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;HiHi&LX?s!Mia mmmmf 'FSFESeSSKS t mnm Number 13S0. WASHTSGTOX, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1899. Price One Cent. q&&swsmg itnittf 1 Wat m AN ADVANCE Plans of ilio British to Relieve Be sieged Towns.- Iiuvmilona That Ilullcr "Will Soon UrliiK: on n Formidable EncraKC ment KnKltflli Lontiri at MnfeLingr Reported From Tronsvnnl Sources. Lord Roberts' Successor In Ireland. LONDON, Dec. 20. There Is a general Impression here that the New Year will not be many days old before an advance move meat In force upon the Boers will make a material change in the South African sit uation. It Is felt that the relief of Mafe king. Klmberley, and Ladysmith Is becom ing honrly a more Imperative necessity. Unless the investment of these- places by the Boers Is dissipated before the arilval of General Roberts, when an entire new plan of operations will be inaugurated, the chances are that by forcing their surrend er the enemy may receive such mauilal success as to greatly enhance the problems facing Roberts and Kitchener when they arrive at the Cape. The War Office freely admits that Gen eral Buller's army has been heavily strengthened since the repulse at Tugcla liner. This re-enforcement, it is declare!, does not allow an Impression that a sus pension of aggressive hostilities can be fa vored. The clearer the way can be for Roberts the better, is the argument of military men In London. Another heavy engagement within ten davs or two weeks from now will not cause a surprise. A Boer report from Mafeking In regard to a recent fight there Is that the British losses were 109, and those of the Boers nine. The Duke of Connaught has been ap pointed commander-in-chief of the forces In Ireland in place of Tield Marshal Lorj Roberts. A "Central News" despatch from Cheve ley of todav's date wiys: "A native states that General White made a sortie from Ladysmith vestcrday (Fridaj), carried a strong Boer position at the point of the bayonet, and captured a big gun. The statement is confirmed somewhat, by the strange silence of the Boers besieging La dysmith since yesterday." NO SORTIE FROM LADYSMITH. The Capture or I'muulnunl II til Ant Confirmed. FRERE CAMP. Dec. 29 Delayed In transmission. Colonel Sandbacb. former ly military secretary to Lord Curzon of Kcdleston. the Viceroy of India, has been apppointcd Chief of the Intelligence De partment. The rumor that General White made a sortie from Ladysmith today and captured Umbulwanl Hill Is not confirmed or believ ed here. There was a great explosion In tho vi cinity of the" hill at half past 10 o'clock this morning, but it was probably caused by a shell from Ladysmith bursting in the Boer magazine. Native scouts report that they overheard the Boers making p'ans to meet the English in the open country, but they tthe Boers) have miles of wire entan glements in the neighborhood of Co'enso where an attack is expected. A great many Americans are serving here with the British mounted brigade. There are seventy-five in one command of 450. The British officers sa they are ex cellent soldiers and that more of them would be welcome. The presence of the Americans is regarded by the British of ficers as an indication of the friendship between the two nations. FIGHTING AT MAFEKING. llocr Coiuinniidunt nmnn Reports u Ilritlsh Attack. PRETORIA. Dec. 2C (Delayed in trans mission). Commandant Snyman reports from Malopo, December 24, as follows: "'The enemy at Mafeking attacked our fort with cannon, Maxims, an J an armored train. The lighting ja& carried to the walls of the fort. We retained the fort. The British loss Is reported to have been fiftv-fie." A GERMAN SHIP CAPTURED. The Iltllidcsriitli Taken nn n Prlrc hy Ilritisli Cruller. LONDON, Dec. 20 The German East African Line steamship Bundesratb has been captured as a prize by British war ships and taken to Durban, Natal. NEW YORK, Dec 20. According to Lloyds the Bundesrath sailed from Ham burg. November 8, bound for Tanga. A despatch to the "New York Sun," from Berlin. November 20, stated that the "Kreuz Zeitung" printed a sensational story to the effect that Arthur Chamber lain, brother of Colonial Secretary Cham berlain, and head of the Kynochs, the great gunmaking firm, had been supplying the Boers with arms and ammunition. It was further stated that -the German mall steamer Bundesrath had made two trips to carry this war material which was shlp ped as Ironware. SERVICE OFFERS FROM INDIA. Troops nnd Horses Tendered for Fltrhtliiac the liners. CALCUTTA, Dec 20. The- rulers of Kashmir, Mysore, and Jodllpur have of fered troops and horses to the government for service in South Africa. The govern ment has accepted the offer. Jodllpur is a famous horse-breeding cen tre. Consul Ilnj LenvcK London. LONDON. Dec 20. Adelbert S. Hay. tho recently appointed American Consul at Pre toria, left London today for Southampton, whence he will take a steamer for South Africa. Klpllnc 111 With Influenza. LONDON, Dec 20. Rudyard Kipling la confined to his bed with an attack of In fluenza. His illness is not of a nature to cause anxiety. -Cieucrnl Dlivls Ordered Home. Secretary Root said today that Governor General Davis of Porto Rico, bad been or dered to "Washington for a consultation regarding tho future of that island. Holiday Hntcs to Plttsburir, Etc., via Pennsylvania Railroad. Excurtlon" tickets, Washington to Pittsburg, Coimtlkville, Lmontown, Dravosburg, Scottdale, Draddock, Dunbar, Falrthancc, Sit. Pleasant, and