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GREAT ALARM AT THE HAGUE
Holland in Dread of a War with Great Britain.
Czar Refuses to Aid Mr. Krueger, Who is Said to Have Given Up Hope of Effective Result from His Visit.
LONDON, Dec. 10.—Special dispatches from The Hague represent the feeling there as one of alarm at the prospect of an Anglo-German-Portuguese combination, which might snatch the Dutch seaboard or seize Java.
It is reported at the Dutch capital that the possibility of a war with Great Britain has even been discussed by the Cabinet Council.
Queen Wilhelmina will give a dinner in honor of Mr. Krüger, but he has abandoned all hope of any effective result of his visit to Europe, although he does not despair of meeting Emperor Nicholas, possibly on the Riviera.
"Mr. Krüger received a message from the Czar Friday night," says the correspondent of The Times at The Hague.
"It was couched in very friendly terms, but the fact that its existence has been kept a close secret is sufficient to indicate its author's intention to abstain from any active steps friendly to intervention.
"The Czar naturally pleads illness as a sufficient excuse for not interefering."
The Hague, Dec. 9—The Government of the Netherlands has instructed the Dutch Minister in London, Baron von Golstein van Oldenaller, to disavow in the name of the Government all responsibility for the letter addressed to Mr. Krüger by the President of the First Chamber of the States General, Dr. A. van Naamen Van Eomnes. approving Mr. Krüger's "noble purpose" and expressing a hope that the Independence of the two Dutch republics would be secured.
Mr. Krüger attended religious service this morning at the cathedral, and the congregation sang the Boer anthem as he withdrew. After the service he conferred with Dr. Gleichman, President of the Second Chamber.
Mr. Kruger, when cheered by the crowd on his return from the cathedral to-day, (Sunday,) turned and roundly rebuked those near him for such desecration of the Sabbath.
BRITISH-PORTUGUESE ENTENTE
Naval Officers and Ministers Toast the "Alliance"—Message to the King from Queen Victoria
LISBON, Dec. 9.—King Carlos has received from Queen Victoria the following telegram in response to the one sent by his Majesty yesterday:
"I am greatly touched by your kind telegram. I sincerely thank you, my dear nephew, for it and for the good wishes you entertain toward me and my people. It is again with the greatest pleasure that I recognize the cordial and friendly understanding between Portugal and England."
After cordial farewells to the Portuguese officials and an exchange of salutes the British squadron sailed at noon.
At Saturday's banquet on board the British battleship majestic, when King Carlos, Queen Marie Amelle, and Prince Louis Philippe, together with the members of the Cabinet and other dignitaries were entertained by Vice Admiral Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson, the Portuguese Prentler, Señhor J. Luciano de Castro, toasting "queen Victoria and Great Britain," saluted "The alliance that has long existed in treaties and has been confirmed in recent acts." He said the significance of the alliance was "an assurance that our rights will be respected and our dominions maintained."
Sir H. G. MacDonell, the British Minister, in responding, thanked the Government of King Carlos for "the friendly attitude maintained with such correctness toward Great Britain during the war in South Africa, which has been warmly appreciated by the Government of Queen Victoria."
"The confirmation of the alliance which unites us indissolubly," continued the British Minister, "is there in the presence of the Channel Squadron, Ancient ties are drawn closer by recent events. The British Government desires that a firm and durable alliance may be ever maintained."
In conclusion he proposed "The Prosperity of Portugal and the Happiness of the Royal Family."
Señhor Villaça, Minister of Marine and the Colonies, who responded said:
"We welcome our allies. There [pointing to the British flag] is the British flag. Let us salute it with respect and affection, as the Portuguese flag was saluted at Komati Poort. These two salutes are a public affirmation of the alliance."
Señhor Villaça toasted the British Squadron. Sir Harry Rawson, replying, said:
"I Welcome with enthusiasm my instructions to come to Lisbon, where our union and alliance are now being celebrated. I thank you for the reception, and I drink to our sister navy, which has gloriously maintained Portuguese traditions."
Roberts to Reach London Jan. 3
LONDON, Dec. 10.—Lord Roberts is expected to arrive in London Jan. 3. He will be met by the Prince and Princess of Wales, and will proceed immediately in triumphal progress to St. Paul's Cathedral, where all will attend a special service of thanksgiving.
Mr. Stowe Sails for New York.
LONDON, Dec. 9.—James G. Stowe, United States Consul General at Cape Town, sailed for New York to-day on board the Red Star Line steamer Vaderland, from Southampton.
Efforts to Starve the Boers.
LONDON, Dec. 9.—A dispatch from Johannesburg says the town has been fenced round with barbed wire to prevent the inhabitants getting food to the Boers.
Major McBRIDE ARRIVES.
Boer Irish Brigade Officer Talks of the War in South Africa
Major J. McBride, who was second in command of the Irish Brigade of the Boer Army, was among the arrivals on the French ilner La Bretagne last night. His object in coming to this country is to lecture before the various Irish organizations on the war in South Africa. He left the seat of war some time ago, with a large number of his command, many of whom have recently arrived in this country. The Major is enthusiastic in his praise of the Boers, and particularly of his own command.
