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increased wonderfully and there Is an
abundance of material from which to pick
good team. Most Ell OF the members Of
this year.
Corcornn~ Cadets.
The Corcoran cadet{ have an unusually
large number of mer &lhick from, though
the team viii be somewhat light in weight
compared with the othst teams. Sixteen
men have been In practice for the game
for some time past and are rapidly getting
into good playing tribal Harry Ward. the
instructor Of the Young Mems Christian
Association at Norfolk. Va, who last year
had the champion team Of the south. was
in the city recently, and he coached the
team and gave them a number of good
points as to playing theI game under the
National Association sul$s. The compost
ton Of the team for the looming year las
not been picked out. though there is ma
terial enough to pick out two teams and
stiu have substitutes. Messrs. Clark. Col
Inns, Davis, Guista, Walters. Dodge, De-
Moll Schroeder and MeGlue OF last years
team will play this year. Messrs. Thomp-
son and Burton, who played last year, are
now on the sick list. and it is not known
whether or not they will clay this year.
Among the new candidates are Messrs.
Bouley. Rowland. Munck. O'Connsll, Chick.
Mills. Putsche, Cooley and David Collins.
- Carroll Institute.
Inc composition OF tnS Carfo1l Institute
team Is also unknown, but the club will
most likely have practically the same team
as last year, which was quite strong. and
which finished the season In second place.
The team Of the Miles Cycle team will be
almost an entirely new one. Frank Libbey.
who is captain, E. A. Pitkin R. H Atkin-
son and several others VINO played on the
team will not be In the ranks this year.
The company has maer OF good men.
from among which a good basket ball team
ought to be recruited.
Queer Wheelmen.
The Queer Wheelmen will come in the
field with a team. Though starting out as
E new club 1t Will not have an entirely new
team, as good many of the members
were on other teams last year. No regular
practice has been commenced az yet, and
1t is surmised that the team will consist
Of George E. Boyd. captain, and Messrs.
Charles Long. E. A. Pitkin. Paul Won
Boeckman. R. H. Atkinson, Jannero Pow
ers and John Woeraer. with Robert Cloak
ely, Fred. Vogt, Frank GhiseIH and L. O..
Slack. substitutes.
One thing that will be felt by the local
basket ball league will be the absence of
a suitable hall in which games can be
ington Athletic Club and the armory of
| the Washington Light Infantry are the
only two halls in sight. Should the Co
lumbia Athletic Club 1oin the gymnasium
of the club can be used, and If the Carroll
Institute team enters the league their gym
nasium can also be used. making only
four halls. which Is a rather small number
for league Of ten clubs. The Eastern
Athletic Club has no suitable place for
the games. and the National Guard Armory
can hardly be used by the District League.
The Queer Wheclmen will also be unable
| to furnish suitable hall for playing pur-
poses. If the last three clubs join the
league their games will have to be played
entirely In the halls OF the other clubs.
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FOOT BALL Ar'FoRr MONROE.



Ends in q Tie.
Great interest has ILbeen taken in army
and navy circles in the foot ball game
played Friday AFTERNOON On The gridiron
at Fort Monroe between the eleven Of the
army and that Of the White Squadron. now
at Hampton Roads. In the last contest
between the two organizations The navy
won. The army team is composed Of cf11-
GERS from all over the Atlantic coast, and
is the strongest the army has had in
years. The game was exciting. and was
witnessed by large crowd of visitors In
the first half the naval officers scored four
points, and the army had nothing to their
credit. The second half gave the army
four, and tied tho score.
The officers Of the garris IN were assisted
Club, and one or two others. Lleuts. Stout
and Lott of the 9Th Cavalry and DR.. Wood
from Fort Ayer went down.
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COOPER AND BALD TO RACE.
VIII BE Matched for the Champion
ship md a Stake Of $1,000.

VIII be Matched for the Champion
ship md a Stake OF $1,000.
Bald and Cooper will be matched this
week for a series of races, to decide the
championship of the country. these two
men having been tied in points at the close
of the national circuit in this city. leaving
the question of a champion In doubt Both
men are at Chicago now and the matter
will be closed within a few days.
Three mile races will be selected. best
two in three heats. one to be decided at
Louisville and the second at New Orleans
probably. the third to be decided upon
after the second has been won. The stake
will be $1,000. In their work of the year
the men are evenly matched. Bald has
defeated Cooper eleven times and has been
beaten by Cooper fourteen Tins. In the
last month OF the circuit Bald beat Cooper
eight times and was beaten by Cooper
seven times.
Bald was late in coming into winning
form Both men have won twenty-n1ne
points in the mile races. Cooper winning
eight on the circuit and Bald seven.
FRANK C.. IVES.
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Fifth Round Of Chess.

