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WEATHER INDICATIONS
fair today Increasing cloudiness
rowjn afternoon hunt tn fresh westerly inJs
Number 2766
ENGLISH WIN
THREE FIGHTS
Boers Renew Campaign
With- Great Vigor
Christian Do Wet Loads Attacking
Party at Landberg Whilo M
Botha Engages Colonol Damant
at Tosolkop Park Encounters
Two Commandos at Nylstroom
LONDON Dcr 23 lord Kitchener
telegraphs lo the War Office-
Christian He Wet was driven oil by
General Darluell after scleral hours
fhting near Landbcrg
Two hundred mounted Infantry were
overwhelmed near Beglndcrljh The suf
fered severe casualties Including several
ofheers dangerously wounded
llollin Also Defcnled
Gen M Botha nt driven oft by
Colonel Damant at Tcselkop The kopje
from which Hotha attacked rommanded
the ramp The guns were captured and
retaken
Colonel Oaniact ms dangerously
wounded and had two nftnere and twenty
men killed and three ofacer and seven
teen men wounded A Boer commandant
Keyter was Thlrt -three
Doers arc known to hate been killed
The action arose in Bothas men rush
ing Colonel Damantx advanced guard and
occuplng the kopje commanding the
main camp The Boers took the gun
but n tallied jwscsIon of them onl a
short time Colonel Damant himself driv
ing them on before Colonel Rlmington
tame to his assistance The Beers were
dressed in the uniform of British Yeo
manry and were mistaken for Gen Bruce
Hamiltons men
Colonel Pnrk 1lncLed
Muller and Trichaardt wire driven off
by Colonel Park at Nylstroom Command
ant Krcize was killed Our Iofs included
seven killed and Fix officers and eighteen
men wounded
In another despatch dated yesterday
Lord Kitchener sajs
I am glad to say that Colonel Damant
Is progressing favorably though hit in
four places and ho has dictated further
details of the action of December 20
While he was galloping forward to inter
cept the Boers who were crossing the
river at Maggiedeel on Rietsprult be
noticed five lots of what he took for Ham
iltons Yeomanry formed In squadrons
the horses being held and firing volleys
apparently at the Boers
ThMlnliI The Were British
Damant never doubted that they were
Hamiltons men Rlmlngton had tem
porarily loRt touch with Damant Present
ly the supposed Yeomanry rode in
column of troops past Ciptain Scotts
squadron Scotlb men flrs dropping
eight of the Boers The remainder gal
loped at the guns
Damant himself advanced with one
troop to Intercept the Boers bj gaining
the creFt commanding the kopjes The
Boers arrived first and opened a heavy
fire The troopers taking all available
cover on a spot immediately blow the
Boers fought until all were killed and
wounded except four
The Kopje Itflnken
Meanwhile Scott realizing the situa
tion collected his men and charged and
captured the kopje All the officers and
men on the kopje le haved with the great
est gallantry
TO BEMOVE REFUGEES
SfierH W In Desire It In lie ent to
111 CirM
BLOEMFONTEIN Dee 22 A number
of refugees from the ramps in the Orange
Ulver Colony will short be removed to
the coast
Arrangemcuts for their reception are
row being made nt Port Alfred Port Eliz
abeth and East London Tlierc vIll be
between 2MQ nnd IOOt persons in each
camp
s The refugees arc allowed to volunteer
for removal In no ease Is their removal
compulsory
KILLED CHILDREN TO WED
Xallicr Convicted r Hii
Ill e Illllr f -
PARIS Dec 22 The trial of the peas
ant Bricre on the charge of having mur
dered his five children st Coranccz near
Chartrcs some months ago was ended
today Brlere was found guilty without
extenuating clrcumstsnt es and was ten
tenced to death
According to the story lestiCed to by
Crlcrcs neighbors the prisoner who
vas a widower with five children was
anxious to marry again The young wo
man he courted refused to mary hlrn be
cause of the five children The children
were all found murdered one nltrt and
Bricre himself was found wounded out
side bis house
He sad he had bea attacked and stab
bed by burglars while about to enter bin
home The Jury regarded the burglar
ttory as nil invention
LADY LYNDHTJRST DEAD
She Whs Wife r Hiiklnnds
Lord lirincrllnr
LONDON Dee 23 Gcorglana Lad
Lyndhurst who died jesterday survived
her husband the first and last 1 ord Lynd
hurst for thirty eight years
He was born John fclngolon Cok1
In Boston Mass In 1T72 where bis fahoi
vas a famous winter
The son cin n England im mnior
srrangler sx C wJirldpe Luiverftty and
afterward tiiNe Hmes Lurd Chuneellor
cf England slid a brilliant pollllcnl ora
tor
He j the llrst man or American Mi lb
to hold the Lord Chancellorship of Eng
land
Srnntur Drjipn In Mcr
NICE Dec 22 United States Senator
Pepesr has arrived here pieparatory to
Ills marriacc to Miss Palmer on Saturday
next
henlplor rord Drnd
LONDON I - Edward Onslow
Ford the wc odny
