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4 f VOL. XXXIII. NO.. 6. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRID Ay, DECEMBER 29, 1899 S1.00 PER YEAR. 1 V. 1 r '"V -T. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.. The plague I3 raging In New Caledo nia. An 'alder.iman of Milwaukee commits suicide. Tii L AWton home fund now amounts to $31,' NWrses threaten to burn the town of Tort, White, Fla, lodges & Co., bankers and brokers Of Boston suspend. At Brandon, Manitoba, a woman is hianged far murder. This f&ate Tuas chartered thirty-one cotton miWs this year. Bach Juror in the MoQineux case is spotted by a detective. A northern syndicate will sink oil wells 1n east Tennessee. W. C. Stoy is arrested in Augusta, Ga., on a charge of arson. Transports reach Manila with two more regiments of troops. Twv new blast furnaces are i'u be erected at Ilarriman, Tenn. John T. Reid and Mrs. Julia M. Sta ton are married at Tarboro. .General Roberts and Kitchener meet at Gibraltar and sail for Cape Town. "sin rw knows how senators stand on ' the question of seating Senator Quay. General Otis issues a decree author izing civil marriages In the Phiippines. Two German warships, used as naval cadet training ships arrive at Havana. The torpedo boat Stockton is launch ed at the Trigg shipyard, Richmond, Va., At Deposit, Ala., two men are killed and one mortally wounded in a street fight. 1 ' "Colonel Lockett routes a' body of strongly entrenched Filipinos near San Mateo. The coffee from the plage infected steamer J. W. Taylor will be landed in Brooklyn. Two negroes and. one white man. are kilned in a race riot in Buford county, South Carolina. The Southern Educational Associa tion convenes in Memphis with over 700 delegates present. President McKlnley writes a letter, of condolence to the mother of the late Lieutenant Brumby. An oflicer of the 'CLan-Na-Gael tells whait the order is going to do in the Way of invading Canada, Queen Victoria issues a procla'mati'on warning aflU subjects against aiding the enemy in South Africa. Judge Simoniton renders an important decision as to revenue stamps on pay ordears of mi'M operatives. The Dukes of Durham, N. C, buy 94,000 acres of land dn Florida wnich they will plant in tobacco. There are again rumors of prepara tions of war between the powers trying to secure supremacy in China, Near Anderson, S. C, five persons are caught on a trestle by a tram. One is kilted and the others injured. The train with tble bodies of the Maine victiimls arrives and they are taken to the Arlington cemetery. The stockholders of the Florida Cen tral and Peninsula railroad vote to coon- soOddote with the South Bound road. J. O, Schuman, of the Philippine com nii!sedO writes for The Independent an article on "Our Duty to the Philip pines." lltodu astrologers attribute famine plague and British revrses ini South Africa to the peculiar conjunction of the planets. Our Ambassador to England has not yet received any instruatioiLS regard ing seizure of American flour in vessels near Dtdagoa bay. Ctovernor Taylor aippoint!s W. H. MfcucKoy, aniti-Goebed democrat, and A. 11. J. Cochran,, republican, state eflec ti!i cflHrmi'Ssion'ers. rumw f -mew textile mills tn ke country for the year is .299 against M3 asi year. Th south is a head tfce sarin, and North Carolinla leads tacsfcasg the states. The retiremenlt of General Carpenter creates a vacancy in a second briga tffcrsSilp. These and Major General lAWfcm'e successor will be appointed as boom sub congresa assembles. A Ohiveley dispatch of the 25th and tone from Cape Town of the 26tK say no changes have occurred at the former op tt Methuen.' s- posi'tion. The latter has received some reinforcements. The Boers have enlisting agency in New "York. Many men are sent to the Transvaal. There is a general move ment among the Irish of Philadelphia fto add the Boers with a relief fund. Bffalte chaiirman Danforth, cf New York, after a tour through the west and south, thinks Chicago will not get the democratic convention, and finds a strong inclination to move headquar ters to Washington city. August Flower. "It is a surprising fact," says Prof. ILouton, "that in my travels- in all parts of the world, for the last ten years, I have met more people having used Green's August Flower than any other remedy, for dyspepsia, deranged Hver and stomach, and for constipa tton. I find for tourists and salesmen, ox for persons filling office positions, where headache and general bad feel ings from irregular habits exist, that Green's August Flower is a