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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-21
rho British occupy Kassala.

Special Gable Dsspatoh TO THE Sun.
ROME, Dec. 2O.-Col. Parsons. who started
from Suakim in the carly part OF November at
the head Of a British force 1900 strong to take
over the town OF Kassala from the Italians, has
arrived at that place and taken possession of 1t
In the interests OF Egypt.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-21
1000 nals,su claims for Americans.

MONTEREY, Mexico. Dec. 20.-The Mexican
Government has granted title to 1000 mining
claims to Congressman James L. Slayden and
two associates of San Antonio. Tex These
claims are In rich mining districts Of the State
of NuaYh Iaon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-21
Billy pllmmor and Patsy Haley Matcbea

LONDON, Dec. 2O.-Billy Plimmer and Patsy
Haley have been matched to fight for a purse.
the amount of which has not been fixed, and
$1,000 a side. The place Of tho contest has not
been decided upon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-21
Rowing Notes.

Tho Valencia Boat Club OF Hoboken Is having an
oiaht-oared barge built In tho boathouse.
Capt. Caravan OF the Nonpareil Rowing Club aud
his Two lieutenants have ordered u new Dared
gig at q cost OF $3.50. II IL to be 43l2 feet long and II.
Inch beam.
Tho four Dared paper gig for tho Union Boat Club.
which vas 30 badly strained and disabled last spring
by being upset In the Hudson River by u HobOken
ferryboat. 10 being repaired.
The First Bohe uians VIII hold their annual meeting
and election of officers on the fourth Monday in Jam
uary. They have about twenty men In gymnasium
practice on Monday and Thursday evenings. Tho
regular training will not begin until February.
The annual meeting and election OF Officers OF the
DauntlesS Boat Club will he held tomorrow evening.
The ticket posted by tho Nonindtins Committee ID as
d. N W. Knickerboekeri Secretary, Joseph II; knirei
Treasurer. john J. shea; Captain. James 4. lnstOneI
FIRST Lieutenant, Edward II. Audersoni Second Lieu
tennnt. William lialmani Trustees. David Oppenheinl.
Frank Tracy, Charles wustlich. Frank Nanderbegra.
L. Miller and DR.. d, D. Kane. IL Is said a second ticket
will be in the Held. but viii not DO known until the
night OF the election.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-21
ARTIFICIAL INDIGO.
1t IL said to No Very ChoapIy Prepared from
Coal Tar.
Special Cable Dsspatoh TO THE Sun.

Special Gable Dsspatoh to THE Sun.
LONDON. Dec. 20.-A despatch from Vienna
says 1t is reported that the long-attempted arti-
hcial production Of indigo has been achieved at
an anilino factory at Ludwigshafen, on Lake
Constance. and that 1t Is prepared very cheaply
from coal tar.
II this report is true, an important branch Of
British trade will be seriously threatened.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-21
PRINCE HENRY IN LONDON.


Nv H1UHU 3 n ~VU1S n tHO
German Ambassador.
Special Cable DsSSatoh to TEE suH.
LONDON. Dec. 20.-Prince Henry Of Prussia,
who is in command of the feet which is
on route to reinforce the German squadron
at Kiao Chou Bay. and who arrived at Spithead
last evening, arrived in London tonight. He
was closeted with Count Hatzfeldt, the German
Ambassador, for nearly an hour.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-21
JorTIXGS O UT tow

The stsSmboatsls Saratoga and City of Troy have
discontinued their trips for the season.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-21
whist.

