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The Great Italian Actress Has Been

Iitlerv ieweil in a Tcllinjc Way for

Next Sunday's Republic.

Tlie Siory of a Wedding.

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CHARMINGLY 11-lA'i.TRA I LI).

Next Sunday's Republic.

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NiyETY-SKCOXD YEAR.

ST. LOC1S.MO.. MONDAY. .(ATARY 1, i.MiO.

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iAsks Britain to Explain

the Seizure of

German Ship.

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'BERLIN IS AROUSED.

The Action Is Described

There as "Gross Brit

ish Insolence."

RIGHTS ASSERTED.

'Sei zu re Un warranted

Even if Boer Recruits

Were Aboard.

!'"! !!. Jr.1 -It Is aimour.i-d that th

C rni. h pim-o'fj emiseis. Condor :nl

S hTvallw, a!.- row o- the way to I !.--,"a

Bay.

r no v at TiraiLiv.

tt.rlir. in-. Jl.lleg irding tbe elzure by

'' Ilnti-h cruuier Moiclcicnne of tb Im-i-

rial tn il steamer ISui.desralti of the

G-rnian Kast African Unr, a high offlV'.-U

' :) c German Foreign Office, who was In-i-'iifs-cJ

iiy tfce correspondent of the As

v i.itnl I"rc . says.

S P m e met be preserved at present eon-

utr.g i';i tual status of tbe negotiations

v ! f i imi' b, n begun with Great Britain

) Jt t a- m itter. Appropriate steps have

ii !i .. i' of which Germany mti't aw.t

r ilt Th matter Is regavde-J by Ger

ii . - ' the utmost Importance beeausa

. rt, -ly involving the righto of cu-

s

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i i.K after-ioon Count Ton BnHow con-r"-rod

at Ii c Foreign Office with bia official

.n-i .s ana theu reported to the Em

or. Cabinet meeting will consider the sds-

t is a'.-j affpxtfl In Ookrnmeot circles

i .at the UritiRh right of eearcb !s uu--i-

'1 ami that In any event British right

t, stop p,isnBers. vhthcr their intend ta

1 1 ht for iho Boers or aot. Is strenuous! r

5 : -lputed. 1.3 tho vessel tvMih they were

J utx-;t -ras In neutral territory to which tl.ey

) J .ere procetding. naaiely, Delagoa Bay. It

'L iluScrteS that these tights will be lu-

J sftteil Uft.n

3 -v - -. . . i.- t.-- ,- ii . :.

1 . ronaemns tlie British ai u-jp la the Bundes.

. i " rath seizure, which !s cfcarcterizl as "an

4 '-J Instance of n-o?s Insolenw," :iid .is "cale'i

t : lated to Illustrate th uee.l of a powerfU

V tJerrnnn navy to render suc-h aetlon on the

part of KngLind Jrrpos-'ilile In the future."

4 i Tho National Zeltun; strongly arpiies

4 thnf TTlff-lfiT). hi.fl i rir . . InlfA t..

, t the BuadesraUi and f-xpresse the lop I

Itai

i, , t Hiie nas n.'t aiJ. i tt-.! a flexible :heor.

n -

Verardtiis rontriband

l.oUul AjizcIkit'k A'Iotv.

ine loKal Anz'lger surmises that there

must liavc be n a serious Quarrel between

tho command-r of tho Bundesratlt and the

Maclciennn l-efors the latter ol&cer "over

stepped lii- prerogative In carrylns off tho

-teanwv." ml txpresFes the hope that Ger

n any v... pt-.l'iv eiifoit'e tno release of

lh ej..l

F.v-i tii ''iehe Z.it an?: eallii the pro-

di'i!: rln-actTlstle Knsli--h IniletJC,"

iiiu aiMs that "the v. hole attitude of the

.(iRlish !. in IKIjgoa Kay provvkt-s a gen-

ra'l ioti t "

It i-. si'-i nt that to-day the German

1 Lit if iii i -.a distributed In 1 Berlin 2U.W0

npi of a troaply-worJel pamphlet.

p itiiing OjI t-.c ne J of a strong Geruan

1. 1 .

K.iirp .i. tteij-lnform-d authority It is

ii-amed ...at prdirrir.ary r.cgolutiins have

l'i-r. pom un f',r sin time beti-en Oreat

Uritr'in and Cermar-j a lundoti for ex

tend'nj; tl-i- "cope of the treaty regarding

tl.i I'i.-.u- icie colci.ie.-. but that the As

at:.' coliiiii - of Portugal aie nu comprised

Hi liV- j:t 'iinn ptopu-ial.

T!.e ci-i-rti to-day puhllsbel the al-leh-otl

tft ( a tie-- mnril'etl from Kta

ptri r Nicv.l.i.'-- aenlnst ti.e ini-rease of naval

arni.tnii.m-, mhii h it i- ald he v,:il pro

in.ilKatf n the rirt d iy f the Kuasua nrw

j ear. The Aorwuei-tz pjLiication repre

tents the t'sr a& conventn? another lnter

nation i unferenee to consider this par

ticular m'- i.'.n. The general public appears

to have .f'-epted the m.unfevto as Knuine,

hut In diplomatic circles It Is looked at dif

ferently .

