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WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2J5, 3S99.
Price One Cext.
Number 206S.
THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR
CmhI sioas Diawn From ilic Last
English Casualty Report.
The LiikKVN All Anions; "White's Reprl
iiiuntK, "Which Indicate u Sortie
I.iitlyiititli or a More ISiTective
Jloiiilmrilmciit r the Town Xu Def
inite Xen of Holler' Lost Guns.
LOKDOX, Dec. 52. The casualties men
tteaed to the AVar Office despatch from
IfeteroMritzbtirg as having occurred In an
engagement on December 16. which is the
firat report ef any ftgbl on that date, were
all among: regiments that are known to be
with General White, indicating either that
aonther aortie was made by the Ladyamith
garrfaan or that the Boers have succeeded
in staking their bombardment of the town
Modi wore effective than when the last ac
eonctte were received. Thte is the only hint
of any action in the whole theatre of the
war (or a week past.
The "Standard's" Chevdey correspond
ent, la a despatch dated December 16, gives
the meet definite news yet received of Gen
end Boiler's lot- guns. After describing
bow the batteries reached their advanced
poatctou and remained there an hour and a
MM wider a bail of shell and bullets, until
their ammunition was gone and the casul
llee prevented efficient serving of the guns,
the correspondent says:
"Then, as there were no signs of the
much-needed ammunition wagons, the
eeiMBB doubled back to a donga, in the rear.
The- men remained there for hours, pro
tected from the enemy's fire, but expose!
to the burning sun. Colonel Bullock, with
two companies of the Devonshires and a
few Soots Fusiliers, managed to reacn tne
donga. In support, but it was impossible to
oo anything in face of the terribly con
centrated fire that was bi ought to bear on
them."
The correspondent then relates Scofield's
and Robert recovery of part of the guns,
and continues:
"AX a late hour in the afternoon, while
the men were lying without hope of succor
in the biasing sun, & strong psjy of
Boars crossed the river. Firing wa6
stopped and they surrounded the guns,
which had been taken to the donga for
shelter and captured all of them. Colonel
.Bullock at first refused to surrender, but
-was told that on the first sign of resist
ance be and his men would be shot down.
3Serertbelese, most of the rank and file
managed to escape in the confusion. A
majority of the artillerymen were either
kflted, wounded, or taken prisoners."
Nothing new has been received from
Modder River, but accounts cf the fight at
Magersfontein continue to reveal the amaz
ing strength of the enemy's position,
which, it Is now generally admitted, is
cteoiutely unassailable by direct assault.
Battue, as at Tugela River, British bravery
1M as completely thrown away as would
he arrows against a cannon -proof fort. The
trenches at Magersfonteln are likened to
4ci ground dwellings. They are very
Mp aim wide and are casemated at inter
"vals, admitting the concentration of the de
TmflrrT at any point without danger to
ijhemselves. The front trench is always
aosaaaaaded by others near by. The latest
advices show that the Boers are eontinu-
lag to increase their trenches and are j
drawing a line rouna tne norm ot tne unt- i
ish camp Troon the Modder River to the
Riet JUver, with the inevitable result that
If General Mettouen wishes to turn his pe
ettiOB he must move to the south bank
of the river and again force -his passage
elsewhere to the north bank.
Qenersl Warren, who. It was lately re
ported, had gone to join General Methuen,
bee now, it is stated in Cape Town, sailed
. eastward, but his actual movements are yet
successfully screened.
Cardinal Vaugban, Archbishop of West
minster, has issued a somewhat remarkable
pastoral to the clergy of this diocese. The
docament is noteworthy for its strong pro
British sentiment, which is the exact anti
thesis of the utterances of the "Osserva
ton Romano" and other newspapers sup
posed to be influenced by the Vatican. The
Cardinal enjoins "public and united sup
plications for our army and the speedy suc
cess of the British arms." He continues:
"Whatever doubt was entertained of the
kuHrfalness of enforcing the British de
bt' recourse to the sword there
be any doubt now that we have
forced into war and that justice is
oa oar side. It is now & question of some
thing more than what is the lawful ques
tion. It is. shall the British Empire be
allowed to fall to pieces by supineness.
by want of determination and self-denial?
The answer is, no. This Empire has been
aura toed by the same Providence that
called the Roman Empire into existence,
and as God used one toward, the attain
Ment of divine purposes and mercy so does
he seem to be using the other."
The Cardinal proceeds to describe the
mission of the Empire as being peace, lib
erty, and preparing the way for Christianity-,
and admonishes to humility and repentance-
while endeavoring to worthfully fulfil
Asia mission.
Viscount Belgrave, heir of the Duke of
Westminster, is now on Governor M liner's
staff at Cape Town.
The Foreign Office has issued' a notice to
the effect that information has been re
ceived that shows what is not generally
known, that trading with the enemy is un-
.... ... .
KW. " warns unun suojects ana tor-
esgaera In British territory not to supply
say wares to either Republic.
The "Times" correspondent at Modder
River, in a despatch dated December 17,
says:
"Surgeon Major Burtchell. who was
geftfared by the Boer at Magersfontein
heeaose he possessed a revolver, was re
leased today from Jaeobsdal. He reports
that Commandant Van Der Merwe treated
Mat well. He was seat to Jaeobsdal, where
Commandant Croaje Interviewed him. The
Urftlah prisoners were excellently treated
la the Boer hospitals. Burtchell was re
leased through the direct intervention of
Commandant Steyn, who consulted with
the German doctors ss to the bearing of
the Geneva convention on his case- The
Xmddroat at Jaeobsdal wrote to General
Methneo. saying he hoped BurtchelFs un
fortunate arrest would not inconvecicaee
the wounded. Boers told Burtchell that
their chief anxiety was to recover their
asnhaistices that were in onr bands. These
ham since been restored."
FHH XIS6I02T OF DB. LEYDS.
AJtlr From Pari Thai the Boer's
AKOHt Want l'oaco.
