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THE MORNING OEEGONIN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1902. TO FORGET THE PAST Chamberlain Urges Boer and Briton to Unite. HE STANDS BY LORD HILNER Colonial Secretary's Arrival In South Africa Is Occasion of. Popular Je.Hi oh strati oh and Speech Ad vitsinp Peace Between Races. DURBAN, Natal. Dec. 25. Colonial Sec retary Chamberlain and Mrs. Chamber lain, who left Portsmouth, England, No vember 25, on board the armored cruiser Goodhope, landed here at 10:30 this morning-. They received a warm welcome from large crowds of people. The long speeches made by Mr. Cham berlain in the course of the recent func tions were notable for their strong tone of conciliation and his expression of con .fldence in Lord Milner, British Commis sioner in South Africa. Bearing In mind, seemingly, the rumors that his visit would lead to the displacement of Lord Milner. Mr. Chamberlain declared his be lief that his visit wouldihave the effect of strengthening the hand of Lord Mil ner, who, he hoped, would be as great in conciliation as he had been In the main tenance of the rights of the empire. Referring to the war, the Colonial Sec retary said the Dutch and the British had fought in cburageous rivalry. Be tween the two races, not -kindred in origin or nature, such a struggle for suprem acy had been inevitable. From that struggle two proud and kindred rdces would grow in mutual respect, appreciat ing and lasting friendship. "Victor and vanquished," said Mr. Chamberlain, "bravely played their parts. Wc scorn to glory in our triumphs, the enemy need fear no humiliations in their defeat Let us see. as Britons worthy of the name, that nothing be done to re vive the animosities of the past. We must give our new fellow-subjects equal ity of position with ourselves. We ask, however, something in return: It is with them that the issue lies. We hold out our hand and ask them to take it without thought of the past, but frankly and In the spirit in which It Is offered." Mr. Chamberlain elaborated hjs theme with eloquence, and was loudly cheered. He announced incidentally the acceptance of the Boer officers to fight in Somali land. CELEBRATING IV LOXDOX. People Take to the Open or See the ; Pantomimes. LONDON, Dec 26. "Boxing day" is be ing observed in the customary manner. The city itself is as deserted as on Sun day, all the business houses being closed. In spite of the raw weather, the open space around the metropolis is well pat ronized. There was no lack of amusement to night for the holiday-makers of London, Dut, so rar as the West End was con cerned, no theatrical manager attempted to dispute the easy supremacy of the Drury Lane Theater, which holds this year a practical monopoly of pantomime in the production of "Mother Goose." with all the theaters traditional spectacular .gorgeousness. Dan Leno appeared in the title role, and an enormous audience viewed the production. All the suburban Y&theatpii8 and Jtho hippodrome also pre- rfeentefi pantomimes and .had big audiences, ppth afternoon and evening. AMERICAN'S BUY UP LEATHER. Famine of Article Sends Up Price of Shoes in Austria. VIENNA, Dec. 6. The Austrian manu facturers have decided to advance the price of shoes 10 per cent on account of higher cost of leather. They claim this step is due to extensive purchases of hides in the European markets by Americans who have practically cleaned out the Con tinental stocks. The Austrians also pro fess to see Increased danger to the Euro pean shoe industry from America, owinsr to the United States Government refunding 99 per cent of the tariff on the raw article when manufactured and exported. They complain that this procedure is too greatly facilitated by Secretary Shaw'a order ad mitting proof of Identity by simple dec laration instead of by affidavit. EARTHQUAKES CONTINUE. .Andijan Shakes Daily and Already 1J,000 Houses Are in Ruins. ASHKABAD, Russian Turkestan, Dec i. The oscillations of the earth at Andl- jan continue. The people there are using railroad cars to live In, so they are not leaving the town on account of their busi ness interests. Committees have been ap pointed to prepare lists of the losses to life and property. . In the Andijan district 13,000 houses were destroyed. Until the shocks cease guards will be kept on the railroad between And!- jan and 'Fedohenks to watch for fissures along the line. The railroad station at Andijan threatens to collapse. Barracks to be used as dwellings are be ing raised, and will soon be ready for oc cupancy. GOOD FOR THE YOUNG BLOODS. But British Naval Scheme Horrifies the Gra-hcards. NEW" YORK, Dec 25. