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ASTORIA. ORE
Aseot W. F. Oo, tnd Paclfls tipre m Co i.
BOER INVADERS
STILL ADVANCING
Damaging Railways in Different
Sections of Cape Colony.
RENEWAL OF FEVER FEARED
Kmitr B((i WIlkelmlM to Writ Emperor
MiboUi, Pftstdeil Lmibcl tni Em
peror Wllllim It AM li
Stopping the Wir.
LONDON. Jan. l.-The Iioer have
now reached a point hn.lt way between
the Orang river and Cape Town and In
pit of the optimum of the Imdon
prm the government announcement at
('l Town show how seriously the
Invasion l regarded there. The only
tiling thul really touchy the Hiltlsh
pill. Hi- la the lima of the big naval
nun. Th Time today, however, draw
attention to what might prove a -rlou
dungrr, namely, the possibility of an
other out ln-en k of en'.crlo fever amonit
the oliltfm. worn down by the hard
xhlpa and prtvatlona of a prolonged and
exciting campaign.
IIOEIC8 ALL OVER COLONY.
LONDON. Dec. 31-Lord Kitchener
In a dispatch lo the war office, dated
Pretoria. IV-c. 31. aay:
"A small portion of the rm-my' force
which entered the colony to the eat
broke away In a southwestern dlrcc
tlon and crossed the railway at a
point between Bangor and Bherborn.
They did aome danug to the rail
way. A column under Wllliama will be
In touch with this body today.
"The fore which entered the colony
to the west pawed the road from Car
navon to Victoria west at " o'clock
yesterday morning. They were going
south and were clotcly followed by
Thormycroft and Dellsle.
"Very few recruit from the colony
Joined the enemy. Hertog'a men are
already dropping tneir worn norse.
KIU'GKR WANTS WAR STOPPED.
LONDON. Dec. SI. Mr. Kruger la
gain Importuning Queen Wllhelmlna,
- the correiiK)ndt'nt of thelally Mall
at The Hugu-. to write peinonal let
ter to Emperor Nlcholn. rresldenl
Loubet and Emperor W'UHam with a
lew to (topping the war.
ANOTHKH ItEWAHD OFFKUED.
City Council of Omaha Will Give $J3.-
OvO for the Arreet and Con
viction of Kidnapper.
OMAHA. Neb.'. Dee. 31. At a epeclal-
ly railed meeting of the city council,
that body thla afternoon adopted a
concurrent resolution offering a reward
of S-S.OOO for the arrest and conviction
of the peraona who abducted Edward
'udahy. r.. on the night or iecember
18th. For the arreat and conviction
of one. the resolution provldee a re
ward of SS.0OO; for two. $13,000 will be
paid, and the whole amount la offered
for the three principal.
The council ailviaea Edward cunany
to withdraw hla offer of a reward or
an equal amount for the capture of
the criminals.
The object of the city a offer la large
ly to relieve Mr. Cudahy and hla fam
ily of the fear of reprisals from the
Imnillts and to remove from the police
and detective the restraint they have
felt In trailing the bandlta on account
of the very trying position In which
Mr. Cudahy has been placed.
ir. cudany naa oeen ''''
'tXmSXt
kidnappers.
NICARAGUA WANTS SHARE.
Will Demand Partial Control of
the
Canal or a Large Cash In
demnity. ftEW YORK. Dec. SI. W. R. Cam
eron, a prominent English civil engineer,
haa Just arrived from Central Amer-
ca. where he ha been inspecting minea
for English capitalists. Discussing the
proposed construction of the Nicaragua
canivl by the United State he said IhsI
night:
Most of the American witn wnom
I have talked assume that the Central
American republlca will gave the Unit
ed States carte blanche to build and
manage the canal without recompense.