f33flOO erL liner V V
HERKIMER S I Dec 23 -Fire early
this morning destroyed the Monroe Wil
liams Bnell Guerncr blocks nt the cor
ner of Main and Mary Streets here The
lotul damage Is j000
ffif f JS 4 fk
CHOICE FALLS ON OGRADY
lie Will lcinlrl IM n llcUct
Willi Irrr Belmont
NEW YOKK Pec 23 Tlie Taniman
convention of ihe Seventh Congressional
district regular or Irregular as the
courts may decide which adjourned on
Sntuidny night with the aid of the police
met tonight on the second fiooratG Battery
Place and nominated Councilman Joseph
OGrnd of Platen Island who will con
test with Perry Belmont nominated on
Saturdaj night nt the bolting conten
tion In Battery Dan linns club room
the right to get on the official btllot un
der the star
As neither side will file a petition as an
Insurance jwillcy only one of the two
candidate will get on the ballot The
nomination of OGrady was a personal de
feat for Col Michael C Murphy and Coun
cilman Tom loley leader of the Second
dlstrl U
QUEEN SUFFERS FROMCHILL
ntbiiiu M rliiui In the Condition uf
lcinndrn
LONDON Dee 24 The Standard sajs
it Is authorized to saj that the Queen Is
suffering from a chill and that there Is
nothing In her condition to occasion the
least alarm
She Is not confined to her bed but
does not leave her room
She was much better today
GLENNON WITNESSES
UNDER INDICTMENT
GRAND JURY ACTS IMMEDIATELY
iiliermcii io Defended the Ten
derloin AYurdruiut linn to
1nee Trlnl Tn i Hnl
lleen Promoted
NEW YOIUC Dee 2S Tlirce cf the po
lice wltnescs who testified for Wardman
Glcnnon on his trial for neglect of duty
were Indicted today by the grand jurj on
the same charge and for failure to close
the sirae house that of Laura Mauret In
Thirty third Street The pollci men were
Shoenlch and Darcey recently made de
tective sergeants and Patrolman Cox
Their indictment so soon after the Glcn
non trial Is the direct result of their tes
timonj at that trial In the cases of Dar
cey and Shoenlch Mr Phllbln and Justice
Jerome were even more anxious to secure
Immediate indictment than in Coxs iase
ilntl Ileert lrmmitrrt
Darcey and Shoenlch v hen they testi
fied for Glcnnon were plaa elothes men
attached to headquarters but detailed for
the time Ining to do duty In the Tender
loin
On the day after they testified for Glcn
non Polite Commissioner Murphy made
them detective sergeants and brought
them back to duty at headquarters
Both Shoenlch and Darcey were among
those sent to the Mauret womans housp
to get evideuc as Glcnnon nnt The
found nothing wrong Cox was the officer
on pott He got inside the houte and
served a warrant on the Mauret woman
On the stand he swore that he believed
the house to be a respectable boarding
house As soon as Cox was indicted Dis
trict Attorney Phllbin personally notified
Commissioner Murphy of It over the tele
phone with the request that Cox be sus
pended without pay
All Three Mispcndcil
Commissioner JIurphy suspected him
and also suspended Shoenlch and Darcey
The three Indicted policemen were ar
raigned late In the afternoon before Re
corder Goff who fixed the ball In each
case at J1000
Of the seventeen policemen wio were
sent to the house lu Thlrt thlrd Street
lo get evidence five are now under In
dictment and one Glennon has been con
victed Rumor had it today that of the
other eleven it is the intention of Justlct
Jerome to ask for the indictment of all
hut two
It was said today on good authority
that since Glennons conviction the busi
ness ot collecting on the part of the
police has stopped altogether Those who
have had the tenieritv io keep on with
the old frame It Is said have simply
bwn laughed at bj the persons who in
former limes have found It to their In
tc jests to give up
APPHAISER BROWN IN CHARGE
Kuleis Inlo 1 eiipornr Control of
I he eiv lork Olllre
NEW 10RK Dec 23 Appraiser Alfred
W Brown of Boston who has been or
deied temporarily to take charge of the
appraisers ofilcc here reported for duty
this morning
Mr Wakeman dropped in soon afterward
to learn If he could be of any service to
the artlng uppralscr
NOTICE FOR CARTER HARRISON
Jliiil ol I im 1 hiirletoii Trip lo
Iurlher Iollllin IiiiIm
CHICAGO Dee 22 Noll e vac Eerved
upon Mayor Harrison at the meeting of
the Cook County Democracy yesterday
afternoon that he iould not hope to use
the organization to boom him for Presi
dent on the lour eo ihe Charleston Expo
sition nxt Kehniarj
VJneent II Perkins luiinii North Town
supervisor in p speeh In which 1 e dwelt
on the advantages of the prnpotid tour
went out of his wa to notify tie mayr
that the trip wr to have no political
and that the Vuk Countv
would boom no man for Presi
dent
These rcrastk it wc said were made
at the alvlce of Robert K Bui he
The maor Is expticled to lake part In
