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EVENTS OF THE DYING YEAR Cbronoloeicil Review of Happanine * & corded in the ledger of 1899. TWO WARS FEATURED IN THE STORY liP llnrvcNt of Ili-Mlli lijVIolriiiM - mill > iilnrnl CIIIINI UlMiiMlrrx on l.aml n ml .Sen foil ( Ion I Mini ( . i-iirrnl KvrntN. The closing year differs from 1898 In one conspicuous feature , having two wars In stead of one to center the attention of the world. Like Its predecessors , It has the UMial record of disasters on land and sea , by storm , fire , flood , earthquakes and those luo to human causes. In which hundreds of .IVIB were lost and property of Incalculable raluo wns dostro > od. The harvest of death 'iom natural mimes contains the names of persons eminent In the varied walks of life. Kor the United States the year opened nlth every promise of peace and progress. Iho war with Spain was brought to n close months before , and the treaty of peace was 1 rafted nnd signed early In December. 18H. ! The hopeful prospect was of short duration. On the night of February 4 , two days before the ratification of the treaty by the United BijlcK senate , Insurrection began In the suburbs of Manila. The outposts of the Ne braska First commanded advancing Filipino pine HoldlerH to halt , and on their refusal , Broil. From that moment to the present nar has raged between the United States and the natives , chlclly of the Island of Luzon , sorely taxing the patience of this nation and the endurance of a force ranging Trom 25.000 men at the outset to 50,000 at : hp present lime. It Is Impossible to pro- nent an accurate and complete record of the rvents of the war , owing to the rapidity nf the movement of the various divisions , the capture and abandonment nnd recapture of various localities and the censorship maintained at Manila. With the limited forces available during the llrsl half of the year the insurgents were driven from tcr- iliory within a radius of thirty miles of Manila , when the rainy season suspended operations. In June and July the volun teer regiments were Kent homo and nt the Bjme time volunteers were called for until the total force reached the legal limit of 100.000 men. The force now In the Philip pines , with regiments on the way , amount in 07,000 men. Only a few guerrilla bands of the Insurgent army is left In Luzon nnd General Agulnaldo is a hunted fugitive. The death roll of officers killed in action Include Colonel Harry C. Egbert , March Jfi ; Colonel Stotsenburg , April 23 ; Major luy ! Howard , October 2t ; Colonel Wood- bridge Gerry , October 9 ; Major John A. Logan , November 11 ; General Henry W. Luwton , December 1 ! ) . The losses of our troops In the Philip pines , compiled from official dispatches from. August , 1808 , to December 27 , 1899 , ire as follows : Killed , 358 ; died of wounds and accidents , IflS ; died of disease , 759. Total deaths , 1- S15 ; wounded , 1,873 ; captured and missing , 10. Grand total , 3,201. Sondi Afrlfim Wiir. October S President Kruger of the Transvaal republic presented an ultimatum lo the British government , demanding with drawal of troops within forty-eight hours. 12 Free State Boers cross border at Van Ilccnan's Pass. Three columns enter Natal at Lalng's Nek , Botha pass and Wak- Iterstroom. Armored train shelled near Jlafcklng. Lieutenant Neebit and fifteen men captured. 11 Colonel Baden-Powell makes sortie Trom Mafeklng. Boer loss estimated at 300. General Sir Kedvcrs Buller sails for Cape. 20 Boers advance on Glencoe capture a train at Elandalaagte with -sonic officers and men. British storm Talana hill , near nioncoe , after eight hours' fighting. Gen eral Symons mortally wounded. 2i General French attacks and drives back Boers at EiandHlaagte. Colonel Schlel end several Boer commanders captured. 22 Boers shell Dundee and General Yule begins retreat to Ladysmlth. 21 General White engages Boers at fleltfonteln farm to cover General Yule's re- Ireat. 27 General Yule arrives at Ladysmlth. : ! 0 First battle at Ladysmlth. British at- laek and retire. Left wing , composed of two regiments and a mountain battery , sur rounded by Boers nnd surrender. British loss , killed , wounded and captured , 2,000. November 2 Communication between Ladysmlth and Durban cut. fi Hours occupy Coleneo. 10 Four days' attack on Mafeklng ended with small losses on both sides. Boers re pulse British patrol party at Belmont , killing Colonel Keith Falconer. 1C British armored train shelled and wrecked at Chleveley , north of Estcourt , and Captain Haldnne , Lieutenant Winston Churchill and 100 Dublin Fuslleers and Natal volunteers captured by the Boers. 