THE MORNING OREGONIAN. MONDAY, JANUARY
T,
1901.
CALL FOR TROOPS
Cape Town Loudly Demands
More Soldiers.
FEARS UPRISING OF DUTCH
J. P. Morgan had bought the Central
Railroad of New Jersey, and sold It to
the Reading Railroad. When the market
reopens Monday morning, It Is said. It will
bq confronted with the additional news
that Mr. Morgan has secured the controll
ing interest fn the Lehigh Valley also,
and that this interest will probably be
offered to the Reading at a meeting of
its directors, which has been called for
Monday to complete officially the pur
chase and arrange for the formal trans
fer of the Jersey Central stock to its new
owners.
FEATURE FOR INAUGURATION
Almost AH British Forces Are Em
ployed to Guard Line of Com
munication and Gnrri-
lon Town.
LONDON. Jan. 7. This morning's news
from Cape Town is again unsatisfactory.
Martial law has been proclaimed at
Malmesbury. and would have been pro
claimed in other districts, but that the
Cabinet meeting called Saturday was un
able to agree as to its advisability. The
vagueness of the Information concerning
the movements and position of the Invad
ers has sent a. fresh cold fit over the
colonists, and Cape Town calls loudly for
strong reinforcements from England on
the ground that the greater part of Lord
Kitchener's available force Is employed in
protecting the lines of communication and
the Rand mines, the latter extending for
a distance of 50 miles.
It is asserted by one Cape Town corre
spondent that unless the forces in Cape
Colony arc Increased, a most undesir
able state of affairs may result, as the
success in arms of the invaders, however
slight, might be the signal for a Dutch
uprising. As it is many British residents
have had to leave the Dutch villages near
Cape Town, their lives being unbearable.
According to a native report, 100 men.
either Boers or local farmers, have Just
passed through Clan William district Jn
the direction of Malmesbury.
The Cape Town correspondent of the
Daily Mail, who calls for 40,000 fresh
troops, says:
"Prominent Afrikander loyalists declare
that the rebellious colonists will construe
the colonial call to arms as a challenge.
and that the ominous silence of the pro
rebels, combined with the fact that mem
bers of the pro-Boer junta in Cape Town
have heen tourins in the disaffected dis
trict, emphasises the necessity for mar
tial law. The necessity was never more
acute for dispatching reinforcements. Al
ready there is proof that colonials ere
leading one commando.4'
The military movements are reported
quite unimportant, though Portugal Is
sending reinforcements to Lourenco Mar
ques. Dr. Lejds, according to The Hague
correspondent of the Dally Mall, is re
cruiting in Holland, Belgium, France and
Germany, and his recruits will be sent to
Namaqualand, ostensibly as emigrants,
each man receiving 50 down on starting.
In a letter to the Times this morning,
the Earl of Dunraven, emphasizing the
"very grave situation in South Africa,"
warns the country to distrust the opinion
ARMYBIUTHEFIRSTWORK
THIS
IS PROGRAMME IX SEXATE
FOR- COMING WEEK.
Likely to Be Disposed Of Early
Ship Subsidy Will Then Become
Regular Order ot Business.
Colleges Asked to Have Representa
tives In Parade.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. A distinctive
feature of the Inauguration of President
McKinley, if plans now under way fulfill
their early promise, will be a large rep
resentation of the colleges and universi
ties of the united States In ths parade.
The matter has been put In the hands
of an lnter-colleglate committee, which
has addressed Invitations to the presi
dents of more than 400 American institu
tions of learning, requesting that dele
gations be sent on to represent their
respective institutions ln the Inaugural
parade. It Is expected that each college
or university will have a distinctive uni
form and banner, and that the result
will be a pleasing addition to the other
details of the parade. The letter of in
vitation addressed to the college presi
dents says:
"With a view of inspiring patriotism in
the young men of our country, by means
of the object lesson which the inaugural
ceremonies will present, the inaugural
committee has the honor to extend
through you an Invitation to the student
body of your Institution to participate in
the Inaugural parade of March 4, 1901.
"It is earnestly requested that you give
this movement your hearty approval, and
either In person or through a committee
of your selection, present this matter for
the students consideration in mass meet
ing assembled.
"In ordor that the movement may be
successful the suggestion Is made that
mass meetings be held by the various
alumni and university clubs throughout
the country for the purpose of Interesting
college men In the project The first mass
meeting of this kind will be held In Wash
ington next Saturday ta the Columbia
University, when graduates from leading
universities are expected to speak to an
assemblage to which all resident college
men are Invited."
It is stated by the lnter-colleglate com
mittee that the different college clubs
and societies are expected to come as
delegations. Their participation will be
strictly non-partisan. There will be no
maximum nor minimum size of each dele
gation, the only requirement being that
each body shall be uniformed or decorated
so as to display its college colors. Free
dom Is given to Introduce unique features
characteristic of club life. Delegations, It
is suggested, should perfect themselves In
marching either by column, figures, or
changing their formation while In line
of march. One large banner should be
carried In front of each delega'on. Cheer
ing will be confined exclusively to the
time when the respective colleges are
passing the President's reviewing stand.
Bach delegation will be permitted to give
only one cheer, so as to prevent an inter
ruption to the cheer of the college follow
ing. Horns or other Instruments for the
the sailing fleet under the law of 1E93. the
Increase of bounties granted to steamers,
and the rejuvenation of the material com
posing the merchant fleet.