Johnstown, Pa., en tale December 13, 54, 25. SL January 1, good to return until Jamiarv 4, 1900, s rate of fare and one-third for round trip. MR. BOUTELLFS CONDITION. The .tin I lie Representative Snld to Hare Lost Ilia Reason. " BOSTON. Mass.. Dec 20. Representa tive Charles A. Boutelle, of Maine, who Is confined in the McLean Hospital, at AVaverly, has been practically pronounced insane by his phvslclan. Dr. Daniel A. Robinson, who came here from Bangor to attend him. TOille It Is barely possible that Mr. Boutelle may recover his pbyslta' health and vigor, it Is not at all protob'e that he will ever again be well mentally. The family of the stricken man Is with him doing everything for his comfort Many letters and telegrams from all sec tions of the country have been receiv ed by E. P. Boutelle. brother of the Representa tive, expressing sympathy and sorrow for the stricken statesman. A friend of the family said today that with the passing of Representative Bou telle Maine loses' the last of the "Big Four" which made the Pine Tree State a power In the lower branch of Congresj. The first to go was Millken, who died early in the last Congress. His death was followed by Dingley. who died last winter. Then, came the resignation or Keea, now Boutelle, whose mind U gone. and A BLIND WIFE SLAYER FREED. Livingston Proved In Baltimore That He Aelcd In Self-Defcnce. BALTIMORE. Dec. 20. Franklin B. Liv ingston, the blind man who late on Christ mas night strangled his wife, Dora LIt Ington, and who on the following day paid a man a dollar to lead him to the police station, has been discharged from custody by Judge Sto:kbridge, the coroner's Jury having decided that the murder was com mitted In self-defence, though the coroner committed Livingston on a charge of mur der. The evidence before the coroner's Jury showed that Livingston had been attacked in the middle of the night by his wife and that he choked her to death to save his own life. Witnesses testified that they had hcari Mrs. Livingston threaten to kill her hus band, and that a revolver was found in her room when the police searched the place. RUN OVER BY A TRAIN. A Former Ami) JiurKcou anil Ills Adopted Son Killed. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind . Dee. 20 Major Wycliffe Smith and an adopted boy. Fran cisco Sausa, were instantly killed by a Wa bash train about two miles from this city yesterday evening. They were driving from the former's farm, and were so muffled in the buggy that the) failed to hear the train approaching. Major Smith was surgeon of the One-hundred and Sixty-first Indiana Volunteers, which was in service in Cuba. He took charge of the peat hospital when smallpox broke out In Havana, being com mended by Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. The boy Sausa was a native waif brought home by him to be educated. POISONED BY APPLE BUTTER. Three Children Die ut Hlonmnburir, I'n. BLOOMSBURG, Pa., Dec. 20. Three children of Henry Carr, near Jerseytown, have within the past week died from the effects of eating apple butter that was permitted to remain in a copper kettle over night, thus becoming iolnsoned. The children gleefully scraped what ap ple butter adhered to the kettle after their mother bad finished dipping It out parents ate none of the mixture. Tho A CENTURY BIRTHDAY PARTY. Celehrntlon of n ew Vork Womun's llnndredth lrr of Life. DUNKIRK, N. Y., Dec 20. Mrs Midi Miner celebrated her 100th birthday jes- terday at her home with her daughter. Mrs. II D. Miner, In Fcrdonia, three miles south of Dunkirk. She has seven grand children, nineteen great-grandchildren. and three great-great-grandchildren. She possesses a clear mind, good memory, ex cellent health, and a remarkably amiable and cheerful disposition. There are two other persons In Chau tauqua county who have lived bevond their 100th birthday, Ambrose Rhancett, of May vilie, who was 100 last month, and Mrs. Doty, of Frcwesburg, who Is In her 104th year. AN IRON AND STEEL DEAL. The Capital of the Lackawanna Com. pan; Increased to 112.1,000,000. SCRANTON, Pa., Dec 20. At a spscial meeting of the stockholders of the Lacka wanna Iron and Steel Company here it has been agreed to increase the capital stock from $3,7o0,000 to $23,000,000, so as to en able the company to take advantage of any opportunities that may arise for be terins its conditions, as was given out officially at the- conclusion of the meeting. President Walter Scranton. Secretary P. Higgcns, and Moses Taylor, Jr., of New York, -vere in at tendance at the meeting. The vote was strongly In favor of the Increase. Col. A. I). Blair, one of the local stock holders, said there was no immediate pur pose in increasing the stock. The question of moving to Buffalo has been discussed, he said, but not any more so than sev ral other propositions. It is Just as likely as not that the mills will remain Ju3t as they are. he said. The city is very much exercised over the possibilities of the mills being taken away from Scranon. -They employ about 2.000 bands, and about one-sixth of the city's population Is dependent upon them. ARMY MEASURES IN GREECE. A Hill to lie Presented for Military Heoreanixatlon. ATHENS. Dec 30. The Government will present a bill to Uie legislative assembly providing for the. reorganization of the en tire army under command of the Crown Prince. It will be suggested that a foreign gen eral probably a German be asked to re organize the army. A WRECK IDENTIFIED. The Ship Ashore .Venr