While I waa in Managua It waa re
ported that the United States would
Insist upon tne ngni to lormy me
canal and to secure exclusive privil
eges for United 8tntea vessels. To this
...STYLISH DINING
Side Boards, Dining Room Tables, Buffets,
China Closets and Chairs, all of which we
are offering at a very low price. A new lot
of Iron and Brass Brdetenda jut received.
CHARLES IIEILBORR & SON
Hie Nicaragua" 1,11 g'afy "!-
powd and declared that Nicaragua
could not rntment to the building of
the canal utile It waa to he open
on equal term to the shipping of the
Tli
"Ho far a I could learn. It I the In
tention of the government of Nicara
gua and ('out a HI'u to demand an Im
portant share In the control of 'the
canal. I wa Informed by an official
of the Nicaragua government that the
(Miial wua regarded a valuable cn-
i-Mnliin and a ntwire of It control or a
large money Indemnity would be de
manded. If the government nhould dis
pose of the concession without such
conditions, according to this gentleman.
It would result In a revolution.
"Aa t the Interest In the canal on
the wrt of the people of Nicaragua,
It could not be greater than It Is. It :s
the one great topic of discussion. It
seem to be the attitude of the man
In the street In Managua that he la
to make a fortune out of the canal.
I wa Informed that certun otttciuls of
t'osla Kit had b uk"1 up the lands
on their side f the ver which wilt
be Hooded by the construction of the
great dam acrosa the Han Juan and will
demand a larg Indemnity for the flood
ing of their properly."
SERVICE AT SLEEPY HOLLOW.
Union Watch-Night Meeting In tM His
toric Old Dutch Church.
NEW YORK. Dec. Sl.-A union
watch-night service in the historic old
Dutch church of Sleepy Hollow, near
Tarrytown. made famous by Irving,
will begin at 11 o'clock tonight and
will be continued Into the new cen
tury. The old church will be lighted
by candle a It waa a century ago.
The church of Sleepy Hollow wa
built In 1T. It bl-centennUI wai
celebrated In 1S!7. It stands toay
practically the same as It waa when it
was the worshipping place of the
Dutchmen of Phlllpse manor. Its lit
tle bell, cast in Holland, still calls the
people to worship.
SEATTLE GOLD RECEI1TS.
Total for the Year Waa Valued at Over
Twenty-two Million Dollars.
SEATTLE, Dec. 31. At the close of
the business year 1900 thla afternoon.
Assayer Wing of the Cnited State as
say ottke at Seattle ald that In the
punt twelve month hi receipt of the
otllcc have been forty-six and one-
eighth ton of gold and silver. The
total quantity of gitd for the year waa
1.34.VK2.U trvy ounces, with an as
sayed value of $:i.OJ8.7a.l2. and It rep
rcavtited the Individual deposit of 7108
person.
SERVICE LED HY SANKEY.
Evangelist Preached to Notd Prisoner
at the New York Tomb.
NEW YORK. Dec. 3I.-Ira D. Pan
key the evangelist. comlucUd the last
service of the century to take place
In the Tomb prison.
Riiilnir In their cells, listening to Ms
voir were three noted prisoners Dr.
i Kennedy, accused of killing Dolly Rey
nolds; Lawyer I'atrica. neia in connec
tion with the Rice mystery, and Mc
Donald, the gambler who It la charged
shot four men In Harlem last week.
SOLEMN HIGH MASS.
Catholic Churches of Washington Fol
lowed Plrectlona of Pope Leo
This Morning.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. In accord
ance with arrangement and direction
given by Pope Leo. the closing of the
nineteenth and beginning of the twen
tieth century were observed with sol
emn high mass In all the Catholic
churche of the city, the service be
ginning at midnight.
WHALER FEARLESS ARRIVES.
Caught Four Whale and Brings In Ten
Thousand Pound of Bone.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 31. The
steam whaler Feark's. long overdue
from the Arctic, ha reached this port,
having been delayed by severe storms.
She renorts a catch ot four whales and
10.000 pound of bone. Harry Spencer.
a youhg geaman. died on the voyage
""J " burled at Cape Bu.hurst.