the tour of the South which wilt Include
a Journey through eieven Mate From
reworks made by speukers it is much
more than likely thft the elub vil lom
Schley for President
WILLIAM E CHANNING DEAD
Alr Poel nntl Writer
III Huston
BOSTON Dec 23 William Ellery dun
ning poet nnd writer died at the home of
bis friend of nearly a half century Frank
B S inborn In this city this aged
eight -throe cars He was the last sur
viving nephew of Dr W jr ChaiJiing
who was named as was his crphe fcr
their nnccstor William Ellery t sgner
of the Declaration of Independence
Mr Channltig was liorn In Boston lu
1142 he married Miss 1 lhll Fuller and
leaves five children of whom thus most
publicly known ate Walter Cbannlnr
M 1 of Brook I n nud Prof Edward
Channlns of Harvaid University
WASHINGTON TUJ2SDAV DECTSMliEIt 24 1001
SIX KILLED IN
RUNAWAY CAR
Vehicle Dashed Down Lc
liigli Mountain
HiLF A SCORE SERIOUSLY INJURED
Tracks Were Covorcd With Ico
and Brakes Refused to Tako Hold
Mortorman and Road Olllior
Bravely Tried to Save Passcngors
Fatal Crash Occurred on
ALLENTOWN Pa Dec 22 A trolley
car on the recently opened Cocpersburg
branch of the Philadelphia and Lehigh
Valley Traction Company lino ran away
on a tecp grade on the south side of the
Lehigh Mountain three miles below Al
Icntoun early this evening Jumping the
trnek at a sharp curve and was wrecked
Six persons were killed and ten or
twelve seriously Injured
The lleml
The IIKV TOIlll hhSMMI of Lantik rcd
sivty tAt
1IIWIN ItENNEU Zlon III1I wd tcnt fuur
rrt
UlKltT 11AC1I Cooirrlmrg sgid fortj
tr 3rsr
MK JVCTJII FCTVLR iliurff aijcl forly
fiir vcar
HtWh WIUv a tract H n cnllovr of tliU
eitv uptil twentv tno mr
VMIIItOM HDIMIMIO vt Crntrc Vallcj ced
Btlj Vote
The car was In charge of Motorman
Slbckcr and Conductor Leldlch Just after
It started down the mountain It began to
run awn The track was covered with
snow and he and the brakes refused lo
take hold of the rails
Tried lo IllrrW tnr
Road Officer Pfelffer and Motorman
Stockcr tried brave to check the speed
of the car but every moment the latter
went faster and faster It sped at the
rate of fifty miles an hour down the
mountain side for more than half a mile
and as It reached the curve was thrown to
one side and struck a guy pole
The latter tore the car in twain The
dead and Injured were removed to neigh
boring houses after much delay and late
tonight those who were hurt were brought
lo the hospital in this city
It is not expected that any more of the
injured will die Those who were killed
were all prominent people
DISCUSS LAUD TRANSFERS
I1iik1iiu CltlxriiK Iruliitr he ior
rrn slein for Yv ithlliftiitl
The approaching pleasures of the holi
days depleted the attendance at the North
Capitol and Ecklngton Citizens Associa
tion last night but what the meeting
lacked in numliers It made up In enthu
siasm The faithful few were present
end business of interest and importance
was transacted
Propcrt holders In the subdivision of
Eckington and the surrounding territory
are jealous of their rights and that fact
accounts for the interest which the mem
bers feel In the Citizens Association and
the projects which it advocates
Improvements of streets railroad mat
ters and the Torrens sjotem of land
transfer wrc the principal subjects dis
cussed upon each of which topics action
was taken looking to the general ad
vancement of the section In some In
stances the questions discussed were re
ferred to appropriate committees and In
others the association pledged its support
as a whole
Mr C F Kerns addressed the asso
ciation calling attention to the effort
being made in Congress to Introduce the
Torrens system of land transfer Into t le
District or Columbia He said thit a
bill had been introduced in tb Houe by
a gentleman who has mnde an exhaustive
study of the law anu he thought the as
portation might do well to esouxc the
cause Mr Kerns explained that the hill
introduced in CongretE was framed on the
Massachusetts law with such amend
ments as would suit the conditions In the
District
WEDDED THROUGH A DARE
Jrii on Mltliril Ended In Vtni rlllKr
on ilomln
ST I OFIS Dec 23 Dr E C Waldcn
ton of Bishop E C Waldcn of Cincin
nati dared a woman to marry him on
Fatutday and today be Is n benedict
Miss Bessie Slmms would net take a dare
It all arose from Jesting renmrl s at
the supper tabic ever a jourg couple who
had Just been married Suddenl Dr
Walden snd
Id get married If I could find some
body to take me at the same time look
ing Interrogatively at Miss Slmuw
How would I do askul Miss Slmms
I dare you to accept ws the doctors
response
I never take a dare said Miss Slrumrt
quUkly Name the day Ill give you the
privilege
The ooner the better reditd Wal
den
One of the guests at Ihe table olfered to
