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"WASHINGTON. MONDV, DLC'KMBKK Uo, I.SJH).
PfcicE Oke Cent.
I ATT1IPT TO ADYAMCB
Tke Uwtisfc Arwy at Mudder River
'Rajwfeil at n Stnmhiill.
I HJWrUv'i t THkPH AlliaiitllKC of bj
th JBers; In Perfecting Hiitl AdtliHar
lu J'he1r Rlile Pits The "War Of
t!cc Iteiiortt. the MtHHlinn I h-kHHKil-Kitchener
li'H ch Malta.
LOXDOX, Dae. 25. At midnight the
"War 0M received a despatch &w Ocb.
ctsI Paraolcr-Wtncer, dated Cape Town,
December 24, saying there was do further
ts concerning the general situation.
War (Mice emcials say she despatch Indi
cated fast ufcere bad been no change- in tfca
Miuattes j to midday Sondaj. Unomeial
roames are equally without news. Modder
River despatcbee, of date of December IS,
fYeerfte the army as being at a standstill.
Tfcey say there are 00 Eigne of an attempt
to advance. The Lancer scout regular.
MrwwfaQe tbe Boers are perfecting and
addtag to their wonderful series of rifle
pits. There are cow trenches for near)
twenty miles due north of the BrUish camp
w4 are admirably situated for defence.
The neighborhood is lessl and the nearest
hid is five miles distant.
A despatch from Sterkstroom dated De
cember IS nays that General Gatacrc has
been, re-enforced. He Is also forming a
corns of mounted scouts. He has ordered,
In view of the number of spies, that all the
mates over twelve 5 ears of age must re
tide bey d a twelve-mile radius of anv
military camp or laager in dose proximity
of a camp, moving only with passes.
Of the ,P of General Methaen's men
-Hho were wounded after leaving Orange
River, one-third have been able to resume
their dttttes.
Genera! Lord Kitchener arrived at Malta
carry Soaday morning. He went on board
the crnteer Dido, which immediately start
id at top speed for Gibraltar.
XEYDS ON" THE SITUATION".
'Xhe Boit! Unit I'lcuti of Anus ami
Ammunition.
PASIS, Dec 34 In an interview with
Dr Leyde by a representative of the
'Journal" the Transvaal agent said that
tb importation of foods into the Transvaal
had been stopped, but that this actum
wooM have no effect. He added that the
Boers had sufficient Manser and Martini
rises o sstpply every Boer in both Repub
lics with tvto each. There was no danger
of the supply of cartridges running snort.
ISach artillery gun has several thousand
charges. There are experts at Pretoria to
repair rises and guns, including a German
and one of the most, eminent French me
chanics. AMERICAN UnrHES IN AFRICA.
Ilkv Trauiport "Mmiteymnn. Iteturns
After I. mid Ins; Itn Cnrj?o.
KBW ORLEANS Dec 24. The steamer
Montezuma, the second of the vessels to
carry mules from this port to the Brit
ish arm in South Africa, arrived here last
night, twenty-nine days out from Cape
Town The Montezuma made one of the
longs; straight voyages on record, having
eafle ti.OOO miles. The mules were dis
charged at Cape Town, the Montezuma
niC the next day for New Orleans
She left this morning for Halifax, where
idle wfB take the second Canadian contin
gent to Sooth Africa, and a ill carry 2.690
2Ben. The officers of the Montezuma gave
a tottering account of the American mules
in Africa. Of her cargo of 1,885 mules,
only SI died on passage, and most of these
were lost during a severe storm in the
West Indies The mules were very sea
sick on the vovage, but recovered and were
as lively as mules ought to be when they
reached Cane Town. Tbey were not at all
stiff when tbej landed, although they had
been thirty one days without exercise of
any kind. They were hurried to the front
the very da after their arrival, the mules
on the Montezuma and the Prah going to
General Metbueu's army and the mules
from the Corinthia to General Gatacre's
army The mules were pronounced far
more serviceable than the best trained
army mules bought from Spain The
American muleteers who went on the Mon
tezuma, a majority .of whom bad intended
to remain in Cape Colony, found conditions
in Africa so unsatisfactory and unprom
ising that near! all returned on the vessel
The Manchester City, which carried a
cargo of mules from this city, fared bsdly
on her trip, losing 100, due to their being
packed too tightly
Major I Ftowie, of the British Lancers,
reached here today to take charge of the
shipment of mules from this port. He re
ports that the British Government is so
wett pleased with its trial of American
moles that it will depend on them wholly
In future The purchasing agencies in Eu
rope have been abolished in accordance
with this decbuon.
AN INVASION OF CANADA.
Member of He Order of Hihcriiiii-i
Aihoculc tin Attack..
WOBCSSTSR, Mass, Dec. 24. Division
26, A. O. H.. of Worcester, at a meeting
today took a vote to see how many mem
bers would respond to a call to arms for
the fBvasfcm of Canada should a call be
made, and every hand was raised Com
mittees were appointed to arrange a mass
meeting to express sympathy for the Boers
and hostility to Britain President James
Xooaan said
"Bagtand mast be harassed by every
means the seed of revolution must be
planted in her colonies and where oppor
tunity exists irishmen most strike at the
power of the British Government. The
lot looked for opportunity is at hand, and
If Irishmen fail to take advantage of is
It BfUl be to their disgrace
"Canada can be invaded There Is a strong
omsnteation in existence which has been
fot rears gathering money and recruits
in anUcination of this invasion. The time
to strike will be when the fortifications
aw manned by the half-hearted Canad
ians." Bke IlAtsPh iHder IIoit JIre.
HAAUW POOBT. Cape Colony. Dec 1
d serai French shelled the enemy from
dawn to 10 o'clock this morning. The
British then relumed to their camp.
More TrootM. for Sontli AfrloH.
f LCl TTA Dec The Sixteenth
Laucers now at Umbaila, have bean or
dered to prepare to so to South Africa.
Two thousand span horses will be sent
from India also
A tetini of file I.amlKliile.