LONDON. Dec. . The "Daily Mail"
Paris correspondent says: "Dr. Leyds, tse
Warapean representative of the Transvaal.
hi hare. He visited M. Delcasse, Minister
at Foreign Affairs, Thursday, and asked
his asretces in the cause of peae. I learn
-imm a friend, who is well iafbrtnei regard
ins; he movements of the Transvaal
agency, that M. Delcasse gave an equivocal
tvpty. arkitig for time for the consideration
of the request
f T.ftdj- previoi'fly visited the repre
Mf v i of x European power wtose name
I . A not to mention. Dr. Leyds said
! intervifcws that a war indemnity
r. A he expected from Great Britain.
my informant, who has been cx-
Flymi'B BttInc College, Sth and IC
Bezlz-tss, lUrtuisd. tpe .itex-i-i a yr.
tremely intimate with Dr. Leyds methods
of diplomacy, suggests that the question of
indemnity is merely raised in order to be
waived later as a concession. My infor
mant is not aware of the causes which have
produced this change of tone, but there is
undoubtedly friction between a section of
the Free Stale Boers and the Boers of the
Transvaal, and it is believed there is great
shortness of ammunition among them. Dr.
Leyds was expected to return to Brussels
Friday, but an attack of influenza pre
vented his departure."
The "Mail". declares as the result of an
enquiry that it does not hesitate to p'ace
the fullest credence in its correaponleat's
information.
GENERAL YTJLE INSANE.
British Reverses Ciuixe
Him ( I.o
HIS Ilt'llhOll.
LONDON, Dec. 22. It was learned today
that Ren. James H. Yule, who commandtd
the British troops on their retreat from
Glencoe to Ladysmith is insane. He was
permitted to escape from Ladysmith with
an ambulance corps. Later he was invalid,
ed home and he is now here a mental
wreck.
A BOER AGENT'S STORY.
The True Situation tn "south Africa
Not .Made Known.
LONDON, Dec. 22. England is chafing
today over the absence of news from South
Africa. The fear is growing that the situa
tion there is worse than the meagre de
tails given out by the War Office would in
dicate. Many Englishmen feel that the
officials are holding back bad news and are
not telling the full extent of the losses.
An agent of the Boer Government charges
that the British losses as really cabled by
the generals in the field to the War Office
have been 17,542 killed, wounded and cap
tured. The losses as given out to the press
have been S.78G. This statement of the
Boer agent in question is startling enough,
but his explanation of how he gets his in
formation is sensational In the extreme.
He says.
"There is a widespread belief that there
is no authentic news from South Africa re
garding the battles of last week, save in
the carefully edited bulletins issue J by the
British War Department. This belief is
grounded upon the erroneous assumption
that Great Britain's secrets are kept in
violate by the offielals who receive the tel
egrams from the commanders in the field.
As a matter of fact, every department of
the British Government is permeated by
the unrivaled spy systems of France, Ger
many, and Itussla. Today the principal of
ficers of the French, German, and Russian
armies are In possession of the exact text
of the long despatches from the British
generals, in which they tell the absolute
truth about their crushing defeats and des
perate condition.
"Today I have from friends in Russia and
France the exact tables of losses suffered
by the combatants from the outbreak of
hostilities until December 16. According
to the secret cabled and mail reports of
the encasements there have been no bay
onet charges, and the Lancer charges end-
ed in ignominious routs, save once, when
a party of Boer sharpshooters were cut off,
and being only thirty-four against G,1SC
of the British they surrendered, and were
killed in the most brutal manner.
"All the British generals complain that
most of their enlisted men have betrayed
gross cowardice and many of them have
been shot down in the back by troops post
ed to compel them to go to the front.
Gross jobbery has developed in the supplies
0( arms and ammunition for tne liriusti
much of the ammunition sent to the front
has been found defective and the range of
projectiles and shells has "been shortened
one-half, and, in some cases, two-thirds,
by reason of defective guns and poor cart
ridges. Many rifles, after being fired a
dozen times, were out of repair, beyond
the skill of the field armorers. The rinder
pest has broken out among the horses, and
many of them have been poisoned by spies
wearing British uniforms and high in the
confidence o ftheir officers. Great Britain
is beginning to realize that she is not
fighting the Boers alone, but the Boers
aided by the brains and skill of a host of
the ablest artillerists and military tacti
cians in several foreign armies, who are
with the Boers in every movement.
"What did the bowing and smiling of
the German Emperor amount to for Brit
ian's benefit, while at the hour he was
walking over the sward of Windsor Castle
with the Prince of Wales more than 2,000
former soldiers of the German artillery,
led by former oftlcers ot me same splendid
army of military scientists, were mowing
down British soldiers as a mowing machine
cut down grass? What does it signify
that the Emperor of all the Itussias is say
insr airy nothings about the friendly rela-
j tions of Itussla with Great Britain while
I Russia's secret service is stirring up India
and the onward march of Russia is nearing
the gates of Herat?"
BTJLLER'S NARROW ESCAPE.
The
British General Struclc ly a.
Spent Bullet.
CHEVELEY, Natal, Dec. 17 (1:50 p.m.).
General Buller hail a very narrow escape
Friday. A spent bullet from a shrapnel
shell cut the skin on his side.
Th hortv nf Mator Chichester has been
found. A Mauser bullet was discovered in
his haversack, it having passed through a
notebook during the battle.
Captain Roberts, son of Field Marshal ,
Lord Roborts. has died from the effects of
I t. ...n..l K.. Y.In. ot thA liaMl;. nf
wuuuto '."J - - -"- """
Tugela River, lie was ounea touay at
fy' ...i io MrvMnh Tr ,v!th
Colonei Long had narrow escape from
capture. Twenty-eight oxen and three
men were killed during their withdrawal.
THE ENGINEER KILLED.
A Collision Between Locomotives nt
a. Burfnlo Railroad Junction.
BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 22. One man was
killed and one perhaps mortally injured
In & collision at the junction of the Buf
falo and Southwestern and Lackawanna
railroads near the Abbott road this morn-
i ing. The engineer on . the Lackawanna
! engine, William Lanigan, was killed, and
the fireman, Herman Shulte, was badly
injured.
The Southwestern train left the Eric sta
tion at 8:80 o'clock, and was running at a
fair rate of speed when It reached the
Lackawanna crossing. The Lackawanna
engine, which was bound for the station
at the foot of Main Street, was behind
time. It Is said. Both approached the
junction and through a misunderstanding
In the signals neither stopped. A moment
later the Lackawanna engine was a com-
plete wreck, and the front of the South-
western engine was completely demolished.
Xveltncr tne nreinnn aur engineer uiaenij i
ed to escape. Lanigan was jammed tn be
tween the boiler and the cab of the Lack
awanna engine, and was roasted to death,
as the heat was terrific. Shulte was re-
i moved from the wreck insensible.
I The passengers on the Southwestern
train were badly shaken up, but none was
Injured.
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TiefcrU on sal Saturday and Sunday. Dcoem
ber SS and 24, good to ictom until Monday, De
crtnber Si. All trains except CoiigTt&onil Lim
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GIRLS PERISH II FLAMS
Eight Children Burned to Death in
an Illinois School.
Jinny More AVhohe Injuries "Will
Prove Fatal The Trnirie Termina
tion of a Ilchvnrsnl for a School
ISiitertniitxiieiit in Unincj Heroic
ICffortu to Rescue the Victims.
QU1NCY, 111., Dec. 22. Eight girls were
burned to denth and as many more fatally
injured in a tire at St. Francis parochial
bcnooi tnis ntternoon. our sisters, rauiei
Andrew, pastor of St. Francis Church, a
music teacher, and the janitor were
severely burned while trying to rescue the
children. The girls were rehearsing a
Christinas entertainment on the stage of
the school auditorium. The dress of one
of the girls caught fire on a gas jet. The
flames- spread to the others and the stage
ivas soon a mass of blazing dresses and
shrieking, terror-stricken' children. So
rapidly did the flames spread that less
than half or the children escaped injury.
The dead are:
i;u:.NOK WAVEKIXO, aged ten.
CAHLOTTA JUDDKXDOHF.
Hl.HNAltlMXO mm XD.
MAMli: Ft TTEltEH.
MAMIE 1I1CKEY.
MAMIE ALTHOKF.
MBNA FHEIuTHO.
MAHOARET WERNER.
Fatally burned Laura Menfce, CvIm Van Der
Harr, Jose Holme, Olivia Tempo, Lenii Kciger,
Eleanor Tempe, Helena Zoblring, and Willielmliu
Kottendorf.
Seriously burned SWer Theotama, Sister LuU
wipa, Sister Hphron, Sister Iteriiilpha, Father An
drew, Prof. Mifeholt, and Janitor Kotters.
The flames were quickly extinguished eo
far as the danger to the building was
concerned, but there remained the task
of taking out charred bodies and of res
cuing little ones who were lying half suf
focated and burned. Crowds congregated
in an instant and parents came searching
for their children. The landing at the
third floor was a combination of hospital
and morgue. Bodies charred to a crisp
were there, while some of the victims
were still writhing in agony. All the tele
phone lines in the neighborhood were in
service summoning surgeons, and in a
few moments nearly all the. doctors of the
place were on hand.
The first body identified was that of the
little daughter of W. H. Middendorf. The
first report was that four.were burned to
a crisp and were dead. Later the num
ber was increased to eight. Father An
drew', the head of the church and school,
was one of the first in the room, and
had his hands terribly burned in endeavor
ing to crush out the flames which envel
oped some of the children.
In the hall at the time were between 500
and 600 pupils of the school and o number
of children from St. Aloysius Orphan Asy
lum, which is situated near by. They had
been invited to attend the dress rehearsal,
which began early in the afternoon, and
eight numbers on the programme had been
given before the fire broke out. The ninth
number was a tableau, "The Birth of
Christ," and every one of the little girls,
ranging from eight to twelve years old,
who were to take part in it, is either dead
or fatally burned. The girls were just
preparing to take their places on the stage,
when Laurena Manke, who was to represent
a lamb, and who was in the act of adjust
ing her mask, representing a lamb's head,
came in contact with the gas jet in the
dressing room. In an instant she was en
veloped' in flames, and as she ran scream
ing among the other girls their clothing
was set on fire. The eight who w-ero burned
to death failed to get out of the dressing
room on account of the scramble down the
narrow stairway when the fire started.
Those who reached the stage communicated
the fire to others.
The building was but slightly damaged by
fire.
TROUBLE IKT NEWPORT NEWS.
A Serious Clash Between the Ilewi
tlentH of Itoekctts District.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Dec. 22. Se
rious trouble is threatened here between
the Jews and the negroes in the district
known as Rocket ts, which is populated by
negroes principally, and some white peo
ple, among them a small colony of Jews.
For some time the Jews have been syste-
Urmically robbed by the blacks, and early
this morning three of them, who had been
vested with police power, shot and killed
Parlip Williams as he was entering a store.
Later in ihe day the negroes turned out in
force and prepared to fight the Jews. One
of their number, John Harper, aseaulted a
man named White, who participated in the
early morning shooting.
The Jews set upon Harper and one of
the special officers tried to place him under
arrest. He fled and was followed by the
others. The special officer, whose name
is Isadore Kahn, fired at the negro, the
bullet taking effect in the back. The negro
ran into a house and was followed by his
pursuers and a policeman, vho placed
Kahn under arrest. When the party started
to leave it was met by a howling mob of
more than one thousand negroes, who tried
to take Kahn from tho police. The Jews
were assaulted with bricks and clubs. Somo
j f .ihe, "eBI,cs,"ri8,d "ZolLeJ?