The match for the championship o: the auxil-
larry associations was not played in Philadel.
phia on Saturday night. as the New England
Association. the challenger. could not get to-
gether the twelve men required by the rules.
There are no challenges on file for this trophy,
which remains with the Atlantic Association
sine die.
The results OF tho various Now York and
Brooklyn tournaments during the past few
days are rs follows:
Knickcrbocker Whist Club tournament for
pairs and fours: f. T. Baker and II. r. Foster
made the best score for pairs. 3 pIus; IN: Kelley
and Andrew Gilhooly being second with Z. The
fours, tho players being Il. G. Fuller, DR..
Dreamer, Kelley. and Gilhooly.
At the Brooklyn Whist Club. ladies' night.
Miss Campbell and T.. T. Baker made the top
score N and S; Mrs. +. Z. Tuck. + ana j. Is.
Elwell, # and w. The leaders 10 date Ia thrs
tournament are: Mrs. l.. J. Wade. As; Mrs. Il.
Z. Baker. az: Mrs. X. e. Tucker, u, AMI Mrs. J.
It. Goddard. @.
In the Saturday afternoon game for mons
pairs tho top score was made by Weems and
Barrow. PLUS Q; Z and w. Miller and Ditmars
The reg liar compass game at Newark will DO
changed from Friday to Wednesday, for this
week and next, because these two Fridays will
BIO Christmas and New Years ovcs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-21
Orten stIIi nm Amateur.

George w. Orion. tho well-known runner.
against whom charges Of professionalism have
been pending since the championship cross
country run given in Paramount Park. Phila-
delphia. under the auspices Of the National
Swimming Association, has been reinstated and
the charges against him returned as not proven.
The correspondence in tho case Is voluminous,
and contains several afidavits by Champion
Orion In which he denies ever having received
compensation or reward In any form for tho dis.
play. exercise. or example OF his skill or knowl-
edge OF any athletic exercise.
The charge that he 10 openly advertised as
physical director OF tho Eastburn Academy for
u consideration Is also denied In afidnvits by
orion and George Eastburn, the principal OF the
academy. John w. Kelly, the member OF tho
Registration Committee OF the A. A. U. for tho
Atlantic Association. investigated the matter,
mot guilty" would be the only reasonable one.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-21
Crack Bswiers Organize tho Greater New York
Club.

Club.
Fifteen prominent bowlers held Q meeting at
Beethoven Hall on sunday night and organized the
Greater New York Bowling Club. DR.. II, Timm was
elected President. Tho other onicors will be selected
at the next meeting. Jan. 0. According to plans laid
out the team will DO selected from the following play.
ers. all OF whom. II Is said. win be in a party which Is
to tour the West: c. Starr. Metropolitan d, G.; p.
schultEe. Oriental b, CT II. kAhlsdoTf, Spartan b. CT
A. Pauison. Pidelia u. CSC. Wllckens, Orchard Is. q {;
A. Sieyers. Rosedale II, C. W. Gerdes. Lotus ID, CT y.
Brill, Corlnthiau C. aud i Wlngenfcld, Linden Grove
H. @. The trip Ia to he run on the cooperative plan.
shortly after the Interstate League games at Buffalo
and Niagara Falls have been played the Greater New
York team will start on It's TIP, playing at Gleyelenu.
Toledo. Chicago, INDIANAPOLIS. st. Louis. Louisville,
Cincinnati. Newport. Ky, Columbus, DaytQn. aud
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04

Currency. While there was no doubt Of
the necessity for changes In the govern
ment financial system, Mr.. Eckels said,
the public was disposed to attpibute too
much Of the existing troubles to the lack
Of monetary legislation. Overtrade, over
production and extravaganza In private
and public expenditures, partly induced by
speculation, were largely responsible for
the country's business difficulties. The
day had passed when the volume OF money
was its most important factor. lmprov-
ed facilities for transportation and meth
DDS of exchange had lessened the impor-
lance of n large volume. Improved credit
was more important. The first essential
In this country was the stability OF public
credit. The apparent reluctance OF the
people of the United States to redeem
their public obligations was the chief
cause of distrust. The current redemp-
ton of the demand obligations Of the Gov
eminent was the chief problem of the
treasury The funding and cancellation
of these obligations, so that the mainte-
nance of gold reserve would be no long
er necessary, was the most desirable pol
icy; whether it was the most practical one
was the question. So far as the contrac-
ton of the currency was concerned, Mr..
Eckels did not think it would follow grad
ual retirement of the greenbacks provid-
ed credit was reasonably stable. Banks
would supply the needed currency or gold
would come from abroad. Banks con-
Quoted on practical banking principles, in
stead of as speculative enterprises, Mr..
Eckels said, could satisfy the currency
needs of business.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04
The Cold Wave.

