VOL. LXV NO. 47. PRICE THREE CENTS.
NEW HAVEN, CONN., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1900..
THE CARKINGTON PUBLISHING CO
r.
HO ARMISTICE GIVEN
Cronje's Request for One to
His Dead Refused
by Kitchener.
Bury
SAID HE WOULD SURRENDER
jB ut when told to enter British
CA MP I1E REFUSED,
Declared There Had lleeu a Mlsunder
atandlug and Would Fight to the
Death Bombardment of the Boer
Camp Then Reopened Cronje Ke
ported to be In a Death Trap
Cape Town, Thursday Morning, Feb.
22. In reply to General Cronje's re
quest for an armistice of twenty-four
hours, to allow him to bury his dead,
Lord Kitchener told the Boer com
rnander that he must fight to a finish
(or surrender unconditionally. General
Cronje'u position is reported hopeless.
The British have occupied Barkly West.
London, Feb. 23. The Daily News has
the following despatch from Modder
Elver, dated "Wednesday afternoon,
February 21:
' "The Boer forces under General
Cronje are estimated at 8,000 men. At
12 o'clock he asked an armistice of
twenty-four hours, which was refused.
Later he sent a messenger to say that
he would surrender. The British gen
eral sent a reply telling him to come
into camp. Cronje refused, saying
there had been a misunderstanding and
that he would fight to the death. The
bombardment was then reopened, and
our lyddite sheila set fire to the Boer
wagons. We continued shelling, the
'laager throughout the night, and in
the morning we resumed with Maxims
and rifles, principally from the north
side. f
, "On Sunday there was much waste of
life in attacking, and the same result
will be achieved without it. During
Monday night seven Boers made an at
tempt to break through our lines, but
they were captured and their lead-er was
killed. FoUr were carrying letters. It
Is believed that there was one other I
who got through. Other prisoners eay
that General Cronje marched from Ma
gersfontein here without outspanning, a
distance of thirty-three miles. Had he
succeeded in escaping it would have
been one of the finest performances in
the annals of war. The Canadians made
a gallant charge at the laager, but were
driven back with loss. General Mac
Donald and General Knox are slightly
Wounded."
The Cape Town correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph says: ".General Cron
je's request for an armistice was a mere
dodge to gain time to make trenches.
Lord Kitchener refused, but gave him
half an hour to consider, whether he
would surrender unconditionally or fight
to a finish. The Boers having said that
their intention had been misunderstood
and that they would fight to the end,
the battle was resumed."
The Times has the following from
Paardeberg dated February 21: "We
have expelled 500 Boers from an isolat
ed kopje about a mile southeast of Gen
eral Cronje's laager."
obliged the men to lie upon the ground,
as they did for the remainder of the
day.
This began at 7:30 in the morning.
Through the dreadful heat and a terri
ble thunder storm, our men hung to the
position, answering the Boer fire and
shooting steadily. In the meantime the
rest of the infantry completed the en
veloping movement, the Welsh regi
ment succeeded in seizing the drift, thus
closing in the Boers, who had fought
throughout with splendid courage. Gen
eral Cronje's laager, full, of carts, am
munition and stores could be plainly
seen near the north bank.
General Smith-Dorrien collected a
large body of men, including the Ca
nadians, and crossed the river by Paar
deberg drift, advancing toward the
laager, which was being vigorously
shelled. This force made a gallant at
tempt to charge into the laager, but
failed. Before seizing the western
drifts the Boers occupied a kopje on
the south bank, running down to the
river. Therefore their force is cut in
two. The Boers hold the kopje and
have one Vlckers-Maxim and probably
one or two other guns.
Toward evening the battery on the
south side opened, co-operating with the
battery on the north side. A wonderful
sight followed. Tho shells fell with
amazing precision along the river bed,
opposite the laager, which was shelled
thoroughly, damaging everything, .it
contained. One shell set on fire a small
ammunition wagon, which burned near
ly all day. Many other wagons were
set on fire, and the glare was visible at
a considerable distance far into the
night. The infantry also maintained a
terrible fire, which was answered vig
orously. The scene toward nightfall
was terribly picturesque with the blaz
ing wagons, the roaring artillery and
the crackling rifle fire.
TO BE HELD IN KANSAS CITY
'HE NEXT NATIONAL CONVENTION
OF THE DEMOCRATS,
Committee Meets la Washington aud
Decide the Matter-July 4 the Date
Choacn illllwuukee Makes a Poor
Showing Missouri Men Offered $50,
OOO and Other Advantages
JOUBERT'S FRENCH STAFF CHIEF.