"When the commercial fleet will have
obtained a greater numher of well
equipped vessels," eays Mr. Thleray.
"then It will be of the greatest service
to the fighting navy when the occasion
arises "
Mr. Thleray call attention to the diffi
culties which the French Government ex
perlenced every .time It was necessary to
transport troops to Tonkin, Madagascar,
Dahomey and China.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. The Senate will
continue to give practically uninterrupted
attention to the Army bill until that
measure Is disposed of. That the bill
will pass no one doubts, and the general
opinion Is that It will get through some
time during the present week. Senator
Hawley, chairman of tne committee on
military affairs, expresses the opinion that
the measure will bo in conference by
Wednesday, but other Senators postpone
the date somewhat.
There are several committee amend
ments yet to be considered, Including
those relating to the Army canteen and
the veterinary corps. It was supposed
at one time that the canteen provision
would cause prolonged debate, but the
best opinion now Is that comparatively
little time will be spent on It. A number
of amendments suggested by Individual
Senators will bo considered at greater
length, and some speeches on the bill as a
whole are yet to be made. The provision
of the bill authorizing the enlistment of
Filipinos in the Army of the United States
is among the features which are almost
certain to come In for sharp attack.
With the Army bill out of the way the
legislative, executive ana Judicial appro
priation bill will be taken up, and after
it other appropriation bills, if any are in
shape to be considered.
The siilp subsidy bill will be restored
to the calendar as the regular order of
business when the Army bill Is passed,
and It will be pressed when no appropria
tions are waiting consideration.
Next Saturday will bo largely devoted to
eulogies upon the late Senator Davis, of
Minnesota.
Xo Orders to Minister ot Caracas.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 6. It is said by
the State Department officials that no
orders have been sent to Minister Loomls
at Caracas, contemplating the use of
United States marines in the existing dif
ficulties over the rival asphalt company
concerns. The department la making a
careful Inquiry Into the controversy, and
If the results warrant such action, repre
sentations on the subject will be made
to the Venezuelan Government with a
view to securing an immediate settlement
of the matter.
TO DELAY SIGNING NOTE
CHINA ISSUED A DECREE SO IN
STRUCTING ITS ENVOYS.
Visit of Porto Rico's Governor.
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Jan. 6. Gov
ernor Allen, who left San Juan Monday
to visit the towns in the western part of
the island, returned to the capital today.
He visited several places never before
visited by any Governor of Porto Rico.
Everywhere he was most enthusiastically
received. In Lares, 250 mounted citizens
turned out to provide him with an escort.
IN THE HOUSE.
Opportunity for American Dealers.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 6. According to
United States Consul Brlce. at Belfast,
there is a great demand in Ireland for
sulphate of copper, In its raw state, for
use in the manufacture, of artificial
manure, etc., and he thinks It affords a
good opportunity for American dealers In
that commodity.
of parties on the spot, and to be ready purpose only of making a noise will not be
for the unexpected. He complains of the
"inertia pf the authorities," and urges
the necessity of large reinforcement.
The Cape Town correspondent of the
Times, who confirms the reports of the
multiplicity of the Boer commandos, says:
"Nearly five-sixths of the British troops
are employed to guard the lines of com
munication and to garrison the towns,
Jeaving a very small number, partly un
mounted, to pursue the enemy. The large
reinforcements are advisable, and these
would be cheaper i the end. The damage
which the Boers dla to Klolnfonteln is of
ficially estimated at 210,000.
Portugal Sends Reinforcements.
LISBON, Jan. 7. Additional reinforce
ments have been ordered to Lourenco
Marques.
REBELS WERE DEFEATED.
Result of Encasement With Colom
bian Government Forces.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jan. 6. The
steamer Costa Rlcan. which arrived here
this evening from Colon, reports that a
big battle was fought recently near the
Venezuelan border between the Colom
bian Government forces and 2000 Insurg
ents under General Urlbc, assisted by
sympathizers from Venezuela, the battle
ending In defeat of the rebels, who broke
Into email parties. General Urlbe escap
ing. The government forces at the time the
Costa Rlcan left Colon were scouring the
country in an endeavor to catch General
Urlbe, who will be regarded as the leader
of the revolution. Meanwhile the Insurg
ents were getting aid from the rebels In
Venezuela and Ecuador,
allowed In the parade. It Is requested.
however, that bands be brought from as
many colleges as possible, The local
committee will make all arrangements
necessary for accommodations of Institu
tions sglnlfylng a purpose to be repre
sented. The railroads will give a special
rate to college delegations.
JEFFRIES TO BEGIN TRAINING
Will Today Take First Exercise for
Coming Fight With Rnhltn.
NEW YORK. Jan. 6 J. J. Jeffries left
for Asbury Park. N. J., tonight, asd to
morrow he will take his first exercise for
his championship battle with Gus Ruhlln,
which talies place at Cincinnati February
15. The champion arrived from Philadel
phia early today, where he closed his the
atrical season Saturday night He met
his old manager and trainer, BJUy De
laney, and both proceeded to Asbury Park.