LONDON' Dec V -One of Ue victims of
tbc laridfciide at AwalA, Italy. Friday was
a daughter of Mr James Galloway Weir,
member of Parliament foi Ross and Cro
zsst y
C oloiifl "VI nil on nt I 1 Gliolrt.
C-riJt l ' t! .1 MJifb O ,. 1
Obetd Saturday Ke fourd the p a. on
a meet of duc-tcd .ruinc
am mm of un mm.
A Kemxrkxble IIImki itj Marie hi the
l'Hsti'wr Institute.
LOXDOX Dec 25 The Pa- s correspon
dent of the Morning Post" des::ibe3 ore
j of the greatest dircove ie cf modern
science, which ha jut been niad-e at the
Pasteur Institute He says tbit Prof.
Metcboikoff engaged in seeking ac nr
ate doses of a tciies of lymphs, each of
which will lejuvenale a particular organ
of the human body. The profejeor objects
to premature publicity and insisted that
the correspondent only say that lie had
bopec but the explanation of tie discovery
may be taken to show that the main prob
lem has been solved The correspondent
Pnr utrfenfkMf' woerimeiKs show
that the explanation of senile atrophv
has hitherto b en erronotis The tee ry
was that certain Mood eels d.?vojreI
others, and the vital funetiOLS b g n to
weaken The organic no sons thrown ojt
energetically in youth were believed to
remain in the eyetem in old age.or at le st
to be ks energetical. ejected Tcese
poisoned the finer ceils, whiie without
action on those of the conjunctive tises
The noble cells died, became the prev of
the other or plebeian eel s thu- b mging
atrophv to the organ wheie the meu
morpboFis occurred Prof Me cjmko.1
has proved conUusivel thai, the noble
cells are not dead in the organs atrop led
by jseniHtj Moreover the ma be multi
plied Bv assisting them in their strug.le
with the plebeian ce.ls the continue to
live actlvelv, at in vouth, and theo eMi
call the organism will cease to gro old
and life will be prolonged Prof. MetDh
nitoff has found means of affording tiiis
reeiaanc?, and the results al-ead obtained
are exttaord-iwarj The di&coverv was made
in the following manner M Bordet one
of the piofeujr's pupils in 1SSS, published
tie results of a unious experiment, which
consisted of injecting the b oad of a rabbit
into a guinea pig Later he Injected tre
blood of this guinea pig into a rabbit, and
the latter died
"Prof Metcbnikoff sough! the causes of
tie phecomenon and was soon convinced
tifat the bleed of tfce guinea pig injected
It) 1 rabbft or other vertebrae animal
elaborates the poison iftuw w&Kec3 the rca
glebuks of the blood and make them the
prey of ttoe phagocOM Starting from lftie
fact that tb poison elaborated in the
guinea pig is faftai in large dosds Prof
M&toanikoff argued tKat tfiu? action in fcmall
doses must be stiiwitaflng On this is based
the action of a medicines such as strych
tAv: and arrenfic He therefore began to
inject ic o rabbits feeble solutions of pre
viously inflected guinea pfga' blood. A
cubic iHei-re of the b'ood of rabbits,
thus treated eonua!.ntd before the injections
3,000,OM red globule la three or four
ays the number inatacsd to 8,000,000 A
covcreJgtt remed against anemia has
tLius been discovered, and the theor con
certing the red globules has been con
firmed An entire section of the Pasteur
Institute is now working to find the specific
serums for each particular organ If the
b'ood Esrum acts on the red globules of
the Hvct the arum must have a similar
effect on the cells of the Uver, that of the
braSn on tfee brain, and so on. Ths ex
peri meets have demonstrated this. A spe
cific k1de?y eeruot was found some days
ago The professor is now deaermlning tw
exact Coss tar mtdioai mirposee. The dis
cover has now pa&sd the nsriod' of mere
laboratory experiments The cdehmted
Dr Vide is now at work on human
' serums "
1 The correaponiiEOt dataws attention to the
I obvious result, the great protongationi ot
human life, if everything is successful.
THE HOLY YEAH BEGINS.
ImiireNl-c CereiiKniies at Peter'i
tslicrins in the Jubilee.
ROME, Dec 24 The interesting cere
mony of opening the holy door of St
Peer's was performed todaj by the Pope
with all the pomp that accompanies the sol
emn functions of the Church The event
marked the beginning of the Hoi Year.
A very large assemblage was present, in
eluding Cardinals Bishops, oiliclate of the
Vaucan. and a great number of the laity
from all parte of Europe Some Americans
witnessed the ceremony, which occupied
two hours and a half.
The Pope kept up well He looked fairly
well, though his face was very pale and
wan. He was constantly etniHng His
voice, which was at first weak, graduall
gained in strength and he was not troubled
by the cough with which he was afflicted
for several days past
VESSELS COLLIDE IN A TOG.
, The Ship lIe to Pioeeed to Tlicir
I DeUnutioii.
j LOXDOX, Dec 24 The representative of
Lloyds at Bowling telegraphs that two
J steamers, supposed to be the Tanui and the
Gulf of Ancud, collided in a deiuie fog about
3 o'clock near Dunbarton One seaman
was drowned The Tanui proceeded for
Glasgow and the Gulf of Ancud for Ureen-
1 ock
A Central Xews despatch definitely states
that the Tanui and the Gulf of Ancud were
the vessels in collision
VILATTE'S PLEA REFUSED.
The isoeedliiar Iriel lt Itceelv cd at
the A iilii'im.