bet 20 t lit ihe match would n er take
place
Takm said Miss Slmms Anotln r
guest slated that he would pi for Uic
wcddnr supper at the bfst r siannrnt In
the
YtMinhvy the Joking continued valle
Dr Waldcn weul fpiietly ahead and pfc
Imh1 for the eeremunv Today lr Wal
deu uid scviral friends went to the illlie
of V II lliookh whe re they were later
Joired b k i UrM iti Sljimis ami a
frkrd and the knot was lied
COMPROMISE IN SUTHO CASE
I turn Ivlnise lo if Kill Hill
noil Wnlie ClnlniM
SnV FRANCISCO Dec 28 Mis Clara
I luce Sutra the young woman who iis
Cllf that she Is the widow of Adolph
Sutro the millionaire Is to rectlvc 100
CHi ii bettlcment of her demands for a
share of the estate
Her attorney said today this had been
ngreed upon although the consent of
some of the minor heirs wns yet to be
secured In return for this payment Mrs
Sutro will waive all claims to further
share In the millionaires property and
will dismiss the suit now pending
Shortly after Mr Sutro died CIiru
Kluge ns she was then called came for
ward with n claim for her share of his
wealth alleging that she had been mar
ried tn Sulro for tome years
Ehc began suit to secure payment but
this action never came to trial
WENNEKER WITHDRAWS
Keren Kxiiretctl to Nnmr Inleriml
Hoipime Collector for M I mil
The fight for party supremacy m Mis
souri between the Kerens and Hitchcock
factions was opened afresh jestcrday
when Charles I Wcnncker the recently
nominated collector of Internal revenue
at St Louis by the President withdrew
hid candidacy The step was prompted it
is said by Mr Wflnnekers reluctance to
face some charges which had ben filed
against him with the Senate Committee
on Finance
Since ho wns appointed collector of In
ternal revenue as n compromise candidate
having no particular affiliation with clthrr
side the situation has been somewhat al
tered but It Is now believed that R C
Kerens national committeeman from
Missouri will name the man who will be
appointed collector Henry C Payne a
warm friend of Kerens Is soon to be In
the Cabinet aid It is thought hardly
likely that the President will turn down
Kerens while such Is the case
Mr Wcnncker would have succeeded
had his nomination been confirmed II C
Grcnncr of St Louis a Kerens support
er and It In nor expected that the fight
will soon bo raging mprrlly again with
the two factions trying fis hard as ever
o gain Presidential favor Representa
tive Joy of St Louis notified the Presi
dent that WcnnckT desired to withdraw
GENERAL ALGER IMPROVES
MlrllilliiK PliyslclmiM Vuw CoiiMlder
Ills Condition Imornllle
DETROIT MIchJDc 23 General Al
gers condition It 10 oclock tonight
thirty six hours aftcr the operation was
considered favorable by the attending
physicians
He was sleeping at that hour with
temperature at 1K and pulse 78
This afternoon the newsboys of the city
chipped In and purchased a basket of
roses which was sent to the sick room
WILL NOT ENJOIN
NORTHERN PACIFIC
TEMPORARY STAY IS DISSOLVED
Jiillcc Molf llnles 1 lutt Holders
of Preferred vtirk Mint Vlililc
li Conditions on Knll
uf Minres
NEW YORK Dec 23 TIio temporary
Injunction issued hy -Justice Beach on
December 10 last restraining the North
ern Pacific Railway Company fron pro
ceeding with Its pfan to retire the S
000000 of prcfcrrcdjstock and Issue extra
common stock to thesame amount was
dissolved hy JustfiSXtTttof the Su
premo Court todavjJsjEP
Ilountl Ii Oie Conditions
The temporary Injunction was obtained
by George E Huckett holding COO shares
of preferred stock Charles A Chase
1000 shares and Wolf Brothers and Com
pany 4 000 The court says that the
plaintiffs are bound by the following con
ditions affixed to rch share of preferred
stock Issued 7
The company shall have the right at
Us option and In such manner as It shall
determine to retire the preferred stock
In whole or in part at par from time to
time upon any first day of January prior
lo 1917
Regarding the objection that only he
common stockholders can acquire the new
common stock tho court savs
The burden of the plaintiffs complaint
is that they will not lie permitted to ex
change their preferred stock for common
They do not point out why they are en
titled to such an change Their argu
ment was that their stock might nt the
companys optlen be retired at par
Enlilleil lo IrgTnl Procedure
All that tho plaintiffs are entitled to
Insist upon- is first that the option shall
bo exercised In a legal way and second
ly that they shall receive par for their
stock With what happens afterward
they have no concern
The court says even If tho right of the
defendant to earryout Its plan was less
clear It would hesitate lo grant the In
junction because of the smalincss of tho
plaintiffs holding as compared with the
entire capital stack and because they