Jeffries was looking In the best of shape,
and said ho was in fine condition. He
said;
"I will go Into training tomorrow, to do
my first work for the big fight I feel
Reapportionment Bill First Bnslncss
Final Vote Expected Tnesday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. Consideration
of the reapportionment bill will be re
sumed tomorrow In the House, Indica
tions point to a final vote upon the meas
ure Tuesday, but the fight over the basis
of apportionment Is a bitter one, and the
debate may be prolonged. The outcome
Is not clear. Mr. Hopkins is still confi
dent that his bill will carry, hut In order
to pull It through he is now ready to con
cede an increase of three members to
cover the major fractions of the States
of Florida, Colorado and North Dakota.
If his bill passes It probably will be with
this modification.
The opposition is very aggressive, but
on the surface seems to lack the strength
necessary to carry the Burleigh bill. There
are forces at work, however, by which
the opposition, through the agencies of
Senator Qu -.. Senator Piatt, of New
York, and Senator Lodge, of Massachu
setts, hope to swing the delegations of New
York, Tennf-ylvanla and Massachusetts
Into line, and If successful, the Hopkins
h'il may sutler defeat. Mr. Crumpacker,
of Indiana, proposer to move to recommit
the bill with Instructions to reduce the
rnpresentatian C the Southern States; but
there Is no idea that such a proposition
will prevail.
After the disposal of the reapportion
ment bill, the river and harbor Mil will
be taken up. I. Is expected to consume
two days. The remainder of the week
will be devoted to aiproprtation bills.
The District of Coumbia bill will prob
ably be the next of the supply bills to be
vconsldered.
AGAINST VETERINARY CORPS,
Secretary Root Says Organization Is
Not Best for Army.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. Secretary Root
has transmitted to the ohalrman of the
Senate military committee a protest
signed by Claude V. Morris, secretary of
the New York State Veterinary Medical
Society, against the proposed amendment
to the Army bill, providing for a corps of
veterinarians. In doing so, he sent a let
ter. In which he says:
"This department Is not opposed to suit
able recognition of veterinarians. It has
fine now, and. barring accidents, I expect no soub objection to giving them mill-
to be In grand shape when I meet Ruhlin.
As regards the result of this battle there
is no doubt in my mind, but that I will
still be the champion after February 15."
FRENCH SHORE CONTROVERSY.
Nevrfonndlnnd Knows Nothing
of
Progress Towards Settlement.
ST. JOHN. N. F., Jan. 6. The New
foundland Government has not been, no
tified of any progress toward the set
tlement of the French Bhore controversy
between the French and British Govern
ments. Officials here take It for granted
that pourparlers have been opened by
the French for a renewal of the modus
Vivendi, but the British Government can
not agree to such a proposition without
the sanction of Newfoundland. All classes
In the colony are opposed to such an ar
rangement, and the action of the colony
will depend upon the concessions which
too Imperial authorities suggeest
Visit of Famons English. Jockey.
NEW YORK, Jan. 6. Samuel Loates,
the English jockey, arrived on the
Kaiserln Maria Theresa today from Eng
land. He visited here some years ago,
and said about the present trip:
"I have come here to spend six weeks.
I am here merely on pleasure bent"
Asked as to whether he would ride while
here, he said that he could not say.
Jockey Loates was second In the list of
winning Jockeys in England the past ye"ar,
having 114 victories and 519 losses. The
first Jockey was tho American, Lester
Relff.
German Products Losing Gronnd.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. Germany ex
ports to Canada about six times as much
as she Imports from that country, ac
cording to a communication to the State
Department from Consul Winter, at An
nabourg, Germany. On the whole, how
over, tho Consul states, the German
products are losing ground in British
North America. Germany's principal arti
cles of exports to Canada are raw sugar,
railroad supplies and toys.
Congo Steamer Foundered.
BRUSSELS, Jan. 8. News has been re
ceived here that the steamer Soudan,
which left Antwerp early In December
to undertake river service in the Congo
State, foundered a week ago, 10 of her
company being drowned.
Seven Miners Killed in a Fight.
LONDON, Jan. 6. According to a dls
patoh to the Dally Express from Vienna,
even miners were killed and 40 wounded
Saturday In an affray at Altgebelrg, Hun
gary, between riotous miners and
gendarmes.
Appropriation for Canal.
BERLIN, Jan. 6. The Lokal Anzeigor
asset ts that the canal appropriation will
be SS9.O0O.00O marks. .
MARINE NEWS.
Commerce of Great Lakes.
NEW YORK. Jan. 6. A special to the
Press from Washington says:
Tho commerce of the Great Lakes for
the last year of the century seems to
show a larger tonnage movement than in
any preceding year. From the standpoint
of vessel movement Chicago prominent
ly Is tho lending port of the Great Lakes,
A total of 7099 vessels entered the harbor
of the Western metropolis up to Decem
ber 1. Buffalo. Cleveland and Milwaukee
were close for second place, as evidenced
by the records, which show 33S4 vessel
entrances at Buffalo, 3443 at Cleveland,
and 3037 at Milwaukee.
Disabled Bark Spoken.
LONDON. Jan. 6. The British bark
Beech Bank, Captain Buchanan, from
San Frartclsco, August 16, bound to
Queenstown, was spoken January 3 In
latitude 35 north, longitude 88 west with
loss of foretopmast and main topgallant
yard.
The bark Beech Bank, which was re
ported at St. Helena November 27, dam
aged by the gale and tidal wave of De
cember 1. passed Ascension Island rigged
with a Jury foremast
Rough Trip of White Star Liner.
