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voi;-vii RALEIGH,-N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1900 No 32 PEACE ON THE STAND North Carolina' Cadet Tells About Hazing. A HAD BEEN THERE HIMSELF At'-. ge I1 uen me suojeci 01 iiazinc jnj Had Helped, to liar Othera lie Did Not Think too Practice) Was Carried to the Folut or Brutality Brother of Boox tlia Sensational Wlt Br9 of the Day W-t Tomr, ike. 21. The ;courVof which is investigating the hazing! ! this morning at 0:45 o'clock. Kirst- lainan Willis G. Peace of North Caro- vu uas me uni witness, uenerai vious i . i a ? a- : i gv ju. - ihh1 him. Peace remembered one 1. . "". T il. 1 1 I; was during tha encampment of 1807 occurred in the tent of ex-Cadet i don't remember the details of the ;:iijr. I think-it must have been just : iual form, sir," the witness said. Who were doing the haring?" be was I don't remember anyone but myself ina x-v.auet .uenuer, repnea 1'eace. Tj' witness described the usual form t . i t i i? i i. cz iKizing as noiuiug out xuuiau ciuos iv. I ;:oing through all the rigmaroles of feats that ttie cadets nave told of .'"in tie last seven days. Breth, the witness aid. was a very awkward man, one of most awkward in the camp.. He :i d to be rather nervous and subject rallies. " "I ivreived a letter from him," Peace .v.iii.d. "some six months after he left rzzi:--. m wmcn ne inea to explain nis ,.'ri.. it r - in' ilvintr f1i;r.o wlii? tViur U'. :na mai ne was suatrmg irom x-ilo lorm or sickness all the time he sas in camp. II had hoped 'that he. it.ni.i get better in the barracks, but did not." " hat was the nature of the sick- ;" asked G-eaoral Clous. "I dou't remeiber," sir," said the wit- i;d ho ever say anything about the. fuiuiiure in his mom being piled up be- uiv inspector arrived iver hear '. U . ?ug. put in a x straight-jacket? , L;-';ir of his being required to eat :" asked General Clous. sir." rerditd thecadtfL aee did not know much about Booa Te tifyinsr with regard to trst fiehts. 'cai-e s;!id that he had kept a record mriiig tre nrst tWo years tnat ha was her?. Tii-?re were twelve in his prebe7 je::r. ho said, and nioe in the next. .!n. 1 Ilein; commandant of cadets, win into the courtroom and took a seat while Cadet Peacti was testifying. The v.; rocecaca 10 corroborate tire-i '"i'j'.iS testimonv reirardinir tl wpII- - i w rJ o 'U tired e.ide by which the cnd--ts recn-: I- pugilism outside of drilling and IVu'.-c said t lie upper-clansmen i; c iiave msich to do with fotirth- t'asvii.e i. Fou. t!i-classmen misht have s U- z oi" dis!:ke or hafml toward !-. ia-ivmen. the witness admittvd. l:t the i'vVling passed away, he thought:, whfii the plere year ended. lu ;ii,.-wr to a question by Goneral ?.'. Tt it'e said that he had never hv;i :.y brutality. .He did noj: consider 'f i r;!r:d t, txercisc a cadet to the limit ! i. irni.ee. "Tit-n you don't think that being re-q;iin-! t exercise yourself physically az;ii!.t your will almost to the pint of It.M;.t;1)n is brutal?" asked General B.u.-n. "M nnt through ir myself, sir. I don't tUL.k i: brutal. It is nncomfcrtable, I in-vvn knew it to result in nprma- iif r. iujury," said- the witness. 'i'C admitted that ho could not tell it j;it what point this kind of entertain se:it b -.-ame a brutal exhibition except rhcre are indications when a stu h ts enotiirh " W;. ti whether all cadets exercise good ."I'i r'.it nt ia hazing, the witness re- " are fsome, sir, who seem to be T':, :: faculty of judging." . "VJ1 t it n fact that the most of the z unue by one set of men in v:jr ela.s?" "f;. :t' .ire some who haze more than I, ! you cver hear of this or a simi YT ! M' vsion in the cadet con: "I'll r if i.i for you and get even with you frr that?" JV;10. answered: '"Something like that ,V1ti:ne snid." . 'V ould a cadet thus threatened be a,art and, "almost in secret, exer-tiv- almost to exhaustion?" I n.b.ubtedly instances might have pnrnd in the history of tlio academy. ' ani fiure there have lcn none ro at.y. There-has leea no hazing since ... ?,n"Ps agreement a year ago." . " i.ore do you think brutality be na. aked General Brooke. Hazing which caused injury or af- or to !" ltI .'1 CadOt an t hot Via had le .'i hy his friends. I have heard of iai "a t aes, but only minors." Uoi' Brother Testins f TTakaaii 1 f a Ia . a n m Of cVi -auei usrar asooz. uooz is a vju engineer by ' profession and now "Tes. 