"The Irish brigade's record," said he, " has been among the brightest of any of the regiments in the army of the South African Republic. We fought from border to border, taking part in the Ladysmith, Colenso, and other important battles. At Colenso we shared in the capture of eleven pieces of artillery and many prisoner, I myself capturing Lieut. Col. Bullock of the Fourteenth Battery of the Royal Artillery. At the siege of Ladysmith during an extraordinarily heavy engagement on Oct. 30 Irish Brigade volunteered to get a new supply. It was necessary to cross an open veldt, exposed to the British fire, and we lost three men killed an ten wounded in bringing up the ammunition. This was an unusually large casualty list, owing to the fact that the Boers always fight behind cover, and their loss is in consequence generally very small.
"They story that the Irish Fusiliers wished to take up arms in behalf of the Boers is true. At least seven-eighths of them desired to. I was willing, but the Government would not consent.
"I understand that Mr. Winston Churchill, who is now in America, has said that the war is practically over. He does not know what he is talking about. It will last just so long as ther is a man, woman, or child left in the Transvaal."
In response to a question as to whether he had seen President Krüger while in Paris, Major McBride said that he had had two audiences with him during his stay in that city. He did not think that Mr. Krüger would come to this country, but would remain indefinitely at The Hague.
Major McBride Was received at the pier by a delegation of Irishmen.
TO-DAY
TWELVE PAGES
WITH FINANCIAL REVIEW AND QUOTATION SUPPLEMENT
INDEX TO DEPARTMENTS
Arrivals at Hotels and Out-of-Town Buyers—Page 3.
Court Calendars.—Page 8.
Losses by Fire.—Page 3.
Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails.—Page 3
Real Estate.—Page 11.
Weather Report.—Page 3.
Yesterday's Fires.—Page 3.
GRAIN TRAFFIC ON THE LAKES.
Resumes Its Old-Time Pre-eminence, Carrying 53 Per Cent. of East-Bound Shipments.
Special to The New York Times.
CHICAGO, Dec. 9—The lake route for the transportation of grain from the West to East and the starboard resumed its old-time pre-eminence during the season of navigation now closing.
The port of Chicago, which includes both the Chicago and Calumet Rivers, reached within a few millions of the high water murk of its record in the great crop years of the past. During the Season extending from April 15, when the first grain-laden ship cleared from Chicago, to to-day, when the Rockefeller steamer James B. Trevor took out clearance papers, 1,710 vessels sailed with grain cargoes. Altogether they carried 130,818,232 bushels of grain of all kinds. The season's grand total shows a falling of from the shipments of 1898, which were 158,263,528 bushels, but that was a phenomenal year.
Last season lake rates were so high that the lake route suffered severely, but nearly all this season the carrying charges by water have been under rail rates. Lake routes carried 33 per cent, and the rail route 47 per cent, of the east-bound traffic.
Less grain every year goes through the Welland Canal and by the St. Lawrence River route for export, via Montreal. The totals for this year by that route were about 2,600,000 bushels.
The results of the season's traffic have shown how groundless were the fears that competitors on Lake Superior and Lake Michigan and Green Bay were to take away this city's grain commerce. Duluth has made but a sorry showing the past season and Milwaukee and Manitowoc have done nothing remarkable.
Had it not been for the Rockefeller and Carnegie ships the grain trade would have been seriously inconvenienced at times for lack of vessels. The boats of the Chicago grain men were carrying Rockefeller shipments at a big price while they were squeezing to the utmost the Rockefeller boats which were seeking grain cargoes.
NEELEY CASE UP TO-DAY
Federal Supreme Court Will Be Asked to Pass on America's Rights in Cuba.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—The Supreme Court to-morrow morning will hear argument in the case of Neeley vs. Henkel, involving the right of the United States to extradite Neeley for trial in Havana for the alleged embezzlement of the Cuban Postal funds. The court has specially assigned it for argument, and it is at the head of the call.
Neeley was arrested in New York for the alleged embezzlement of $67,00 intrusted to him as finance agent of the Department of Posts. Circuit Judge Lacombe held that the evidence disclosed probable cause and ordered Neeley's detention pending the action of the Executive. Neeley then applied for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that the act of Congress authorizing the extradition was unconstitutional, as an attempt to legislate for a foreign country with which this country is at peace.
The case, therefore, involves the question of constitutional relations between the United States and the Island of Cuba, and will be the first of the cases which will determine the power of this Government to govern temporarily or permanently the islands acquired through the treaty of Paris.
The grounds set forth in the application for the writ are that since the treaty of Paris the United States is without grounds to occupy or control Cuba, and that the Military Government which there exists by order of the President is illegal and in violation of the Constitution. John D. Lindsay and De Lancey Nicoll of the New York bar will argue the case for Neeley, and the Government will be represented by Assistant Attorney General James M. Beck.
WANTS $150,000 FROM MEXICO.
Chicago Man Says His Treasure Was Stolen by an Officer.
Special to The New York Times.
CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—Col. Thomas H. Monstery, swordsman and hero of a hundred battlefields, to-day departed for the City of Mexico to mett his old comrade in arms, President Diaz, and to present his claim of $150,000, stolen from him by a Mexican military official in 1860.