Writes of the Campaign -Valuable A Id
by Creitsot Men.
Saris, Feb. 22. A letter from Colonel
De Villebois Mareuil, General Joubert'a
chief-of-staff, to whom the Boer vic
tory at Colenso is mainly attributed by
the French papers, is published to-day.
In the course jt this communication,
the colonel says that two of the Creu
sot's representatives rendered the Boers
valuable aid. ' One, named Grunberg, he
adds, is the head of their artillery, and
CRONJE'S PROPOSED ARMISTICE.
I,ord Salisbury Declared That Ho Knows
- Nothing of It.
London, Feb. 22. In the house of
lords to-day, replying to a question on
the subject, the premier, Lord Salis
bury, declared that the government had
no engagement whatever with any pow
er In respect to the course to be taken,
in the ultimate settlement with the
Boer republics. No power had asked
or suggested the entering into of any
such arrangement. Lord Salisbury
also said he knew nothing of General
Cronje's proposed armistice.
the other, Leon, is the head of their en
gineers. Leon directed the hoisting of
"Long Tom" to the dizzy heights
around Ladysmith, and also -arrange
for the victualling the camps, which he
himself located. The writer expresses
admiration for the organization and
commissariat arrangements of the Boer
camps. The burghers, he says, get ex
cellent meat, bread or; biscuit, coffee,
rice, potatoes and other condiments
with surprising liberality. He pays
high tribute to the unsuspected military
capabilities of the Boer leaders and de
clares every detail of the Boer organi
zation works like clockwork.
LONDON REVIEW OF SITUATION.
CRONJE IN A DEATH TRAP.
Ills Magnificent Night March Likely to
Knd In Disaster.
Paardeberg Drift, Orange Free State,
.Tuesday,, Feb. 20. General Cronje's
magnificent night march from Magers
fontein now appears likely to end in
disaster. The main body of the Boers
Is enclosed in a terrible death-trap. The
enemy are hiding in the bed of the Mod
der, commanded by the British artillery
and enclosed on the east and west by
Hhe British infantry. Sunday witnessed
a gallant stand on the part of the re
treating foe. Tired, harassed, they still
maintain a bold front. '
It is somewhat difficult to explain
Sunday's action, in which all the British
force was engaged and in which Gen
eral Cronje, under difficult conditions,
managed to hold his own. On Satur
day night the British mounted infantry
came into touch -with Cronje's rear
guard, driving it back upon the main
body. On Sunday morning the action
was renewed, but the Boere, who had
entrenched the river bed during the
night, prevented a further advance of
the mounted infantry in this direction.
Meanwhile the H'gMnrd Prlrai0,
consisting of the Seaforths, the Black
Wa(ch and the Argylls, advanced from
the south bank and, the Essex, Welsh
and Yorkshires formed a long line on
the left, which rested n the river, the
extreme right being the Welsh. The
whole line was ordered to envelop the
Boers, who lined both sides of the river.
The firing soon became heavy. The
Boere. holding a splendid position, cov
ered the left of the Highland Brigade,
which advanced partly up the river bed
and partly in the open, while the rest
of the brigade, with tne other regi
ments, swung around the front of the
Highland brigade on the level, coverlefs
ground, exposed to a terrible fire which
Cronje Believed to be Making Ills Last
Stand The Armistice Kuse.
London, Feb. 234 a. m. General
Cronje is eeemingly making his last
stand. He is dying hard, hemmed In by
British Infantry, with shells from fifty
guns falling into, his camp. On the
third day of the fight the Boer chief
asked for an armistice to bury his dead.
"Fight to a finish or surrender uncon
ditionally," was Lord Kitchener's reply.
General Ci'onje immediately sent back
word that bis request for a truce had
been misunderstood and that his deter
mination then, as before, was to fight
to the death. The battle went on. This
was the situation of General Cronje on
Tuesday evening, aa sketched in the
scanty telegrams that have emerged
from the semi-silence of South Africa.
Officially, Lord Roberts wires that he
has scattered the advance commandoes
of the reinforoements that were striving
to reach General Cronje. It is regarded
as singular that Lord Roberts, wiring
Wednesday, should not mention the ap
peal for an armistice on the previous
day, and also that the war office should
withhold good news if it has any. '
Without trying to reconcile even the
scanty materials at hand, it seems plain
that General Cronje is in a bad end even
in a desperate situation, and that the
British are pressing their advantage.