'a Buffalo. Mr. Booz's manly and Snufk-d bearinir on, the witness stand UP ' r . i . --v t ? nrt -see in the warm feeling for his lie l.r..tV.o A : .1, v,:u W(TP-it! ... : . .u j. m 1,- r-pire.l. refiitntiYn tf tfio mn3t nf tes uiimary inquiries as to his identity ' cupation, he testified, under the t ?':'n'inS chiefly of General J3rooke fo l .ws: . . 1 d;d not see my brother between the re he entered the academy and the- ue leit. Iut 1 mrrpsivmdwl .wlfn il? -The first h?tter was written about ;ruJ 1st. In the first .eaM rie diked Place, that he felt a little strange V I rdrm hitmA Vw 1i TU waii fJOr himself hpro TP.orW in Ainnit-T hi . auuiuer letter.' In it he told me 2 ftad been called out to fights xx. said in.e. corporal of the sruard had not mm the risrht i7itmrtiona and fhilifnv0ther cadet aad given him orders a he .would not obey. He siua also that he., had overheard a conversation between two cadets in, which they had Kaid that they" yere watching him and that when they'got a good chance they were going to -do 'him up. I"" v no reason .why any one should waiu to do him up. lie-, was not an aggressive, f 1 esh boy." , ; " General Brooket'Pleas confine your self to the faces 'ocT your brother's state ments, not your opinions.'! Mr. Booz: "The? reason I said th-at was to meet the slanders that have leeii ut tered about my brother. In that same letter he also told nie for the "first-time about the tobacco sauce. HeUold me that it was forced down his throat and that his throat was so sore he could not eat. He said he could not stand it much longer. and. unless there was a change he thought of leaving. I had advised him in response to this to go out and fight the' man who had challenged him. In a few days I received another letter from him. I have a scrap of it here in my pocket." v "It was as . follows: 'I expect I will be home some time in. the near future, for. I have stood ahe" treatment about long, enough. X jhavevhad' trouble, with my heart 4he last-two or three days. it is the result of veral severe blows I received in tjie fight. I also received a cut about an indi long under my left eye, and I think it will leave a scar. I am pretty badly bruised, but I feel all .'right with the exception of my heart. I am going to try to get permission from Eapa and resign, and if I hare my way will be home inside of a week."' There was no signature or date , to this note, and after its reading Mr.-Booz continued, saying that his , brother had written further ' that ne had gone into the fight because the witness had ad vised him to do so, although he knew he was going to be whipped. ""He - said,' continued the witness, "that he was harder run .than ever by the cadets and that one upper classman ha.d told, him that he was going to see one of the professors and have him dis missed. Xrom the academy When I saw him. about. Christmas, time. I did not ask. him about, his life there. It was later jn 1S0U .that. I. .talked wih him about .the ..way . the . tobacco . sauce was poured .down, his throat He said it was forced, down his throat. in large quanti ties.". - . . - - "Did your brother mention the names of any of bis persecutors in his letters to you?" - Xo,' sir, he never mentioned any names.; Ileri General Brooke inqu1r?d if there were any further, statements he would like to make. "I would lfke to vindicate my broth er" replied Mr. Booz calmly. "Colonel Mills has said that my brother left be cause he was deficient in his studies. That is absHrd. I know it is absurd from the record he made in the prepar- t a to school.- o persons cou 1 make sucti a record ss he did and then pass the exam bations to enter West Point and not be able .to Keep' up with his class. And tnre is" the' statement of Lieutenant " Coo that ' my ' In-other did seem to" be half wit tell. I "wish to con- tradict that statemenC." Here some question' arose as to Lieu tenant Coe hiving nirfd6 snch a state ment and Mr, Booz 'v-aV asked where be saw it. He said he saw it in a cer tifiu. New Yoi k paper". ' CMptuhi Dean here interposed the statement that Lieu tenant Coe had made' some' such remark in his testimony. As "for C6lonel Mills, r'r,,i i,..i- .