The fifth round of the International chess
masters tournament was played at Buda
Pesth Saturday. The results:
Walbrodt beat Janowski in a Ruy Lopez
after 80 moves.
Marco beat Charousek in kings gam
bit declined after 81 moves.
Pillsbury beat Noa in Dutch game af-
ter . moves.
Winawer beat Popiel in a French de-
Tense after 81 moves.
MarocZy beat TarraSch In queen gam
bit declined after AZ moves.
Albin beat Schlechter I'm a queens gam
bit declined after Al moves.
Tschigorin had a bye.
Saturdays Foot Boil Games.
The scores of Saturdays foot ball contests
follow:
At Washington Gallaudet College. "a;
Central High School. 0.
At College Park-Eastern High School, 9;
M. A. c.. O.
At Orange N. J.-Yale. II; Orange. o.
At overwhelmingly Of Pennsyi-
vania, 10; Dartmouth, o.
At Princeton Princeton. is; Lehigh: o.
At Providence, X. Thrown, A; Amherst.
At Schenectady. N. Y.-Hobart College.
At Ithaca, n. Y.-corne,l, 4s; Western
Reserve. o.
At Lancaster, Pa--Franklin and Marshall
College. 4: Haverford College, 4.
At Syracuse, N. Y.-Syracuse University,
10: Elmira A c.. 9.
At Andoyer, Mass.-Boston College, II;
Andover. q.
At Brunswick. Me.-Bowdoin College. 4:
Tufts College, o.
At New York-Jaspers. s; New jersey A
A c., o.
At Cambridge. Mass-Harvard. Is; New
ton, 0.
United Wheelmen to Meet.
A special meeting of the United Wheel
men will be held this evening at o'clock at
SO 18th street to consider the proposed
building Of a bicycle path between this city
and Baltimore. AS the subject is full of
interest large crowd Is expected to be in
attendance.
Columbia's Field Sports.
The annual fall games of the Columbia
Athletic Club were held Saturday afternoon
at Col umbia field, and, though the sport
was good, the attendance was very limited.
There were several surprises. A. r. Spelre
defeated Charles Cabrera in the 100, the
POO and the 40 yards run. while Mckelvin
managed to defeat McGirr in the one-mile
run, fainting at the tape. Schade won the
cne-mile open bicycle race and Clum Sc
cured the two-mile handicap. Sims falling
in the first race and injuring himself.
Weferx Runs In Record Time.
Bernard ]. Wefers. the famous sprinter,
| was the star at the field sports at Mary
land Oval Baltimore. Saturday afternoon.
He was In fine form and succeeded in
equaling two worlds records. He covered
| a hundred yards In o As seconds. which is
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worlds record. and DID yards I'm 2 Sec
onds nat which is ohe-fifth of a second
slower than the worlds record On a Sec
ono look at the course it was found that
Wefers had gone five feet further than
20 yards. and all agreed that he euualed
the record of p As seconds.
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Warrington A. @.

The Washington Athletic Club, it is un-
derstood. will also be in the league this
year. The composition Of the team for the
coming season has not been fully deter
mined. While there will be several new
men. . majority of the players of last year
will stay on the list. The Eastern Athletic
Club will also have q team In the league
This club last year had quite q strong
team and stood up near the lead. Since
that time the membership OF the club hae
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Prospects of Increased Interest in
the Game.
STEPS TOWARD FORMING TEE LEAGUE
First Meeting to Be Held This
Evening.
SPORTING NOTES

