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W«n»to»!^Ws4'I^S,^l**f^M'; *k Durban, .>>t»l , , , ;«ft lJ ,^B|^«« A.f tetat <>va- ,v

| b e a ^ o f the b u t c h ^Jasf Afr l^"" c o m »

LONra£N,;Pec,. 29.-—purlnV*he lull |n :

\ -v~ the mptajry 'b'pefetiohs ;tn- South Af­rica-the ^gpera W fll'Iea with,, tetters a n d . a r g u e s c r u i s i n g Jjie government a n d i m e ^ a W . a ' i g g t a n d suggesting rem-) edies, imprpvefrients, alterations in the!

^ plans, a n d the like,,, * , The TJinaes .complains T. of *'^"Needless

censorship and. concealment." I t cites: the fact , that n o t h i n g - h a s y e t trans­pired tQL «hpw h o w General Gatacre

„ came to slpse; 6l)tt m e n at Stprmberg. <~"""' The, dispatches f r o m the front *Sl Tep-

* resent t h e "IJoers a s jn nervous condi­tion a n a In constant aread of t h e British advance;-but'this"probably is an exag­geration. „ • * ..

The Madder river ^correspondent of The Daily Chronicle g iv«s an explanation of a sudden rifle Are ine^lfc&rty opened j

. 3

»ttci?atttfBaftfe i,-fe^»Af TOtom, &aii*fc± .kal "»,»

aa the chief of each]

'JOLt ° P ^ l i l y asserted that T»dtt has al

/Gernian forwarding ageits-.. - \

, * « T L D 1 I ? e o a b a y I s c l °sea the Boers

SZTme *y ™ims *«*»*»» «E .DURBAR, Natal, Dee. 29.-Wifistoi3

^ W f r o m the goers, « * , ^ J S • * tremendous ovation. £ # « £ thai trom conversations w u n members' o the Transvaal executive at Pretoria h i

^ r L t t a a t I O T ^ b n t t h a t president; J§r»ger js now confident-Great Britain witf soon-sue for peace. •

f ^ J 2 ? J W 8 l l , e 8 t T » I « » a * l - cfrcles i j r . O i n r e h U l , a s s e r t s , there" is .serious tefk ot a compromise hy which Great Brit-

- a t e Wouja-cede-*he territory how peed-p l e a bV the armies offthe t w o republic! pay an Indemnify of ^20,000,000' ($100 -r A ° 0 0 ^ . a n < 1 a c k n 6 'w leage t h e complete independence of the Transvaal

MAJOR QlSiOEBAIi AKTfiUlt FITZBOY HARTv. [One of Bullet's brigade commanders.]

from t h e Boer trenches. He s a y s : "The Boers_ have wires stretched along" .the ground- In front of the1 trenches and. connected with lamps. If," a wire be touched a l a m p i s extinguished, thus giving warning. One night a high wind extinguished a lamp, which resulted In a .false warning. The Are ceased when the Boer* discovered that the alarm was falser" - .

A correspondent of The«sDaliy News at Frere. camp announces that a tram­way la being constructed from the rail­way t o a hill commanding' the Boer po'sl-

• tion, a n d tfiat«aIong this the British will convey heavy g u n s . According to a dls-' patch-from Ladysmlth, dated Wednes­day, D e c . 20, the h e a t h e n w a s Intense, being 104 degrees fahrenhelt in the shade. Theft w e r e many c a s e s of en­teric fever In the town at that time, bul not enough to c a u s e alarm. On the othet hand reports from Boer sources on the continent assert that typhojd fever Is epidemic In- Ladysmlth.

Cape Town dispatches complain of the Inadequacy .of t h e hospital arrange­ments . . . . - •«..

It-4a. now. estimated that the- war will cost a t least £60,000,000 ({300,000,000), and It is suggested t h a t the sinking fund of the. national debt 'should be suspended for Ave or six v e a r s In order to defray

• the cos t . •"» J*It i s satisfactory," says The Times

editorially this morning, "to learn thai •the Washington government Is acting with fe*gUrd to, the American cargoes seised in Deldgoa bay as w e should have wished arid expected, i t i t a matter oi course that we shal l make full repara­tion, i t reparation I& jiroved'to be due. In the meantime i t may be rioted, as We Americans themselves admit , that the facts are.in, constderaBle doubt ana that some of them Seem to be rather compro~ mlslmg ifr the vesse l s eelked. 'There will be t l iae, enough to talk oft He law and the policy of th'e step w h e n the facts have been autboritajtivefy ascertained.''

T h e government has anbnunced^that . it wilt'accept-tb^^ervicesjtif^a battery

ffotof th'e S d n o f a f l e ArtH^r^cohipany.