-.t, . m-w- lie: .1 I i.i.r'n.v I I' iiiini 11 iii. i I that "the .superintendent of ' the acade my had not l;en on the'VeHne'ss stand. "I saw the statrtneiU "of Colonel Mills in. several papers," continued the wit ness. I do not see why my ' brother should hare been picked "out especially to be hazed. lie was' not a coward. The fact tliat he went out to the fight is sufficient evidence" of tnat. lie had never had a" fight before "hi his life. He knew nothing about 'fighting. He had no knowledge of boxing.' " .My brother was not untruthful. He Svas always known ps a truthful liy. " He was a quiet boy. not. a bit 'forward or fresh, lie was not a bov to' take the conceit cut of by hazin.r. iat he was not backward in his studies is shown by his record in the preparatory 'school. He was not a boy to complain. " He would put up with a good "deals without com plaining. 1 am fully 'convinced, that tho demerits he "got came; f roan the action of the upper classmen "who were perse cuting him." ' . . . Q. By Beneral Bafe3.:.Vhen you say the tobacco sauce was . forced down your brother's throat, I do yon mean that lie was thrown down, nis. mouth foiced open and the tobacco .thus, jioured down his throat?. A. I so nnderstand.it... . Q. By force then you mean physically forced? A. I do. Q. By Colonel MUls:.To your knowl edge or by hearsay do you know that your family ever 'complained to the au thorities of the military, academy or the war department of your brother's treat ment here? A. No. -sir. ... Q. Why? A. Wo were so much overcome by the prospects of my. brother's death. Q. Your brother wax dying a linger ing death from tjje effects .of treatment her and no complaint, was made to the au;horitKs? ? A. He died l lingering death, but we did not know it ?t the. time. . . The . witness gave the. names of Dr. W. P. Weaver and other. Bristol physi cians who. had treated .his. brother. The names were carefully .noted, and presum ably their testimony wiJl lie. taken before the investigation is .ended.. Mr. Booz ex pressed a wish to" retain, for his family the scrap of letter that .was introduced, and the lequest was granted.. . . : : TRANSPORTATION riOOPOLIES NjtrLIne of lnvest'satlon to Be Start ed. Earlr In January. Washington, Dec. 27 Beginning early next month the "industrial . commission vrilLheaT a number qt witnesses on the question of transportation, . -. Henry C. Adams,, .statistician of the Inter-State Commerce . commission, will be examined a to the .taxation of trans portation companies and .Frank Parson of Boston, will be asked to. tell the com mission what he kntfws .regarding mon opolies among : transportation concerns. It is .expected that the .witness will in clude representatives -or - sue operators in the anthracite coal-regions, represen tatives of the. State -Railway Commis sions, of the Longshoremen's Union and of the Lake Seamen's -Union. "Death of "Lieutenant Stuck Washington Dec. 27; A cablegram from Manila announces, the death from dvsintery of Lieutenant Walter T. Stack, Forty-seventh, volunteer infantry. THREE JOHN SMITHS" StrangersSuspected of Be? ing the Omaha Kidnappers - . .. I , :.vyV WERE LOADED WITH GOLD Suspicion or Altoona Police Aroused by the Presence of Roughly Dressed Cnatomers Who Had Yellow. Metal ' " - ' . ? Jo Burn They All Get Away Before OfQcers Getou Their Trail - A Woman Bun Down for Stealing Her Child Altoona, Pa., Dec. 27; The local po lice think the Omaha kidnappers haye slipped through their ..fingers Three strangers came in on a train from Chi cago Tuesday night. They registex-ed at different hotels as "John Smith." The men were roughly dressed,' but were, well supplied with money. The '"John Smith" who stopped at the Exchange Hotel insisted on buying drinks for everybody who entered the bar,' the re sult being that about 11 p. m. he ; had to be taken to bed. Up to that time he had four. $20 gold pieces changed at the bar. ' "'.. After he had retired. "Smith" called the landlord to his room and gave him a bag that he wanted placed in the office safe. The landlord asked what the bag contained. ''Two thousand in gold," was the re ply. "Count it and see. I'm from a free-silver State, but that stuff grows on bushes out' there." , ' ! ' The landlord counted the gold and found the man's statement correct. During the night it dawned upon him that he might be entertaining one of the Cudahy kidnappers. As he left the 'phone after talking to the police the stranger demanded his bag of gold, paid his- bill ami disappeared. He warned the two others and the trio got to the Penn sylvania. Railroad station a few mo ments before the nolice. Telegrams have been sent to Harrisburg and other points east in the hope of intercepting the party. The other "John Smiths" paid their hotel bills in. gold., . A Woman Steals Her Own Child. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 27. Sydney Miller, the seven-year-old son. of Samuel D. Miller, and grandson of former United States Attorney General W. H. H. Miller, who was kidnapped by his mother last evening, was recovered early today by his father. Mrs. Miller arid the child were found at Lawrence, six miles east of the city, asleep in the. home of a man named Marshall, where they had obtained lodging for the night. The police reached the place by day light. . Mrs. Miller gave up the child and was not placed under arrest. The finding . of Mrs. Miller and the child was the culmination of cne of the longest chases in the history of the police department. When the chief was notified of the case, measures were at once taken to find the hacknr.ui "who drove Mrs. 3Iiller. the boy and his gov erness from the Denison Hotel, where 'the child had been taken to visit his mother. The driver was located finally at his home. He denied any knowledge of Mrs. Miller's intentions, and ex- plair-xl fully where he had taken the nartv. He said that when the govern ess jumjed fror? the carriage Mrs. Mil ler ordered him, to drive to Brightwood, where it is thought she intended to catch the Union City accommodation train, which left this city at 4:50 o'clock. lie did not i-uach Brightwood in time for the train, and, forming new plans, Mrs. Miller hired ' another outfit and was taken to Lawrence. The cabman, whose name is Senour, left her at Twenty-fifth street contracting with a liveryman to take her to - Lawrence. Senour said he did not suspect .for a moment that -the child was being kid napped. After hearing Senour's story, the police started on the right .track and had but little difficulty in finding the mother and her child. Mrs. Miller formerly was Miss -Helen Karcher of Pottstown, Pa. She married Miller nine years ago. Since last sum mer Miller has resided here and his wife in Xew York." J KILLED HIS WIFE ' . A Gran-rllle County Nearro Objects to Unbidden Visitors to His Home Durham, X. C, Dec. 27 Special. News has reached the city of-a mur der that was committed near Creedmoor, Granville county, night before last. The murderer was James Green (colored), and the victim was his wife. Green returned home night before last at an earlier hour than was expected and he found some other men in his home. They left and he then began to whip his wife. She tried to escape him and he caught her by the arm and held her until he pulled hi pistol from his pocket and fired the fatal shot, the bullet penetrating her heart, killing her on the spot. When he saw what he had. done he quietly walked out of , the house and made his escape and - has not been captured.. Coroner Hobgood of Oxford held an inquest yesterday,' and the jury rendered a verdict in accord ance with the facts. It is said that Green had always borne a good charac ter and was held in high. esteem by all who knew him. :.' The rush of holiday weddings in .this county is still on, and last night-there were three in this city. The contract ing parties were Edwin T. Harris . and Miss Fannie Bell Gooch, married at the home of the bride, 'Squire J. E. Owens officiating; Walter P. Hayes and Miss Bessie Link, married at the bride's home, Rev. W. C. Norman, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church, officiating; D. G. O'Neal and Miss Ida Stone, mar ried at the residence of 'Squire JV-nE. Owens. . News has also- reached Dur ham of the marriage of a - Durhamite to a Virginia lady. Eugene L. "Bar bee and Miss Etta irginia Bornm of Suf folk were the contracting parties. : "Mr. Barbee is a telegraph operator who went from here to Suffolk, where he accepted a position with the Seaboard Air Line. They will come here on a bridal tour. . Madison's Home to Re Rehabilitated. Wilmington, Del., Dec. 27:-HWIlJfam Dupont, who lives near this' city, has bought the , homestead property tf Pres ident James Madison, at Montpelier, Or ange comity, Va. The estate consists of about