grand rem Jy. rt does not injure the system by irequeht use, and is excellent for cour stomachs and indigestion." Sample bottles free at R. R. Bellamy's Sold by dealers in all civilized coun- A RACE RIOT. Atlanta, Ga., December 27. A Con stitution special from Columbia, S. C, says: News has reached here of a :raoe riot at Ridgeland, Buford county, 4s which two negroes and a white man -were killed and several others wound ie4. RWgeland is a small, town on the oa&,' thickly populated by negroes. WAR CLOUD IN THE FAR EAST. Tietorla, B. C December 27.Mai! advices received from the Orient today state tliat Russia and Fiance are con niving together In encroaching on Chi nese territory, and against England, and that Japan is buying immense duantitles of rice. It is believed that ' ... . 1- ...... tn onrln POLITICAL OUTLOOK. WHAT CHAIRMAN DANFORTH, OF NEW YORK, FOUND AT THE SOUTH. TRUSTS AND IMPERIALISM Conceded to be the' leading Issues for the Next Campaign, While Free Sli ver Is Not Abandoned This the Sen timent In North Carollsa Bryan for the Head of the Ticket Opposition , to Chicago for Plaoe for Convention and National Headquarters. New York, December 27. Elliott Danforth, chairman of the democratic state committee, returned to New York today after a trip through the south, during which he talked with Senator James K. Jones, chairman .of the na tional committee, and most of the chairmen of the southern democratic state committees. This afternoon Mr Danforth gave an Evening Post report er the result of his observations and some information about next year's national campaign: "I found," he said, "that the senti ment was generally in favor of select ing some western city other than Chi cago as the place for holding the na tional convention. The members of the national committee have a strong feel ing against Chicago on account of treatment they have received from the newspapers there since they establish ed headquarters in the city in 1896. It looks now as if either Milwaukee or Kansas City will secure the national convention. Milwaukee seems to be in the lead. "I also discovered ithat there is a general feeling in favor of establishing the headquarters of the national com mittee next year in Washington. Sena tor Jones favored Washington in 1896, but gave way to Mr. Bryan, who was in favor of Chicago. In my trip through the south I observed one thing which will be considered of particular inter est in New York, namely that none of the leaders seemed disposed to insist on free silver as the main issue of the campaign next year. They did not say that they had abandoned the 16 to 1 idea, but they acknowledged that the situation had changed since 1896, and that the dominant Issues next year were trusts and imperialism. That is to say, they are v. n willing to repudiate the Chicago platf' rm, but they see that new issues of fa 1 caching importance have come up v.dy and that their choice should be cognized. Even in states like North Carolina, I found that the anti-trust and anti-imperialism ideas engaged the attention of the- peo pie more than the free silver issue. In fact, I might sum up my observations by saying1 that the sentiment of de mocracy in the south is such that I am confident there will be little trou ble in bringing about a union of th democracy of the whole country next year. "The democratic national conven tion," said Mr. Danforth, "will be held a short time af ter the republican con vention, according to custom. No mat ter when ift is held there is no doubt about the head of the ticket. Every where I heard only Mr. Bryan's name mentioned. They are not talking about candidates for vice president yet. An eastern man will probably be se lected." FILlPfNOS ROUTED. Attacked In Their Trenches and Scat tered Over the Mountains. Manila, December 27. Colonel Lock ett, with a force of 2,500 men, includ ing artillery, this morning attacked a strong force of insurgents .entrenched in the mountains near Mentaiban, about five miles northeast of San Ma teo. The enemy was completely rout ed, the Americans pursuing them through the hills, amid which they fled in every direction. Four Americans were wounded. The Filipino loss was large, resulting from a heavy infantry and artillery fire for three hours into the trenches. It is supposed Ithat the insurgents were those driven out of San Mateo on the day General Lawton was killed. They numbered probably 1,000. A dozen lines of insurgent trenches covered the steep trail through the hills and like wise the valley below, along which the Americans passed. The main