Duneencss Known to lie the Pelotas. LONDON, Dec. 20 The steamship re ported ashore near Dungeness Js the Pe lotas, of tho South American-Hamburg line, which sailed from Santos on Decem ber T. It is reported that S00 passengers were on board, all of whom have been safed by lifeboats from the shore. There is llttlo chance of getting the tcs scl off, as her back is broken. Charsed "With Wife Mnrder. PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec. 20. Edward Faust was arrested late last night on sus picion of having killed his wife. Faust called In a doctor in the afternoon and told him be was unable to rouse his wife, whom he had found lying on the bed asleep when ho .came home for dinner. The woman was dead. At an autopsy held it was found that her back was broken. $1.25 to Baltimore and Reteurn Tla D. A. O. Saturday and Sunday, December SO and 31, good for return until fol low ine Monday. Tickets gaod on all trains ex cept Itojal Limited. LAffil'SFOlRALullEu The Dead General's Body Placed on a Ilomebonnd Transport- Taken From the Vault at I'aco Ceiue-ters-An -Honorable Escort From Ills Temporary Restlnir Place. Every Klnjc In Manila at Hnlf-Mast. Prominent Officer In Attendance. MANILA. Dec 20. General Law Ion's funeral took place this morning. At S o'clock the artillery began firing a half hour salute of thirteen guns. Thousands of natives in carriages crowd ed the approaches to the Paco Cemetery, where the body "had been temporarily placed in a vault. It was almost Impos sible to pass through the crowd, but later -on the Filipino police arrived, and opened a passageway for traffic. Officers and guests arrived at the tame time from all directions. At 9:13 a. m. Trumpeter Haberkara sounded "Taps," after Chaplain Marrin had offered prajcr In the chapel. General Otis was present. At 10 o'clock the casket was carried to a caisson by members of General Lawton's staff, who were the act ual pallbearers. The -march began shortly afterward. The procession was headed by the native po lice band and the Twentieth United States Infantry. General Hall commanded the first division, which included four troop ers of the Fourth Cavalry, Law ton's old command, and the only survivors. Chap lain Pierce marched behind the caisson. Next came General Lawton's horse, led by an orderly. Then followed the pall bearers In three carriages. Next in line were Generals Wheeler, Hates, Forsjth, Kobbe, and Sell nan. Admiral Watson marched beside General heeler. A naval battalion followed. General Otis and his staff In carriages were next hi line. After them came the foreign consuls in the full uniforms o! their countries, the Presldentlques, and the lieid men of the tribes of Luzon The march from the cemetery led down to the Luneta, which was lined with troops. At the Auda Monument the re cession halted and Chaplain Pierce pro nounced a benediction. Thence the march was resumed to Pasig and the casket was finally placed on a launch and transferred to the transport Thomas wbich will prob ably sail'for San Francisco tonight Major Edward and' Captains Sewell and King will accompany the body to the Unit ed States as a guard of'honor. At the re quest of Mrs. Law ton. Chaplain Pierce will also sail on the transport and will eon duct the final services at Arlington Cem etery. At noon when the launch sailed away for the transport the usual vollcvs were omit ted. A majority of the towns from Ma nila to Tavug, where General Law ton hail established civil government, sent repre sentatives to the funeral. They were dressed In the deepest mourn ing and brought magnificent wreaths and engrossed resolutions. Yesterday commit tees of girls laden with flowers came from various towns to Manila to condole with Mrs. Law ton. At the funeral today all the foreigners brought flowers and expressed tho deepest sjmnathy. The Filipinos also brought flowers and expressed their sympathy with Mrs. Lawton. Every flag in Manila was at half mast during the ceremonies. SURPLUS IN THE .TREASURY. That for the "lenr Htpeeted to He Aearl MltO.OOO.OOO. The accumulation of money in the Treas ury has been going on at a remarkable rate during December. All the efforts of the department to put money back into the market by the pur chase of bonds, the anticipation of inter est, and the transfer of funds to the banks have not prevented a surplus of nearly S7.000.000 in ordinary receipts during the month and an accumulation of net cash about 112.000,00 larger than at the begin ning of the month. The nominal cash balance today stood at 1237.500.2GS. The nominal surplus for December stood jesterday at $0,068,791, but the amount would have been nearly $11,000.00 If Inter est due in Januray had not been paid this month. The surplus for the past six months would stand at nearly $23,000,000 if the January interest had not been anticipated, and from present appearances the surplus for the year in ordinary receipts will be at least 500,000,000. NOT ALLOWED SEA PAY. A Ueelxlon In the Cane of the Widow of I.leateunnt Blandln. Recently the Auditor of the Treasury for the War Department disallowed the claim of Mrs. Mary Connie Blandln for one year's sea pay for her late huband, Lieut. J. J. Blandln. The claimant appealed to the Comptrol ler of tho Treasury, who affirmed the de cision of the Auditor. In presenting her claim, Mrs. Blandin stated that her husband was a lieutenant of the Junior grade on the Maine at the time of the destruction of that vessel. He was subsequently promoted to a full lieu tenancy, but