While the attack on General Cronje
proceeds, there is a race for concentra
tion between the Boers and the British.
The engagement with General Cronje's
5,000 to 8,000 entrenched men Is ikely to
become an incident in a battle between
the masses. The separated fractions of
the Boer power are rapidly drawing to
gether to attack Lord Roberts.
Will General Cronje be able to hold
out until the Boer masses appear, or,
if he does,' will they then be able to suc
cor him? . The British are facing the
Boers on ground where the arms, tac
tics and training of the British are ex
pected to give them the advantage,
General Buller, according to a dis
patch from Chieveley, dated Wednes
day, finds the Boere ira positions north
of the Tugela largely reinforced. This
seems strange. . ,
The war office for the first time has
i given out on official compilation of the
losses. The total is 11,208 to February
17. This does not include, therefore,
Lord Roberts' recent Josses, nor the
Wiltshire prisoners. The press associa
tion learns that the British losses at
Koodoosrand were 7u0. Three thousand
fresh troops were embarked for South
Africa to-day.
Washington, Feb. 22. The next na
tional democratic convention will be
held at Kansas City, Mo., July 4. This
was the decision of the Democratic Na
tional committee which met at the Ho
tel Raleigh to-day to fix the time and
place of holding the cenvention. Mil
waukee was the only other city which
competed for the honor of entertaining
the convention and the poor showing
she made when the vote was taken (the
result being Kansas city 40, Wllwaukee
9) caused general surprise.
The claims of the rival cities as to
hotel accommodations, railroad and tel
egraphic facilities were presented in
open session by representatives of each
city and subsequently in executive ses
sion Governor W. J. Stone, on behalf
on Kansas City, and National Commit
teeman E. C. Wall, on behalf of Mil
waukee, explained the financial induce
ments which the city he represented!
was willing to make. Each offered the
committee $50,000 but, in addition, Kan
sas City was willing to furnish hotel
accommodations for the members of the
committee. One of Milwaukee's strong
est arguments was the political effect
the holding of the convention in thai
city would have upon the German-
American voters, who were represented I
to the committee as wavering in tneir
allegiance to the republican party.
It seemed to be taken for granted by
at least two speakers that Bryan would
be renominated and that the Chicago
platform, In substance, would be reaf
firmed. Opposition to trusts, expansion
and imperialism, together with every
mention of Bryan and the Chicago plat
form aroused enthusiasm, but, during
the open session of the committee there
was no allusion to the issue of free sil
ver. Three dates for holding the conven
tion were proposed, May 9 by Mr. Town
send of Oregon, June 14 by Senator Till
man of South Sarolina, and July 4 by
Mr. McGraw of West "Virginia. A
speech by ex-Senator Gorman in favor
of holding to precedent and naming a
date later than that for the convention
of the party in power had considerable
influence in causing independence day
to be chosen. After the committee had
selected the "Gate City" of the west,
the Kansas City boomers held a Jollifi
cation meeting at their rooms at the
Raleigh. Ex-Governor Stone addressed
the gathering predicting that the nom
inee of the convention would be the
victor at the polls in November.
Later the national committee issued
the following call: The national demo
cratic committee, having met in the city
of Washington on the 22d day of Febru
ary, 1900, has appointed Wednesday, the
4th day of July, as the time and chosen
the city of Kansas City as the place foi
holding the national democratic conven
tion. Each state is entitled to a repre
sentation therein of double the number
of its senators and representatives in
the congress of the United States, and
each territory, Alaska, Indian territory
and the District of Columbia, shall have
six delegates. All democratic conserva- ,
tive reform citizens of the United
States, irrespective of past political as- .
sociations and differences, who can unite
with us in the effort for pure, economic
and constitutional government and who
favor the republic and oppose the em
pire, are cordially Invited to join us in
sending delegates to the convention. The
convention at 6:30 p. m. adjourned to
meet at Kansas City July 3.
A speech which had a great deal of
influence in fixing the date was made
by ex-Senator Gorman. He said that
four years ago it might have been well
to hold the convention early, as the par
ty then took a new position, one which
drove many of the leaders out of the
party and into temporary retirement.
The organization then went into new
hands into the hanls of able men but
many of whom had not been active in
control of party affairs, and it took
them some time to organize. Now there
was a good organization. The party
was ready and equipped to enter upon
the campaign. The party in power
should be allowed to hold its convention
first and the indictment of that party
could be made, as it had been in times
past. Mr. McLean of Ohio also favored
the latter date.
trenched position previously made ready
with the object of stemming the pros
pective British invasion of the Free
State. After falling to dislodgo Gen
eral Cronje and In spite of great blood
shed on both sides Lord Roberts seems
to have contented himself with shelling
the Boers Monday and Tuesday.