attacking party consisted of the Forty-sixth vol unteer infantry, a troop of cavalry and artillery, Colonel Lockett commanding in oerson. The rest of the command operated from remote points in an en deavor to carry out Colonel Lockett's plan of throwing his line around the enemy and thus cutting off retreat. The nature of the mountainous coun try made it impracticable to execute this movement successfully. After the insurgents began to run. there was a vain attempt to use artil lery. CHARGED WITH ARSON. W. C. Stoy Arrested In Augusta, Ga. Repeated Incendiary Fires. Augusta, GaC, December 27. W. C. Stoy wias fcrrested l&ts last night on a warrant sworn out by Chief of Police Hood, charging "him with -arson. Stoy fc an excursion manager. The three disastrous fires in this city re cently, their origins pointing strongly to incendiarism, have greatly excited the people. Recently a building was fired three times In one day In the low er part of the city, and la-st night shortly before the big fire, the depart ment was called to a residence on Wal ton Way to a fire plainly Incendiary, which was also a second attempt on that building. "I was nearly dead with dyspepsia, tried doctors, visited mineral springs, and grew worse. I used Kodol Dyspep sia Cure. That cured me." It digests what you eat. Cures indigestion, sour stomach, heartburn and all forms o OUR EXHIBIT AT PARIS. The State to Mako a Complete Exhibit of Natural Products Unusually Little Suffering Among the Poor, and Few Unemployed Persons -To be a Great Increase In Cotton Factories Next Year. Messenger Mureau, Raleigh, N. C, December 27. The agricultural department is ar ranging to send a notably large and complete exhibit, made up from the state museum and from a special col lection, to Paris. It will embrace for estry products, including the timbers of chief importance. These will be shown in sections lengthwise of the trees, polished and unpolished. Offi cinal plants will be shown; also eco nomic fishery products; minerals, gold. copper and iron ores, and also some notably fine specimens of silver ore. secured this month; hundreds of cut and uncut gems and gem stones; cot ton, tobacco, grain, cc; fruits and na tive ornamental shin s. The weather has so far been so mild that there has been but little suffering among the poor. Added to this is the fact that the number of unemployed persons is the smallest ever known here. So far only two sheriffs have made full settlement of this year's itaxes wrtn tne swe treasuT-rr. i nis is re markably slow. There is every promise of a great in crease in the number or cotton mills next year. Small mills continue in fa vor in North Carolina. There is only one very large mill; the Henrietta, in Rutherford county. The report of the state auditor was today given to the printers. The state charters the Wilson Wood and Lumber Company, capital $25,000, H. G. Connor, Jr., and others stock holders. So far no news has been received of any very serious holiday accidents or fires. ARMY VACANCIES. Two Brigadiers and One Major General - to be Appointed. Washington, December 27. General Gilbert S. Carpenter, who was recent ly confirmed as brigadier general in the regular army, has been placed on the retired list on his own application. after, thirty years active service. His retirement leaves two vacancies in the list of brigadier generals, and results in promotions in every grade of the line. The two vacancies in the list of brigadier generals will be filled on the re-assembling of congress by the pro motion and retirement of several of ficers who have distinguished them selves in action in the recent war. It is popularly supposed that Generals MacArthur, .Wilson, Lee, Wheeler, Bates., Young, Ludlow and Wheatcn7 au or wnom noia volunteer commis sions, are to be made brigadier gen erals in the regular army and that all but two of the number will be immedi ately retired. General MacArthur will undoubtedly be retained in active ser vice, but there is less certainty as to the identity of the other general offi cers to be retained. rne cteatn or tienerai L.awton left a vacancy in the list of major generals of volunteers, which will be filled by the promotion of either Generals Bates, Young or Wheaton, all of whom are on duty in the Philippines. The appoint ment will be made early next week. CAUSE OF BRITISH REVERSES Declared by Astrologers to be the Pe culiar Conjunction of Planets. New York, December 27. Hindu as trologers,. according to Bombay papers wnich have just csen received, are connecting the famine, plague and