’ should make the -' them.” __ ,, Commandant Demeillon. who was tak- ‘eri' prisoner at Elandslaagtc and brought ‘tb Simonstown, where he was confined ' on theiBritish cruiser Penelope, has suc- 5 “ed, arrived: The Pretoria detachment of ,_ A house to house search for incriminat- *W «m. .\ WW w EEK 1.x WAR AT STANDSTILL Epidemic of Glanders In Boer and British. Camps. OOLI‘IDSO FOOTBRIDGE DESTROYED. Rumored Spread of Dutch Disnflec-v tion In Cape Town and Natal—Pre- toria Dispatch Tells the Boers’ ~ Story of Buller’s Defeat. LONDON, Dec. 26.—Up to this hour nothing has arrived from South Africa that would indicate any change in the military situation there. The war office is issuing lists of further deaths and wounds, as well as accbunts of sickpess. The most serious report of the last class in that horse sickness has broken out in Both British and Boer camps in Natal. Four hundred British cavalry horses, it is said, have already been shot owing to the Occurrence of glanders. The disease is likely to spread with much greater ra- pidity among the British horses than among the hardy Boer ponies, and this may mean a considerable prolongation of the campaign. A dispatch from Chieveley, dated Tuesday, Dec. 19, says: “The British naval guns have destroy- ed the Colenso footbridge, thus prevent. ing the Boers holding any position south of the’Tugeléi river. The enemy are tak- ing'up fresh positions on the eastern side, nearer the British camp. “The British position at Frere is being strengthened. The Tugela river is ris- ing, and there is a prospect of heavy rains. , “A two hour bombardment of ,Lady- smith has been heard from here. Ac- cording to reliable native reports, the Boers, had 200 killed in the fight at Co- lonso." . The news that the Colenso footbridge has, been destroyed seems to show that General Buller is more anxious to keep the enemy at bay than to attempt a fur" the-r advance. Despite the severity of the censor- ship, hints are being continually received of the serious spread of Dutch disaffec- fion in both the Quecnstown district of Cape Colony and Natal. A correspond- ent of The Daily Mail at Pietermaritz- burg says: “The extent of Dutch 'disaffection imperial authorities realize the magnitude of the task before There are unconfirmed reports from Cape Town that General Sir Charles Warren, commanding the Fifth division, has'returned there. ‘ ceeded in making his escape, A dispatch from Pretoria, dated Dec. 17, gives the Boer version of the Tugela River. battle. “Over 500 British prisoners captured at the battle of Stormberg have arrived here. They have been taken to \Vater-. fall to join the other prisoners. An oili- cial account of the Boer casualties at the battle Of Tugc‘la River says 30 men were killed or wounded. “Friday at dawn, the day long expect- artill’ery gave the alarm. General Bul- ler’s Ladysmith relief column was in bat- - the array advancing on the Boer positions close to the Tugela and Colenso. The center consisted of an immense crowd of g infantry, flanked on each side by two'] batteries, with strong bodies of cavalry! supporting. The Boer artillery preserved absolute silence, not dlSclOSlng its posi- tion. -.--Two batteries ~‘came within rifle. distance .of our foremost position. and the Boers then opened fire with deadly effect. Our, artillery also commenced and upparently‘absolutely confused the ene-' my, who were allowed to think the bridge was open-for them to cross. “Their right flank in the meantime at- tacked the Boers’ southernmost position. hut the Mauser rifle fire was so tremen‘ dous that they were rolled back like a spent Wave, leaving ridges and ridges of dead and dying humanity behind. “Again the British advanced to the. at- tack, but again fell back, swellin.g..,the heaps of dead. Their cavalry charged to the river. where the Ermolo comman-l do delivered such a murderous fire that two batteries of cannon had to be aban-l doned. which the Boers are going to bring I here. Twice the British essayed to bring horses to remove them. The first time; they succeeded in hitching on to one can- I non. and on the second trial the horses and men fell in a heap. ' “Then the British were in full retreat to their camp, whence they sent a heavy shrapnel fire on Bulwer bridge across the Tugela to prevent the burghers from re- covering the cannon. “The French attache, Villebois, and the German attache, Braun, say the fight could not have been improved upon by the armies of Europe. “Generals Botha and Trichart were al‘ ways at the most dangerous points of the fighting. _ “Eleven ambulances removed the Eng lish dead and wounded. . . “Such a tremendous cannonade has sel- dom been heard. The veldt for miles was covered with dead and wounded. It wasa most crushing British defeat. Nine of the cannon have since been brought across the river. The British asked for and were granted a 24 hour armistice.” Churchill’s Escape. PRETORIA, Dec. 26.