It Is l-arred th.it the vvjnrwrtz meant the

v.ii lc thins a a a hnai. ar.d as an ironical

reva 'man i fur the !oveniment.

t Miit i:v.o si '.niitir.

txmdon. Dec. 31 - A dNpatch to the Daily

Mail from Lorenzo Maruuez, dated Decem

ber Z, s.ij-:

The Transvial age',;-! ! have Dousnt

" p ail ill' a

KliThry h.iv

Wkent for shii

Ki jinan b'eam'

.

II til' available milk, t-ur r and eollee.

manatn-U to e large orders

hipmem here by French and 5er-

mnn b'eanv rs. l'rlie have aiivanc"a

vn.r cent in consequence, o'.J the stocks ate

eiy s-hirt. SotnethirK like a famine H

threatened, as the British Government Is

Hopping all go'.as oi."-I?nel here trim

oast port.-.

a! rsemlvrs of the Volksraad mM

iji'leiery daj, doubiU?? t give furtlt

J i "Purtugal 1 doing lier best to

neutrality, but foreign opinion ti

h'JjIarqucz Is generally in favor of

eiery daj. uoubtUs t give further orders.

to maintain

tn Lorenzo

the Poers.

jf "Herr Pott l losing Lloyd agencies and

-J the

ho aRenei-s for the I'.ucknail steamship

' lines in consequence oi inc yotiiuii c

l.tl.MJO.N'S VIIIW.

London. Jan. 1. The morning papers are

Inclined to refrain from commenting upon

the Bundetrath incident, pending further

information. Tho Daily Chronicle says.

"The Incident Tras i iifortunate. but the

Germans may await the result of the in

quiry with confidence in our fairness."

The Standard says:

"We feci F..re that Germany whl recof

nize the unimpeachable val tity of our pe

tition. sluill eiforee such claims as v

possess vi'h cery di -ire to cuse the leaa

possible lti onenlrnc to the trade amoni

friendly ?t ites, but at th. same time we

rhal' act -with a firm determination to as

tert our riglus as a lK'Htgerent Power."

NEWS FR07i"lV!AFElCiWG.

Kuglifh W;ir Ofilco Snitl 1o I Jo

Keeping It yem-r.

sri:ciAL nv c.BLii.

jindon. Dee. 31. (Cop right. Us. ov V.

Jt. IIoari - l'h' ie 's 2" it i in i lei

that serloui t. " irum jlar ' i "

readied th War Ullii e. Th oih-iais. 1. vv

over. refusa to (JiIose t!ie contents of tho

dispatch, -nhicb. it is u:iJ'.rsi.ood, refcrj to

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I ii l.j In li 1 ,, ( c ,'

'i i' :. nun vi v, i;Tn.a"

J.rtiTll-

m-nt in Mining ti a to l!"ls I'

..ui : ii. vi- a. id d.uijwu Ph-

tv

a slitia'lun j!r' id rtlti"'

lermuay has nkd O"1 1Ir,,',,n

to pUln th- s. liure el a J,'rn'an

stfamer on the hl?h sa-

ua lsuelow M-it J flu? roIP "

lice In KTlin vrtPr !ar. wbtc a "i

:. r-n. e w.i h-M Ho lbf3 repot'"1

t!.t- tn:ilt in l'Tntioi.ir irflUam.

Ii u imin.f-.ii- fnaiaon"1! that I

:. ii.niv will b fciiett ptimto?lhe Jl

i. -villi tjie n t. dl-piteSfi w Ens" .

la:,.l. 3r

the Impfrni 1

lvLigua Hay.

The cumn. ir.J.-r cf tt? Krltls trar--hil

o! 'm.M th i- tlifK were rerults

a(i'aij r.r t! Hi .-is

j- t -inn u'-if-w in i.i'"

1 that

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2.'

.flitnaltrr wniui"

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sk.p. IB

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Th

li-ilt

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I iu it-t L.irp:

n i practical'

ie selnre

B0$"-

the Kiei.t '-o-tie -nl

In tl-e r.o-s e i

io navo inni-K-d :i i'r

.u1? lJ" o'i i:an

Powell's garrijn. h.l!!:

three oflfeer. siiti - .

Edward Cieil. se-i vf t

iiury. ana t'aei.j..-h V

tne Duke of r..r;I.n..l.

Tle War 0.!i-r-s rcti

posa of avoiding a i

shoe'.: to Sth.burv- rn'

Lord Roberts tJ.ns I c:

death.

Since the leaf t y

j 1-3 sun. In"a.'i

r,'v tioundlr? I-1

Marnuu of Si'

ur.K. a broihit

-t.-! :or t'i rr-

rtltloa of such

was tr-J ca'9 wul'

icarr-d cf Lis r.

Trife fie rretal'i't

ii.&:th has ben c.iuInrir crave roawra. Mi-

ta.;y letirerneni from U'he CaWnet Im '." n

diseuxted. but It Is understood he cr.I- ! -U.'i,s

office because of '"-be popular btlif 1:

h!j personal nblllty tijo pull tfca iicilre

through its present cr'ti Is. Should tl ii

ous neirs regard, i.g h j, s ?in be conhrni d

it trill undcubteujy eoitrplioate rnatter-i.