Saturday night there came sweeping
down from the Northwest the most bitter
IL cold blast ever recorded by the weather
bureau. In sections of Illinois, Iowa, In
diana, Michigan and Wisconsin the mer-
curry dropped 60 degrees within twelve
hours. Chicago experienced a tempera-
ture 20 degrees below zero. In the coun-
try districts and villages, where the peo-
pie had not much to do except get in
shelter and keep warm, there was not
much of suffering. But in all large cities,
where there is always an element of i'm
poverished people, the suffering was in
tense. Police stations, churches, public
buildings and depots were besieged by
miserable beings who were not only per-
ishng from cold, but starving. In Chi
cago the Mayor issued n proclamation.
calling upon all who were able, to give
relief. The usual avenues through which
aid is extended were overworked. 1t Is
estimated that 100000 people were aided.
Many Of them had never before been COM
PEELED to ask help. And thousands more
who were in dire need were prevented by
pride from making an appeal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04
CHINA WANTS POWER
HOPES TO SOON OWN A FIRST
CLASS NAVY.
Nine Vessels Already Ordered from
Europe-our Own Cruiser Brooklyn
Narrowly Escapes sinking-smashes
Forward Com partmcnts.



An outline of the plans of the Chinese
Government in the direction of reconstruc-
ton and replacement of the navy destroy
ed and captured by the Japanese during
the late war has reached the Navy De-
partment through n report from Com
mander Il. NJ. Barber (retired), who was
invited to address the Chinese Tsung'Li-
Yamen, or imperial council, last fall upon
the feasibility of securing ships in the
United States. He was informed that
China proposes to reconstruct her navy
and become a frst-class naval power in
ten years. The Bay of Kia Chow. on the
south side Of Shangtung promontory, is
10 be thoroughly dredged and fortified for
n great naval depot, and the arsenal at
Foo Chow is TO be reorganized and en-
larged under French engineers so as 10
be capable of constructing modern vessels
of war of all types. There is new ar
senal for the manufacture of small arms
and ammunition now in progress of con-
struction in. the Shangtung promontory.
Nine vessels have already been ordered
from Europe, Two of these are unarmed
cruisers of 1890 tons and twenty-four
knots speed from Armstrong; in England,
time of construction eighteen months;
three unarmored cruisers of $500 tons
and twenty three knots speed from the
Vulcan Iron Works in Germany, time of
construction eighteen months; and four
torpedo destroyers of 200 tons and thirty
two knots speed from the Shichau works
at Elbing, Germany, time of construction
thirteen months.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$3.50 to $3.50; hogs, shipping grades.
$500 to So. 10; sheep, fair to choice, 500
to $500; wheat, No. red, T4c to &c;
corn, No. 2, 2tc to DC: oats, No. 2, lie
to Ice; rye, No. =. 33c to 33c; butter.
choice creamery, Zoe to 21c; eggs, fresh.
zoe; broom corn, common green to line
brush, 2hc to 5Ac per pound.
lndianapolis--Cattle. shipping, $500 to
So.25; hogs, choice light, $500 to x3.75:
sheep. good to choice, $500 to &l.75:
wheat, No. ?, SIC to soc: corn, No. .
white, 2Oc to pc; oats, No. = white, Zoe
TO 22c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $500 to $5.25: hogs.
$500 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2. Soc to SIC;
corn, No. 2 yellow, 19c to zoe; oats, No.
2 white, 1Gc to lie; rye. No. =. 3}c 10 :j5c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $3.50 to $500: hogs.
$500 to 1915: sheep, $3.50 to 500:
wheat, No. 2, SSc to 90c; corn, No. .
mixed, 22c to 24c; oats, No. mixed, 1Sc
to Zoe; rye. No. 2, 35c to 37c:.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$500 TO $3.I5; sheep. 500 to S3.75;
wheat. No. red. SIC to SSc; corn, no. 2
yellow. DC to 24c: oats, No. 9 white. 19c
to Gle; rye, &c to Csc.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 red, SIC to Soc;
corn. No. = mixed, PIC TO DC; oats. No.
2 white, tic to 19c; rye. No. ., &c to 3Sc:
clover seed, $500 to $3.50.
Milwaukee-Wheat. No. spring, T4c
to Toe; corn, No. 3. 10c to 21c; oats. No
white, 1Sc to 20c: barley, No. 2. pc Ia
34c; rye. No. 1, 3Gc to Csc; pork, mess,
$3.50 to $500.
Buffalo--Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep, $500 to $4.25;
wheat, No. 2 red, 02c to 93c; corn, No.
2 yellow, 25c to &c; oats, No. white.
PIC 10 23c.
New York-Cattle. $500 to 81. %; hogs,
$500 to $4-25; sheep. 800 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2 red. Sac 10 SEC: corn, No. 2,
2Sc to Zoe; oats. No. white, 21c to DC:
butter. creamery, 15c to 2lc; eggs, West
ern, 16c to 1oc-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04
Saved by His Prisoner.