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says Arnold Forster rather than Earl Selborne is believed to be the real author of the British Admiralty's new naval scheme As might have been expected, the regu lations are already provoking a great deal of criticism. They are far too revolu tionary for some of Britain's senior naval officers, but the younger ranks welcome the new order of things as a big step in the direction of the democratization of the British navy. TO BE BURIED IN CATHEDRAL. Archbishop Temple's Body Removed With Simple Ceremony. LONDON. Dec. 26. The remains of Dr. Temple, the Archbishop of Canterbury, were removed this afternoon from the Archiepiscopal Palace at Lambeth to Can terbury for Interment there tombrrow. There was no display. The body was taken to the railroad station In a slmplo pair-horse hearse, followed by two car riages containing relatives of the de ceased. A surpllced choir sang an anthem at the station as the coffin was placed on board the train. HAY COME TO UNITED STATES. Erring Princess and Her Brother to SeeJc Western Home. VIENNA, Dec 26. It is reported here on good authority" that Archduke Ferdinand and the Crow,n Princess of Saxony and their companions propose going to the United States, there being little probabil ity of their finding congenial homes in Europe. . - Hindoo Rebel Is Dead. PESSAWTJR, Punjab. Dec 26. Hadda "Mullahi who caused so many outbreaks on the northwest frontier of India, died De cember 22 Relate! Objects to Publicity. rt PETERSBURG. Dec 26 Count Tol uol ha nt a Personal appeal to the JJees asking the papers, In view of his advanced age and Illness,- not to publish any further reports of his condition, as they cause him pain. Woman and Her Dressmaker. PARIS, Dec. 26. The courts have award ed Mrs. Viola Falconer, an American, $490 damages against Redfern, the dressmaker, for unjustifiable arrest and seizure of 'goods in connection with a dressmaking bill. " Relief for Earthquake Victims. ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 26. Tie Red Cross Society is sending representatives to Andljfh to organize relief for the earthquake sufferers, and has contributed 517,500 to the relief fund. . General Miles in Peldn. PEKIN, Dec 25. General Miles arrived here today on a short visit. He will be received in audience by the imperial iacn ily, and will review the Chinese troops to morrow. British Premier Is 111. LONDON, Dec. 26. Premier Balfour is confined to his bed at Whlttinghame, Scot land. He Is suffering from a sharp at-" tack of influenza. WILL MEET STRIKERS. Threat From Boilermakers Causes Harrimaa to Unbend. , OMAHA, Neb., Dec 2S. Representa tives of the 300 striking shopmen on the Union Pacific are now en route to New York, at the request of E. H. Harrlman, to confer with hjm and President Burt at the New York office. Monday, In re gard to the settlement. This action was precipitated by John McNeil, grand pres ident of the Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders, declaring: that if the strike was not at once settled every bollermaker on the Southern Pacific would be ordered out on a strike. President Burt asked for time, hurried to New York to confer with Mr. Harrlman, and now Mr. Harrlman has asked for nego tiations. The strike has been on, six months for higher wages and in protest against piece work. Strikers demand the discharge of all strikebreakers, and reinstatement. The company has suffered severely from defective power during the cold weather of the past few days, one blockade last ing 62 hours. STRIKE MAY SPREAD. Iowa Central Switchmen Threaten to Call Out Other Towns. MARSHALLTOWN. Ia., Dec. 26. The strike of the switchmen of the Iowa Cen tral threatens to spread to Marshalltown. It was thought at first that the company would grant the increase of four cents asked by the strikers, but the company so far has done nothing. The switchmen say they will call for a sympathetic strike in Albert Lea, Oska loosa, Monmouth and Peoria. Switchmen at Albert Lea already refuse to handle any Iowa Central cars, and it is said that switchmen in other towns will do the same when requested. Freight traffic is at a standstill here now. No trains have gone out for two days, and the yards are congested. A coal famine is threatened, as the Iowa Central hauls 50 per cent of the coal used here General Superintendent Sweeney will meet the strikers' committee tomorrow. RAISE MITCHELL'S SALARY. Miners Propose Advance It at Their Approaching Convention. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec 26. It is probable that at the coming convention of the United Mineworkers of America a movement will be set afoot to increase the salaries of President Mitchell and Sec retary Wilson. At present Mr. Mitchell receives $1800 a year, while Mr. Wilson's compensation isr $1500. The miners are looking forward to securing -an increase in pay for themselves, and they want their executive officials to share the prof its. The coming convention will break all records for labor conventions. Last year there were about 1000 delegates, represent ing a membership of nearly 350,000. It is expected there will be over 1200 delegates at the coming convention. STOP WORK TO CELEBRATE. Anthracite Coal Miners Cease Opera tions on Christinas. NEW YORK, Dec. 26. Not 5000 tons of anthracite coal was mined in this entire region Christmas day, says a dispatch from Wilkesbarre to the Herald. Not more than 35,000 will be the output today and it will take until Monday for the nor mal output to be mined again. This la because the miners are observing Christ mas, despite the promises and threats of the operators. Hardly a mine in the ter ritory from Carbondale to Shamokln was in operation, and not one on more than half time. MAY RENEW GREAT STRIKE. Chicago Freight-Handlers and Clerks Demand More -Pay. CHICAGO, Dec. 26. The S000 freighthand lers, whose strike last Summer interfered with the industries of this city for three days, are preparing to demand more pay. The Office Clerk Organization la making similar preparations. The negotiations between the clerks and f relghthandlers are In progress. It Is said that the two or ganizations will take concerted action. Many Mines Are Idle. PHILADELPHIA, Dec 26. A report from the mining region today is to the effect that 20 Philadelphia & Reading col lieries and two washerles are idle be cause of the failure of the men to re turn to work after the Christmas holiday and 10 collieries and four washerles are wornang short-handed. It Is the miners' custom to take Christmas and the day succeeding for a brief celebration, but the Philadelphia & Reading Company hoped the men would return to work today be cause of the coal shortage. ncganglns of Spirits Delayed. LOUISVILLE, Ky Dec 26. Joseph A. Graft, Collector of Internal Revenue, to. day received a letter from Commissioner Yerkes saying that "In view of the pos sible favorable action on a bill now pend ing in Congress, which would render void reports of re-gauge of spirits, and with a view to avoiding probably unnecessary expense to both the Government and the distiller or owner in gauging and hand ling, he may delay the work of re-gauglng such spirits of the product of January, 1S99, as may fall due to be gauged until the 15th prox., except In cases where the distiller or owner of the spirits re quires that the re-gauge be made at once" Will Not Relax Quarantine. 'WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. United States Consul-General Turner reports to the State Department from Ottawa that the British Board of Agriculture has refused to relax the new dominion customs regulation pre venting the Canadian Pacific Railroad from carrying cattle through to St. John, because its line He3 for a short distance In the state of Maine. Vessels bound from Portland and Boston to British ports are prevented from carrying cattle to St. Johns and Halifax. Southern Village Destroyed. VICKSBURG, Miss.. Dec 28. Glenwater, a village In Washington County, was al most totally destroyed by lire this morn ing. The financial loss will be heavy. Be Q,u,ick. Not a minute should bo lost when a child shows symptoms of croup. Cham berlain's Cough Remedy given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the' croupy cough appears, will prevent the attack. It never fails, and is pleasant and safe to take For sale by all druggists. NEEDS MONEY FOR GUAM GOVERNOR . SCHROEDER TELLS OF ISLAND'S TROUBLES. Revenue Is Decreasing1 and Leper Ccloiy Is Costly Currency Reform Whites Desire Citizenship. WASHINGTON. Dec 26. The annual report of Commander Seaton Schroeder, Governor of the Island of Guam, which is dated July 16, and which has just reached the Navy Department, indicates a rather serious condition in the Island's finances, owing to the failure of Congress to appropriate the sum asked for last year. The receipts last year were in round numbers $66,000, and the expenditures $57, 000, leaving a balance of $9000, which, however, is a decrease of over $13,000 in the cash balance for the preceding year. This loss is due largely to the unexpected expenses Incident to the establishment of the leper colony and the decrease of over $10,000 in import duties. Commander Schroeder reports that it has been deemed THE HUMBERTS, WHO SWINDLED THE FRENCH BANKS M. Humbert, 'ex-MInister ol prudent to stop all work of public Im provement until further appropriations shall be made. The value of the exports and imports during the year have been respectively $35,549 and $35,165. The exports consisted almost entirely of Mexican dollars. Not a pound of copra has been exported, and neither cocoa nor coffee has been pro duced in sufficient quantities to supply the home market, owing to the slow re coveries from the effects of the hurri cane of 1900. The Governor suggests that it would be a great boon if the Department of Agri culture would establish an experimental station in the islands. e -overnor recommends that If a Philippine silver dollar of fixed value Is to be corned under the laws of the United States, it be made legal tender In the Island of Guam Instead of the Mexican dollar. The census of the Island, taken last Au tumn, shows the population to be SG96, of which only 46 are foreigners, 14 being citi zens of the United States. The latter does not Include officers and men of the Navy or other civil employes' temporarily Im ported from the United States. Above the age of 7, 46 per cent of the natives read and write Spanish. He says the natives still continue to re fuse to allow their sick to receive medical attention, but that conditions are improv ing, an excess of births over deaths being shown for each of the last two years. Commander Schroeder says there are now 24 lepers at Tumon Bay. The Governor recommends Improvement in facilities for education, and that the laws of the island should bo remodeled and codified. The Governor says there is a desire for United States citizenship among persons domiciled In the island. Ho calls attention to the case of Pedro M. Duarte, at present Auditor of the Island. He occupies an anomalous posi tion. He was an officer in the Spanish army, who resigned after the war, and who obtained an acceptance of renuncia tion of allegiance. The result Is that to day he is a citizen of no country. f The Governor recommends an appropria tion of aDout 513,000 for public improve ments. COURTESY IS ABUSED. Treasury Department Restricts Free Entry of Passengers' Baggage. WASHINGTON, Dec 26. Because of abuse of the practice of extending special courtesies to arriving passengers at ports of entry, the Treasury Department has issued the following circular limiting con siderably the granting of such courtesies In the future: "The chief officers of customs are hereby instructed that the extension of special courtesies to arriving passengers will here after be limited to foreign Ambassadors, Ministers, Charges d'Affaifes, Secretaries, naval, military and other attaches of Em bassies and Legations, and High Commis sioners, and to similar representatives of this Government abroad returning from their missions. All the above officers- are entitled by International usage to the free entry of the baggage and effects of them selves, their families and suites, without examination. "In the case of invalids and their com panions, and of persons arriving in charge of their dead or summoned home in haste by news of affliction or disaster, instruc tions will bo Issued to facilitate the land ing and examination of their baggage, but such Instructions will be' construed as only relieving such persons from waiting their turn in line. Their baggage will carefully be examined and duties in full collected, as though no favor had been shown. "The word 'courtesy' has grown to have a meaning never Intended., and Its use must be avoided in the issuance of per sonal consideration card3. No requests for special courtesies will hereafter be grant ed, except under the above conditions. It Is also found imperatively necessary In the interests of revenue to withtiold the Issu ance of passes on the revenue vessels which carry tile boarding officers to their assigned vessels, as such; passes will no longer bo furnished, except under -the restrictions above set forth regarding cour tesies and by the special authority "of this department." ' MRS. CATHERWOOD DEAD Noted Authoress Expires, Having? Succuxuhcd to