on July 1C, 1898, he died. His illness was the result cf a shock to h's nervous system received when the explo sion took place that sunk the battleship. The Comptroller says. In his d:c slon, that before filing her claim for a year's salary for her husband as lieutenant, Mrs. Blandln had accepted J1.SC0, thtr sea pay of a lieutenant of the Junior grade, and that under the statute governing the cas, such acceptance precluded her forever from re ceiving a further sum. SHIPS COALED AT SEA. Saeceniifnl Tut ly the Navy of the Sillier S)tem. Rear Admiral Bradford has received the report of the naval board which conducted the trial of the Miller coal sj stem, 'using the battleship Massachusetts and the col lier Marcellus. The tests were highly successful, 800 pound bags of coal being transferred by means of towing lines used as an aerial trolley. The apparatus will bo of great value in time of war when ships are un able to put into port for coal. A Great Hat Trade Trait In View. LONDON, Dec. 30. A hat trade trust is about to be -formed in England, with a capital ot 2,000,000. Flynn'a Business Colletre, 8th and K. H Census OSce Examination $3. HELD FOB A RANSOM. A. J. Sellsman's Unusual Story of I Trcublea With Miners. NEW YORK. Dec 30, After being kid naped by miners and"1 released on pay ment of $10,000 ransom, A. J. Seligman. son ot the late Jesse Sallgman. has return ed from Helena, Mont., with his wife, and will Join the banking firm, of J. & W. Se ligman. Tor three days the' banker wa3 he'd In a miner's cabin near Wickes, and had to live mainly on bacon "and coffie wM e arrangements were being! made to secure the money for bis release, the amount claimed by employes of the Gregory nlver mine to be In arrears. Mrs. Sellgman, who was at Helena, five mile away, was notified by courier, pro cured the money, arid: started for tho cabin. It was after dark when Mrs. Sellsnan arrived at Wickes, and 'too late to make the mountain Journey alone. So she sat up all night with the money, though tala was unknown to some of her husband's tap tors. Accompanied by a guide, she proceed ed to the place where her husbindi was a prisoner. When the money was pild he was released, and both were carefully es corted to Wickes again. The miners nad been very kind to him, he said. KILLED A HIGHWAYMAN. Street Car Panarnarera Prevent Kob liery In Seattle. SEATTLE. Wash . Dec 30. In an at tempt to hold up a Ballard Street car last night a highwayman was" shot and killed. There were eight passengers aboard when two men wearing masks boarded the car one at the front and the other at the rear. One of the passengers, named Plimpton, opentd fire on the highwayman entering the car from the rear nnd three shots were returned. One broke Plimpton's arm and another entered his breast. A passenger standing ou the front plat form fired on the robber at the front end of the car and at the first shot this rob- lier reeled from the car and fled to the woods. After the firing on the rear end ceased the second robber took to the woods. Bullets passed through the clothing of two other passengers. The blghwajmeu cecur el nothing. Shortly after, the police found near the scene of the hold-up, the body of one of the robbers. He had ben killed by a bul let from a passenger's pistol. The body Is Mill unidentified. A BRONZE STATUE OF HOBART. One to Be Urected at Paterson In the lee President's Honor. PATERSON. N. J., Dec. 20. The sub committee on the proposed Hobart memo rial has made Its report to the general committee. The report recommends a bronze statue of heroic size to be placed on a pedestal of granite, the i'o of the statue to indicate the attitude of Mr. Ho bart when standing before the United States Senate. - The site of tho statne, the committee suggests, should be on the Market Street side of the city hall. The cost of the statue, the report states, will be $13,000, a sum that could be easily raised by subscription. KISSED CHILDREN AND DIED. Mrs. oncfc sent A o-d to lluMiaud Annonneiuc: Ilej- nicidc. - WINSTED, Conn.. Dec. 20. Mrs. Ber thold Noack, a middle-aged woman, who lived on a farm in Dakersvllle, swallowed a tcaspoonful or arsenic jesterday and died this morning: Sh became despondent because her hus band had been drinking heavily and. It Is said, abused her. She had four children, the eldest only eight vears. She kissed and said good-by to each of them, telling the eldest boy to run to his father and cay: "Mamma has taken the poison." The bo found his father in the barn and delivered the message. The nearest tele phone was two miles away, and four hours elapsed before a physician arrived. All ef forts to save her life proved futile. LOST HER BY TELEGRAPH. 'Win U. r. Heck Has Sued the itrst. . ern I'nlon for 10,000. BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Dec. 30. W. F. Beck, a planter of Bibb county, has filed suit in the United States court against the Western Union Telegraph Company for $10,000 damages for loss of a wife. Beck. Ragland, and an unknown were seeking the hand of Miss Dora Ward, of Centrevllie. Miss Ward sent a message to each of them on the same day saying she would reach the first man to reach her. The young men live In widely different places. Ragland was the Drat to leach Miss Ward and wedded her. Beck, who was at Repton. 