IJumor na:n s Detor'j'ilre a., bis succes or

as a comprom'se b.'twlia tla rial clai::n

of Balfour and liaiuJfL'erlaIn. littt Devon

shire nhio has neu" tc alles at the fror.'.

In fact. Chamberl un "is the cnly Catrft.-t

Minister who ha? n..-.

While waiting for lie in 3 of the next ha' tie

the nearspape- hunt I'l jr a scapufcat pro

ceeds merrily. Tiov ft critics dlv!3 the.r

abu'e betoc

liKk.V-Ueach and Lans-

dovrne. ecu

for I: i i .-

i'v t"r. Uiq'.g both; tbs forra.T

. . iJJ the latter Ur his

'"" " ',' "--i s ' cjL .j

Should Salisbury r trjre It trocld let to ,-e

a flood - ah-.--- o-. till?- Cabinet asatrtv.'e

which the j.ev. . ff atSathcr disaster vou'd

ftstty rum n r , ,-i j aute poUtlcalcri- s.

Europe has apt a'.ji the i-qixniEiiy t

the Brllh t.ubh in . i the face of .IrrrS.

i'w, ul in mi:i o sif tn1

:le- mm ..yii th street is jn-

'l ' elk'.., i' .-,:tvfor the

l it I'll '. ,-i b-,1 jifsrs glufvrl.

.

tiriT.ent

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IHiSH FOR THiiE TRANSVAAL

i

Clan ua-Ua.'I 3fi-ri Drill

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New .-Voik.

ItEpr-BlJC SP- -i.i 1:

New York, Dee. Il-Tl-e storv ij teUve'

this time by wav nf I-rjt,,,, that a ren.-ni

movement against C , -ada i In eonifn: .la

tion. It Is state l i"3it large 'piantiues of

dnaraite. ltd.Ilt.. rra'ies. carlrJ.Jstf. 'et,

hive been store.l on fie fanadten fctrrter'

ai'd that at a gi.n si;!u! the Doslalon is

to be invaded 1 i jh jjijiv of m.",'tt vuh-

Just her- -1. Infladfr- tbtalaej tV'r

supply of lyddite '-1 dt evpired Uit-i. "

thing Is posIL! i'. Hf' vWn, B tis defeat' o

General Pat . .1.1, for ,. a,)

proves anl d.tMv.y ilWl.e nuaes ii 've

been dIeovrrd n i Baek Hay

JT !nU.'!"'i "'I " ' t a:dIa"i CO-

a" m lslU'l. i. ,-;. i.r, l,J ,.

real puaouse

.. --- . Mfvsr toe

-ji.i.1.! M.-ai rare. Iiam

twitch is t.. pro toe r , -ler-d-nt Krurti.R

of the 'l.u,-11a--,.f are at it. pT

rs

time In Squill Atr

reyent

Cl I'-T-aririr t0 riccixo

B tl e rdr Wa t, d

ail the mitiit- ti

there.

A perfi'i ' ii.

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with the

that sev.

"-n rj i.

ral,h,.-a.i i;,';'.:,;"

s t.iuntix t . ,KiIt .. nl' '

n.irr i . ... r it. sa!11t f.ieat

luer . i. r , i Juuber!

from this

Britain ui

The Irish Voiunt

i,". an'I'lUryoista.i-a.

tion compost of n

ably will furnish t!

erutts. The u lute.

this city, under th

Thomas V. Lineti. i

Sixty-ninth Iteglnii-:

Spanish War. " i'm-

r 'Tt reEimen.

rT!iir,.,"nUdsd"

dlreetion .f n .

Eirmr.1, aiiaVr::

' . -, . ill (lie

-'", , "-"'! in the

i- r. -h uii

that he knew not i

YitaninvMo,,

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innada. LSc5o:i thFt

(liH'tlM the j-.j.', .IT

't car,

the

It is thougM til.it

;jnfL..

t'-'xtlonfora.

v.fion of f.ii ii! i

l!e purpose. 1-r-t t

fur sending r-1 ri.'ts

serv- f. .1 .

Ct j- la. cl.'.r" ""

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and also lo :i

t'i'lonial ttfK'i

war.

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DESIGNATED J JIISjSUCCESSOR

l'p" Leo Aain .,1

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Home. Di IL-1 , . , "

Pope, after tho r. J ., l Ut tI'"

the holy door at St jUcr,. "r 0J ' 'ng

dreawd his intimatt f cnto-'rar"1160- "d"

"I 'hank tho on ic t. prnv" "e an'J suit

in5 me the ga, e o; j . .JZT. Uv Rr ,nt"

this gieot function, t ..i . . CeI' bra-

v.ih ft.

censor grandeur :

ereater glory of

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J''s r!sa.

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"My Fui'ces.sor

J.?'1 'ht a. ,..M.

pared with my ow u f

c ue .1, i ... v

to see many gloria

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nave fnie

a r ,f

chun-h."

