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Number 1377.
WASHT5T&TOX, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1899.
Price One Cent.
An Advauce by Buller Dependent
on Circumstances.
AriiuUslons In London Thnt "Event
"Unlit Happen to Jieccsultnte Akt
treMlie Action General tintnere
Trluir lo Keolicit Communication
With Indue Ilocr ForccN Incrcunr.
LONDON, Dec. 27. Everyone here
seems to have settled upon a conviction
that the contest in the Transvaal will be
of longer duration than two weeks ago
would hate been deemed possible. Ilrief
reports of brushes with the enemy, skir
mishes that achieve little of consequence,
and desultory artillery firing continue to
be received, but the actual condition of
affairs, as official reports plainly show, re
mains substantially unchanged.
The greater part of the reports received
at the War Office within the past three
days have been forwarded by Ceneral For-estier-Walker,
who is keeping himself in
dally communication both with Mcthuen
and Gatacre.
Field Marshal Roberts and Ceneral
Kitchener It Is firmly believed will make a
landing at Cape Town in three weeks from
this date at the farthest. General Duller
Is not expected to make another advance
movement until after their arrival, but it
is freely admitted in all circles that cir
cumstances may arise to render some ag
gressive work necessary. A formidable
re-enfercement of artillery munitions tent
recently should soon be at Dulier's service.
With the additional strength its possession
will lend to his forces, be may. In the
opinion of military experts here, consider
it advisable to attempt an assault upon
the Boer position before Roberts' arrival.
The general Impression, however, is that
there will be no heavy assault upon the
enemy until the winter is well on its wane,
when the entire armies will be mobilized
for the purpose of securing a decisive vic
tory. Humors of cabinet changes in conse
quence of much outspoken comment upon
the ministerial conduct of the war are very
prevalent, but cannot be traced to any
substantial foundation.
THE SITUATION UNCHANGED.
Olltelnl IlcportK Itceelvcd from Geii
enil I'oref irr-Wnlker.
LONDON. Dec 27. The War Office has
received the following from General For-estler-Walker
at Cape Town, dated yes
terday: "No change in the situation.
"Methuen reports the enemj's force has
been Increased and is entrenching three
and a half miles from cutlyng pickets.
"The Queen's message was enthusiastic
ally received.
"Gatacre Is endeavoring to reopen com
municaicn with Indwc"
TREASON PLOTS AT CAPE TOWN.
L'nenrtlilne; of n Scheme Hutched Iy
I)lslonIt.
C.rE TOWN, Dec. 27. Several arrests
are expected here In connection with a
plot to seize the Cape Town forts and ex
plode the magazines during the progress
of the Christmas festivities. The plot,
which is believed to have wide ramifica
tions, was unearthed in the very nick of
time.
The disloyalists had also Intended to
seize General rorestier-Walker and Gov.
Sir Alfre-d Milncr.
The whole affair has caused much ex
citement. BOEHS SHELL THE BHITTSH CAMP
Their Mint I'nll Miorl anil Nil Cn.
nnltle Ilnppcn.
MODDCR RIVER Dec. 21 (Delayed In
transmission). The Boers advance! a
12-pounder and shelled the camp this
morning. Tbe shells fell 700 yards short.
The British 4 7-inch Lyddette gun rcpliei.
There were no casualties on the B Itish
tide.
A COFFEE SHIP AT QTJEENSTOWN
Arrivnl of the tcnitier J. AV. TIor
from .Veil Vnrk.
LONDON. Dec. 27. The coffee steamship
T. W. Tavor, Captain Phillips, from New
Tvirk, December 12, arrived at Qje.ns
town. jesterday. There was no sickness
during the voyage.
The customs officers did rot clear ihp
vessel, and no one will ne allowed to land
until the port medical officer grants a cer
tificate of admission, after the ship has
complied with the quarantine regulations.
B.OBEKTS BEACHES GIBRALTAR.
Joined There h; Kitchener mid Iloth
Sull for Cnpc Totvn.
GIBRALTAR, Dec. 27. Field Marshal
Lord Roberts arrived last night on the
transport Diinottair Castle.
General Lord Kitchener boarded the
transport which sailed at once for Cape
Town.
A FATAL RAILROAD WRECK.
nr Men Killed mid Severnl Injured
nt MlKKOiiIa.
MlSSOUL, Mont., Dec. 27. Four men
were killed and several Injured yesterday
In a wreck on the Northern Pacific Rail
road, six miles east of Bear Mouth.
The diad are: Engineer K. B. Rhelm,
Fireman C. A. Dickson, and two tramps,
stealing a ride. The injured are: Brake
rnnn Wallace Mix, seriously scalded and
bruised; Engineer J. W. Beebe, and Con
ductor L. A. Yake.
Other trainmen were injured, but not
seriously. The operator at Bonlto allow
ed the freight train from the West to pass
when It should have been held on the sid
irg. The operator, who was a sub, has
disappeared.
The JVorvvcKlnn Dark Caac.
DURBAN, Dec 20 (Delayed In trans
rarssiel). A prize court Is sitting to de
cide whether the Norwegian bark Java,
which was seized by the British cruiser
Torte wlille carrying strctchersand rail
way sleepers for the Boers, Is-a lawful
prize The vessel was seized near Dcla
gox Bav.
' A Ilrlttxh Picket Snrnrlncd.
CHEVELEY. Natal. Dec 20 (Delayed
In transmission). The Boers today sur
prised a picket ot Hussars to the eastward
of t'le Mop here. Two of the British and
lev- f tLsIr horses were killed.