British reverses with the peculiar con junction of the planets, when on the 15th of November seven planets were in the sign of Scorpio. The Hindus of Bombay, therefore, to avert further calamity and insure success to the British arms, arranged for special prayers and religious ceremonies at one of their great temples. Seventy five learned Brahamans officiated. The first act was presentation of gifts to these priests of valuable shawls and money. The priests then invoked di vine blessings on the rulers and ruled, and the people sang hymns in Marathl and Gujarat!. At the close of c'le service three cheers were given for the long life, glory and success of her majesty, the queen empress. The Hilton Trophy Sca& Band. Savannah, Ga., December 27. The Trenton, N J., story that there was no scalp band from Georgia on the Hilton trophy when it reached the New Jer sey capital, to indicate that it was won last year by the Georgila team, has caused some comment here. There was no scalp band from Georgia required by the trophy when it left Savannah. The only emblem placed on it by the Georgians was a copper shield with the coat of arms of the state. This was put in place soon after the trophy was won in 1897 and brought to Savannah. There was none for 1898 because the trophy was not won that year. There was no Sea Girt match and the trophy simpy remained in Savannah because no other city could Jay claim to it. Captain Post ell who packed the trophy said today: "The report that the scalp band has been removed from the trophy is wrong. I am waiting now to hear from Adjutant General W. S. Stryker, of New Jersey, to whom the trophy was sent. We could, not get a scalp bank so had a copper medallion made and placed at the base of the trophy." "One Minute Cought Cure Is the best remedy I ever used for coughs and colds. It Is unequalled for whooping cough. Children all like it," writes H. N. Williams, Gentryville, Ind. Nersr fails. It is the only harmless remsdy tkat gives immediate results. Curts coughs, colds, hoarseness, croup, pneu monia, bronchitis and all throat and Ivaer troubles. Its early use prereats SITUATION UNCHANGED. NO IMPORTANT MOVEMENTS OF ANY BRITISH COMMAND. DISAFFECTION SPREADING Among the Boers of Grlquarland West. The Situation Becoming Serious Me- thuen Draws the Enemy's Fire Boers on the British Side of Tugela River. Mafeklng Relief Force Advancing Slowly Christmas Cheer Among the Soldiers In the Field. Chiveley Camp, Natal, December 25. Although the two armies were In sight of each other, with the tempera ture 102 degrees in the shade, the Brit ish today enjoyed characteristic Christ mas cheer. Gleenfell and Kirkwood, of the South African light horse, left here yesterday to inspect the patrols along the east ern hills. Their horses returned at night alone. Colonel Donold, of the royal fusiliers, has had his collar bone broken by being thrown from his horse while on outpost duty. Our scouts having reached Boers In force on this side of the Tugela river, three regiments of regulars, supported by artillery, and all the available mounted volunteers, under the com mand of Lord Dundonald, advanced. The Boers retired across the river. London, December 27. The war office here has received the following dis patch from Cape Town, dated Tuesday December 26th: ' There is no change in the situation. Methuen reports that the enemy's force has increased and is engaged In entrenching three and a half miles from his outlying pickets. Methuen reconnoitered with two squadrons of mounted infantry for two miles along the line and drew the fire of four guns and two Vickers machine guns. Four horses were hit. The queen's Christ mas message was received with enthu siasm. 'Gatacre is endeavoring to reopen communication with the Indwe collier ies." DUTCH DISAFFECTION SPREAD ING. London, December 27. Dispatches from Modder river represents Dutch disaffection in Griqualand West as growing very serious. In some towns the entire Dutch population has join ed the Boers. It is announced that the Boers have raised the siege of Kurman and have all withdrawn to Magersfontein. The Cape Town correspondent of The Times, under date of December 22nd, says: "Anxiety regarding the atti tude of the colonial Dutch is steadily growing. They make no ertort to con ceal their sympathy with the two re publics, and the only question now is whether if the military situation is not changed they will keep from open rebellion." CANADA TROOPS TO THE FRONT. Halifax, ' N. S., December 27. A ca blegram received from England today by the military