200 miles away, telegraphed her to give him suffi cient time to arrive, and to be sure to await his leter. The third man missed his train. B-ck alleges In his suit that the telegraph operator at Centrcvillc was instructed to deliver his telegram to Miss Ward Immediately, and he claims long de lay In delivery. DEATH OF THE OLDEST MASON. George BlnLemnn Expires nt His Home in Derhy, Conn. DERBY, Conn.. Dec. 3d. The oldest Ma son in the United States, George Blakeman. who passed the century mark on October 10, died last night. He had lived here all his life. "I've never taken a drop of medicine since I was twenty-one, and I never drink liquor," has been Mr.- Blakeman's answer to all questions as to bis 'long life and the secret of it. In November, 1820, Mr. Blakeman was initiated In the King Hiram Lodge of Masons, and was a member till he died. It was his ambition to live until January 1, 1900, when he could say that he had lived In three centuries. The Warrant for Charles H. Cole. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Dec. 30. The war rant for the arrest of Charles H. Cole, for merly president of the Globe Bank, of Bos ton, on a charge of embezzling $300,000, arrived last night. The United States mar shall also received a telegram from the Attorney General of the United States di recting him to conduct Cole to Boston un der guard. Cole waived a preliminary ex amination and the start for Boston will be made today. The warrant contains four counts. The first charges Cole with re ceiving $C00.0(fO on August 7 last and em bezzling it, and the second accuses him of. embezzling $300,000 on ,August 17. The other .two counts" simply refer to 'these transactions. . . I Did Sot Look Survive His Son. DANBURY. Conn.a)ec. 30. The death of Millard Worden. of Brookfield, which occurred yesterday, followed within a week that of his son, Newman N. Worden, who died a few days ago at the age of seventy-one years. The elder Mr. worden was ninety-one years old. He continued to sink after being told of bis son's death. A Beef on a Transport Sickens (lie Thirty-firth Infantry. One Man Dead and the Other Troops Seriously III on, the Trip to Mn nllu Pour Thousand Pounds of Meat DestroeJl The en Con firmed at the. War Department. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20. The news has reached this city from Honolulu that the Thirty-fifth Regiment of Volunteers, while on their way to Manila, were poison ed by ptomaines in bad beef, and that for a while many deaths were expected. Ac cording to the report, one man did die, and 1,500 pounds of the meat were thrown over board. It appears from the stories told that when the Government transport Rio dc Janeiro, with the Thirty-fifth Regiment, United States Volunteers, on board, was two days out from Honolulu and proceeding to Ma nila, the regiment was in excellent health. The boys were full of spirits and anxious to reach the Philippines for active service. At the usual hour the dinner mens was served on October 22. The mess consisted principally of meat. The volunteers all had the excellent appetites of healthy men, and the meat was eaten freely bj nearly of tbem. There were a few, however, who detected a disagreeable odor and flavor to the beef, and they declined to eat It. So far as has been learned these men had no suspicion at the time that the meat was unfit for use, but It was declined sinfply because It was to them unpalatable. The great majority of tho men were too hungry to notice until too late, that the meat did not appear to be as It should, but nothing In particular was thought about it until Private Patrick Clcary. about two hours after dinner, became violently III. Dr. John C. Boone, the ship's urgeon, was informed of the condition of Cleary. After a careful diagnosis of the cte ho discovered symptoms of poisoning. He called to his aid Contract Surgeon Fry, and. the two physicians agreed as to the diagnosis. By the time remedies had been adminis tered to Cleary the surgeons were notified that several other men had become ill. It was soon learne dthat they -utTered from. the same complaint that afflicted Cleary. These men were attended to as rapidly as possible, but the ztumber of reports of volunteers taken suddenly ill came so fast that It became necessttry to call unon the entire hospital corps to attend to tbem. The condition became appalling. Nearly the entire membership the Thirty-fifth ueciment were dangerously III and all evi dently suffered from poisoning. Day and night the surgeons worked over the men. and when on October 21. two ilays after becoming 111, Private Patrick Cleary died, the surgeons looked very serious. - They renews their efforts to save the men, and their earnest work was partly crowned by success. The lives of the rest were saved, but every man who had eaten the meat was a long time 111, and when the transport reached Manila, a regiment of invalids left the vessel Instead of a full complement of able-bodied and healthy troops. When the transport left Manila on ber return trip the members of tho Tblrtv fifth Regiment were only convalescent. That there is no doubt as to tioisouous meat having been the causo of the violent illness of the troops is borne out by the ac tions of the surgeons, who, after .1 cartful Inspection of the meat, caused l.OCo I ounds of the putrid beef to be thrown ovorboard the day that Clcary died, and when the Hie ile Janeiro reached Manila It became lccio sary to throw- overboard 2,300 pounds of the death-containing meat. Surgeon General Sternberg has received from Colonel Woodhull at Manila a opy of a report made to him by Assistant Sur geon C. W. Fry, of the chartered army transport Rio de Janeiro, Riving the