have an adequate rumedy for any damages
they may suffeir In an action at law
RATHBUN FOUND GUILTY
Venllel of MiiililiiRhler llellirneil
Ii DlKKMillllril Jurj
LOUISVILLE Dro 2 Tho jur in the
case of Newell Hathbun charged with
the murder ot Charles Goodman it tramp
In order to defrauu the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Companv out of 14000 returned
a verdict of ma nt Slighter at 10 oclock
tonight
The penally for this crime is from two
to fourteen years ia tho psniientlary The
Jury went out at 8 oclock Saturday morn
ing and was nut fir fifty hours It asked
to b discharged is afternoon saying no
vrrdi t could be upon hut Judge
Marsh told the members they must find a
verdict It It look till January 1
Rathbuns iittnrnayn are not satisfied
with the verdict and will ask for a new
trial
WHECKED ON PACIFIC COAST
iriooer Denier Vlecl Scrlui Min
ister HIT Loiter Ciillfornlii
SAN DIEGO i lDec23 The s hooner
Denver which was owned by New York
men lies a tattered wreck on th toast of
Lower California but the cnuse of the
disaster and the whereabouts of tin crew
are mysteries
There Is no ricotil of the Denver having
hem engaged In trade Sho has never been
lu this or any oLTirr port on the Pacific
coast su far known The guano
schooner Gerald C of this city a few
weeks ago picked up a boat bearing the
name Denver
it is thought I sat ijie crew were nil
drowned whei tha Tcsael struck If they
escaped they may have made their way
Inland but there If nothing to show that
they survived tho wVck The schooner
had no largo
Killed on lliinllnu Trip
UTICA N Y Dee 23 John Berber
Jr sou cf John Bother twenty two years
old vsas shot and Instantly killed yester
day afternoon while hunting uenr Ills
home in Fish Creek Leu Is Cuuntj Mr
Berher was hunting focs and sat down
to rest on a log Ills gun In some way
ws discharged and the whole charge of
buckshot entered his abdomen killing him
Instantly
Flrnna Business College fills nnd IC
Builncta thoitbanf Tyscniiticfi S2S a jcu
Wimt
SCHLEY GETS
PRIZE MONEY
Receives 3334 Sampsons
Share About 25000
HOLIDAYS STOP THE HOSTILITIES
Qonoral Miles Expoctod to Do
Somothinp on Account of tho
Remarkably Sovoro Reprimand
Givon Him by tho Administra
tion Tho Casoof Mtxlay
Pay to the order of Wlnficld Scott
Schley 331l
This Is tho way a Treasury warrant Is
sued yesterday read
The sum mentioned Is what Is due Rear
Admiral Schley as his portion of the prize
money for the destruction of the Spanish
fleet at Santiago on the mornTng of July
3 1SDS
The sum which Hear Admiral Sampson
received was In the neighborhood of
25000 and was rent to him several weeks
nco
The difference between Sampsons al
lowance and Schleys Is therefore not far
from 122000 Sampson receiving about
seven times as much as Schley
Schleys warrant goes tn him directly
after the Secretary of the Navy has ap
proved the findings of the Court of En
quiry and after Admiral Dewey taking Is
sue with the court as well as with the
Secietary of the Navy and Rear Admirals
Beuham and Ramsay declared that Schley
was In supreme command at Santi
ago and entitled to the credit for the
glorious victory
Finns for flie Fnlnre
Admiral Schley accompanied by Mrs
Schley went to New York yesterday They
will spend Christmas with their daugh
ter and thereafter Admiral Schley will
take up with his counsel and advisers the
matter of further action cither by appeal
to the President or by civil court or both
Uxiiect Miles o Act
There were no developments jestcrday
In the case so far as the censure of Gen
eral Miles Is concerned Ho Is In New
York and will return to Washington to
day Secretary Root wns also in New
York yesterday and is expected home to
day
Friends nf the commanding gencraj are
Inclined lo believe that Ee will not quiet
ly take the reprimand which he received
from the Secretary of War but that he
will either demand a court of enquiry or
make replyjo Secretary Roots letter
Thcydonot believe tbaEhcwUlallow
the matter lo rest The ccnscTe was a
severe one and Is without precedent In
the easo of an officer of so high rank In
the service
As to Ilelknnii nnd llrovrn
The Navy Department has aot taken
any steps to ask an explanation from Rear
Admirals Belknap and Brown who have
been reported as glviug expressions upon
the Schley verdict In much the same man-
I ner us did General Miles
The Department may not take any rec
ognition of the matter Inasmuch as It U
the desire of tho President and of Secre
tary Long that tho controversy should
cease
Vlnclny HoldliiK on
The Navy Department has not been of
ficially Informed that Historian Maclay
refuses lo resign his position as laborer In
the New York Navy Yard although tho
President has requested bis resignation
Unofficially it is said he will refuse to