—The govern- ment is much concerned about the escape of Winston Churchill, and the oflicials are doing their utmost-to discover how he got away. The officials have instituted ing papers. The Volkstem asserts that he escaped disguised as a woman. The lust book Churchill borrowed from the library was "Mills on Liberty.” , The Canadian Contincolt. OTTAWA, Dec. 26.——It is probable that the composition of thesecond Ca- nadian contingent for South Africa will be somewhat,difl‘erent from what was first proposed. The imperial authorities have expressed a preference for mount- ed men, and the contingent will there- fore consist of but two batteries of ar- tillery-and in the neighborhood of 750 mounted men. Choked by :1 Nut. . PATERSON, 'N. J., Dec. 26..—-Daniel Flfehouse, 7 years old, was eating hicko— Iy‘nuts, and a piece of a nut choked him. His mother slapped his back, and after a the he seemed to be wholly well. Six hours later he died suddenly. The piece of. nut had caught at the larynx, finally filling in and cutting of his breath. ’ SEARCH FOR LOST CHILD. Father Foiled In Attempt to Find Kidnnped Daughficr. CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—The ‘ says; “Chandler T. Harris had hoped Christ- mas ' morning would see him reunited with his 9-year-old daughter Heloise, who was kidnaped from- his home .in Guatemala two years ago. H-erexpected to find Heloise in Chicago—he had infor- mation from the detECtives who have worked on the case since her disappear- ance that she had been in Chicago re- cently—but a visit to the place where she was supposed to have been brought out the fact that the child’s abductor, who is believed to be a variety actress and for mer governess at the Harris home, had left the city. Mr. Harris arrived in Chicago Satur- day night, coming at the telegraphic re- quest of the correspondents of his New York attorneys. At the Chicago Avenue police station Mr. Harris’ representative told Lieuten- ant Cudmore the story of the theft of the child. Mr. Harris is a coffee planter, whose plantation is near the city of Guatemala. He went there six years ago from New York city. Two years ago a woman applied at'the Harris home for a position as governess. She said she was an actress and was stranded there. Be- ing an American in a strange country, Mrs. Harris took compassion on her and gave her employment. Several weeks later the governess and Heloise disappeared. After their disap— Record ,pearance it was learned that the gov- erness and child made their way to Lib- crtad, San Salvador, where they took passage on a sailing vessel for New York, the woman hiring out as cook. The pas- sage was around Cnpe Horn, and accord- ing to the story'told Mr. Harris’ private detective by the captain.of the vessel the passage of the ship was stormy and fraught with many exciting adventures. The motive of the theft for a long time was a mystery, the detectives working on a hypothesis of ransom. When the true condition of affairs—that the child had been stolen on account 'of her dramatic ability—was conceived by Mrs. Harris, search was instituted at seaport towns, leading to the discovery of the ship cap- tain who had employed the woman. In the canvass of the music halls and vaudeville houses in New York traces of the woman and child were found. From that city the abductor and the child were followed to Chicago. Mr. Harris and the detectives believe the woman went to San Francisco from here and left for the Pacific coast on the Burling- ton fast mail. , THE MAINE DEAD. Remains Have Arrived at Washing- ton—Interment Tlinrsdgy. IVASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—-The re- mains ot the dead of the battleship Maine arrived here today and will be in. terrcd at Arlington cemetery Thursday . at 11 o’clock in the presence of President. McKinley, most of the members of his cabinet and a large contingent of army and navy officers and others. The funer- al rites over the dead will rbe performed~ by Chaplain Chidwick, who was attached to the cruiser when she was blown up in . Havana bay. The chaplain of the Naval academy will assist him. A pretty grassy knoll near where the Santiago dead rest ' has been selected as the final abiding plaCe of the remains of the dead seamen. Relatives and friends have claimed 22 of the bodies and will give them private interment under an arrangement with the navy department, which has taken charge of the burial of all the bodies either unidentified or unclaimed. The Globe Bank Adair. