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OUEEN TAKES A HAND
Colonial Seore is Owen a
GR ENE SUMMONED TO
Command to Appear Gnes Through Prime
Minister Salisbury.
STINGING REBUKE TO LORD CHAMBERLAIN
Ha * Not Received Lite British Agent at
Pretoria Sicce His Retnra ,
GREENE GIVEN AN AUDIENCE BY QUEEN
MIC tliil < r * 11 .SunrHilitK lniiilr > Into
Orluln of I In1 Tinnmiuil Wiir
( in-all ) lnt ( > r < * Ntfil I"Vil - , , i-
flirtof Mr .
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LONDON , Dei. 29. ( New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram. ) This week the
queen gave Chamberlain a direct snub , as a
slinging lebuke for his course In forcing the-
wars the cable dispatches huvo _ shown ,
' < Ionia ! Seeretifi'v Chamberlain has nnvei
jerclvpd Conyngham Orcene , lately the * Brit
ish agent at Pretoria , since the latlcr's re
turn to England , after Ills' recall frbm his
post on the breaking out of the vvan The
ineslstible Inference' was that ( Jrccno's sincere -
cere effoits to maintain peace bad nearly
frustiated the Chamherlaln-Mllner scheme to
provoke war.
But , though Chamberlain h\s never te-
colved Greene , that official was specially
' commanded" by Iho queen to appear at
Windsor Wednesday to dine niid sleep.
Chamberlain , ns Greene's 'departmental
( 'ilef ' , should have been the channel thiough
v Inch surh .1 command woull be for-varded
but In the quucn'H orders It went through
tlu > prime minister , who thioughout , was
nko a slaum-h advocate of peace.
The queen gave a long audience to Orcene
before and after dinner , and made searching
Inquiries Into the origin of the war. She
manifested deep intercut in Mrs. Krugci ,
d'king Sbout her Influence with her hus
band , the president of the Transvaal , nnd
her feeling about the war. The circum
stances connected with Greene's visit to
Windsor have occasioned much comment in
both official and court circles.
Coiillrmri ] ! > > ' i'arli lln | > n < oln'K.
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PARIS , Dec. 29 ( Now York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram. ) A French
diplomat who writes art'clea ' for the Figaro
over the signature of "Whist , " and whose in
formation always proves strikingly accurate ,
publishes an article , asserting that both
Queen Victoria and the prince of Wales
have recently snubbed Mr. Chamberlalu
hard. "Whist" adds :
"The queen has charged the colonial rec-
iclaiy with hiving purposely misled the
tnnntry and deceived her every tlma she
nuked for information about South African
matters. "
"Whist" Is known to bo the closest among
Iho prlnco of Wales' Trench chums , consequently
quently the article Is regarded here us dl-
icctly communicated by the pilnco In order
to assuage the French feeling against him
self nnd his august mother
BOERS PLACING NEW GUNS
Crt lli < > llnnuo < > f < h < - llrlllNh Artillery
at Tlielr rump at Moililt-r
Itlti-r.
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BRITISH CAMP ON THE MODDER
RIVER , Capo Colony , Dec. 28 11 05 p. m. '
( Now York World Cablegram Special Tele-
ginm ) The Boeis developed a new gun '
petition along tin. Ilrltlsh front yesteiday
afternoon They have now ut least five !
gmu which have found the r.iugo of the |
British naval guns on the rldgo north of the !
camp
The Boers , Kindling at an average of 0,000
ynids , have made beautiful practice , but
their guns are mostly iilne-poundcrs , throw-
Jnp small segment shells which tcldom buist
unless they hit a rock Consequently their
shelling Is about as useful as tluowing
stones In spite of the splendid practice
yesterday and this morning there was not
a slnglo casualty on the British side.
The Biltish have now two 1.7 Inch naval 1
giuic , In position , besides the U-pounders.
1
Tl'eso have replied lo the Boer guns
whoso position Is always dlseovered by their
black powdeibut as yet have not sllciu-ul
them , as their positions on kopjes behind big
embankments render them practically In
vulnerable
Ihr aitlllery duel IK likely therefore teem
em tlnue e.ii'h morning without damage to
oilloi Milt' , unless the BrltlMh lyddite has et-
fi'i'i Last night four British naval guns
having been trained on the Boers in day
light fired shiapiiel about in 30 o'clock. The
ItocrK. feailng a night attack. Immediately
roiijiondcd with well contained rlllo lire , re 1
peated three times , showing that they keep
hircng pkkcts along the Magersfonteln
I opjcH. Owing lo the direction of the wind I
tlielr volleys sounded so loud that the High-
lam1 brigade , thinking tlu > camp had been
nitiitkcd , stood to aims.
The Hours evidently weie better In hand
than on the previous night , when the fusil
lade lasted twenty minutes. Having found
the range of the British guns , the Boers
opened 11 ro at daybuak. with so well dl-
rened a fiio that the Biltlsh gun equal-
iiuntH were hit tulcc , though no damage was
doi.e The eamp la absolutely beeuie , being
beyond the langei of Iho guns
The division Is settling down to camp life ,
finning mound the fires every night Every
one1 Is looking forward to the Gynikann next
eek WIUGHAM.
niuvij TVI.KS or nii\r.OA ; n\v.
ThIllUKIUUiN Wlll , . | , UN Tlii'v
\ic DnrliiK tin * War.