resign gracefully and the matter will be
up to the civil service commission
At the Civil Service Commission yester
day It was said that no offlctal Informa
tion had been received that Edgar Stan
ton Maclay had been asked to resign or
had been removed
Ylint Commllon Mny Ho
It was asserted that if Maclay was re
moved In violation of the civil service
rule promulgated by President McKlnley
the commission would investigate tho
facts In the case and If it should appear
that the employe of the Brooklyn Navy
Yard had been dismissed In violation of
the rule the commission would use its In
fluence to have him restored The com
mission It wns further stated has no
power or authority to force the reinstate
ment of anyone who has been discharged
the service in violation of the rule
Hole In the Cnae
Tho rule Issued by President McKlnley
covernlng dismissals or change of rank la
as follows
No person In the executive civil serv
ice shall dismiss or cause to be dis
missed or mak i any attempt to procure
the dismissal of or In any manner chnnge
the official rank or compensation of an
other person therein because of his polit
ical or religious opinions or affiliations
In making removals or reductions or
In Imposing punishment for delinquency
or misconduct penalties like In cnaracter
shall be imposed for like offences and ac
tion thereon shall be taken Irrespective of
the political or religious oplnlon3 or af
filiations ot tho offenders
No removal shall be made from the
eompctltlve classified service except for
Just cause and for reasons given in writ
ing and the persons sought to be removed
shall have notice and bo furnished n copy
of such reasons and be allowed a reason
able time for personally answering the
ranie in writing Copy of such icasons
notice and answer and ot Ihe order of
removal shall be made a part ot the rec
ords of the proper department or of3ce
nnd the reasons for any change la rank
or compensation within the conijctltlve
classified service shall also be made n
part of the records of the proper depart
ment or office
Where a removal or reduction Is made
for reasons relating to the Internal ad
ministration of the service and not con
trary to clauses 3 6 and S jf Biilc II
cited above the Commission has no au
thoril to interfere
SCHLEY NOT TALKING
Ihe llenr Admiral In evv York for
he llolldnja
NEW YORK Dec 23 dmlral Schley
and Mrs Schley arrived In New York to
day to spend the holidays with their mar
ried daughter Mrs Wortley 65 AVcst
Eighty fifth Street
The udmlral said that his mouth was
absolutely shut Ho would say nothing
connected with the navy the Court of
Enquiry or the President
Iuunelilnir of Ililttleahlh VHasntirl
Siturdjy luornlaj bccimbr it it Xtwport Sews
Tkt Soitolk and Wartiirgton stcamM Idling foot
btveutk Mret 6S0 p m Sn add pae 7
SHOT FATHER RY MISTAKE
Iloj KIIN Parent While lint llnnt
Inic for Deer
RENOVA Ta Dec 23 While hunting
deer out of season last Saturday after
noon fourteen-year-old Roy De Has
mistook his father for a deer and fired
a load of buckshot Into his head Tho
elder Haas had placed his son on guard
while ho went to trail a deer on n run
way expecting to drive the animal pSst
the boy
An hour passed and the boy saw sonvi
thlng In tho brush a half roil away Tho
object proved to be his fathers head but
bo discovered this to his sorrow only
after firing
The lad found his father unconscious In
the snow Taking both overcoat and
Jacket off for a pillow for his dying par
ent ho climbed a tree and shouted for
help
Three hours nfler the Bhootlng two bear
hunters who heard the lads cries ound
him half frozen nnd almost a maniac from
grief sitting alongside his fathers
corpse They feared for a time that the
boy would die
Making a stretcher of poles the body
wop carried home The boy today Is In a
pitiable condition hoh physically and
mentally from exposure and ttw awful or
deal that he haspassed through
MACLAY REFUSES
HIS RESIGNATION
WANTS CHARGES TO BE BROUGHT
Hns nrukrn Xn Hole He Asserts
nnd Could Xot lie Dismissed
Flht for 1rliiclpte Ills
lorlnn Sn
NEW YORK Dec 23 In accordance
with the instructions from Washington
Issued on Saturday Rear Admiral Bar
ker commandant of the navy yard in
Brooklyn today made a demand on Edgar
Stanton Maclay the naval historian for
his resignation as a special laborer do
ing clerical duty la the general store
keepers department
Answer of Mnclay
Maclay had his answer prepared and
forwarded It to the commandant through
Pay Director Putnam who has charge of
the storekeepers department
Neither Rear Admiral Barker nor Ma
clay would gvo out the letter but Maclay
had this to say
I wroto In my answer that I thought
charges should be preferred before I was
discharged I said I had been working