NEW YORK, Dec 24 News lias just
been received in this city from Rome that
J Hene Vilatte. head of the sect of Old
Catholics in this country, who a year ago
announced bis submission to the Roman
Carbolic Church, has had a disagreement
with the authorities in Route and a re
sult has not beeome a Roman. Catholic
Vilacte catted himself an Archbishop of the
Old Catholic Rite, but it seems the Roman
Canhoiic authorities would not recognize
him as such The Old Catholics are
seceders from the Roman OachoHc ClMircli
who do not accept the decrees of the Vati
can council of 1S70. including the doctrine
of the mtallibiUu of the Pope
It was understood hTe that VibiWe was
in Rome preparing to be received into the
Roman Catholic Church But news comet
that he bus left Rome and gone to Cn
kjnd. It is said tliat to his cose at Rome
two questions were conrt'dered The first
concerned the recognition of his sacerdotal
and Episcopal orders and this point could
not be allowed
The Ifintperor Bin it's the Ifntehef.
BEBXJX. Dec 24 At the unveiling of
one of the monuments to the Hohenrollern
princes on Saturday Emperor William for
mally buried the hatchet between himself
and the magistrates of Berlin b announc
ing the imperial confirmation, aftet eigh
teen months' delay, of the election of Herr
Kirccbner as chief burgomaster of the tit
The ICIhmImc Pmtses Kitchener.
CAIRO, Dec 24 The Khedive has- pub
lished an order in which ho records his ap
nreeiation of l.nrd liitahMiar'a oc.rv.rxu, t
j the Egyptian army and) to the country
i wnicn, the Khedive says, has resukei In
1 the complete extinction of Mahdism and
ins rwxjaqucsi 01 ine fcouoan.
ISiikIuiiO WniitN DcluKa Jla- .
LONDOK. Dec 28. A despatch to the
hronlclc" from Vicuna, says the "Xeue
1 Frt i I - see's" London correpofldnt de-
" uret Uj ICngland has issmnod nogotla-
I tions wl.h Portug?! fcr fcae puiciia.e of
j mlurci Raj.
IQ1ED OFF HATTBRA8
Tncniy-One of Hie Arioafo's Orcw
Lost in Sight of Shore.
A Uritisli Mi iiiiisliiti (.lies Vuiouml
During :i IM:h iml mill llcttiv
M.-rinee Ito:iloncIs of the ( 1 evv
hv:iniK il 'I 1 ine to Itcncli l.nml
KiKiit Snvd lj the Breeches IS110.
XORrOLK, Dec 24 The British eam
ship Ariosto, Captain Bainss, went ashore
near Cane Hatteras this morning and twen-t-one
men of her crew are drowned The
ship, a vessel of 2,265 ton. legifeur, owned
b R MacAndrews &. Co , of London, sailed
irom Gaiveeton December 17, for Hmnbuig,
ia Xorfolk, wltn cargo of couon, cotioa
seed meal, wheat, ami corn
At 4 o'clock this moimng, during a high
wind and heavv son, she struck upon a
shval six miits youth of rhe Haittenus life
saving station, and immediate! the lives
of thirt men who composed her crew were
in imminent peril, because of tiie heavy
seas that swept over her and tire high wind
blowing in-shore which threatened to dash
her to pieces
The crc-ws of rhe Ocracoke and Ilatteras
life saving stations and others on the beach
taw that the men on the steamebip were
preparing to launch a boat Effort were
made to signal them that no boao. could
live in tao high seas intervening between
ship and shore or hope to reach the latter
thioufch iht heavv surf which daistoed trjiun
it
In tie darkness which prevailed awl tnc
confusion aboard the vessel their bignuls
were ueen or misunderstood One of the
Anosto's boats was shortl put over the
side and subsequent! tvo othena followed
In ibssii twenty-one men, embarked and
made for the shore They were tossed about
b the scat. Soon one was capsized, and
the crew, struggling in the watT for a
short time, were overcome ami sank out
of sight The loss of the other two follow
ed saorti, and, in plain ght of ta
waechers on the beach, ever man of the
tws&. -one who embarlred in the boats
were drowned. At last repotte none ol
their bodies had been washed ashore
Xot all of those aboard the Ansto es
sad to come to land in the hip's boats
as those on shore could discern so the lne
tsvers set about iiviug to get off tho e
nil on the vessel. The ship la ptett far
off shore, so the Litle gnn was gotten out
bv the crew of the Ocracoke station.
After several abortive shots, a line a
finally projetteo over the steamship and
the end of this secured b the men aboard
her To this line a hawser was attached,
and the end of the strong rope be ng
drawn aboard, was made fas., to the
Ariosto's mast The breeches buo wts
then sent out from the shore, aid in o
this, when it reached the steamer one of
the imperiled men wat embarkei He was
hauled ashore safel.
A stiff gale was blowing, and this, to
gether with the heav sea, made the
method of salving ver risk and the work
ardous Captain Baines and the eight men
who remained aboard the Britisner were
all final! brought ashore Tne wo'k, how
ever, consumed all of tod, and it ws
near nightfall when the last cheer w?s
given as the last life was saved Tn savel
mpn are at the Ocracoke stat'on wnore
Captain Jams Howard, who commanded
the crew, will care for them unt 1 the can
be sent to Norfolk
Capt Henr Semour of the Merntt
Wrecking Company, learning of the wreck
tonight, immediatelv despatched the tug
Rescue for Hatteras and will send the tug
William Colle from thci. dav break to
morrow A Luckenback tug will also go
as soon as her crew can be gotten together
Captain Semour taid that the Rescue
should arrive at Cape Hatteras about 5
o clock tomorrow morning
At last accounts the Ariosto was leaking
but it was-believed by those on the shoi.j
that she mav be saved The wind hah
changed and is now blowing off shore, and
the sea i subsiding This Increases the
chances of Eaving the vessel and cargo
The loss of life b the disaster was the
greatest which has occurred otf this coast
for twenty ears, and the rescue was, the
life savers report, the most thrilling in
which thev have ever participated
FOUNDEHED ON THE EAR.
'I lie
S((iiini'r 1,1111111 "Vim ion (Iocs
)ov 11 OIT Vcn hnr port.