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LONDON. Doc 29 ( New York World
Cabli'sram Spet-lal Telegram ) Sir Charles
Dllko In an Inteivlcw tujs concerning Dela-
go.-v bay
'There Is reason to suppose that the secret
agreement several times referred to In Par
liament between this country and Germany
concerned n hypothetical Htato of things
which ban not i.risen In my opinion , it Is
unlikely tn nrlsu. In the next place It Is
obvious that this country , having been
woisted In formal m Miration on her claim
nt Dtlugoa bay , could not seize It. The prob
ability U , then , that wo shall have to live
through the war with the present mate of
things Adventurous men who. being en
listed In Europe and America for the Boer
cause' , touH obviously pass through , there
being nothing to chow that they uie cot
ordinary trave'ern or miners
"With regard to thr ammunition which U
being ordered on behalf of tb ? Transvaal
LAWTON SUBSCRIPTION
WASHINGTON. I ) C , Dec. 27. 1S99 To
tlic Editor of tlic Hoc The committee hav
ing In chifKP ili raising of a fund for the
benefit of the widow anil four young child
ren of the Into Major Ooncrnl Henry W.
Law ton , who was killed In notion at Snn
Matc'o , Luzon , I' . I. < December 10 , re
quest jou to eollclt nnd receive contribu
tions and net for and -oprcscnt iho com-
tnlltco In your city nntllclnlty H Is
promised to keep the subscription lists open
until the evening of the fifth of January.
General Ltw ton's services and sacrifices for
Ills country's ling nnd his expressed con-
cetn for the care of his family Is the most
fetching appeal that can bo made.
H. C. COIIHIN ,
Adjutant General , for the Committee.
Pursuant to this dispatch The lice aski
subscrlptlrns to the Liwton fund from pub
lic spirited citizens In Nebraska , Iowa and
surrounding states nho feel able to nssht
In reccgnlrlng In this way the Inviluablo
services rendered the country by the late
GeiRTal Law ton. Make chocks payable to
the Merchants N.itlonal bank , Onnha. He-
celpt of Fame will bo acknowledged by the
editor of The Boo In these. columns as
well n by the committee at Washington
E Ice ovv itpr . $ V )
H. U. Hurt . r > 0
frank Murphy . BO
Klrst Nut'ou if bank . ,1'l '
.rohn C Whirlon . 23
Oiniiha Evening News . 10
Julius IVpperbuiB , I'latlsmoulli . 5
from French and German firms , that , of
course , will bo liable to stoppage The prac
tical dllllculty is that the ship s manifest
will bo 'cooked , ' and II Is not easy to search
the well-stowed hold'oi a ( .hip currying
a great deal of geneial car o to an excellent
market , such as Dclngoa bay has suddenly
become with regard to food. It would lx the
greatest , of follies for tills count ! y to dlsie-
gard the possibility of that future war
which would possibly come upon her eomu
day against a powerful na\al coalition , In
which It would be to her Interest that the
United States should feed ber. "
BOERS DU GOOD SHOOTING
DIIO of 'I'llclr Shell * Kills MmIlrltlsh
SoIiIlorN mill AVoiinilH SCMMI
Otln-r * .
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I LADYSM1TH , Dec. 23. ( New York World
[ Cablegram Special Telegiam ) The shellIng -
Ing by the Boers has Increased In the last
few days. Tbo twelve-pounder at Ulauvv-
Imnk on the west , which had been silent
since General Brocklehurst's successful fcor-
tlo on November 14 , Is now In lively activity.
Ono shell stuick near headquarters , but did
no damage
Yesterday a single shell from Bulwana
hill hit Colonel Fawcctt of the Fifth lancers.
i Major King , the second In command , an
i adjutant , two squadron officers and the ser
geant major of the eamo icglment. All were
j slightly wounded. Another shot killed nlno
j Gloucestershire privates and wounded beven.
I This Is the record for a big single shell.
| ' The Gloucesters were cleaning their jlllos
outsldo the traverse.
General Whlto has had u slight feverish
attack , but Is now convalescent. We hear
firing from the direction of Colenso every
'morning. The authorities are extremely retl-
tent , therefore town and camp are full of
rumora. JOHN "STUART.
n\i mtT OPINIONS ON THH AVAIL
.NeuMpniier AVrllerN Tell \\hat Tlic >
ThliiU Tlie\ Knot * Vliont II.
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LONDON , Dec 29. ( New York World Ca-
bleginm Special Telegram ) The Post war
expert says "Great Britain Is elovvly com
ing to sec that she , too , Is , in a eonse , fight
ing for her political existence and must
make exertions adequate to the stakes A
decisive victory on Tugela liver would put
a dlffcieut face on the matter. Yet with
SO.OOO troops and 20,000 colonials In the
i whole field Buller is not btron ? enough "
! The Mnll' military expert attacks the
eminent and war management for weak-
I ness of artillery , taking up three columns
'j The Dally News' war expert says "The
' specdlc't and most vigorous prosecution of
the campaign will be the most economical
, alike of the nation's treasure and lives. "
I The Telegraph war expert says "The
, signs me that the Boers havn liecome as
j nervous nt Tugela as they are at Mngeis-
fonteln , and such a mood Indicated prox
imity of great events. Wn can look fortune
in the face with sturdy and unabated con-
'fidence ' "
,1 The Standard war expert pays- ' "Ihe
i BOOIK cannot be > saved from defeat unless ,
I llko the American colonies In the war for
Independence , they should find allies among
thu European powers"
. The London newspapers dlsciifs nnd rc-
print Churchill's Durban message , all in
j complimentary terms.
IMII M > nonits ON < ; r\itn.
hortli * ill K lmln'i'lf. SlintvH lh < - Dutch
\ nHfinly fur 1'nii'rm'ni'lrti.
KIMBEHLEY , Friday , Dee 2J , ( via Mod-
dor Hlver , Wednesday , Dec. 27 ) Before
dawn today n detachment of the mounted
foicws with artillery and light Infantry-
moved out in a westerly direction. The Boer
uitlllery from Kamperdam opened flro at
Otto's kopje , Klmberloy fort replying with
] twenty shells , the British force recon-
| noltcrlng the outposts along Lazire'tto ridge ,
i tbi- Boer patrols retreating.
' Having accomplished this and hiving dls-
| covered Boer reinforcements approaching
fron. Wlmbeldom ridge. Colonel Chnmler ,
with the Royal artillery , exchanged n dozen
shells as BOOH as the guns could bo limbered
un Porno 000 Boers poured In a heavy flro
fiom their earthworks , the British retiring
with the loss of one horse.
