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LONDON, Dec. 23. The "War Office has
received the following dispatch from Lord
Kitchener, dated Pretoria, December 22:
"As far as It Is possible for me to form,
an opinion from reports of officers on the
spot, I think the Boer movement into
Cape Colony has been checked. Of the
two forces that entered the colony, tbe
eastern Is still north of the Zoutpansberg
Range, while the one that entered west
appears to have been turned In the di
rection of Brltstown and Prleska. Our
troops are getting around both bodies, and
a special column Is also being organized
which will be dispatched immediately
when I know where Its services are most
wanted. Tho Boers bavo not received
much assistance In Cape Colony, as far as
my Information goes. "Wo have armed
some' of the colonists, who are assisting
our forces. Railway and telegraph com
munication has been much interrupted by
the very bad weather.
"Dewet Is in the neighborhood of Sen
ckal. General French, In conjunction with
General Clements, attacked a force under
Beyers, south of Magalles Berg. The
Boers broke away In a southwesterly di
rection toward Potcheestroom, and were
fellowed by General Gordon with a col
umn of French's force. Yesterday even
ing about 5 o'clock, Clements' force was
engaged south of Ollphanfs Nek, but I
do not yet know the result."
A later dispatch from Lord Klttchener,
dated Pretoria, December 2, says: "Tne
western column of Boers occupied Brits
town and cut -the railway south of Ue
Aar Junction. Tho enemy Is Delng fol
lowed up. General French has been In
contact for two days with the comman
dos of Beyers and-Delarey, south of the
Magalies Berg. He is pursuing them. Tne
enemy have lost considerably, and Com
mandant Kreuz and others have been cap
tured. General Colvllle engaged two sep
arate commandos December 21. near
Vladkfonteln, with slight losses, the
.enemy retiring."
DEWET A MILITARY GENIUS.
He Is the Spirit and Strength of the
Boer Campaign.
LONDON, Dec 24. Lord Kitchener's
dispatches, breathing a confidence hardly
justified, by thelxjcantents, are almost the
only available news from, the seat of hos
tilities In South Africa, but telegrams
-from Cape Town depict -the situation- la
anything but roseate hues. Without be
lieving the assertion of the Transvaal
agency in Brussels that 6000 Boers have
Invaded Cape Colony, It is quite evident
that the Invasion was a serious and well
planned affair. In connection with this, a
correspondent sends an extremely Inter
esting letter, dated Bethulle, December 1,
describing General Dewet and his doings.
"Dewet has never been taken seriously
enough," says the correspondent. "It Is
of little UBe to pursue him, as he fights
a rear-guard action, and gains 20 mile
while he Is being fought. He Is a born
military genius, whose wonderful powers
have kept up this phenomenal resistance.
Once he falls, the whole thing could be
crushed in a fortnight. He has every
single commando under his supervision.
All his patrols and columns march and
countermarch on his order. The forces
under his command have been reduced by
his strength of will to a properly organ
ized army, moving at his word. The
sooner the British rid themselves of the
Idea that Dewet's forces are a mere rab
ble, wandering aimlessly, the sooner they
will grasp the need of the determined ef
fort which Is necessary to capture him."
The Cape Colony Cabinet had an Im
portant sitting yesterday (Sunday). It
appears that the Boers have destroyed a
railway bridge 90 feet long about 12 miles
south of De Aar, and no Cape malls have
arrived at Bloemfonteln for three days.
Further anxiety has been caused In Cape
Town by -the discovery that during the
last two months public bodies In out-ot
way places have requisitioned supplies of
dynamite. The Colonial Government ls
now endeavoring to recover possession ot
these explosives and in removing all
stores of arms and ammunition from sus
pected depots.
Other advices from Cape Town report
the Dutch element In Cape Colony as
greatly elated over the southward pass
age of the Boers and as boasting that
the whole district of "Victoria West will
Join the raiders. It is suspected in Cape
Town that the force traveling from Zoot-
pans Drift is not a body of Boers, but
one of Colonials hastening to Join the in
vaders. The Pletermarltzburg correspondent of
the Dally Mall says:
"The Boers are active between Johan
nesburg and Pretoria, exchanging shots
with the British outposts, and It Is re
ported that parties of Boers are hovering
around Johannesburg.'"