NEW YORK. Jan. 6. The White Star
liner Cymric arrived in this port today
after an exceedingly rough voyage. The
vessel left Liverpool on December 26, and
during the trip the weather was very
rough, and tempestuous seas and hoavy
westerly gales prevailed. On Friday
three valuable English stallions, which
were being brcught to this country for
breeding purposes, died of pneumonia,
whloh they had contracted while on the
voyage."
Morgan Secures Another Railroad.
NEW YORK. Jan. C The Tribune to
morrow will say:
Just at the olose of the market on Sat
urday Wall street received the news that
New Field for Hamburg Line.
BERLIN, Jan. 6. The Kosmos line
steamer has entered Into an agreement
with tho Hamburg line admitting the lat
ter to the west coast of America, under
the leadership of the Kosmos line.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORLi, Jan. 6. Sailed at 10 A. M.
Steamer Despatch, for San Francisco; at
12 noon, British ship Astracana, for
Queenstown or Falmouth for orders: at
1 P. M., German bark Hersogln Sophie
Charlotte, for Plymouth, Queenstown or
Falmouth, for orders. Arrived down at
2:30 P. M. British steamship Kalsow.
Condition of he bar at 5:30 P. M., smooth;
brisk southeast wind.
New York, Jan. 6. Arrived La. Bre
tagne, from Havre; Trier, from Bremen,
via St Michaels; Cymric, from Liverpool
and Queenstown. SailedPretoria, for
Hamburg, Plymouth and Cherbourg.
Hoqulam Sailed January l Steamer
Coqulllo River, from Hoqulam for San
Francisco; January 3, schooner Buenaven
tura, from Aberdeen for San Francisco.
Arrived Steamer Newburg, from San
Francisco for Aberdeen; brig Geneva,
from San Francisco for Aberdeen. Sailed
Steamer Santa Barbaca, from Hoqulam
for San Francisco.
tary rank, although I do not think It la
a wise course to give military rank to
civilian employes. What I do object to Is
the creation of a now corps, with a Colo
nel at the head reporting directly to the
Secretary of War, thus creating a new
bureau in the War Department, and a
body of officers, who, communicating di
rectly with the Secretary of War through
their chief, are necessarily independent
of the commanding officer of the cavalry
regiments and the horse artillery organi
zations. One ot the recognized defects
of our present Army organization Is that
of suitable command and division of duties
and responsibilities between the officers
commanding troops and territorial depart
ments on the one hand, and staff officers
responsible to a head In Washington on
the other. The result is that It Is Im
possible to fix responsibility for any fail
ure to remedy defects or abuses.
"The proposed organization of a veter
inary corps Is but another step in the
wrong direction, and will Increase the
evils which ought to be remedied. The
general officer In command of troops
ought to be able to hold the officers of the
cavalry and artillery regiments responsible
for having their organizations ready for
active and efficient duty at all times. If
the horses of those organizations are un
der the charge of a veterinary corps, with
the chief reporting to the Secretary of
War, there can be no such responsibility.
Give the veterinarians rank if you want
to, but I most earnestly urge that you do
not impose upon us another bureau of the
War Department, another Independent
corps, another element of disintegration,
divided responsibility and consequent In.
efficiency."
Transport Regulations Amended.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. On tho recom
mendation of Quartermaster-General Lud
lngton, the Secretary 6f War has made a
slight amendment to the Army regula
tions relating to military transports, the
object of which Is more clearly to define
the duties and responsibilities of the prin
cipal officers In charge, viz,, the master
of the vessel and the Quartermaster.
The Quartermaster has supreme charge
of the vessel and cargo when In port, and
also directs the movements of the ships
from one port to another, in execution of
the orders of the War Department. He,
however, has nothing to do with the navi
gation of the ship when under way. Then
the master of the vessel is in supreme
command, and is the only person author
ized to give orders to his subordinates.
This has been the general system of oper
ating the transport system for months
past but there seems to have been some
misunderstanding as to the relative au
thority of the Quartermaster and the
ship's captain at sea, and the new regula
tions were issued to prevent the possibil
ity of any further doubt on the matter by
the persons directly concerned.
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.
Heavy American Investments Have
Given It Muoli Better Tone.
LONDON. Jan. 6. Last week the stock
exchange had to stand the severest strain
known for a long time. If it came
through safely, It was mainly due to the
strength and breadth of the American
market. To the failures and panicky feel
ing resulting from the collapse of the
London & Globe Finance Corporation,
Ltd., was added an unexpected in
crease In the Bankjof England rate, and
even now, when tho crisis seems to be
safCly passed, those who are disposed to
look upon the gloomy side of things tear
that there Is worse in store for the com
ing settlement, when some big differences
must be met.
In spite of the large realizations which
had taken place, especially In thevAmer
ican market, a favorable turn came Fri
day, when New York bought up all It
could get at the lowest prices. This not
only set Yankees booming, but put the
other markets in better spirits, causing a
decided improvement all around. Con
sols finished only one half point lower,
and home rails, after losing one-half to
one point during the week, closed above
the worst figures.
This upward movement in Americans
continued without check until tho close
of the stock exchange yesterday. St. Paul
shares led the list with a rise of 20 points
above the lowest figures and closing at
16 bettor than for the dav. Northern
Pacific rose 6 points; Erie first pre
ferred, 5; Illinois Central. 44; Southern
Pacific. 4: Baltimore & Ohio. Z; North
ern Pacific preferred. 3: Atchison, 14.
and most others from 1 to 2 points.