»fae. Boers KJMed Ifa Sklrmfih. Cl^IEVEUEY CAM?, Ijfatal, Dec. 29

—A heavy Bqer gun on 'Bulwhan'a hill flred steadily upon Ladysmitij through o m Wednesday , morning. Lady'smith did not respona.

The^ .enemy having been again ffe-tected attempting to improve theft tranches facing .General., Buller,' th« BHtish heavy -guris opened upon thein ana the Boers scampered back into the hills. ~ T. N

The British patrols sighted the enemy in force on -our. extreme left. Nine Boers were b i l l ed in' aj- skirmish trial followed^ ana Six Boer wagons were captured.

Preparing t o Patrol Atlantic Coast. N E W YORK, Dec,. 29.—A Halifax, N .

S., special to The World s a y s : ?'Great Britain Is apparently preparing to pat-

-rol the Atlantic. The report that t i n aiarger part of the British N£rth Ameri­

can'and W e s t Indies squadfpn hav« received orders concerning Hhe, alleged violation of the neutrality laws by vessles leaving -Amertcan -ports- with contraband, of war seem* to be w e t rounded." - '•

StpR^ DISCREDITED. Nothing Knb^n of Intention to PartlMor

PoitugtieBe East Ati-lcn. WASHINGTON, Dec. £».—Nothing is

known here *>f the reported Intention oi Great Britain and Sermany to partition Portuguese Bast. Africa between them. Great Britain* taking the country around Delagoa* bay and southward and Ger. many the northern half of the terlrtory

-which adjoins the German East African possessions.- - "

The officials here attach no credence to" the story because a movement of this kina, disturbing the balance or*pbwer ft Africa^ almost certainly would l e a d t& serious complications between the prin­cipals and the other powers of Europe.

Moreover, the old rumor of a secret treaty between England and Portugal, whereby the former mlgltt for a propei consideration possess Itself of iJeragoa bay whenever the place is needed foi military purposes, has a lways been cred-lted to" some extent here and It such treaty really exists there would b e nc need for Germany's, participation a s re­ported. ' •

W h e n these services were first offered: they* wi fe . d ^ l | n e d otf_ttre_ ground that thg cfti-fri tfis n o t affiliated with any" regintenfc of regruiars, i t win now"B? attecSfel; tS the city Imgeirial corps.

T n « TxSifsyaial govarntsa^nt, accord­ing- .te itiforma ,tiotb luppifed. by Boer sympathisers,, threatens t o "reduce the rations' fife Bt l t i s l* p£&otters if Great

^ r j y t a i n steps t h e entrance of food by Delagoa Efay." , j . -,-, 9

P0S?iTf6M. BrIlI»K ifaport i t to B * of Immense

Siren»th at Colensb. L O N D O C X>ec.»29.—A\ dispatch to'

The Dai ly-^lai l from Pietermaritzburg. datea Saturday, Dee.. 2 » says : "Every day reveals* s o m e new f a c t regarding t h # , strela^fh': o t the Boer posUlon a t

' Calenfov b a t i k s to t&e services of ContJfftinfeivofn&rB, the feharacter. of ihe c'Smpallh hje& changed. We are »o lonlsirjafehtlDng i f o e w h o relies upon guerrilla? ia'dtfosj bjiil we-nhave to deal w i t h wha*| is-, re"a^y; beebming a dls-clplinear arhli^ en|byin|E the advantages

. of knowing thef IdUhtity and of, select­ing th'e scene^o'f e « f t e | t without the burdens of a' cunift'Sfeome commis­sariat.

"The Boers haVe* converted the hills near Colenso injto a foriresS of immense strenghife iEverywher#ifbey have splen­did1 -titvefeihe-#, many "of them> bo&b-pr'dof.' T r a m w a y l ines permll the shff t-

- i n g of-gun* w i t h astonlsMltg-raniaify: T h e m a i h ^ s i f f o n s are -connected with

' thj-S quf i l ia f -rttosltlons b y tftidergroundii p a s s a g e s ' a n d the forts' •proger bristle v?i^i.itt|gnljne jg$n% 'thait cohihiand the-ap;p-&|c)»ef.- TPrbj&abiS ^ irifiies ai?r laid?

"OM MiSB'- t g ) $ , n t # a a a y s about Boer •SKellsl no1£%bursiingV" Observers of the Colensb flght say, the Boer shell fire

; w a * / y i r y :Meiiijm\ This is. due4 lafge^ l y '&'mSm iUi tm- distances' "are: n ^ ^ t . ; M , ^ t h 9 w h l t e p f i n i '

'•The' i f e m y * * diaVlblihe OP improvingi . t — , . „ ,_ dia'clpllhe L . The. t r e n c h ^ ; rJBBfefent great manua-J

our 'frobplE M ^ ^ ^ & m M . anxstfeer, pr$>* **.