Tho
i Jews became frightened and fired. An
S other negro, James Cross, was shot in the
' head and may die. The blacks undoubtedly
would have killed the Jews but for the
arrival of the sergeant of police and
, smlflIi of natrolmon and some citizens, citv
madc the,r w tQ be;
sieged policeman and his prisoner and pre-
ve 'J "0"h
The negroes did not stop at that, how
ever. The mob followed the police for a
distance until it was seen that it would
be useless to try to get Kahn. There were
crowds on the streets in Rockctts tonight.
THE TAYLOR SUICIDE.
It ItccnllH 3Iiiny Troubles
in the
WnRiicr Fnntlly.
FORT PLAIN, N. Y., Dec. 22. Intelli
gence of the suicide of James D. Taylor, at
Washington, D. C, yesterday, reached here
last evening, and created a shock, the de
ceased having been well known here and
a prominent, popular man. His summer
residence was at Palatine Bridge, a short
distance from this village, and it is one of
the most magnificent in central New York.
Since the violent death met at Spuyten
Duyvil a number of years ago by Mr. Tay
lor's father-in-law, Webster Wagner, ill
luck seems to have followed the family.
Norman Wagner, a son of Webster Wagner,
died suddenly some years ago in New lork;
George Van Vleck, a son-in-law, seriously
( wounded himself by attempted suicide in
' the Hotel Wagner, Canajoharie, and died
a few weeks later; Marion Taylor, aged
eighteen, Mr. Taylor's daughter, was killed
a few years ago by being run down by a
mail wagon In front of her homo in Madi
son Avenue, New York, and another son-in-law
of Webster Wagner, Mr. Stetson,
has been in Europe several years because
of financial difficulties.
The body of James D. Taylor will be
brought to Palatine Bridgo and the funeral
held there Sunday.
Holiday Rut cm to I'ittsburK-, Etc., "via
l'cnnjiylvanla Railrouil.-
Excurrion tickets, Washington to Pittsburg,
ConnelUviUc, Uniontown, Dravogburg, Scottdale,
Uraddock, Dunbar. KairHiance, Mt. Pleasant, and
Johnstown, Pa , on t-alo December 23, 24, 25, 31,
Januarj 1, i?ood to return until January , 1000,
at rate of fare and enc-third fur ujrid trm.
A MESSAGE PROM! LAWTON.
Former Minister Barrett Heart it
Letter at it Vtnnuet.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2. In a speech to-
night at the annual New England dinner,
John Barrett, former Minister to Slam,
after paying a tribute to General Lawton,
said:
"In my hand I hold an unread warning
and message to the American people for
I hope, through the New England Society
j that they may go to art his mourning
countrymen which came to me during the
last month in the form of n. letter-from
! this hero, whom I not only! admired and
loved, but had often seen on the firing line.
"Had he lived, his official position would
have prevented giving publicity' to these
sentiments, as he is gone, buj his influence
still lives, it is good" that they should be
herivlllel throuKhout the larfd. From his
ionciy rain-sodden, heat-steamed camp in
the jungle, like the voice of tone crying in
the wilderness, yet ever cheerful and per
sistent, he wrote:
" "I would to God that the who'e truth of I
this whole Philippine situat on could be !
i v... : a i.. t i.,- i
it. If the real history, inspiration, and
condition of this insurrcrtion. and the in-
fluences, local and external, that now en- ;
courage the enemy, as well as the actual
possibilities of these islands and peoples, j
and their relations to this great East could !
be understood at home we would hear no '
more talk of unjust 'shooting of gov- '
ernment" Into the Filipinos, or of haul- j
ing down our flag in the Philippines. I
" 'If the so-ca'led anti-imperialists would '
honestly ascertain the truth on the ground
and not in distant America, they, whom I -
believe to be honest men misinformed,
would be convinced of tha error of their
statements and conclusionpand of the un
fortunate effect of their publications here.
If I am Fhot by a Filipino bul'ct it might
as well come from one of my own men. be
cause I know from observations confirmed
by captured prisoners that the continuance
of fighting is chiefly due to reports that
are sent out from America.' "
A PEKTAN RAID PROPOSED.
Anfl-llrltlhh Societies Called, l.'pon to
IiiMitle Canada.
OMAHA. Neb., Dec. 22. A good many re
cruits have been leaving Omaha of late for
South Africa to aid the Boers, but the sen
sation of the war in this section was pro
duced today through an open letter, signed
"Liberty," in a local paper, calling upon
Fenian organizations. Clan-,Na-Gnel, and
similar anti-British clans to prepare for an
invasion of Canada. It is. understood the
letter was written by a prominent Fenian
who was a member of the regiment which
did the fighting in the former raid on Can
ada. The police have communicated the
circumstances to the local Federal officials.
It is believed the movement is general and
something tangible will grow out of It.
The letter, among other things, says: "It
may not be generally kuown, but it is
nevertheless a fact, that Canada is at the
present time absolutely unprotected from
I innri ntt.nr-k on the United States side.
and a comparatively small invading force '
could in a very short time, by moving from
several points simultaneously and striking
quickly, capture all the principal forts and
strongholds. What nre the conditions that
prevail in Canada? The population is
about 5,000,000, or one ard ono-half per
sons to every square mile. Of this popula
tion 1,500,000 are French, speaking that
language, and their loyalty to England is
not pre-eminent. Of the r"inder.a large
percentage is made up of people of Dutch,
German, and Irish birth, or descent, and
Mip half-breeds are a numerous class.
None of these people have any" reason to !
love England, and the frequent uprisings
of the half-breeds serve to saow tne ex
tent of their loyalty.
"What are the military resources of the
country? The regular soldiers number
about 20,000, the militia comprises abQUt
30,000 men, poorly trained and arme3,
scattered over a large area and difficult to
mobilize. Even when mobilized, its efli
ciencv is below par. Its lighting qualities
were fully tested at the time of the Fenian
",!