Col. Monstery had been in the military service and started for the United States. He carried 1,600 ounces of gold, and diamonds valued at $30,00, in a mahogany box. Aug. 3, 1860, he enter the City of Pichulaco, which was under command of Francisco Flores. The Colonel informed him of the treasure, and soldiers were detailed to guard his property. The following morning the guard had disappeared, and so had the treasure box. Investigation proved that the robbery had been perpetrated by Flores. Monstery was forced by falling health to return to the States.
The story was tol recently to Attorney Robert Redfield. The efforts of Senator Mason were enlisted, an appeal was made to the Mexican Government, and a favorable reply received. Mr. Redfield believes there is a probability of the recovery of the money
LIBRARY FOR CHATTANOOGA
Mr. Carnegie Makes the Gift and the City Will Maintain It.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Dec. 9.—Andrew Carnegie announced to-day to a committe of Chattanooga citizens who waited on him in New York that he would give $3,000 annually to maintain it. The city board of Mayor and Aldermen have already passed an ordinance making the appropriation required for the maintenance of the library, which assures Mr. Carnegie's gift.
SAYS POPE AGAIN WILL HAVE TEMPORAL POWER
Archbishop Ireland Prophesies This Will Come to Pass Soon.
Declares in a Sermon that Leo is Practically a Prisoner in the Vatican
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Archbishop Ireland in a sermon preached at St. Patrick's Church to-day review the question of the independence of the Pope, and prophesied that at no remote day the "Italian people and Christendom at large would give back to the papacy its wonted dignity and liberty." The discussion of what is known as the "Roman Question" was especially significant, as the Archbishop during the latter's recent visit to Rome talked at length with the Pope.
The Archibishop referred to the Pope as a prisoner in the Vatican, voluntary in that no physical force prevents his leaving its precincts, and involuntary in that he could no go beyond the Vatican without impairing his dignity as Pontiff, and without seeming to accept the situation created for him by the entrance into Rome of the troops of the Italian Government.
He said the Catholic Church is " a divinely created organism, receiving directly from Christ its mission and all the rights which are needed that it may live and work; its life and mission are expressed in its supreme chief, the successor of Peter, and to him belong in a pre-eminent manner all the rights inherent in the Church, and whose possession is needed for fulfillment of its mission and work willed by Christ. Hence the Pontiff's right to independence and as a consequence to temporal sovereignty." The Archibishop said:
"If the Pope is a civil subject of an authority outside of himself, he has not the necessary freedom; the ruler or Government would interfere, make laws impairing his freedom of action, or strive to impose methods more serviceable to the State than the Church. The Pontiff's words must bear no possible suspicion that they were imposed by men who have no authority in things moral and spiritual.
"If the sovereign Pontiff be the subject of the King of Italy, what guarantee is there for other peoples and other rulers, that, whether through fear or favor, Italian influences have not penetrated into the Vatican, and that Italian interests are not to be served. The period of national jealousies would be the greater were the foreign countries at the time warring with the King of Italy.
"We In America are willing, indeed, to hearken to the words of Peter, but it must be plain that they are not the words of a foreign ruler whose sole purpose is the interest of a foreign nationality, not of the Church
"The sole effective guarantee of independence for the Pontiff is temporal sovereignity, which marks out for him sufficent space on earth upon which he may work in fulfillment of his mission with all the independence he needs. The dependence of a Bishop upon the civil ruler severs him from union with Christians in other countries, reduces his Church to the condition of a National Church and disrupts the oneness of the universal church.
"Other Churches than the Catholic do not demand civil independence and temporal power for their chieftains, because no other Church than the Catholic is a world Church, nor aims at being at the same time universal and one, nor fulfills the injunction of the Saviour, 'Teach all nations'"
The Government of Italy, the Archbishop contended, should have remained somewhere outside of Rome.
STEEL TIES FOR RAILWAYS.
Experiments on the Lake Shore Road Give Satisfactory Results.
Special to The New York Times.
CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—A test is being made by the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Road with steel ties. The company, like all others, is continually replacing old steel rails with new. No other practical use has been found for the old rails, and it has now been decided to try them for ties in place of wood.
Under the process the old rails are rerolled to flatten the heads. Several months ago a number of these steel rails were placed under the track of the Sandusky Division, and a careful examination made last week with a gauge showed that the steel ties had not allowed the gauge of the track to change a particle since they were laid. The first three oak ties on each side were also exact, while the fourth, fifth, and sixth wooden ties had widened to a considerable extent.
The Lake Shore people are pleased with the result of the test. It is said that these ties can be much better tamped than wooden ones and that with steel ties the track may be maintained more evenly. The average life of a wooden tie is six years. The Chief Engineer of the Lake Shore says he sees no reason why ties of steel should not last twenty-five years before deteriorating to an extent to necessitate renewal.
CENTRAL TO BUY A ROAD.
Arrangements to Absorb the Central New England Under Way
Special to The New York Times
ALBANY, Dec. 9.—The New York Central Railroad Company is to absorb the Central New England. A meeting of the general officers of the roads interested has been called for Dec. 20, in New York City. At this meeting the details of the transfer will be made and a reorganization of the system perfected.