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26.—The attor- ney for Charles H. Cole, formerly presi- dent of the Globe National bank of Bos- ton and now being detained here on .a charge of embezzlement, said yesterday that his client will remain here and that no move is contemplated until are com- plaint now on the way from Boston is re- ceived and the warrant issued and serv- ed. The character of the complaint, he says, will determine the action he will take, though it is probable habeas corpus proceedings will be tried. Mr. Cole is liv— ing quietly with his wife and son at the Van Nuys. He refuses to be interviewed and refers all who call to his attorney. A Vanderbilt Christening. , NEW’ YORK, Dec. 26.—-—To Cornelius Vanderbilt’s second child, the daughter who was born last September soon after his father’s death, a mime was given in addition to her other Christmas gifts yes‘ terday. She was baptized according to the ritual of the Protestant Episcopal church in the home of Mrs. Ogden Goe- let, 608 Fifth avenue, where her parents live. The ceremony, which was pcrform« ed by the Rev. Dr. John \Vesley Brown of St. Thomas’ church, where the Van-- derbilts worship, took place at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon. I. B. Farar’s Charitable Bequests. MALONE, N. Y., Dec. 26.—The will of Isaac B. Farar, a wealthy resident of Malone, who died a few days ago, has been made public. By its terms the bulk of his property is to be devoted to churi‘ table purposes. The most important of these is a bequest of about $10,000 for the establishment of an old ladies’ home in this village, a large, commodious house‘ having been included in the gift. Express Employees Remembered. CLEV ELAN D,. Dec. 26.—Every eni— ployee of theAmerican Expresscompany throughout the country yesterday receiv- ed a check for $5 as a Christmas‘glft from the company. A circular. accom« panying the checks states that the gift is made for faithfulness in the performance ‘of duty. Christmas Packages Burned. ST. PAUL, Dec. 26.—An old frame building near the Union depot used by the United States Express company as a transfer warehouse has been destroyed by fire. The warehouse was packed full of Christmas packages. No accurate.“- tiinate of the loss can be made. A Jeweler Suicides. UTICA, N. Y.. Dec. 26.—Charles H. Schiller, a prominent jeweler of Utlca. committed suicide by shooting himself last evening at his residence. Financial barr‘assment is believed to have been. Mr. Schiller had been many it e cause. years in business in this city. ' Killed at Christmas Dinner. NEW YORK. Dec. 26.—-Whlle his family was gathered around the Cb'rlst- ' mas dinner in Brooklyn Charles Hsflner, 40 years of use. entered his home and caused a family quarrel, which ended In Lube murder of the father by his son J ohn. ' after the shock, but no damage was done ' walls of several brick buildings were bad- ‘ broken wheel on the engine of the local CALIFORNIA SHAAEA; Severe Earthquake In South- ern Part of the State. o «1' —_ l; . HOUSES WRECKED AND LIVES LOST.- At San Diego the Shock Was the Most Severe In Fourteen Years, and Tall Buildings Were ' Severely Shaken. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26.—-—.At 4:25 o’clock yesterday morning a severe earth- quake shock was felt over a large por- tion of southern California, the undula- tions lasting about 12 seconds. The en- tire center of the shock appeared to have been at San J acinto‘, a small town in Riv- erside county. The business portion of San J acinto consistsof two blocks of two story buildings, some of which are built of brick. Ten or 15 buildings were dam- aged, chimneys being toppled over and walls cracked and shaken. The total damage at San Jacinto and Hemit, a small town near by, is estimated at $50,000. The large tourist hotel at Hemit was damaged, and the hospital at San J acinto also sulfer , . The rear wall of the Johnson block a Hemit fella No person was injured at either place as far as known.’ The shock was heavy at San- ta Ana, Anheim, San Bernardino, River- side and other places, but no particular damage is reported except from San Ja- cinto and Hemit. In this city no damage was done, though the shock was particularly vio- lent. The houses here are well filled with eastern tourists, and there were many instances of narrow escapes. The Herald has received a telegram from San Bernardino saying that six In- dians were killed at Hemit by falling - walls during the earthquake. The Santa Fe railroad’s report is to the efiect that no lives were lost. Severe Shock at San Diego. SAN DIEGO. Cal, Dec. 26.—The most severe shock of earthquake experienced in this city in 14 years took place at'4z25 a. m. yesterday and was accompanied by a loud rumbling noise. The taller build- ings in the city were severely shaken, but no serious damage was done. A high 5 wave struck the beach ocean front soon to shipping. A slighter shock followed the first one a few seconds later. Clocks Stopped. SANTA ANA, Cal., Dec. 26.—The se- verest earthquake in years visited this section yesterday morning at 4:25. Clocks were stopped all over the city, and the ly cracked. Hundreds of people were on the streets a few seconds after the shock, some remaining up until daylight. . People Rushed to the Streets. t ANHL‘IM, 0211., Dec. 26.——The most severe earthquake ever known here oc‘ earned at 4:25 o’clock yesterday morning. It lasted fully ten seconds and was vio- l lent from the beginning; ‘Lodging houses were emptied, and the streets were filled with shivering people. A number of buildings were cracked, but no serious damage was done. ' ' - General Young Appointed Governor. MANILA, Dec. 26.——Gencral Young has been appointed military governor of the provinces of northwestern Luzon, with headquarters at Vigan. His com- mand includes the Thirty-third infane’ try, under Colonel Luther R. Hare, and the Third cavalry. He will establish permanent stations at San Fernando and Laoag, with outposts wherever needed The Sixteenth infantry will proceed to Aparri, garrisoning such towns as may be deemed necessary in the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela and Nuevo' Vizcaya, of 'which Colonel Hood has been appointed military governor. General Young and Colonel Hood are establishing civil mu— nicipal governments, and the ports in northern Luzon will be opened for trade 1 about Jan. 1. , Christmas Football. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26.—Yester- . day the east and the west lined up or" the gridiron, the opposing teams being Carlisle of Pennsylvania and the Uni‘ versity of California. Six thousand peo~ ple witnessed the game. The Berkeley rooters were out in force, but the In- dians were not lacking sympathizers. Ev- ery «he expected an easy walkover for the Indians, but in this their anticipa- tions were. not realized.‘ Berkeley put up a magnificent game and held the In- dians down in fine style, the score at the end of the. game being 2 to O in favor of the Indians. New Baseball League Failing. SIOUX CITY, 13., Dec. 26.—The new- ly organized baseball league appears to be going to pieces. “’hcn it was or- ganized at Omaha. the outlook was bright, and‘six cities were after fran- chises. This number has now dwindled to five by the failure of Lincoln to pay its~ first assessment. Des Moines is also said to be losing its enthusiasm. A Kentucky Shooting. FRANKFORT, Ky., Dec. 26.—\Villie Kehr, a young drug clerk. last night shot and killed Samuel Sanders. Jr., a well known young man. Sanders had attempt- ed to shoot Kehr, but the latter clinched. pulled the pistol out of Sanders’ hand and shot him twice, killing him almost in- stantly. Sanders was highly connected. Fatal Quarrel Over Poker. CLINTON, 1115., Dec.,26.—At \Veldon. ten miles southeast of here, Harry Sum- mers, Jr., a carpenter, and “Doc” Mar- cum, :1 farmer's hand, quarreled in a poker room, when Marcnm shot and kill- ed Summers. Marcum washarrested and hurried to Clinton. as it was feared an attempt would be made to lynch him. Broken Wheel Causes Wreck. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26.—A special to The Times from Pomona says; “A train from Los Angeles caused a bad wreck. As a result._,.one person was killed, four persons were badly injured, while six or eight are sufi’ering from se« rious wounds. ‘ Salvation Army Barred. MILFORD, Mass, Dec. 26,—Rev, Thomas J. Fitzgerald. assistant pastor of St. Mary's parish church, created a sensation by directing his parishioners not to accept Christmas cheer from the Salvation Army or to donate money to that organization. Weather Probabilities. Fair and continued cold, with dimin- l ilhed west winds. . -- ._ ~---.~_-‘- _.....—..-- the fruits of charity. penal colony of New Caledonia. * on Sunday night. ' O ‘ CHEER FOR AL Boundless. Charity In .NOW‘ York For the Christmas Time. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—’Of all the many affairs planned to bring Yuletide cheer to the poor no othér assumed the proportions of that arranged by the Sal- vation Army. Promptly at 11 o’clock yesterday morning the work of distrib- uting Christmas dinners to 20,000 un- fortunates was begun in Madison Square Garden. Besides the 16,000 dinners sent. out in baskets 4,000 persons were fed in the Garden Christmas evening. For 'more than ten days preparations had been under way. The work of cooking 4,000 plum puddings alone occupied a week. Night and day since last Friday a small army of Salvationists had been busily at work. Great efiorts were made by charitable persons and organizations to seek out the poor and unfortunate and make them sharers in the general Christmas cheer. If there were a child or a groWn up per- son hungryhit was by choice or some ex- traordinary ill fortune. Large preparations were-made for the feeding of the prisoners in the correction department and in the public institu- tions of charity. The boats of the cor- rection and charity departments were laden with good things for the poor. All the jails in the greater city had arrang- ed for good dinners, and in most in~ stances the. fare of Thanksgiving day was repeated. The Children’s Aid society provided Ifor numberless poor children in all their various branches in the city. , The down town newsboys came in for their Christmas cheer- at the Brace Memorial hall, 9 Duane street; at Sixth avenue and Forty-first street and other places. There were Christmas trees at Webster hall, 119 East Twelfth street; Salvation Army hall. One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street and Lexington ave- nue. and at the Y. M. C. A. Bowery branch.‘ , Mrs. Bella Cook, bedridden invalid for 44 years, gave presents in the evening to ' all the youngsters in the neighborhood of ‘92 Second avenue. . Christmas Charity In Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 26.—Christ- mas in this city witnessed as never before The destitute were given food and clothing, the sick were given medical attention, and poor chil- dren were rendered happy by gifts of ne- cessities, sweetmeats and knickknacks. A dinner for 8,000 people was provided by the Salvation Army, and baskets of food were distributed among' poor families. The American Volunteers furnished din- ners in a similar way to about 500 poor children, and theProtestant Episcopal City mission fed about 1,000 individuals. The Children’s Christmas club gave its annual dinnerto 1,000 poor boys and girls and distributed toys among them. Hospitals were remembered by the Flow- er mission. and the Children’s Aid society distributed usoful gifts among 800 chil- dren. . ‘ \Vnshington’s Quiet Christmas. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—-Christmas day, always quiet at the national capital, was unusually so this year. All of the executive departments were closed, and, the members of both. practically all branches of congress are out of the city. Services were held in many "churches, and as the dinner hour approached the streets were deserted. At the _. “White House a quiet day was spent. Aboutl’U o’clock the president took a walk alone through the'grounds at the south end of the mansion and then joined Mrs. Mc- Kinley in the family living room. There were no callers and no guests. Neither attended church, and at the usual hour they dined alone. THE ERAZNELL MINE HORROR. The Number of Dead New Estimated at Forty. PITTSBURG, Dec. 26.——The number of dead in the collapsed Braznell mine is now placed at 40. Twelve bodies have been taken out, and 12 more are in sight, but cannot be reached on account of'the debris. ' _ The estimate of the number of dead an conflicting. A. B. Braznell, president of the Stockade Coal company, said-he be- lieved that but 20 to 25 men had been killed. Men who were working around the mine Saturday morning give different figures. They. say 35 to 40 men were. down the main shaft in the cages, while about 20 climbed down the steps in the elevator shaft. From 55 to 60 men were in the mine, and of this number but 12 have been recovered alive. ‘All the rest, whatever the number, are dead. New Turkish Railway. 'CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 26.