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ROCK BLAND ARGUS. VOIi. Ii. NO. 33. BOCK ISliAND, HiL., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBEK IU, 1900. PRICE THREE CENTS. CHASE IS GIVEN UP. Knox Obliged to Abandon Pursuit of the Elusive DeWet. RISING IN CAPE COLONY. Attack On Winbur is Now Momentarily Ex pected. London, Dec. 19. It is reported this afternoon that Gen. Knox has been forced to abandon bis pursuit of DeWet, owinrr to the situation cre ate! in Cape Colony by the I'jers crossing the Orange river. It is said 3,000 republicans entered Cape Colony ani a similar number reached Philips town. The report adds that DeWet, with 4.500 men, is northeast of Lady brand, and an attack on Winburjr is momentarily expected. SUBSTITUTE OFFERED FOR ROOT'S ARMY BILL. Washington, Dec. 11. The senate sub-committee on military affairs completed its work upon the army re organization bill and Hill report to the full senate committee this afternoon a a complete substitute for the hou e bill. The sub-committee recommends the retention of the present regimental organization of artillery and does not give its assent to the corps organiz ation proposed by Secretary Root and accepted by the house. In the muter of appoint ment of staff others the bill follows largelv oa the l:nes recoui niende 1 by Secretary Hoot. The house canteen provision is amended so as to permit the sale cf beer in canteens. The maximum strength of the army is to be 1 00,000 men. liill passed granting pensions of f.jOper month to widows of (Jin. Johu A. McClariiShd and Gen. John M. Palmer. After an executive session in which the Hay-lViunceiote treaty was considered, at 2:10 the senate adjourned. Washington, Dec. 11'. The house resolution authorizing the appoint ment of Congressman lsotitelle a cap tain on the retired list of the navy was adopted by the senate. REPORT ON DEEP WATERWAY Hoard of Kusloerr Not Favorable to Lake Mlctalsan Mlllppl Project Washington, Dec. 10. Secretary Uoot today transmitted the report of the special board of engineers author ized to estimate the cost of a 10, 12 anil 14-foot waterway from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi via the Desplaines and Illinois rivers and re port upon the feasibility of the pro ject. The conclusions of the board arc adverse to a deep waterway and regard an --foot enterprise as com mensurate with existing conditions of commerce. The board affords a loop hole for advocates of a deep water way by suggesting the extension of a 14 foot channel in the Mississippi to St. Louis. FIGHT FOR TWO DAYS. Victor for Uoveroinent Fore. la Colons bla M.oy Casualties. Washington, Dec. 10. The state department received a cablegram from the United Slates consul at Ujgota. statiug that a great battle had been fought at Glrardot Point. Malalena river, Colombia, which lasted two days, and resulted in a decisive vic tory for the government. It is re ported 600 men were killed and man v hundred wounded. Other victories of the government fore's of the ut most importance are announced. WHICH SEEMS TO INDICATE Iliot the tl Santa t TrlrtriphfM llite l.ot Tbrir l'osition. Chicago. Dev. 10. Accord. n.: to a statement is-tied la-t night b .1. M. ISarr. third a ice president .if tin- .-"aura le railway, the committee ccn:l scd of representative of the different rail way organization which lia- taken up the gric. in.es d' the striking teleg rapher, consider the strike a iu'.i-t.;ke. and at today"- conference nothing 1 m the re-en: ploy men t of the ; lcgiuplii t will 1o riiieied from the company. F.arr s:iy-: "We have a full force of telegraph ojMrators employed on all our lines. Our business i- moving tin ,l-r normal -inditi..n-. Os;r earning for the lir-t two weeks of Pecemlev were I lie largest for a like prd in the h:--tory of tle r.ad." Telegraphers hero who are -tr.ker arc indifferent to the result of the !veetiiix. as they say they are not in tcjotlius for. reinstatement., and tbo not having ttee:i caiiwi on tuey i not ueire to return t work. MOBE "INFURIATED CITIZENS. a Man Kxercises Ilia Own Ta.to In rlioulnif. w t r l Pittsburg. Dec. l'.i. Th marriage of a white man ami a colored woman caii-ed a riot in Lower Allegheny, aud may yet result in death or serious in juries to the principals. William Zoller. a traction employe, yesterday married Jennie Henry, a colored wcu nii. and went to bis home on I.anrel street. I'ichard Roller, a cousin or the groom, together with the father, tried t break into the house where the cou pl were, while the large -rowd num lteriug nearly l'iO enconrnged the besiegers