It is expected that the transfer will go into effect on or about Feb. 1. The new management will spend from $8,000,000 to $10,000,000 in improvements and new equipment, making the entire system equal to any of the lines now under the control of the New York Central . The branch from Tariffville, Conn., to Springfield, Mass., will be completed.
Under the new system cars will be floated from Rondout to Rhinecliff, which will bring them to the Rhinecliff Branch, a distance of twenty-two miles from the main line. The Central New England leases the Hartford, Connecticut and Western.
TO EXTEND THE READING'S FIELD.
Reported Vanderbilt Interests Will Make It a Through Road
Special to the New York Times.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 9.—It was stated to-day that the Vanderbilts and J. Pierpont Morgan had decided to develop the Reading into a great through route to the West, and would use the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Road for that purpose.
The New York Central has, within the past week, decided through its Board of Directors to extend its operations into the central soft coal territory of Pennsylvania, and will build 104 miles of new road in order to cover valuable coal properties. The Reading has a traffic agreement with the Beech Creek, running from Clearfield to Williamsport, and this is the link to Pittsburg.
The new through route takes in the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg, running from Buffalo to Rochester to Ridgeway, thence to Reynoldsville, Dubois, and Punxsutawney, and then to Pittsburg.
To Washington in Five Hours
From New York, Royal Blue 5-hour trains, leave foot of liberty St. 11:30 A. M., 1:00 P. M., and the "Royal Limited"—no excess fare—at 3:40 P. M. Other fast solid trains at 8:00, 10:00, A. M., 1:30, 5:00, 7:00 P. M., and 12:15 midnight. Leave South Ferry 5 minutes earlier. Best dining car and cafe car service in the world.—Adv.
THE TELEGRAPHERS' STRIKE.
Santa Fe Officials Claim to Have the Situation Well in Hand—Shops Will Not Close.
CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—At the general offices in this city of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé Railway system, it is claimed to-night that the efforts of the striking telegraph operators to tie up the business of the system are being overcome. J. M. Barr, Third Vice President of the company, to-night made the following statement:
"Somewhat Less than 40 per cent. of the operators employed responded to the strike order, and some of these have applied for re-employment. All passenger and freight trains are moving without interruption. As the strike has not reduced the volume of business moving, the normal forces of men in all branches of the service will be worked."
At all points, Mr. Barr announced, work will be resumed in the railway shops to-morrow morning as usual. At the general offices it was stated that all regular west-bound trains left Chicago to-day on schedule time. The regular through passenger trains, the company officials claim, are but little delayed. The through California train arrived in Chicago this morning twenty minutes late, and the Colorado Express arrived but six minutes behind schedule time. The Colorado Express train, which pulled out of Denver Saturday night four hours after the strike was declared, arrived in Kansas City to-day twenty minutes late. The California train en route east arrived in Kansas City to-day four hours late.
One hundred operators were employed to-day, it was said at the Santa Fé headquarters, to take the places of strikers. The new men being hired, it is said, are from all sections of the country.
Officials of the company claim to have the situation well in hand, and that both passenger and freight trains will be dispatched to-morrow without delay. Individual telegraphers who walked out here claim that the union men knew what they were doing when they walked out, and declare that the strikers will fight the battle to the bread and water point if necessary.
TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 9.—The officials of the Santa Fé Road take a decidedly hopeful view of the telegraphers' strike situation. They ail say the backbone of the strike is practically broken already, and that the affairs of the road will be in their normal condition inside of two weeks. The officers felt justified to-night, in view of the alleged improvement in conditions, in rescinding the order closing the shops.
H. U. Mudge, General Manager of the road, sent out a general order this afternoon to all operators who had not yet gone out, offering to promote them if they would continue in their resistance to the strikers.
Mr. Mudge, speaking of the situation, said: "I thought last night that we would have a serious time. In this belief the order was issued for the closing of the shops. To-day the conditions seems to be so much improved that the order closing the shops will be rescinded. I think we can use all our men in the old way. This much is certain, however, not one of the men who have gone out on the strike will be taken back into the employ of the company. They left our employ without a cause, and now they wlil have to suffer for their neglect."
A meeting of the operators of Topeka and surrounding points was held here to-day. After a thorough discussion of the matter it was agreed that the situation looked very bright for the operators. Mention was made in the meeting of the claim of the company that Rule 30 of the agreement between the operators and the company had been violated.
In reply to the contention of the company on this point they say Rule 30 is not violated by the men refusing to work. This rule applies only when a revision of the schedule is desired when the General Chairman gives thirty days' notice.
Orange Growers May Suffer.
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Dec. 9—The telegraphers' strike has cause consternation among the orange growers and shippers of this city, as, if the strike is continued, it will undoubtedly result in a heavy loss to them. An average of 100 cars of oranges is being shipped from this vicinity daily. Nearly the entire crop is ready for shipment. There are more than 500 carloads of oranges billed from this city to the East, and if the strike assumes the proportions which threaten, the oranges will probably be side-tracked.
Trains Behind Time.
TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 9.—considerable difficulty attended the running of Santa Fé trains to-day. This was particularly the case with east-bound traffic, and arose from the fact that trains which are not scheduled to stop at small stations were compelled to do so because danger signals were displayed, and no orders could be telegraphed. West-bound trains were running close to the schedule.