Canadian Troops Returning1.
HALIFAX, N. S., Dec. 23. The f teamer
Lake Champlaln, having on board Colonel
Otter and 350 Canadian troops returning"
from. South Africa, arrived this morning
from Liverpool and the troops disem
barked. The order to land at St. John.
N. B., had been canceled by the militia
department. The time saved by tho
change will enable the "Western men to
get home for Christmas. They started
this afternoon on a special train for Mon
treal and Toronto..
Colonel Otter says the reception iven,
hla men in Great Britain was magnificent.
In Africa, the Canadians were treated
well by all the Imperial officers. Lord
Roberts, In particular, seemed to grasp
the significance of the colonial assist
ance given to the mother country. He
did everything possible to foster the con
nection. Colonel Otter considers the Free
Staters better fighters than the Trans
vaalers and more intelligent. He saw no
white flag abuse on the part of the Boers.
The Republicans had much better guns
than the British, The Canadian officers
speak highly of Adelbert Hay, the United
States Consul whom they met at Pretoria.
Among the returned soldiers are 40 sick
and wounded. One man Is insane.
OMAHA KIDNAPING
Two, and Not Three, Bandits
in the Case.
BOY CLEARS SUSPECTED HAN
IRELAND NOT TO GOTO ISLANDS
Wtm Not Asked to Adjust Cuba said
Porto IUco Church. Tronbles.
ST. PAUL. Minn., Deo. 23. Archbishop
Ireland returned to St. Paul today, and
took occasion to deny the statements re
cently telegraphed from Duluth that he
waa to visit Cuba and Porto Rico as a
special commissioner appointed by the
President to settle the disputes In re
gard to the church property. "There is
nothing whatever in the story," said the
archbishop. "Such a thing was not men
tioned by the President, nor by any one
on behalf of the Government. If I should
ever visit the Islands, and I have no pres
ent Intention of doing so, it would be
purely on my own account."
The archbishop 6ald his principal ob
ject in visiting Washington had been to
attend a meeting of the La Fayette Mon
ument Association. "We found that af
ter paying all the expenses of erecting the
bronze statue in. Paris," he said, "we still
had on hand $30,000. We almost decided
to duplicate the monumental statue in
Washington or some other American city,
provided an. additional amount can be
raised. The matter will be definitely set
tled at a meeting to be held in Chicago
early In January.
"In Chicago I attended a meeting of the
Marquette Monument Society. The so
ciety voted to erect a, monument to Fatti
er Marquette at Point St. Ignace, on the
north .shore of -the - Mackinac Straits,
where he set out on Mb voyage, which
resulted In the discovery of the Missis
sippi. The monument will cost $30,000, but
the design has not as yet been selected
nor has a sculptor been determined on."
Chief Interest Nott Centers About
the Person Who Rented Prison
House ot Yonnff Cudahy Author
ities Making Progress.
OMAHA, Dec 23. There was a decisive
development in the Cudahy kidnaping
caso Sunday, although tho disclosure is
negative in kind. It has been learned that.
there were two bandits, not three, im
plicated In the abduction. One of the
outlaws has been eliminated. The dark
complexioned man with the black mous
tache and black hair tinged with gray,
so minutely described by Miss Maud
Munshaw, was In tho office of Chief Don
ahue this afternoon, and was there con
fronted by Eddie Cudahy, his supposed
victim. After carefully scrutinizing him
the boy said:
"That la not the man. He is not tall
enough by an inch and a half, and he's
not broad enough. He's too small ln
every way."
The name of the mysterious "dark"
man in the Cudahy kidnaping caso is
Ed Johnson. He Is a laborer In the Cud
ahy Packing plant, and resides at Twenty-sixth
and "Walnut streets. He admitted
having gone out to the Grover-street
house three times for the purpose of rent
ing tho building, which he found already
let to the "light" man and his accom-nllces.