NEWBURY PORT Mass , Dec 24 The
thirt -eight foot steamer Laura Mai ion
foundered on New bur port bar last night,
and her owner, Capt Prank W Saigent,
the master, and the engineer undoubtedl
went down with the vesael, as parts of her
small boat have washed ashore There
was a heavv sea running and about C 10
o'clock the Plum Island life-saving crew
saw lighu near the bar
In an instant the lights disappeared and
within an hour parts of the wiecked steam
er come ashore including the pilot house
boards, on which was painted "Laura Mar
lon " The Marion was bound from Glou
cester to this port with sixt barrels of
herring
kt,
OIL SAVED THE VALENCIA.
A Timihiiort's Tin illin- AotiiKc
Tin onirh n Tcirlile btoi 111.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 24 The Armv
transport Valencia arrived from Manila via
Nagasaki this afternoon after a thrilling
voyage, in which oil was used several times
to save the big transjwit from possible dis
aster Shortly affr leaving Manila the Valencia
ran into a terrific storm and was foiced to
run to the lee of Formosa for sheltei Af
ter stalling out the A esse! again encoun
tered the storm and whb obliged to peek
shelter Oil had to be used to quiet the
waves until the vessel could be brought
about
It took the Valencia fifteen das to
roach Nagasaki Rough' weather v as also
encountiied between Nagasaki and this
port The Valencia came in ver light,
and this condition made the voage one the
officers are not likel to forget The vessel
brings no soldiers and onl one passenger,
Judge G B Earlv, of Phoenix, Ari
Captain of the l.isic (lillln Drmtnul
IIALirAN N S Dec 24 A few weeks
ago the Gloucester schooner Liie Griffin
put in at this port, reporting the drowning
of two seamen in the heavy gale on the
banks and Ihe breaking of the legs of a
third sailor who is now 111 hospital Last
night Capt John Griffin, her mastci, wab
going aboard, when he missed his footing
and fell in the dock His feet bacame
caught in the cleats of his vessel so that
he could not free himself and he drowned
hanging by his feet
The Italia Vlectn Ilea-x AVeiidicr.
HALIFAX, N. S, Dec. 21 The Ham-biug-American
steamer Italia, twelve
das from Hamburg, bound for New York,
put in this forenoon short of coal and re
porting heav weather She has 278 pas
sengers and will sull for New York in the
morning.
CHOSEN TO KHJj TO CZAR.
Iii Deiiiixi'iv Jeli Hied KmMici TlnlTl
VIuKe the l tempt.
SAN TRANCIbCO, D.t. 24 II wa
brought out at t.dft's inouest over the
bod of Ivan Demisewich, a Russian who
tomnriftcd suicide b taking carbolic add,
tlie'i ho killed himself because he feared
he would be murdured. owing to Ins failuru
to make an attempt to kiU th? Csar It
was shown tthat Demisewich was man of
education and m ans, owniBg a valuable
estate ire Russia acd having tnor y 00 de
posit m New lork Demisewich be'onged
to a nihilistic club that had it3 spies and
agents in various parts of fine wwrld
At a recent tession of ths club lots were
drawn to determine who should iirocil to
St. Petersburg and "remove" the Csar The
lot fell to DemSetivich, amr his blood began
to cool He feared to go to Rus a to at
tempt tha Czar's life and drca'tol death
at the hands of the Nihilists if he refused
In his dii in-me rt eonchided to flee, and
cme here three w eks ago with Alexander
MViiiot, also A Russian Mrfirot ga-e out
theee facts on tlte fciand and said Demise
wich often spoke of Miicide
A CHEISTMAS TEAGEDY.
.Tiieol Hnnlo A eiilejitnl l Shoots
ami lulls IIIh A Iff. j
LOUISVILLE, Dec 24 Jacob Hunlon,
' an employe of the Louisville and Nash- ,
j ville Railioad and prominent in natioml
I labor circles, tonight shot and 'tilled his 1
wife during a Christmas celebration at the
residence of John Biechner. his brother-in-law
151 f Grason Street
Tho traged was the result of an acci
dent Hunlon was plavjng Santa Claus,
and was dispensing presents from a large
Cluistmas tree The children of the two
families were pief.nt and all were having
a joous time Htinlow had a revolver 1
and made those present kneel, one b one,
pointing the weapon at each and telling
them to pra to Santa Chuus When it
came his wife's turn to offer tho wanted
invocation, Hunlon pointed tho weapon '
at her, saing j
' Kneel, or I ll shoot ou " I
The words had hardl passed his lips j
when a report rang out and Mrs Hiinlow
fell to the floor. She had been shot .
through the heart and died in ten minutes
Hei husband was full a minute realU- j
ing what he had done, and the merrv part
was changed to a scene of despaii Hun- J
low made three efforts to pin .m end to
'lis own life, but was prevented from doing
&o b other men prc-ent
The killing was witnessed bv five small
children of Mr and Mrs Ifunlow whose
cries wore heartrending wlmn they saw
their mother passing away, j
SHOT BY A NEGEO THIEF.
ChItnro DctcciivcH Have Yluriii
ork f apt nrlnpr it (hoiilv,
CHICAGO, Dec 24 While' attempting
to arrest a negro thief at an early hour
this morning Police Detectives James Mad
den and James Cod wera shot by their
prisoner at Dearborn and Thirty-first
Streets Gladden was shot above the heart
and in the arm His reeorrery is doubt
ful. Cod escaped injury, a notebook in
his pocket checking tho bullet which prob
ablv otherwise would have hijrfeted a mor.
tal wound. The negio eeca,)Ml. But was
ariested later in the da He -was identi
fied as Harrv Gra an elevator conductor
Gray himself was seriousl wounded In
the fusillade with the detectives
The detectives noticed Gray acting in a
suspicious manner and halted him He
refused to give an account of himself, and
the detectives with their prisoner, started
for a patrol box Gra puiled away from
hrs captors and all three diew their re
volvers and began firing the negro being
quickest to get hs weapon Into play
THE VICTIM OF THUGS.
V K.tiiMts AVomnii DrtiKKCil iinil Itnli
hed 111 Vr 01 U.