with shouts of "Kill then),' "Lynch them." and kindred phrases. The man ami his wife are barricad ed in their home under police protec tion. The father in his intense excite ment is said to have threatened to kill his son 1 if ore moruins or ccuunit sol cide. OI.l Brant la a Cannibal. Milwaukee. pec. 10. Seven lion cults were lKrn at the zoo here Mon day morning. They were the offspring of two lionesses in cage sale by sid and the births occurred at the same time. The birth of the first was tin exitected. and Itanium, its father, ate it. He was taken from the cage with great difficulty. The others were born in safety, but the mother will let no one touch the mangled remains of her first liorn. Projecting a New Railway. Milwaukee. Wis.. Iec. 19. A Senti nel special from Kan Claire. Wis., mts At a meeting or business men a reso lution indorsing a project to build railroad from Kan Claire to I.aCrosse and Winona was adopted unanimous ly. It is said that $Um.OOo can be raised in F.au Claire immediately, and one speaker intimated that a hading outside capitalist stood ready to finance the enterprise. Military Collage in Iowa. Mason City. Ia.. Dec. 10. The Na tional Military college to bo established here by the Sons of Veterans will 1m chartered under the name of Memorial I'niversitv. The board has selected Colonel W. A. Morris, of Kedfleld. D.. a secretary and he has accepted. He will move here and begin his duties .fan. 1. Three of the buildings will lte begun in the early spring and pushed to completion wirhin the year. Met to'ICeeplve lCepnrt. St. Louis. I tec. lO. A stocial meet Ing of the executive committee of the Credit Commutation company, of Sioux City. Ia.. was held al the Planters' hotel Monday. The Credits Commutation company represents .nlxmt 27." banks in different pails the country and was foruu d in ls'..'! to administer upon the effects of the defunct I'nion Loan and Trust coin panv. or Sioux C:tv. Mondays meet ing was called to receive reports or r1e-ial committees .-ipoiiiied at iiu annual meeting in October. Fifty to Several Hundred. Manila. Dec Hi. Lieutenant Iler- bert I- Kv.ins. f the Fori v-fourtli volunteer infantry regiment, with fiftv men. attacked. I iff. 12. several hun dred iKtlomeii and tittv insurgents lrnied with rifles occupying an in trenched position at Touoxigan. island of Cebti. 1 he Americans had three men wounded and the enemy lost twelve men killed and many wounded. .Moor Settle Our Little llili. Washington. Iee. TO. A message from T'nited Staotes Consul Gummery. at Tangiers. informs the state ilcpart- mcni that the Moorish yovci nnient had settled the claim of the I'llitcd States for ..".hmi indemnity on account of the murder of Marcus Kszagui. a naturalized American citizen, in Mo-roc-o last spring. Kiperlenced General I l"eiliiiitlc. Loudon, iff. P.t. "An experienced general with whom I conversed to day." -ays the Peking correspondent of The Morning Post, wiring Monday, 'consider a settlement by next spring improbable. lie foresee some dan ger of complication here that will dis turb the peace of Kurope." Cummin May Knn for l.ovfriror. Pes Moines, la.. Pec. It is stated Inn' by one of his close friends that A. It. Cummins is very likely to In a candidates for governor in case th Titus amendment is declared void by tin supreme court anil another elec tion Is held i"P,1: Eight Fire Alarm. .t Hontoii a-iOO.OOO. ltoston. Dec P Light tire alarms following close upon each other neces sitated by fire In different sections of the city, kept the tire department n the move la-t night and the total losses will aggregate Syrtn.itno. NEWSACTS IN OUTLINE. The river and harlor bill will ag gregate JCiiVam.iMHi thl session of con gress. Kobert D. Wrenn. formerly the ten nis champion of America, paid $."t". ii for a eat on the New York Stock Lxchange. Nellie Moffat. 1.1 years old. was ar rested at New York for obtaining $;I40 from banks on forged checks. Justice Henry K. IVekman. of tha New York supremo -nurt. died of aptv on the sicits of his home. . mil granting suffrage to womon was ititntdticeii in the Porto Kico house- of l'lcgates. Antwerp kM-knien are on strike, de manding double pay foruight and Sun day work. The number of lives lost in the wreck of tlie Cormau training ship llin-lsenau ff Malaga. Spain, is mvr put at thirty-rive. llob ritzsimiuon- has formally and definitely notitied Chaiupinn James J. .7efl'ri'S that Jic illobi has rctiml from the ring for good. Senator William V. Sullivan, of Mississippi, and Mrs. Marie Atkins, of Washington, were married at Wash iugton yesterday. One never