22 Lord Mcthuen starts from Orange lilvi-r station to the relief of Klnibcrley. 2'1 General Lord Methiien , with 7,000 men , defeat 5,000 at Belmont. 2. Lord Methuen defeats the Boers at Oras Pan and opened up hellographlc com munication with Klnibcrley. 28 General Lord Methuen fought a bloody battle with the Boers at Moddcr river , nbout 7,500 men on each side being engaged. Brit ish advance checked. December 10 British under Gatacro de feated , with great loss at Slormberg. 11 Mcthuon's attack on Boers near MniMor river repulsed , with heavy British loss. It BrltlBh , under Duller , defeated at Colenso ; ten guns captured by the Boers. British loss , l.l'JS. Vofllhlr D.-iiCllH. January 13 Congressman Nelson Dlni'ley of Maine ; Eugene Hlggln.s , noted politician of Baltimore. 17 John Russell Young , librarian of con gress. 2U--A. II. Garland of Arkansas * , attorney general In Cleveland's flist cabinet. NOTHING IS BETTER ( impossible to iMitiiiifactiirc u Bit. tor Remedy. : ( Oiiialin IVniili- ( iiMiilVltnpiiiiri of ( lie SIIITI It HIIN Afhlrvcil , In There can be uothlng better for backache , ( nervousness , sleeplest-noto and all ailments j arising from kidney dldorders than Mor > j ' row's Kld-iie-olds. It la IirHionsible to manufacture - I ufacture a butter Kline ! . > remeily. Kld-ne- I olds contain the very best Ingredients that nre good for ailments arising from the kid neys. The vast number of people in this city who have teitifled lo the merits of Kld-nu-olds Is sufficient proof that none of our tFalma are fnlfe. Mrs. C. E. Smith. 23S Sherman Ave. . > ; * " 1 have suffered from kidney trouble for ] ( ho past six or tseven years. I had a se vere pain In my back nnd was troubled with nervousness , headaches and swelling of the feet ami ankles. I tried different N. kinds of kidney remedies , but they did not ; ecem to help . ' me. I heard about Morrow' * Kld-ne-olda and decided to try them. 1 took them according to directions and they Imvii completely relieved me of all my for mer troubles. " Morrow's Kld-ue-olds are not plIU , but YolCow Tablets ami fell at fifty cents a box nt all drug storm and by thu Meyers-Dillon Prug Co , Mailed on receipt of price. Manufact , ured by John Morrow & Co. , CbtoiUu , Ohio. 28V P Toler of Oakland. Cal. , the man who. as midshipman , first helMed the Amerrl li.in flag on California soil. February 3 Hi. Hcv. William O'Hara , Roman Catholic blphop of Scranton , Pa. i General William A. Sexton of Chicago , commandcr-ln-chlcf of the Grand Army of the Hepubllc. B General Count von Caprlvl. chancellor of the German empire. 7 HI. Hev. Dlshop Williams of ConncctII cut. ranking bishop of the Episcopal church , Ifi M. Krllx I-'atire , president of France. 17 Samuel J. Anthony of N'ew Jersey , In- vcntor of water Ran. 15 Unron Paul J. Hcuter of Nlco , France , founder of Renter's Telegram company. March 1 Lord Herschell , Hrltlsh high coinmlBsloncr. nt Washington. j r Princess Knlulnnl , formerly holr-np- | parent to the Hawaiian throne , at Hono- lulu. 1C Joseph Modlll , founder and editor nf the Chicago Tribune ; Hcnjamln P. Hutchln- son of Chicago , noted grain speculator. IS Prof. O. C. 'Marsh ' , paleontologist and curator at Yale college : General Charles C. Kllburn , U. S. A. , retired , Phlladeplhla. 21 Hlchard A. Tllghman , Philadoplhla , In- vcntor of the sand blast. . 27 Rev. James O. Murray , t.U I ) . , dean of Princeton university. 29 General D. W. Flafiler , chief of ord- nance. U. S. A. 31 Walter Mn.Mlcharl , joint owner of the Philadelphia North American. April 1 Baroness Hlrsch , Paris , widow of thu famous philanthropist. 4 Warren F. Lelnnd , proprietor of the burned Windsor hotel , New York. fl Stephen J. Field , justice United St.-xtcs supreme court. 10 Kx-Unlted States Senator Henry W. Talwr , Denver. 21 Richard J. Oglesby , war governor of Illinois. May 2 Colonel Alexander niddle. Phlla- delphla , war veteran and capitalist. 12 Roswell P. Flower , ex-governor of Now York. ] flCmrles ! H. Duckalow. former United States senator and democratic politician of Pennsylvania. 23 Kmlllo CaMtellar , Spanish orator and fitatesman ; Rosa llonheur , noted French painter. .1 Johnnn Strauss , musical composer , at Vienna. r. Frank Thomson , president of the Penny - y I van hi Railroad company. 11 Frederick O. Prince , Doston , ex-secro- tary democratic national committee. 7 Auguatln Daly , American theatrical manager , at Paris. 15 Richard P. Miami , congroesmau , Mis- sourl. lf Rear Admiral Pierce Crosby , U. S. N. , retired. 