Chief of Police Donahue is well pleased
with the progress his men are making,
sayinff that the arrest of Johnson nar
rows the case down, by eliminating one
of the extraneous features and centering
the chief interest about the "light" men
who rented the house from Mrs. Schnei
derwind. In the meantime, the city Is be
ing diligently scoured for any sign of
the other men described by persons living
In the vicinity of the abductors' prison-house.
wind blew It In blinding sheets. The
storm is general throughout the country.
At Black River Falls, "Wis., the thermom
eter has fallen 25 degrees.
DEATH EXPECTED.
RELIEF OF THE ARMY
BOXING CONTESTS PROHIBITED
Condition of Assassin of Treasury
Cleric Is Critical.
WASHINGTON, Dec 23. Samuel Mac
Donald, the Treasury clerk who shot and
killed Frank H. Morris, Auditor of the
War Department, at the Winder building
yesterday, and then wounded himself, is
In a precarious condition at the Emer
gency Hospital tonight, and his death
is expected momentarily. MacDonald
has been entirely conscious since his re
moval to the hospital. His condition this
morning seemed more favorable, but to
night it took a turn for the worse ana
he began to sink. He has constantly re
iterated the hope that he would die, de
claring that he did not care to live. To
day many persons came to see the wound
ed man, but tho latter was particularly
anxious that none of his friends should
talk to the newspapers about what he
told them. He even took the precaution
to tear up their visiting cards, so that
their Identity might not be learned. He
had many friends in this city, who think
that his mind was unsettled at the time
of the shooting.
An autopsy was held on the body of
Mr. Morris today, and developed the fact
that three of the five bullets had struck
him. Tho body will be taken from, here
tomorrow evening to Cleveland. The in
terment will be In Lakevlew cemetery.
The family of the dead man were the re
cipients of many telegrams and letters
of condolence today, and among the
touching Incidents was a visit of 12 chil
dren of Mr. -Morris' Sunday-school class.
Dan A. Grosvenor, Deputy Auditor for
the War Department, and the next In
line of rank to the late Mr. Morris, was
discharged Saturday. Mr. Grosvenor re
ceived his discharge perhaps half an hour
after the killing of Mr. Morris. They
were conveyed to him from the office of
Secretary Gage, the discharge taking ef
fect at once. Captain Cobaugh, of the
Treasury watch, took charge of affairs
at the Winder building shortly after the
shooting Saturday, with instructions to
report to W. W. Brown, Auditor for the
Navy Department, and predecessor of Mr.
Morris, who has been reinstated In hi3
old position as Auditor for the War Department.
It Must Be Immediate Says
Secretary Root.
NATIONAL HONOR IS INVOLVED
THE DEATH ROLL.
'tenner.
Diamond Importers Manufacturing Jewelers.
Third and Washington Streets
Philadelphia So Rules Result of Fa
tal Amateur Bout.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec 23. As a result
of the fatal termination of the amateur
bout, last night, at the Philadelphia Ath
letic Club, between Joseph Kelly and Ed--ward
Sanford, who fought under the name
of Frank Barr, boxing contests have been
prohibited for the present by the police
authorities. Director of Public Safety
English today Issued an order to the po
lice to tbe effect that all permits for
sparring contests heretofore issued are
revoked, and that no more permits will
be issued for the same for the present
and that the police are Instructed to pro
hibit sparring exhibitions until further no
tice. There are quite a number of ath
letic clubs in the city where boxing con
tests, both amateur and professional, were
held, six rounds being the limit prescribed
by the law.
The exact cause of Sanford's death will
not be made public by the Coroner until
the Inquest is held tomorrow. The report
that his skull was fractured Is erroneous.
Frank Henderson, manager of the club,
who acted as referee, was today released
on $1000 ball. Kelly and the seconds of
both boxers, are still In custody, being
held without bail to await the action of
the Coroner's jury.
dark: man still in case.
Police Are Satisfied That They
Knovr Hint.