The basket ball season will shortly be
opened. and there is every prospect of in
creased interest N the game, a sure indi-
cation of which Is the increase in the num-
Der Of teams. The playing of the District
boys this year will be quite in advance of
last year. Some Of the old teams will drop
out. but many more. will appear on the
field. Steps are being taken toward COM
pleting the local organization and the ar
ranging Of q suitable schedule Of games
for the coming season. There Is hardly
any prospect of opening games before next
month. though 1t may be that one or two
Independent games will be played some
time this month.
A meeting Of the District Basket Ball
League was to have been held last week,
but owing to some cauEe the date was
this evening at 8 o'clock at the Carroll In
ganize basket ball teams are desired to be
present. At this meeting all Of the clubs
in the league last year will have the same
representations and with them will rest the
decision as to the number of clubs to be
admitted to the league this year. Some
of the clubs in the league last year will
not be represented. notably the Young
Mems Christian Association team. While
there were only seven clubs IN the basket
ball league last season. there Will prob
able be at least ten this season. ohcers
for the ensuing year will be elected.
staff of competent umpres selected and
committees appointed to draft a schedule
and other details growing out of the or
ganization.
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Bernard ]. Wefers. the famous sprinter,
was the star at the field sports at Mary
land Oval Baltimore. Saturday afternoon.
He was In fine form and succeeded in
equaling two worlds records. He covered
a hundred yards In O. As seconds, which is
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-02

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LII. JalItlSon I.aS SHOWN COnsIuei aUlO
executive aplltty, ana has p4UVSQ l.4at
he is not lacking III the KIM OF SlIctI-
eSlc skill WINCH mas uuaue more LI4dII
one BRUSH Chartered Company slCquIIe
vast eXpanSeS Oh terrlory at nItIe eA-
pense, although IN some INSTANCES WlCn
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Wnch lliSL Drought about the 4.AelaDeIe
war ana eNentuaiIy Tie p4aS.Ice,I all
ne4auCn OF JnaI Vast tern cory " Great
BRITAIN.
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NOT TO BE TOLERATED.
The German Papers Raise Roar
Against JamisOn,

BERLIN, Jan. 1.-The news of the
invasion of the Transvaal republic by
an armed British force has created a
decided sensation here. The Kreuz lei
tung commenting on the news says:
Everywhere the same greed and bad
faith. Today it is Africa, yesterday it
was South America
In discussing the invasion of the
Transvaal by the forces of the British
South African company all the news
papers declare that DR.. Jamisons ac-
ton constitutes a serious and unjusti-
fable breach of the peace, against
which Germany must protest. The Ma
tional Zeitung remarks that German in
terests demand the maintenance of the
independence of the South African re-
public and it expects that the govern
ment will vigorously defend and come
to President Kruger's aid In case Of
necessity. The Vossische Zeitung says:
1.-THE action Of DR.. Jamison cannot be
tolerated. It Is the duty of the German
government to Immediately take ener-
getic steps to protect endangered Ger
man interests and at the same time
those Of our kinsn1en, the Beers. 1t Is
impossible to protest too strongly
against this act Of violence on the part
Of the British
Tawney Things 1t VIII Be Cush.
WINoNA, Mimi, Jan. 1.-Congressman
Tawney came home from Washington on
Tuesday for brief visit with his family.
When asked his opinion regarding the next
Republican presidential nominee, he said
that the convention was too far in advance
to make any prediction. He said that he
would not be surprised If Reed and Mckinley
defeated each other, and in that event he
Senator Dayis would be remarkably. good,
il u East asss r. tsyat b : Western haai
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TRYING TO AVERT TT.
AN, berlain Doing HIS Best, bu
JamisOn Cut the Wires