23 Henry IJ. Plant , Now York , founder of the system of railroad and steamship lines bearing his name. 30 Mrs. K. D. E. N. Southworth , novelist , at Washington. July 2 General Horatio O. Wright , U. S. A. , retired. Washington. G Bishop John P. Newman , Methodist , formerly of Omaha. C Robert Bonner , publisher of the New York Ledger. 7 Ex-Congressman George W. Julian , In- dlana , noted abolitionist. 10 Grand Duke George , brother of the czar of Russia. 21 Robert G. Ingcreoll , New York , ag- nostlc , lawyer and lecturer. 26 President Ulysses Heureaux of San Domingo assassinated. August C Rev. George W. Pepper , Cleveland - land , ex-consul to Milan and Civil war vet- eran. 24 Ex-Judge Henry Hilton , New York , A. T. Stewart's confidential adviser and ex- ecutor. September 8 Rear Admiral Henry V. Picking , U. S. N. , retired , . 9 James B. Eustls , former United States ambassador to France. 12 Cornelius Vanderbilt , New York , head of the Vandorbllt family. 17 Charles A. Pillsbury , noted miller , Minneapolis. 19 Ex-Chief Justice Charles P. Daly , New York , president of the American Geograph- leal society ; M. Scheuror-Kestner , president of the French senate and first champion of Dreyfus. October 25 Grant Allen , novelist , nt Lon- don. don.2G 2G Guy V. Henry , brigadier general , U. S. A. , at New York. 27 Florence Marryat , English authoress , 2S Ottmar Mergenthaler , Inventor of the linotype , at Baltimore. November 16 Congressman E. E. Settle , Kentucky. 21 Garret A. Hobart , New Jersey , vlco president of the United States. 23 James McManes , Philadelphia , poll- tlclan and financier. 25 George R. Davis , Chicago , director general of the World'fi fair. December 5 M. L. Hayward , United States senator , Nebraska. 17 Thomas M. Brumby , U. S. N. , Dowoy's flag lieutenant at Manila. 19 General Henry W. Law-ton , killed by inmirgcnts near San Mateo , P. I. . 22 Dwlght L. Moody , Northfleld , Mass. , evangelical preacher. 29 E. V. Smalloy , St. Paul , editor and publisher of Northwest Magazine ; Thomas Mackcllar , Philadelphia , printer , poet and author. roll ( U- ill KvpiilK. Jnnunry 1 Spain relinquishes oovei-elenty of over Cuba. j ' 11 Joacph H. Choate- nominated an amL" I ba SHdor to Great Britain. ex February B Treaty of peace with Spain I ratlflod by the senate. 12 Report of the war Investigating com It mission made public. 18 Emllo Loubot elected president of France. March 1 Army reorganization bill as amended by the senate passed by the house. 8 M , L. Hnyward elected United States senator by the Nebraska legislature , 30 Ex-Senator ( Jcorgo Gray , Del a wnro , sworn In as United States circuit Judge , Third district. April 11 Formal end of war with Spain proclaimed by exchange of ratification of peace treaty. to 21 Ex-Senator M. S. Quay of Ponnsyl- vanla ncijultted of Irregularity in disposing for of stain money ; appointed United States ! senator by Governor Stone. I qr May 18 Universal peace congress called Ch ChC by the czar of Russia. 29 Revised civil service order Issued by Inc > u-.sldent McKlnley. t01 Juno 21 Abolition of the rule of kings bo Sumoan Islands announced , , r\ July 19 Resignation of Russell G. Alger Vn ( as secretary of war. | i pc August 1 Ellhu Root sworn In as necre- i , tary of war. ' jju December i First session of the Fifty- j ! rot sixth congress opens. 1 , \v' \ 13 Judge W. V. Allen appointed to sueI' ' " ceeil M. L. Haywnrd , deceased Nebraska senator. IS Gold standard bill passed by house of llNiiNtirN on Iniul mill Srn , January 9 Sixteen persons were killed of and thirty-six Injured by n head-end col- j day llslon between two passenger trains of the ' Lehlgh Valley railroad at West Dunellon , . J. at H British bark Andenna sinks nt Tacoma | city * \ with her entire crew of nineteen men. " ' February I Seven persons perish In snow- kn kn'I slldti In Rogers pass , British Columbia. 'I 12 Twenty-four Italian miners and fain- to llles perish In snowsllde nt Silver Plume , ' by ( , u Colo. i > P 'March ' 5 Storm destroys life und property - , " erty In east Teunc-ssee ; terrific powJer ex- ! j plul of plosion at La Goubrua , Fruoce , kills sixty | Oi laser 1C Mob shot ulue uegrot < 3 at Iiulmetto , ut oa . five killed In stm-t riot nt Hot Spring ? . \rl PP. ! Urn riot In St Louis results In JrAth of two men. IT ; Windsor hotel burns in New York , i thirty lives lost. 1 so ( one hundred and twenty lives lost by shipwreck ) | | of passenger slcnmcr Stella In the English channel. < April 7 Eleven lives lost In burning of Wallace Andrews' residence lir New York. I 0- Seventeen lives lost by breaking of an ice gorge on Yellowstone river nt Glemllvo , ' ! Mont. i K Seven persons killed In riot nl Pann. 1 in. j I 11 ] Greek coaster Marln sunk off Tripoli ! wit ! loss of forty-llvo lives. ' 1- Twenty-three Crow Indians drowned In floods I near Sheridan , Wyo. 21 Thirty persons drowned In wreck of British ship I/Jch Sloy on Kangaroo Island. 