The fact that Boers from Ladysmith
have already arrived in the neighbor
hood of Paardeberg causes some ap
prehension, but reinforcements of guns
and men are also reaching Ldrd Rob
erts and it is not thought that the
Transvaal and Free State railroads will
be able to transport . hurriedly great
numbers of men and horses. From the
available information received here it
appears that Lord Roberts completely
surrounds General Cronje with artillery,
thus releasing the other arms, of which,
military experts assert, he has plenty
to defeat all reinforcements of the
Boers as they arrive in detail. The fact
that General Cronje asked for an aVmla
tlee points to great losses as well as in
dicating that he recognized that his
hope lies in securing delay in order to
allow Boer reinforcements to create a
diversion in Lord Roberts' rear.
AMERICAN FOODSTUFFS.
Released by British Authorities-A Sat
isfactory Settlement.
Washington, Feb. 22. United States
Consul General Stowe, at Cape Town,
under date of to-day, cables the state
department aa follows:
"Mashoha foodstuffs released. Gov
crnment buy. Consigners send invoices,
(Signed) Stowe,
The Mashona was one of the three
vessels seized by British cruisers off the
east coast of Africa, laden with food
stuffs which, it was supposed, were in
tended for the Boers. American owners
,of the goods seized have expressed per
feet satisfaction with the settlements
by the British government. Naturally,
foodstuffs have increased very much ira
value in South Africa since the consign
ments were made in this country, and
the shippers of the goods, where they
can establish the fact that they have
not parted with their possessions, have
now the opportunity to realize a profit
far above any loss that might have been
sustained through the detention of their
goods.
The cargo -of the Beatrice, one of the
seized vessels, was landed at East Lon
don and turned over to the owner for
private sale. In case, the British gov
ernment. as Indicated in Mr. Stowe's
cablegram, buys the foodstuffs, it
bound by its own rules to pay an ad
vance of at least ten per cent, on the
Invoice price of the goods.
THE PORTO RICAN DEBATE
PHILIPPINES BROUGHT INTO THE
DISCUSSION RT GROSVENEIl.
la
FAIRFIELD MURDER MYSTERY.
Thorough investigation Throws
Light on Vloilin's Identity.
Bridgeport. Feb. 22. After a most
thorough investigation by the police of
flclals, extending into two . daya the
mystery surrounding the probable
murder of the unknown man, whose re
mains were found lying by the road
side in Fairfield, yesterday morning, is
appparently no nearer to solution. The
conductor and motorman on the trolley
car on which the alleged murdered man
and a companion rode to Fairfield rec
ognized the stranger and furthermore
they claim to be able to recognize the
companion.
ICmberlry Mines to Start.
London, Feb. 23.-1:30 a. m. The war
office has issued the following from
Lord Roberts: "Paardeberg, Fe. 22,
Methueo reports from Kimberley that
supplies of food and forage are being
pushed on as fast as possible. There
will be enough coal to start the De
Beers mines In ten days. By this means
great misery will be alleviated. Hospi
tal arrangements, there reported perfect,
He hopes Prieska and the adjoining
country will soon be settled." At the
same time the war office announced tht
nothing further would be issued to,
night. '
CONNECTICUT S. 4. R.
GENERAL MAt ItQXAI.D'S WOUND.
Secretary Wynulium snys it Is Severe
Though Hot Dangerous.
London, Feb. 22. George Wyndham,
the parliamentary secretary of the war
office, in the house of commons to-day
announced that he did not know the
nature of the wound of General Hector
Macdonald, but it was described aa
"severe though not dangerous."
(Complete Early Anjilo-Boer War News on
i'age 8.).
WAR FEELING IN ENGLAND.
Mr. Courtney, M. P., Asked to Resign
Owing to IDs Opposition.
London, Feb. 22. The conservatives
of the Bodmin division of Cornwall, in
censed by the attitude towards the war
of their representative in the house of
commons, Leonard Henry Courtney,
formerly deputy speaker, have demand
ed his resignation. Mr. Courtney, how
ever, refuses to resign. He claims that
he contested the seat on the condition
that he be allowed to act independently.