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pWy a-id the

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lsna:J Car Hi" 1

.ir.uaiuo .Maui Uo-

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gregat'.on of Irdiiigt

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as his suci.-'-.i!

tnous Ger.oa n.onk,

and mni1ei .- i,w

'UZII- ti-

he has alwajs In o4'

,lbout , Weat pi 'tv

. t- or .' ,an a-sr. tic.

mid despite til" Iil

iiiurcii. ne aiwjs

hard i.iattres.-.

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' anc!

lIuntilKiii-llriMiJ

3ahs for De.' cml er,L

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lales for Decemb, ri

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Th.- v- ! t ktn ww tbe imp"-"1 1 k

mill ;tJUH-r r.undesia. th Jlrltish j .

c-ulser Maglri.-nne maiUK tte ste- j

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EXPLOSIVE BOMBS

FOUND AT MANILA,

Anus :i:itl Ammuniiioii ANo

Stoi J iu a llotiso Setiiolifl

li' I'olio.

PLOT DISGOVEREU IN TIME.

Ai'ieti'-au Advanre itt Cavil.

l'toviiie Is Uspwtfcd Shortly

Thonsnnil Insurgents In-

trenclieu at Coltimbii.

Minila, Dec. 21. 1 p. ni J-ur erploslve

bombs, a lew firearms and Sw rounds of

ammunition, w-re discovered in a house in

the center of Manila this morning, while

tho police were seeking llecarte, the Insur

gent leader, who. it was said, had ome to

Afainla, In the hope of effecting an under-stundlr-s

with the American troops.

It developed that th plot, lneliiding the

fn.ditig of bembs, was uneartlted by tlie

good detective vork of the Americans. The

bombs Mere to be thrown from the escalto

highest buildings) by the Insurgents.

Popilliiee Prepared.

The pupttlace. it Is thought, bad been

prepared for the attempt bv a rumor cir

. iijattd widely among the natives yesterday

that Aguinaldo was tn Manila and would

pi-rsonally le.-d the outbreak. The Ameri

can authorities, having b-jn advised of

what bjs brewiug, prepared fur all c-ontin-gen-le

Cm tain Morrison says that he does not

believe tl-at an actual uprising nill ver

occur, tss the natives lack th resolution tj

take the first steps in such a movement.

An American advance In Cavlte Provlnee.

couth rf Manila, is expected shortly. Bell

able reports from native sources show that

tbera are upward of 2.090 organized Insur

gents under amis within a milf of Irnus.

They are strenghtenlng their lntrenchments

and poi-s"S artillery.

At Novaleta. the ITIIpIno ii.trenrhtnents

lime bis-n much strengthened. A thousand

of the enemy are In that vieinitj, and thero

are teJ at San Kranclsco de Malabon. Vrom

twelve to 300 garrison all tbe towr.a in tho

southern part of Cavlte Province, and the

same may be said of the towns In Bata

gan Province.

The Province ui North Camarlr.es and

Sonth Camarins hold quantities of hemp.

hlch the people cannot market. As a con

tequence the population in that part of

Luzon Is sultering from lack of food. ISIee

now costs four times in normal price.

Iiiiircits itt Ciiluiiilui.

j: is estimated that 1.00) insurgents ara

Intrenched at G.damba. Iteports liae been

received that :.& insurgects, an. massed

at Mount Ayraat, having strong posses,

sion-- and narrow trails, and that they are

prepared to r II boulders down upon the

advancing troops. Life along tlie coasts or

the Pti.tinces of t'agan and North ar.'l

South Bo Ho Is resuming normal conditions.

The American troops occupy the. important

towns and patrol the country roads. The

natives implore the Americans to continuo

occupation, to establish a settled govern

ment ar.d to terminate the uncertainty, tho

abi se and confiscations .hat have chararter

ized the rule of the Tagalo insurgents dur

ing the last eighteen months.

Vast amounts of otbacco, estimated to bo

,vu-th r-.t'.0.,-',. are ready fir -shipment to

viarol:i. "he cpeiB me jiorts or Dagu-

San IVmandlo, Vigan, Iaongan and

p.in.

. .- MLn-nnt Will Trfre.lt .l.a ..... ..

warn w,"."-' ... ..-j .lauiuj.-

tion of traoe. bringing relief to communities

greatly In need of foodstuffs. Many ves-ds

have already cleared Trom Manila for these

'"j, nmlng Sijni-!i pr.-oneis declare that

Aguinaldo 1ms order. ,1 the release of all

c itiiards r. w in possrIcn of tlie insur

;'', The motint.tin jxuscs of Catgayan

nrd i'io two 1' ' I'rovinecs are still

g..a;ded la !0 t0Jie of catcolus tho Injuj-

ymiils.

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LEADING TOPICS

IN-

tg-oay'S REPUBuai

iltssiiii-l l-'nirt emu ill tied eolil

Mnmlilj mid Hiesil.-is, Irrsli nesl to

iturt lore st Tiitlils

Illlliotn.Iutr Ii' to Hint 'fill's !:.f

jirec.-ded J,.i uity XoikIii.i imirnlii In

ikii theiist ,.rtliii eon Mm., ,1 cnlit:

freti v(Hf t mirttiVf-C"t rvlnds.