27Tornado nt Klrksvlllc and Newton , 'Mo. ' , nnd In Soldier river valley , lown , ninny lives lost. 29 Earthquake shakes southern Illinois , Indiana and northern Kentucky ; fatal mine riots at Wnrdncr , Idnho. May 6 Five kllle < l by tormuln In Chlckn- saw Nation , 0. T. 12 Twenty-five persons killed In rnllwny collision nt Exeter , Pn. 21 Aracricnn liner Paris KOCH ashore on the 'Manacles ' off Cornwall , England. 28 Tornndo devnstntes parts of South Da- lown nnd Nebraska ; seven persons In train wreck near Waterloo , In. Juno 12 Now Hli'lnnund. Wls. . wiped out by tornado , 150 persons being killed. 13 Herman. Neb. , destroyed by storm. 16 Thirteen persons drowned In slcnm- boat accident near Stettin , Germany ; twelve miners killed by mine explosion nt Glncu Bay , B. C. 2S Disastrous floods In Texas. 29 Nine lives lent In wrcclc of steamer Mnrgnrct Olwill In 1-nke Erie. August ( ! Thirty-live killed nnd twelve In jured In trolley-car accident near Bridge port , Conn. ; collapbo of n ferry slip at Bar Harbor. Me. , kills twenty persons nnd In jures forty others. S A cyclone In the Lesser Antilles nnd Puerto Rico destroyed GOO lives nnd much property. 2S Chicago Coliseum framework collnpscs , killing nine men and Injuring as ninny more , September fi Fifty persons Injured In col- llalon on the Baltimore & Ohio railway at Conncllsvlllp , Pa. October 12 Four thousand persons killed by earthquake In Ceram , Molucca Islands. 30 Ferryboat sunk In North River , New York , nnd ten lives lost. November 7 Cruiser Charleston ROCS ashore off northwest coast of Luzon. 29 Six persons were killed by n collision of trains on Ihe Delaware & Lackawanna railroad at Paterson. N . J. ( ifMtl'rtll KVCIllN. January 18 German Consul at Apia , Samoa , ejected from supreme court building by American and British consuls. 28 Court-martial finds General Charles P. Kngan guilty under two charges. February 6 Last detachment of Spanish army leaves Cuba. March 3 George Dewey made an admiral by President McKlnley. 25 Opening of ship canal at Port Ar- tlnir , Tex. 2 ! ) American and British warships bom- bnrd natlvo towns In Samoa. April 1 A force of American nnd British sailors wns ambushed on a German planta tion In Samoa and Lieutenant P. V. Lans- dale and Ensign John R. Monagban of the j j cruiser Phlledelphln , were killed beside two j British nnd two American sailors. I 1G Cruiser Raleigh , Captain Coghlnn , the ' first of Dewey's vessels to return from Manila , wns welcomed at New York. 27 An equestrian statue of General U. S. Grant wns unveiled In Fnlrmount park , 1-hiladelphia. May 14 Rov. Dr. Charles A. Brlggs , who suspended for. heresy by the Presby terian general assembly , was ordained a priest of the Episcopal church in thepro - Cathedral at New York. 30 Major IMarchand , "tho hero of Fash- oda , " arrived nt Toulon on his return to Paris from Africa. June 3 The French court of cassation de cides that Captain Alfred Dreyfus must have n new trial. Juno 30 Dreyfus lands in France. July 11 The American liner Paris was dragged off the Manacle rocks. August 7 Dreyfus trial begins nt Rennes , France. 13 M. Laborl , counsel for Captain Drey fus , shot at Rcnnes , ' . September 9 Captain Alfred Dreyfus con victed at RenncB , France. 13 Trust conference begins In Chicago. 19 Captain Dreyfus pardoned. 26 Admiral Dewey's flagship , the Olympia - ' pia , arrives In New York. October 3 Admiral Dewey wns presented with the jeweled sword prepared for him ' by order of congress , the ceremony taking i place on the Hteps of the capltol. 16 Columbia wins , llrst race for America's cup. ( 17 Columbia wins second race , Sham rock being disabled by breaking of top mast. 20 Columbia wins third race. II IN Mfc Wnn ! < i.vri1. Mr. J. E. Lilly , a prominent citizen of Hannibal , Mo. , lately had n wonderful de liverance from n frightful death. In telling j J It ho says : "I was taken with Typhoidy ' Fever , that ran Into Pneumonia. My lungs became hardened. I wan so weak 1 couldn't , oven sit up in bed. Nothing helped me. I \ ! " expectfd , to soon die of Consumption , when " lieurd of Dr. King's Now Discovery. Ono i bottle gave great relief. I continued to UBO ; : and now am well and strong. I can't say too much In its praise. " This marvelous medicine Is the surest nnd quickest euro In the woi-ld for all Throat and Lung Trouble. Regular sizes no cents and $1.00. Trial bottles free at Kuhn & Co.'s drug store ; every bottle guaranteed , PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Ishiim KeavlH of Kails City Is In town. K. h. Smith 1ms gone to Xcv.