Mr. Courtney, who was elected on the
unionist vote, is an advanced liberal,
who was opposed to Mr. Gladstone's
home-rule scheme. He was formerly
under-secretary of state for the home
department, colonial under-secretary
iiid financial secretary for the treasury.
He recently became chairman of the
South African conciliation committee.
CONFIDENCE IN ROBERTS.
Relief In Loudon to Know That Ho Is
Handling the Operation..
London, Feb. 22. Intense relief has
been caused here by the receipts of the
news from Paardeberg showing that
Lord Roberts is personally superin
tending the operations and, though it
is difficult to grasp the real stiuation, it
generally thought Lord Roberts ia
gradually tightening his grip on General
Cronje's force. It is evident that Gen-
Annual Banqnet In Hartford Several
, New Haven Men Present.
Hartford, Feb. 22. The eleventh an
nual banquet 'of the Connecticut socie
ty, Sons of the American Revolution,
was held in Foot Guard armory, begin
ning at 1:30 this afternoon. Guests to
the number of 250 were present. Al
though Governor Lounsbury had not of
ficially notified the committee of ar
rangements, it was stated at the execu
tive office at the capitol this morning
that the governor would not be present
on account of sickness in his family.
The dinner occupied the time until late
in the afternoon, when the speeches be
gan. Seated at the guest table were
Rev. Dr. E. S. Lines of New Haven,
Hon'. J. M, Allen of Hartford, Rt. Rev.
Chauncey B. Brewster, bishop of the
Connecticut diocese of the Protestant
Episcopal church; Rev. Francis Good
win of Hartford, General E. S. Greeley
of New Haven, Morgan G. Bulkeley,
Jonathan Trumbull and William Waldo
Hyde of Hartford, Colonel N. G. Osborn
of New Haven, Hon. E. O. Wolcott,
United States senator, of Colorado; Ad
miral F. M. Bunce, United States navy,
retired; Charles Hopkins Clark of Hart
ford, John M. Holcombe of Hartford, P.
H. Ingalls of Hartford and Charles E. ,
Stone of Hartford. William Waldo
Hyde of Hartford'presided as toastmae
ter. The following toasts were offered:
"Our Society," President Jonathan
Trumbull: "The did and the New," Sen
ator E. O. Wolcott of Colorado; "An
Incident of Naval Life," Admiral F. M.
Bunce; "The Day and its Lessons,"
Bishop C. B. Brewster; "Washington
Citizenship," 'Colonel N. G. Osborn.
He Answers Some Questions for tli
President Doctrine of Independence
to bo Embalmed on the Islands at the
Proper Time and JXot Before Despite
the Howls of the Democrats.
Washington, Feb. 22. The debate on
the Porto Rican tariff bill brought out
several notable speeches in the house
to-day, including one by General Gros
venor of Ohio, who answered a num
ber of questions aa to the attitude of
the president. Mr. Grosvenor said in
summing up hla remarks: "We have
got the Philippines on our hands and
I will tell you what we shall tell the
people of this country, my friends, if
you will listen to me now. We will say
we have acquired title to the Philip
pines and Porto Rico. We did not go
after them, but they came to "us and
wo could not help ourselves.
"A gentlemafi went out into the Ori
ent, with a little more power than he
had authority and the first thing we
knew he had captured the Lord only
knows how many islands out there. We
have never yet found out yourselves.
But he took them and we are there, and
our flag is there, and we were aided in
getting a perfect title to them from the
democratic senators in congress without
any protest from anybody.
"We have got them and the duty is
upon us, and we are going to take care
of them. We are going to make all the
money out of the transaction! we can
by enlarging our trade with the Orien
tal countries and we are going to em
balm the doctrines of the declaration of
independence upon the- statute books of
the Philippines just as quick as we
think the time has come to do it and
we are not going to do it one minute
before, if all the democrats on God's
earth go howling that we have got to
do it now. (Applause and laughter on
the republican side.) . We are going to
do it under the persuasive influence of
the constitution, of the declaration of
independence, of our Christian civiliza
tion. We are going to do it as rapidly
as it is possible to do it, and in the
meantime "we propose that every attrib
ute of the constitution shall persuade
us to treat these men with absolute
fairness." ,-.
THE M'INTYRE STORE LEASED.
F. W. Woolworth fc Co. Have Taken It
for five Years.