Xorfollc & AVafililnfiton Steamhont Co.
IMiflitful trips daily at 0:30 p. m. to Old Point
Comfotl, Newport News, Norfolk, and Virginia
ni Ti Fox f1'.!"!" tm Jii B-
MRBOUTELLE'S ILLNESS.
The Maine Ilepreen(ntlvc'a Mind
Nnlit to lie Affected.
BOSTON. Dee. 27. While there Is no
definite Information given on the matter,
the impression is held here that Repre
sentative Boutelie of Maine, who was
brought back to this city Monday night for
the purpose of being taken to a private
sanitarium, fs now 'housed in a prominent
institution of this character in Brookline,
one of the city's suburban towns.
At all the sanitariums the utmost secrecy
is observed with regard to the Identity of
patients committed to them and this rule
bars any definite knowledge beyond mere
surmise.
Mr. Boutelie was a very sick man InTlos
ton, and even while he was t Young's Ho
tel it was understood that the congestion
of the brain had produced a very severe
mental disturbance. At that time it was
learned by. Intimation that he had broken
down. A significant fact with regard to
his sickness is that the physician called in
Dr. Kelly, who is famous as a specialist on
Insanity and acts In that capacity for the
city.
SILVER STILL THE ISSUE.
Ilrjnn lnt the Currency Ahead
of
Trust nntl ImperlKliMiii.
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec, 27. W. J. Bryan's
attention was called to a despatch from
Washington --stating that he had written
Congressman Daly of New Jersey that he
would make secral speeches In the East,
discussing trusts and imperialism, and be
was asked as to whether the report Indi
cated an intention of abandoning the silver
question. He replied:
"Congressman Daly has probably been
misquoted. I expect to make rcveral
speeches in the East, but I expect to dis
cuss the money question along with other
Questions. There are three questions now
prominently before the people, to wit: The
money question, the trust question, and
the Philippine question. Whenever I make
a political speech I discuss all three ques
tions." Mr. Brjan will leave here Saturday for
his trip to Lincoln, Omaha, Kansas City,
and Chicago, and thence to the East He
will be gone about one month.
Mrs. Br an jesterday received a letter
from Andrew- Carnegie stating that he
would gladly furnish the money for the
erection cf a library building at Lincoln,
Neb. which It Is estimated will cost be
tween j;0.000 and $73,000.
KILLED BY HER GRIEF.
A Il.llttluorc Mother Found Demi on
Her Si-i' Collin.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 27 Grief over the
accidental death of her ton killed Mrs.
Ccnnah Rebecca Harman. Frank Harman
was his mother's idol. On Christmas eve.
while returning home with gifts for her, ' 'and between the older part of the ceme
he was crushed 16 death in a street car , XeT and "ort Mcr-hcrbon. ...
accident. '" I After depositing the bodies in tents
The mother was transfixed with horror Bitched at the roadside near the graves,
when her dead son was brought home. lhe tram ?lled "stari down th? -eiKM;?
Last night she begged her friends to let "tll the bottom lands were reached and
her remain alone with the dead. Toward he ri"r ra'1 ""S toUov!ei back to ,,!o's"
midnight the watchers entered the room. "n- T,hc, v?s"s wcre oace mol"c dr?"n
intending to rentlv take her awav. Thev P awlnst the baggage cars, more caskets
found her Ijing dead across the casket,
victim cf heart disease, aggravated by
grief and sho;k.
OPPOSING EXTRA SUNDAY WORK
A Protest Acnlnit n StiSTKcstcd luMt
otrlre IlcKulntlon.
BOSTON, Mass.. Dec 27. The New Eng
land Sabbath Protective League has tent a
protest through Its prcldcst. Senator
George F. Hoar, to the Pcstunster General
against the rccommcr.djit'on that the eight
hour law should be changed to that the
postolfice employes may bs worked on Sun
day up to the clght-hou'- limit.
Senator Hear writes to the league- " I
don't think that the recommendation will
become a law. I will look Into the matter,
and unlec3 seme suggestion should be made
to chunge my rreseat impression, I sha 1
not favor the plan."
DEPRIVED OF HEAT AND LIGHT.
nturnl (fiM tijiillci Cut Off from
Ollci In Ohio.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec 27. A special
to thu "World," from Akron, Ohio, says:
"The natural gas supply at Akron, Mes
Ellon, and Canton was cut off last night
for the third time In three days. The gas
Is piped from West Virginia."
People in all these places wer? highly
Indignant, as many depend upon the gas
for heat and light.
A BARROOSI TRAGEDY.
The KlTectH of HolIdn3' nlHslnntlon
at Cliiirleiton. AV. Vn.
CHARLESTON. W. Va.. Dec. 27. The
Christmas festivities wound up here Men-
day night by William Robinsoa sho.tiug
to death Charles Prldemore in a saloon on
the West Side. Robinson had been drink
ing during the day and had trouble in the
barroom. He left and returned with a
pistol, but was refused entrance by the
proprietor. This so enraged the rean tha
he pulled bis pistol, and began sbooticg
through the door Into the room. One bal
let passed through Fridemore's head, kill
ing him instantly. Two other shots went
wild. No arrests.
S. F. Pierson was shot yesterday at his
home, at Ficrson Staticn, by Charles Rov
sey, during a difficulty. The shooting was
In the yard of Pierson's home, and in the
presence of several young ladies. Rotey
was arrested and Picison ls in the hospital
In this city. The bullet entered his stom
ach. MET DEATH IN A LIMEKILN.