- York to remain two we ks. II. S. .Manvllle of Fremont Is In town icmiiln for u tvw ilnyn. Soiintor John M. Tliurston and wlfo leave Washington Uils evonlnsr. Illclmnl j Johnson , nianaeer of the _ Her " Grand hotel , has returned from n trip to Chicago. c' . J. llynham and F. J. Ilyphnm , prom inent business men of HIM ! Oak , In. , nro In town on business. | Mr. nnd Mrs. A. Remington Smltli will uuextH "t the MerehnntH' hotel for a ! ' few days prior to their departure for Nuiv " York City , where they will tnko up their HI permanent : residence. E ' , A. Duff ami A , J. Smith , prominent young business nun of Nebraska City , epent Sunday In town with friends. Tluiy will return today , accompanied by K. C. llcbnrd I 1 . wlio' ' will vlnlt .imoiis frlc-iids for u few LOCAL BREVITIES. Public library will be i-losed nil day today. The Initiatory meeting of thn organization ' if the new order nf Eagles wan held Bun- ' > evening In Continental hall. A larse , K' number of i-undldiiteH were put through the j j til ceremonies. j er ' Fred Hlee , who has 1)pen the day clerl 1 ; ! tc tlio I'oople'u lodging , 307 South Twelfth l al street , was jilaiod behind thu burs In thu jiill Saturday night. TJio proprietor Is ' "shy" about Jll and ho mistrusts that Ulee J tli knuww where thu i-ush Is located. tj The new Insurance company which wan \ \ have been launched In Omaha today. . . D. tJ. Thompson of Lincoln , with head- ' quartern in Omaha , will not begin active n operation * until February 1 , when the mnln ullke will foe opened In the room now geuu- . . aa u. billiard room in the lujiompnt ' * the New York Ufo building. Th t Omaha otllcowill J > o under the. direct > | i fc mannsemenl ofMr. . Million , who Is man- ' I . . of Mr. Thompsons Insurance company ' " Llntula , w tni ( fl i ilPrttr * t itn t np i PlMt P ( IRISH-AMERICANS ARLAClI\b \ Reorganizine Locil Branobos of Once Pow erful Irish National Lcaguo. PURPOSING JO STRIKE BLOW AT ENGLAND Homo llnlc Mcctluu l.lxd-n In llrl- Ailil rcniu * from Ailjiittuit -rnl liirry ! , .John I * . Million 11 nil Oilier Irlxlimi'ii. There wns nothing of n sensationally proI Doer coloring about llio meeting of Irish- Americans at St. I'hllomona hull , Ninth rtnd llownnl streets , Sunday nftcruoon. It wa , ns Indicated In ( he cull , distinctly n meet- Ins of those who fnvor homo rule for Iro- land and any designs entertained of aiding the Boors tit their wnr ngnlnst England wnro carefully avoided In the speeches. Tlio ostensible purpose of Iho meeting was to further the projected reorganization of the local branch of the Irish National league. H developed nt Iho meeting that the nu cleus of such a local organization had al- ready been effected BOIUP days ago by Iho selection of n conference committee , thi > membership of which Is fUlll unannounced. There were about 150 present when Jerry Howard cnllod the meeting to order and proposed John Rush as chairman. Among I he prominent. Irish-Americans occupying coats upon the platform wore Adjutant General - eral Harry pud John 1' . Sutton , both of Lincoln. The latter was some years ago secretary of the lrl h National league at the time when the late John Fitzgerald was Its president. In his opening remarks , explaining the ob jects of the meeting , Mr. Rush said that for 700 yearn the Irish people , during the persecutions of England , had never given up their arms. Their watchword had over boon that England's dlfllculty Is Ireland's opportunity. ] He recalled with contildurablo pathos the days of hit ) residence in Ireland , when 1/ord Dillon had exacted from tbo tenantry [ of the neighborhood from which tin speaker cumo the ; means to enable him j i to gratify his gambling propensities nt Monte j Carlo and other resorts. It was thirty years since he had left Ireland and ho had been glad to note that recently Ixml Dillon had been compelled to give up the great Dillon estate , comprising cities , vlllagco , fields and bogs , and the people who had tenanted the lands are now Its owners. This had been brought about by the Irish National league Davltt , John Dillon and O'llrlen and the enactment of a law that compelled the aris tocratic landlords to yield up their vast estates to the people upon payment therefor at a fair and reasonable valuation. In typi fying the hatred of Irishmen toward Eng land , Mr. Rush said : "Were I Ireland , nnd had I the power , I would do as John Mitchell has said ho would do. I would command the lightnings of heaven and the ilres of hell and hurl them at England. " Mr. Hush said that the object of the meeting was to further the strength of the Irish people by reorganization of the Irish National league. ( Jenoral Hurry Ili-llcvos Time l. Itliic. Henry ; Karmcr was chosen as secretary of tin meeting , after which General Barry WHS Introduced ! as a man who showed upon his person evidences of his devotion to the stars and stripes , yet who had never forgotten - gotten the land of his birth. General Barry recalled the day when as a boy lie was a member ( of a regiment commanded by Thomas Francis'Meagher , who , with his com- panions , was enthusiastically expecting commands to invade Canada because of complications 'that had arisen with Kng land , over the capture by the federal nu- thorltlefi of Mason and Slldcll , two con'fcd- ' erate commissioners to England , and while in the negotiations' that followed Secretary Seward had found no other alternative butte to give them up to the British government , which it was right for him to do , the speaker had always regretted that the occasion did not afford him tbo opportunity he craved of evening up old scores with England. Ho believed that now IH the auspicious time to extend to the enemies of England substan tial encouragement and support. Ho felt this not boctausc of antipathy toward the English people , for pome of the best friends he had In itho world were among them , but because of antipathy to the English gov ernment. Former liiMiKiit * Srorolnry S John P. Sutton declared that ho was glad Oj the opportunity to appear before such a meeting , right under tbo shadow of the cathedral. Ireland had been eo bound up with that ' grand old church which , through 1900 years ' had buttled and triumphed , that ho jfc' felt that Ireland must sooner or later tri umph also. Outside of the religious serv ices held therein a cathedral could not be devoted to a holler purpose than to be set asldn for a meeting to protest against Ire land's wrongs. Mr. Sutton vigorously and 1 somewhat : passionately denounced the Eng lish government for Its tyrannies toward Ireland , from which ho excused Queen Vic toria because , as ho claimed , she Is a mere figurehead ; and he deprecated what Is boast- Ingly termed English civilization. Many of those present could remember the time when ] Ireland's population was about 9.000- 000. but now it is but about t a half that , nnd ' within thrco years during ' the famine 1,500,000 of I He people had been put down Into their graves ; , and that , too , within four hours' ride of Ihe wealth of England. The tlmo has como to strike n blow for Irish liberty and Irishmen must be prepared to do their part , for the man who won't work for liberty doesn't deserve liberty. Ho hoped that some organization will bo rjlsed up to. strike on effective blow for the redress of Ireland's wrongs. The form of It miiHt bo decided by the Irish leaders. England , that was talking BO loudly s me tlmo ago about dynamite , Is now using Lyddlto shells In its war with the Boers , although they are deemed by many nations as unlit for civilized warfare. England on would use nny weapons , not wccuptlim poi ee son , -to destroy the liberty of n people whoso lands she coveted. The speaker com mended President Kruger's spirit In de th claring that If forced to war , rather than go down In defeat to English serfdom , the Tl Boers would astonish the world with bliod- In Bhed and he hoped that the Irish people lei would profit vy , this manifestation of fplrlt Tl ami avail themselves of the opportunity to dc strike an oifcctlvn blow for the liberation of UK their natlvo land. do Chairman Hush Invited all present who ra wished to become members of the Irish IPI .National league to send up their names nr and announced that a meeting of the con ba ference committee would occur Immrll- ih atoly after the adjournment. Quito a num ber of enthusiasts sent forward their names. " , Knvor Hrvlvnl of Irluli l.iuiKiuiKe. In Introducing Thomas O'Donovan for a upeech In the Irish language Chairman Rush recalled the decadence of that Ian- guago in Ireland , through the operation of the penal code Inflicted by the British gov- crrmcnt for Its suppression , urder which th. > teaching of the Irleh tongue was wholly abolished. All of Iho most precious inanu- Bcrlpts of the Irish language are now In the possession of Uio universities of con tinental ; Europe , showing the veneration In which the language