The store in the Hubinger building
which has been until recently occupied
by Ewen Mclntyre & Co. haa been
leased by F. W. Woolworth & Co., the
firm which conducts the five and ten
cent store on Chapel street. The lease
was signed in New York yesterday and
the lessees will take possession at
once. The work of making some alter
ations to accommodate the business of
Woolworth & Co. will begin immediate
ly and the firm will move into their new
store about the middle of April from
their present location at 802 Chapel
street. It had been known for some
weeks that negotiations were pending
for the lease of the store and It had
been reported that it was to be taken
by New York partleswbo would open
there a distinctive dry goods store.
Mr. Woolworth is a New York man,
but It ia understood that the business
to be conducted in the' newly leased
store will be of the same character, as
that now conducted at the firm's pres
ent location, although there will prob
ably be some extension of the busi
ness. The firm's lease of their present
quarters has about two years to run
yet. The store in the Hubinger build
ing has been leased for five years with
tho privilege of extending it for five
years mora at the expiration? of that
term.
FINANCIAL BILL AGREEMENT
REPUBLICAN CONFEREES ABOUT
FINISH THEIR WORK,
X. M. C. A. ATHLETES,
SENATOR CLARK'S SON TESTIFIES.
Has an Independent Income of $250,000
a Year Some Dentals.
Washington, Feb. 22. C. W. Clark,
son of Senator CIark of Montana, told
the senate committee on elections to
day that he had an independent income
of $250,000 a year and that he was in
business for himself. With the ex-i
ception of a brief interval given to the,
testimony of Rev. A. B. Martin, Mr,
Clark occupied the entire day before
the committee in connection with the
inquiry being conducted into the meth
ods pursued in the election of the young
man's father to the United States sen
ate. He denied in detail the assertions
of such witnesses as Mr. Whiteside, Mr.
Hewitt, State Senator Meyers and oth-.
ers. Mr. Clark submitted what he said
was a detailed statement of his receipts
and expenditures for political purposes
during the Montana campaign. The
aggregate footed up $118,000. Dr. Mar
tin testified concerning his interview
with Chief Justice Brantly, producing
the letter written him by Mr. Clark in
the Wellcome case.
Bridgeport Team Leads With New Ha
ven a Good Second.
Bridgeport, Feb.. 22. At the annual
indoor meeting of the Y. M. C. A. of
Connecticut held in the local associa
tion building to-day Bridgeport suc
ceeded in winning six out of seven
points, and the highest individual aver
age was made by James Fowle of thia
city, who scored 161 points out of a.
a possible 180. To-night there waa a
running high Jump, which waa won by
R. Clifford Merwin of New Britain, who
holds the record at Yale. He failed,
however, by two inches to equal his
Yale record of 5 feet 9 Inches. James
Fowle of this city was second , with 5
feet 5 inches to hia credit. In putting
the twelve pound shot Louis Musaute of
Bridgeport won, 40.3. The quarter mile
race was won by James Fowle in 1.45
2-5.
The average for the several contest
ing teams was: Bridgeport, 472.7 out of
a possible 540; New Haven,, 441.5; New
Britain, 427.5; Waterbury, 415.5; Nauga
tuck, 381.1; Derby, 380.5. Highest indi
vidual score: James Fowle, 161 out of
180; Charles Krautz of Bridgeport, 167;
John Larkin, 154.7; Robert Home, 153.5.
(limy Case Not Culled Up.
Washington, Feb. 22Iil accordance
with a tacit agreement with the sena
tors who were unable, on account of the
meetings of the democratic national
committee, to attend to-day'e session,
Mr. Penrose of Pennsylvania refrained
from calling up the Quay case, as he
had yesterday announced he would do.
When he announced, however, his inten
tion to call it up to-morrow, a brief par
liamentary squabble ensued as to the
rights by which the case would come
before the senate. No conclusion was
reached, the questions involved being
postponed for consideration until tomorrow.
INDIANA CONGRESSMEN.
Three Re-nominated by Constituents
-. .,,' Gold Standard Kn'doraed.
Indianapolis; Feb. 22. Jesse Over
street, author of the house financial bill,
was renominated by acclamation for
congress from the Seventh Indiana dis
trict by the republican district conven
tion this afternoon. Strong gold stand
ard resolutions were adopted. A letter
from Mr. Overstreet stating that the
republican party ' is opposed to trusta
was read. In the Ninth district Charles
B. Landis, republican, was renominated
by acclamation at Noblesvllle. In the
Tenth district E. D. Crumpacker, re
publican, was renominated by acclama
tion at Lafayette. !.-.'
HENRY C. MINER DROPS DEAD.
eral Cronje occupies a strongly en- ife.
V Irinll Clown Deail.