LONDON, Jan. 1.-The secretary of
state for the colonies, Joseph Cham
berlain, has issued the following state
ment OF the Transvaal question:
having learned on Monday evening that
Or Jamison had entered the Boer country, l
eTtdeavor to avert the consequences of his ex-
traordfnary action. Sir Hercules Robinson
mas by proclamation publicly repudiated Dr.
Jamisons act and has enjoined the British
subjects to obey the law and remain quiet
Dr. Jamison and his officers have also been
ordered to retire immediately. 1t is hoped
tnat collision will be ayerted but Dr. Jam
ison cut the wires as he advanced
~ The British agent at johannesburg, Mr.
ChaInberlaln's statement continues, rs NOV
ing forward to meet DR.. Jamison and to or
Ger him in the queens name TO retire forth
with L have called upon the chartered com
pany 70 repudiate DR.. Jamison's proceedings
q which the company says it is entirely ig-
norant. Mr. Cecil Rhodes (premier of Cane
Goi9ny) has stated that DR.. Jamison acted
t1dt ut his authority. As soon as he heard
ne endeavored to stop him, but found thar
the wires were cut
1t is reported that DR.. Jamison wrote
10 Commandant Marice, who cautioned
him to retire, as follows: II have in
Iormed you that [ intend to proceed
with my original plans, which are not
hostile against the people of the Trans
wall But we are here in reply to the
invitation OF the principal residents of
the Rands, to assist them in their de-
mands for justice and the ordinary
rights of every citizen of a civilized
state"
1t appears from this letter that DR..
Jamlson was not induced to take the
ordinary step Of invading a friendly
country in time of peace by the fear for
the lives of women and children or a
native uprising, but in order to sup
port political movement which is in
the nature of constitutional agita-
ton for a redress Of grievances
I w. P. Frazer, member of the ex-
ecutive council Of the National union.
the only member in London, discussing
the situation in the Transvaal, said:
''The most distinguished and influential
mining men in the Rands are Ameri-
cans, and they all feel that Africa is
home and are with the English In feel
ing the necessity for better government
and freer code of mining laws
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THE GREAT NORTHERN,s PREsr
DENT EMPHATICALLY DENIES
REPORTED CHANGES.
VEFIEST SMASH AND DRlVEL
HAVE NOT EVEN THE MERIT, HE
SAYS, OF YELLOW-BACKED
NOVELS.
NoihiN" IN THESE RUMoRS.
nut the Road, the Gentleman Says,
RESERVES the Right to Make
Changes.

Whatever may happen in the future
there will be no change at this time OF
Great Northern officials in any depart-
ment.
This is on the authority of President
James j. Hill, who stated last night
in substance that the many changes
which 1t was rumored would take place
with the advent of the new year are
the result of the overweight magma
ton OF idle gossips and shiftless news
papers.
Inc changes spoken of for the past
fortnight have been quite as inpossi-
bic as numerous, and relate to several
departments of the road. 1t has been
variously stated that General Mana
ger Warren and General Traffic Man
ager Shute would resign that Mr..
Shute was to succeed Mr.. Warren.
and that General Traffic Manager F.
b. Clarke, of the Northern Steamship
company, was to fill a similar position
with the railroad. 1t was further init
mated that Vice President W.P. Clough
would sever IFS connection with the
road at this time. Published state
ments have contained the names of
DONCAbi SCIIIictIGI connected
with the road who were said to be
slated for new positions in it's admin
istration.
Mr.. Hill was seen last night at his
residence and asked if there was any
foundation for the many rumors con-
corning changes. He was plainly an
noyed at the character and frequency
of the absurd stories, and was un his
takab1y emphatic in declaring them ut
terly groundless.
All we know about these changes
is what we see in some Of the pa
pers,'' he said. Really it is getting so
bad that we've almost to adopt heroic
measures. These stories which have
appeared in the papers about changes
in the Great Northern are the veriest
swash and drivel, and have not even
the merit of a yellow-backed novel
which sometimes is based on fact
There is nothing in it at all. It's sick
ening."
Does that apply generally to all the
rumored changes" he was asked.
There is nothing in these runnors at
ALL"
In reply to a query as to the posi-
bility of changes in the near future
Mr.. Hill remarked simply, I'VE always
reserve to ourselves the right to make
changes"
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CHAMBERLAIN PRECIPITATE.
London Times Thinks He Has Taken
Too Much on Himself.


LONDON, Jan. 1.-The Times in an
editorial thinks that Colonial Secre-
tary Chamberlain censure of DR..
Jamison for the invasion of the Trans
vaal, in the absence of the man who
has undeniably rendered great and dis
tinguished services to his country, is
somewhat precipitate. The Belfast
Evening Telegraph publishes a pri-
vate letter from BuluWayo, South Afri-
ca, dated Nov. l, stating that there
was talk even at that time of the Eng
the South Africa company's troops had
gone south for that purpose under Sc
cret orders, with ten guns and many
wagons.
A dispatch from The Hague to the
Times says that the Rotterdamsche
Courant regards DR.. Janlison's action
in the Transvaal as g. most fragrant
example of British arrogance. 1t ad-
nits that Holland can do nothing for
the Beers, and fears that England
will seize the opportunity to wipe out
the stain Of the Majubhill incident. 1t
also expresses the hope that Germany
will come to the rescue. The Berlin
correspondent Of the Times says:
''The orsis is clearly endangering the An
clo- German relations Public opinion is ex-
cited and angry and without doubt the gov
eminent will interfere because relations have
gradually arisen between the Transvaal and
Germany which have assumed, in the public
mind, almost the shape Of a moral protec-
torate by Germany over the Transvaal."
The following dispatch received from Jo-
hannesburg is undated, but 1t is presumed it
was sent on Sunday or Monday. There is no
indication, however. that DR.. Janison's ac-
ton was publicly known when it was dis
patched from Cape Town: H.
German spectators here have circulated
O petition to President Kruger assuring him
of loyal support, but only twenty signatures
were obtained. This action has created an
exceedingly bitter feeling against the Ger
and foot companies. The attendance 1t Ike
pesung sang 600 Save attha Queen and
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GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION.
Danger OF Serious Rupture With
the kaiser.