Is hold by scholars. Mr. O'Donovan prefaced his Irish sper.ch by brief exhortation tutoring organization nmong the Irish people. It was stated that . there were few In the uudlenco who under stood his remarks in the Irish tongue. This wo feature of the program U In puitwaucp of a project now being urged by prominent Irish- tutu for a revival of the language as a co . nnl'7itif > n and to ' < r < onip the effec's of ihn Ions and severe , pulli > rn- forced by the English government to di > - ; stroy It , by which policy the people of It"- land have been unable to lenrn in the schools of Mint country the history of their own land nr the- Illustrious career. ' of their patriots. Dr. McCraiin was called for and upokc on the same line. He knew n man who had mastered forty-seven languages , who declared - clarod that the Irish tongue wns the keystone - stone of them all. As there Is so much in the language there must be sonunhlng ( n the people also. The meeting reminded him ' of the days of the organization of the Land liugue under Purnell , nnd he believed that al this llmo the voice of the IrUh people I "j | | ohould . be raised to let England know tnat j I irishmen nre her avowed enemies nnd to I I nttcs.t their conviction that only the dc- j I cadence of England tvin mean the nsceud- ancy < of Ireland. Short addresses were made by 1'ranU Me- Ardle and Captain Cross , nnd then the ! : meeting closed. It Is understood that an other meeting will be called for next Sun day , when the organl/atlon of the league ! nnd Its list of officers will be made nubile. NEW YEAH DAWNS BRIGHTLY ( Continued from First PHRO. ) perls < to begin his services on time. In the past ho has been In the liablt of waiting for I.lH congregation to assemble- , but fnlr wnru- Inf was served that there will In the future be no delay. Next Sunday Is set npart ns baptismal l | day for children nt Rov. Cls- sell's church. , AS A 31X TIIIMCHTH , SO IS UK. Itcnl Slmillloiinci- l.lfc N lij KM IIIIIIT Molly ) * * . Owing lo the sudden Illness of Dr. Sar gent the pulpit of St. Mary's avenue Congie- gatlmial church \UIH tilled yesterday by Itev. Frank Foster of this city. H was announced previous to the .service that sunrise prayer meeting would be held In the church at 7,10 : o'clock New Year's morning. In which the congregations of the southwest part of the city would unite. The usual excellent music was rendered by the chorus choir. Mr. Foster repeated to his audience the words of Solomon , "As a man thlnketh In his heart BO Is he. " Ho emphasized the Isola tion of a man's personality , the wide dif ference often existing between one's real and apparent character. The significance of the New Year's reason was spoken of , a time when men should rise above their environments and llvo on the level of their better natures. This Is n house-cleaning time , added Mr. Foster , when people should clear away from their hearts all that Is un clean and begin anew on a new and better basis. . AIM AXI > Pi'itrosis ' OK riiriicn. Itev. Sei > AMN < > rlN I'ariiiiuMinl I'uriiiiNC IN llclli-f In ChrlsCs Divinity. Rev. Alva R. Scott of Chicago filliM Ihe pulpit of the Caslellar Street Presbyterian church for the second Sunday yesterday. Ho Is temporarily occupying the pulpit on trinl , and the church directorate may decide upon him as the available man to permanently serve the church as Its pastor. Sunday morning Rev. Scott spoke of some ot the alms nnd purposes of the church. "We should pray God , " he said , "to Bend more Inborora ln > to the vineyard to save the unbelievers. It should bo every Christian's purpose to carry the gospel so that the faint- Inpr scattering multitudes shall bo gathered Into the kingdom. The first great aim of j the church is 'to ' recognize Jesus Christ ns j the Son of God , the Snvior of Men nnd the Head of the Church. The nucleus of the great scheme of salvntlon Is belief in Jhe divinity of Jesus Christ as the Son of God. The central thought of Christianity Is that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son for Its salvation. "Other aims and purposes of the church are to show what the religion of Jesus Curk'i ' Is. There Is something In It for the head , the heart and the will. We should aim to help men and women realize In their hearts and lives the salvation of Jesus Christ. It Is a life-saving and n light-giving service. ; Finally , the church should be the center of spiritual Influence and Christian activ ity. " TIMBLY TALK OX I1OMKSTIO I.IKR. Xew Yi-nr Sermon l > y Hv. . Kilivlii llnrl .IciiUx itl 1'Mrnl ITi-Niiyli-rlini. | Rev. Edwin Hart Jenks , pastor