OMAHA, Dec 23. There Is still a dark
complexioned man in the case, but he is
larger than Johnson and younger. Other
wise he is very much like Johnson, having
a "black mustache and dark hair, slightly
mixed with gray. If the police have any
Idea who this man Is, they will not admit
It. So far as they know he was seen
by but one person, and that Is Eddie
Cudahy himself. The other bandit was
tha.Jlght-complexloned man, with the
brown hair and long, light mustache,
slight of build, and whose age is said to
fee somewhere between 30 and S5 years.
The individuals are described by three
persons besides the kidnaped boy, name
1 B. K. Munshaw, James Schnelderwlnd
and Frank Glynn. He is the man who
called at the Schnelderwlnd home to en
gage tne cottage at Thirty-sixth and
Grover streets, and who called up the
Cudahy mansion from Glynn's livery
stable to give notce of the letters being
In the front yard. The police are satis
fied that they know the man, and if he
is the person they think he Is, he will
probably be in custody within the next
10 days at least. If guilty ho cannot re
main at large long, they say.
E. A. Cudahy, Sr., still entertains the
theory that if Pat Crowe was not one of
the men who kidnaped his son, he will
lose no time In advising him of this fact.
Mr. Cudahy has befriended Crowe many
times in the past. "Why," said the
packer, In the course of a conversation
Sunday, "Pat Crowe knows perfectly well
that If he had come to me a week ago
and asked me for $25 he would have got
it. He has often expressed a sense of
gratitude for what I have done for him,
and I can hardly believe ho would turn
against me In thi3 way."
John Riley Chamberlain, Cincinnati
Newspaper Han.
CINCINNATI, Dec 23,-John Riley
Chamberlain, a veteran of the Civil War,
and a graduate of Miami University, at
Oxford, O., died here tonight, aged 72
years. He had" been afflicted since No
vember with bronchitis and pneumonia.
He had been engaged in newspaper work
in Cincinnati for 35 years, most of that
time with the Associated Press. Hla only
brother, Major W. H. Chamberlain. Is
still with the Associated Press In this
city.
I
Struck: and Killed by Car.
ST. PAUL, Dec 23. Charles M. Miller,
assistant engineer on the Montana division
of the Great Northern Railway, waa
struck andkllled by an electrlo car to
night. Miller's headquarters were at
Willlston, N. D., and he was on a visit
to relatives In this city. N. F. Miller,
for many years chief engineer of the
Great Northern system, was a brother of
the deecased.
NEBRASKA SENATORSHTP.
"GOOD WIVES GROW FAIR IN THE LIGHT OF THEIR
WORKS." ESPECIALLY IF THEY USE
SAPOLIO
ANIMALS FOR BRITISH CAVALRT.
Agcnix In This Country io Secure
50,000 for South Africa.
KANSAS CITT, Mo.. Dec 23.-Captaln
Heygate, of the British Army, Is pur
chasing 50,000 cavalry horses and mules
for the British Army In South Africa.
He came here more than a year ago to
buy horses and mules for the British
Army, but was ordered home a short
time ago because It was thought that
the Boer "War was over. But the un
expected renewal of hostilities has made
the purchase of more horses and mules
absolutely necessary. As fast as the
animals are Inspected and bought they
will be sent to New Orleans, and shipped
to Cape Town, Durban and New London
in British transports, some of which are
now on their way to the United States.
One shipload of the animals will be
taken to South Africa by Lieutenant
David B. Moberly, leaving New Orleans
soon after January 1. Lieutenant Mo
berly said:
"By the time the horses and mules are
landed In South Africa they cost the
British Government $360 a head. That Is
a large price for an animal, which will
be fit for service only six wseks. Most
of the animals die because of the change
of climate. They must cross the equator
in going to South Africa, and the torrid
heat ofthe tropics klll3 them rapidly. The
average death rate on board ship Is 32
to the 1000. Forty days after a horse is
purchased In Kansas City it is landed
In South Africa. So great Is the demand
for horses at the front, that It Is Im
possible to give them the needed rest
after landing, before putting them Into
Meiklejohn Assumes Personal 3Ian
agement of His Canvass for Seat.