rl;300 acres , and , btTildings. -. J A force ot 4 mechanics from this city will soon go there to put the' buildings in re pair.. Thd buildings" were erected about 1VV4. " President Madison spent his last days there.' . ; . . Mr. " Difpont . says he has not deter mined whether he will occupy the prop erty as a; residence Several years ago he bought Woolton Hall," a handsome homestead a. fewmiles . north of this city; and-vhe is now living there. Mr. Louis E. Detrick, of Baltimore, was' un til recently the owner of . Montpelier. RACES At NEW ORLEANS . , . V.. . .. - - - iNew. Orleans, Dec. ' 27. Results . at New Orleans track: , First, race, selling, 1 mile Blocker 8 to 1 SunioL-ks 7to 6, Petit Maitre 6 to o.. Time 1:43. -Second -race, selling;, mBe-Snyco'd Sandy '5 to 2, Matin S to 1, Callear 30 to 1. Time 1:15. ' t i . ' Thiid jrace, selling, mile Cogswell 8 to l,;Shut Up 2 to 1, Boomerack 4 to 5. Time?l:lG. . Fourth? race, handicap. (PA f urlonjrs Sir .Florian 4 to 5, Annoy 3 to 1,- Mor- roni. j ta.. Time 1:21. Fifth race, selling, ' mile Command 15. to 1, juanita : 15 to 1, Horseshoe To bacco 8 to 5.. Time 1:15. Sixth tace, sellinig, 1 1-16 mile Dick Fn-ber 3; to 1,. Spurs 8 to 5, Phidias 8 to 1. . Time 1:40". 7. v , . . . ... Entries for Today- First race, selling, 1 .mile West Ba den 103f Deporan 103, CranbnrgMOO, Pa princess 112, 'Leo Fergerson 112, L. Wr., 112, Mr. Brookwood 112, ' Charles Daniels 112, Alvin, W.s115, Helen Pax ton 115, .Tom Cromwell 115, Little Reg gie 115. , . (Second race," selling, mile D-anella 100, Illustrious 100r Madeline VYi 100, Henry C. Rye 103, Handsqueeze 103, 'Cogswell IOC. Algie M. 108, Nettie B. 108, St. Bluff 10S, James J. Corbett 111, Senator Joe 111." " - -'"Third rac6, selling, Vs mileLittle Btfy Bide 88,. Tom (Hmore 95, False Lead "97, Bert Davis 97, Hoods Brigade 98. Capron' 99, Woodtrice 99. Ben .Chance 100, Banquo II 100, Sauber 103, Sir Gatian 103, Donna Rita 104. , Fourth race, Handicap, 1 mile dsobel SO; Hardly 90, Hoods Brigade 90, Strangest JL02, Miss Hanorer 108, G. Mart, Gary 115. Fifth race, selling,' mile Water house 95. W. B. Gates 109, Jim Con way ' 95, Juniatta 95, Biown Vail 95, Plantain-100, Cavallo 100, Chiffon 100, Judg'e Magee 100, Island Prince 103, Handcuff 109, F. MoConnell 109. Sixth race, selling, 1 mile Eons 103, Domadge 103, C. P. Jones 103, Eseh scholtizia 10G, Lancewood 109, Dan Cupid 112, bequeath 112, B. of F. Sta mar 112, Pacemaker 115. Elsmore 115, Colonel Cassidy 1W Thebor 115. FATAL CHRISTMAS AFFRAY One Ulan Killed, Xnvo Fatally and One '' SltchrtyWbunded , -'Middlesboro, Ky., Dec. 27. Frank DaTis, Buck Chadwell, Estep Morgan, and Riehr.rd Davis quarrel last night at a .dance at Walnut Hill. As a re sult one of the men was killed, two are dying and another slightly hurt. A Rich Diamond Flad - Alamo Cordo, N. 31., Dec. 27. A prominent railway official - here today received a box of fifty gems closely re sembling and alleged to be diamonds, found near Capitan. the coal camp on the line of the El Paso 'and Northeast ern Railway Company, eight miles north of this place. The stones were found by J.; J. Blow, formerly associated- with the DcBeers Conscdidated Company at Kimberley, iSouth Africa, who has been secretly investigating the field for the past month, and a letter from him ac companying the specimens states that they are either diamonds or something so closely resembling the gems that they deceive him. They, successfully stand every crude test known. ' The gems will be sent away for final analysis. - A Chicago Fire with Fatal Results Chicago, Dec. 27 One woman was burned to death and two others and a child were seriously injured in a fire of mysterious origin . at 224 West -Monroe street. The dead is Mrs. Mary l?en iiedy. k . - The injured are Mrs. Mary Mason, face and body badly burned, may die; 3Irs. Louise Hannon, overcome by smoke, will recover; Hannon, 9-month-old ehild of Mrs. Hannon, overcome by smoke. ; - Cramps to Build a Ship for Turkey ; Philadelphia, Dec. 27. CnarlesHr Cramp has confirmed the published statement that his irm had secured from the Turkish government a contract for a war ship. -He could, however, give no ipai-ticulars. All -he knew about it, he said, was contained in a cablegram dated Constantinople Tuesday from General Williams, the agent f or the Cramps, wno negotiated