Cancer. CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-Mrs. Mary Hartwell Catherwood, . Ihe well-known authoress, died at her residence, 4552 Washington avenue, tonight, of cancer. Mrs. Cather wood was taken ill in October and steadily declined until tonight when she succumbed to the disease. The funeral service will be held Sunday and interment will be at Hoopeston, 111., her old home. Mrs. Catherwood Is sur vived by her husband, John Steel Cather wood, and a daughter. Veteran of San Juan Hill Dead. NEW YORK, Dec. 26. Dr. Frederick L, Brady, who was a'member of Roosevelt's Rough Riders, in the Spanish-American War, Is dead in a hospital here from ty phoid fever. In the Spanish-American War he was in the engagement at Las Guaslmas, the battle of San Juan Hill Justice. Ex - Mile. Eva Humbert. . . .v. . . . .1, and the siege, of Santiago, making an hon orable record. Mrs. A. Mngnlrc Dead. DENVER, Dec. 26. A special to the Re publican from Santa Fe, N. M., says: Mrs. A. Maguire, of St Louis, died of pneu monia this morning at St. Vincent's Hos pital, at the age of -S5 years. She was the mother of the wife of General Eugene A. Carr, United States Army, retired, who, with her son, Major M. Carr, of Guam, was at Mra Magulre's bedside when the last summons came. Colorado Pioneer Dead. DENVER. Dec. 26. H. Halthusen, a Colorado pioneer, who has been engaged In the wool and' hide business in this state and Utah for 25 years, died suddenly of heart disease at the Brown Palace Hotel, in this city, today. He was 65 years of age. At one time Mr. Halthuien was rated as a millionaire, but he had lost most of his fortune. Vandcrbilt Will Recover. i NEW YORK, Dec. 26. "Mr. Vanderbilt has passed hi3 best day since his serious illness. He 'made a distinct gain since yesterday." 1 Dr. Flint made this statement as he left the Vanderbilt residence this evening. Dr. Flint expresses great confidence as to the recovery of the patient. Two Old Ohio Rivermen Dead. PITTSBURG, Dec 26. Captain W. W. O'Nell, who was known from .Pittsburg to New Orleans, being numbered among the oldest river men, died today at his homo In Elizabeth, Pa., aged 73. Captain David Forse, another old-time river man, died today. He was the oldest engineer on the Upper Ohio River. ! Government Engineer Dead. : WASHINviAON, Dec. 26. Adjutant-General Corbln ' received a telegram today from General Davis, at Manila, saying that Captain Robert McGregor, IDnglneer i Corps, died on the 23d inst. of acute ap pendicitis. Captain McGregor was a na tive of Michigan, and was graduated at the Military Academy In -June, 18JS. Old 'Citizen of Idaho Dead. SALT LAKE. Dec. 26. A special to the j Tribune from Market Lake, Idaho, says j that Wllhelm Patrle, father of ex-Secre- tary of State Mark Patrle, died at his ! residence there today, aged 84 years. Mr. . Patrle leaves a large number of relatives ia Washington and Idaho. Death of an Inventor. NEW YORK, Dec. 26. J. Raymond Palmenberg, founder of the form and fixture business in this country, and the inventor of the method of display now In use in all the big stores of the country, is dead at hl3 home In this city. Death of. Mrs. G. B. Dodwell. VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 26. A private cablegram received here tonight an nounces the death on Christmas 'eve at Watford, England, of Mrs. G. B. Dodwell, wife -of. the chief partner of the shipping firm of Dodwell & Co. Pioneer Colprado Judge Dead. GENEVA, N. Y., Dec. 26. Judge Samuel J. Clarke, who led an-overland expedition to California in 1S49, and said to be the last survivor of the first Legislature of that state, died here today, aged 78. i Pioneer Bunker of Denver Dead. DENVER, Deo. 26. Amos Blssell, a pio neer banker of Denver, died today from paralysis, after two weeks' illness;-. Going to Memphis? Before starting call up O. R. & N. ticket office and ask about the new tourist car service via Denver, Kansas City and St. Louis. City ticket office. Third and Washington. MADE FLYING MACHINE GRAHAM BELL CLAIMS TO HAVE SOLVED PROBLEM.' He Says He Has Made Kite Which "Will Support Weight o One Man and aa Engine. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, who has just returned ,to Washington from his Summer home in Cape Breton Island, tonight made the fol lowing statement in regard to the reports that have appeared in the public prints that he has Invented a flying machine: "The newspapers have been premature in announcing that I have been at work on a flying machine. I have not any flying machine at all, and have not been trying to make one. I am, of course, Interested in the problem, and have come to the con clusion that a properly constructed flying machine should be capable of being flown as a kite If anchored to the ground, and 1 WITH A FICTITIOUS WILL. Deputy Frederic Humbert. that, conversely, a properly constructed kite should be capable of use as a flying machine if provided with proper means of propulsion. "My experiments have had as their effect the building of a kite of solid construction capable of carrying up in a moderate breeze a weight equivalent to that of a man and engine, and so formed that it Is believed to be suitable for use as the body of a flying machine, and with supporting surfaces so arranged that, when the kite is cut looso-, It will come down gently and steadily and land uninjured. "I have successfully accomplished this, but don't care at the present to make public the details of construction." WAS WRONG MAN LYNCHED ? Godley's Brother Now Suspected of Having Killed Poltccman. PITTSBURG, Kan., 'Dec. 26. There is a strong probability existing that, In the lynching of Montgomery Godley here yes terday morning for killing Policeman Hinkle, the wrong man was hanged, and that, while Mont Godley was implicated in the trouble, he did not fire the fatal shot. It is believed that Joe Godley fired the shot from the officer's revolver, and then made his escape, leaving his brother to suffer at the hands of the mob. The mother of the boys called upon a firm of physicians in this city today and requested them to treat her son Joe for a gunshot wound in the neck. When asked to tell where he was, she refused. The officer's revolver has not yet been found, and it is thought by the officers that the man who killed Hinkle still has l&in his possession. If Joe Godley is captured, the officers wlllhave a hard task to protect him. as the people here insist that the same treat ment will be given him as his brother received. ENRAGED ATTHE RICH. Crazy Poor Man Attncks Guests of the Waldorf-Astoria. NEW YORK. Dec. 26. Consternation was caused In the red sitting-room of the Waldorf-Astoria Christmas afternoon by the actions of a powerfully-built man. : evidently a foreigner, who attacked a man j and woman among the guests before he ! was finally subdued, arre3ted and removed ; to a hospital for examination as to his sanity. On entering the sitting-room the stranger grabbed a passing guest by the arm, shook hla disengaged fist in hi3 face, and said, rapidly and with a decided ac cent: "You're rich, and you've had a good Christmas dinner. The encroachments of organized capital on the poor of the coun try have driven me from pillar to post until I cannot get work. What right have you to eat while I am starving?" Attendants rescued the guest, and the excited mn then sprang at a young wo man. He snatched a fur boa from her neck and then began to berate her in similar language. She screamed, but at that moment the detectives rushed In and began a struggle to subdue him. No pa pers or anything that would Identify the man were found In his pockets. All the way to the hospital he raved of the in equalities brought about by jvealth. The prisoner is said to be the same man who, during the Cornelius Vander bilt illness has frequented the neighbor hood of Mr. Vanderbllt's home and ha3 several times attempted to obtain an In terview with Mra Vanderbilt. He also wrote to Mrs. Vanderbilt, complaining -that her servants would not admit him to the house. Blood Poisoned in a Fight. NEW YORK, Dec. 26. Anton Anderson Js dead in a hospital here as the result of a fight la the course of which he struck his opponent in the mouth. Anderson's knuckles were cut by the blow against the teeth,, and the next day his hand puffed up, and a surgeon whom he consulted Informed him he was suffering from bloodpolsoning, and that amputation of the hand would be necessary: Anderson would not permit the operation to be per formed; the poison spread to his arm and then to his body. Eventually the hand was taken off, but too late to save the patient's life. Blackmailing Scheme Shown Up. DEFIANCE, O., Dec 26. At least 200 letters from a collecting agency in New York have come through the local post office to Defiance people. The letters state that the recipient received a year previous a certain amount of Jewelry from a New York firm, and, unless the sum due was remittee", suit would be in stituted. Many of these letters were ad dressed to persons dead or who had long since moved away. The Postofflce