SAN FRANCISCO Dec 2 J Mrs Tnomaa
Kaertson, who is believed to be the victim
of New York thugs, ariived here yesterday
on an overland train with Iter mind and
health shattered and it is probable that
her reason will never be fully restored
Mrs Kaertson s home is in Fort Leawn
worth Kas She arrived in New York
from Sweden after a prolonged visit about
December 1 Her husband wh6 In this
city at the time and Mrs Kaertson inform
ed him of her arrival b mail, but failed
to give her address
Kaeitson wired to Rev Mr Peterson a
minister in Paterson N J , asking him to
locate Mrs Kaertson b advertisement and
inform her that $700 had been sent to her
and was in the minister's care Mr Peter
son advertised and the net da Mrs
Kaertson called proved hor identity , and
fcecuied tho mone with instructions to
purchase a first-class ticket to Fort Leav
enworth, where she would lie johied b her
husband
According to Mrs Kaertson's story, after
Laving Pctorson's house she inimed atel
returned to New "i orl and made all a--langements
fcr her journey to For,. I caven
worth After purchasing her ticket aud
chocking her trunks she started dawn
Bicadvvn, and on airiving at a point niar
a Sixth Avenue elevated fetation she was
grasped from behind chloroformed and
hustled into a waiting hack The anes
thetic was not strong enough to d. pi.ve
the won an cnvlrel of her enr3, and she
remembers that thc wa tki.en to a hotel
on the Bower, wh tp the men gave hei
anofhei dwe of chloio'orni, which rendotoJ
her unconscious
Then the thieves tore open ler wtit and
stole lur mono, nearl $700 The thieves
took hei ticket changed it for a 'econd
class ticket to San Francisco, anil checked
hei baggage .urordingl In a semi
comatose condition Mrs Kaertson was
placed aboard a train whkh left New Aork
last Monday night The men who put lor
in charge of the conductor said she had
been dunking ard would no dojbt be her
telf in the morning Tne woman t eve
left hei berth until she nnived at Og'en
where she developed symptoms of lnanit
The conductor was about to put her off
and place her in charge of officials tleie
when Dr Thomas who happened to be
traveling westward on th same train
noticed symptoms of the drug on 'be wo
man s lips Dr Thomas took Mrs Kaeit
son into his care, administered opiates,
and by the next morning she was able to
relate her strange storv For a time the
officials doubted her but when Uis search
ed her clothing and found her waist upped
md other evidences of rough tiealment
the finall believed her Dr 1 nomas has
sent Mis Kaertson to a private hospital,
where- she will be cared for until hor hus
band anhes from Fort Leavenworth.
ConiuiiiRlit's Heiiiis( Denied.
LONDON Dec 2i A semi-ofilcial state
ment has been given to the press thnt tho
Duke of Connaught. the queen's youngest
son, falling under renewed pressuro to ob
tain employment with tc forces in South
Africa, applied to General Lord Roberts,
asking that he be attached to his staff
in any capacity independent of hfs mili
tary rank, which is that of a genernl
Lord Roberts consented bnt tho Govern
ment declined to sauction the appointment
An InIiliiiian Shot In a Uuniicl.
DLIZABETH, N. J , Dec 24 Michael
Grogan, fort -five cars of age, and an
Englishman, was this afternoon shot and
killed by Tred Davis, colored The shoot
ing took place in ' Peterstown " an Italian
j quarter, and was the outcome of a iow
1 that occurred in a saloon Giogan was
shot in the heart. Davis ts aped.
CHANGES Di THE SBHATB
A Coming Caucus fo Name a Secre
tary anil Sei'geaiit-at-Anns.
Opposition (o Present IiieiiiiiheutH
n Id lo Hn-ve De eloped Amoiijr the
AoiiiikCi Hcpiilillciin MemlierN Dim.
c.ission in en 1 rk Over the
ice I'lcxidciitiul Noniinntioii.
NEW YORK, Dec 24 -A number of
l.'iited States Senators were in town to
night The wili remain in New Yorfc un
til aftei the holiday season It was made
known by some of them today that when
the Senate convenes early in January a
caucus is to be called to name new officers
of the Senate. Tho present Secretary, Wil
liam B Cox, is a Democrat, and so is Rich
aid J Blight, Sergeant-at-Arms. Manv of
the assistants of Mr Co aie Democrats
and a few of the lieutenants of Mr. Bright
are Democrats This could well be the
case under the last Senate, which stood
Republicans, 44, Democrats, 3!, and all
othrs, Silver Republicans and Populists,
32 Ihe Republicans could not have things
their own way, but now the situation is
entirely changed, as the Senate is Repub
lican over all by a good majority.
The Senate ciucus is to be called to name
successors to Secretary Cov and Sergeant-at-Vrms
Bright These are two powerful
places Many of the older Senators seem
to believe that Colonel Bright has made
himself particularly useful, while some of
the younger Senators believe in a ne.v deal
all around It is stated that Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge has a tandldare for Mr Cox's
place, and that a fen Senators would like
to see Alonzo F. Stuart, Doorkeeper of the
Senate succeed Colonel Bright It ap
peals that a majority of the Republican
Senators believe that Cox and Brigut, as
Democrats, should be retired and Repub
licans put in their places
More or less discussion was heard as
to the Vice Presidential nomination The
politicians in Washington, it is said, do not
take the boom of Lieutenant Governor
Woodruff seriotifly, and some said that the
boom for Blihu Root, Secretary of War,
was started by Cornelius N Bliss and his
friends Up to tne present time, Secretary
Root his taken no steps to advance his
cause In the estimation of the majority
the New York delegation will be divided,
and in that event a far Western candidate
may be named Former Governor Bradley,
of Kentucky, Is already in the field An
other Southern Republican candidate was
mimed tonight He Is Senator Jeter C
Pritchard of North Carolina But should
theie be a serious split In the New York
delegation tho Muniment favors the tak
ing of a Vice Presidential candidate from
west cf the Missouri River It is pointed
out that Ohio, President McKmley's State,
is no longer considered a Western State,
and it may be said that Senator John M
Thurston of Nebraska, has been mentioned
as a far Western possibility Other far
Western candidates artf being discussed,
and the sentiment did not tonight seem to
favor Mr Bradley of Kentucky or Mr.