authorities here orders the Lienster regiment, known as the royal Canadians, now doing duty in this section, to sartl on January 10th for duty in South Africa. MAFEKING RELIEF FORCE. London, December 27 The Rhodesian Aiareking relief force, according to a dispatch from Mochudi, Bechuanaland, aatea Saturday, December 16th, was progressing slowly, owing to the ne cessity of repairing the bridges, aver aging, one per mile. An intercepted Boer mail bag, it is added, shows that twenty iJoers were killed and many wounded during the British attack on the Sequani laager. THE BRITISH RETIRE. Kimberley, Wednesday, December 20. At 2:30 o'clock this morning detach ments under Colonel Peakman, with three Maxims and three , 7-pounders under Major May, reconnoitered. Leav- ing the entrenchments, the British ad vanced on Toll Pan. The Boer pickets fired and our Maxims replied, the Boers disappearing over the ridge. Our guns then began to shell Toll Pan at a range of 2,500 yards. A Boer gun drop ped four shells near our men, but did no damage. As the Boers were strong- ly entrenched we withdrew. Their guns were well placed. Mrs. It. Churchill, Berlin, Vt., says: 'Our baby was covered with runnimg sor. D Witt s Witch H&ZSl B&ITC cursd hsr." A spcific for pilss and skin dwtetue . Sevrart of wrbl eouQtarfetts. R. R. BUaaar. The Maine Victims at Arlington. Washington. December 27. The re mains of 151 sailors killed at the time the Maine was destroyed arrived here this morning over the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad In a special train of six cars They were escorted by a guard of honor, composed of twelve men from the battleship Texas, including among them one of the members of the orig inal Maine crew, Terry Shea. The re mains were conveyed to Rarslm, Va., opposite the District line, and there were transferred to wagons belonging to the 'quartermaster's department which removed them to the burial site in Arlington cemetery. The caskets have been placed in open hospital tents, and the guard of honor will be main tained over them until they are buried tomorrow. The exercises wEl be as simple as possible. The president and the mem bers of the cabinet and a number of naval officers are expected to attend the funeral ceremonies. The navy department today ordered a sufficient number of wreaths made of galax leaves to enable one to be placed upon each casket. -De Witt's Little Early Risers purify the blood, clean the liver, invigorate the system. Famous little pills for con- stit!nn and liver troubles. R. R. WINSTOX CIIURCIIELL'S ESCAPE. His Account of Ills Peri Ion Journey from Pretoria to Dclniroa Bay. London, December 27. Mr. Winston Spencer Churchill has cabled and The Morning Post publishes today an ac count of his escape from captivity with the Boers after having ben made a prisoner In the reconnaissance of an armored train at Est court. The dis patch, which is dated Lourenzo Marques, December 21st, says: "In the evening I concealed myself In a railway truck under a great pile of sacks. I had a small store of good water. The Boers searched the train at ' Komatlpoort, but did not search deep enough. After some sixty hours of misery, I came safely here. 1 am very weak, but am free. I have lost many pounds in weight, but am light In heart. I shall avail myself of ev ery opportunity henceforth to urge earnestly- the iinflinehing and uncom promising prosecution of the war. "On the afternoon of December 12th the Transvaal's secretary of war in formed me that there was little chance of my release. I, therefore, resolved to escape, and the same night I left the state schools prison In Pretoria by climbing the wall when the sentries' backs were turned momentarily. 'I walked through the streets of the town without disguise, meeting many burghers, but was not challenged in the crowd. I got through the pickets of the town guards and struck the Del- agoa bay railroad. 1 walked along it. evading the -Watchers at the bridges and culverts and waited for a train be yond the first station. The 11:10 goods train from Pretoria had arrived be fore I reached the place and was mov ing at full speed. I boarded it with great difficulty and hid under coal sacks. I jumped from the train before dawn and was sheltered during the day in a small wood, In company with a huge vulture, who displayed a lively interest In me. 