—Th preliminary convention for the construc tion of the railway between Koniah, cap- ital of the vilayct of the same name in Asia Minor, and Bassorah, on the Shat-el-Arab, in the pashalic of Bag dad, has been signed, and Dr. von Sic mens, director of the Deutsche bank, who obtained. the concession for the Anato lian Railways company, has left Con- stantinople for Berlin. An agreement has been concluded between the porte and the Anatolian Railways company for an advance of $6,000,000. Goebel’s Chance. Slim. LOUISVILLE, Dec. 26.—It now looks as though Goebel would haveno show in his contest before the legislature fer the governor-ship. There is a large Demo- cratic majority in the house, but it is re- ported that the anti-Goebel Democratic members will combine with the Repub- licans and throw the majority against Goebel there. The senate is tied, an with the Republican lieutenant governo. to cast the deciding vote it is only rea- sonable to believe that the senate will re fuse to go into joint session to consider the contest. , - - Confederate Scout Dead.- . WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—Bushrod Underwood, who achieved fame as a scout in the army of northern Virginia, has just died here, aged 56 years. Many ' deeds requiring great coolness and cour- age were credited to him by General B. E. Lee and Colonel John O. Mesby of the Third Virginia cavalry, to which command he belonged. . . Bubonlc Plague. SYDNEY, Dec. 26.—It is reported that the bubonic plague has made its appear- ance at Noumea, capital of the French Ten Kanak'as have succumbed to the disor‘ der, and four whites have been attacked. The disease is said to be spreading. ' . Died at 108. CHICAGO, Dec. 2G.—_JOIm ‘M. Brown, 106} years old. died at thc’Mercy hospital He had lived at the hospital for nearly 20 years. 'miles south of Hatteras, 1’. C., AID FOR PORTO RICO” Relief For the Stricken Island- ers Has Been Generous. TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND NEED FOOD Pestilence Hus Appeared In the Mountain Districts—Help Must Be Given For Two Months to Come. Much More Food Needed. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—-The —wai department has made public a statement showing the progress made in relief work in the island of Porto Rico between Sept. 25 and Nov. 30. The population of the island is estimated at 918,926. The average daily indigent was 221,087 per- sons; average weekly sick, 17,372, and the average weekly deaths, 632 persons. The annual death rate was 35 per 1,000 inhabitants, while the normal rate of deaths was 26 per 1,000 inhabitants. The increased mortality was confined to the mountain districts, where in some 10- calities the death rate increased 300 per cent. The amount .of cash received for the relief of the suffering peopleaof the island up to Nov. 30, was $15,224. The amount of money disbursed up to the slate mentioned was $7,417. Up to Nov. .30 the total-amount of food :eceived to relieve the sufferings was 17,- 162,788 pounds. Of this 16,548,316 pounds had been issued up to Nov. 30. The amount of unissued food on hand at San Juan Nov.'30 was 614,272 pounds. Not a wagon road is to be found in any direction over which food can be trans- ported. All food is carried on the backs of horses. Of this population 200,000 people must be fed, or they will starve. If not fed at home, they will migrate to the cities, leaving the weak to die. Their ' work will be left undone, and their fu- ture will be hopeless. Pestilence, which frequently follows flood and famine, has appeared among the unfortunate inhabitants in the moun— tain districts, and a number of people have perished. It is feared that the epi- .demic will spread to the coast should there be a general movement (it the mountain people in that direction. A movement of this kind has already been anticipated and is being successfully con- trolled. But the relief must be continued freely in the mountain districts for all of December and during the greater part of January. ‘ It is estimated that not less than 2,000 additional tons of food will be required. Four-sevenths of this amount should be of rice, two-sevenths should -be of beans, and the remainder of the amount re- quired should be either codfish or bacon. \Vith the food already issued and now on hand and with the 2,000 tons required in addition to that already issued the to- tal issue will be 20,162,788 pounds. In dealing with the indigent ablebod- ied men have been required to work for the food they received, and a great deal of public work has been done in the way of cleaning towns, repairing roads, etc. Twenty-one Sen-mien Drowned. CAPE HENRY, VAL, Dec. 26.