Canadian militia regiments. Of course, our b deposIt (onar for doiiar of gold, In th3 , strength in muscle, but weakness m mind
Government could not wink at a movement , bHc TreasnrVi this criticism would not j an(l win Pwer. The writer, he said,
of this kind any more than at the filibus- j exlst The slgn or promise of the thing started off with a splurge and made his
terlng expeditions to Cuba a'few years ago, would be substantially the thing itself, j capitals too largo for the rest cf the let
but with 50,000 of our troops in Cuba. Porto ! sch however, is not the condition of ters. Then, he added, the energy, soon ex
nirn nnd the Phillnnlne6. and taking into ' Mi.tr nohinrt snmn s.un nnn nnn nf r.nv- pended. ran out altogether sometimes be-
account the extent of the" Canadian border
line, and the further fact that thousands
of Canadian militia would be in South Afri-
ca fighting the Transvaal patriots, tho pa-
trol of the border cannot bs very effective
to prevent such an invasion."
DEATH OF DR. JOHN BAKER.
The Principal In the Famous Abliitf
tloii Io1noii1iir ,Cnse.
RICHMOND, Va., Dee. 22. Dr. John A.
P. Baker, the principal in ono of Vir
ginia's most sensational murder trials,
died at Abingdon last evening of soften
ing of the brain. Dr. Baker was a man
of wealth, cultuie, and high standing, and,
up to tho time that the crime of which
ho was accused became 'known, was a
leader in all religious work, building a
chapel, which was called by his name.
Dr. Baker met at a picnic the young
and pretty wife of Wyndham R. Gilmer, a
iarmer. and there sprung up between tho
two an intimacy that grew, more and more
pronounced. Baker became Gilmer's family
physician and was almost constantly with
tho wnmnn npirlectine his own Wife. This
I state of things continued for some time,
and then Dr. Baker's wife1 died suddenly.
Her burial was hasty, but no suspicion
was aroused. That came later when
number of letters from Mrs. Gilmer
Baker were found, showing that the two
had agreed on a plan by which she was i
to kill her husband and he his wife, after
which they would be married. The body
of Mrs. Baker was disinterred and an ex
amination showed traces of arsenic in her
stomach.
Baker was arrested and tried, the trial i
i.(.,o. fi,- ivnoi-. m r.iimnr frnm
the stand, telling the whole story. ' Baker
was condemned to die. but the case was
appealed to the circuit court, and he waa
clven a new trial on a technicality. He
was acquitted. Shunned by all, with every
door shut against him, ho lived alone, his
mind almost gone, until death came to
his relief.
DIED IN HIS OEPIOE.
Ruined in "Wall Street, AVilliam Mut
ter Kill Iliiuneir.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22. William Mutter, a
tobacco dealer and junior member of the
firm of Kimball Brothers fc Co., at 48
Franklin Street, was ruined in Wall Street.
This morning he reached his oflice at 10:10
o'clock, and, greeting a son of one of his
partners, sat down to his desk, on which
was a heap of letters.
One of these bore the business mark of
a brokerage firm. It was a call for mar
Kins. Mutter sighed, arose- from his desk,
walked to the front of his office to a win- a safe anil desiraoic sunsututiuu uie ire
,w foPmr on Franklin Street. He cazed flora of our representative form of Govern-
..,. - I . ..
inin the street for a momtent. then drew
a revolver from his pocket and killed him
self. '
Oo Sunday or Clirintuiiix.
Chesapeake lieach 50 centfi iund trip. Train
leaves Chesapeake Junction Sunday 10:80 A. M-;
Christmas 9:10 A. M. Take Columbia ear.
NorfolU "Wn.shiiiKrton Stcumhoat Co.
Dclig; 'Jul trips daily at C:30 p. in. to Old Point
Comfor Ncwiiott News, Norftlk, and Virginia
Death. Tor schedule, see pjse 7,
SECRETARY GAGE'S VIEWS
The MoilCV Pl'Oblcill Dismissed ill a
Kauri net Address.
The Subject Presented Under Five
Heads Hmv the Treasury Acts as
an Absorbent of Circulation
DniiRcrs cf Lci;nl Tender Issues
Firm Position on Gold Standard.
ORANGE, N. J., Dec. 22. The New
England Society, at the Oranges, ob
served Forefathers Day with .a dinner to
night. Additional interest was given to
the occasion by the presence of Lyman J.
Gage, Secretary of the Treasury, who as
announced to speak upon some aspects of i
the public finances.
TjJe ufnner was
,
eer Now York
attended by nearly
banker living in
Orange, as well -ns
by threep hun
dred prominent New York business
men. Rev. Dr. Walter D. Buchanan, of
the Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church,
spoke on "Forefathers' Day;" the Hon.
William W. Goodrich, of the New York
Supreme Court, spoke on the "Modern
Puritan." and Severo Mallet Prevost, a
member of the Venezuola Arbitration Com-
mlssioo, rpoke on "The Paris Tribunal of
J899."
Secretary Gage said in part: "Among the
many problems that are thrust upon us,
from which, until rightly solved, we must
iirnnrnnMv suffpr tht nrnhlpm r7 rrnvfrn-
.5 ..r,A ..v.n r. . ... .!, t..
Md u ir
upon this particular probl
I venture to take your time. The problem
is fivefold, or, rather, It Is one under Ave
principal divisions, and may be thus classi
fied: The Iiiilcpcitflent Treasury.
"First, the independent Treasury its
desirability as a measure of safety to the
public funds and its economic evil as an ab
sorbent of that portion of the cap"'! cir
culating in the form of money. ' .'
"Second, the effect antf inllusnco for gQfl1lf
or evil of Government issues of lega!-tenjF&
mnnpv VA
"Third, the money standard.
"Fourth, banking and currency.
"Fifth, the public debt and taxation.
"First, as to the independent Treasury.
I can only touch upon it. In connection
with it we witness a strange inconsistency.