'I walked on at dusk. There were no more trains that night. The danger of meeting the guards of the line continu ed, but 1 was obliged to follow It, as I had no compass or map. I had to make wide detours to avoid bridges, stations and huts, and so my progress was very slow. Chocolate is not a satisfying food. The outlook was gloomy, but I persevered, with God's help. For five days my food supply was very precarious. I was lying up by daylight and walking by night. "Meanwhile, my escape had been dis covered and my description telegraph ed everywhere. All trains were search ed and every one was on the watch for for me. Four times the wrong people were arrested. 'The sixth day I managed to board a train beyond MIddleburg. from whence there was direct service to Delagoa." MUST PAY THE TAX. A Decision Regarding Pay Orders by Mill Operatives. Charleston, S. C, December 27Unit- ed States Circuit Judge Simonton to day handed down a decision in the case of Granby Mercantile Company, of Columbia, against Webster, collec tor of Internal revenue, which involves a very interesting question of law and will add considerably to the Philip pine war taxes, if all mills have the same system of paying hands as some of those in this state. Bfriefly stated, the Mercantile Com pany sold goods to Granby mill opera tives and the accounts when present ed 1 to the treasurer of the mill were paid out of monies due the operatives. In order to protect itself, the Mercan tile Company took vouchers for each account and under the stamp law Col lector Webster held that a revenue stamp had to be attached to each and every order. The commissioner of In ternal revenue sustained the collector and the Mercantile Company paid 2 cents on 15,847 orders. Subsequently, suit was brought for the return of the amount, but it has been refused by the court and the complaint was today dis missed. A FATAL STREET FIGHT. Huntsville, Ala., December 27. In a street duel at Deposit today two men were killed and a third probably fatally wounded. James Harden's throat was cut from ear to ear by his nephew, Jesse Harden. The former is dead- John C. Harden, a brother of the dead man, was seri ously cut by Jesse Harden and as the fight was drawing to a cose Mac Rus seTH discharged a load of buckstoot Into the abdomen of Jesse Harden, causing death. All the parties are well known and prominent in politics. The caus. of the fight is not known. Civil Mnrrlaere In the Philippine. Washington, December 27. General Otis has issued a decree authorizing the celebration of civil marriages in the Philippines. He cabled Secretary Root to that effect today and the secretary promptly approved the action. Here tofore all marriages were celebrated by the Catholic church so that protest- ants and non-Christians were prohibit ed from marrying. The decree does not interfere with the Catholics, who may be married according to-their own rites, but extends the privileges of civil marriages to thoss who desire it. just as practiced in the United States. THE LAWTON HOME FUND. Washington, December 27. The sub scriptions to the Lawton home fund received by General Corbin at the war department up to date amount to S17.323.45. The total subscriptions now amounts to $31,404.45. Among the con tributions to the fund received by Ad jutant General Corbin today was one of $500 from Mr. Lewis Case Ledyard, of New York, which contribution he said was made "in memory of my nephew. Lieutenant A. C. Ledyard, killed in action In Negros, December 8, 1S99." It takes but a minute to overcome tickling tn the throat and to stoD a cough by tb ue of One Minute Cough Cure. This remedy quickly cures all forms cf throat and lnng troubles, Harmless' and pleasant tn take. - It prevents consumption. A famous spe- tflfic for grippe and lis. after efleets. R. R. Benaoao. . '. . . INVASION OF CANADA. THE BOASTINGS OF AN OFFICER OF THE CLAN-NA-GAEL ARMY DRILLED AND EQUIPPED. lie Claims to IImvo Camp Every wscrrt Ready to Assemble on the Frontier. Boer EnlUtlne Agency In New York. General Movement Among the Ir!U to Aid the I toon -To Hold u Publlo Meeting In PhlladelphtA-Hlbcrotanii to Ra!en Fund. New York December 27. Relative to the attitude of the IrUh revolutionary societies toward the government of Gretu Britain at the po-went June uro of affairs, the Evening Post it-ay quotes an officer cf the Clan-Na-G ul lis saying: "England can only bo made to f.vl the jAiysical force, and we're- now ,:o Ing to give her Home Bor treatment. We did intend going out and sinking that first expedition from Canada to South Africa, but thought it btr to wait a litttTe. We can n&jbilizt tur men without much difficulty for an at tack on Canada, and we ar fur.y well armed as well as the Unftt-d States troops in the- Spanieh war. We have