—Thc British steamer Ariosto, Captain Baines, bound from Galveston to Hamburg, was wrecked at 4 o’élock Sunday morning six and 21 of the crew were drowned. Captain Baines and eight of the crew were saved by thq,heroic efforts of the Ocracoke life saving crew, under Captain James How- ard. Those who lost their lives attempted to reach the shore in a small boat, which was swamped: shortly after it put off from the ship. Captain Baines and the eight men remained aboard and were landed by the life savers in the breeches buoy, but not until after a struggle which lasted all day. Died to Save a Friend. BINGHAMTON, N. Y., Dec. 26.— Manning Smith, 43 years old, a wood chopper of this city, but lately employed at Kirkwood, N. Y., spent Christmas in Binghamton with relatives. While wait- ing at the Erie depot for a train upon which to return to Kirkwood at about 3:30 o’clock a friend of his who was in- toxicated wandered from the platform and started to cross the yards. Smith, fearing for his friend’s safety, overtook him and tried to get him out of the maze of tracks and switches, but in the en- deavor was himself run down by a switch engine and ground to pieces. Curfew For Chicago. CHICAGO, Dec. 26,—Chicago, in com- mon with a number of other cities in the United States, will have a curfew law if the plans of Colonel Alexander Hogeland, the originator of the measure in this country, are adopted. \Vithin a month the ‘expounder of the system, the object of which is to keep all children under a responsible age ed the streets after dark, will start a campaign in this city. He proposes to make public addresses and go before the council with the intention of asking that body to indorse his project. Will Eat Only Union Bread. CHICAGO, Dec. 26,—An unique boy- cott of nonunion bread is to be inaugu- rated Jan. 1 by the union bakers cf Chi- cago. The organizations have formed a plan to get their wives, daughters, sis- ters and relatives to refuse to purchase any bread except such as bears the label of trades union bakeries. More than 7,000 of the organized journeymen bak- ers are in this scheme, and they are to have the active support of the 100,000 members of Chicago’s other unions. Detective Meets With Foul Play. CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—John ”Gillies, an operative connected with a private de- tective agency, is at the County hospital probably fatally hurt. According to the story he tells, he was hurled from the Twelfth street viaduct by two men and nearly “ground to death under the wheels of an incoming train on the Grand Trunk railw1y. His right leg was severed at the knee, his jaw fractured, his cheek. lacerated and his body bruiséd. ' , rFire In Car Stables. _ ' CANTON, 0., Dec. 26.——;Fir_e started in an electric heater in one of the Can- ton-Massillon cars Saturday night after all the cars had been run into the barn. Service on Canton streets is on half .time on the main lines. and all other lines are abandoned. The interurban service will be maintained. The loss is $50,000. cov- ered by insurance. ' Husband Shoots Twice. - i JACIiSONVII.L‘E._Ii‘la., Dec. 26.-——1’e- for J. Holbert, an electrician of this (fity, shot his wife and then turned the weapon on himself. inflicting wounds from which he died. Mrs. Holbert will recover. a . men. is feared. . tomorrow. AN EMPEROR'S CHRISTMAS. Christmas Trees and Christmas Cheer For Willim of Germany. ,. BERLIN, Dec. 26.——Emperor William celebrated Christmas in the usual man- ner at the new palace, Potsdam. At 3 oclock he attended a bescheerung given for the First regiment of the guards. At 4 he dined with the imperial family, aft- er which there was a bescheerung for the members of the imperial family and the court entourage. There were seven trees for the children, graded in Size according to their ages,>that of Princess Louise be; ing very small. A large, fine tree for the emperor and empress had been cut from the adjacent park. For the gentle- men and ladies of the court entourage a particularly handsome tree was provided. On this latter tree hung numerous pres- ents .of a humorous character, each re- minding the recipient in a teasing way 01 some untoward event of the year. Baron von Mirbach, chief court marshal, receiv- ed a. contribution box in chocolate, the allusron being to his work of collecting money to build churches in Berlin. This gift caused great laughter. Upon all the trees and tables there wereipresents. Emperor William enter- ed thh keen enjoyment into the humor- ous part of the celebration, of which he was himself the chief instigator. Their majesties attended church in the morning, and in the early afternoon the whole imperial family made up a sleigh- ing party. Queen Victoria’s Christmas. LONDON, Dec. 26.