Men Unwilling to Strike.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 9.—The local trains dispatcher of the Santa Fé Road announces that all trains are on time, and that the strike will in no way interfere with traffic. He declared that in all, less than sixty operators have gone out west of Albuquerque. In this city only four operators quit work. There is great reluctance on the part of the members of the order who have good positions to go on the sympathetic strike.
Trains Tied Up in New Mexico.
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Dec. 9.— The strike of the Santa Fé operators is beginning to be felt here. Passenger trains are all several hours late to-night, and, while there are plenty of operators here, freight trains are tied up waiting for orders at several stations where men have gone out.
WANT ANTI-POLYGAMY LAW.
Women's Interdenominational Union to Work for Its Passage
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—A mass meeting was held here to-day under the auspices of the Women's Interdenominational Union in the interests of the proposed Constitutional amendment prohibiting polygamy in the United States and in all territory under its jursidiction. Dr. Josiah Strong, President of the Social League of New York City, presided.
In an address he recalled the mass meeting held a year ago in the same church to oppose the seating of Mr. Roberts of Utah, in the House of Representatives, and the sending of a petition to Congress protesting against seating him, and also aking for legislative prohibition of polygamy in all States. No action had been taken the request for an anti-polygamy (illegible text) Dr. Strong, and the meeting intended to press the issue. A letter was read from ex-Senator George F. Edmunds, who has made a study of this question for many years, which stated in part:
Until within a year or two I was of the opinion that such an amendment was unnecessary, inasmuch as this crime is punishable by law in all of the States. Under existing circumstances, however, and looking to the future, I have come to the conclusion that it is much safer, and perhaps indispensable in respect to some portions of our country, that such an amendment, covering nothing else, be adopted.
Dr. Sarah J. Elliott of Moab, Utah, expressed herself strongly in respect to polygamy in Utah.
The sentiment of the Methodist Episcopal Church was voiced by the Rev. Dr. Heisse, who said that the power of his denomination would be exerted to the utmost to bring about the passage of the proposed law.
Illinois Epileptic Colony.
Special to The New York Times
CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—Ephraim Banning and Robert Bell of Chicago, members of the Board of Commissioners of Public Charities, have reported to Gov. Tanner on the question of a site for an Illinois colony of epileptics, favoring the Grand Detour location in Ogle County. The Legislature will be asked to appropriate $350,000 for purchasing the grounds and the erection of the buildings.
One Perfect Round of Perfection.
The Service on the Pennsylvania Railroad to the West. Sumptuous sleeping cars, delectable dining cars, and a roadbed that knows no jolts.—Adv.
YACHT ROSINA AGROUND
Blown on Rocky Point After Rough Trip from Lynn, Mass.
Crew Rescued with Difficulty—Is a New Vessel and Was on Her Way to Philadelphia.
GREENPORT, L. I., Dec. 9—The schooner yacht Rosina is aground off Rocky Point, and will probably go to pieces. She is pounding hard on the rocks, and, as the wind holds high, it is thought she cannot be saved. Her crew was taken off to-day by the life savers from the Rocky Point Station.
The Rosina was a new boat, and was completed on Dec. 1. That day She passed from the hands of her builders, a firm at Lynn, Mass., to her owner, Harry T. Melpass of Philadelphia to work the schooner to that city.
The departure from Lynn was made on Dec. 2. She had bad weather from the start, and when near Martha's Vineyard ran into rough weather and high winds. Her small boats were both carried away by wave washing over her. Her upper works and fixtures were also slightly damaged. She put into Woods Hole, where two new boats were secured and what repairs appeared necessary were made.
Her intended course was through Long Island Sound, New York Bay, and thence down the Jersey coast to Atlantic City, where she was to await further orders inside the breakwater. She left Woods Hole yesterday afternoon, and made good progress until about 2 o'clock this morning, when the wind shifted and began to blow out of the northwest. She had then to beat into the wind to pass through the Sound. Her steering gear gave way, and, despite the efforts of the crew to rig temporary apparatus, she drifted toward the rocks. Her anchors would not hold and she was soon in difficulty.
Her distress signals were seen by the Rocky Point crew. The schooner was too far out for the gun, so the surfboat was manned at 9 o'clock, and after an hour's hard work the life savers were alongside the schooner. The four men on board were transferred to the lifeboat with much difficulty, as the surfboat could not be brought close enought for them to get into it. Finally a line was passed from the schooner to the surfboat, and along this the men made their way. They were taken to the station and cared for.
STEEL AND WIRE MEETING
John W. Gates Arrives and Holds a Conference—Rumors of His Defeat Start Afresh
The Directors of the American Steel and Wire Company will have a meeting to-day, and all sorts of rumors are afloat regarding what may be done. One is that John W. Gates of Chicago will be ousted from control, and several Directors will resign.
Mr. Gates, Isaac Elwood, and John Lambert, members of the Directory, arrived from Chicago last night, and went to the Waldorf-Astoria, where they were soon joined by P. A. B. Widener and Thomas Dolan of Philadelphia; Max Pam of counsel for the company, and others interested in steel and wire affairs, and they sat down to dinner in Room 16.