^\oi6i^'^»| i' :#tti 'nm Port-ugMW

says^.i)|iaf^-.j(Sjrig tfiFresl Bferiv ,^6^: -a'^i|^der>v-Whotia P^lsUl

totth^e&MIMst" *'"' %' ^ott .in%*|gnclp1!l Medium BetwJen

Pre otk M%3kt!&$M lit ;iutope. •-Qe .- ' .^^9gte^ ;?»| i i# |a | '^@

•V • _ •^'•svM'bkiD*.

^ o t a r ItaMBtM 'Mb; «red«h 6 v e * bfi*

Total TTp' Xons lderaiy Lesa. . * \ Oue. Partaer Under Arrest, , /

* Other Escapes. pPHl'LA^ELPHiA, Dec. 29-Th.e/' com­

mittee appointed by creditors to inves­tigate the accounts of Stahl '& Straub,

J ^ e r e j who failed'-Nov. 29, report that th^total'l iabilities amount to .$1,2^1,308

s»nd the total assests $.927,478. These fig­ures mean that the creditors', the bank's only excepted, can never hope to. realize a-dollar onjthe amounts due'them from the firm. $he statement shows- that there is $833,944 due. to banks, ana . that the amount Is. secured to the loanere by stocks and bonds estimated' afe the value ot,-is61,4SK' T h e r , e i s ,$3&7A364 d u e ' T e 7

positprs and customers. Inhere i s $66, 02l.left jtp, pay thig amount.'

Jol^n H , Straub, the junior member o'l the firm, l a under bail on '.the charge of embezzlement. His- partner, Mr. ^tahl, Is missing and a warrant has been is­sued -for his arrest.

•Judge MoPherson has appointed prank' M. Crawford receiver for t h e -firm. Counsel for the creditarg- asked for a restraining order to prevent the transfer of securities and to have the firm -ad­judicated involuntary bankrupts?.'

Cfiarles H. Vqllum, the- expert ac-countant,in,pharge bit" the brokers' books,

. said at .a meeting of the creditors: "This. Is the slean&st case of looting I have met lii 30 vears," * - . /

An official at the banking rooms said yesterday in referring to S t a l l ' s methr ods: "He f ran three separate accounts on securities in. the eare- of the" firm, paying interest On stocks, dividends on

,the Same- stocks and. further interest' | r

co m t h e n r m^ and this was appareiatly

one of his ways of blinding the eyes of hls-partner.

"Some one emptied the .safe,* that is evident. The next thing to And out is who carried off the goods."

The heaviest creditor Is Frank M. Crawford, the receiver, in the sum of (68,000.

INQUEST POSTPONED.

Statement Wholly Untrue. BERLIN. D'ec'; 29'.—Regarding the

statement by the'Lokal.Anaelger t h a t 8 secret Anglo-German-Portuguese trea­ty exists for the division of the Portuv guses colonies in South Africa, a cor­respondent of the press here Is. ab l e tc assert on the highest authority thai the story i s a pure fiction* &Si "is in ail Its claim without foundation iri fact .

Intended W're-Rot>'b*(l Etira. ' MIIJDLETOWN. N. I V Dec. 29.—MarJ Saunders atia Liiclnfi Browrt were ar­rested here yesterday charged with lar­ceny from the Hereon o f Harris H. Gar­ner of Campbell Hall Orange county. Garner smne, time previously jn^de the acquaintance of tlje • Saunders' woman, ana came here with t h e Intention, It 1$ alleged, of marrying her. He says that she and fier friend Jnducjed jjjlra to g o to a resort where, after drinking, fee be­came Intoxicated'and ^wae'robbed. Tho missing articles were found, on thg prjs-unefK " J

POSJ Med to More Bodies Supposed to Be . I n Debris

at Ilrsznell Sitae. BROWNSVILLE; Pa.. De<;. 29.-No

bodies were discovered at Braznell ;yesterday,, but the chances of adding- a tew more dead to the present, numbex are so strong that the. Inquest will not be begun until next Wednesday.

Five or six feet of debris remain to he removed- from the bottom of the shaft and l U l s expected that two or three bodies win be discovered"." **

Yesterday a small d o g ' w a s taken down to assist the waxkmen. . He ha? been in other wrecked mines In this" district and was of great service In finding bodies. He trots a long until he catches a scent and then he stops and digs until his master' arrives.