Arl.Hlisns 1 nlr; 'ontiiiiH.it colit

ll.imlu s tiinl Tue. Uj ; "n csIitIj mIiiiI...

Pafte.

1. Jeni ii Pr-n'ptiv Que-tiotis I!nglan,I.

IXTlole Itonire Pcird n Mar 11.,.

I,i,l Kl'i hener's Sensational Talk.

Uuller'5 Plans Going Wrong

I Sulzer's KKsi'.ient Appeal for Itoer.

Itridegroon. Ulect Arrested.

Made a. Rope of Hod Linen.

1. About tlie Big Fight To-Nlsbt.

McCoy's CIt- e rness Gives Him a Shade.

Among the h-wlers.

elite Club Show.

5. i:mlnent Men Iiscus This Congiess.

Trunk lanes Have Goad Resolutions.

In Honor ot Dwight 21ood.

Iresld.nt Dias Invited.

ISjlire Sergeant Arrested.

Newspaper Man's Death

Frozen to Death.

S. Kdltorlil.

The Stage.

Standard Oil's Banfeing Sjr-trm.

In Memoty cf WaxiiBgton.

rranco-Ainerictin Treaty.

Dewey to Vi.it Savannah.

9. I'.dian Territory Cattto Leases.

Farewell to Lmployen

I'oultry Show To-Day.

Harry iipp uead.

Twentieth . -.tury Is a Year .,n.

Conductor Bell Shot by a Negio.

11. Weekly Lead and Zir.c lteport.

Itivcr News.

Against Bucket Shops.

fpeculator Tell Dead.

Overdue Vessels Arrive.

Ii Mo ernent of Grain.

The Cotton Market!..

Year'n Lead and Zinc Record la Mis

souri. 13. Sermons and Services at the Churches.

Business Activity I'nprtecdente i.

Vanderbilt Interests.

Ohio Legislature.

Failures tn rive Tears.

Governor's Iteceptlon.

lobbying at Jack.son.

Stella Jocelyn's Identity.

II. Didn't Shut Off Klectrle Llgh'--

Fncultivated Kind tn New Poi-ieiuns.

Mls Weaer's Suidde.

Coniproinlro Kffected.

Doctor P'trves Accepts.

Coldest Day of the Vear.

National Kisleddrod.

Captain c. V. Thomas.

Prizes for Fiddlers.

gent General 'linlo. vho is still a fugitive.

It Is at-serteil fiat Lieutenant :iimote Is In.

Tinlo's custodj.

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Knosville, Tenn., Dec. 21. Forty gamblers

with 10) chickens left by luat Chrstnias

Day for an isolated spot ten mites below

Knowiile.

Thu boat got stud, before reaching its

destination, so 'he tights were held on

board. But when a three days' food supply

was exhausted tfye men grew desperate.

No one would ttenturo to swim through

floating ice to Ian, and about JIW worth

ot chickens were ihlied to provent starva.

tion. No noise made coVld arouse tho Inhabi

tants of the ncareNt farmhouse, a mite

away.

To-da; a hunter pjjsslng near the biat.

was Induced to seek lassi'Mnce. a'ij the

men v-ero rescued. Tlijej' reachea tho city

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BOER FORCE UNDERESTIMATED.

Uplines Ofiirers nnd yu-n Were

SiKTiikt'iI for Stock Kxrluingp

Speculators Expects to Sub

due Transvaal in a Year.

SPECIAL BY CABLE.

Birlin. Dec. 1 (Copyrigl.t. ISM, by W. il.

Hearst.) The Ieipxtcger Neneste N.i, hrh !i

tcn published a sensational Interview given

by I,ord Kitchener to Ioto- Knit! N.iubert,

I-rior to Ms departure for South Africa-

"Yon ak me." the Sirdar i" reported to

have said, "what will happen after my ar

rival at the Cape. Well. In the first pla. e.

it will be our task to concentrate the sput

tered forces as much as posslh'. . Abnvn

all. il will be necessary to relive Methnn,

for whom I .-ntertain tlie utmost respect.

Tlis march dose up to Kimtw rley as a.

performance which would have earned uni

versal admiratroti had it only been crotiued

with succesi but te General who fails in

variably is a blunderer in tho ejs tf the

v.orid.

"Almost without ec,.pt:.jn wir lnie.-aN

are capable, exiierienctd officers, and not

they but the wriltis of the Jingo i.reMi ot

tlreat Kittiin. ar- lesponsible for cur do

feats. These jieople, headed by ceitain Min

isters, depicted the war in South Afrii a. as

a military promenade, and they v.e:lnle)i

stoned hra'.e Sir William Butler wh, n he

referrel tu the gravity of the situation,

admonished them to moderate their foolish

shouting. They brought our brave Get" -rals

into confusion and brought to death our

heroic eiHcers and troops, wlu v;re com

pelled to achieve forced successes for tl:

sake of a clique of Stocl; Kxehanse specu

lators. "Troops have been hurl-'d at Afri'a with

out an) but the barest preparation for har

monious eo-uperation and victualing.