New York, Feb. 22. Dan Rice, the
veteran clown, died at Long Branch, N.
J., to-night after a lingering illness. He
was seventy-five years of age. Mr.
Rice's real name was Daniel McLaren.
He was born in New York. He made
three independent fortunes. He died,
however, comparatively poor. He own
ed three different shows during his day.
He had about completed a book on hia
CAPTAIN BRADLEY COMMANDS.
Meriden Company Enthusiastically Re
ceived Him Irnst Nlgln.
Meriden, Feb, 22. Captain Oscar L.
Bradley of Company I, Second regi
ment, C. N. G., who waa arrested Jan
uary 4 and placed under arrest Janu
ary 8, to-night appeared in command of
the company, under official orders, and
his return was the occasion of a most
enthusiastic greeting. Baptain Bradley
was forced to waive strict military for
malities to the extent of acknowledging
the hearty greeting that his reappear
ance in command of hia company called
forth.
To-night waa the regular drill night
and there was the largest attendance of
the past several months present. There
were three non-rsident members among
the number. Captain Bradley read the
official orders placing him again in
command, which was the occasion of a
second outburst of enthusiasm, alo the
discharge of several members of the
company. Harry Cnrtlx. an n-memtw
of the Forty-seventh New York regi
ment, who served under General Miles
at Porto Rico, and Andrew Rolln. an
ex-member of the Thirty-seventh New
York regiment, officiated as musicians
to-night in place of men discharged.
Four applications for membership
were received and one acted upon. Pri
vate Joseph Monahan was elected
treasurer to succeed Lieutenant J.
Kramer, discharged. The election of
officers to take the place of the dis
charged men will be held next week
Thursday. A reception and banquet is
being planned by members of the com
pany complimentary to Captain Brad
ley, to be held at aa early datet
Conner Congressman and Proprietor of
Three New York Theaters.
New York, Feb. 22. Henry C. Miner,
former congressman and proprietor of,
three theaters in this city, dropped dead
of apoplexy this afternon in his home in
this city. Mrs. Miner was with him at
the time. They were preparing to go
out for a drive. Mr. Miner arose to
walk to the door when he fell dead
Mr. Miner owned three theaters Min
er's Bowery,. Miner's People's, and,
Miner's Eighth avenue, and leased the
Fifth avenue. He was about fifty-five,
years of age. .
Two Matters Only TJnsettled-They Ara
the Senate Amendment Ilelatlug to
Bonded Indebtedness aud the Inter
national Bimetallic Clause Outlook
on These Very Satisfactory,'
Washington, Feb. 22. The republic
can conferees on the financial bill af
ter being together for seven hours to
day practically completed their work,
full agreement having been reached on
all the points at Issue save the senatn
amendment relating to the refunding of
the bonded Indebtedness and the inter
national bimetallic clause and on these
the outlook waa that a satisfactory ar-
rangement would be reached tp-mor-
row. The concurrence was so complete
that the senate conferees proposed to
call in the democratic members, but
the republicans were not quite ready
for this step; 1 -
Already, however, most of the im
portant questions have been disposed
of and a 'complete agreement reached
on the language by which the gold
standard ia established proved less dlf-
ficult than was at first anticipated.
While the provision In the house and
senate bills were the same In principle
they differed entirely in working and
after some consideration tha senate
provision commended itself to the conn
ferees of both houses. i
The differences as to the maintenance)
of a gold reserve waa also satisfactory
ily adjusted. The senate provision
calls for a reserve of a definite amount,
namely, $150,000,000, while the house
provision did not fix a definite sum,
but made the reserve 25 per cent, of the
outstanding notes. On this question,
also, the senate provision met wltlj
most favor because of its deflniteness.
The house conferees insisted, however,
that the senate section be so changed
as to provide for a division of Issue
and redemption in the treasury aa was
originally provided In th house seotlom
relating to a gold reserve.
Agreement also has been reached ' on ,
the provision for national banka with
small capital, and also for the Issue of
bank-note circulation up to the pan
value of bonds deposited. The senate
bill provided that no notes should ba
do away with te limitation of $10 and i
issued below $10, but it was arranged to
to provide that the small notes of $5 and
under should be kept up to the volume
of circulation, about $390,000,000. Tho
refunding provision of the senate bill
proved more difficult to settle, and up
to the close of the conference to-night ,
nr. artiifll ncreAmpnr. had been ma.de. pT-
though a compromise waa in sight.