The movement showed the Boers were still
kciplng their guns In the neighborhood of
Kln.berley nnd are able to summon rein
forcements rapidly. It also showed their
pronenoEs to vacate a position Immediately
wl-.cn weaker than the opposing lorco.
IIOr.HS ( MPTl'lin Kit-Till POSITION.
> I' H of an r.imnufiiH-iil In tinNI > | KI-
liorliouil of ni'riliir'ioort ,
PRETORIA , Dec 26. ( via Lourenzo
Mnrquci. Dec. 28) ) Commandant Swart
rcjoits from the laager at Alowynskp. near
Xeorust. that he had an engagement on Fri
day , December 22. with Kaffirs In the neigh-
boihood of Deidurpoort The Kalfiis octu
ple : ! a stiongly fortified rldgo and were well
prepared for emergencies.
After heavy fighting the burghers raptured
the Kalllr position , loblug thrco killed and
fiva wounded.
Inil } Wllxnil snf ( . nt
LONDON , Dec 20. A war office dispatch
from Colonel Baden-Powell dated December
12 , ivfter announcing that Ixidy Sarah Wil
son had arrived safe and well at Mafeking
adds that the bombardment and musketry
fire continue dally on all sides and that the
health and spirits of the garrison are very
' satisfactory
\V \ \ . \ lor ( ilti't. tI.OOII.
LONDON. Dec 26 William Waldotf Astor -
tor has subscribed 1,000 to the Bucking
hamshlro fund to equip the county g coutln
tent of yeomanry.
PRISWWF1I ( ) TRI'AITI ' )
1 IVlOuJ IjlVO II IjLL llU/alLil/
Captive British Soldiers nt Pretoria Have the
Comforts of Life.
HALTH OF THE M-N REPORTED GOOD
I : < T Arc Ietcrnilncil tn DrUe tin-
British from Africa or He Vli-
Nllllltel } AllllllllllltlMl
Hi a llepubllc' .
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BRITISH CAMP , CHIEVELEY. Natal ,
Dec. 28 ( New York World Cablegram-
Special Telegram ) There Is no cause for
any anxiety about any British officer or sol-
tiler held by the Boers at Pretoria. Thu
Beers certainly arc not n bloodthirsty people
and they are very desirous of deserving the
rrnpect of European nations by correct ob
servance of the usages of war. The only
misbehavior is by Irish renegades whose
covaidli'o and brutality excite the disgust I
of the real huighers.
The British officers are confine-d in the
state's model school. They are ttrongly
guarded by police sentries armed with rliles
and revolvers and are frequently visited. A
small yard with a few trees Is available for
i \i"Llsu , a game1 of rounders IB played there
every day and the officers are permitted to
become members of the state library , which
contains many good books.
The Tiansvaal government allows a dally
ration of "bully" beet and gioccrics , but
anything may bo brought from the local
tradesmen by writing an order. No pay Is
given to troops while captives by the queen's
regulations and therefoie many of the offl-
< eis aio very poor Just now. But the mess
is well managed and food , monotonous but
plentiful , may be had for three shillings a
day.
day.All
All the officers are very despondent be
cause of Inactivity. Their prison llfo Is dull
and gloomy. Repoits of Boer victoiies , con
tinually exaggerated , aggravate the general
melancholy. But relatives need have no fear
for the llfo or health of the prisoners.
The non-commissioned officers and priv
ate * have been moved because of their gicat
number , to n special camp ten miles east of
Pretoria , at a waterfall. There they remain ,
huriounded by numerous sentries with two
maxims and a bright electric light. The
rations allowed by the Boers are very
scanty , two pounds of "bully" weekly and
bread. Having no money , the soldiers are
unable to buy tobacco and arc very unhappy
Efiorts are now being made to obtain a
small compassionate allowance to obtain a
the funds newly raised. The health of the
pilsoners is good
Vletory or Death.
The Transvaal government will never
mrke peace and forgive the offenses of the
war. Victory for the Boeis means the prac
tical ruin of Natal , even If It Is not ceded
to the Transvaal. Many hundreds of burgh-
en In the Transvaal secretly sympathl/o
with the British and have either bribed the
field cornets ( Boer recruiting ollicers ) to
oml1 them fiom the commando lists or are j
fighting under compulsion. For both these j
classes the continuance of the republics will
be a terrible blow. As long ns the Inde
pendent Hags float nt Pretoria Jt Is a'na
tional center of Dutch republican sentiment ,
producing ceaseless unrest. The cost of the
war to the British will bo enormous , but
they will get their money's worth. The j
Beers are prepared to lese independence It
deicutcd. They recognize the terms of the
quarrel nnd said to me-
"If wo win we will spit you out of South
Africa , if you win , you will swallow us"
My lespect for the fighting burghers makes
It vciy painful for me to contemplate In-
juiing their pride of race , but no other so
lution of the South African problem Is prac
tical or permanent than for Britain either to
absorb the two republics or totally abandon
the colonies.
The Biltish nation must expend blood and
Measure , but it will not spend for nothing.
The Boers will never give up unless hope
lessly crushed. Then they would acquiesce
In annexation nnd expect nothing better.
The public must tiust the generals. They
are picked under the best system-wo can
Invent If they nro not good It Is unlikely
that better can bo found This war Is differ
ent from all former wars. The power of the
maga/.lno rifles , the annihilating effect of
nil the other arms of the service and the
mobility of tbo Boers are features hitherto
unknown Everyone must learn these things
In the field. Able men aio piofitlng by their
own mistakes. To change Is to make another
learn the busliicss and rough material Is
expensive.
Outlook IN Stormy.