LINCOLN. Neb., Dec. 23. Assistant Sec
retary of War Meiklejohn will arrive in
Lincoln tomorrow to assume personal
management of his canvass for a seat In
the United States Senate. The Legis
lature, which convenes the first ot tbe
new year, will have two Senators to elect,
a successor to John M. Thurston, and tbe
vacancy caused by the death of M. L.
Hayward, filled at present by William V.
Allen, by appointment of the Governor.
Both houses of the Legislature are Re
publican, but the majority is small In
either branch.
There are a dozen candidates for the
vacant seats, the more prominent, aside
from Mr. Meiklejohn, being E. Rose
water and Congressman Mercer, of Oma
ha; D. E. Thompson, of Lincoln; ex-Congressman
Halner, of Aurora; L. D. Rich
ards, of Fremont; E. H. HInshaw, of Falr.
bury. and ex-Governor Lorenzo Crounse,
of Fort Calhoun, himself a member or
the State Senate.
There Is a disposition to follow tne
old rule of geographical location, ac
cording one Senator to the North Platte,
the other to the South Platte country.
The, question of the long and short time,
for the present. Is cutting little figure.
Tornado In Alabama.
MACON, Miss., Dec 23. News was re
ceived here today that a tornado passed
thropgh the eastern edge of Noxubee
County, and the western part of Pick
ens and Sumpter Counties, Alabama, last
night, doing great damage. Telephone
news Is meager. One house on the Spark
man plantation was destroyed. A resi
dence on the Ross place near Cooksvllle
was wrecked and Its furniture destroyed.
On the Beal place several houses were
blown away. On the John Windham place
the storehouse and barns were destroyed
and a negro and several mules killed. On
the Nancy place a house was destroyed
and a negro killed.
False Report of Arrest.
OMAHA, Dec. 23. Reports were In cir
culation here tonight that one of the kid
napers of young Cudahy was under ar
rest at Fort Dodge, la. As far as can be
definitely learned this report had Its origin
In the fact that an Armenian named Al-
ble, who had a considerable sum of money
In his possession, was taken from an Illi
nois Central train at Fort Dodge Wednes
day night. It Is said, however, that the
man had met with an Injury on the train,
and that he was taken to a hospital In
Fort Dodge. He attracted attention In
the hospital from the fact that he car
ried so much gold. It Is stated, however,
that he left Omaha some hours before Mr.
Cudahy turned oyer the ransom.
Newspaper Man Critically HI.
CHICAGO, Dec 23,-John T. McCutch
eon, the artist and newspaper correspond
ent, Is critically ill at his home in this
city. He was stricken with pneumonia
several days ago.
M'KINLEY REPROACHED.
Held
Responsible for Amended
Treaty by London Paper.
Unless Our Soldiery Is Increased, "We
Must Abandon Large Portion ot
Philippines Also Strongly Fa
vors Army Canteen
WASHINGTON. Dec 23. At the last
meeting of the Senate committee on mil
tary affairs, the proceedings of which
havo just been made punllc. Secretary
Root made a strong presentation of tha
necessity for Immediate legislation for tho
relief of the Army. He stated, broadly,
that If Congress did not at once Indorse
the Army bill, in substantial accordance
with the recommendations of the War
Department, the United States would be
obliged to abandon a large portion of the
Philippine Islands where civil government
Is established. If the present garrisons
are withdrawn from certain portions of
the island, the municipal officers, mostly
Filipinos, will be left defenseless, with
every prospect of belnc deprived of their
lives and property, and at the same time
the United States will be disgraced, the
Secretary said, for having proved faithless
to Its solemn obligations. The Secretary
argued that It was necessary to pass the
department bill as a whole In order to
properly adjust the military organization
to the new conditions created by the In
crease of numbers.