BENHAM RESPITED. Governor Roosevelt Grants an Extension

ot Sentenco to Fob. lO. ALBANY, Dec. 29,-^The 'first offi­

cial ac t that-Governor Roosevelt pre­formed Yesterday -afternoon on his re­turn here was_to grant a respite until •Feb. 19 to Howard, C. Benhafn, the con­victed Batavfa uxoricide, w h o has- been sentenced to die in the chair, during the week of Jan. 2. Justice Hooker at Buffalo, before whom motion for a hew trial has been made on the grounds pi newly discovered evidence, .made- the request for the respite,, In order to se ­cure further time In which to review the evidence and reach a decision.

Six Keepers Discharged. N E W YORK, D e c 29.—Six keepers

Hiees* dUsfearged from the state prison a t Sing S ing last night. They ar e T. M. Cronln, John Durtan, E, T. Smith. John Corcoran, George' Kirch and Slartln OrosU, all Densocrats. T h e re­duction in the number of .keepers , is tecessary tp keeb wi th in the ^appro­priation. T f e - A p m b e r at convicts in fh'e prison has."been reduced! t o about 1200 recently byt transfer! to other, prisons a n d - t h e need of so many keep.-erd wa"s abolished.

, o -ColiecVsr Shot** •Three f «opT*. 'CHATTANOOGA. Xenn., Dec. 29 . -

Ye^terdays afternoon Samuel Mills , a collector for an installment house , at-lemptea to sefte furnguTei itt the; totise of HarV Venablfe tot a #mali debt, ' The woman attempted to prevent It and in the struggle that ensuea Mills s h o t the «uman> her little son. jitid daughter, aU serfouiiiy.- * *^

Apnusy^Xegltlattva Reception. ALBANY, Dec. 29.—The annual legis­

lative reception " wh ich /fie governor holds wil l b e ;held o n thjs eVening"of Monday, Jan. 15 a n d the socia l re­ception on Tuesday evening,' J a n . So. Both receptions wiU . be, held between Hie h o w s o f 9 and 12- o'cWck. "-•* #-

Two KlAed hZ~<ti*Bi Sa«f6eatloii. NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-Peter C. SchriJe-

aer, a wealthy <whotisaie grocer, whs found dead with a y o u n g wopaan # > -f'eraay in a room' °f".<£% ^ **; Ghartes WeSfer, Boerujn JJlaee and Livingston

s tree t . BrotiRlyn.. T h e dead_ woman, is described" as-Tittle Kiynn; The couple Registered A t the^hotel a t night, h a d sev­eral'drinks and retired td their room. "A carlelessiy -a'djasted rubber t u b e con­necting a stove with a gas jet appeared id furnish the daiise of death... Schroe-def tfWr • ^ • ' W l W , i l * burg. «d" tei?e" a; 'g^r^^ion.r'

&uia?"jsim^« &*m- ®%^ *w@ww' ^ E W YGRIC, Iiec. 29.-A6tukl charge

Of the affairs of the Produce "Ekcha^ge Ti^uat company was assumed yee te ta iy H * * d w i * Gould and; Generaf; vSa*n>el.

president. There w i l l probably be a meeting of stockholders today and a ! ne% e^outtve e e m m T ^ e t n a y bHe, 'famed, M # s r s . G o t S | mmWFȣ* ktct to have deceived assuraneee that

^M#fc9papeR cent-o£>^e-^d-depositoi'a, " l i l . £ e m a # ' o n ; f i | 6 W0ftfffb& new

Beserved . Decision. BUFFALO, Dec. 29.—Attorneys for

the prosecution In the Be&ham .case finished their arguments aga ins t grant; ing . the cpnvicted wife, murderer a ne\v trial yesterday and Just ice Hooker reserved his decision.

tFIoW SettHng With Creditor*. . J^EW Y S R ^ , ^ec . 29,—Crdeit'ots of

Erasfus Wnman' are about to be par> iiftley ^etlledj W,ith at the rate ot .63.163 cents oh the dollar. A decree was signed by Jtistice WililaiA -P. Gtaafer authorr i z ing David Bennett King, assignee, to make final seTflenaent-with the assets in his possession, The decree setates that the assignee has reduced the assigned es tate _to ayjtiljpie" funds and realized therefrom J8^3(J.70. From, tnfs ^ & , T 5 w%^ deducted for expenses, $419.03 tor th^ §sstghee's commission and $3a),22 fot fees, etc., leaving $o,53S.70. This is to be divided among 63 creditors whose claims lif ai l amount to more t h a n $913,000.