The craving to supersede commanders at
the first cheek Is unmanly , unworthy of a
patient , clear-headed people and destructive
to the confidence of the army 'Besides , a
icaction for political consldeiatlon on the
conduct of a war Is always fatal. The
jiroxlmato outlook Is doubtful and stormy ,
but the ultimate result , if England bo re
solved , Is cm tain. Let her reinforce now ;
criticise afterwards.
The British naval guns shell the Boer
positions ut Colenso dally , firing whenever
any movement Is apparent from the hill
where n battery Is posted.
The whole sccno of the last engagement Is
spread out llko a. panorama. With a tele
scope the long brown lines of Boer entrench-
mentr are plainly visible , streaking the hill-
Bides with occasional figures moving about
them.
No reply conies to the British firing. The j
Boers are determined to keep their artillery '
emplacement secret. Fiom beyond the river I
a cannonade , the nolso of guns at Lady-
smith , rolls dally over the hills. Great
camps are still growing at Frero and
Chlcveley. The hills arc bristling with
pickets behind st'ono shelters , while the
lower elopes are white with tents In patches
llko snowdrops. It Is haid to realize that
the quiet landscape Is' In the grip of war.
Nevertheless great events are Impending
WINSTON CHURCHILL.
All , i : rn on Chnrehlll ,
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LONDON. Dec 29 ( New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram ) Lieutenant
Winston Churchill Is the central figure of
the operations In South Africa now , over
shadow ing oven the generals in command.
His dispatches are awaited as anxiously ami I
read as eagerly n the olllclnl rabies. His j
Insight , oilglnallty and courage are exercls-
Ing a wonderful fascination
In addition to their present corps of cor
respondents In the field , the London Morning
Post will soon have with General Methuen ,
Harry Provost Battersby , who takes the
place of E. r Knight , who wa wounded
November 23 In the battle of Belraont. Mr
Battersby's writings as the military ex-
pen of the Pcet have attracted widespread
attention for grasp , Inclslvencss and lucidity ,
encouraging the highest hopes as to hla work
In the field
' PrlNoniTk Hi-Ill ? Well I'Yil.
WASHINGTON Dec -Reports that the
Boer authorities have threatened > o reduce
the rationof the British prisoners at Pro- I
I toria In case Orcat Britain stops the entry I
of fcod supplies at Dolagoa bay are not borne
out by the official communications of I'nltcd
States Consul Hollls t Pretoria. By direc
tion of the State department Mr Hollls la
looking after British Interests and In par-
tleular Is seeing that the British prisoners
are afforded every projior facility and per
sonal attention. Ills Hrporta have been very-
full concerning the core of the prisoners and
such attending circumstances ns were war
ranted. These , however , give no Intimation
that the rations Of prisoners are to bo re
duced , but on the contrary the entire tenor
of the official report goes to show that there
need be no apprehension that such a threat
will he put Into cffe.it.
IIIJVMIJS DiioopiM ] mtrrisii IIOIMS. :
llntilt mill rile of Arm * Have Pallli
In ItnhertN mill KlU-iienei.
LONDON , Dec. 29. Dispatches from all
parts of South Afrlc-j emphasize the great
enthusiasm among the troops and public
occasioned by the appointment of Generals
Roberts and Kitchener. The nnnomue-
ment that the former Will have supreme
command and that the latter will be- chief
of staff has largely dispelled the depression
In Cape Colony caused by Iho recent ic-
v errcs.
Advices fiom Capetown dated December
24 say an Investigation shows that the ic-
polled dlsalfiH-tlon among the Dutch In the
Victoria West district has been over
drawn. The farmers , It Is. pointed out , are
mostly land owners nnd4will not risk the
lo s of their farms by rising
A dispatch from Lohrenzo Marqucz ,
dated December 23 , pays 'a curious story Is
current , emanating from Boor sources , that
Matt Steyn. hi other of the president of the
Oiange Prco State , an& 800 Free Stntors
have Icflnltely refused \ $ continue the war
Matt Sleyn , acting asJspokesman of the
paity. Is reported to haV'o told the presi
dent that ho was only authorized to Inter
vene in the Interest of peace and that the
burghers did not feel th.lt they weie bound
by his "tinwanuntable eihnduct , " especially
as they ran the risk of jfinfiseatlon of their
property , and they elmjjly ileslicd to be
permitted to farm In pence and proposed
to Immediately rctuin to their farms
Sir Charles Hovvaid Vincent , member of
Parliament for the cential division of Shef
field and colonel of the Queen's Westminster
volunteers , has been appointed to command
the Infantry division of the City of London
Imperial regiment.
The text of Colonel Baden-Powell'b
proclamation to the burghers besieging
Mafeking , the gist of which has already
been cabled , comes from Lourcno Marquez
today. After asserting that the rcpubllcb
cannot hope for foreign Intervention , and
pretending to relate the exact attitude of all
the European powers , Including Emperor
William , who , the colonel said , "fully
sympathizes with England , " Baden-Powell
makes the extraordinary statement that "the
American government has warned the others
of its intention to sldo with England should
any of them interfere'1
Lord Salisbury presided at a meeting of
the national defense committee today.
n : vit DUI.ACOA ni.oric vnn.
Would \M'i-NNltii < o All Vnllmi * Sciul-
Inir AViir hliliiN ( \Vulcli Ilnj.
PARIS , Dec. 20. The virtual eelzuro by
British officials of vessels laden with Amer
ican flour consigned to tho-MJoers and the
statement of the Lokal Vfto ger regarding
an alleged Ang'o-Germry ivirttiEUese treaty
for the divlslch of liVWSWjjjVW f jlou'-S ' ) be'-
twecn Great Britain and Germany have
aroused renew ! d Interest in Paris
Whlle there Is a desire to discredit the
Lokal Anzelger's statement , Ho publication |
has occasioned undoubted uneasiness. The
possession of Delagoa bay Is believed to be
'
as essential to British success In South
Afilca as a victory over the Boeis is essen
tial to Great Britain's International prestige ,
therefore , it is felt that if necessary , Great i
Britain will take extreme measures
The chief ground for apprehension Is the
belief that if Great Biitaln should estab
lish a cordon of vessels across Dclagoa bay | '
it would be necessary for all nations to send j
naval vessels theie to protect individual '
rights. In such an event the presence of
I
a laige number of war ships might create
friction that would bring on grave results i
Great satisfaction Is felt In government j '
circles at the successful conclusions with
China of negotiation in the Kvvan Chanwan I
affair France has gained everything she | '
demanded , including a settlement of out
standing questions.