par ticulars of sickness from ptomaine pois oning of troops of the Thirty-fifth Infan try nn board that vessel. The report sajs: "I assumed chnrge of the transport at Honolulu. There were 671 enlisted men nnd 26 officers of the Thirty-fifth Volun teer Infantry under command of Lieut. CoL K. H. Hummer on board, bound for Manila. The health of the troops was excellent i.n tii October 22 when twentv-flve cases of gastro entritis occurred among the troopj. The symptoms were that of ptomaine pois oning and at the samo time was attributed to the use of canned goods, which were purchased by the men from the commis sary store on board the transport. Under this impression further sale of the goods was forbidden. On the evening of October 23 and morning of October 24, 2S9 enlisted men and two officers were suffering to a greater or lesser extent from ptomaine poisoning." After describing the symptoms, the sur geon refers to one particular case of an enlisted man who died of exhaustion eight hours after attacked. He cxp'ained: "It might ba well to state tbat in this particular case was evidence of dissipation, and he was undoubtedly addicted to the us of morphine. He was- an old soldle.-, this being bis third enlistment, which was a grave mistake, as he was physically un able to perform the duties of a soldier. "From the greater number of cases we became convinced that the cause of the trouble did not exist In the use of canned goods. After a careful enquiry among the company commanders I found that all wto were sick ale of the fresh meat issued to the mtn at mess. The only two officers who were attacked were ths only ones wlo ate at this particular mess. We became convinced that In this fresh meat ptomaine poison existed." Surgeon Fry also sent a letter to the adjutant of the regiment while at sea, remarking that there was no doubt ot the fact that such poison existed In the meat, and that while the opinion was held that were the fresh meat properly trimmed and dressed there might be no danger In its use, he could not under the circumstances recommend its use on board the transport. The adjutant of the regiment issued an order forbidding the furnishing of fresh meat and permitted the sale of canned food. This Is the first information to reach the War Department regarding the fresh beef supply on board the chartered trans ports going to Manila. Some time ago the attention of the department was called to the decay of fresh beef on the transport City of Sidney, and an investigation was made by the army officers at San Francis co, which showed that none of the trans ports chartered to carry the last volunteer regiments to the Philippines was fitted up with refrigerators. The officials were un der orders to "get the vessels In sbapc with considerable rapidity, and Instead of re frigerators, ice boxes were placed aboard each vessel and the fresh beef packed In ice. Driven Insane hy His 'Wife's Death. ATLANTA. Ga, Dec 20. Driven mad by the death of bis wife, Lewis Peacock was today taken to the Mllledgeville Asylum. He was adjudged Insane yesterday before Judge Hulzey. The Treasury Closes Until Tuesdny.- The different offices In the Treasury De partment closed at noon today, and no business will be transacted by the Depart ment until Tuesday. BURNED OUT IN CHICAGO. Blcr Blaze In a Business District of the City. CHICAGO, Dec. 30. A bad fire broke out early this morning In ths stven-stcry building at 220-222 Monroe Street, and gave the fire department a hard fight. It started apparently on the s;cond and sixth floors simultaneously, and the building a-d the stocks of its various tenants proved al most a total loss. Owing to the inteaee cold, the firemen were greatly hampered In their work. Ladders, hese, and the stree were soon thickly coated Ice and the work was difficult and dangerous. Spe cial calls were sent in. and forty engines and a fireboat were hurried to the s ens The total of losses Is about $500,000- Among the heaviest losers was the firm of Edwards. Stanwood-& Co.. boots and shoes, which rectntly succeeded to the business of Phelps, Dodge & Palmer, L. 1' Edwards, head of the firm, said the stock was valued at $20,000. Other losers were. Bush & Simons Cpmpa.ny. wholesale Hats 220 Monroe Street; Harper Cloak Compa ny, second floor; Jacob Wltkowsky, cloth ing, 170 Franklin Street; Wolley & Co., woolen goods, 220 Monroe Street; Schwartz & Kline, wholesale clothing, second floor, 179-181 Franklin Street; O'Connor Broth ers, clothing, fourth floor, rear end, Schwartz Brothers & Meyer, seventh floor. .The J. V. Butler Paper Company, at 218 Monroe Street, suffered a loss of proba bly ?:0.0C0. Across the alley the fine of fice building of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company caught fire, but was saved from destruction by hard work. DALY STANDS FIRM. The evc Jersey llepresentatlse Aaraiu Attacks Silver. JERSEY CITY, N J., Dec. 20 Wn the attention of Congressman William I). Daly was called to an Interview- v.-'th William J. Bryan, In which the l.iticr states tbat the Congressman was evidently misquoted when he said "free ei.ver is dead." Mr. Daly became indignant and ve hemently declared be had uot ben mis quoted. 