realizes how little be real ly knows until he has read a par or strike two or tne aictiocarj. m DEBATE WAXES WARM I : Chicago's Industrial Conference Develops Some Lively Controversy. GOHPFES SUBJECT TO A CEITlCISil Shows That He Is Something or Critic Himself New Zealand's bebeme L'nder Fire- Chicago, Dec. l:. That industrial couference was decidedly interestin yesterday, largely Itccausc of a ratlie salty dispute ltctweeu Hugli II. Lusk a New Zealander, and I'resideut Goinp- ers, of the Federation of Labor. Lu is here as the advocate of that which is called "compulsory' arbitration but which is really a suit at law, and in - beginning his address yesterday tie said: "I sat here and listened u one speaker after another who had taken the trouble to write carefully what be had to say niton the subject and I saw it all summed up iu one of your newspapers that nobody had good word to say for compulsory ar birration. I could have told more than that. 1 could have said that nolxtdy kuew anything alntut it. 1 heard one iuau Monday night for no inconsider able- part of an hour declaiming abotiD blavcry and liberty and freedom, and the degradation of the people, niton a text which he didn't understand. Says the Speaker Was Ignorant.. "Now. I have no objection to any man differing from me iu opinion; Lave no objection to any man bein ai enthusiastic as he chooses about freedom and liberty and all the othei" words that are so comhion to express tilings that are so uncommon. Hut such conferences as this one ought not to be treated to dissertations and tu elnpieuce founded upon ignorance. ' The tirst thing that was fob here was that this idea cf compul sory arbitration wa a tiling wholly unsuited for a people free like th: great American nation ieople wb have a special brand of liberty which is very much superior to the brand of the man in the next street. . What Hi I'eople Cull License. I am glad you are so well satistied with your brand of liberty ilaughteri"; It is not the sort of lilterty that i un- derstood in the count rv where 1 come from. Our idea of freedom is nor that every man or every partv of men is to do as he pleases; it is not that every man or every association ol men is to disregard the interests of all oth er iii.ii ano to claim ho is at liitertv to do just a he chooses. The lan guage which we both profess to know ills i he latter license. We don't know that kind of liberty iu New Zen land." This was a reference to a declamation made by I'omiters that la bor had altsolute liberty to striki when, how ami where it pleased for something or for nothing. OOMI'KltS OPEN'S HIS It.VTTF.RIFS, Turn Them Loose on Lusk ami Further lie I'm en Hit Own Idea. After Lusk had concluded his ad dress, winch, included an outline of the New Zealand arbitration law. iJoin pt-rs asked to be heard and said: "I should not have asked this privilege to trespass ntou your time were it not for the fact that this morning our friend Mr. Luk honored me bv his distill guistieu consideration, i make no pre tense nor claim of learning, but I do think that I have been given some credit for lwissessing some- little horse sense, and wirh it a love of truth anil frankness, even terha-ps to bluntness. hy snould I be accused of being ig norant upon a subject with which J a-i- ttmpted to deal and to discuss, when. a matter of fact, yon have found f you have followed Mr. Lusk close ly that he verities the very essence of my statement":" Continuing, he said Thar he had illed attention in the New Zealand law to "a penalty under which and Vv whic h a worker could lte sent to pris on if lie did not abide bv the award of the arbitrators. And it was to that feature that I took exception, and that feature Mr. Lusk verified. Cries of. "No. no." If it is not then It is In the last analysisexactly that for which we contend the right to unit. would imagine from the criticism of Mr. Ltisk of my rem.-nks of last even ing That the l nited states industrially ind commercially was in a state of lma-. was entirely in the rear guard of the industrial commerce of the world. Mr. Lusk referred to an incident that titok place under his New Zealand law where workers made the demand upon their employers for a certain in- rease in wages, and it was refused. and the Itoard of arbitration to -which it was referred under the New Zea- and law refused to grant any j'dvance at nil. iltough subsequently it was earned that the employers would have ranted half the demand. Lusk It 'was known at the time. Oompers So much the wore for the arbitrators. I Laughter. When era- dovers ran afford to make half of a leuiaud made by the workingmen and the workingmen predicating their de mand tiMn that knov.