Berlin Money Markets Uncllstnrlied.
BERLIN, Jan. 6. The fears of the Lon
don and New York money markets have
left Berlin comparatively untouched. The
new year opened with a remarkable
plethora, of money. Athough Brussels and
Paris have discontinued here, the mort
gage banks have resumed lending. Their
position was greatly strengthened by the
meeting a week ago of the Prussian-Hypotheken-Aktlen
Bank and the Deu-tsche-Grundschuld
Bank. The public is
now regaining confidence in these insti
tutions, and the return of their obliga
tions has almost ceased. On the other
hand, the demand for mortgage bank ob
ligations is- beginning afresh.
The effect of the advance In the Bank
of England's rate wa3 unusually slight
Hitherto, the Reischbank had always an
swered to the Bank of England advance.
In the present case, however, notwith
standing the unprecedented pressure of
December SI, tho Relchsbank rate of dis
count will be maintained.
The market considers this a certainty;
owing to the rapid recovery since Jan
uary L The private rate of discount fell
rapidly to 3 per cent, but rose again to
4 per cent, in consequence of the rise
in the Bank of England's rate. Call
money, however, was abundant at 4 per
cent The market believes the Relchs
bank will maintain the present official" rate
until the Bank of England reduces Its
rate. Otherwise, the Relchsbank could
make a reduction sooner. Foreign ex
change rose, owing to the rise In the Bank
of England's rate.
The boerse "followed New York's boom
in railways unwillingly, Berlin believing
the thing to be overdone. Among the
Trans-Atlantic securltleSj Canadian Pa
cific took the lead.
Industrials encountered more unfavora
ble Influences, among them the decision of
the coke syndicate to reduce production 5
per cent Other depressing influences
were the reduction In the price of rolled
goods In South Germany, the restriction
In output by the Slergerland Pig Iron syn
dicate and the attempts of the sheet mills
to get reduced prices for the materials
under contract. The Cologne Gazette as
serts that price reductions affect nearly
all finished goods, and paints the general
Iron situation black.
The Lower Rhine silk velvet market re
ports say that American orders remain
scarce, and the manufacturers regard the
American market as permanently lost
They Replied That Step Was Impos
sible Effort to Revise Russo-Cbi-neae
3Ianchurian Agreement.
LONDON, Jan. 6. The outlines of the
Russo-Chinese agreement regarding Man
churia were settled with LI Hung Chang
In December, 199, says the Vienna corre
spondent of the Daily Telegraph, and
prior to that Russia had concluded treat
ies with the Emirs of Bokhara andl
Khova and the Shah of Persia, arrang
ing for neutrality, or for military assist
ance In the event of difficulties arising
between Russia and any Asiatic power.
In fact, all the steps toward the prac
tical acquisition of Manchuria have been
carefully prepared.
Reports have been received here from
Slnan Fu, says the Shanghai correspond
ent of the Standard, that General Tung
Fuh Hslang's 14.000 troops have mutinied
at Kuyuen Chou, in the Province of Kan
Su, and that General Feng Tse Tsal's
army has been sent from the Province ot
Yun Nan to suppress the rebellion.
Chang Chlh Tung, the Wu Chang Vice
roy, wired the Chinese envoys, strenuous
ly urging them to delay the signing of
the note, says Dr. Morrison, wiring to
the Times yesterday from Pekln, until
several clauses had been amended and
that portion of the preamble had been
expunged which charges the Imperial
court with the responsibility for the at
tacks, upon tha legations. He further
urged" the Imperial personages not to re
turn to Pekln on the ground that the
Joint note permits the powers to main
tain 10,000 troops between Pekln and the
sea.
An Imperial decree was Issued to delay
the affixing of the signatures, but the
Chinese plenipotentiaries replied that it
was impossible to recall the assent al
ready given.
China Is now endeavoring to negotiate
at St Petersburg a revision of the
Russo-Chinese Manchurian agreement.
pelled by the report for 13C0. The number
of lynchlnga has increased again from
107 to 115, and the details present the
old, old story. The South has been the
scene of 107 of these lynchlnga. the North
of eight Of the 115 victims. 107 have been,
negroes. The most frequent of the crimes
alleged to have been committed by them
are murder and criminal assault, S9 of
the former and 18 of the latter. The
Southern States In which lynchlnga have
been most frequent are as follows:
Louisiana and Mlsslsppl, 20 each; Georgia,
16; Florida. 9r Alabama, 8; Tennessee, 7;
Arkansas and Virginia, 6 each. The three
Northern States which must be classed
with the Southern In this unenviable cate
gory are Indiana. Kansas and Colorado.
In Indiana three colored men and In Colo
rado two colored men and one white man,
and In Kansas two white men have been
the victims. Tho circumstances attending
some of these Northern lynchings have
been, as cruel as any which have oc
Mirrwi in tho Bouth. In Colorado a ne
gro was tortured, and nothing has been
dona to vindicate tho law. In Indiana
one innocent negro was lynched, and
nothing has been done about it. Such
deeds as these silence denunciation of tho
South for its failure of Justice.