"We do not, any of us," he said, "ex
pect that for any considerable period an
army of 100,000 men will be maintained,
and for an army of 60,000 men the pro
visions made by the committee are suf
ficient." With reference, to the matter, of staff
details, the Secretary said that he wa3
convinced that the control of the perma
nent staff department in the City of
"Washington is an evil that oueht to be
remedied, and that It Is highly Important
for the Army that there should be Inter
changeable service between the line and
the staff. In answer to an inquiry, the
Secretary said that it waa of minor im
portance whether there was a corps on
regimental formation of the artillery
branch, and that while he favored the
former, he really cared very little about"
the matter, which he regarded as a pure
ly technical question.
Secretary Root devoted considerable at
tention in bis testimony to the Army can
teen, urging that it was a great means
of maintaining the morality, health and
discipline of tho troops. He pointed out
that the post exchange is a club, where
the men get together to read, talk and
smoke, play checkers and other games,
and indulge in liquors under such natural
restraints as the place afforded. A pro
hibition of tho canteen, tbe Secretary said,
would interfere with enlistments, as the
men would not enlist If they knew they
were going to be confined in a reform
school. He considere the agitation
against the canteen as a misguided one,
and that Its abolition would drive the
soldiers out of the. post exchange, were
they subject to salutary restraints In
the demoralizing and vicious surroundings
outside of Army postsix It would result
In more drinking, and more deception
among those who drank. The Secretary
also pointed out that the proposed enact
ment would convey an entirely erroneous
and prejudicial view to the public as to
what had been the course of the Army
in regulating the sale of liquor up to this
time. .
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
Count -von Balew Honored.
BERLIN, Dec 23. This afternoon .Em
peror William visited the Imperial Chan
cellor. Count von'Bulow.'and personally
conferred upon hlnivthe Insignia of tho from rain to snow.
Governor Roosevelt's Appointee Out
lines Conduct of Office.
NEW YORK, Dec 23. Eugene A. Phll
bln, who has been appointed by Governor
Roosevelt to succeed Asa Bird Gardiner,
as District Attorney, in an Interview to
day said the first thing he would do would
be to resign as a member of the State
Board of Charities, and that he would
take charge of the District Attorney's
office as soon as he received the official
notification. "I had made no effort to get
the appointment, and it was entirely unex
pected. I shall not make a clean sweep
of the District Attorney's office. I shall
remove no man who Is competent to fill
the office he occupies and who Is doing
his duty."
The members of District Attorney Gar
diner's staff held two conferences today,
and it was decided that they would not
resign, though several of them at first
strongly favored the resignation of the
entire staff. At the conclusion of the
conferences Assistant District Attorney
Mclntyre said:
"Of course all of us feel that Colonel
Gardiner has met with great Injustice,
and as Individuals we protest against
the Governor's action. Our smpathles
are with Colonel Gardiner, and we shall
stand by him to the last ditch, but it was
decided at the conference tonight that
Colonel Gardiner will not enter into any
legal contest over the matter, but will
surrender the office."
LONDON, Dec. 24. The Times in an
editorial on President McKInley's decis
ion to submit the Hay-Pauncefote treaty
to Great Britain, reproaches .him with
"shifting a dangerous responsibility" on
the British Government, and says:
"The President must bear the responsi
bility for any friction that may ensue.
The amended treaty Is a bargain to which
we cam it agree, and to which no reason
able American who takes the trouble to
reflect upon our side of the question can
expect us to agree. When Senator
Lodge announced that the Americans ex
pected Europe to 'keep out' of America,
he forgets that Great Britain is a great
North American power, and expects to
remain such a power.
"If the Hay-Pauncefote treaty is not
adopted in a form acceptable to us, we
shall stand quietly upon our indubitable
rights nuder the Clayton-Bulwer treaty,
rights which cannot be affected by any
action the American Senate may choose
to take."
GERMANY OBJECTS.
"Wants Sultan to Pay Its Bill Before
Buying American Cruiser.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec 23. The ex
pected Imperial lrado authorizing tne
contract for the construction of a cruiser
for the Ottoman navy by the Cramps
Shipbuilding Company, together with the
initial deposit of 100,000. has not yet
been Issued. It appears that the German
Embassy has protested to the Porte
against the payment of the Cramp3 be
fore the amount owing to Herr Krupp for
naval guns has been paid.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWS.