Remain* to Be Sent fiotne. '_ WASHINGTON,. Dec. 29. - Ma^or

Prank a Armstrong, who (Iost his life in . the Phqipptoes, find; whose remains a r e - t o . b e brought home o n the troop­ship Thotnajj wifh, those of General L k w -ton and Major tdgan, waif a surgeon In the voiuhteer establishment, attached to the Tfilfty-sec^fid fiifantfy. He w a s a ritftive of E&risas; seryea creditably in the Philippines, with the Twenty-flist k a n s a s infantry prior .to--his. ap!ig?|nt-ment as sHirgeon ofi the Thirty-second in­fantry. . •' . •;•,-_ t'

Objects t o Palace Car Conliilne. CHICAGO, DeCi 29.—Objeo'tldfi t o the

proposed" merg ing or thje Wagner P a l -jtce* Car company into the PdUman Palace; Car company on t h e ground £ija,i it, witi create .a trust a n d a monopoly of the; sieeplhg and parlor;, cas business Is made in a bill flted *e§terday.ln the S f o u f f e d u f t By Trutaan A. Tiy lor o f A*itdH. 111'.; fine of the shareholders of tSk Pullman: eompany:'

^ee^WiiBaVKhj,. »W* * -yagtant.. NJS^f Y b | l K , . D | b . •2&.T-3$h, B;ouse-

inari1,-83'!y,g^r£i-oiar who, 9^*? fee. j#a3 « n c e » wea'ithy riian fe;Sacrament6,,"Pal., w a s tk&ki jb I t h e / M ^ j p , u s e yes terday to serve f m ^ J t o o p f e tot Vagiancy. H e H a t jfeel- conSm^ftM on Thuria^y- las t ; but bfcime^eticfe in h i s cei l arid had to Be rimo^ed M B l f leMg hospital. <It Was found that ^h'fc M * stittefiiig from p-ntBislS. -. •'. " " • -•

, . .•* Kiccti6n» In Brarll. j ^ t o f i ^ | i | t ^ , I J l ^ 2 l i ^ e J i e r a i feiec-

t ions w n f 1 M 4 r p ^ c e next , S u n d a y t^rfo^fdfii, | f c a ^ THe Bfazlllan w a r -snlp^Tlfafe&te^haft s f i ^ d . for A m a p a , i n the territory of Guiana, i n , d i s p u t e

i between ftian.ee a^'d B r ^ i l , . whfere aer i -buiistronblie'ls e^pebfedrto qcouir.

- - - - ^ • ' y - --iii,"»- - ; ; '•- - ' ' - f- -r* - ^ ' .

.KS^eaMeBtj #%el*na.. Conyalescent^,

. %WM<$m$%' TfeSz.-JXa. 29.—E% i president iSroVer 0evaant, .wbo h;as ! been clonnft6d^ to-&w -bed JOE- the last

ed thltt'tae' e^^eMeMfelspl^gpOn be

esMItomep*miitheiKbnar

Jomsniasloner Lyinan Dlscumes DlOarcat Phases of # l s Department. ,

.AjJBANY* T£gc# 29,-Tlje annual re­port svf State,-ESpJIfe Commissioner Ly-,riaan will show 7tihat upon, questions under local"dptioif alone a large*%^fm-, ttefJoF'actions" weifS brought against the department based upon alleged errors or ornjsstons 6f l&tal: election officers. Forty one aetions<were brought to com­pel the ' issuance ~ of certificates upon these alleged I tec||»ical .errors. The de­partment t?aa successful in all of th,ese oases. . 1 -.r'; ' •

-The' suppression of the use of slot machines has hadispeeiat- attention and the efforts ot the department to rid the s t a t e of these nuisances so far as the sa loons and «hote% are concerned have been unifoxmiy successful and- satis­factory. " a.,,' .^

The- collections^ of the fiscal year af ter payment .of, county treasurers' f ees , were $12,583,24S.71, = being a few thousand, dollars more than la s t year:

T h e rebates exceeded those of last -year^and ha^-gi^analljUncreasjed_.each y'ear''since the |a^? wen^into effect.

More, criminal Sonvtetiohs h a v e been fecured under "the>- law than. a n y . pre­v i o u s year. Many "law and order" societies have been organized by citi­z e n s who have given the -district at­torneys much assistance- in suppressing Hlegai Bales and other violations of the law.

Beginning Jan. 1, 1900, Jhe'exclse tax of the/borough of Queens wil l be col­lec ted by a speciai deputy commission­er instead o f county treasurer.