-ledge themselves. cunpulory ltoeird of arbitration, steps in and says, "ion c.m f have any. Laughter.l It i tltat tin warrantable interference of the politician and the state ( applai;e 1 to which I referred." The debate for the balance of the lay was largely a catechism of Luk by different nidii'icrs of the cunferenc" on the New Aeniand lav-. Tilt: SISTKM IN NKW ZEALAND. Delegate Luk 4iiea the Conference the I'oint of the Law. I.uk dcs.TilHd the Nw Zealand sys- tem a- fellows: I he main feature of the law now iu force ar: 1. That if r sts upon the voluntary im.js of as sociation, so that no individual, whet ti er workuica or cmplojerj can iuvoke the assistance of the law unless iu nis capacity as renr seining the organiza tiou duly registered under the pro visious of the law. inus trade unions are made in New Zealand the basis of compulsory arbitration. 2. That before compulsion is resort fd to every effort must be made to bring abotn an areemeut by concilia tiou. apitlied by a Itoard equally rep rise n ted. through freely elected dele gates, workers and employers. 3. That failing an agreement through the agency of the concilia! ion board either party mav 4 hit neither is com belled to apitcal to the arbitration court for a tinal decision. 4. That an apiteal to the cuiiit acts tis a stay of all other proceedings what soever iu disjHite: that is to say. that no employer shall close his works or dismiss his workers, and no worker shall strike against their employers. in connection -with the matters m dis nute. until the question has 'been dealt with by the court, on pain of beini treated as being in contempt and sub ie-t to tine and imprisonment. .". Thar the arbitration court itself shall consist of three members one representing tlie workers and one the employers' associations, while the third. and president of the court, shall ne one of the judges of the highest court of the country." He then told of the hostility and discouragement the compulsory system tirst. met as an impr.-uct icable theory, and how it overcame this by admira ble results, until New South Wales and South Australia have determined to try it. The conference closed with the night session yesterday. The closing address was by Prank P. Sargent. Just lefore adjournment resolution were adopted heartily thauking I-'rankliu McYeagh for his work as chairman. RESOLI TIONS THAT WI.RE ADOPTED i "Cotupnlfiorj Arbitration Sat I'poii hearclt Committee Appointed. Tlie committee on resolutions sub mitted resolutions which "reeoguixe tlie fact thatcompulsory arbitration aside from all other objections urged against it is not at this time a question of practical industrial reform, and that such systems as are now in vogue do not seenn to fully meet the require ments, of the different interests," and recommend that the presiding officer of the conference appoint a commit tee to serve for one year, M be comjxised of Hix representatives of. the employer class and six of the employe class for the purpose of formulating some plan of action looking to the establish ment of a general system of concilia tion that will promote industrial peace. "We would also recommend." tiie re port concludes, "that this committee of twelve lie given iower to appoint such auxiliary committees from the indus tries, trades and professions as may seem iH-st to promote the work of con ciliation and education. v e ltelieve that this conference will have, in part. at least, failed in it mission unless ir strenuously insists that tne proer uni" to arbitrate is not after a si rike or lock- -ot has been mauguru'eu nut neiore it has begun. Tlie renort was adopted, and the committee appointed as follows: A. P.artleit. vice president. Hibltaid. Silen cer Harnett V t o., i nn-ago; narry Ilovt. itresideni National rounders as sociation; Herman .lusfi. commissioner Illinois Coal Operators association: . Watson Freneb. vice president Kejiult- lic Iron and Steel couinauv: L. I. Keu- na. vice president Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe railway: Chauncey II. astle. president Stove Founders Na tional National Defense association: Samuel (ioiniters. president Anierica i Federation of Ialtor: .lohn 'Mitchell. president T'nited Mine Workers; Mar- n Fox. president Iron Mohiers un ion: I rank 1". Sargent, grann master I trot herb nod of Locomotive Firemen; Henry White, general secretary I nutea, f'arnient Workers: .lames M. LymU, president International Typographical I ni.n. Cowardly and Murderaiia Afsault. Hartford City. Ind.. Ih-c. 10. White working in the Diamond Hint glass faetorv there was a quarrel lietween Lemuel Skinner. 