In 16 years 2583 persons have been
lynched in the United States, and what
good has been accomplished? Crime con
tinues undiminished, and nowhere does it
increase faster than in the states where
lynching has been most frequent It
is. therefore, not a preventive of crime.
The only excuse that can be offered Is
that popular resentment has been visited
i,nnr tVi Tp.T-ntrfttors of crime, but the
cost has been the weakening of respect for
law. In almost every case where death
la the penalty for crime the criminal
would have been executed If found guil
ty. If he were not guilty he should not
be executed. What has been gained by
mob murder?
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and you will succeed in reduc
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appetite, bringing on a slow
fever, and making everything
exactly right for the germs of
consumption. Stop ' coughing
and you will get well.
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cures coughs. An ordinary
cough disappears in a single
night. The racking coughs of
bronchitis soon quiet down.
Tne oniy excuse mm i" " .-- - - if
that popular resentment has been visited I And CVen the COUghS Or COn-
sumption are either completely
checked or greatly lessened.
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Kno H Ylng Officials nave Fled.
PEKIN, Jan. 6. The British punitive
force, under Colonel Tulloch, which left
last Thursday for Kao LI Ylng, from
which place shots had been fired at a
patrol, returned today to Pekln. Colonel
Tulloch says that he found Kao LI Ylng
submissive, and that the officials had
fled.
Allied Troops Operations Restricted
SHANGHAI. Jan. 6. Count von Wal
dersee, it Is asserted, has arranged with
Prince Chlng and LI Hung Chang that
the allied troops are not .to operate in
the prefectures of Shun Te, Huang Ping,
and Taming, In the Province of CM LL
Russia Defends Chinese Forts.
LONDON, Jan. 6. The Vienna corre
spondent of the Dally Chronicle asserts
that Russia, In her agreement with
China, undertakes to defend the latter
against any -attacks on her forts.
TONAMBGUDAHY'S ABDUCTORS
Lincoln Man Offers to Supply In
formationProposition Accepted.
OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 6. A letter has
been turned over to Chief Donobue, of
the Omaha Police Department, in which
an offer is made to deliver certain in
formation to him regarding the abductors
of Eddie Cudahy upon his compliance
with certain conditions. The Chief and
Mr. Cudahy evidently consider the letter
authentic, and of enough Importance to
JUstlfy a reply, because tha following ad
vertisement appeared in the columns of
a local paper this morning:
"Your request asked for in letter mailed
at Lincoln, January 4, to be answered
before January 7, will be granted. E. A.
Cudahy, C. A. Donohue."
Both men, Cudahy and Donohue, de
clined tonight to say what the contents of
the Lincoln letter were or to refer to the
conditions prescribed therein. It Is stat
ed that the letter Is from a man who
knows every member pf the gang which
kidnaped Eddie Cudahy December 18. Fur
ther, it is stated positively, that the reve
lations to be made by the writer of the
letter will involve a well-known man In
this city, who has been suspected, but
against whom no positive evidence could
be obtained.
Acceptance of the offer of the unknown
writer leads to the belief that he has
placed a price on his knowledge of the
crime, and has taken this means to pro
tect himself ,from discovery. He gave no
address In his letter, advising that an ad
vertisement be inserted. If his proposi
tion was considered favorably.
PAT CROWE'S BROTHER TALKS.
Report on French. Marine Service.
WASHINGTON. Jan, 6. A supplemen
tary report upon the depressed condi
tion of the French marine, and the va
rious measures advanced for Its ameliora
tion, have been furnished to the Depart
ment of State by United States Consul
Thackara, Mr. Thackara forwards a re
sume of an Interesting report on this
subject by Mr. Thleray, Deputy from Mar
seilles, which will form the basis for the
discussion of the matter In the lower
chamber. Mr. Thleray advocates the
diminution of the advantages enjoyed by
Broken at the Wheel.
Notes and Queries.
In the diary of that remarkable man,
General Patrick Gordon, who left Scot
land In 1651 a poor, unfriended wanderer,
and when he diod, In 1G99, had his eyes
closed by the affectionate hands of his
sorrowing master, the Czar Peter the
Great, tho following entry Is to be found,
under date Hamburg, March 22, 1686:
"This day, a man and a woman, a bur
ger of tho towne being the womans mas
ter, for murtherlng, were carted from
the prlsone to the house where the mur
der was committed; and there before this
house, with hotte pinsers. the flash was
torren out of their armes, and from
thence were carted to the place of Jus
tice without the towno, and there broken
and layed on wheelcs."
An Instance 50 years later than those
quoted at the last reference Is recorded
In the "Correspondence of Mr. Joseph
Jekyll," (Murray, 1S94). In April. 1775,
from the balcony of his lodgings at Or
leans, Jekyll saw a criminal broken on
the wheel. In a letter to his father (p. 13)
he enters minutely Into the sickening de
tails, adding that "the crime of the un
fortunate creature was burglary, as we
learnt from his sentence, which is posted
up at every corner of the streets."
Autos Used to Distribute Books.
Chicago Inter Ocean,
If plans discussed at the serol-montbly
business meeting of tha public library di
rectors yesterday are thought favorably of
by a majority of the members, automo
biles will displace the seven delivery
wagons now in commission for the pur
pose of distributing books from the cen
tral library to the substations. The prop
osition met with support by reason of the
fact that power for vehicles could be
furnished from the library plant without
additional expense.