'When I said irec silver was dead I meant It," he exclaimed. "I can't ttip what Mr.' Uryan may think about I.. I have alwajs recognized him as the 1 ader of the Democracy, the most available can didate for President, but in so doin,; I can not close my eves to the fact that free silver Is in its grave. "This fact was clearly demonstrated In the vote on the Currency bl.l. With the majority of my colleages I voted asi-nst it, but the vote showed conclusively that Here are many Democrats who will cover stand for free silver." A VICTIM OF DYNAMITE. An Assistant Postmaster Ulovtit to Ilenth In I'ennsj Ivnnla. BELLErONTE. Dec 20. An attempt was made to thaw out dynamite last night, and as a result the dead and mangled form of Grant Bathrust, merchant and assistant postmaster at Rote, lies at bis home in that place. Three other men were serious ly injured, and a large building blown to pieces. The explosion took place In the scale house of the Bellefonte Lime Company, at Saloua. The dynamite used In the quar ries was frozen solid, and It was brougnt In the scaletouse and laid around a heated stov e. The men were busily talking when tie explosion took place, and the entire buiM lng went to pieces. Mr. Bathrust vas blown fifty fett Into the air. He was killeO instantly, and when picked up it wis fou-id that both legs and one arm bad been blown off. Mr. Bathrust was thiriv-hvc. years of age, and leaves a wife and cue child. Strange to say. there ver three chil dren In the building at tho tare of lie explosion and none injured. SUICIDE OF A BOY. (nniflil -"tenllnc. Fifteen- ear-Old llentt) Kills Himself. PARKERSBURG. W. Va., Dec. 20. El der Beatty, the fifteen-year-old son of Laura Beatty. committed suicide at Ma rietta last night by taking laudanum. For several jcars the boy had been em ployed as a carrier and collector by the proprietors of the "Marietta Register," who recently discovered that he had mis appropriated about $200 in cash. When his shortage was brought to his notice he confessed, and a few- hours later presented a letter which he claimed to have receiv ed" from an uncle at Pittsburg, who promised to make the amount good. The letter was so plain a forgery that it only served to get blm Into deeper trou ble. Fearing the threatened prosecution he hurried home, swalllowed the noison, aud died soon after. He was a bright youth and stood well In his classes at the high schcol. His mother is prostrated. WARNED BY FAITHFUL DOGS. V I'nrmer nnd n Child Prevented From lleinrr Horned to Ilenth. FELTON, Del , Dec. 20 The fierce barking of their dogs aroused the family of Farmer Job Kemp, last night, barely in time to escape cremation. The house waa on fire, and escape by the stairs was im possible. The father hurriedly threw two mattresses and some blankets out of the second-story window, and the members of his family dropped from the window on the pile one at a time. BRIDGETON, N. J.. Dec 20, An intel ligent dog saved the life of an Infant daughter of George Jones, who lives Just outside Brldgetcn. The child was plaving about a large Christmas tree that had been trimmed for her, when she pulled the whole thing over upon her. Her clothing was set on fire. A pet dog's barks called In the child's mother who extinguished the flames. Revenue I.nuneh Sonic. TORTLAND. Oreg.. Dec 20. A special from Astoria says that the steam launch of the United States revenue cu,tter Terry was sunk by running on the Silvia de Grace rocks, about 600 vards from shore. The Perry was Iing near Tongue Toint. and the launch put off with five men on board to bring back some of the officers who were in the city. A fireman on shore read the distress signals and reached tho wreck In a small boat Just In time to take the men off before the launch sank. Anlomohlles Collecting Mnll. CHICAGO, Dec. 20. The first test of au tomobiles for postofflce service In Chicago was made last night in a district which comprises a territory of Hvde Park and ' ood and the work accomplished prov e .tisfactory. Two routes for which It re quires two wagons an hour each were cov ered In fifty-eight minutes, or two minutes less than the schedule time for double the service. The test was made under the su pervision of H. G. Soger, who holds the contract for mall collection for the South Side. 'Mr. Sesrer followed the automobile In a buggy and it kept his horse busy dur ing the trip. ai.25 To Baltimore and Re- I.2. turn via l'ennsj lvnnin nullroad. Tickets on tale Satnrday and Sunday, De cember 30 and 31, eood to return until Mon day. January 1. AH trains except Coagmsional Limited. M'DIN HELD FOB MDBDE8 His Victim, Robert E. Turner, Dies of His Injuries. Witnesses at the Coroner's Inquest Tell of the Trouble at the Croiiu Uoardlntr House That Resulted lu the Crime The Defendant Drunk When He Committed the Deed. Charles L. McUln was today held by a Jury of inquest to be responsible for the death of Robert E. Turner at the Emer gency Hospital at 9:30 o'clock this morn- Ing. The Jury also ordered that McUln bo held for the action of the grand Jury. Coroner Carr then committed the man to the District Jail to await further proceed ings. The Inquest was convened at No. 6 sta tion shortly after 12 o'clock. Several wit nesses were examined, all of whom told straigbiforward corroborative stories. Though no witness saw a knife ufeil, one saw McUln knock Turner down ami two others saw him bending over the pros trate form of the man whom he assaulted. The Jury decided, however, from the facts revealed by the autopsy on the body of Turner and the testimony of the physician who attended him immediately alter stab bing that a knife had been used. Their verdict was that Turner died as the result of a hemorrhage caused by a knife wound inflicted by McUln. The first witness examined wa3 Dr. Aus tin A. Darrah. of 