lots of Spriniyfield rifles and utv handy with the foaoneU "No decision has lvn arriwd at vet Everything will depend on Alv imnse diaro future. We have either rvgimetts or companies all owr the United Statfi and are fairly we51 drilled, and a greu,t many of our men are in the militia. The Ancient Order of Hibernians ban really nothing to do with this. It num bers about 250,000 and a majority of its members belong to our organization. All its ofllcers do, and s-. of eurf SI will act with us. We have lots of imn in the regular army cami or cluba in every post and even If they wvrs sent against us to stop us on the bold er they would eMher march across v.ith. us or give us blank cartridges. "If it is decided to attack Canada wo 6ha''l do all in our power to kevp mat ters so secret as not to embarrass the government until we are actually on the border. The French iopuIation In Canada wouUd be with us, and there arrt numbers of our own countrymen ready to welcome us. Canada would b as easy mark. WVj would haw the Cana dian loyalists on the run in a week." BOER ENLISTING AGENCY. The work of enlisting men In this -city to take the Boer side In the wur is in charge of two agents wfao operate in a saloon near police headquarter. The leader in the movement is Guntatr Sllon, a Boer, receirtSy arrived from the Transvaal. Associated with him i a young German, Henry Scharff, who has lived many years among the Boers and who reached- New York a . ?ek ago from Pretoria. A number of people, chiefly yt ; men, have gone to the Transvaal, tv. 200 left a week ago and sixty went J: before Christmas. Since the outbreak of the Trans v. 1 war the British consulate In this c .y hais received letters from persons en .T to enlist In. the British army. "I d think it Is any exaggeration to say that, we have received 6,000 letters from it sons who want to enlist," aid the Brit ish vice consul today. "WTe are pre vented by United States statutes from enlisting them and we haw to seael them away. The only way they csji get Into the army is to go to England and enlist on their own responsibility. How many of them do thfti we have b way of knowing. I think, however, that a great many of them do enlist. It Is surprising to rHortice the various sorts and conditions of men who seek enlistment with us. There fa ncarceJy a natlomaCIty that 1s not reprt-sentJed. English, of course, predominate, but Americans are second in number. It is an Interesting circumstance that sev eral United States srfdiers In uniform have come here and asked to be enlist ed." RELIEF FUND FOR THE BOERS. Philadelphia, Pa., December 27. There is a general movement among the Irish citizens here to aid the Boers in their war with England. A call wui today pent out for a special assessimfrt on every rmnriber of the Ancient Ordov of Hibernians, of which there are 25, 000 in this city. A return of $-5,000 in expected which will help to -ell the general fund of $1,000,000 which Irish organizations throughout th country seek to raise. P. J. McManus, a prominent Irish man said today that preparations are being made for a public meeting at ths Acaoemy oc music final arranga ments will be completed at a meeting of the county board of the Ancient Or der of Hibernians next, Friday. In speaking about the alleged plot to raid Canada. Mr. McManus said: "The proposed Fenian raid. If there Is any such thing contempated. Is again? the ruV-a of International law... Tne loyalty of the Irish in this country leads them to regard the announcement as merely a bluff to keep the Canadians at home." It is expected, he says, that the meet Ing at the Academy of Music will result fn a $50,000 fund to fit out a hospital re fief ship. NO CAUSE FOR ALARM. Washington, December 27. The Ger man warships NIxe and Von Moltke. I used as training ships for naval cadets. nave arrived at Havana after a cruise through west Indian waters. It was the arrival of these ships in Hartlen waters -about ten days ago that caused consternation among the officials and people there, as It was feared there would be a repetition of the Leders ln- I cident and another demand on Havtt backed up by German naval guns. It appears, however, that the cruise of the Nlx and Von Moltke was arranged a year ago and the call at Ilaytien ports was entirely devoid of significance as the commanders of the ships have no Instructions oulside of those pertain. Ing the regular-cruise. , IF ( dyspepsia. R. R. Bellamy. coptrootkra. "" R- Bellamy. '-Bellamy. &r Will Ortan. UUl 111 mc X
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