Says Suspected Kidnaper, if Guilty,
Will Never Be Taken Alive.
BUTTE, Mont, Jan. 6. Anthony Crowe,
a brother of Pat Crowe, and who has lived
in Butte several years, has an Interview
in the Miner, In which he says:
"Yes; I am a brother of Pat Crowe. He
has caused me lots and lots of trouble,
as ha has every other member of our fam
ily." Crowe says that when his brother was
a very young man he failed In business.
and after that had a separation from his
wife. "The failure and the separation."
says he, "seemed to form a combination
that had the effect of turning him to the
life which he has since been leading, and
which has landed him more than once In
the penitentiary and brought lasting dis
grace upon his family.
"I know nothing of the guilt or Inno
cence of my brother In this Cudahy kid
naping case, but he Is fully capable of
taking Dart In such a deed. If he Is guilty,
I don't think they will ever take him
alive, because It was a desperate pleoe
of work."
OUR TRADE WITH PHILIPPINES
Interesting Discussion of Subject by
Treasury Official.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. A. O. Austin,
chief of the bureau of statistics, Treasury
Department, In a local interview, dis
cussed at some length our trade with tho
Philippines, bringing out some very In
teresting facts and observations. He said
that, us was to have been expected, our
trade with the islands has greatly In
creased since we assumed their control.
In 1897 we sent to the Philippines only
$59,000 worth of articles of all kinds, while
In 1900 the exports to tne isianas nave in
creased to $3,500,000 in round numbers, not
including supplies sent by the Government
The imports into the Philippines tor
1900 were about $25,000,000. Last year we
had but 6 per cent of the total imports.
Indications now point to the fact that
our trade with the islands for 1900 will
aggregate at least 15 per cent of the total
trade. Naturally roost of the Imports Into
the Islands come from China and Japan,
but Great Britain has been a great ship
per, and Spain, through Its long control,
also controls much of the trade, while
other European nations have smaller
quantities of the Philippines trade. Mr.
Austin believes, however, that aside from
the shipments from Hong Kong, those
from the United States to the Philippines
Will" this year be greater than those from
nv other country.
Much of the demand for American goods.
so far comes from Americans who have
gone to the Islands, but the native popu
lation Is gradually finding use for our
manufactures. To Illustrate: The ship
ments of agricultural Implements In 183?
were valued at only $26, while for 10
months In 1900 these shipments were val
ued at nearly $4000. In fact, American
manufactures of all kinds are constantly
coming more and more Into demand.
In further discussing the general topic,
Mr. Austin said:
"The mere question of the Increase- of
our exports to the Islands themselves
seems to me to be a small one compared
with tha prospective value of the Philip
pines as a door to the commerce of the
Orient The population of the countries
and Islands of Asia and Oceanlca, whose
cities are nearer to Manila than any oth
er great port or distributing point. Is 850.
000.000, or more than half the population
of the world, and their annual purchases
amount to $1,200,000,000. Many of their
cities He as near to Manila as Havana is
to New York, and all He much nearer to
Manila than any other general distrib
uting point for merchandise. The people
of all those countries have shown a grow
ing taste for the products of the United
States, as Is Illustrated by the fact that
our exports to Asia, which in 1897 amount
ed to nearly $33,000,000, were In the 10
months of 1900, $51,000,000, and to Oceanlca
were, in 10 months of 1S97, $17,000,000. and
In 10 months of 1900 $32,000,000. showing a
growth in three years' time of 66 per cent
in our exports to the Orient With a mar
ket of $100,000 a month which seems to be
hungering for American products, and a
great distributing point under our flag
within easy reach of its commercial cities,
and dlreot water communication with our
own way stations on the Pacific route, it
seems to me that the value of the Philip
pines as an open door and a distributing
point for that great market must be vast
ly In excess of that Indicated by mere
examination of the consuming power of
the Islands themselves."
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ter so badly that tho craw abandoned her.
All hands, the captain and five seamen,
were brought to this port
ELYSIUM FOR TRAMPS.
Central America. Is Thronged With,
Men Who Will Not "Work.
New Orleans Times-Democrat
"A good many typical American hoboa
drift down to Central America," said an
official of a local banana company, "and
one good thing about It Is that they never
get back again. The country seems to
suit -them up to the hilt. I have been
watching the tramp travel for several
years, and It has afforded me considerable
amusement. Soma of them scrape up
enough money to pay for a deck passage,
but most of them either stow away or go
down as roustabouts. When thoy land
they generally drift a little distance Into
tho Interior, and that settles It In Nica
ragua and Costa Rica, especially life Is
very jeasy for on able-bodied man who has
an aversion to working, and Is not very
particular about his surroundings. All
he has to do Is to marry a native woman
and settle down In some little banana or
cacoanut grove for the balance of his
days. T6 my certain knowledge tnat is
exactly what has been done by a largo
number of Weary Willies from the United
States. I call to mind one case on the
south end ot the Mosquito reservation.
"A thoroughbred American tramp, who
looked as If he had Just stepped out of tho
pages of soma comic weekly, drifted down
there about three years ago, and Is now
enjoying life as a landed gentleman. Ha
managed to annex a half-breed wife, and
with her a scraggy little banana grove. It
is not much to look at, but abundant to
supply the simple needa of the house
hold. They live In a filthy native hut;
tho woman docs all the work and the ex
trwnp dreams the happy hours away, In
a home-made cocoanut fiber hammock.