Messrs. Gates and Elwood, in response to cards sent to them, declined to see reporters. All were in close conference for a long time after the meal was over.
FAITH IN STRANGE VISION
Artist, Pain-stricken, Sees, He Believes, Apparition of Relatives, and Obeys Their Ghostly Injunction.
The congregation of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street and Colombus Avenue, spent much time yesterday discussing the story of a vision that appeared to Frederick Campbell, causing him to avow his intention of joining the Roman Catholic Church. He is now receiving instruction from the pastor, the Rev. Father Huntman, and his assistant, the Rev. Father McMullen, and attended the mass yesterday for the first time.
Mr. Campbell, who is an artist thirty-four years of age, was born in St. John, New brunswick, where his father, George Campbell, died nine years ago. His only sister died there twenty-six years ago at the age of seven. About fifteen years ago Mr. Campbell married and now lives with his wife and two children at 406 West One Hundred Twenty-fourth Street. For years Campbell has been a great sufferer from gastritis. About a month ago he was taken with violet pains early one morning, and, not caring to arouse his wife, remained quiet for some time. The room, Mr. Campbell says, was in total darkness when suddenly there appeared to him a vision of his father and sister. His father, he says, spoke to him and said:
"You must join the Roman Catholic Church."
His sister repeated the sentence after the father and begged her brother to follow the advice. Mr. Campbell says he promised to abide by their wishes and their ghostly forms disappeared.
Mr. Campbell told the story of the apparition to a friend last evening in all seriousness and declares that he was wide awake at the time, as the pains that he was suffering from were very acute. He said nothing about the apparition to his wife. Since that time he has not suffered from gastritis.
He confided in his friend, Deputy Tax Commissioner Walter Murray, a son of ex-Superintendent of Police Murray, who resides at 257 West One Hundred and Thirty second Street. Mr. Murray advised him to go and see the pastor of St. Joseph's Church. He will be baptized on New Year's eve in St. Joseph's Church, and Mrs. William Meakim of 17 West One Hundred and Thirtieth Street will act as godmother and Commissioner Murray as godfather. Mrs. Campbell and her two children attend St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Street and Fifth Avenue.
MRS. G. M. PULLMAN TO MARRY?
Chicago Rumor Says She Will Wed a New York Artist.
Special to The New York Times.
CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—The report is current that Mrs. George M. Pullman, widow of the palace car magnate, is to be married to Gerard Barry, a New York Artist, before the end of the Winter.
There are wisperings of a romance connected with the acquaintances of Mr. Barry with the Pullman family. About ten years ago Marshall Field employed the artist, who was not then thirty years old, to paint the portrait of his daughter. The portrait won the admiration of Mr. Pullman, who gave the artist a number of sittings. In the weeks that he was at work putting the features of the millionaire on canvas Mr. Barry gained the friendship of the entire Pullman family. Last Summer he was commissioned to paint a portrait of Mrs. Pullman.
The daily sittings, which extended over two months, are said to have developed the old-time friendship between Mrs. Pullman and Mr. Barry into affection. When the portrait was finished the painter had fallen in love.
When Mrs. Pullman came to Chicago two months ago Mr. Barry soon followed her, and an army of decorators has since been employed making changes in the house, and before long, it is said, Mr. Barry will be its new master.
$6.50 to Washington, D. C., and return via Royal Blue Line for the Centennial Celebration, Ticket good to go on December 11th, and to return on or before December 14th. Stations in New York, Central R. R. of New Jersey, Liberty Street, and South Ferry.—Adv.
J. J. HILL ON SHIP SUBSIDIES
President of the Great Northern Thinks Money Will Go to Those Who Do Not Need It.
CHICAGO, Dec. 9—President James J. Hill of the Great Northern Railroad was the quest of the Bankers' Club at the monthly dinner last night. In the course of the address he made he discussed the Ship Subsidy bill. He said he had made some inquiry concerning the building of boats in this country and upon the Clyde, and found that he could have them constructed in this country at a much lower figure than in Scotland. This, he declared, did not look much as if a subsidy were needed for shipping. If such a measure were passed it would in his opinion assist most those who needed no assistance, and he mentioned the "ocean greyhounds" as those most likely to be benefited.
"The subsidy scheme," said Mr. Hill, "is an excellent thing if it is not abused. I believe that if we could pay a tonnage on the actual commodities of a certain kind based on the distance carried there would be some justice in a subsidy. I analyzed carefully the first bill that was drawn, and found out of $9,000,000, about $7,500,000 went to what is known as 'the American Line,' a good friend of mine, and nine gentlemen. They are always very kind to me when I am crossing. At the same time why should we as a Nation pay nine millions a year for thirty years, and have seven-eighths of it go to ten or twelve ships? "I am glad to say that when attention was called to this the bill was amended, and it is now in much better shape. The nine million is to be distributed pro rata among all the ships that sail under the American flag, and they have set apart 30 per cent. of the appropriation for the Pacific Ocean. No doubt some of my friends thought they were serving me, and in a money sense perhaps they were, but I would much rather see them take the duty off the plates that are to go into the ships when they are built. If Congress will appropriate $180,000,000 for a class of ships that will reduce the cost of carrying our commerce we will have a right to feel that they have done well, but we do not think that they should give. the bulk of it to twenty or twenty-one ships that are only compelled to run 21 knots once to the satisfaction of the Government officer detailed for that purpose."