"It was supposed we had to deal with

savag- whereas we are confronted ly a

terrible opponent, having a jierfect t. Iiltir

organlr.it ion. supervised by Prusslins. it

Is ridiculous to Imagine that the I ,'.lo of

lMidon could know nothing of t.ie arma

ment of the Tran.sva.il. They simplv inf

lected to read the miorts sent from the

Cai. It is the sum" sp-ctacJe vvhi, !i pre-ccd,-d

tho fall of Khartoum. Th'n. as

now, there was a failure to .ippre ate tho

strength of the enemy, and a "-lf-d.veptl.n

that lasted until Gordon had len 1 died

and the black flag of tho Prophet was float

ing over the ramparts of Khartoum.

"I am confident, however," "Jet it is not

too late to mend matters in South Africa.

'When the cone, n; ration of troops his

Jjen rffeitiil my r.iam t.i'l; trill ronlt.

first, in aeeustoming the men to a reCc

tivc. cautious mi.iinr ard fighting. In this

wav alone will we possibly achieve "Uc

ce.ses against a fis to mobile.

"The Tr.msvjiil must W cruhe I ly en

circling It with un iron band.

"I do not believe the i:pub'.i(-s will b

subdued within a year. This lsj in- view of

the task aw tiling me, and I cannot ex. cute

it in I-s time It Is true that the sltua

tio.i might undergo a change, and pressing

lejiltleal re-sons may, at a lafr period,

render it essential for us to indict a rapid

series of blows for the purpoje. of creating;

:i basis ,of negotiations that had become

necessary. A- to thl, I can form no judg

ment. I am rot a politician, but a s-ol-diei.

I ha.e to !.xccute my orders and, as

a soldi, r. I can only ay it Is possible now

Tor Great Biltai-i to overcome the ltepuh

IIi'S, and, though her progress may lie slow,

and a year may lie necessaty for Its com

pletion. t, at tile end of that time, wo

diouid be in i position to dictate- our own

t, rms of ) ace.

The whole afair m South Africa h s

been bimglfvi. If it had Ikvh propeily le-

g- -l wr mlt,.it have tramiuilizcil South Ar-r:.-a

with hat' ihe present e'iend!tiirn of

t.n mo-icy a. 1 blood Now v.u t.ei.d U- (

f.i men, and u, wiiole year."

Two Important Move

ments Seem to Have

3Iet Disaster.

GATACRE TOO WEAK.

Advanced From Dord

recht, but Found

Boers in Force.

V: RG II ERS' CA N NO.W

Shell Dropped in Lady

smith Kills or Wounds

Seven Officers,

RLTvI.EIGII'S NEWS.

Famous Correspondent

Says Uuller Will Win

Next Time.

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s' le t Th- It. plibl. . Xen V..'k 11-tj! t

iJ.,i. TclvsiaHi- lttputl.-ciiun l'.-

Freie Camp, Dec. 51. tCopyright, 1599, by

James Gurdofl Bennett.) An intemled night

i'um'jardment of the ik'er lutes at Colen-o

iniacarried Saturday night.

'i'horr.ycroffs Horse of mounted Infantry

advanced toward the TugeU P.lver. ""'ae

ltoers discovered them, as it was Intended

they s-hould. by turning their tear.Jihght

on the iii-n, and opened a heavy Mauser

tire. T! e Boer iiosi'Jon had b-en uncovered,

j p'an.ied. but car naval guns, vvhlth were

t liavo seized the opportunity to c annn

oii tfe encinv's trench-, did not Hf. It

is -tated that they waited to ear the Boer

nui-ketry. bu: that it was lnauli,k f!v

n.iits away o:i tbia wet and stormy n'ght,

with tlie ni'id blowing from toe wrong ..1

r. . tion.

So. after undergoing mti h discMnf, rt ami

iIour.deriKg about In the mud and water,

- ..- tiowtrt reiuxned to Ciileveley.

. --u.ne fate beftil a recormulter

;. 17 f'-ie s-'.r in the tllr-, tlou of Meanf

HUngwana. The sijuadrons. composed of

v.jjun.eei.', after much difficulty, lorn led

the fiir.-e of Boers, who are row isolated

south of tlie Tugrls, P.lver in the mountain

ranges.

Trre arc evidences of censorship at this

point in the dispatch, as it is not -rated

what the result of the tnec-tlng was. Thai

digester befell the Biltl'h volunteers, how

ever. Ls apjiarent from the su'-eemllng par

agraph )

IJyng ; South African IJcht Horse; with

two guns, proceeded to their a--istanc.

but were unable. In tho darkness, to And

their way or to cffei t a junction for at

tack. Men and hones stii:nl4e.l and tell

Into water tioles. They were out all night.

got drenched and returned to camp this

morning.

Firing continues at IcdjMiilth and. also,

now at Chleveley.

Uuller. with Hart's and Lyttlefon's bri

gades, is at Frcre.

The Tticeia is still hi'gli

On Friday night 1.7-incli naval guns de

cidedly worried the Boers, ainl tv.o ro'.mds

of lyddite, tired at a o'clock Saturday morn

ing, caused them to tove shelter.

The Boers tolled away, however, all of

S.it'ird.iv. making redoubts and trench.--".