In spectors notified the local Postmaster, in structing him to advise the recipients that the scheme was blackmailing. Kills a Potato Thief. WESTCHESTER, Pa., Dec. 26. Lewis Brown, a resident of New Garden, a small, village near here, today discovered four colored men In his cellar. He procured a shotgun, and flred, killing one of them. It is supposed that one or more of the others were Injured, as traces of blood were found near the house. They had bagged about SO bushels of potatoes, and were about to leave when discovered. The Coroner exonerated Brown. Man Killed by a Woman. MOBILE, Ala., Dec. 26. News reached here today of the killing on Dauphin Isl and, in Mobile Bay, of Fred Mathews by a daughter of George Sprinkle. Mathews is a son of an ex-Mayor of Scranton, Miss. The details are not known, although one report states that It was accidental. Suicide to Avoid Paralysis. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 25. After spending Christmas pleasantly with, her family, Mrs. Ella Sweetland, late last night, killed herself instantly by shooting. She had expressed a fear of paralysis and it is believed brooding over this prompted me aeeo. Storekeeper Robbed and Murdered. MATTHEWS, Ga., Dec 26. Edward Gay, a merchant running a store six mile3 from here, was murdered early Christmas morning and his store burned. Its safe, which contained $1200, was found open and the money was missing. LEFT TO HER CHILDREN.' Mrs. Grant Divides Her Estate Among the Four. WASHINGTON. Dec 26. The will of Mrs. Ulysses S. -Grant was filed today. The estate la to be divided into four equal parts. It also provides that a memento presented to her by the Empress of Japan, said to be 1000 years old, shall go to the Museum of Arts, New York. General Fred D. Grant, son of the testatrix, delivered the testament at Register Dent's office in person. Mrs. Grant named as executor the trustees "to be selected by my three sons, a majority, or the survivors of them." In a petition asking the District Supreme Court to admit the will to probate, Gen eral Fred D. Grant explains that his moth er left surviving her, as helrs-at-law and next of kin, in addition to himself, Ulysses S. Grant, Ellen W. Sartorls and Jesse S. Grant. The deceased died possessed of a house at No. 211 Massachusetts avenue, this city, of the value of about $40,000; money amounting to $10,065; stocks, bonds and securities of the value of $4000. Gen eral Grant further sets forth that under the terms of the will the three sons have designated him executor. By the terms of the will the estate is to be divided into four equal shares. The Income of the first portion shall be applied to the support of the family of Frederick D. Grant and the education of his children,. The gecond portion is left to the executor in trust and for the benefit of the family of Ulysses S. Grant under the same condi tions. The third portion is left under simi lar conditions to Jesse B. Grant, and the fourth for the sole use of Ellen W. Sar torls for life, and at her death to her children in equal shares. Morgan's Christmas Tree. NEW YORK, Dec. 26. J. Pierpont Mor gan and his family held their celebration Christmas night around a huge electric lighted tree in one of the conservatories of their heme. The electric-lighting de vice is said to have been Mrs. Morgan's Idea. Late In the afternoon the tree was completely laden, and a private watch man toqk his stand in the conservatory, for some of the gifts were of great value. After dinner the servants filed Into the doorway, where they were received by Mr. and Mrs. Morgan. As their names were called they stepped to the tree, where they received envelopes containing crisp new bills to the amount of one month's wages from Mr. Morgan. Mrs. Morgan and her daughters also had a gift for each of thtm. Unknown Benefnctor of the Sick. NEW YORK. Dec 26. All the 833 pa tients in Bellevue and the allied hospitals have received Christmas presents as the result of the generosity of a man whose name the hospital authorities promised not to make public According to Acting Su perintendent Rockard, who has the hos pital records almost by heart, this Is the first time that all of Its patients have had a share of the Christmas gifts since the hospital was founded, nearly 100 years ago. To Guard McKInley's Tomb. CINCINNATI, Dec 28. Lieutenants Reice and Ingehart, with two Sergeants, four Corporals and 30 privates of Com pany M, Third United States Infantry, left Fort Thomas, Ky., today for Canton, O.. where they