Federal Government.
A large portion of the Philippines must
be
Bllxxard in Minnesota.
ST. PAUL, Dec 23. This section of the
Northwest is experiencing the first bliz
zard of the present Winter. The past
week has been extremely mild and pleas
ant, and yesterday a Springlike rain was
falling. Early today, however, the wind
shifted to tho northwest and changed
In St. Paul, the
MINE FIRE UNDER CONTROL
Started in 1858 and Has Consumed
Thirty-five Acres of Coal Land.
TAMAQUA, Pa., Dec 23,-The officials
of the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company
are Jubilant over the fact that the fire
In the celebrated burning mine at Sum
mitt Hill, which started 42 years ago. Is
now under control, and it Is said that the
next two years will see It extinguished.
The fire, which has consumed about 33
acres of the finest coal land in the an
thracite coal region, has moved westward
toward Lansford. Two immense drilling
machines which have been constantly
probing for the fire have now honey
combed the earth to the west of the burn
ing portion. Culm Is being poured into
these holes, and a solid mass will thus
confront the fire.
Order of the Black Eagle.
snowfall has been light, but the fierce
?50,000 Gift to College.
CHICAGO, Dec. 23. Dr. D. K. Pearsons
has sent his check for $50,000 as a Christ
mas present to Colorado College. Within
the last seven weeks Dr. Pearsons has
given $200,000 to one other educational in
stitution, but declines to state the name
of the recipient, who gave a pledge that
the donor's name should never be di
vulged during his lifetime.
These two gifts, together with $30,000
said to have been given by Dr. Pearsons
for the erection of a woman's dormitory
at Northwestern University, bring the ac
tual total of his known benefactions dur
ing the past 10 years to the sum of $2,4S9,
000, though these figures fall short of the
complete list. The money tendered
anonymously probably reaches $500,000,
making the whole amount very close to
$3,000,000.
Strike nt an End.
GENOA, Dec 23. The strike that was
caused by the closing by the Prefect or
Police of the Bureau of Labor Unions
came to an end today on the announce
ment that the government had consented
to a reconstruction of the bureau.
abandoned unless relief of the Army Is Im
mediate, eays Secretary Root. Pajce 1.
Secretary Root warmly commends the Army
canteen. Pago 1.
Philippines.
The recently organized autonomy party In. Ma
nila has been formally launched. Page 2.
Forty-five insurgents were killed and one
American wounded In encounter near
Gunobatan. Page 2.
American heads of departments report on civil
affairs of Islands. Page 2.
China.
An answer to the Joint note Is expected about
Thursday. Page 2.
Minister Wu thinks Joint note demands too
much. Page 2.
Delay in negotiation has caused great change
ot sentiments as regards China In Japan.
Page 2.
Transvaal.
Kitchener reports that Boer incursion Into
Cape Colony has been checked. Page 1.
Dewet Is the guiding genius of the Boers.
Page 1.
England will buy 60.000 horses and mules In
United States for army la South Africa.
Page 1.
Foreign.
The Japanese Minister of Communication has
resigned. Page 2.
Germany wants Sultan to pay its bill befors
buying American warship. Page 1.
Domestic.
Two and not three bandits kidnaped young
Cudahy at Omaha. Page 1.
Three hundred Scranton railway employes are
on a strike. "Page 2.
Pacific Coast.
Nevada-CaUfornla-Oregon Railroad will un
doubtedly be extended from Termo, Cal., to
Lakevlew by next Fall. Page 3.
Mr. Hofer, of Salem, says perpetuation of
Democracy is of llttlt, concern to masses.
Page 3.
Entire 1900 wool clip Is held for higher prices.
Page 3.
Povtland and Vicinity.
Taxpayers' League and Multnomah Legislators
agree on consolidating three county offices.
Page 10.
Reason to believe that Safecracker Long la
Montavllla murderer. Page 8.
Over 100 members added to Portland T. 3C C,
A by Fred B. Smith. Page 10.
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