the contract, to the effect that the Turkish minister of jnarine had signed a contract for a first class craiser. General Williams added that he had left the Turkish capital for New York. ' - .' ' General miles Goes Hunting New Bern, N. C. Dec. 27 "Special. Gen. Nelson A. Miles arrived here this morning as the guest of Mr. C. P. Je rome, a Chicago man who has a hunt w it Rrek Snvinsr. on Trent river, seven miles from here. He was; accompanied by Dr. Daly. The party went up tne river ona uapiua launca to be gone several days. They brought dogs and a full complement of guns for the sport. Indian on tho War Fath - Chihuahua, Mexico, Dec. 27. The Ap aches are on the warpath in this State, and the inhabitants of Granada are r-ganized-lo meet the redskins; The " In dians are said to be in the mountains, robbing isolated ranches and stealing cattle. It is probable that they belong to a part of the tribe which escaped from the WThite River reservation sev eral years ago. .Englishmen Bay a Suyar Plantation New Orleans. Dec. 27, The United Railroad and Trading Company of Lon don ' has purchased the Kenil worth su gar plantation, just below New Orleans, for 1,610,200. The plantation includes only 1,200 acres, but has on - if a fine sugar house and refinery which " cost $700,000. ' H 0 T 0 N D E W ET ' S TR Al L British ; Are Trying to Force Him-to Fight - ' T POOR CHANCE TO ESCAPE Unless the. Coen Can Slip Through the JLlnes They Will Be Compelled to Try Conclusions on the Rattle field London Resins to Feel Easy Over the Situation in South Afrlea- Favorable NeWs Ironl thjr Front London, Dec. 7. According to 1 the latest reports from- the scenes of war in South Africa, the British have over taken the Boer invaders of Cape Col ony, and " there is a prospect of a des- j perate and: perhaps decisive battle be- i tween them For., some time General DeWet and his army, have eluded all of General Kitchener's men, but the Brit ish, it appears; have": at last succeeded in drawing a cordon of troops around the wily burghers. " - GcneraP. Kitchener in a telegram tq the War ' Office, reports that Generals Knox, Barker,. Pilcher and Wrhite.are engaging .General DeWet's force which is - .holding 'a position near LeuwkopT ' It is said, " however, that DeWet hopes to break tnrough the British lines again and proceed southward. ',..'' Geiteral Kitchener also reports that in Cape Colony the eastern . column ox the Boers h as apparently been headed' off by the British - .troops in the neiisrhbor hood of Rietpoort Spruit. The western Boercolnmn has gone to the north and is being- pursued by two strong British commands. . . ' . : Under today's date General Kitchen er telegraphs the War jOffice as fol lows: i "Yesterday 200 Boers attacked the police :post at . Boksburg. They were driven off by the police. "At . 2 o'clock this morning the enemy attacked Utrecht, .but were forced to retire...- - '; ' , '." .. ; ' : "Another 'party of Boers held . up a train near Pan, but were driven .off. "The pursuit of the Boer 1 forces in Cape Colony continues." . The feeling in London over the South African situation is considerably bet ter. .Now' that the British have over taken the elusive burghers, it is believed that they can be forced into a decisive engagement f' before many days, unless through some clever move DeWet man ages to again break through his oppo nent's - lines - and' disappear into some other part of the country, necessitating another long pursuit. Military J experts here expect to hear imort,a.nt newsJCrwn. the..: front, within' a few'.davs." and, it is oihderstbod that the War Office, is confidently looking for gratifying reports from General kitch ener. . - ' .. , -. ' . The ' Cape Colony Dptch do not seem to be as much in "sjonpathy with the in vading burghers as " reported, and the feeling of alarm over a general uprising in the colonies appears, to have subsided. London,, 'Dec' 27.-A disp:atc'h! from Preitpria says that on December 20th General .Kitchener issued a proclama tion in which he stated that ail burgh eis who surrendered would be allowed .to live, in govemanent laagers until thtf cessui!tion of the, present , guerrilla war fare, and would' allow of their safe re turn to their .homes. . " Any. property which they bring in at the time " of v their surrender will be re spected ; and if taken by the authorities for military pux'poses will be paid for. EMPEROR ADVISED TO SIGN Allies In China in aPosition to Dictate ' -i.