THURSTON ON THE PROGRAM
NfhriiMKa Senator to KcMioiiil lo
ToiiNt "Our rorelKii Polle > " at
\orlk. * nmiiiel.
NEW YORK , Dec. 211 Airangcments have
been practically completed for the annual
dinner of the New York Board of Trade and
Transportation , which Is to be held nt the
Waldorf-Astoria , January ' 11. Between 300
and 100 members of the board and theli
friends will bo piescnt and the dinner will
be > held In the largo new banquet hall
Several United Stater * senators will be at
the dinner and some of them will upeak
to toasts. Among those who have accepted
Invitations nro Senatois Llndsley of Ken
tucky , Thuiston of Nebraska , Hanna of
Ohio anil A. J. BevelIdge of Indiana ,
Senator Thiirston , who is the most promi
nent exponent In the senate of the expan
sion policy , and la regaidcd as the chief
lopresontatlve In that body of the admin
istration on the- subject , will speak to the
toast , "Out Foreign Policy. "
Former Senator Perkins of California will
speak on "California and the Commerce of
the United States , " and It is expected that
In the course of his remarks ho will refer I
to our merchant marine nnd the proposed
Mibsidl/lng thereof. Tbo president has i
promised to attend If it Is possible to leave j
Washington
BOUTEl LE GAINING STRENGTH
I'll ) hlrlnil SIIJN H 'lay lie PoHNlliIu
that ( 'miKi'i'Msimm VIa > .NIMIT
Pull ) llei'iivcr.
BOSTON , De 2'.i To all those who In
quired after the condition of Congressman
Boutelle at the MtLean asylum today the
reply was given ihat ho was getting along
nicely and was impiovlng In strength
Dr. Daniel A Uoblnson , the physician
who came from Bangor to attend him after
ho was stricken at Young's hotel , said U
may be possible ho may never be the same
man mentally again
BANOOR. Me , Dec. 29 Friends of Con
gressman Boutello were advised this evening -
ing that he had passed a very comfortable
day and was improving
s > mllratc tn Control MepHiMlKerx , j I
COH'MUt'S. O. De < 23-Tbo American ! '
Dlslrkt Telegraph lumiMiiy of fils ci y.
vva-i today absorbed by a syndicate corn-1 I
l > o > rd of Columbus < a Uullsts. which vvllli j
tontrol tlie district mBUSe-nger borvlco In St.
Paul , Milwaukee , Minneapolis. I'lniilnnatl , j
Louisville and othui titles. Herbert Hi-n-
lic-tt and W F Burdell of this city aio
prt'sidiMit and secretary respectively of the
syndicate iI I ! i
Til < elelirate .liii'Kxon Da ) . i
" 1ULEDO O. ! ) 29 Jackson day. Jan |
uary S. will be Klfbrativl by the Jurkson
league of Tolc'da with a dinner nt .Memorial
hull. James R Torvln of Kentucky ana 1' , >
E. Tarsney of Michigan will be speakers. I
LARGE OCEAN LINER ASIlORk
Terrific Gale Drives a Big Ship Aground in
English Channel.
WORST STORM FOR YEARS NOW RAGING
Mlir YP S | I * Siu | > k Off
'I'ncntj-SK MlliMIMI of Din
L'on t ( iuarilM I nalilo to
ItOIIL'll II ,
( Copyright. 1S99 , by 1'ies'i Publl-hlng Co. )
LONDON. Dec. 20. ( New Yolk World Ca
blegram Special Telegram ) A largo ocean
liner , believed to bu a Herman nuill ship ,
outward bound , has gone ashore In the tci-
rlfic gale that Is raging In the English
cha-incl , off Oiingenes , twcnly-sK miles
west of Dover.
Beciuso of the great v lolcncc of the stirm
It is Impossible to communicate' with It In
any way. Its signals cannot be seou The
coast guard nt Dover and at Folkestone
have made repeated efforts to reach the
ship , but 1-nvo been driven back by the
fury of the hurricane.
The flut dispatch from the World's cor
respondent nt Dover said the ship was one
of the big Hamburg-American lUiers. In a
later dispatch ho says It may be a North
Gorman Lloyd vessel. A close Inspection of
the sailing lists docs not place any big voj-
sel cf cither of those two lines m-ar Dun-
goncss at the time that the ship went
aground.
It is lying In a dangerous position a ad
appears to bo hard and fast. Seas arc I
breaking over It , the waters mounting high i
Into the rigging. There Is no question that I
it Is a shlp'of great s\c \ It Is piobable
that It carried many passengers.
The efforts that the coist guards have
made to reach the stranded vessel have boon
piodlglous It 's ' not believed that th se ,
cti board are In any Immediate danger. The j
extraordinary strength of the molern ocean
ship is Mich that It would take many days
of a storm to break It up.
Mlli llt'NtM I'lIN ) .
Moreover , it Is resting upon a sandbar
or on chalk bottom There nio no locks in
that Immediate , vicinity nnd It is not likely
that the ship has had a hole steve In It
It was probably driven hard upon shoie and
is resting there fast and secure Even if a j
hole was torn In Its side the vessel is still
icnsonably safe , for the bulkhead constru -
f
tlon of thij modern ocean ship Is such that
if four or five of them were broken and I
flooded It would still iloat. j | I
The storm is now raging with ticmendous I I
fury Trom the high chalk headlights of I
Di'i.gcncF , which is the southern extremity j
o' Kent , the general outlines of the stranded I '
ship can be seen plainly , but not distinctly. | I
because of the seas that break ovei it and
envelop it. The vessel Is not more than half
a mile off shore. At times there Is a great
vvblto mountain of water , boiling , seething
and swirling about where the ship Is
It Is not even possible to determine
whether It has signals set , so thick Is the
si endrlft. The coast guards are still trying
to reach It , but their lifeboats are hurled
back by the tremendous seas.