Pritchard of North Carolina.
A SIGNIFICANT BANQUET.
The Pi lends of Colonel Mr? nit to As
semble on .laiinnrj h.
OMAHA, Neb Dec 24 The Ja-ksonian
Club will open the Br an campaign here on
January 8 There will be present at te
banquet W J Bryan, Governo- Hogg, of
Texas, Representative E W. Carmack, of
Tennessee, David Overns or, of Kan. a ,
Cari ttr Harrison, of Chicago, John P At
geld of Illinois, Clamp Clark and forme
Governor St in, of Missouri, Gongressoun
iowne. Coin Hnrve, and Senator William
B Allen, of Nebiaska, and otaer p ominont
Democratic leaders
It is no seciet among the friends of
Colonel Bryan that the occasion will really
be a formal opening of the Presidential
campaign Colonel Bryan will speak on
' The Nation," and his Democratic friends
understand that the effort will be an ar
raignment of the Administration's expan
sion policy Cnrter Harrison will respond
to the toast The Man of the Hour ' It
Is understood that the man of the hour as
the Chicago leader sees it will be Bryan.
Hogg of Texas will speak on the "Hope of
the Democracy " btone and Clark of
Missouri will bo h speak, but their subjects
have not been selected
DEATH OF COLONEL JOHNSTON.
(.en. Robert 11. Lie's Stan O Ulcer Mie
ciiiiihs to l'ninlsis.
ORVNGE N J Dec 2! Col Stmuel
K Johnston, who ered throughout tte
Civil Wai on the staff of Gen, Robert
13 Le, died today at his residence, S2 Es
sex Prrk Street, East Orange, of exhaus
tion, following an attack of para y is.
Colonel Johnston was? born in Tairfax
Count Va sixt -two ears ago He was
a civil engineer, and at tho time of the
breaking out of the wai he was t-avaling
on a railroad when tome one told him that
the South hud seceded Pulling the bell
tope Colonel Johnston stopped the t-ain
and alighting from it walked back to Alex.
andaia ami raised ami equipped a company.
He was on the staff of General Stuart
foi a short time and for near! four
ears wab on the staff of General Lee, serv
ing as lieutenant colonel, receiving his
commission as a colonel just as the war
was about closing At Gettsburg he 1 d
General I ongstreet at the top of the hill
when the battle was wavering and where
the men were exposed to the fire of the
Fedei il troops
fter th" clobe of the warCo'onel John
pton icturned to Virguiii but found his
estate entnely destroyed, and started out
to begin life anew He went with tae Balti
more and Ohio Railroad as a civil engineer.
Since then he had workeJ for a number of
lailioads including the Ohio and Mis is
slppi and the Erie with which he bad
been connected for the past eleven years,
and until the time of his de&th thougn he
ittiied fiom active service threj cars ago
A COAL STRIKE THREATENED.
The BM11111111011H lllneis Will Insist
on II in hei nes.
ALTOONA, Pa , Dec 24 Mass meetings
of bituminous coul miners have been called
to take place all ov ei this region December
1 on which date the operators must ac
cede to their demand or a general strike
will bo ordered Leaders of tho miners
say 30,000 men stand leady to throw dovn
their tools if the advance is not granted
They hope however, that an amicable
adjustment can be reached Absolute ac
quiescence on the part of the operators
alone will avert a general strike The
confidence of the mineis is shown by their
methods of calling mass meetings Decem
ber 27 The assemblies will be held at
each cential mining point, where the ac
tion of tho operators will be made known
The cool operators In this city have not
the least doubt of the earnestness of tho
men Heie and everywhere they .iro try
ing to hold the men to the wage scale
signed for a. year last April The miners
cluim the operators nullified this them
selves by violating it time and again.
Voi folk iV, iihhiiiKrton Steamboat Co.
Delightful trips duly at 0 10 p 111 to Old i'oint
(unfrrt Ncwpirt Vw, Norfolk, auJ lrguua
lkaih lor kcIilUuIi, hce pjfe 3,
TO DEAD AT BRAZNBLL WINE.
vch limit ch HecMMorcd and flic
Search Mill Progress! iitf.
IXIONTOWV Pa De. 24 - U 7 o clock
this evening seven boliea had been removed
from the Brazncll mine The dead from
yesterday's disaster are now estimated at
twenty, but it is feared that come of the
victims may not be removed for several
days, owing to ths wrecked condition of
the mine, which forbids entrance to many
of the workings The rescuers are labor
ing heroically. Mine inspectors from all
the adjacent districts sre assisting with
the work. The stench of decaying flesh
in the mine is sickening The ftm body
was removed at 10 o'clock this morning
and ths work confnued slowly, but st-adi y
all day
Following are the victims so ar le
covered Henry Hsger. miner, forty-live,
leaves a wife and four children, Samuel
Meese, thlrty-flve. wife and five children,
Albert Meese. son of Samuel Meese. aged
fourteen. William Thomas, thirty-two,
wife and four children. Mike Matsick. enly
arms and chest recovered, Pete Oris, Mike
Rohal
Coroner Taj lor summoned a Jury this
afternoon and began the inquest The jury
viewcl the bodies and adjourned till Tues
day, when it is hoped the other victims
will be taken out and the inquest can be
continued.
A SOUTHEPvN PACIFIC WEECK.
Piv e People Killed mid n, "11111her
Serious! Injured.
POMONA, Cal , Dec 24 Five people
were killed and a number was Injured in
a Southern Pacific train wreck this even
ing The train was completely wrecked.
A PAPAL DECREE ON MARRIAGE.
Special Dispensations During 1900
Must Come Prom Home.