ANOTHER SIX-DAY RACE.
One Hundred Mile Record Broken
the First Day's Racing.
in
BOSTON Tec. 31. Hobble Walthour.
of Atlanta, the 73-hour champion, led !
ofrrrsZro'? Kl
at Park Square Garden tonight.
The first day s racing wa a succeri
In everv wav. One record went down,
the 100 miles. Kaser setting the figures,
four hours, twenty-seven minutes and
twenty-one and three-fifths seconds, a
liberal cut from Miller previous fig
urea. LOST ON THE DESERT.
PHOENIX, Aril.. Dec. Sl.-V. L.
Hopkins, one of the oldest residents of
Yuma. Is lost on the desert near Mes
qulte. There- Is no hope of finding him
alive.
ROOM fURNITURE...
ACCEPTANCE NOT
UNCONDITIONAL
China Wants More Definite and
More Moderate Conditions.
WANTS WARFARE SUSPENDED
If AmIooi That Le(.atka Guard Should be
Rc4ace t the M!!sf - Feeli
Able trt Wllllsj to Prelect
All Forel'oers.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 31. In dlplo
matlc quarter the ac-ptance of the
terms of the power, given by the Chi
nese envoy. Is regarded as a moel
ingetdous stroke of diplomacy. Among
diplomatic official It Is said that this
Is not an unconditional ao-ptanee, al
though It Is such a concurrence In g n
eral principle of the note that the pow
er cannot well set it aside. It ap
pear to be directed towards reopening
the word "Irrevocable" and securing
more definite and. if possible, more
modetate conditions on some of the
points lnvdvcd.
Officials here are puzzled to account
fur the announcement of this armistice
before the Chinese answer w hlch atfked
for It had been received by the min
isters at Pekln, for they assume that the
answer was not received until last
night.
The state department has sent strong
Instructions to Minister Conger direct
ly In line with the Chinese request
for a suspension of military excursion.
It is not an "armistice," technically
speaking, that Is looked for now, but
merely suspension of military activity.
Were the power formally to consent
to an armistice they thereby would
commit themselves to a recognition of
the existence of actual war with China
and there are strong reasons why such
a committal should be avoided If possi
ble.
CHINA WANTS TROOPS REMOVED.
NEW YORK, Dee. 31. A special to
the Herald from Washington says:." '
China Is anxious, that foreign occupa
tion of her territory cease a promptly
as possible, as it is causing a isomer ana
Is an obstacle to peaceful adjustment
of affair.
In view of the prospect that each
nation will hereafter maintain a lega
tion guard In Pekln. China Is anxious
that It shall be reduced to as small a
number as the powers can be Induced
to designate. China regards the
American force constituting the Ameri
can legation guard aa altogether too
large. It numbers 1S00 men, but Chi
nese diplomats here point out that if
each nation maintain a guard of this
strength Pekln will be under the con
trol of a force of 14.000 foreign troops.
There are now In China about 100.000
allied troop.
Official of the administration Insist
that It la absolutely necessary o main
tain In Pekln the force now there, de
claring that the interests of the United
State could not be protected with a
smaller number. General Chaffee Is in
control of a section of Pekln and a few
days ago sent out an expedition to a
point south of the city. Adjutant-General
Corbin denied today most emphati
cally that this column was In any sense
punitive. There are to be no execu
tions nor is there to be any Interfer
ence with Chinese officials; the duty of
the column is to rescue some mission
aries and return with them to Pekln.
It is the belief of Chinese diplomats
In Washington that had Minister Con
ger communicated to Prince Chlng and
LI Hung Chang the danger in which
the American missionaries were sup-
I nosed to be the Chinese authorities
wouj(j immediately have taken meas-
- Ca
from Injury. It Is expected that as a
result of the American expedition, tne
American troops will be confounded
with those of other powers which have
been guilty of atrocities and the hatred
felt for the Germans, British and others
will extend to the Americans.