9 Eleventh Street north west, who attended Turner immediately after the stabbing. The patient was very weak, bis breathing was labored, and lila pulse scarcely perceptible. Little could be done for the wounded man whom It was thought would die at any minute. Fi nally he was sent to the Emergency Hos pital. Dr. Darrah stated tbat Turner tad an Incised wound in the left temple. The wound had evidently been inflicted with a knife. Deputy Coroner Glazebrock, who per formed the autopsy on the body of Turner, stated tbat he found a small wound at the left temple and a slight fracture of tho skull near the car. On opening the skull he discovered a laceration of the left hem isphere of the brain. The laceration was about two and one-half inches in length and an inch and a half In diameter. Dr. iGIazebrook also found bruises on the cbest and stomach evidently Inflicted by blows. Death, however, was due, said Dr. Glaze brook, to a hemorrhage of the brain, re sulting from the stab wound In the temple. Policenfan Stahl. of the Ninth precinct. Abo arrester McUin. related the circum stances leading up to it as far as he knew. He saw a number ot persons standing in front of Mrs. Crown's bearding bouse, but thinking they were snowballing paid little attention until a citizen informed him tbat a man bad been seriously hurt. Stahl then went to the bouse, when McUin was point ed out as the man who was responsible for the Injury to Turner. The wounded man had been taken into the bouse. Stahl then placed McUin. under arrest aud searched blm. He found a penknife, wbich at this point was submitted in evidence. A motorman's cap. worn by Turner at the time he wa; cut was also shown to the Jury. The cap had been cut through ou the left side Just above the end of the visor. Policeman Stahl sent Turner to the hos pital. The man was unconscious. Later at the statlonhtMise McUin stated that he had trouble with Turner and Bertha Crown. He admitted striking Turner, but denied that be used a knife. Bertha Crown, the sixteen-year-old daughter of the boarding house keeper. In whose defence Turner lost his life, was next called. She said she left her home with two dinners in baskets for railway emploves. She met Turner near Eleventh Street and he walked a short distance with her. As Turner was about to leave her McUln approached. The witness said she was afraid to re turn to the house alone and asked Turner to accompany her. He did so and McUln foiowed. When they arrived in front ot the boarding house McUin struck Turner and knocked bim down after iirbt asking him what he was doing there. The wit ness saw no knife. In answer to questions, witness stated that Turner d'd not move after ho fell. McUin'Was drunk. Miss Crown called to Turner, but got no answer. She then turnen away leaving McUin bendiug over Turner's prostrate body. When she turned to again look at Turner Scott Grant had come up. Miss Crown states that she had long feared McUm who had threatened her. On one occasion he had caught her by tho back ot the neck. Scott, Grant, a brother-in-law of Miss Crown, testified that be got off a car at the corner of Celevcnth and East Capitol Streets at 6:25 o'clock. He saw Turner lying on the ground. McUin vva3 bending over him and his hand was upraised. Grant pushed McUin away and assisted by J. W. Howdershell carried Turner Into the boarding bouse. McUin followed inside and later grab bed hold or Grant's vest, tearing it. Mc Uin was drunk. He had been drunk all day. Grant saw no knife, but identified the knife in evidence as the property of McUin. J. W. Howdershell, who lives at Mrs. Crown's boarding house, was at dinner when the stabbing occurred. He helped Grant carry Turner into the house. Tur ner was bleeding profusely from a wound in the temple. ' At the conclusion of the testimony of Howdershell. McUin was asked by Coroner Carr if be desired to make a statement. He replied "no. thank you." The Jury then retired and after a few minutes re turned the verdict. Turner died at the Emergency Hospital about 9:30 o'clock this morning without, regaining consciousness. He was in a critical condition when taken to the hos pital and his life was at that time despair ed of. Later after he had been operated on by Dr. William P. Carr. assisted by Dr. Whitson, resident physician at the hos pital. Turner rallied and showed such an Improvement tbat hi3 recovery was hoped for. The rally vva3 only temporary, how ever, and shortly after the operation ho began to sink rapidly. Ills brother arriv ed at the hospital shortly after the death. He stated that the body would probably be sent to Turner's former borne at Green ville. S. C. for burial. Protesting Atrnlnst Tax Removals. JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. Dec. SO. Promi nent tobacco and fruit groweis from all sections of the State will meet here to'ay In convention and utter a protest against the proposed legislation in Congress to re move the duties from sugar, tobacco, and tropical fruits grown in Porto Rico anil Cuba. The Fruit Crop iu Florida. JACKSONVILLE, Fla.. Dec. 20. The orange crop this season promises to bo 500.000 boxes. Next season, as the groves arc protected from heavy frosts, the crop will be over 1.000.000 boxes. Pfnapptes are going forward, and there will be a laiga jield. Norfolk &. Wnshlnxston Stenmhoat Co. Delightful trips daily at 6-30 p. m. ta Old Point Comfcit, ewport News, Norfolk, and Virginia Ltcack. For schedule, see pa;e 3. MMiife brOSSis-fS. JSSS --A2 iXfSOsoiA j8