—For the first time in 13 years Queen Victoria and the royal family passed Christmas day at Windsor. The Duke and Duchess of Connaught and the children of Princess Henry of Battenberg were of the party. Not only was there a baron of beef arranged, but there was also a.magnificent Christmas tree, with many colored candles, for the children, in which the queen evinced the greatest interest. It was, in fact, he]: express desire that the grandchildren who assembled about her yesterday should not have their Christmas marred by the events which have saddened her own heart. HAVANA KEEPS HOLIDAY. General Wood to Better Roads and Schools. HAVANA, Dec. 20.—All the stores in Havana closed at 10 o‘clock yesterday morning, and the rest of the day was devoted to conviviality. Only two news papers appeared with the usual editions. Bands played on the Prado. Americans generally visited friends, most of those having families here giving dinners and inviting others of their acquaintance. General Leonard Wood dined with Cap- tain Lucien Young, commander of the port. and Mrs. Young. It was remark- ed that seven of the party dined together on Christmas day last year in Santiago. General Wood says he intends to begin work at once upon the highways, which are greatly in need of repair. This will also serve to give employment to a large number of men. The school system will also be imme- diately reorganized. Mr. Alexis Frye, superintendent of the Cuban schools, will be :re-cnforced with two or three other commissioners. PARIS LABOR ' TROUBLES. Coal \Vorkers and Lace Worked Want Increased Pay. PARIS, Dec. 26.—At a meeting of 2,500 miners held yesterday in St. Etienne a resolution was adopted in fa. ‘ vor of declaring a general strike in the coal basin of the Loire this morning. A sympathy movement involving 50,000 The prosperity of the coal trade led the miners to demand an increase of wages, shorter hours and a formal recognition of the Miners’ fed- eration by the companies. The latter made an ofier of 5 per cent increase, but this was refused. The decision was reached amid cries ol f‘Vive la Grevel” Disorders are antici' pated. Already there have been slight disturbances, particularly last evening when the miners. went in processior through the streets of St. Etienne sing ing the “Carmagnole.” Twelve thousand five hundred lac¢ workers are on strike in St. Etienne for higher wages. Their idleness involve: that of 35,000 other dependent work men, making, with the miners, if the coa strike spreads as is expected, near]: 100,000. ' Moreover, a number of factories ant works will soon be compelled to close 0W ing to the coal shortage. CONDENSED DISPATCHES. The Lawton fund reached $15,000. A heavy snowstorm blocked traffic ll Cleveland. The body of the Duke of VVestminste was cremated at ‘Voking. . Three business blocks in Hastings. Minn, were destroyed by fire at a loss 0" $200,000. The oflicial report from Pretoria state that the gold output for November wa 61,788 ounces. The czar of Russia has donated $10, 000 for the erection of an Orthodox Rus sian church in Chicago. . The French government rented t3 house of the late American dentist D} Evans as a residence for princely visitor . to the exposition. In New York city Edward Watson ha his neck broke by the hearty grasp of .- friend who wished him a merry Chris mas and shook him by'the shoulder. Killed by a Train. CAMDEN, N. J ., Dec. 26.-—Mrs. Lydi Bodine, 75 years old, was instantly kil ed yesterday by an express train on tll West Jersey railroad near Merchantvilln The engineer says the woman walke deliberately in front of the engine an. laid down several packages she carriec Mrs. Bodine was very deaf, and it is b lieved she did not hear the approach ( the train. Boston’s Iv‘inc Masonic Temple. BOSTON, Dec. 26.——Thc splendid ner: Masonic temple erected on the site of H Old building burned some time ago is 1 be dedicated with appropriate ceremoni. .1 John the Evangelist. the patron saint - - Freemasons throughout the world. Tl ' new building is in some respects the fine -= home of Freemasonry in existence. Chicago Gives to Lawton Fund. CHICAGO. Dec. 2U.——Alexander l: Revel], in charge of the Chicago fm :L for General Lawton’s family, has tel-~~ graphed Adjutant General Corbin tbs;- the total amount raised, here up to 19:: evening was $2,102. Among the su-~ . scriptions yesterday was $100 from How, f-I Robert T. Lincoln. The day is the feast or S .' ‘9 t; '14
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