PLANTER ; KILLED. . — ^ 1- -

Wealthiest Englishman In Satnoan Islands ,Mnr<iore«i Byjfatiyea "

VANCDUV.ER, B. C»,. Dec. 29.—De-tjails of the murder at his Samoan home on Nov. 13 last, of Frank Cornwall, the •'S-ealthiest' British planter," in the Sa-m o a n group, are brought by the Steam* er AorangL Cornwall was murdered whi le asleep by natives. Hitherto foreigners have felt secure in Samoa in time of peace because the Samoans h a v e looked upon foreign lives a s sacped, and would never approach a white man with deliberate purpose of harming him, no matter w h a t aggra­vation there might have been.; But, t h i s feeling towards foreigners has changed, and although young Corn­wal l was generally, popular, he is on^r one of several prominent foreigners whose l ives have been threatened.

A t the request of the missionaries of the New Hebrides group a punative expedition Has. been sent from Sydney to Tanna By Admiral Pearson oi the British navy. Advices of the outrages by the natives brought here a month a g o by the Steamer Wafrlmgo, ar e duplicated .by ' the latest Ausfrailaih

papers, culminating In the- attempt­ed massacre ot all the white mission* aries and the actual murder of a native teacher. The "warship Wallaroo w a s sent to'Tlinha,"mTT~tlTC b larks ^Qt word of the vessels approach and escaped

"to the Interior which J,s In'acceslble for whites. The' villages where the offend-eVs resided were .burped by 'the blue jackets. •

Married "In Fresenfte of Death. ALBANY, Dec. 29.—In the presence of

death, on Chrlstmffs night Case Burch and Miss BeSBie Van Zandt. both of Rensselaer, -were united In marriage. The groom's mother, Mrs. .Newton Burch, has been dangerously 111 from nervous prostration! and on Christmas night, feeling that she had not many hours to live she Wade a request that her son, Sase, who was engaged to be married to Miss Van' Zandt, be married that evening. It was her dying request, she said, to see the ceremony performed. The minister was summoned and In the death chamber the words whlfeh united the young couple for life were pro­nounced. Shortly after the dying w o m ­an, happy in the thought of her son's marriage, passed away peacefully.

Satlta ClMn.4 Badly Scorched. NTACK, N. Y., Dec. 29v-=T-he_Chrlst=

•mas festivities Wednesday night of St. Paul's M. E. Sunday school had Santa Claus' represented by yohng Robert Wheeler. He was holding a candle to read the address of a present wh?h h i s beard caught fife. In a n i n ­stant h i s clothes "Were' all In- flames. A panic* ehsued and people rushed but of the church. Several men smothers!! the, fire on Santa Clails but his e y e -

;.bfows •were burned off and his faee Was scorched. The occurrence broke up the gathering. ^

-Plngreo'e KosoluWon Killed^ Jn_Senate. LANSING. Mich.. De&f29,—The'senate"

late yesterday afternoon killed the Pitf-zre joint resulutfetf for t h e submission of a constitutional amendrneftt {,cimi;-

; ting amending of the-,istate tax l a w s which had been passed by the house by a vote of 16 to 13. The. senate h a s adopted a resolution to adjourn today at noon. .

_j—-t3—" 7 ' ' ^ ^

Suite of WeslHibistcr'a Ashes Burled. ' LONDON,- D e c 29.~Tne ashes of the Duke of, Westminster/ whose remains were cremated a t p o k i n g cemetery,

t Dec. 24, were yesterday privately- in­terred" in the chiifeh £ i r d of Eaton Hall , Cheshire, in" the presence of his relatives dfid,,tfie Mar^quiS ot Lotne, representing Queen "victoria. * . _

^ -. " , ... Canadian Parliament to B e Summoned

; OTTAWA, Dec. 29.—The government gave but officially laat night tflkt par­liament would be summoned for the dispatch of business o n F e k L The principal bus iness V1" be1 thM-VSting df supplies. foiF the South African <?on ttegent. •»•'[' • ' . -.v - '•

Ports Opened 'For Trade. - MA3NILAT Pec , -29.—The- order Which has been issued opening" the trade to. ports of Ztfmboanga, Cbfctab&to, H a v a d |hd fsabeia will -apply provisionally to the Jaio 'and siassi>i>orts.< General Bates will appoint the^ custom's omclals,

v * ' ' . itoaous -Moaiit--»»ia. LONDON; - D e c . 2».—Miss rJOfbthy

Dene, "the actress. ha*-die8 In Bondon: She touted in the United States in i«»2 and sat to the late !Lord Frederick Lelgnton, tha -painterr._ae a model fbi gome ot his best pictures.

- The Duke of Wellington, BIX month's •fter the battle of Waterloo, was created ft marshal of France.