of the First Presbyterian church , preached Sun- lay on "Adam , Whcro Art Thou ? " In part , j ho said : "Our llrst parents were happy nn- j til sin came to blight. The beauties , the i mils of nature , the sunshine , the streams , , the breezes were the voice of God. In blUi or woo our parents were united , and HUH It has ever been. Man and wife arc joined for good or ill. Each bears a share of Ihe responsibility of family life. The home should bo the best place on earth. It is the husband's duty to retain the love nnde epect of his wife , which IK the next thing lo worship In her life. And the woman should live so as to continually weave new spells of love about her husband's heart. He should sympathize with her In her do mestic duties and cares and strive to help her carry her troubles upon his broader shoulders , and In hl home he should find rest from the conflict of life. " Then the speaker continued along the line Indicated , showing how homo affairs should bo administered , and In conclusion lit1 admonished his hearers that in making New- Year resolves , they should bo mindful of Ihe fact that all help comes from above. STAXII.Y < ! IIHTWHHX CIJV1TH ! ! > . lll'V. l.lllllIT KllllMN DlNrilNHI-H I'llNXl- lillltli'N for riirlNtlnii Iti'llplon. "In the Midst of the Years , " was the sub ject taken by Rev. Luther Killing of Oraco , Lutheran church for his Now Year's sermon Sunday morning. "We are standing between thn two centuries , " said the minister. "Wo . are privileged to bo present at the dying of ! ono ago nnd the birth of another. Each , century : Is marked strongly by j Its own peculiar religious boi i llefa , and the reforms and now Ideas j that sweep the world are but working out l tin perfect religion that Is to bo In Iho end. There ; are prospects- wonderful changes the next century for the Christian relig ion. The world IB widening nnd developing. The means that this country has taken In dealing with the Islands lately como Into j hands , may be questioned , but no ono i doubts the benefits It means to those Igno- j rant nnd supcistltlous people In the Philj j Ipplnes.V can not eay that thrso battles j nro not n Chrlstlun work. When wo look back Into history nnd sco how much some of the great wars meant for Christianity and civilization wo must bellove that ll Is all the working out of God's great plan. " AT KOI vry.i : Mimoiti u , < : ni lieu. TlmrljScriiiini l > Ili'V , Trrfr. niul Mii lf > ! > > UK * Choir. The services at Koumzc Memorial church Sunday morning wen- very Impressive. The choir sang "Magnificat. " and the lesson was the seventeenth chapter of John , and the uudlciico sat with bowed heads ns the or ganist , Mr. Harnlsch , accompanied thu reading with a softly sweet melody. The pastor , Rev. Trefz , took for his text John xvil. I'J. Ho said in part- "We may well take the words of this text for our morning meditation on this , the last. Sabbath of the departing year. Hera have the secret if we call It BO of ChrlBt'B purfmi character It was for tha sake of His disciples that Ho sanctified and contucraud Himself to the triumphant pur- < l > . .sr r.f ni-lil , vlns a perfect lifo nnd ovpln- rntor > ; < li > .itli T rovonl the K.Tbor wns Ills minion , to rrvoal Him Is our mission. As It"the i ' world ' snw the l-'wthcr through Him ra iniirt thp world dee Him through UP. Of i llttlo worth Is that Christian llfp Urn ? Is not i ! ii > otlll < Ml for.tho smkp of the world. " MINNEHAHA COUNCIL DANCE MfiiiliiTN of I Irumilriilliiti ( I'.iilnj n Siiclnl Snliinlii.i Mulil n ( l.iilior 'IVin iilr. The members of Mlnnelmha rnuin-ll No S of the order of Pooahontas , thr women's auxiliary to Ihe Improved Order of Red 'Men ' , gave a social and dance In Labor temple ( i-'alurday night that w-as one of the merriest parlies of the closing of the oil year. The committees on arrangement had spared no pains to make the e\on-t one long , to bo remembered nnd every person hnd n j happy j , , tlnii' . In the early part of the evenIng - Ing dancing was Indulged In to fine musle. nnd about 11 o'clock beautifully decomted boxes containing luncheon wore auctioned off to the highest bidders. This diversion was exciting , as the bidding was lively on Bomo of the boxes , and the goo < l nolurcd rivalry nddeil zest to the evening. After linn hern diinclng wns again the order of amusement. This council Is one of the bright and vigorous organizations of the city : nnd Its socials nre always looked for ward lo by a large number of friends of the order with many anticipations of n peed tlmo. 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