LONDON, Jan. 1.-The news from
Pretoria, Transvaal republic, today,
tends to confirm the gravity of the sit
uation there growing out of the invasion
of the Beer territory by an armed
force of the British South African COM
pany, numbering about TOO men. With
six Maxim guns, led by DR., Janisen,
the British commissioner. A dispatch
received here from the Transvaal by a
financial paper says. The pIrghers
are advancing to meet Jamison. con-
f1ict is hourly expected.
The afternoon newspapers comment
at great length Oh this fresh trouble
which the British government has TO
face. They recognize the fact that the
invasion of the Transvaal, although
made upon the urgent request Of thou
sands of Englishmen and others, who
complain that they have to pay the
whole revenue of the country while be-
ing denied representation, is liable to
give particular offense to Germany
whose friendship at this critical stage
the Marquis Of Salisbury is most anx-
ious to cultivate AS the telegraph
wires are believed to have been cut
behind DR.. Jamison's force. and as the
Boer forces, well armed and equipped,
have been modified under Gen. Jou-
bert, news of bloody conflict Is ex-
pected. The Beers can put In the field
about 5000 good fighting men, support
ed by Maxim guns, and to oppose this
force DR.. Jamison may receive the d1-
rect or indirect assistance Of about 1000
unframed and badly armed Englishmen.
However, Jamison may be able to call
to his support 1000 men belonging to
the Deberes company, whose headquar-
tiers are at Kimberly. These men are
we'll equipped and would prove an eff
fective reinforcement. But as the lat
ter is already said to be advancing on
johannesburg he may meet the Beers
and the issue be decided before any re-
Inducements can reach him. Great
Britain, through the colonial secretary,
has offered to arbitrate the matter, but
it is feared that the offer has come too
late and that the most serious conse-
quences are to be apprehended.
The Globe this evening says rumor
has reached London that DR.. Jamison
has arrived at johannesburg.
DR.. Jamison, the leader of the inYad-
ing party, Is the administrator for the
British South Africa company's terri
tory in Mashonaland and Matabele-
land. He is the son Of a Scotch jour
na1ist and was educated for the med
icai professions But just as he began
to make his mark as q practitioner in
Glasgow, he DECIDED to go to South
the diamond fields and soon ACQUIRED
. high reputation and b Telaune fatlYs
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LONDON. Jan. 2.-It is stated that
President Kruger has teIegraphed to
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain pledg-
ing his. government that Beers shall
temporarily adopt a passive attitude
toward Dr.. Jamisons force on it's ar
rival outside johannesburg. An impor-
tant feature of this arrangement is
that all responsibility for hostility will
rest with the South Africa company
The Berlin correspondent of the Daily
News says: II have reason to doubt
the correctness of the statement that
Kruger has offered Germany a protec-
torate over the Transvaal. Such a step
would imply a violation Of conventions
with England"
In it's financial article the Times says:
The outcome of the crisis in the
Transvaal is bound to be an improved
administration there, and that it there
fore behooves holders of African shares
to keep cool and not to throw them
away in a panic"
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N. p. REORGANIZATION.
Majority of the Bonds Have Been
Deposited.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-The Union Pa
cif1c reorganization committee reports
that 1t has received a majority Of all
Union division, main line and Kansas
division first mortgage bonds in circu-
latton, as we'll as large deposits of jul
nior bonds and nearly one-half of the
capital stock. The committee an
nounces it's intention to proceed
promptly and energetically with gener-
al foreclosures. 1t extends the time
for deposit Of bonds and stocks with
out penalty until Jan. 15 Stock as
sessments will not be called until the
plan has been declared lucrative