A Jvcsro Incinerated on-nn Oj Rter
Shell lied.
CAMDEN, X. J., Dec. 27. Julian Leon
ard, a negro, without a home, whileearch
"ing for a place to sleep Monday night,
climbed to the top of Wright's limekiln,
on Cooper's Creek, near tEe Federal Street
Bridge. He lay down on the oyster shells
that were being burned. A new- supply had
been put In, and they extended above tbe
top of the kiln.
Leonard must have fallen asleep or be
come stupefied by the gas, and he descend
ed into the kiln with tbe oyster shells. One
of the employes opened the furnace door
this morning, and was almost overcome
by the odor from the roasted flesh. The
furnace wns cooled off and Leonard's half-
Incinerated body was taken to the morgue.
BAZAINE'S WIDOW ILL.
Itellct or the ramr.un Field Mnrxhnl
Very Lovv" In 3IevIeo.
CITY OF .MEXICO, Dec 27 Mine. Ba
zalne I3 seriously 'III at a hospital in the
suburbs of this city. She was the wife of
the famous Marshal Bazaine of France,
and Is the daughter of one of the most
aristocratic" American1 families, and re
nowned for' Iter beatify
Bazaine fell ..desjcfately In love with
her while hcreiiitamraand of the French
army during the war al intervention. Her
life hag been as excitlig as an army ro
mance. She followed her husband back
to France, and was with him until be was
Imprisoned on the charge of treason.
She took part In aiding him to make his
escape, and remained with him until his
death in exile In Spain. One of her sons
died In Cuba, and another's whereabouts
u unknown.
IN UTS AT ABIMTON
Arrival of the Maine's Dead at the
National Cemetery.
Taken From the Special Train That
Bronfrht Them From Newport Xewa
nt Itim-tl) n and Dome by Army
AVnuron to a Spot .fnr the Grave.
CeremnulcM to lie Held Tomorrow,
The bodies of the men of the Maine,
which for nearly two years rested in Co
lon Cemetery, Havana, now lie at Arling
ton. The funeral train bearing 151 caskets,
containing the remains, reached Rossi) n.
Va., at 7:20 o'clock this morning. On this
train came an escort of fifteen sailors
from the Texas, under command of Lieu
tenant Benham, of the navy. There were
four cars, the first a Chesapeake and Ohio
day coach and vprrss cars 127, 13j, ai.d
ISO.
Awaiting the arrival of the train were
forty army two-horse wagons from St.
Asaph, Fort Myer, and Washington Bar
racks. There was no military display.
Only the letters U. S. painted on the heavy
blue wagons showed that the Government
was present at the reception of the bodies
at the 'station. Tilers was .v different as
pect around the lines of graves. A guard
cf honor was th-v-;, consulting of a detach
ment of marines, under Lieutenant Bate,
from the navy yard.
When the jellow railroad cars had come
to a standstill on a siding In the Pennsyl
vania freight yard, the escort from the
Maine started for the Washington side ot
the river, and the army wagons, two at a
time, drew up against the baggage ears.
The work of removing the brown cases was
begun. Two of the boxes were placed In
each wagon and a great storm flag was
produced and spread above them.
rim-cd In TcntR.
As the wagons received their burdens,
they drew out of the freight yard and wait
ed in the road without till a train of ten
bad been made up. Then, led by a team
ster mounted on a mule, the procession
rnoved toward Arlington, tolling slowly and
noisily over the frozen roads that wind
through the hills and across the Fort Myer
Reservation. The wagons entered the Na
tional Cemetery by the main w est gate and
then moved southward, first through the
officers' section, and then through the un
known section till they tame to the cleared
were lifted out and more flags were tpread
above the brown boxes. Thus the work
progressed until the last of those men who
met death while en a friendly call In the
Harbor of Havana found his eternal lest
on the heights of historic Arlington, sur
rounded by fields of patriots' bones.
The I.ocnflou of the firnieit.
It is a bare and bold bit of country where
the men of the Maine will He. It is a tree
less, wind-swept knoll of yellow clay and
gravel, but it commands a wide landscape.
Long ago, it was called Hall's Knoll,
taking its name from an old colored man
who lived there when the Lees owned Ar
lington, and whose cabin stood where the
graves yawn now.
These new graves are one hundred yards
outh of the oaks that rise above the blatk
ened headstones in the privates' section of
the National Cemetery. Five hundred
yards to the west runs the red stone wall
that marks the boundary between Arling
ton and the drill grounds of Fort Myer.
Six hundred yards to tbe couth the sodded
parapets of old Fort McPherson close the
view. Two hundred yards to the east is
the edge of a bluff that overlooks the Po
tomac lowlands, the river, the city, and
the hills above Washington to tbe north
and east.
Where the men of the Maine will lie is
a rolling plateau, broken by deep depres
sions which once Acre gullies ami ravines,
the result of centuries of washing toward
the river. These old gullies have been
partially filled, drained, and soddej. and
in them grow clumps of poor pines, with
here and there a native cedar.
The view to the eastward is obtrucied
by a hill which rie"? somewhat higher
than the knoll on which the new graves
hrve been sunk. Standing among the
ridgoT of fresh upturned earth, one may
see pointing above the hill to the cast
ward the dome cf the Capitol and the up
per half of the Washington Monument.