here for fifteen months and I bad not
broken any rule that I knew of My
answer was in effect a refusal to re
sign
My standing here Is the same as It
was last week Under the civil servlco
rules they could not discharge me now
As I understand it President Roosevelt Is
merely tho executor He must execute
tho laws- made by Congress and Congress
has enacted the civil service law
I am taking this stand In the matter
because I want to have tho principle sus
tained It Is not for personal adran
tage
Admirnl Barker Silent
Rear Admiral Barker declined to dis
cuss the Maclay case and showed tho
reporters Articlo 252 of the Naval Regu
lations compelling naval officers to keep
silent on all subjects relating to naval
affairs and the acts of any department
of the Government
The answer of Maclay to the demand for
his resignation was forwarded to Wash
ington and further action is expected to
morrow
Mnciay is not under suspension
SCHLEY FOR SENATOR
-Maryland Iteunhllcnns Talk nf
Opposing lllni in Gorninn
BALTIMORE Dec 23 It was currently
reported In Republican circles today that
the leaders were considering the advisa
bility of nominating Rear Admiral Schley
for United States Senator from Maryland
In case the Democrats put up Arthur P
Gorman
When the Democratic managers were
apprised of this report they ridiculed the
idea claiming that Schley was Ineligible
because he was not an Inhabitant of the
State as Is required by the Constitution
ot the United States Against this Re
publicans quote from DEsteys Federal
Constitution that actual residence Is
not essential to be an Inhabitant
The matter occasioned considerable talk
among Republicans many of whom be
lieve It will be good policy to take up the
admiral Because he has been referred to
as a probable candidate for President to
be nominated by the Democrats the im
pression has gone abroad that Schley Is
a Democrat This is denied by those who
arc near to him and know ot his politics
They say he has always been and la
now a Republican
TO RESCUE MISS STONE
Spencer Eddy Has n Xeiv PInn
Which lie Is KeenlitK Dark
A new plan to secure the release of Miss
Ellen M Stone tho American missionary
held in captivity by the Bulgarian brlg
andJ Is being tried by Spencer Eddy
Charge dAffalres of tho United States at
Constantinople but the State Department
although Informed of the new plan de
clines to furnish any details
The latest advices from Mr Eddy indi
cate that the hope ot bringing tho brig
ands to terms is on the Increase
The greatest obstacle now in the way Is
the difficulty In convincing Miss Stones
captors that they will not secure n larger
ransom by holding her The amount sub
scribed now- reaches Jit000 and there
seems little likelihood of the Increase of
that amount
FOUGHT WITH SATE BLOWERS
XlKlif Wtttchninu nud Thieve Hi
chniitfe Vlan shol
SHARON Pa Dec 23 Night Watch
man Jniaes Remley had an exciting bat
tic with three burglars on the main street
In Mercer nt an early hcur this morning
Tho burglars had forced a transom open
In tho postofilce and after crawling
through Into tho room worked the com
bination on the safe securing 2 Before
they had time to loot tho mnll Remley
discovered them at work He opened on
them with his revolver and they returned
the fire
The men ran out of Ihe building and
escaped Twenty shots were exchanged In
rapid succession none of which look ef
fect
German Cnplnln Fined
SYDNEY N S W Dee 23 The cap
tain of the North German Lloyd steamer
Prlnz Regent Lultpold who was arretted
for breaking the seals on his ships stores
In violation of the customs law has been
fined 10 He has taken an appeal from
tho judgment
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OFFER MADE
TO GOV SHAW
President Turns From the
East to the West
IOWAS EXECUTIVE IS HONORED
GovCrano Declines tho Placo to
Bo Made Vacant by the Resigna
tion of Mr Gage Secrotary of tho
Treasury and tho Executive of
Iowa Called to Washington
DES MOINES Iowa Dee 21 Gor L
M Shaw started for Washington tonight
In response to a telegram from President
Roosevelt requesting a conference
The Governors departure was made
quietly after an attempt to keep the fact
frcui the press He declined to makj
public the text of the Presidents mes
sage
Pressed earlier In ths evening Tor a
statement regarding the report from
Washington that he was to he Invited
Into President Roosevelts Cabinet as
Secretary of the Treasury Governor
Shaw denied that he had been offered
the position and said
All I knew about the matters Is ru
mor Rumor has reached me that I am
to be offered the place I know thai
number of prominent New York bankers
nave urged the President to appoint me
Governor Shaw declined to uv whether
he would accept a Cabinet place Inasmuch
ns no stated no place had been offered