WANTED TO SAVE HIS HAT.
Admiral Melville's Solicitude for His Head Gear Despelled the Gloom in Mr. Long's Office.
Special to The New York Times.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—when the bids for the new ships were opened Friday in the office of the Secretary of the Navy, the proceedings began with a dignity that was positively oppressive. The room was crowded with shipbuilders, Admirals, and others, all of whom were weighed down under a burden of chilling solemnity. Even the genial Secretary seemed to be frightened by the seriousness of the occasion, as he took his place at the head of the table. There was a dead pause at this point, during which one might have heard a pin drop. It made Mr. Long nervous. He was opening his mouth to speak when Admiral Melville, who was next to him, leaned forward with a look of concern and deferentially whispered to him.
Mr. Long did not catch what the Admiral said, but pretended that he did. He looked thoughtfully, nodded, and murmured "Very well, Admiral." He was turning away toward the shipbuilders when the Admiral, determined to make him hear, roared forth in a voice that penetrated every corner of the room:
"I say, you have the leg of your chair through my hat!"
Admiral Melville has a voice like the bellow of the bull, and it is full of fog and salt water. The secretary heard, and so did everybody else, and the howl of laughter that went up destroyed all the impressiveness of the occasion.
MEMORIAL TO JOHN N. BROWN
His Widow will Erect a Handsome Church in Newport.
Special to The New York Times.
NEWPORT, Dec. 9.—The congregation of Emmanuel Church, where many of the cottagers attend service, learned to-day that Mrs. Natalie Brown, widow of John Nicholas Brown, had decided to erect a handsome stone church on the present site in memory of her husband. The work will be started early next Spring, and a temporary place of worship will be secured while the new edifice is being constructed.
John Nicholas Brown was one of the Vestrymen of Emmanuel Church for mnay years, and one of its hard-working members. There is a considerable portion of land belonging to the church which the present edifice does not cover, but which the new memorial church will take in.
WHY "SCINDIA" BECAME "AJAX"
Navy Department Objected to Having the Collier Called "Cinders."
Special to The New York Times.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—It was explained to-day why the Navy Department changed the name of the Scindia to Ajax. The Scindia, it appears, acquired an unenviable reputation in the navy by reason of her smokiness. She was to be distinguished in a crowd by the tide of soot and clinkers which she continually belched forth. The men on board the Scindia acquired a disrespect for her and altered her name to the "Cinders."
The Scindia had become generally known as the Cinders throughout the navy, and was even becoming celebrated under that appellation in foreign countries. The Navy Department decided that this title was bringing the vessel into disrepute, and altered her name to the more imposing one of Ajax. It is believed that it will be an ingenious tar who can invent a parody on this name that will suggest smoke.
VANDERBILT IN AN ARGUMENT.
Convinced Man Who Left Horse Unattended that He Was Wrong.
OYSTER BAY, L. I., Dec. 9.—William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s, white motor vehicle caused a runaway accident here to-day. Mr. Vanderbilt was passing through the village on his way to Centre Island. He was running slowly along South Street. A horse belonging to Leonard Hicks that had been left in front of a drug store while his owner was inside became frightened as the motor vehicle approached. Mr. Vanderbilt stopped short, but the horse bolted and ran against a pole, with the resulting damage of a broken harness and a broken shaft.
Mr. Hicks was inclined to be angry, but quieted down when Mr. Vanderbilt lectured him about leaving horses in the streets without being tied to a hitching post and enlightened him as to the law on the subject. The bystanders agreed that Mr. Vanderbilt's position was correct. Mr. Vanderbilt then directed that the needed repairs to harness and buggy be made and the bill be sent to him.
S. F. B. Morse's Old Home Sold.
Special to The New York Times.
POUGHKEEPSIE, Dec. 9.—The ole home of Prof. Samuel F. B. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph, situated on the old Post Road near Poughkeepsie, has been sold by William Morse, one of Prof. Morse's sons, to F. J. Hulst. The furniture in the old house has been disposed of by Mr. Morse to friends in Poughkeepsie, who will treasure it on account of its associations.
Mr. Morse's wife is dead, and his daughters and brother are abroad, and as there was no one in the faimly who cared to take the old place, he decided to dispose of it. The property is one of the handsomest on the South Road. Much of the land is level, and from the west side there is a beautiful view of the Highlands of the Hudson from Newburg to the Catskills.
CHAFFE OFFENDS ENVOYS
They are Displeased by His Measure to Prevent Looting.
ORDERS TO SIGN JOINT NOTE
All Representatives, Except British, instructed—Yu Hsien's Execution—Plans for New Legations.
LONDON, Dec. 10.—"Gen. Chafee wrote a 'letter to Count von Waldersee," says the Peking correspondent of the Morning Post, "complaining of the removal by French and German troops of the astronomical instruments from the wall of Peking, but the letter was returned to him on account of its tone. He has notified the foreign envoys that all persons are prohibited pass-the American guard on entering the south gate of the palace, owing to the frequent cases of looting. The Ministers are offended at this individual assumption of authority.