1'lcroo Ilnrrloiinr.
Tbo hrrlrnePriciof. \ ) } ' tli < vsnvpr EA in
years. The English channel , famous for its
storms , has been lashed to incredible1 fury.
The stialts of Dover connect the English
channel with the North sea , both celebrated -
brated for tlielr storms , and It makes little
difference from which dlicctlon they come I
'Tho boiling waters lush wildly through the i
straits. They are seldom quiet and often I I
dangerous The distance from the English j
coast to the Trench is about twenty miles j I I
Both coasts are of chalk headlands , ilslnp
abruptly nnd plctuicsqucly out of the sea
Thry gleam In silvery splendor in the sun
shine and look like misty , menacing ghosts
in n storm. i
|
The bottom about Dungeness , Folkestone
and on to Dovci Is usually sand and there | I '
are many bars that make navigation always
difficult. The whole English channel is ,
dangcions and few masters of ships leave j
the bridge fiom thn time The Needles or
the Scllly islands are sighted till they are j i
safe in port , and vlco vcrta they are on coii- I
stunt watch after leaving a channel port1 '
until they aio on the high seas
There aio famous shoals about Dover that
have wlocked many a ship , but the danger
In that part of the channel Is not nearly
so great as It Is on the Onnwall end , where
the coast Is locky.
But theio aio treacherous currents every
where and the channel about Dover and to
the eastward of It has moio than Its share , j i
In a storm llko that now raging these de
part from their recognl/ed inles , adding
greatly to the pel 11s of navigation.
| ] ] TO OFFER EMPLOYES STOCK
MJMI Who AViirU for Iho ( iri-nl 'North
ern lo Jlc Cilx-u ( IIIIIIIM *
to ! ! IM.
ST. PAUL. Minn. , Dee. 2 ! ) Under a plan
recommended to tbo stockholders of the
fireat Northern railway by President James
J. Hill and the management , ( he capital
stock of the road will be Incrcnaal 10 per
cent in February and the employes of the
load given an opportunity to Invest In the
issue at par. The plan is one which ban
been under consideration for some time nnd
Us details have just begun to bo known
CJreat Northern stock I now worth about
$175 a share. By paying cash the employes
will bo enabled to secuio Htoek worth almost
double what they will pay for It , as the
Increase will hardly affect the present mar
ket value. Ono provision only Is mndo
with reference to the Ifauo to the employes
and this Is to the effect that only these
employed who receive' a salary of $3,000 or
less per year will bo eligible to purchase it
on the terms mentioned.
It Is the purpose of the management to
place fie stock where It will do the mnst
good and to prevent It going Into the hands I
of these who do not need it. No Individual |
holding can bo increased to moro than j |
$ u,000. The Intelest on the Investment will >
make this method of stowing away saving. * i
moio desirable to the. employes than to bank
them and will pay a better profit
i BLIZZARD IN QUAKER STATE
SIKMV Knur I'eel Depp Hull riiiii
IlloeUnileil llettteen HiilJiiln anil
PlttNlinrur No I.OHH of l-lff.
CORRY. Pa , Dec 29 A terrific blizzard
the worst In years , has been raging in north
western Pennsylvania for the last twrniy-
four hours and still continues. About
eighteen Inches of snow has fallen and with
that already on the ground makes the depth
four feet Many vlllagcn are cut off from
the outside world.
All the roads leading Into this city are
blockaded , the tagr > b which carry the malls
from Keating and Ftndlay lake being
snowed In '
All the lailroads are buffering The v.ost-
ern New York and Pennsylvania through
trains between Plttsburg and Buffalo were
hours behind time , the huge drifts at Sum I
mnrdale and Angola being Irapastmble The j
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
rot-emit for Nelii iskn
Snow Sntmd.u . Viiilalde Winds
Teiiipet ntiire nt Oiiuihnesteriln > I
Hour. lc . Hour. lleis.
* i a. in II I p. in II
II a. in. . . . . . II 'J p. in l.
7 a. in r > it p. in. . . . . . II
s n. nt r. .1 p , m. . . . . . ir
n a. m 7 r p. in in
III II. Ill II It II , III , II
I I a. it Ill 7 | i. in II
I- I lit S | | . m Ill
I ) II. Ill IU
Erlo and the Pennsylvania are faring a
llltln bolter , although their trains are late.
On all roads hugo snow plows , such ns are
j used in the west nro running , but fall to
keep the tracks clear
It H not known what the outcome of the
storm will be for the snowfall continues No
Icfs of life Is imported The tlu-rmomctor
rcgisteis about zero
FIRE DESTROYS BIG BUILDINGS
j riri-iiK-ii lli.lnrrd In NtMnrK
ddii I.OSM Half a
Million Dullni- .
NEW YORK , Dee 211 The two soven-
sloiy buildings at 115 to IL'u East Kourt'i
| stiect , occupied principally by the wall
paper factory of William Campbell Co. ,
were destroyed bv fire tc'.ilght The loss Is
fully $ fiOO.OOO
The plant of the New Yor't llygela Ice
company , which occupied the Inscment if
No 25 , and that of the Manhattan Electric
Light company , on the first nnd second floors
of Iho same building , were lolallv destroyed.
A largo portion of the ecst side gets Its
light fiom that company nnd It was , on ac
count of the fire , cast Into complete dark
ness.