The eve sweeps over the ordinary struc
tures cf the city till :t reaches the ha;e
veiltd hpights bevo-jd.
(Iliiien of the City.
Through a depression to the northeast,
one catches glimpses of the city, and
through a little valley to the southeast,
loe'cs out upon the Potomac that turns
blue or v ellon as the season wills.T The
wooded heights above Giesboro bound the
view. Fort Mcpherson shuts in the site
lo the south. To the southwest and west,
there are sear fields and patches of brown
woodland. The landscape Is dotted, with
scores cf frame houses, many c which
appear In the distance as little boxes. To
the ncrth. one look3 Into thr cemetery
proper, till the black trunks of trees and
shafts and slabs of stone appear to rush
together.
Across an ancient ravine to the south,
about two hundred yards away, are long
lines of fresh-looking wooden headboards
which point out the graves of the men who
died on the fields of El Caney. San Juan,
and Las Guasimas, and in the hospitals at
Siboney and Santiago. A few rods to the
west are buried the bodies of volunters
and regulars who died in the hospitals at
Camp Alger and In the general hospital at
Fort Myer.
Along the road that winds by the north
front ot the new graves, young Norway ma
ples have been planted. In the surround
ing fields grow a few stunted pines,
clumps of fir and Norway spruce, and here
and there a gnarled and rugged locust
whose dry pods still flap and rattle in the
branches as the wind blows.
Scene Diirlne the Dny.
On the south side of the road that cross
es Hall's Knoll have been pitched eight
big tents. In these the boxes containing
the bodies have been placed, being piled
r.nc on another, about as high as a man
can reach. Over these stacks of coffins,
American ensigns have been spread. The
tent flaps have been drawn and scntlnejs
pace to and fro. These tents are old end
seem to be tbe same that sheltered the
cofllns of the men who died during the
campaign In eastern Cuba.
On the north side ot the road, facing
south 'is a rough stand erected for the
"resident of the United States, his Cabinet,
and officers cf tbe navy and army.
It was very quiet by tbe graves when a
reporter for The Times visited Arlington
today. Tbe rumble of the army wagons
is they moved over the hard roads could
be heard. The shovels of grave diggers
as they worked in a distant "part of the
-emetery, ground and grated agalnjet grav
es. The crows that make AVlIngtoasthelr
73ne cawed, and the bugles, singing gar-
rz
rlson calls at Fort Myer, .could be faintly
beard, though the wind was from the
southeast. e-
Captain Slgsbee, vrhb iommaadcd "the
Maine at the time cf ber destruction by a
mine In Havana harbor, February IS, 1898,
reached Washington by rtecmcr from Nor
folk this mornljg and went soon afterward
to the Navy Department. Later in the
day he went to Arlington where he sat
that everything is In readiness for the in
terment tomorrow. He brought to Wash
ington with hlui Jerry Shrj, ; survivor of
'.Le wreck. ,
Chaplain John P. Chldwick, late of the
Maine, was also at the Navy; Department
today. He conferred with Captain Sigsbee
In the arrangements for the final Interment
of the bodies. He said that k)f the bodies
buried In Colon Cemetery, jhe could be
positive as to the identification of but one,
Frederick C. Holcer. who wjas burled In
the same plot nlth the, others. Holcer' e
remains have been forwarded jo his iiiends
in New York. j
This Is the only body tba will receive
private burial. The failure to make posi
tive identifications In the'otScr cases has
made It necessary for the Navy Department
to Inform the relatives of other men lost
in the Maine that positive identification
cannot be made and that the remains de
sired will be interred with the others in
Arlington.
The natural excitement at the tluie nal
the lack of positive Identification of most
of the bodies Is responsible, it is sail,
ior part of the present uncertainty as lo
the identity of all the remains except thoe
01 iioiccr. nut me principal trouble ap
pears to be that the coffins caused the re
mains to become mixed In such a manner
as to make separate Identification impos
sible.
ine ccmns were placed six In
grave In the Colon Cemetery. Three cof-
fins were on the bottom of each grae and
three coffins on top of these The rotting
...,.. ,, Aff1- . . ...
""n; ii ihc lutmis nia uul umraiurai uiier
they had been nearly two ycar3 under
ground In the tropics.
Tbe interment will be made tomorrow at
11 o'clock.
A battalion of the Marina Corps. led by
the Marine Band, artillery from Washing
ton Barracks, and cavalry from Fort Myer
will attend.
The President and his Cabinet have ac
cepted invitations to be present. The cere
monies will be brief and simple, the burial
service being read by Chaplain Chldwick.
THE TORPEDO BOAT STOCKTON.
Another I'roilnet or the Itlehmond
YnrdM Lnuuclieil Todn.
RICHMOND. Va.. Dec. 27. The Sto:k
lon. another torptdo boat, built by the
W. R. Trigg Shipbuilding Company, was
launched today. Miss Katharine Stockton,
the sponsor: Mr. Bavard Stockton and Mrs.
Stockton, all of Princeton. N. J., and Sen
ator John P. Stockton, of Trenton, ar.ived
in the city this evening, and are the guettj
of the Trigg Shipbuilding Company.
Besides the members of the launching
party who will be eatertainel will be Rtar
Admiral Hlchborn, United States Navy,
Chief of tho Bureau of Construction and
Repair, and Capt. Samuel C. Lercley, Uni
ted States Navy, Judge Advocate Gere a!,
who will officially rcpreient the Navy De
partment, and Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Pettier
ick. of London, England, who are no vis
iting this country.