10. and Milton IJ. ut ter, b years old. and Skinner ap proached him from the rear, striking him over the head tfiree times witu an iron lauie. traciuring in skuu. Another hirago Strike Settleil. Chitago. Dec. 10. The C.as Fitters union signed a three years agreement. with tlie contractors last night and its members returned to work today after an idleness of nearly a year. One of the provisions of the agreement was the withdrawal from the I'.uildinj Trades" Council. He Worked on Corn Hunker. ;hlcy. Mich.. Dec. 10. F.rmie Ro a young man living near here. A vee. was working on a eor nusking mac working on a eor busking hine when his right arm was caught in tne macninery anu fo naui.v mau led Uiat amputation at the shoulder was necessary, lie wzjt recover. Hand of Counterfeited at Work. Pana. Ills.. ipc 10. i. well argan- ized band of counterfeiters is work ins the towns in this vicinity with gTen goods proitositions. Tower Hill, a vil lage seven miles east of this city, is lielieved to be headquarters of the gang. Lot It Only Opera House. Manistee. Mich.. Dec. lo. Manis tee's only opera house burned to the ground Monday night. The loss li about half covered by Insurance. He Didn't Lock he Door. Minneapolis, pec. 19, A special to Tlie Times from Milhank. S. D.. says; Word was telephoned yesterday from Alltee that Gold V Co.'s bank at that ' place was robbed of while the i hier was at dinner. 1 he cashier) neglected to lock the djr. I Death of a eferan I'hytirian. Chicago. Pec. 10. Pr. Kpliraim In- all. a professor in IJiish Medical col- .- for i"rty years, died at his homo i : ycrerday. He was 7s jcars old. I reach Ainneaty Bill I'aae. F.iris. I.iec. 10. The chamlx r of deputies, after an alt-night sc-sion. a'lnptfxl the amnesty bill ly a vote of -1 POLICE REFORMATION Committee of Chiefs Frames Law to Take the Force Out of Politics. GOVEENOE-ELECT AT THE CAPITAL HisKule as to Appointineiils Suit of an Insurance Company State Miscellany. Springfield. Ills.. Pec. 10. A special committee apixii:-tcd at the convention of the Illinois Chiefs of Police associa tion, held at Peoria, to draft a bill for presentation to the legislature to take the police forces of Illinois out of poll ties aud put them on a civil service footing, met yesterday at Pecatur aud drafted a bill which provide that the Itolice force in every city of over 1U.- u0 population and under UKUXm shall lte placed iu control of a police com mission to bo made up of four men. to be chosen by the ln-ople tit the spring elections. Two are to le Itc- publicaus ami two Democrat's. The commissioners are not to receive any pay. Officers cannot lie removed trom the force without sunicient cause, t omplainis must be made in writing and an affidavit furnished and presented to the commission. The ac cused officer has the right to apiieal to the circuit xurt. Gov.-Fleet Yate at Springfield. Sprlugtield. Ills.. Pec. 10. flovernor- Elect Yates resunn-d his daily round in Springfield Tuesday morning. At - p. ui. ne began to receive ins callers. union? whom were Senators McKenz:e and Pemberton and -lames P. Part ridge and N. C. I'aiuuni. of Carmi; S. O. Spring, of Peoria. P. K. Kuhl ami Judge Schwerteniger of Lincoln. It is stated in political circles that Henry Y'ates. brother of the governor, will be his private secretary. The .governor- elect is just back from Chicago. Ite- fore leaving that city he said: "Noth ing definite will lie determined ami no apitointment will be announced until after 1 am inaugurated and in ducted into office." He added that the meaning he intended to convey could not be expressed in terms any too strong to please him. Tanner Appoint Some Delegates. Springfield. Ills.. Doc. 10. Governor Tanner yesterday appointed the fol- owing delegates-at-large for the state if Illinois to the National Live Stock invention to be held at salt l.ake City. T'tah. on .Ian. 1.". to IS. V.m: "Representative William Thiemann. Ai- ingtou Heights: P. v . Wilson, l.lgm. and George F. Bucher. Mount ( arroll. Bucher being now stationed a I Kan sas, T'tah. il'lT IIP AN INM RANGE COMPANY. Wants the Privilege of Hoing Htisine in the State of IlUnois. Springfield, Ills.", pec. 10. The Do Moines LiL' Insurance company, of Pes Moines. Ia.. yesterday brought, suit in the 1'nitcd States court against, Everything Is We are Headquarters for All Kinds of Useful Presents for Men, Boys and Children. 