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HARPER BROS;' CREDITORS Flan ot Reorganization to Be Submitted

Shortly.. ^ ' NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—At the Instance

of creditors whose claims aggregate nearly\ half the entire.- lndebedness of Harper & Bros,, a commltte of five, -of which Alexander E. Orr i s chairman, has undertaken to prepare and- submit to creditors a plan . of reorganization. Preliminary to this task the committee has prepared a statement of facts In which it is set up that the total liabili­ties of JHarper Bros, on Dec. 4, -1899, wera $3,083,000, diminished since the date named by the turning over of $160,000 of bonds, which leaves the total indebted­ness $2,918,000. The secured' Indebted­ness le $1,001,000. . In 1896 the corporation moitgaged Its property to secure $3,000,000 5 per cent 100 year gold bonds. • Of this amount $2.-645, 00 stands as collateral. The re­mainder of .the issued bonds, $355,000, are outstanding and controlled by the com­mittee 'for the purpose of reorganization.

The estimated net available assets. , . , , . . » « » . i not"covered- HyTfibrTgage, t o m e e t u m K - U h a JNMiagh_r!ver^a landslide followed

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l U S ' uid gelrxer." '. N E W Y O R E , Dec. 29.—Intense Inter-'

est is now lent to the trial of ftoiand B. Molmeux because of the appearance oh the withess stand of Henry S. "Corn­ish, to whom the pblson which killed Mrs. Aaams was Bent through the malls. /Cornish was on th'e s tand late yesterday afternoon and his examina­tion whieh promises to develop many things not yet tnade public .will probab­l y continue forssseyeral days, w i th inter­ruptions here and there for other wit­nesses,

Cornish told of the receipt by him of the famous silver -holder • and- bottle ot poison and reviewed the' story of Mrs. Adams' death by the supposed "bromo seltzer" which "he had administered" to £er wb*n she was ill.

Just as Cornls'h's testimony was lifr* ginning to be Interesting. the recorder adjourned the case until this morning.

The .handwriting Ssexperts g a v e away yesterday to the physicians.

Another witness on the stand yes­terday was John D. Adams, secretary of the Knickerbocker Athletic eltib. His testimony dealt with the relations between Cornish arid' Mollnesux~<Mind with the various quarrels that had oc-cured at that club.

Mr. Weeks took up the cross-examin­ation of Mr. Adams this morning before Cornish went on the stand.

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One.e'jf the Founders of the Republican •v '""1wwt#.In"Malliel»ttsett»;

S^. PAUL, Dec. 2».^-Charles E . Pike I lea Weanesday- night a t h i s residence in this city. He was, a lawyer and prac­ticed In Maine, Massachusetts and Wis­consin "fdr many-years. He was one of the first Free Sotletfs and one of the founders of the Republican party" In Massachusetts,,' . In iSii. while a member of the Maine

•legislature? he wrote * the- resolutions Which, according to the custqms of that time, brought before the - people the name ot Taylor .for the presidency. La­ter hei was one of the group of the first

" Republicans In Massachusetts ^legisla­ture. r

In 1859 he removed .to Wisconsin and founded the Oshkgsh Norjhwestern. In 1865 he was appointed solicitor of,the infernal revenue department and- as­sistant attorney general of the United States. _ ,

Will Resist Bynum's Appointment. •JVASHINGTON. Dec. 29 . -The Post

today—says^ In a few. days charges will be filed before the finance committee of thg senate against the confirmation ot former Representative William D. By-num of Indiana as Democratic appointee for the N e w York board of appraisers. The minority of that committee are de­termined to resist the installment of-Mr. Bynum in that position. They will do so on the ground "that he is n«t a Democrat, but had openly affiliated him­self with the Republican party.

^~ Mrs. Raton's Body Burled. N E W YORK. Dec. 29.—The funeral ot

Mrs. Edith Hobart Eaton, who died at the Post Graduate hospital- 6n Monday last from the effects of an operation, which was ordered to be postponed by the coroner on account of susRickm*? circumstances and alleged" contradictory statements, was permitted to take place by Coroner Hart.' ,

Editor Ford's Wil l Probated. . ' CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 29.—The will 6f Daniel Sharp Ford, publisher oi The Youth's Companion, disposes of an estate of about $2,500,000. The will gives $77,000 direct-to public charities and,re­ligious institutions and provides that the Income from several thousand dollars shall be ayalable for similar use.

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cured claims, are substatlally $442,607. The net liabilities in excess of bunded

indebtedness are placed at $1,962,612, showing that the "net available assets equal to 22,5 per cent of net liabilities, exclusive of cost of receivership and liquidation. • - „

Wrong- Blerriam Reported Dead. WASHINGTON. Dec. 29.—A dlBpatch

from Faribault. Minn., announced that Henry C. Mprrlam of Compnny G, Sixth infantry, who was reported by General Otis as dead from typhoid fever, was a son -of Captain Merrlam, a retired army officer* of 'this city, and engaged to br married to Miss Bessie R a v of Falr-banlt. It appears from the war depart­ment records that there . were two men of the Bame name In the Philippines. The Henry C Merrlam who died of typhoid fever at Manila on the 19th Inst, was a private in Company G, Twenty-first United States infantry. He was not a son of Captain Merrlam of this

cltv. Miners bpposed to Strike.