Mr. l'etherlck is well known In naval
circles, iind is connected Alth the 10 al
navy. The Stockton ls the second torpedo
boat launched by the Richmond firm. The
others will te completed as rapidly 33 p s
sible. DYNAMITE IN THE COAL.
A Woman Miocklujsly tnjnred h a
Stove l'&plohlon.
BRIDGETON. N. J.. Dec 27. Mrs. Le
is Robinson placed ccal upon the kitchen
fire last night, when there was a load re
port. Tbe entire top of tbe stove was
blown off, a sheet cf flame! arose to tie
celling, and in a moment the wtoe room
was on fire.
Mrs. Robinson was knocked down by
pieccs of the stove, and honlbly cut about
the face and head, while one of her legs
was broken. The shock rearlered her un
conscious. Neighbors rushci ln'ani saved
her from being burned ta d?sta. Tje
flames were extinguished with difficulty.
It is presumed there must have bien
a stick of dvnamite or blasting pjcer
in the coal, which explode-i when it wis
placed upon the fire. Thcj force ot the
explosion was terrlfi:, a portion ot the st-ve
crashing through the ceiling or the room,
tearing a great hole througn the plaste
and second-story ficor. Mrs. Robinson is
In a critical condition.
MURDERED BY HIGHWAYMEN.
Yv'IUInm IleuMun Killed eur 1 11I011
toivn, I'a.
UNIONTOWN, Pa., Dec. 27. At a lo-.e-ly
spot on the Hajdentown Road, in the
mountains, which has be:n tre scene of
about a dozen murders., suie'des, and
mjsterious disappearances,, the body of
"William Benson was found lying in a
ditch jesterday. There was eve y appear
ance of a desperate struggle, and by the
corpse lay a big club, b'cedy and brolen,
with hair matted to It
Benson's neck was broken and tls
skull fractured. He had been robb3d. His
money, a new gold watch his coat and
vest were gone.
Benson bad been out with some frlscds
Saturday night. All became hilarious, and
when he grew- ugly on the road home,
about midnight, he was left to silft for
himself. He was left on the real some
distance from where he was inurrle el, and
evidently was wandering hbmcwaid when
he was attacked. Ho was twenty-om jea s
old. and lived at Havdentown. His father
was killed in Dunbar two years ego.
THREE CHILDREN 'BURNED.
Locked in n It 00 in, They Could Not
He HeMciied.
MIDDLETOWN, Ccnn Dec. 27. Thrco
negro children were burned to death last
night in a fire that destroyed their home.
They were the children ot Mr: and Mrs
Ephraim Dixon and lived1 upstairs in a
tenement house.
Dixon is a hackman In Hartford. The
mother was out washing. She carried ber
baby with her. The other children, Gladys,
aged seven; Ruth, five, and Ephraim, three,
were locked up in an upper room of the
house. 1
The fire stalled downstairs. There was
a delay In sending In an alarm, and when
the flames were checked the charred re
mains were found huddled, together In the
kitchen. The citizens v. ill raise a fund fcr
the relief of the burned-outcfamillcj.
Incrcnxe In the French Wine Crop.
PARIS, Dec. 27. The official report of
the wine crop. Just published, shows 17,
907.0C0 hectolitres (LC;i,3S.',103 gallons), a
little more than 15.S00.C00 hectolitres $31,
129. ;C0 gallons) greater than last year's
crop. The value Is about 1,249,333.000
francs ($21,S67,CC0). The quality is very
satisfactory.
l'lendlnsr. for. n M nrtfereaK.
PARIS, Dec 27. The "Fronde'' has
opened a petition to Queen "Victoria, pray,
ing her to commute the Sentence of Louise'
Maiset, the French governess who was
condemned to be.hanicd tot infanticide. It
is signed principally By (forirnesses.
WHITE HOUSE GALLBBS
JIauy Visitors Received by
President This Earning.
tbe
Mr. 3IeKInIcy Accepts an InTltntlon
to Ro .Prevent mt theExercbei Al"i
trutllnpr tbe I'nvelllns; of tbe AVcb
Mtcr Statue rranu?nieuf to Go
to Arlington Cemetery Tomorrow.
The President this morning accepted an
invitation to be present at tbe Lafayette
flnura IlmiaA Tnntmrv 1ft nt th PXPrcIflM
In connection with the unveiling of the
statue of Daniel Webster, presented to the
city of Washington by Mr. Stilson Hutch
Ins. The Invitation was extended by Senator
Chandler, who Is chairman of the commit
tee having charge of the arrangements.
The President raid that It would give him
great pleasure to be present.
Senator Cockrell was an early caller at '
the White House this morning and was
with the President for some time. On
leaving lie said that his visit was merely
to pay his respects. The Senator remarked
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a standing army of 65,600 soldiers. The
bill passed raising the army to 'that
strength, Senator Cockrell thought might
hae been necessary at the time of Its pas.
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ipplnes stamped out he believed there Is
no necessity for such a large army.
Senator Stewart wan another early vis
itor and said be called to see the Presi
dent fcr some of his constituents. He ex
pressed blruelf as still being an ardent
expansionist and did not believe that this
country ought to give up a foot of the
grcind which it had taken possession of.
