor cannot recall a pardon after it has been recorded in the office of tho secretary of state. Ray was fcervlng twenty-five years in the penitentiary for murder in the second degree. Governor Stephens Issued a commutation releasing him and after It had been recorded In the office of the secretary of state recalled it and It was never delivered to the prisoner. Judge Hazell holds that the delivery was complete and ordered the prisoner released. KRUGER QUITS PARIS. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) öbej-ed or whatever the reason, the barbarities continued. Mr. Kruger felt it his duty to explain that he had complained as the chief of state, and not as the head of his family, for his own family had been treated with the greatest regard by Lord Roberts, and he thanked him for this. At Charleroi, the first stop on Belgian territory, vigorous police measures had been taken to prevent the Invasion of the station, but the people were stronger than the police and rushed on the platform and gave vent to their feelings In cries favorable to the Boers. The train stopped for five minutes, and Mr. Kruger greeted th Class from the steps of the car. The tr-ln l:t Charleroi twenty minutes late. 1 1. "t a rlnilar eee- xras en&ctci. M - T---J run fcrty-:.T3 nlu::3

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The enthusiasm in the Belgian towns through which Mr. Kruger passed rivaled that shown in the towns of France. At Liege a crowd numbering about 2,000 persons thronged tho platforms and the approaches to the station. Among this gathering were a number of depuations with banners and the Liege pro-Boer committee, the president of which read an eloquent address expressing sympathy with the Boer cause and promising Mr. Kruger as magnificent a reception In Belgium, If he should stay there, as had been given him in France. The crowd at the station was tumultously demonstrative. Its members sang the Boer hymn while awaiting the arrival of the train and when the latter was signaled the people swamped the barriers and rushed upon the platforms. The gendarmes, with fixed bayonets, tried to force them back, but the crowd swept the officers aside and masked around Mr. Krugers saloon car with deafening shouts of "Vive Kruger, "Vive les Boers." and "Vive arbitration." Mr. Kruger spoke a few words of thanks. As the train was started cries wer- heard of "Down with the English," whereupon the curtains of the saloon car were quickly drawn, though before the train left the station Mr. Kruger reappeared at the window and waved his bands. A troupe of students marched from the station to the British consulate, followed by a small crowd shouting "Down with the English." "Down with Chamberlain." These cries were redoubled when the consul, with his family, appeared on the balcony, but on their withdrawing the demonstrators dispersed. Mr. Kruger was much fatigued with his Journey and bandages were frequently applied to his head. Mr. Kruger arrived at Cologne at 11:2) p. m. o'clock. A great crowd had assembled and caused a dangerous crush. No o ill dal reception had been arranged and Mr. Kruger drove to the Cathedral Hotel, the crowd cheering as he left the station and as he drove along the route. The absence of an official welcome is said to have been due to neglect to secure an understanding with the imperial court, which Is necessary in the case of visits of the head of Ftate?. Hence it is reported that Mr. Kruger will probably not go to Berlin at present. Krnfjer to Be Invited to Chicago. CHICAGO. Dec. l.The American Transvaal League In Chicago has prepared a message which will bo sent to President Kruger, of the Transvaal, Inviting him to viFit the United States as soon as he has finished his European tour. In Inviting President Kruger to come to Chicago, should he visit the United States, the Invitation says: "It would give the people of the United States an opportunity to testify in some adequate way their respect for your office and person and their utter detestation of the unprovoked, mercenary and barbarous war which Great Britain Is now waging against your people and the Orange Free State." Will Be o Furore In Berlin. LONDON. Dec. 2. A special dispatch from Berlin says: "Mr. Kruger has been advised that Count Von Buelow (the Imperial chancellor) will only exchange formal visits with him. that public demonstrations will be suppressed, and that the proposed municipal banquets will be abandoned. While there is much sympathy and curiosity to see Mr. Kruger. there is no chance of such a furore as occurred at Marseilles and Paris." The Kaiser May Elude Kroger. BERLIN, Dec. L An official of the Foreign Office Informed a correspondent of the Associated Press to-day that It was notified late yesterday evening that Mr. Kruger will arrive here Tuesday. The oüiclal admitted that Emperor William's traveling plans may prevent him from seeing Mr. Kruger. New edition Dr. Humphreys Manes!, U paes, on the care and treatment of the sick in all ailments, mailed free, Iiis the vest pocket When the Chills run down your back, take "77" and the Cold will stop right there. When ycu commence to freeze, take "77 and that will end the Cold. When you begin to Cough, take 'TT and that ends it. When you feel that you are taklnjr CcM take "77 at once. If you have a Cold that hargs onCrtp take "77 and break It up. At druggists, 25c. Humphreys 1 1 omt epithle tlodicine Ccrpany, corner Vi'lUlra cn3 Jin c'jrz' r,