PHIXLIPSBURG, Pa., Dec . 29.—At a mass meeting ot several thousand miners In Northern Cambria yesterday a reso­lution w a s adopted declaring opposition to a strike until after the annual meet­ing of the national organization of Unit­ed Mine Workers at Indianapolis. next month, unless officially ordered out Jan. 1. This action makes a general strike of the 30,00 miners In Central Penn­sylvania next Monday highly lmprobar

ble. ' .-Bodtello's Condition improving-.

\ BOSTON, Dec. 29.—White the officials of Lhe-MeLeaa hospital are extremely reticent In the matter of giving details* as to the illness- of Congressman Charles A, Bontelie of "Maine, It was Stated ta response to an inquiry by teTepnone la s t night that .Mr. Boutelle had passed a very comfortable day and that he was not considered in any Immediate danger.

Children tousl.• have just the fight kind of food if they are^to oeeoiJie strong nien-and Woftreh. ,A defi-erencyTjf fajt makjes children thin and wjiite,, puny and neryoiis, liiid greatly retards full %ro-Jvth and develop-" ment. They need

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Presbyterian Mfnister Dead. MIDDLETOWN, N. Y.,-Dec. "29.—Rev.

Luther Little, pastor of the Presbyte­rian church at Mount Hope, Orange county, f,or nearly 40 years, died y e s t e r ­day, aged 76 years. Death was the re­sult Of Illness from exposure oh Jan. 1; 1898. when the Rev. Little was stalled in a snowdrift.

Severe Storms In Ireland, " •. LONDON. Dec. 29.—Severe gales, rain and snow storms are reported In the mountains of Ireland. At Nenagh, neat

by a rush of water, "swept away .two farm houses with their oocupants. Much damage has been done to other property.

"There are other, proprietary medicines in the market; made b y a person wi th the same" name and initial a s my o w n , and I have reason to' be l ieve that the two are often .confounded i n people's minds, and that' the^ other articles spoken of, have been substituted, either through accident or design, .when the latter have been asked for, or, desired. To avoid this, please ask for Dr. David Kennedy^

vFavorite Remedy, prepared i n Hondonf N. Y.,and accept n o t h l i ^ e l se i n its placpf . "Forover'twenty-i f lve years I hiiv* t constantly been engaged in ihe active - -discharge of my profession as a pbysioi«n - ' ' and Burgeon; During that career I h a t e perfected a n alterative medicine, the Fm>orttc RemetfVinponthe value of which I am wi l l ing to, and "do ' s t a k e m y p e r ­sonal a n d p r o f e s s i o n a l r e p u t a t i o n .

It is today a standard medicine wi th thirty years of cures to Its credit. $, -

"Sufferers from such troubles as Kid­ney a n d Bladder Complaints, Rheuma­tism, Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Con­stipation and the sicknesses peculiar to women often became ao dttcouraged as to have no heart t o take any more medi­cine. To al l snoh, Dr. Kennedy has only to say that If he were personally called npon t o prescribe* at a l l , he would pre­scribe Favorite Remedy."

•'Theft a t e ^woinroprietorg of similar names, but they are n o t connected or- , associated in businew, or otherwise."

"Those w h o wish consultation or ad­vice a s to their o w n special case, can have the same entirely fTee of charge. Simply dlrrc': 'Df, Drtt>t<I Kennedy, Bondout', OitU of.JZlngskm,• N. .Y.,' " where all communications will b e treated wi th strictest professional confidence. . "Tn .avoid jojatakeB* Dr. Kennedy •'••

would beg you to rememoer^that , the „ name of h i s medicine ia Favorite Bern- . "" edy. that i t Is manufactured at Rondout, K. Y , and espediftlly not t o forget the "'*' Doctor's name David K e n n e d y , M. D,» * n l M d ^ t » L R o M o j | f e J ^ J t J L M . H A S _ ! HO O T i f W E ^

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Dr. Humphreys' Manual of all Diseases at your DrusKlsta or Hailed Free. _8oId by urusgUts. or sent oa-reoalpt ot .prlco -Bumphroy*'Med. Co.. Cor. William* John Six, New YOl-k.

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"1 is w h a t & lady said o t H a m l i n ' s C o u g h S y r u p a few days ago, as a&e recommended i t t o her neighbor:

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