Senator Tillman paid his first visit of
the srarcn to the White House. He said
he had nothing to ask of the President
and no complaints to make. He added
uai nc iiiuruu u, aSeaa uncompromis- . years ago the House Committee on Ap
ing war on the armor plate trust and that proprlations controlled twelve of the thlr
he hoped to see legislation enacted author- teen appropriation bills, the exception be
izing the Government to build its own 1 inK the River and Harbor bill. From time
armor plate factory. He said the Govern- 'to time efforts were made to fake away
ment had been robbed of more than enough from the committee some of the approprla
moaey to build such a factory by the ex- , tlon bills. Jiut thp mmmliipo nnrf.,- ih..
cersive high prices charged by the armor 1 lead of the late Sam Randal, was success
plate trust and that he did net see why ful a long time in preventing any change
did net see
such prices should be -paid when the GoV'
ernment wan amply able to build and equip
Its own factory.
Secretary Long callel and had a con
ference with the President concerning the
nirangcments for the ceremonies. attending
th burial of the Maine deid. The mem
bers of the Cabinet will meet at the White
House about 10 o'clock tomorrow morclig,
and with the President drive to Arlington
Cemetery.
Among the other callers on the President
were senator McComas. Senator Burrows,
Senator McMillan. Senator Carter, Senator
Klklns, Representatives Sullaway of New
Hampslre ,and Davis ot Florida, and Com-
mUoionsr of Pensions Evans, and Bishop
Hurst.
There was alro an unusually large num
ber of visitors, especially women, who
ccrne to see the parlors of the White
House.
SEKS A CHANGE-IN THE RULES.
ieiintor Mnfttin to Try to Ilnve
tin
llclinte Limited. -
Senator Maron, It is asserted, will re
new his fiht for a change In the Senate
rule3 en the tjuctilon of debate. When
Mr. Mason fiini took his seat in the Sen
ate he lost no time In the preparation ot
an amendment to the rules to limit di
late. The atrendment proposed the adop
tion of the previous question, which pre
vail In the House. The Senator intro
duced hi amendment. It was referred to
the Committee on Rules but the commit
tee mver coull find time to take it up
fcr ccr.sideiation. The Junior Senator
from Illlccls. howtver. is persistent, and
those who are close to him tjy that he
will again make the fight to amend the
rules. Senator Mason does not favcr the
extreme n..thcs whi;h pievall In thj
House, where the msjorlty can cut off all
debate without a moment's warning, but
he wants the majority In the Senate to
have the right to fix a reasonable time for
debate nt the conclusion of which a vote
can ha taken.
Under the prc:cat rules of the Senate
there Is.abiolutcly no limit to the debate
and no tlire for a vote can be set except
by uuanimous consent.
GARVEY'S DEATH ACCIDENTAL.
A Corouer'K .Inry Hender n Verdict
in the Case.
A Jury of Inquest convened by Coroner
Carr at No. 8 station today returned a ver
dict of accidental deatll in the case of Dan
iel fiarvey, the old man who was struck by
car No. Z2 of the Brightwood Railway yes
terday. His death, which occurred at
Freednsan's Hospital later, was the result
of injuries received, bjit the jury found
that the railway' company was In no way
to blame.
Immediately after the verdict had been
announced Conductor Mohler and Motor
man Berryman were released.
The first witness examined at the inquest
was Deputy Coroner Glaiebrook. who per
formed an autopsy on the body of Garvey
He gave cerebral herorrhagc as the direct
cause of death.
Garvey's skull, he said, had been-crushed
There were also numerous bruises about
the face, bead, and body, and in addition
there was a compound fracture of the right
leg.
Witnesses of the accident, together with
Conductor Mohler and Motorman Berryman
related similar stories of the affair. Their
statement tended to show that the acci
dent was unavoidable, and was not due to
negligence or carelessness on the part of
the railway employes.
SENT BACK TO MARYLAND.
Kucltlve Primmer Delivered to
the
Authorities of Tlmt Slnte.
A warrant for the extradition of George
Jackson from the District of Columbia to
Maryland was received today by Justice
Edward F. Bingham, of the Supreme Court
of the District. The requisition is signed
by Governor Lowndes, and seta forth that
Jackson is a fugitive from justice, having
escaped from the House of Correction.
The prisoner was Indicted in Montgomery
county. Md., on charges of assault -with in
tent to kill and murder, and pleaded not
guilty to both offences. He was convicted
on the first indictment and sentenced to
two years' Imprisonment in the House of
Correction.
Jackson was captured In this city last
Friday and was held subject to the order
of the Maryland autohritles. He was to
day delivered lo Clarence M, Kiney, deputy
sheriff of Montgomery county.
A Tenmster Kroxen to Deutlt.
CANTON, Ohio, Dec. 27. Samuel Welk,
teamster, was found under a railroad
bridge last night frozen to death. He was
forty-fire -fears old and single.
GROWTH OP THE MWTQHrTOND.
Vya
The Cnnh Id Hand IteacheV'a Total
of f31,40U.-i5. X,
More than $3,000 was added to the Law
ton home fund today, bringing the, total
cash receipts in tbe hands of' Adjutant
Genual Corbln up to $17,825.45. In addi
tion to this sum telegrams were received
announcing that $13,581 had been collected
by persons, companies, and newspapers, In
various cities, making the amount of the
fund $31,104.45. It is billsved that nt
least $3,000 has been collected from other
sources, and not yet reported. Despatches
stale that the New York fund amounts to
12,775, which Is $200 more than reported
to General Corbln, and tbe Philadelphia
fund $2,323. which is $100 In excew of the
amount reported here, which shows how
! th? '"""I. ls growing. Accompanying: the
subscriptions received today wera many
letters endorsing the Idea of raising the
fund.