He Is very solid with all the jselehborinff
Indians, who have an indiscriminate re
spect for a white skin, and I suppose they
contribute to his support. Anyhow, he
confided to me, last time I saw him, that
he hadn't dqne a lick of work since he
struck the country. The natives made a
kind of rum out of wild cane, and he gets
bolUng drunk whenever he feels so In
clined. Altogether It Is an Idyllic Ufa
for a fellow who has ridden brakebeam3
and dodged Constables throughout tha
inhospitable States. By advertising ma
attractions of the country and supplying
transportation we misrht get rid of tho
tramp incubus altogether."
Croker Avoids His English. Home.
Chicago Tribune.
London Mr. Richard Croker, who had
been rusticating for several weeks In
Carlsbad and Nice, returned to Wantage
two days before Christmas, where he re
ceived a summons to appear on January 3
to reply to inquiries respecting his in
come In connection with the income tax.
He left Wantage Wednesday, presumably
for the Continent His house Thursday
was absolutely closed, and th.-B Is no
expectation of his return before next
week.
SERIES OP CHICAGO HOLD-UPS.
Victims Are Night-Station Men Along
Elevated Railroads.
CHICAGO, Jan. 6. A series of hold-ups
along the lines of the Chicago Elevated
Railroads, four ticket-sellers having been
robbed In less than a week, has caused a
feeling of uneasiness among the night
station men along the "L" lines. The
boldest of these hold-ups took place at 3
o'clock this morning when a lone robber
held up the occupants of the Lake-street
"L" line station at Ashland avenue, rob
bing the agent and four persons who were
waiting for a train. After taking about
$30 from his Victims, the robber held them
In the station until a train arrived and
then compelled them to board the train.
which drew away from the station before
the robbers' victims could make their
predicament known to the trainmen. A
passenger who alighted from the train
took in the situation, and fired seven
shots at the robber, but the bandit
escaped.
Charged With Forgery.
CHICAGO, Jan. 6. Henry M. Hoek,
agent for the Knights Templar's and
Masons' Life Indemnity Association, of
Chicago, is under arrest at the Central
Police Station on a telegram from Wash
ington, D. C, which stated that he waB
wanted in that city on a charge of
forgery.
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Lynchings in 1DOO.
New York Tribune.
The record of lynchings for 1S99 was
looked upon at the time as most encour
aging. The number had dropped to 107,
the smallest In any year since 1885, when
the Tribune first began the collection of
statistics, and It was hoped that the new
century would dawn upon, new conditions.
Hnrkham's Latest Exploit.
Chlcajro Times-Herald.
Edwin Markham has broken loose again.
Having made another full meal of Pol-
lok's "Course of Time" and Young's
"Night Thoughts" and supped to over
flowing op the leviathans, dragons and
hlppogrlffs of a diseased Imagination, he
has written a "Century Poem," which we
suppose he fondly believes will startle
centuries to come with its thunders.
This waiting echo of his own "Man With
a Hoe" begins with the flat assertion that
We stand here at the end of inlshty years.
We sincerely hope not. We trust that
there are many "mighty years" to come,
each bringing in its train more and more
of wisdom and happiness to man, and each
bursting with hope of mightier and better
years to come,
Mr. Markham tell us that
Man ha put harness on leviathan,
And hooka In his incorrigible Jaws.
Surely Mr. Markham ought to furnish a
diagram of this "recrudescence" of medie
val metaphor. And how pitiful it is that
he who has snatched "Jewels from the fly
Insr hour." "aid his scepter on the stars"
and hooked leviathan by his incorrigible
Jaws should still permit "Lean Hunger
nd the Worm of Misery" to rise "out of
the whirlwind of tho cities."
But lo. Mr. Markham. disdaining the
use of eyes, "with rebel heart scans" the
books of pedigree and sees the strong
"young Titan" of Democracy beating "his
hairy breast." Evidently he despises the
facts that the breast of youth is hairless
and the heart Is sightless.
Once more Mr. Markham thumps "tho
Inhospitable olay," the while In a whirl
wind of ecstasy he assorts "the future Is
secure" and "God Is descending from
eternity."
Ring out Darwin's "Descent of Man"
and rlnir In Markham's "Descent of God."
No "Worm of Misery" ever hatched out
a more piebald piece of 18th century cant
and rant than the latest poem of the map
with a poetic pull.
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Badly Damaged in Collision.
NEW YORK, Jan. 6. The North German
Lloyd steamer Kaiserln Maria Theresa,
which arrived today, "was In collision
with the schooner Favtan. of Lunenberg,
N. S In mldocean. and damaged the lat
Cleared for London With Big Cargo.
TACOMA. Wash., Jan. 6. The British
steamship Glenturret sailed tonight with
a large cargo of general merchandise for
Japan. China, and Manila, en route to
London via the Suez Canal. Her grain
cargo consists of 3349 sacks of wheat for
the Continent.
Five Bags Registered Mail Stolen.
LONDON, Jan. 6. Five bags of regis,
tered letters have been stolen on tho
road between Turin and Rome, Three
bags came from Now York.
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Training-Ship Left for Manila.
CARACAS, Jan. 6. The United States
training-ship Buffalo, which arrived at La
Guayra yesterday, left today for Manila.
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