The Congress of the United States formu
lates a great banking system and endows it
with multiplied checks and guards calcu
lated to give safety to its operations. The
Government, assumes over the institutions
organized for the law now some 3,500 in
number a close and vigilant supervision.
If general prosperity appears, the products
of human industry increase in quantity or
improve in price. Then the proceeds of
taxation are, pari passu, larger. As a con-
sequence the supply of mon?y, increasingly
necessary to more ctlve conditions through
the effect of Government action, is at that
Important perlod&lminlshed in volume by
being withdrawTPtbm public use.
"On the other hand, and quite to the
contrary, when business depression comes,
or activity diminishes, prices fall. Then,
the public revenue declines and becomes
relatively less than tho public expenditure.
The public hoard, which might have been
useful tinder reverse conditions, is then
freely poured out into channels where it
cannot be profitably used. I offer these
comments to excite reflections. I do not
suggest a present remedy,
The LckiiI Tender Money.
"I might speak after a similar fashion
in regard to the legal tender paper money
issued by tne uovernment. ueany a ueDt
obligation, they are, through their legal
tender feature, given in certain directions
the potentiality of money itself. One does
not have to look long to see a vital differ-
anrtn ef nnaliK' Knfwoon Q T n T flo r1 mnnov ifr-
the Molineux writing he found
j eniment legal tender paper there is held
, jino.OOO.OOO in Kold. To make good this
. great difference the Government has no
. convertible value in hand. It must, either
by borrowing from others or by taxation
upon those who have, secure the means to
make good tho difference.
"But, quite aside from these weaknesses,
there has been developed in the general
public mind a conviction more evil, per
haps, in its final effects than are these to
which I hav3 just alluded. The conviction
is that the law makes money; while the
truth is deeply founded in the nature of
things that the lav can do no such thing.
It can recognize and give sanctions; it can
no create. But I am not going to take
your time in any argument for immediate
change or repeal, either as to the independ
ent treasury or the law which establishes
Government legal tender paper money. In
my opinion It would be a waste of time to
I attempt this. Prejudices and preconcep
, tions are too deep-rooted. Time and a
larger knowledge are essential to their
; cure.
i "Let me pass to the third question the
' standard of money. Three years ago the
vnioo nf the neonle declared for the nreser-
vation and perpetuation of that form of
I metallic money which has long been in uso
' by us as the ultimate measure of value,
a . anu me sianuaru ui iuiuic imjiucuia. iue
x- i woii-nmn asRiiranco that for at least four
,. , vears the base of our commercial ex-
changes would remain undisturbed operated
to restore confidence, to stimulate enter
prise, to revivify public and private credit,
to put labor into larger employment, and
to increafae the rewards of both labor and
capital. What, then, is the duty of those
who possess the power to luriusn guaran-
tees ior me iuiuic.
Manlfestly. it is to
j put such guarantees Into form and to give
u.m J - -:-" "' ""."r","
most important to our commercial affairs
is stability stability of conditions and
the most important feature to that stabi ity
is an established money standard, and so
established that it cannot be subverted or
changed by any hasty or ill-considered ac
tion. A Forlorii Hope.
"It has long been the desire and hope
of many intelligent and patriotic citizens
to secure needful and enduring stability
in the money standard by an International
agreement In regard to gold and silver
which would be effective to that end. The
realization of that desire and hope seems
now too remote to justify present con
sideration, but if those who still cherish
it shall offer it In objection. It is a suf
ficient answer to say that stability on
the geld standard Is the only stability now
possible to us, and It the time should
come when International agreement offers
ment will give to our people the liberty
of choice. If it be true, as true it un
doubtedly Is, that gold Is now our standard
of money value the future needs only the
assurance that It will so continue to be,
until, at least, the people shall bo so united
in their desire for a change therein as to be
Sl.li.1 to Baltimore and Return via
It. A: O. Saturday and Sunday,
December 23 and 24, (rood for return until follow
ing Mcndav. Ticket got-d on all trains except
Itcial Lumitcd.
able to direct the voice of both house of
Coogress and secure the approving signa
ture of the Executive.
"I must now ask your attsatio. to the
fourth proposition, 'Banking and Cur
rency.' While stability in the standard Is
of commanding importance, flexibility In
the volume of the circulating medium ot
exchange is most desirable. K not indis
pensable. Now, it is a fact as texniiiar
to us as the most common affairs of life
lh trade is carried on. goods exchanged
and wages paid in much the larger part,
not with money, real money, bat with
credit substitutes in the form of book
credits, notes of hand, checks and drafts,
and what is popularly named paper
money."
IlanUiiiK' nml Cnrrencj-.
After discussing the necessity of the
banker's occupation. Secretary Gage said:
"I now raise the question toward which
all I have said concerning banking and
cuirency has been tending. That question
is this: How far shall the power of the
law limit cr inhibit what we have boa
s.en to be a powerful natural agency
evolved through the outworklngs of the In
dustrial and trade relationships of men to
each other. The circulating notes issued
by the bankers should be conditioned by
safeguards ad equate to protect the note
holder from loss. Upon this point I do
not want to be misunderstood. Ample
rafeguards for the protection of the holders
of such notes must be provided. Whether
such safeguards should consist of specific
sccurlry deposited with the Government in
tiustv as now required, or whether they
should be furnishedin some other adequate
form, is a question of expediency. Certain
It is that, under the present limitations
and requirements of law, our currency sys
tem is rigid, expensive, and Incapable ot
properly meeting the public requirement.
"Many have been led to believe that the
issue of circulation notes by the national
banke is a monopolized privilege from
which they drive enormous profit. The
tis ' 2l ?reMnl"1 ? th.?y
best refute the common error, tinder the
most favorable circumstances the profits
now derivable from that source to a bank
with a capital say of $100,000, using 4
per cent bonds as a basis for circulation,
is less than $295 per annum, where the
loaning rate for money, Is -1 per cant per
annum. Where the rate of interest is
6 per cent, the result is a loss of $9S per
annum. Where the rate of interest is 8
per cent the annual loss is $95.