-;.- Terms of Peace Pekin, DeC. 27. Li Hung Ch ang and Prince Ching, the Chinese peace ccm missioners, have f hoard from the Em iperar Kwang ..Su"."-r Prince Ching, called on the former for consultation, remain ing over' an hour. - The court object strenuously to reduc ing the. forts, and also to allowing iper inanent legation guards, which it seems to think could be made sufficiently large at any time it was , desired to menace the court itself. ' After the conference it was decided to hold further, communication with the court before seeing the ministers. There is absolutely no question about the feeling of the Chinese regarding the preliminary demands of .the .powers, at least so far' as the commissioners are concerned. - .There is unquestionable au thority for the statement that the . Chi nese commissioners forwarded to. the court withlthe demand note a statement that in their opinion: the' throne should accept the terms immediately. They said that l thf ; i-mperial palaces, ances tral palace and :tomoe of the emperora were all in the ha nd of the foreigners, a condition of affairs vhich is a disgrace to the Marichu dynasty. Furthermore, expeditions are being sent to all parts of the country, killing Chinese and tak ing money, from officials. More of "these expeditions .are' pro jected "and the commissioners are help less to sttfpitheiHntil the treaty is signed. The tremendous- bill for the niainten'anc ef1?tbe oi-eign soldiers is growing dajly.- The powers are united in their demands and it is promised that. China - will have to agree finally to all their terms. To quibble will only delay what is inevitable; And the' govern rant might as well agree quickly. Therefore the commissioners -advise the throne'that the note should be signed immediately. ' - " ' -. - - - ; . -. -. . ; Ship Bougnt for Aretle Exploration . Ion'don; Dec. 27. 3Ir. Evelyn B. Bald win, the s Arctic explorer, who is arrang ing for the- Baldwin-Zeigler expedition, has purchased the Esquimaux, the larg est and stauhebest of the whaling fleet, fitted her- with modern appliances and named her "the -America. The rival bidr derf was the British Antarctic expedi tion, whose organizers desired to secure the Esquimaux as a sub-ship. . . v .- ' ; - . r - "'' '"''"' "J-- Represen...ttTO-sSulrers Father. Bead Elizabeth; N. .T., Dec. 27. Thomas Snl xer, aged sixty-eight years, father ofldiess recently grossly! assaulted the Brit- , Representatire William Sulzer, died this Vih Charge- D'Aff aires. in. the vicinity of morning at his home,. 461 W'alnut street." thehxder magazine at ilakrikeuy. ind The deceased 'was born in Germany and that Great ' Britain has '.sput ' sharp de- came to ; Elizabeth or , Roselle in 1848. j mands for redress to the. Porte. - t ' 1 lis?5 l snoT uy a won ai Itljsterlons murder Committed In th ItcJIauapolts Itiasonlo Tempi Indianapolis, Ind., Doc. '27. Williaia tH. S. Smy the, grand secretary of the 'Masonic order f Indiana; was . shot and probably fatally wounded at toooa today in his office in the Masonic Tem- . pie. The shooting is a mvstery. The story told by Mr. Smythe, jvho' retained consciousness for seyeral minutes safter the shooting, is tjiat a blond woman en tered his office and asked to be allowed to "use the teleivhone. . . -As h& was very busy, 'he told her ha I could not be bothered at the time. With ' out turther words, he declares , the wo mar drep a revolver and fired' at him. He felt therrstinff of the bullon hnt , rli.i rnot realize., what happened 'untn aftec iue woman eseapeu. ', , Police qiiickly reached the "scene and threw aA line of patromen ' and detec tives around the Mas6uic Temple, but no trace .of tho mysterious v woman was found. "V . ' " ; , Lewis - A. Coleman, an f art orney wh had . gone to the Masonic Temple to transact business discovered Smythe, ' who, he says, was lying 'on the floor, half way bet wee. hjs desk and the dooc of his office, in pool of 'blood. An, examination showed .that three shots had been fired, each of : which took effect in Smythe's head. T.ue bullets have been removed, but it is not thought Smythe can recover. f ( FIRE I.N GOLDSOORO . 3Ei:asii' Ijiverr and Sale Stables of Capt. J. W ' Ijamb Destroyed Yesterday r ' Goldsboro, N. C, Dec .27.