Thev- have greatly stiengthened their

works. Tho place Is now honeycombed

with trenches. Thw Boer gun'2 are splendid

ly protected and screened. Evidently, the

trenches, and works are connected at their

pcitits of exit with dor.gas. along which

the Boers p.s ur.olerveil to thir Ma

li. ,ns

Kiaals, doiiu.is an,! trenches have alt re

ceived a certain share of attention from the

sailors' guns, which alor-e have tired since

Dcc-mber la.

To-day while ve vvero iiring', the enemy

wero engaged from their works facing Co

lenso, practicing in getting ranges and ap

parently using cannon and Maucrs.

The natives stato that tho enemy have

mounted the ten capture d field guns against

t:s.

T!t. l!oer tie the heliograph. They

vvati'h and warn their men to take cover

when our big guni are ready to lire.

It ls stated that the Itoer bridge be'.ow

Mount Hlangwana has lieen w.ishej anaj.

learintf some of the Boers Isolated on this

side.

Thirty-one Boer wagcus weie seen yes-

tenlay at the junction of tho Little and

Itig Tugela. river-, and it was this force

against which a force of volunteers was

Mill l;st night

IIOllDlII'.CIt'l' AMI I. m smith.

lAiiduii, Dec. 31. The following .''rilograph

message lws lieen recelveil by v.av of Wee

nan from Ladyaiullh. dated Wcdnisdaj,

lecember Zl:

"Th Boers are actively tsimhardlng the

town, one t-h.-ll truk the Devonshire

mesi tent, killing Captain Dulzpl and

wounding scen Lieutenant' Dent. Twisa,

TringHam, Cjffyn, Byrne, Scafe and Kane."

A lnt-r dispatch from ladysmith. by waj

o Wcenan. date.1 Fii'hiy. December SJ.

syr:

"All v.eil. The P.oers liave been firing

plugged shells containing plum pudding and

the compliments of the season. They aro

still fortifying their positions, and are evi

dently determined to make a firm stat.d."

The ar Office publishes the following

dhpali h, ,lat-d yesterday, from the general

oflicer commanding at Capo Town:

"Methuen's position Is unchange,. French

reports that the Boers, hearing their com

munications would he cut by our cavalry.

have retlted. Hear unodlclaUy frtra Stcrk

strom that another reconnolssance several

miles north of Dordrecht engaged superior

forces and wa.s obliged to retire."

"loiter Montmorency, on December 30,

rnctt superior force using artillery; operated

to rear of Boers. In course of the dny ho

was compelled to withdraw to Dordrecht in

good order, assisted by sixty men sent from

Dordrecht, before which wo aro In jiosi'Ion

- Continued on I'ngo It,

Bv'vOvI

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t . ;, i -l ; .. , - i a-e gj-

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Two e.t lit', l d'-j jt- i' -1 in ttie s

i 'ah; against ii- ifc.-r- have tailed s

ami one seems to have met itli ?e- rn

rio.is disaster, from which re-, nf.-r. e- s

C m.-i.ts failed to siiecor tle:n. s

V The illsjKii'ii also tr.iliiatr tint

("!'e-etey Is now besieged l.y fie

. ISners.

i Selition bt rife In Cape Colon v. s

s N"inet -Jive per c-nt of the mat pop- s

lUUuii i.f the Vrvbmg ll:ri-- Iij

O joli-ed the Boers s

o tii'Aiiit.ti, w tit m: s

',neral Cataire ma.le a rCeuiinob-

if s inte fri,m Dordtec ht in Cape GIonv 4

t I n emsuBterlng the Itoers In force

vv., rompeuVd to retreat to his pia, e s

$ i: -tarting.

Ttie War OBli'e's advl.es l.rii.g no

f i'i-tails f tiie British losses. s

A hrilngrupb m-s-ai;e from Lal-

i smith nays that a Hoer shell diopi.xl s

s in the oiDeers mes of the Devoi - s

- shires, killing or wounding r-vcn

s ofle . rs. s

if Bennett BurhUh. the dlstiugui-Icd

"C'rrepi.ncU:it. now with General

Bulicr'a army at Frere. Nata! pre- s

diets that Uuller vilt re,le-Hi himself

- in his next engagement, v. huh. be s

s- savs. vrill L- one of the fieri i-f of

tl.e war.

? if t Mthuen rr-i'rts fr-tn s

O Modiler 1'iver that ll-tre has be-:i no

i'snife in triM sit'.atlon th-re s

t'"iisrr"iiijn StiUer d New York s

. .,.1 irced ,t notable gutherl'.g at fie

O N, n ork A'ann... of -Mui in be-

hair of tl.e H.,er.. cj.

2t0v)vtl

Situation summarized.

Strange News From La'dy

sinith General Resump

tion of Hostilities.

SPECIAL BV Vltl.ll

l.i ial"i . il'jii'U;, Jan. 1-Tne new year

oi:ts with a general reurnptimi of ho

tthttes in South Africa. Disquieting rm

t at hand this morning from Mafekti g.

from 1-idv smith and front the; Trgtl.i Hi

er. although It Is tw tarly yet to ar.al.ze

the intrlli-em e from the-e l.jiHt

IYom Pretoria eomes lie nev. of an -sui-cessful

effort h the Mafeklng girtisi'i

under Colonel Baden-Powell, tn ipti.r t e

Beer cannon.whlc-h. If it h td been a- H-v-1 I.

might have nded itie "lege.