The JLHiniiilthcri Circulation.
"Do not these results sufficiently ac
count for the fact that bank note circula
tion has gradually diminished in volume,
while the general needs of the country have
steadily grown? We may congratulate
ourselves that a majority of people are
gaining a comprehension of the truth and
that both houses of Congress appear to
be ready to amend the laws. Measures
have already been introduced Into both
Senate and House which have for their clear
purpose the pacing of secure foundations
under that money standard which, prac
tically for more than sixtv veers, and br
expressed statutes for more than, fenty- !
five years, has measured the relations In
alue in all our commodities, and in the j
many diversified forms of lubo. and service, i
The measures proposed reach even further
than this. They propose certa-n modi
fications in the national banking act, which,
it 9flnnrul flva nmmtfia if mpfnv Ia
large degree, the constriction, lncon
verience, and embarrassment of a rvrid
currency system, which has proven Its la
capacity. to respond to public lieeda.".
Ml
THE UTOLIWEUX TRIAL
Technical Testimony ly n$IInnlTPrIt
litf? Expert From Qhleago.
NEW YORK. Dec. 22,-triaI of
Roland B. Mohneux for the murder of Mrs.
Adams was adjourned today until Tuesday,
December 26. The bulk of the testimony
today was given by H. L. Tolman, a band-
j writing expert from Chicago. Mr. Tolman
, proiesaor oi mcuicai jurutpruueme m
j the College of Physicians and Surgeons.
i The expert devoted most of the morn-
ing session to aa address on the subject
I of triangular effect, pictorial effect, and
impulse of energy. Mr. Tolman explained
lore the end of- the fourth letter. This
burst of energy or Impulse and the exhaus-
tlon of it made the worBs look like tri
angles and carried the triangular effect.
In many words, the witness said, the
writer had not sufficient energy to com
plete them, and left oft almost entirely the
concluding letter. Mr. Tolman's remarks
were listened to with great interest, and
he made a very good impression.
Two other witnesses were called during
the morning, interrupting Mr. Tolman.
They were Charles E. Warren, of the Lin
coln National Bank, and Assistant District
Attorney O'Connor. Through these men
Mr. Osborne succeeded in doing what he
has been after for'ssHeral days. He made
Mr. O'Connor take Harry Cornish to his !
office and write a copy of the Harpater let
ter for him. Then he put Mr. O'Connor on
the stand and made him identify Cornish's
handwriting. Mr. Warren was caueu upon
to identify Cornish's signature. He quali
fied as a witness, because for years he had
audlteJ Cornish's checks. Then Mr. War
ren said that the copy of the Harpster let
ter, as written by Cornish, and the signa
tures of Cornish taken from the bank's
hooks were in one hand. Mr. O3borne suc-
ceeded, therefore, In introducing cornisn s
. handwriting as a standard of comparison,
I and Warren said that Cornish hsd not wrlt-
; ten me uuus n. Kiio" -
! "H. C. Barnet" letters. Mr. Osborne
promised then tha
that as he had proved Cor
nish had not written the bogus letters he
would show and had shown mat tne de
fendant did write them.
A LANDSLIDE AT AMALTI.
A Hotel Unfiled Into the Bay of
Salerno.
ROME, Dec. 22. A landslide occurred
yesterday at Amalfi, a seaport city on the
Gulf of Salerno. Many bouesfeand a con
vent were buried. The rsa!r of casu
alties is not yet known.
The convent at Amain was a suppressed
Capuchinc monastery which was built in
the sixteenth century. For some time past
it was used as a hotel. It overhung the
Bay of Salerno. It Is believed that it was
full of visitors, as it i much frequented
in winter, mostly by foreigners.
The landslide dashed the uhole building
upon the houses below and all were hurled
Into the sea, burying four smacks that were
moored in Ihe bay. 'Ihe land-iid is at
frii.i.tt to the recent heavy rains. Troops
and engineers from Naples and Salerno
have gone to the scene to render whatever
assistance is possible.
A Run on the Portland Savings Battle.
PORTLAND, Me.. Dec. 22. As a result
of a groundless rumor circulated last night
to the effect that the Portland Savings
Bank was embarrassed, there was a run
on that institution today. Depositors were
paid as fast as they presented their books
and the alarm rapidly subsided. The of
ficers of the bank declare the institution
is absolutely sound.
11. & O. lloliilny Rules.
Account CbrmtmM and New Yesir holidays- the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad wilt sell excursion
tickets at reduced rate between Baltimore, Pitts
burg. Wheeling, Parkeraburg, Stratburg Junctios.
and intermediate points. December 23, H, 23. 31,
1890, and Januaiy 1, I9tX wild for return until
Januurj i. lacluiive.
TEE DEATH OF MOODY
The Evangelist's Ambition to Leave
Work for His Sons.
Hast TVorthflcltl l'rofnnmllj' Stlrrodj
by 111b Demise I.n.st Hour. of the
Celebrated l'renohcr No irai t
the Urcail Mcnnnsc to Appear Be
fore lll- Maker A Notable CarcOr.
BAST N0RTH91SLD, Mass.. Dec.
The death of Dwight L. Stood v. the esaaV
gelist, which occurred here ihls mornta.
was a great shock to this quiet village,
While it was known that Mr. Moody ma
seriously ill, it had not be. n gaera:iy re
ported that his life was despaired of. A
a consequence, grief over tm -'emife hesv
where he was best known, i jtacere aaf
profound.
Mr. Moody died at 11 ' o'clock tHa
forenoon. He was first informed by hi
physician at S o'clock last eeniog thai fee.
could not recover, and was satisfied that
it should be so. When the know lain
came to him his words were "The wosM
Is receding and heaven opening."