NEW YORK, De; 4 V cl.cu'ar letter,
just transmitted by Archbishop Cor igau
to the clergy or the diocese make? known
the fact that the Catho'lc authorities in
Homo have issued an important decree
bearing upon the celebration of the jubilee
of the hoi ear One effect of thi decree
it is said, will be to make difficu't the
manlage of a Catholic and a Protestant by
a priest in the year 1800 Such itairiaes
in the Catholic Church axe a"owed only by
compensation of the bishops- But for th
holy vear this power of dispensation is sas
pendel The decree gays that whce.er
goes counter to the decree incurs the
wrath of Almighty God and of the apos es
Peter ami Paul
The marriage of a Catholic and Protea
ta'at by a priest or a mixed ma-Mage, as
it is called among Cathoiles, is allowed by
dispens? tion that removes irregularities
and impedimenta Archbishop Corrigan,
in the circular to his clergy, says tta tae
Pope suspends certain faculties to oreia
aries of tnoceses ' so that at this s axn
particularly, Rome should be the gieat
fountain of mercy and spiritual favors for
the Catholics of the entire world "
This U understood, in Catho ic circles,
to mean that only by applying le t t)
Rome shall dispensation be granted dur
ing the ear 1900.
THE TEXAS PASSES TN-
"Wltli the Maine's Dead She I3nteri
C hcKiipenke- Hn .
CAPE HENRY a. Dec. 24 The
United States battleship Texas passed la
the Capes tonight She baa on board the
Maine's dead
NEWPORT NEWS Va , Dec 24 The
Army and Navy veterans of the Soanish
American war under Col J C Baker, of
. the Second Virginia, and Capt. C C Berke
ley, of the Fourth Imuiunes, wili meet the
bodies of tbc Maine s dead on their arrival
and will escort them to the funeral train.
All the volunteers from this city Hampton,
Phoebus, and vicinity and regulars will be
on hand when the Texas drops anchor off
the city.
A BIG BLAZE IN NEW YORK.
Tlie Hei lin-.Tones ISu elope Company
Sustains a Loss of :NO,QOO.
NEW YORK Dee 24 The six-story
brick building at 134 and 136 William
Street occupied by the Berlin-Jones En
velope Companv, was swept by fire er!y
this morning 'vith a loss o' ifWO in that
and adjoining buildings. The n-s was dis
covered at ! 15 o'clock by Pollman Groce,
who sent in an alarm second, third,
and fourth alarm followed in rapid suc
cession as soon as the fireoici arrived, for
the entire betiding was ablag' inside and
the tightly closed shutters ami doars made
it almost impossible for th firemen to get
at the flames After the roof baJ fallen
in several adioining buildings a ere in
serious dngr and two were lamaged. It
took iue depdt intent a full hour to gain
control of the blase
The. Berlin-Jones building was built
ninety years ago and wis ne of the oldest
in the neighborhood H is a total wreck,
entailing a loss of V0 'WO
The building at 112 William Street, oc
cupied by Henry Alien, wnoie.iale drug
gist, was damaged to the etnt of I1P.HNJ,
2nd Thurston & Bradish. importers of
gum. 13S William Street sustained a loss
estimated at $15,000 Some damage by
water was done to the build'ng at 14 J
William Street
A DONATION rROM THE CZAR.
Tvvent' 'I housimd Roubles for a
(hurch in ChieiiKO.
CHICAGO, Dec 2i The Cxar of Russia
has donated 20,000 roubles, or about
$10,000, for the erection of an orthodox
Russian Church in Chicago at Leavitt and
Haddon Stieets Bishop Tyson, of the or
thodox Russian Church, is in Chicago ar
ranging for the expenditure of the money.
He will renuun in Chicago until after
New Year when he will go East with
Dean Ivan Nedzelnltzky, of Alexander
Nev sky Church, llegheny Pa. The Bishop
will stop in Allegheny and Pittsburg, and
then go to New York
The Plant Aill Contest.
NEW H WEN, Conn . Dec 24 - n ap
plication has been made to tht probate
court in this city fur an extension of time
in which to file an inventory on the estate
cf the late Henry B Plant, the railroad
millionaire, whose will 13 being contested
bv the widow The petitioners want sixty
days' more time from December 30 in which
to make readv the inventory of Mr Plant's
vast estate The petition wi'l be beard in
a few day s The Plant property is situated
111 a dozen or more State and subject to
many conditions It is not unHkely that a
still further continuance will be required.
Gifts for Vhsent soldieis' Children.
VAHITESTONE, N Y, Dec J4 When
the members of Companies A ami B of the
engineers went from Wilhrts Poicit to Ihe
Philippines tbey left their families belated
These IrJChided many chihiren, and their
Christmas looked verv gJomy to them, un
til the soldier comrade 3 left at Willets
Po nt got up am airtateur vaudeville enter
laranunt tmkl cleared $72 ninth they in
vested in a Christinas tree and in presents
for all the soldiers' children In the post
amusement hull tonight forty-nine chikh-tb
as---mbled and iong or gave recitations and
afterward received the prems that had
been bought for them All the officers and
their families were present
FJynn'i Business CoIIckc, Slh and IC.
Business, ihi.rti.and, tjpcwiiting S25 a year.
CAUSES OF THE FAILORB
An Official Statement Regarding the
Globe National Bank.
A Personal Lonn of ?G0,M)( io ihe
President Dlncocreil by the Htx
11 111 In or The Amount Mnde Good by
beenritlen AVlituU Have Sfnoc- De
preciated In A'nlnc The Oierrirnft
BOSTON, Dec W.-Thte evening, acting
under the authority si Cbmptro 1st Dawes.
D. G. Wing, national bank examiner and
temporary receiver of the Globe National
Bank, wrote the following statement ot ihe
circumstances immediately preceding the
closing of the institution
"About August 1 I came to Bo on under
the new system inaugurated bv tlte Comp
troller of the currency for the -jiecial ex
amination or banks. On September 9 I
found $800 000 of the Globe bank check
outstanding wh eh did not appear upon ice
books. Mr Cole admitted this to be hu
personal loan I felt to tloe the ba k
would eause not only the failure of that
bank, but alo by reason of rs relations to
other banks brokers, and business bouse:
the probable failure of severa' important
banking and business Arms aad individ
uals. Consequently Mr Btge'ow who was
the only director within reach Mr Cole,
and myself went to Washington and la d
the matter before the Comptroller Mr
Bigelow agreed to personally guaran'ee
that Cole's shortage should be made good
to the bank at once. Cole hav ng turned
over certain securities to him and Messrs.