THE APPROPRIATION BILLS.
A Content Kvpfcteil for Ulatrlhutiou
Among: Senate Committee.
The fight for a distribution of tbe appro
priation bills will again be renewed in the
Senate, so it was said today.
Tor the past several years there has been
a disposition on the Part of the new Sena
tors, backed by some ot the older mem
bers Of that bodv. to revnlt against thi nn-
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' on Appropriations. But Senator AJIison.
the Chairman of tbe Appropriations Com-
mittee, and bis colleagues on the commit
tee have alwajs been able to postpone any
action on the proposition, and thus prevent
a vote. Members of the Appropriations
Committee have always claimed that there
was nothing to be gained by distributing
the appropriation bills among the several
committees, as is done In thp Hnu hut
that, on the contrary, such distribution
would result in extravagance. Besides, It
Is said that no Senator's interests would
be neglected by the Appropriations Com
mittee. This argument. It is said, has been
used until it has lost its patency, and when
the Senate reassembles on the 3d of Janu
ary the attack on the power of Chairman
Allison s comniitce will be resumed.
in in.-, rule. However, the presence of .t
lot of new- members In the House resulted
In taking from the Appropriations Commit
tee the Naval. Array. Military Academy,
Agricultural, Indian. Postcffice. and the
Diplomatic bill. These are the bills on
which the figh will be made in the Senate
to take them away from the Appropriations
Committee.
REFORMS IN IMMIGRATION.
Ahhlftniit ccretnr Tujlor Ilecfiiu.
mend Them.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Tajlcr believes that some changes in the
Allen. La Lor Coutract law are desirable.
In speaking of this subject last night, he
said:
"Something ought to be dene to 3top
the food of immigration. Last mon'li 33.
000 immigrants landed in New York. The
immigrants from the southern European,
countries are those we fear racst These
from the North, the EnglUh, Irish. Scan
dinavians. Danes, Dutch. Germans, all
make desirable citizens. But tho from
Italy, Hungary, Turkey, and Spain are
coming over faster than they can be as
similated. "The immigrants from the North usu
ally hasten through New York bound fur
the West and the Northwest, where they
become farm laborers, and graduallv ne
to bs farm owners. They add lr the pro
ductiveness of the country. The olhcr.i. on
the contrary. linger about the larga cities.
New York, Chicago, and St. Louis.
"They go Into sweat sheps vnd sleep
twenty In a room, or they become fruit
peddlers or organ grinder1, and never get
away from tbe cities. A few ar- employ
ed In the c-oal and Iron mines. Ac a rule,
however, they are most undesirable. W
do net need so many cf this class cf im
migrants, and I believe sccnethin should
be done to check the tide."
CLAIMS HIS WIFE IS INSANE.
George KirU. AhIwn for nn IiivcstiKn
tlun li the Courts.
A setition was filed In the Supreme
Court of the District today by George E.
Kirk, asking that the court enquire into
the mental condition of'hls wife,, Rebecca
J. Kirk, and that a "committee be appoint
ed to take charge of her estate. The iti
tlcner states his wife is about seventy
four jears of age. and Is now and for the
last two years has been an Inmate cf the
Mount Hope Retreat. In Baltimore. Md..
an Institution for the care of feeble-minded
persons. He also states that his wife
is the owner of Improved nroperty in this
city valued at $40,000. which returns a
revenue of $SC0 per annum.
The expense of maintaining her com
fortably at tbe institution, however, is
$720 a v ear, and he is, he says, now in ar
rears S7S0.
Because of his wife's mental condition,
he says, she is incapacitated from taking
part in the control or disposition ot any
part of her estate.
The petition Is accompanied by affidavits
from Drs. J. Morgan Barber. Frank J.
Flannery. and Charles G. Hill, phjsicians
connected with the retreat.
FOUND DEAD IN THE ROAD.
A SnldicrM Home Inmate IIIck Under
Peculiar CircuinfttnuccN.
The body of Frank- Hunter, fifty-seven
years of age, an Inmate of the Soldiers'
Home, was found lying in the Brentwood
Road near tbe Harmonlai Cemetery this
morning. The discovery was made by Ar
thur Williams, who lives In Jollet Street.
Brookland. He was walking along the
road when his attention was attracted by
a hat
Ac investigation revealed the body of
Hunter a short distance away. Life was
apparently extinct, but In the hope such
was not the case the body was removed
to the Homeopathic Hospital, w here It was
seid the man had been dead for several
hcurs. The body was then taken to the
morgue. Coroner Carr was notified and
will decide whether an inquest is neces
sary. There were no marks of violence on the
body of Turner and it ls thought death "was
due to exposure.
A BANK FAILURE IN BOSTON.
The Firm of Edward C. Hodges A Co.
SaNnend BuMliieft'ii.
BOSTON. Dec 27. Edward C. Hodges
& Co.. bankers and brokers of 53 'State
Street, suspended business today. The
firm ls one of the largest In the city. Its
dealings have been principally In munici
pal bonds.
It Is a member uf the Boston and New
York stock exchanges and the Chicago
Board of Trade. Assets and liabilities not
given.
THE HBff LOCAL LIBBASY
Work on the Proposed Structure
May Begin Next Week.
Superintendent off Construction
Green RetnrnH From Sew York for
information an to When lie Can.
Commence A Model lWnnned The
Condition of the Site nt 1'resent.