The Btltt'h, It Is stated, were . c. .. 11 ,1

to i-.-tlr tt;h a loss of olle-filll. .. tne 1-

j yr-0lV- V, i..tj Bjr f.an. anet po.tli.tl

ad it espi.ire.1 'I .li-i.e.t B,n!en-P.nv-ell

wouU lm- had the h-ue in his ovv.-i

hands, but if. a repotted, h- iias failed. I:-h.i-

inourred a nna lo.s -n.' hi., position

is frroponloiiaT-!y H-ikeii,t ati.l. 1m com, s

more tlun ever dependent upon th- , liar. ?

f relief hi Ciil-jn.-l plumber s column in

the Perth.

Straoge news fr un !,d. smith .its,, eomes

f.'ont Hoer s or. .., -.,, ihe -n t thai ; s

er.il White Is ili t, vying h.s h-avv .ai.n.'K

prior to a final .-..rtle. This neas may or

may nut be n .e. It i given for what it

Is -Vi-.rth.

T-iie Boers apparently are awae of th

struggle lmi'euding. as niaj be judged from

the movements wltts h they have recent!,

mado in BnHtr's neighlorhood at thoTug-la

1 liver.

There was a str r. t-oition upon the left

of the British caaip. mu-Ii of the Tugel.i.

which is now aipr.!itly almn.Ioneil. In an

effort to iapture ibis sfaggllng force of

Boers the- British se.-m to liave ereourtere I

ll.'Il, ullie-.. if nt dl-aiter.

It must be remembered that the Boers ate

adepts at concealing the preel-e posltl-.i

of their Intienehneiif. and a good !ei.t

cf this shifting and changing may purpose'y

be deritiiicd t.. nil-lead Butler and lead io

another dNas-er -uh a? befell the Illgii

landers at Mai,ersti.'itiii. The c:tt!e-al mo

ment has no undoubtedly arrlvd on which

the turther rortunes of the Natal campalg-t

largely dti-end.

General Gatacre's movement toward t

nest has resulted no! mly In the occupa

tl. n of IXinlreeht ar.d tlie .-eoi-jning of the

Ir.dvve llailw.iv. but in the upi-ortunity cf

Mrihttig tl.e Boer ,..sitlon lit Stormberg.

It is isjssib'.e that the report of heavy flrlrsr

In this dircttiei may Indicate th.it fomu

such movement ha- alreadv commenced

A humorous r.iae of the war is reported

from lolvsijiitli . iiaer -Utc or Friday, in

the statement thu.; tne Boers fired plugged

s-liell". containing I lutn pudding and tho

compliments of the reason Into the besieged

tens.

GOVERNMENT DEPOSITORY.

Secretary (.iag'- Designates His

Clik-.if'u National IJaiik.

Itni'l'PMC FPKCIAU

Chicago, ill., Dec 31 Secretary Gage ha

trade hU Chicago bank, tb- First National,

a Government depository, ac.-ordlng to his

new M'tit-iiie of bestowing farots. Ifcrcto

r.'re the defm-dlori. s have been tho North

western. Fort Dearborn and National Bank

of the itipllbll' .

In naming tl.e bank from which he retired

from the presldem v to take hi present

position, and in which bank he still owns

sic, k. h- has al-o named the Union and

Metropolitan National banks

The new order requires all of the deposits

from the post office and revenue officers

to be hrst turned into th- Northwestern,

and from th-re. It is t.ndr-uid, the funds

will lie distributed among tho other riv-a

banks. Bankers admit that while the hand

ling of tho Government dep.isits ls burden

some, there is good profit to bo rmedc In

handling' them excluaivelv. Under tho new

arrangement, this is to be dona by the

Northwestern uiiii-r an arrJnsement with

the other banks.

One result of the new order wll! ho to

keep ti.e mnnev In circulation In Chicago.

The de-.oslts here range from $.".0i to taX.

9tw a tlav. The sorlhwes'terti has been im

llllxl that from time to tlmo It would re

ceive orders where the lands so fathered

ire to b,' sent, and that for a time a larg-.

"diaro of the, fands would lie ordered placc-l

in the new Government depositories. By

onrtnirg dipo-H to the three new banks.

tl-- old svst-n of current deposits in differ

ent banks will, it Is declared, be greatly

slniit'iKI

It was claimed iy one bank official yes

terday that assiirame had been received

trom Washington thit the banks becomirg

Government .lepositones would be assured

of full deposits under existing conditions It

the Treasury Department.

PINGREE'S NEW LEAF.

.Midiigan's (Jovenior Jlay Uolt the

KepiiMican Tarty.

BKITBLIC .Sl'U'.'lAL

letro!t. Dec. at.-Governor Hazcn S. Pin

grco will begin the new year, it is posi

tively stated hore, by bolting the Republic

an party.

The report that this 13 his resolve is

widespread, and based oa the fact that

he h.19 opposed tlie party In the State legl-s-latlon

and that ho la openly In favor ui

iemocraUc pol.clt.s.