him His close political friends here be-
ncre ne will accept
Following the declination of Governor
Crane of Massachusetts to enter tho Cab
lnt President Roosevelt will Invite Gov
Leslie M Shaw of Iowa to succeed Mr
Lyman J Gage as Secretary cf the
Treasury In response to a request Gov
ernor Shaw will confer with President
Roosevelt In a day or so
At that time he will be formally offered
the place Tho general opinion Is that
Governor Shaw will accept
Only- One Obstacle
There is only one otitacle That Is
Governor Shaws aspiration for the Re
publican Presidential nomination In 1304
How much of an obstacle that will be
no one but Governor Shaw can teil Should
he decline the President will have to look
elsewhere in the Wet for a successor to
Mr Gage The name ot Mr Myron T
Herrick of Cleveland is a possibility
Governor Shaw is almost a national au
thority on financial questions He Las a
strong- following throughout the Wesu
and one ot his chief backers is Senator
Allison When Mr ircKlniey announced
last summer that he would not be a can
didate for a third term Mr Shaw was at
once launched as the candidate of the
Hawkeye State for the Republic in nomi
nation In 1904 By leaders who are fos
tering other booms Governor ShaWs can
didacy has been regarded with more or
less apprehension His withdrawal by en
tering the Cabinet would be far frotndet
rlmental to PresiJent Roosevelts chances
for the nomination
Are rersonnlly Acquainted
President Roosevelt knows Governor
Shaw personally Tho two campaigned
together In Iowa and other Western
States In 1339 Besides Mr Roosevelt had
Senator Allisons endorsement of Gov
ernor Shaw as a man ot capacity and
force His speeches show that he Is well
Informed on financial matters
In private Ufa Governor Shaw is a
banker and lives at Dennison Iowa al
though of course his home has been Des
Moines for the past four years He Is a
wealthy man and his business Interests
extend over the entire Hawkeye State
His two administrations as Governor have
ben highly successful ones He has fre
quently been heard at large public gather
ings and on political occasions In the
East At the Centennial celebration in
this city last December he delivered a
remarkable address at the exercises in
the East Room ot the White House
Inasmuch as Governor Shaws second
term expires the first week In January
there will bo no official obstacles to hU
becoming Secretary of the Treasury as
Mr Gage will probably not go oat before
March 1
Senator Allison In hi3 characteristic
unobtrusive manner has long been work
ing for Mr Shaws entrance into the
Cabinet should Mr Gage withdraw
Would Be Two From limn
There is already a member In the Cab
inet from Iowa Secretary Wilson but
the presence of two Cabinet members
from tho same State will have no effect
If other conditions aro satisfactory
The President is Impressed with the
advisability of having at the head of the
Treasury Department which he considers
the most Important place In the Cabinet
list a man who Is the representative of
the great producing section of the coun
try one whose views en financial issues
would be respected In the East and who
knows and appreciates the Western peo
ple
Governor Crniien lleellnnllon
The President was first informed au
thentically of Governor Cranos decision
to decline about noon yesterdxy Up to
that time no personal messenger had put
in an appearance Senator Lodge was at
the White House for a Ionp time bat was
going away about 12 oclock when he
was notified that Governor Crane was at
the Boston end ot the long distance tele
phone nnd desired to deliver a message
Governor Crane said that he had upon
mature consideration decided to decline
President Roosevelts Invitation to enter
the Cabinet as the successor of Secretary
Gage
Business and domestic reasons he
sani pre enteil his acceptance
The domestic ressons ascribed to h s
declination by Governor Crane are simply
that he does not care for social life and
Is not anxious to assume the social bur
dens of a position In the Cabinet Mrs
Crane died several years ago ami slm e
that time Governor Crane has lived
quietly
Judice Vilnius Mvoru In
NEW YORIC Dec 23 Judge Adams of
the United States District Court was to
day sworn In by United States Commis
sioner Alexander In open court Judgo
l wliAh nnmlnillfnn lo succeed
Judge Brown was Ia3t spring sent to Iho
Sennte out not connrmeu wub rti 3uujr
renominated by President Roosevelt and
his nomination confirmed at the present
session of the United 3tates Senate
Give Vmir Imly Friends Velnlla
Fancy hoses aud ladee for Xira Xo hotiday
etetlnif more ancpUblc to lades than tlatoty
loirs or bukcts ol dcllcioivi bon bona cbocotatea
anil ciramtU Srnt anywhere br mail or cxprefia
Two torts 0 Ninth and HV3V G StrecU