The plans for the new Public Library aro
rapidly being completed, and It Is expected
that the work of construction may conr
mence next week. Bernard II. Green, the
superintendent of construction, 'has re
turned from New York, where be visited
the architects and went over their draw
ings In order to find out how long-It would
be before he was allowed to commence tho
work of erecting the building. Messrs.
Ackerman & Ross have finished tbe second
set of plans and are now engaged on tho
working plan which Is to be turned over to
the construction officers In a few days.
It Is proposed by the architects, to con
struct a model of the proposed building,
which is to be placed on exhibition at the
annual show of the Architectural League in
New- York, after which It Is to be brought
to this city and exhibited.
Every point about the building and the
grounds ls to b? brought out In the mod
el, which It Is expected will ha of great as
sistance to the constructors In their work.
This model wi cost $500 and it is thought
that the raemters of the commission will
approve of the sjggestioo, of tbe archi
tects and order Its construction.
The site for the building will require
some preparation before the work of ex
cavating for the foundations can com
mence. -Mount Vernon Park is at present
covered with shrubbery and trees that
villi have to be removed.
Some of these are of a valuable variety
and will probably be takei: up and trans
planted. The v.oik of clearing will com
mence as soon as tbe working plans ar
completed, and It is thought that it will
take about a week to prepare the ground
fcr the foundations.
As the structure Is to have a basement
foor. the foundations will be laid vev
cUep, and will probably reunite consider
able time. The builders will bo g:eitly
assisted in this work. howev2-. as tho
site Is situated or: one of th hills in which
tbe city abounds, and there will not be
as much trouble in securing solid ground
as would have been the case had the
space In front of the Centre Merkat'been
i-slected.
According to the act sutharlz'ng the
building, tie structure wi I have to bo
complttcl within two yrrs afur construc
lon Is commenced, but It is not thought
that it will take this time. It is eireed
that the structure will bs ready for occu
pancy lacg before that time, and the read
ers will have been enjoying Its benefits
fcr some time when the limit fixed by Con
grcs expires.
THE STRIKERS VICTORIOUS.
An lmiorlnnt lleellou in Their Fi
mr I17 tin Ohio Juilize.
TOLEDO. Ohio. Dec r7. Judge Morris-,
in common pleas court, yesterday rendered
an unusual decision as to the rights of
striking workmen. The n;ember3 of the
Bicycle Workers Union "struck at tho
Standard Tube and Forkslde Works.
A temporary Injunction was granted re
straining strikers from patrolling the
works and accosting and Intimidating em
plojes who took their places.
This Injunction Judge Morris yesterday
dissolved, holding that the strikers tad a
perfect right to keep pickets about tha
works and to talk to workmen and urge
them to come out. He held that there was
no-positive evidence of threats, and that
the number of men employed at the works
exceeded the number of itrlkers usually
kept on plclet duty, so that there could be
no danger of personal violence. The case
will be appealed.
THOUSANDS FOR YALE.
The College the Ilevililent of a Hnnd
Mome Gilt.
NEW HAVEN. Conn., Dec 37. At a
meeting of the Yale corporation jesterday
plans for the buildings to bi erected to
commemorate the bicentennial were ac
cepted, and a building committer was in
structed to begin the work o! building an
auditorium, a memorial vestibule, and a
dining hall as soon as the funds permit
It was also announced that the Ml:se3
Olivia Phelps Stokes and Carrie Phelps
Stokes, of New York, aunts cf Ansan
Phelps Stokes, secretary of the corpora
tion, have provided funds for the erection
cf a new administration building to take
the place cf the present t.easury build
ing. It Is said this new building will cast
$3OO,0C0.
SEEKING TRADE IN THE EAST.
An Klectrlcnl Concern to I.enve Chl-i-neii
for Vjevs York.
CHICAGO, Dec 27. The American
Electrical Vehicle Company will icmove its
headquarters to New York on January 1.
according to a statement made yesterday
by C. E. Corrigan. vice president and gen
eral manager of the company. The reason3
assigned for the proposed removal are that
New York is the centre of tho automoblU
trade; that the number of men In New
York able to afford the vehicles is many
times the number in Chicago who axe In
poslticn to buy, and that it ls difficult to
sell automobiles in this city and get good
prices for them.
The company will probably establish Its
plant in New Jersey, near Newark.
SAFE ROBBERS IDENTIFIED.
3Icmhers of n Gnnic or Hank Dyna
mitern Arretted.
CHICAGO, Dec. 27. Edward Lally and
Henry Steinmeyer, under arrest here, were
identified yesterday by Pontlac, III., police
men as members of a gang of safe blowers,
who robbed a bank at Cornell, III., the
night of December 5. They took from tho
safe $2.M0.
In their room was found a quantity of
dynamite and nitroglycerine. There were
six In the gang that blew open the safe of
the Cornell bank. The robbers were no
ticed by a young man who met them near
the bank. They dragged him Into the
building and bound him near the safe,
where they took the money. Tho young
man was left unconscious on the floor while
the thieves boarded a freight train for
Pontlac.
Ijvvvjer "William II. Gate Dend.
BOSTON, Mass.. Dec. 27. William B.
Gate, for the past forty-five years one ot
the most prominent lawyers of Massachu
S'.ts and well known to the public through
his connection as counsel with some twenty-five
of tl.c most famous murder cases in
this State died late yesterday afternoon at
tho Hotel Vcndome, where he made his
home.
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