A new iui ni oi .me piwimuii wta iue-i
pared which retains the principle of re-
funding. The house conferees declined
to accept the senate provision aa to an
International bimetallic conference, but
the chancea seem rather more favorable
to its retention than Its rejection.
ASLEEP AT HIS POSTi
New York State Volunteer Sentenced to
lie Shot In Philippines.
Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 22.-A despatch
to the News from Batavia says: "A
dispatch has been received in Batavia
that Ernest Kingdon of Stafford, who
enlisted in the Fortieth volunteer infan
try, had been found sleeping at hia
post, waa tried by court martial and;
sentenced to be shot. It is said that a
number of Filipino rebels entered the
camp while Kingdon was asleep and
killed to or three American soldiers."
New Jerusalem Association.
Hartford, Feb. 22. The thirtieth an
nual meeting of the Connecticut As
sociation of the New Jerusalem was
held in Park church chapel to-day.
Henry G. Thompson of New Haven was
in the chair and representatives from
churches in Hartford, New Haven, Mid
dletown, Stratford and a number of
other places were present. Following
routine business there was a sermon by
Rev. J. F. Wright, dean of the New
Churoh Theological school, Cambridge,
Mass. i
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XiETTER CARRIERS' CONTENTION
Held In Hartford Yesterday Officer
Elected The Membership. ,
Hartford, Feb. 22. At the annual
convention of the Letter Carriers' asso
elation of Connecticut, held here this af
ternoon, officers were elected as follows:.
President, J. W. Hotchkiss, Water-,
bury; vice president, 'Louis Theurer,
Danbury; secretary, Phillip B. Carroll,
Bridgeport; treasurer, William . Sey
moru, Meriden. It was voted to hold
the next annual meeting at Waterbury
on February 22, 1901. The secretary
reported 273 members belonging to the
association. Resolutions were unani
mously adopted favoring equalization ofi
pay, eight hours labor, and the contin
uation of the present civil service ex
aminations: The convention concluded
with a banquet, at which Postmaster'
Bennett waa toastmaster. There were
a number of speeches by the state offi
cers and delegates in attendance. ' -
Boxing in Hartford.
Hartford, Feb. 22. Referees Charley
White disqualified George Byers of
Boston in the fourteenth round to-night
in hia fight with George Gardner of
Loivell and gave the fight to Gardner.
Gardner slipped down in a clinch and
while on the floor Byers made several
attempts to strike him. White could
do nothing else than disqualify Byers,
who fought foul in the previous rounds.
The fight waa tame up to the tenth
with Byera having the best of it. Gard
ner improved after the tenth and had
Byers very weak in the eleventh, Flynn
of Providence failed 'to show up for hia
go with Joe Flaherty. Tom Sharkey
and Tom O'Rourke were behind Gard
ner and Sharkey made a speech la
which he preferred to meet Fitzsim
mons to any man In the world.
Airs. Troup Iilterta1iip.
Washington's birthday was celebrated
at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Alexander
Troup. 545 Orange street, last night, by
the Alfred reading circle. Mrs. Troup
and daughter Miss Grace did the re
ceiving and the atiair was unusually
enjoyable. Some twenty members of
the circle were present.- A pleasant
game of cards was followed by dancing
and music and favors were given. The
latter were sovivenirs of cherries and
the famous cherry tree.
Plague lit Uawallan I. lands.
San Francisco, Feb. 22. The steamer
American Maru, from Honolulu, brings
advices that the black plague haa brok
en out in other cities of the Hawaiian
group. Seven cases are reported at Ka
hult and one at Hilo. The situation at
Honolulu is no better. No new cases
have developed.
Field Duy of Signal Corps.
New London, Conn., Feb. 22. The
brigade signal corps of the C. N. G. held
a field daytit the armory this afternoon
and the drill was won by the first sec
tion of Hartford. The third section of
New London was second and the second
division from New Haven was the tail
enders. The fourth section of Bridge
port did not put in an appearance. Af
ter the drill there waa a banquet at the
Crocker house, at which several ex
members of the Second company, V. S.
volunteer 'bifciii! naval corpa piwa
ent. ,
Princess Cantacuzene Better,
St. Petersburg, Feb. 22. The condU
tion of Princess Cantacuzeue, daughter
of General Frederick Dent Grant of the
United States army, who haa been se
riously ill with pneumonia, la improv
ins. ,
Last Night's Polo.
Meriden, Feb. 22. Four of the Fall
River polo team, with the addition of a
Meriden amateur aa substitute for Lin
coln, were defeated here to-night hands
down, the score ending 10 ta.4.