will serve as the special guard around McKInley's tomb. They re lieve a detachment of the Fourteenth In fantry. Natural Gas In Wyoming. DOUGLAS, Wyo., Dec. 26. The discov ery .of natural gas 13 miles west of here is regarded as the most Important event that has occurred In the industrial de velopment of Central Wyoming. The gas was struck in an oil well, and it shot gravel and sand far above the derrick. It was accompanied by a small flow of oil. To Lead Fight for Statehood. DENVER, Dec 26. A special to the Re publican from Santa Fe, N. M., says. Governor Otero has started with his wife and son Miguel for New York. From there he will go to Washington to take the lead In the fight for statehood. Cherry What would you do the next time you have a hard cold if you couldn't get Ayer's Cherry Pec toral? Better think this over. SSo., SOo., $1. J. O.Ayer Co., Xoweu, Km. Pectoral CABLE HAS REACHED OAHl) FINAL SPLICE TO HONOLULU MAY" BE MADE TODAY. Last Message From Cable Ship Before Connection with the Islands Is Completed. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 26. The following- cablegram has been received from the cable-ship Sllvertown, timed at 4 A. M. to day: "About to buoy the cable off the Island of Oahu, in about 450 fathoms of water. Up to this time 223S nautical miles of cable have been paid out." The shore end of the cable, which is of a much heavier type than the sea cable, will be spliced to the sea cable some miles oft Diamond Head, which is to be the landing place of the San Francisco-Honolulu cable. Until the splice is completed no further word will be received from the cable ship. It may take a day or two to complete the work. The dispatch with which the work is finished and Honolulu placed In cable communication with San Francisco and the re3t of the world de pends largely upon the weather conditions. GOVERNOR GEER'S MESSAGE. He Sends Congratulations to Gov ernor Dole on the Electric Link. SALEM, Or., Dec. 26. (Special.) Gover nor Geer today sent the following con gratulatory dispatch to the Postal Tele garph & Cable Company at San Francisco, for transmission to Governor Dole, at Honolulu, to be' among the first messages sent over the new trans-Pacific cable when connected tomorrow: "To President Dole, Hawaii: Accept congratulations of people of Oregon upon establishment of telegraphic communica tion with your distant island territory. May It be a forerunner of uninterrupted patriotic and commercial community of Interests between your people and those of parent country-" BIG DIVIDEND PAYMENTS Amount for January Will Break All Records. NEW YORK, Dec 26. As shown by the figures compiled by the Journal of Com merce of interest and dividend payments to be made in January, there Is little doubt that the total disbursements at the New Year will be the largest ever re corded. Tho total of payments, according to these figures, Is in excess of 4132,000,000. This total is considerably larger than were the payments made In July last, when a similar compilation showed a grand total of $123,673,353. These figures did not Include Interest on Greater. New York City bonds. Allowing an approxi mate sum for this, the total for July would be brought up to a little more than $125,000,000. The coming January payments, therefore, exceed those for last July by approximately $7,000,000. Prospectors' Terrible Fate. SILVER CLIFF, Colo., Dec. 26. Joseph Harlton, an old prospector, missing for tho past three weeks, has been found dead within 300 yards of his cabin, near Use. The body, frozen stiff and gnawed and eaten by coyotes and magpies beyond recognition, was Identified by his clothing. Harlton was a Confederate soldier, and It is said he was at one time Mayor of At lanta. It is supposed that he perished in a storm. in an attempt to seek shelter and food. ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 26.-Joseph Harl ton Is not known here, and the name is not in tho list of Mayors of this city.y Philippine Veteran Missing. DENVER, Dec 2S. Second Lieutenant William M.- Klstler, Company M. Eight eenth United States Infantry, has been missing from Fort Logan for nearly two weeks. . The Denver police department has been asked to help to locate him. Lieutenant Klstler Is 23 years of age. He enlisted as a private In the Sixth Cavalry six years ago at Philadelphia. Shortly thereafter he went with the bat tery to the Philippines and saw active service in and about Manila. Steel Bonds Will Be Converted. 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