China feels able at this Juncture. It
Is said, to protect all foreigners and it
seems to be the belief here that the
reports of danger to American mission
aries are got up to prevent a solution
of the Chinese question.
In view of China's preservation of
order outside of Pekln and of her will
ingness to protect foreigners and the
fact that the Imperial court, whose
presence In Pekln I so desirable, will
not return to the capital until the for
eign troops letfve, well-Informed public
men here are advocating the immediate
withdrawal of General Chaffee' com
mand to the Philippine, where regulars
are needed to take the places of the
volunteers who will return, beginning
next month, to San Francisco.
Adjutant-General Corbin cald lu.t
night that the Aniorlian i.i'uup la Chi
na are the Ninth regiment of infantry,
one squadron of the Sixth cavalry nnJ
Buttery F of Ihe Fifth artillery. Since
October 3. 400 men have left t. hba and
pp weeded ta the Philippine.
Tli'T I no doubt that tho admln-
istratlon wish' to terminate the oc-
upfttion of China by foreign troop and
It Is-stated positively that as on as
It can be dune General Cluiffix-'s com
mand will be withdrawn, the United
State merely reserving the rlht to
maintain a legation guard In Pekln. the
privilege to be taken advantage of in
(w the American legation should
again be endangered. All the other
power are retaining In Pekln and the
province of Chi LI an exceedingly
strong force both to Impress each other
and repreji China. The withdrawal
of all the American troop at this Junc
ture would, administration official
fear, cause a Ion of prestige by this
government and prevent Minister Con
ger maintaining the commanding po
sition he now occupies.
As explained by an administration of
ficial, the situation In the Philippine
requires that all American troop avail
able (hall be (tattooed in the archi
pelago. There are leg than sixty thou
sand effectives In the Islands. Major
General MacArthur thinks the situa
tion demands that there should be at
least till number of effectives.
VICTORY FOR QUAY.
Republican Caucus Yesterday Chose
His Candidate for Speaker of
the House.
HARRISBURG. Pa.. Dec. 31. The
first official move of the Republican
legislators-elect of the house resulted In
what appears to be a Quay victory.
This was the production ' of 102 vote
for Marshall, of Allegheny, the stalwart
Republican candidate for speaker. Just
the number necessary to elect him.
The anti Quay Republicans Insist
that several vote that were produced
at tonight's caucus were bogus and
that the bent that Marshall can do is
iV votes. The antl-Quayite with the
Democrats will elect their candidate for
speaker tomorrow and organise the
house on an anti-Quay basis. The stal
wart Republicans will control the or
ganization of the senate without a
doubt.
CORNER IN FLAX.
Minneapolis Man Raised Price From
Jl 85 to $U:H in the Last
Few Days.
DULCTH, Dec. Sl.-The December
flax deal In the December market went
out today and it wa an exciting n o
ment for the shorts. With less than
a total of 10.000 bushels to deliver, they
bid the price, to ILSUH without get
ting any.
E. C. Warner, of Minneapolis. Is the
man who held the corner. He began to
accumulate December In this market
early In September. During the pro
gress of the deal he has bought about
6o.0K) bushels and within the pan five
days he has put the ' price to
$1.S1"4 from il.65. This morning about
40.000 bushels settled at 11.. 0. The
amount not delivered must be bought
In by the clearing houses Wtdntsday
morning,
STAGE ROBBERY.
Three Masked Men Secure Uo0 in Brit
ish Columbia,
VANCOUVER, B. C. Dec. 31. A
special from Agas-siz. B. C. tonight
says that the mail stage running be
tween Agassiz and Harrison Hot
Springs was held up by three masked
men armed with rifles.