Clark and Coohdge assisting in guaran
teeing Mr Bigelow.
"TB8 Coinpno Ur of the Curresy di
rected that Mr Coie should rr gn at once
as president that fih whole ix ujer should
be laid before the dSrectoi ad that I
should et the- proper time report the facts
to the district attorney Vt his unw
Merrrs. Ccoitdg.3 tkA Clrk re each bor,
rowing not mor. unen $100 M0 r ' tie- bank
with plenty of sscority at ths. fcm market
prices, and each had about 975 0- 0 cash on
deposit Mr Blge-jow owed, ret more than
tho. and had more than enough on deposit
to pay has loan On the follow . MooJay
CcoIitTge and Clark gave Cole $S Me Cole
aided $120 000 of his own moi. . anl re
psid S200.CCO of the $606,00 Th 1 balam e
$400,000, was paid in tort daji by the sate
of Coles scurries, a part birg bcugn. by
Coolidge aijj Clark through ihe.'- respective
broke s.
"The bank s assets were thu, betferp 1
by $600 000 in caah. About a month lat-r
the facts so far as known were ai-l be
fore tne full board of directo-- and f Hi
ther investigation showed that there we-e
2300.000 more of cheeks ouMtandiag net on
the books and that the Indebtedness of the
Lovelt Arms Company was really much in
excess of the amount shown bv the books
and that Mr Cole was himself personally
the holder of nearl? $500,000 of ihe Lovell
paosr. There was also found an apparent
avaedrsfr of the Squires anointing to
$6Ssaoa m addition to their -eialar loan
whwh itself was in excess of the Wi 000
Jmit
"'Mr Cole admitted his respon ibtl rv fo.
I his overdraft either to the bak o
to the Squires and turned r o 'he
bank his own securities including ihe
Lcjvell paper owned by him to ecure the
entire indebtedness, for nnirh he ad
mitted responsibility Th'-, r-.Minted to
nearly $1,090 000 and the secur ties turned
over, at their market value fere on
8idembly in excess of thi- im. unt 'he
six directors and Messrs Olidge icl
Clark then entered into a wrnt a guar in
tee that these securities sboul 1 be suffi
cient to make good the Cole jn !ebtedn.s
Mr Stevens who was eletui president on
November 8 the directors x 1 Me-r
Coolidge and Clark have -ine then don
everything in their power an i -ave mad
great personal sacrifices to the bacJc
from failure
"The bank s assets are b't off to ay-- .
by about $70v 0t eash, ovtr 5100 000 of -
notes and securities, ad thr pergonal
guarantee of these genteinzea -tian it was
at the time I brought the concur o . of affshm
to the attention of the Compt ol'e Th
connection of Cole witn the o 1 a le i cop
per Interest was not the causk o u& Cms a
National Bank's failure bat b oanctfosv,
with these companies had pro toVI htm
with securities amounting ia the igrega e,
at the then market prices to nearly $1 5,
000 These securities were not tr the bask,
when I examined it, bnt were pat up later
by Mr Cole to secure his indebtedness.
"I make this statement at this time to
correct the various rumors no v in ctrcnla
tion as to the failure of the G'obe Bank.
In justice to Mr Bigelow, it should b
stated that, as on September 9 be was tha
largest individual depositor in the bsak.
he was also the largest when the haste
closed its doors."
HIS BONDSMEN jVITJST PAY.
Judfcnient Afirninst Sureties of
Charles Warren SphIcIIhk".
CH1CVGO, Dec 24 The bondsmen ot
Charles Warren Spalding, former PresV
dent of the Globe Savings Bank, wars ya&
terday called upon by verdict of a Jury t
pay $231,267 98 to ths trustees of tho Uni
versity of Illinois.
Spalding was treasurer of the univeTsitz
and was short $472,73$ when the CBsfr
Bank toppled. The bank suffers to ths
extent of $2,500,006 and Spahttag was givar
an indeterminate sentence in Jo 1 t He
was brought back to give evidence ha thia
suit, and will be returned to JoJiet ssott
May Louise Erwin, the fascinating type
writer girl whom he educated and who r
blamed for much of his trouble e now hi?
wife. They were married in the Ceofe
County jail one year ago, after Spalding ww
sentenced She ia living here with a
parents and working hard to obtain a van
don for her husband.
Before the failure of his bank etronsj
financial interests offered Spalding assist
ance if he would drop Mtes Erwin. Mo
refused and went to the penitentiary. Ilia
wife obtained a divorce and the banker was
abandoned by all except tho woman he re
fused to desert So has already enlists!
prominent politicians in her efforts for a
pardon.
A WYOMING COAL DJSAi.
A Company With $B.OO.00 CmmI
iHCornorHted.
CHEYENNE Wyo, Dec 21. Braatoa fe,
Wells, senior member of the shoo manufac
turing firm of A. D Wells Co., of Chi
cago, has filed Incorporation papers off tan
Excelsior Rock Spring Coal Company and
the Monarch Supply Company, with th
combined capacity of $3,00.0.
AVealthy residents of Wyoming have as
sociated themselves with Mr Wells, who
had acquired (he title of a large and valua
ble tract in Sweetwater county, Wyoming,
There are seven distinct veins of high
grade coal, and it ia the Intention not only
to mine coal on a large scale, but also to
manufacture coke by the Hemingway pro
cess, which has been tried suceessfally y
the Letters in Chicago.
A line will be established at th mines
which will be reached by a railroad tve
miles in length and connecting with that
Union Pacific ac Rock Springs. Largo
buildings, fpr power plants .,
stores and cottages for the employ e& ure in
process of erection.