The Campbell company employed 400
hands , who will bo throw noiit of woik bv
the Hie. Thp two buildings destioyed oc
cupied n fioutage of 200 feet on Twenty-
fourth street , the ontlro Avenue A , a fi out
age to Twenty-fifth nnd a fiontagc on the
latter sticet.
rive aiming were turned In , bringing to
the scem > five fire engines , thliteen book
nnd ladder t-ucks and two water towers
Within twenty minutes after the fire was
discovered the cntlie west side of thefac -
toiy was a roailng furnace.
Three hook and ladder men , Andrew Dco- ;
nan Joseph Shnughnessy and Joseph Bes-
slngei , were caught on the sixth llnor nnd
escaped with great dllllculty. All were se-
\erely burned. Shaughncssy nnd Bessiuger
were sent to Bellcvue hospital Two other
hook and ladder men were caught Lee
Potter wns severely burned and was sent to
Bclleviie hospital
At midnight one section of the walls fell.
almost burying u number of firemen , whose
escape was miraculous , and Injuring several
men.
men.Tho
The falling walls ciushcd the tin loot of
the water supply bouse adjoining and the
city's loss will be heavy. The cause of the
STATE ARRESTS REGULARS
Corporal Pair anil Private
arrulKiiod at I'niilllloii for Slioot-
Inu L'rlviUc MorKini.
PAPlLLIONv tfeb. , Doc. -iBpucjaTlr.oU- -
gram. ) Corporal Fair and Private Jocons ]
of the regular army were anaigned bfifore
Judge Edgar Howard this afternoon at 2
o'clock The complaint was filed by Louis
Lcsiour nt the request of County Attorney
Hosjctt , and the defendants were charged
with the muider of one Morgan , a man who
was deseiting from the arniv October 27
Upon hearing the complaint the defendants
pleadc'l not guilty and their preliminary
examination was set for Tuesday. Janu iry
2 , at 10 a. in. , the prisoners being remanded
to the care of the sheriff.
After the complaint was read Judge How-
ard paid that inasmuch as he was editor
of n newspaper and had expressed an opinion
upon so-called mllitni Ism , etc , ho would
not take offense If the parties to the caeo
asked to bu tried before some other court ,
whereupon United States Dlstilct Attorney
W S. Summers , who was present to defend
the holdlcrs , stated that such a statement
was In Itself satisfactory evidence th.it the
case would iccoivo fair treatment
FORT CROOK. Neb. , Dec. 21) ( Special )
Coiporal Fair and Pi hate Jorkcns of the
Tenth infantry WPIC > arrested today bv
Sheriff Start/ei foi the killing of Private
Morgan at La Platte while making his escape -
capo after assaulting his guard nnd leaving
Mm In a senseless ) condition. The action
of the wherlff IB in compliance with orders
of the governoi. Corporal Fair and Private
Jockens will not lie confined In the county
jail as ordinary prisoners , but allowed the
llbeity of a Intel , where they will bo In
charge' of the sheriff
TEN MORE HURRICANE VICTIMS
Another AexNel Heporteil I.ONt Off 'iiie
llnlleiiiN MIIN ! IliiiiwerniiH Point
nil Atlantic I IIIINI.
CHICAGO , Dec. 29. A special to the Trlb-
uiio from Norfolk , V , says The loss of
about ten other men can bo added lo the al-
iccdy long list sacrificed In Hatuiday night's
I ) ' hurricane , In which twenty-one met
death at Hatteras and fifteen on an unknown
balk In mldoican , for they undoubtedly went
down In the wreck that was discovered to
day nlf IlatteraH , the most dnngeious point
on the Atlantic coast.
The first news was brought by the British
steamship Asliland.i , Captain Lewis , which
m lived several days overdue from Galveston i
to Marseilles , via Noifolk for coal Captain
Lewis stated yesterday , when about twenty- '
five miles north , one quarter ouut of Diamond
sl'onln lightship , off capo Hatteras , he passed
tin wreck of a largo thrco-inaated schooner , I j i
and the only things visible above tbo water
wire * the topmasts There wc-ro no signs of | I '
ll'o about Iho vcsHol or wreckage lloatlng ' i
land tin ) sea was 100 blfh to permit his ship
to go near the wieck The- size o ; the moats .
Indicated u laigo sailing vessel whose crew ) I
war , not lias tbuu ten men. j i
The schooner undoubtedly sank In Satur- .
duy's alarm and being twenty-flvo milcH I j
fioir Diamond shoals , which are eighteen
n.ilcB from shore , no distress signals weio' , '
seci , , If shown No shipwrecked bailers j
l'vc > been landed .mil the men must havoj
gone duwn with their nhlp I
The \Ehlundb had a rough trip , as did the j
|
Knlroji , wh'ch ' left Galveston four days I '
ahead , and which vessel also arrived today
GEN , DAVIS SAILS FOR HOME
To Ili-porl l WaihliiKliin for Ciin-
Niilliitloii tilth the Seerefar > of
War anil Pri-Nlilent.
SAN JUAN , Puerto Rleo , Dec 29 Gover
nor Geneiul Davis and Lieutenant Batte ,
his mde de-iamp sailed for tin tuned
States Fuday on the Meame'i Pome l > ound .
!
for U Wellington Orders arrived hero on i i
TUur 'lay for ll'n gincrnl to rrport ui Wauli
inginu for < onsuliuilon with the Becmary
jot war and President ilcKInley.
FIGURES THAT TALK
Brulstreet's ' Reviews the Rcnmknblo Bus
iness Record Mndo Tbis Year ,
BEST INTIi : H STORY OF THE COUNTRY
Volume of Domes'.io nnd Foreign Trndo the
Largest Ever Recorded.
SHOW A GENERAL ADV\NCE \ IN WAGES
Prices for Products of Inbor AM Ilighor
Than for Eipht Years ,
BANK CLEARINGS-SHOW A BIG INCREASE
.Smallumlirr of rnllurrw ullli l.la-
lillltli-M I.IKM llrrinlxliiIlM I IKOnlj
MnnlvN ' houliiK " llrrrriini'
( neil OutlnoK for I'ndiic.