During the night Mr. Moody had a nuns
ber ot sinking spells. At J o clack Dr. ML
P. Wood, the family physician was call
at the request of Mr. Moody. Ha was per
spirlng and he requested his ssa-ia-Uw.
A. P. Fltt, who spent the night with him.
to eall the physician, that be Might note
the symptoms. Dr. Wood administered a.
hypodermic injection of strychnine. This
caused the heart to perform its duties
more regularly. At 7:30 this morning Dr.
Wood w'as called, and when he reached Mr.
Moody's room found his patient in a. semi
conscious cocvition-
When'Mr. Moody recovered coasclouanet 9
he said, with all his old vivacity: "What s
the matter; what's going on here?'
A little later be said to hfat boys I
have always been an ambitious man, not
ambitious to lay up wealth, bat to leae
you work to do."
In substance Mr. Moody urged his to
hoys and his son-in-law, Mr. "Fltt, to see
that the schools in Bast Northfield. at
Mount HerrooR. and the Chicago Bible
Institute should receive their best caxe.
This they assured Mr. Moody they wovld
do. During the fereaoon Mrs. A. P. Futk
his daughter, said to him. "Father. 8
can't spare you."
Mr. Moody's reply was- ' I'm not goimg
to throw life away. If God baa more work:
for me to do I'll not die."
Dr. Wood said that Mr. Moody did not
have the slightest fear of dtath. He was
thoroughly eoseeioua until less than a
minute Before the ead. Dr. Wood saa
the cause- of death was heart failure.
Tttord iMr nrixATil in Mr Vrwwtv'n fham-
ber thla morning when he died his wife,
hte dailghter, Mrs. .A. P. Fltt. and Ler
husband. Mr. and Mrs. Will R. Moody,
Paul Moody, the youngest son: Dr. N. P.
Wood, and Miss Powers, the nurse. Mrs.
Moody has carried herself during her hus
band's illness with the greatest bravery
and patience, but when death came she
was prostrated. No arrangements have
yet been made for the funeral.
Dwight Lyman Moody was bora la
Northfield, Mass.. on February 5, 1S37. and
was thus in his sixty-third jear when ha
diflaWuM iMes&brought up on a farm until
he was sixteen years of age, when he left
home and went to Boston, where he was
employed in a store for si .-era! years. He
joined the Congregational Church in Bos
ton in 1S5. In the same year he went to
Chicago, where he immediately began au
extensive missionary work In his evenings
away from his regular employment. Hit
mission work among the poor classes of
Chicago soon became so large and success
ful that he gave up nts nnstnees engage-
j ments and devoted his entire time to it, in
connectton with the Young Men's Chela
tion Association of that city. He becasse
president of the association.
Mr. Moody's fame as a speaker spread
rapidly and he was soon in demand se
Christian conventions of all kinds through
out the eWst and South. During the CMI
War he joined the work of the Cbristtaa.
Commission and spent much of his time is
looking after the sick and wounded of hath
armies. At the close ot the war he returned
to Chicago and resumed his work thexa.
He soon had a large independent efearaa
one of the most flourishing in the city. He
never became a regularly ordained nhtaf
ter. The great Chicago fire of 1871 destroyed
his chureb. the Young Men's Christian As
sociation buildings, and his home, bat w
rangements were soon made for rebaUdtag
them, and the "Moody Chvch" ia Chicago
is now one of the largest in the etty.
although he ceased his active connection
with it several years ago.
Mr. Moody joined Ira D. Saakey ia thafcr
great combined evangelistic work hi 3f33
and they went immediately to Great Brit
ain on their famous two years tour, eoa-
sldered one of the greatest
movements of the age. After that tine the
two continued their work la this coswtry.
with great success. It is said that Afar.
Moody spoke to more people and addresaesV
larger audiences than any other snaa ef
his generation.
The evangelist founded two great mhanlro
in Northfield, his birthplace, one for yawsg
women and one faf young men, which haw
an average attenthsic of 860 each.
These schools are Intended for the thor
ough education ot yoang people that ara
not In a position to pay the expense of an
ordinary college course, and the fees are
very small. The balance of the expenses
of the schools are paid largely oot of the
royalties from the "Moody and Saaker
Hymn Book." He also founded a barga
school in Chicago known as the Mala In
stitute, where from 300 to MM yoang peo
ple are trained each year for the vwbbbo
departments of Christian work hath fa
this country and abroad.
Mr. Moody published more than Upe
ty books of sermons and addresses, which
have had a wide circulation.
DTJKB OF WESTMINSTER DHAD.
The ISnclIsh I'ecr Succnnih.t to an
Attack of Pneumonia.
LONDON. Dec. 22. The Duke of West
minster is deed. He was taken sick a weak:
ago. while visiting the Earl of Shafteshwry
at St. Giles' House, Cranberne, Dorsetabhrev
and pneumonia developed later. His cessa
tion became so serious thia morning- that
the members of his family were summoned
to his bedside. Despite the efforts ef his
physicians, be sank rapidly, and dtod at
10 o'clock tonight.
Hugh Lupus Grosveaor. First Dake ef
Westminster, High Steward of Weatsshutar
and Lord Lieutenant of Lond and of
Cheshire, was one of the richest peers at
, Bsglasd. He owned aboat ,0 aerea at
tasd in Cheshire and Flintshire. a Mt
; aCres of immensely - uluable property sa
London. He was a member of the Jockey
Club and the owner of many racehorse.
Ho was born at' Bates to us, aa awe
ceeded his father, the Marqui of West
minster, in 1S. The title of dake -mm
conferred on him in 1S71- He is sacs!
by his grandson. Viscount Belgrave. who
was born in 1875.
To the Retail Jleruhant.
Start the New rear riaht-Jgr '""nalnaa
Washington Cteariaar Co. tsfestrfts- t- f
hrej. the ruord fur money aaved ana vmmej
rr-J . Wc can he.p )-uiLit. AUantii. & jlduw