-&peeial.- The livery and sale stables of Capt J. W. Lamb with a large quantity oC feed stuff and several small out build imgs -were destroyed by fire this after noon Firemen fought faithfully, but the large building ; was doomed to de struction. -At one time, the entire bloe.ic was in dangeri' Several adjacent build ings caught on fire, so intense7 was the heat. Fortunately there .was almost a dead calm and yet live coals as large as one's hand were carried a distance, of a hundred yards. Captain Lamb had ai large number of horses and mules in the stables," but these were saved. Tho only horse burned as owned bjr Denninig & Summerlin. The value of the prooerty destroyed-is estimated, at about $b00O, with insurance' of 3,G00. , The fire originated in the rear of tho building and is supposed to have started from a cigarette stump carelessly drop ped? by a little boy. The langest fir within the history , of the city waa caused by this same weapon of destruc tion. . RAISE THEIR OWN BANANAS Fruit Company - Going Into the Busl- : - r l ness on a tsrse Seals -' New Orleans, Dec. 27. The -Umitedl Fruit Company "whicih has a mcnnoiiolj of tha ttrad in , tLipjcal . fruits shows a : disposition (to - concentrate rt . "business" ' in- Cuba, raising .its own bbariaijas a-jA cocoanuts: .This will N.iende.r it' freo from fhe .. interference: in - its btismesa caused- by Central: American' rc vol u-. tions and ther bananas , ivi 11 ' be iie-vivp New Orleams, New York, and other American ports.- The company' Iras just purchaser 198,000 acres of land in 'eas tern Cuba, fronting upon 'the N'ipe bay, au excellent port. Mr. Bnrn'hara, i'ne of .it-he company's yiee preuSident, cima . down fixm 'Boston to close, the bargain. The -tract- cost $750,000.. Tibe Un-fted Fruit people have bought'' another ttact of land ' in : western Cuoba, n'car (the Pina Del Rioport of Mantua, abrc-.it of the Yucaitan channel, the bulk of which is smibahble f or . banansas. It will be connected by rail : withMhe Cubanj capital. - Died at 10T IT ears of Age : - Montrose, Pa., Dec. 27. iMichael Malcmey, a farmer of Lenox township, is dead at his home at tne age of 107 years. His death, .was recorded to-day. in itSie . office of the register and recor der in this city and is-the only inftant'e in -'the Ihistory of Susquehanna cotmty where ilhe death c such a person of .' such- an advanced age is a matjei'.. oZ record. 31r. Maloney - was a native olj Irelam. ... ; ', - '. - '.. - . ' . . '. : ' - i Burglar Shot in the Head Tarboro, ' N. C, Dee; . 27. Special.-" At Speed, N. C, about 7:30 last eve ning, an unknown, negro about twerity one years of age attempted to break into the dwelling or Hen Whitley tcol ored. Frank Shirley, a negro boy, shot twice through a window through which entry' was being made, but failed to scare off the ; would-be burglar. Tho third shot took effect, in the head,, expos ing much of the brain.-: - Death, . Ss cx peeted. , .. ,;- - ' :' " ' , -. v Turkish Barbarltyln Albania , - Vienna, Dec. 27. A-' dispatch from Salonica says that a r body of Bashiba zonks surrounded a Greek church ? all Bania in; Albania while service was la progress, and after Smashing the win dows set fire to the edifice. When the worshippers tried to escape they 'were driven back into ' the flames -and twenty, of them were burned to. death.i Many, of the Christians were . wounded by;' ' stones and knives. . . ; Stock Brokers Fail . New York, Dec. T.-JOurrier . and Bunker, who did business as stock bro kers at 21 Park. Ilow, ;made an assign ment to-day for the benefit of -. tbe'ifl creditors to William H. Boynge. Tha 1 senior member of the iirm, Israel L. Currier, was a member, of the Consol . dated . Exshange'. No-.statement haa been made of fthe firm's, assets or La :bbittties.v ' -' -,-.. ;: Leey for s Tralslna; School"';; vVlneland, N. J., Dec. 27. A bequest oft $100,000 has been placed in the hands of .the; New Jersey, training school foe feeble-minded children at : this place by 31 r. . Thomas H. .Vinter, , executor of the Maxhanx estate. The legacy will pa off all obligations' and give the insti tution a cash balance of about $00,000, : Insulted by Turkish Soldiers ' London. ' Dec. 27. A "dispa'tch "frorrl Constantinople says that Turkish ol tr' 0 a
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