NEW YORK , Dec 20. Bradstreel's review
of "TheYeai in Business' tomorrow will
sayRiuely
Riuely have sanguine commercial and
j financial hopeb or predictions found nuch
| i nde-quato leallzatlon ns they did during isnn
'
'Certainly the widespread and general up
ward movement of values , allko of staples
nnd of bccurltlcs such as occurred this year
could not have been foreseen. Linked with
an Immense business and lecord-brcakliig
pioductlou in nearly all lines of business
nnd ludustiy c\eept , perhaps , In some prod
ucts of the agricultural Interest , there vvua
with It an advance of staple values , eithci
of which alone would have made the ye.ir
notable , and combined they have served to
establish the year as a iccord-hre-iker and
eel up new standards.
The volume of domestic and of foreign
trade alike was the laigctit evei recorded
and the bank dealings , rellectlng ImmeiiBo
business expansion , nctlvo speculation in
stocks ami immeiibe new Industrial lloatlngs
far surpassed all previous ie > coids > . Prices ,
us a insult primallly of the stimulation
proceeding from supply and demand condi
tions , seorod piobably the gicatest advance
in any single year nnd brought the general
loved of staple values to the highest point
reached for more than eight years past.
Talluro statistics , point to the smallest
number reported for seventeen years past.
These icsults have como to pass In the
face of a eonslder.iblo lessened production
of wheat and an Immense falling off In the
yield of cotton With the exception ol
marked speculative activity in the lattei
dm ing the earlier pait of the season , epccu
Intlon on the leading exchanges haa beet
moro largely confined to stocks and securl
ties.
Ccllcrnl Ail MI m > < In AVIIKOB.
In Industrial affairs the year has been on
of enormous expansion. Certainly nothing
llko the general advance In ( vagea of Indus
trial employes has been vvltnessed for many
years and this has been accomplished with
a minimum of friction entitling the year
lo ii Iot/rioution / , oil" this ; if on no o&cr
account. The close. of the yr'ar finds order
books tilled to from three to "six months
ahead in nearly all lines. Distributive trade
was naturally of Immense volume through
out the year , though mild weather nt the
cloao tended to modify the satisfaction with
which retail trade In winter fabrics was
regalded. This was , however , partly com
pensated for by a holiday business surpass
ing all previous records.
Notwithstanding smaller exports of agil- .
cultural products during the calendar year
bieadstuff shipments being 15 per cent
smaller , cattle and bogs exports 12 per cent
less and cotton shipments , on account of the
short crop , at least 15 per cent ICES , them
was such an expansion in our manufacture"
exports that the entire export trade of tin
year will considerably excc-od that of the
lust calendar year , which wah the heaviest
iceorded , and make the year no lets notable
in the line of foreign than In domestic
trade , with a total of exports llttlo less than
$1,280,000,000 , an aggregate , which if reached ,
will mark a gain of 3 per cent over the rec
ord total of 18'JS.
Imports have naturally shown a marked
revival nnd 'f ' Iho gain for the cloven months
is maintained for the month of December
a total llttlo below 1800,000,000 would bo ex-
I ectcd , which would guarantee a foicign
tiado well In excess of % 'l,000,000,000 , an
amount , It might bo remaikcd , Dover before
equalled.
k
llcimirl.iililr I3xiort Traile ,
A' to exports It is to bo noted that nearly
oiui-thlrd of all are of manufactured prod-
wtE , a proportion never before reached , and
as to imports the heavy Incieaso in raw
pioi'uits Intended for munufacturo be irs
tcutimony to the activity of domestic In-
dimtry. The apparent trade balance in our
favor , though not as heavy an In 1898 , will
still aggregate an enormous sum.
That the advance in the price of staples
IriH not been a fictitious ono or based on
arbitrary actions of ( omblnatloiiK , Is cvi
deuced by the fact that n similar prlco
movement has been wltncsHed abroad , the
gereral level of prices In England , for In-
htatice , being higher on December 1 , this
year , than for moro than eight years past.
The couieo of values , too , have been in ac-
coidanco with expectations of economists
in that the greatest relative rlso bus been
in manufactured goods or In products of In
dustry not exclusively agricultural.
Brradstuffs alone , of all the clast.cs of
nlnplcH , are actually lower now than tiny
wrri a year ago , the decline being about ft
P" " cent. On the other hand the manufac -
lined products , such UM metals , raw and
manufactured textiles , building material ,
coal and naval stores have scored rcinarka-
bio galntj. Motald as ,1 whole are f < 0 per
'cent higher than a year ago , due laigely
o' course to the upward rush of Iron and
bird prices , which have all practically
doubled In Vdluu within the year.
Raw cotton and wool have made especially
noteworthy udvunciH and being among the
'most deputised of IndustilcH the 'textile
manufacturing trades Imvu become among
,1)1' ) ' ) busiest Textiles tiavo shared In till *
advatieo and the result is that the > y are
a third higher than a year ago. Coal and
coVc tmva nlmrcd In the wonderful Industrial
development of the year , with u rise equal
to that in textiles , and building materials
too , have made equal gains , owing mainly
to the marked advance In lumber. Naval
btorcH tihow a gain of nearly one-third in
piitfH , tildCH and leather are one-fourth
higher Llvo stock , dried fruits and oils
ar3 one-eighth higher mid provision ! ! , choinl
calf , and miscellaneous products have all ad
vanced.
illur InriTHMIn Hunk CIcnrliiKN ,
Taking bunk clearings as an Index the
outlook at present favors a total at the
'ountry'b tlrurlngs housoa making compart
son tttlh jvrevl us ycare , of fully $93,300,000-
000 an in1 reuse of 3C per cent aver a year
ago , of n perent over 1807 and of SI per
tent over IH'ij , while as compared with 18IK
the volume of clcarlnya ban practically