50 Smoking Jackets. Our entire stock including plenty worth $7.50, $8.50 and $9.00, in order to sell them quick, your choi .e of the entire lot for THE LONDON the state insurance superintendent for the r.iovery of Simhi claimed to have been paid by that company upon un just death claims, and asking for a permanent writ of iujuiution agaiust Sneriutendetit Van Cleave restrainiuif him from enforcing the order of May 14. 1!HK. revoking the license of the company. The company claims that despite the fact that it paid these claims iu order to prevent a revoca tion of the license the license was re voked. It alleges that the claim iu question were not just. lecause of false statements made by the insured in their applications. Speriuteudent Van Cleave says the license was revoked because the -om-pany had violated the law of the state by renioviug the cases to the T'nited States courts; that the company had leen transacting business through un authorized agents, and because th! general condition of the company was not satisfactory to the insurance de partment, the last named being the principal reason. Mattooii'a Reform Wave. Mattoou. Ills.. Pec. 10. A wave of reform ha swept over this city since Mayor C. B. Fry began his crusade. The eight gambling houses have been dosed. Over 100 professional gam blers have deported. Police officer failing to "pull" every disorderly house have been dropped from tho force. There was general observance of the Sunday closing order Sunday, but rhree sjilooukeepers aud a druggist were arrested for alleged violations. Will Accept a Peoria Choice. Peoria. Ills.. Pec. 10. Governor Tanner has notified the Peoria .sena torial delegation that he will name a successor to Kdward S. Kaston. as commissioner of the incurable insane asylum, any man they may recom mend. F.aston wa recently adjudged in'sane. and as Trustee Meiicke is inca pacitated by illness it leaves Judge Rider the only active member of the board. Seutimrnt Favors the New. Gales-burg. Ills.. Pec. 10. The Ceu ral Union Telephone company and the Fnion company, a new corporation seeking to put iu a new system here, carried on a warm controversy in the -ouncil meeting Monday night. The new company already has over ."i(iO telephone subscribers. Sentiment seemed to favor tho new company and an ordinance was ordered report ed at the noxr meeting. Owens Keeps His Counsel. Paris. Ills.. Pec. 10. The approach of the day upon which John- Owens, alias John Itadcliff, is to be hanged fails to move the condemned man to any disclosure of his identity. He is to he hanged on Friday and the jail officials are as much at .-i- loss to find his relations as upon tin' day he en tered his cell. Female a a Train Wrecker. Pana. Ills.. Pec. 10. Peter Gane and Nettie Adams were arrested yes terday chargil with attempting tit wreck an Illinois Central passenger train north of this city, by placing ties across the tracks. Jessie Jehl j wanted on the same charge, but has not as yet been apprehended. Filipino rebel burned the village off Cabatuan. Island of Paney. for Every Man Price for the $5.00 YOU KNOW US. f iFli "Ti iTll f rTli afta " ! ifS fl fl A A uitaMe Xnias iPresentsi CARS COLLIDE IN HEAVY FOG Two Similar Electric Motor Accidents Occur Early This Morning. FOUR MOTORMEN ARE KILLED. Ashland, Ky., and Indianapo lis the Scenes of the Disasters. Ashland, Ky., Dec. 19. During a heavy fog thia morning two electric cars, both well tilled with passengers, collided in the heart of the city. Two motor men were probably fatally in jured and a conductor and a dozen passengers hurt, but none seriously, except Mrs. Annie G. Kerr, Nomal, Ky., who may die. Both cars wore totally wrecked. Similar Accident la Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 19. Two electric cars on the Greenfield & In dianapolis suburban line collided head on this morning near Jim, Ind. Emory Scott and John Glasscock, motormen, were fatally injured. Six passengers were badly hurt. A heavy fog prevented the motormen seeing danger. WAR ON IN VENEZUELA. Expected Revolution Reported to Ilava Broken Oat. New York. Dec. 19. The Tri bum prints a cable message received at the oflice of the National Asphalt com pany from its agent in Venezuela an nouncing that a revolution has broken out in that country. No details. KRUCER RECEIVED IN AMSTERDAM. Amsterdam, Dec. 19. Krugcr ar rived today. He was met at tho station by the municipal authorities. Speeches were exchanged in the royal waiting- room. CHOATE STATES HE WILL NOT RESIGN. London, Dec. 19. Ambassador Choate denies the report that he id abDut to resign his post. at Every . 1 1 I v g d 1 .... l - - - - - - - - -