The driver was forced to relinquish
the mall bag. which was rifled. A num
ber of papers were taken from the ex-
ntAea knv Vint ik a 1 1 1 t I af mtiatn(
unanown. mere were lime passengers:" - 1t, ,. ,.- ..c -.ac.
on th fOD-e nrt thev wer foreed to Gold. $.183,47; silver la.445 39S, lead
on the stage and they were forced to
hand over their purses, watches and
jewelry.
About 4" In cash was secured by the
bandits. The robbers then disappeared
in the woods.
AT TRINITY CHURCH.
Large Congregation Gathered to Usher
In the New Year.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31. The famous
Trinity Church and its chimes were
magnets for hosts of people In his
city who trooped to Broadway to usher
in the new year and new century.
MANY BROKERS AFFECTED.
LONDON. Jan. 1. An Immense num
ber of brokers have been affected more
or less seriously by the collapse of
the London and Globe Finance Corpor
ation, limited.
ASK
"Charles Carrcll" - . 1Cc I
"General Gc;r - "5c
CIGARS
TWO UNEQUALED SMOK!
ALLEN & LEWIS,
DlBtrlbtitorn,
MONETARY CRISIS
IN PHILIPPINES
Mexican Dollars Exported and
Nothing to Replace Them.
LAND TAXATION DECIDED ON
Reveaue Tun Received Will Be Eipeide
' nkerc Collected-Head d Occapf
tion Tiict Will Be Abol
Iiitd by New BilL
WASHINGTON. Dec. 31.-The secre
tary of war ha communicated to con
gress a cablegram from the Philippine
conimfotlon. Indicating a grave crisis in
the monetary affair of the archlpi-
ago. Tha message wa communicated
to congress In connection with a mas
of memoranda bearing on the problem
which is now to be solved a to the
coinage of some kind of silver to take
the place of the Mexican dollar In the
Philippines.
The commlHsion ha cabled that the
stock of silver In the Island is rapidly
diminishing, and they urge that they
require an answer to the menwage sent
September 7th, setting out the neces
sity for prompt action and asking what
remedy shall be applied. It has been
found Impossible, apparently, to con
tinue the ratio of two to one estab
lished and maintained arbitrarily, and
the Mexican money is being- drained
away rapidly towards India, making It
difficult for the distributing- officer to
transact business.
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT BILL.
MANILA, Dec. Jl. The Philippine
commission has completed the prepara
tion of a general municipal govern
ment bill. Its provisions, In many re
spects, are similar to General MacAr
thur' order regarding municipal gov
ernments and authorizing elections, but
they are much more elaborate, covering
all details.
The most notable new feature 1 the
establishing of land taxation and doing
away wjth the sedula tor head tax) and
taxation on the people's occupations. '
A feature new to the Philippines Is that
the revenue from land taxes is to be
expended where It is collected.
UTAH METAL PRODUCTION.
Output for the Year Was Worth t.
011.290. SALT LAKE. Dec. 31. According to
the annual statement Issued by Wells.
Fargo & Co., the mines or man nave
produced metal during 1300 to the value
of 16.t)li.;o, as ioiiowb:
Gold J4.125,; silver. J'.;84,10; cop
per. '2,514.597 jleaOlsaSa.
COLORADO MINERAL OUTPUT-
Total Production for the Year Amount
In Value to $76,622,674.
DENVER, Dec. 31. The Rocky
Mountain News give the following to
tals as the Colorado mineral output lor
J7.3l7.810: Contr. J2.341.il9-. zinc,
045.000; Iron. J5.6S4.620; coal. J9,62o,0OQ.
Tottl. J76.622.67.
SERVICES IN LONDON.
All the Religious Edifices Observed
Watch Night.
LONDON, Jan. 1. The celebrations
attending the death of the old year and
the birth of the new followed the usual
course in London. Watch-night ser
vices were held in all the religious edi
fices. EIGHTEEN BELOW ZERO.
DENVER. Dec. 31. Today has been
the coldest of the year in Colorado.
The government weather station in
Denver reported the temperature at 18
degrees below sero.
FOR
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