"Yung Lu, who is now acting as the adviser of the Chinese Court, enjoys the favor of the Empress Dowager, and is forming regiments which may be trusted to defend the Court.
"I am informed that the execution of Yu-Hsien is certain whenever the envoys demand it."
Dr. Morrison, in a dispatch to The Times, date Peking, Dec. 6, says:
"A prominent Chinese official tells me he believes the edict degrading Gen. Tung-Fu-Hsiang is tife outcome of the Empress Dowager's alarm at the report received by her from the Southern Viceroys of the intention of the Germans to send an expedition to cut off the Court's supplies. He further that the Court is prepared to make a scapegoat of Yu-Hsien."
PEKING. Dec. 9.—The removal of Gen. Tung-Fu-Hsiang from the command of the Chinese forces surrounding the Court is considered by the foreign envoys to be a very important step, as showing the real desire of the Government to come to terms. His banishment indicates that the Court recognizes the expediency of obeying the demands of the powers.
All the foreign envoys except Sir Ernest Mason Satow, the British Minister, have received instructions from their Governments agreeing to the joint note poposed at the last meeting. Another meeting will probably be called for Tuesday next. Should the British Minister have received his instructions to sign the joint note by that time, communication will be opened immediately with Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang, who are in daily touch with the Court by Chinese telegraph
Prince Ching says Emperor Kwang Su is ready to return as soon as assured that the negotiations will allow him to come under conditions consonant with his dignity and safety.
The International Club was opened to-day, its object being to bring together in the spirit of social harmony the officers and diplomats of the various nations. There was a large company present, and music was was discoursed by military bands. It is expected that the club will continue a great success. The building was formerly and imperial temple.
The Envoys are considering the question of legation buildings in the future. At present none of the Governments owns its buildings, all the houses are being rented. The only ones not damaged considerably are the American, British, and Russian.
It is proposed that all the legation buildings should be concentrated within a square mile west of the Tartar City, that each buildings should be owned by the Government using it, and that the whole should be surrounded by a moat and drawbridges, having and international guard sufficient to protect the legation against any repetition of the recent attack. The only other buildings which it is proposed to allow within the inclosure with the legation houses and necessary offices would be the foreign clubs.
ST. PETERSBURG, Decc. 9.—The Novoe Vremya, in an article evidently inspired, referring to the recent dispatch from Dr. Morrison in Peking to The London Times saying that all the credit for securing softened terms is given by the Chinese to the Russians, remarks:
"The credit for the existing entente really belongs to America. England begrudges President McKinley his just prestige because he has emphasized America's friendship for Russia."
The Russian journal regards the alterations which America has procured in the peace preliminaries as of the greatest importance.
BOXERS ACTIVE IN KOREA.
LONDON, Dec. 10.—"The Boxers are disturbing North and Western Korea," Says the St. Petersburg correspondent of The Daily Mail, "and the Russian Troops are preparing to scatter them."
Fugitive Taotai Captured.
SHANGHAI, Dec. 9,—Pao Ho Nien, Taotai of Chu-Chau-foo, in the Province of Che-Kiang, who was responsible for the July massacre and who absconded, has been captured near Su-Chau and sent to Hang-Chau-Foo
Outer Harbor at Taku Frozen Over.
BERLIN, Dec. 9—A dispatch received from Taku says that the outer harbor there is frozen and that fifty vessels are locked in the ice.
DROWNED IN LAKE ERIE.
An Iron Ore Barge with a Crew of Eight Goes to the Bottom in a Gale.
ERIE, Penn., Dec. 9.—During one of the most bitter gales that ever swept Lake Erie, the iron ore barge Charles Foster, in tow of the Iron Duke, went to the bottom at 4 o'clock this morning, ten miles off Erie, and eight persons, the entire crew, were drowned.
The Charles Foster was one of the fleet belonging to James Corrigan of Cleveland, and for two months had been running from Duluth to Erie with iron ore. Her cargo consisted of 1,500 tons of ore. The Iron Duke made Erie in safety. Capt. Ashley, speaking of the disaster, said:
"The Foster was in tow, about (illegible text)00 feet astern. I was up all night, and there were three men on watch with me. The seas were rolling tremendously from the northwest and the gale carried with it a blinding snowstorm. We made the harbor light all right. When we turned for the harbor a sea much heavier than any other experienced struck us. I ran to the stern. Just as I got there the Foster plunged in an awful sea and dived down nose first. There was not a cry from a soul of the crew of eight she carried. Just as she pitched down I saw a man on her forecastle with a lantern. The towline parted when she went down.
"The storm was so heavy that I could not put about to hunt for any one. There would not have been a particle of use, any how, because in those tremendous seas, no one could have lived a minute, even if the water had not been icy cold. Had there been a cry for help I would have turned and risked my ship, but it was no use. I had all I could do to make port in safety myself.
"Apparently everything was all right aboard the Foster until she took that fatal dip. There had not been a single signal of distress from her up to that time."
There are from 80 to 100 feet of water where the wreck occured, and there is little hop of ever being able to locate the place. The Foster was valued at $19,000, but there was no insurance, as it elapsed Dec. 1. The cargo was not insured. The life-saving crew took a trip out to-day, but could find no traces of wreckage.
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