A short time ago at Flint a warrant
was sworn out for the arrest OF n man
named Hill, who was charged with run
ming away and disposing of some chattel
mortgaged property. The warrant was
given to William ID. Bailey, deputy sher-
liz. After diligent search, the officer To-
Gated his man at Vassar, Mich. He Mt
once proceeded to that city and soon had
his man under arrest. 1t was after dark
and the officer and his prisoner were
vending their way to the depot to take
the train for Flint. They travelled along
on the railroad track against heavy
head wind. The officer had heavy muf-
fer about his neck and ears and did not
hear the noise of passenger train close
in their wake. The prisoner heard the
scream of the iron whistle and was hor-
rihed to turn and see the train close upon
him, Instead of jumping aside and letting
the cars run over the deputy sheriff, he
grasped the officer by the shoulder and
they both rolled in the ditch together. AT
first the officer thought the prisoner had
made an attack upon him. but In mo-
ment he saw the real cause when pas
senger train sped by him at breakneck
pace and fully realized the close call. He
thanked his benefactor for saving his life,
babe him return to his family and home
and to come to Flint whenever he saw fit
and fix matters up. A few days later the
man put in an appearance, paid up the
chattel mortgage bill and was again
thanked by the officer for having saved
his life.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04
TARIFF ONLY.
No Other LegislatiOns to BE Con-
sidered at Extra Session.

No Other Legislations to BE Con-
sidered Mt Extra Session.
Washington d.. patch: Chairman Ding
ley of the Ways and Means Committee
has outlined the program of the admin
istration at the extra session of Congress.
Said he: "There will be no general legis-
lation during the extra session. Presi-
dent Mckinley will call Congress in ex-
traordinary session for the specific pur-
pose of passing revenue bill. When we
meet in March the bill will be ready to
present to the House, and 1t will be pass
ed within thirty days and sent to the Sen
ate. Nothing else will be done by the
House. We will adjourn from day to day,
or take three days adjournments, accord
ing to the provisions of the constitution.
The eyes of the country will be on the
Senate alone. The House will not con-
slider pension bills nor enter into any gen.
eral legislation. We will simply remain
nominally in session until the Senate
reaches a conclusion on the revenue bill,
and then the measure will go into con-
ference, where it will be perfected in
manner to suit both houses of Congress.
do not believe that the Senate will force
n long session when nothing is under con-
sideration except the tariff bill"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04
Tclegraphic Brcvities.

Three different sections of Texas ex.
perienced their first snowstorm for three
years.
Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle gave din.
ner in Washington to President and Mrs.
Cleveland.
Field Marshal Lord Roberts, whom
Kipling has immortalized as Little
Bobs," has written an important two.
volume work called "Forty-one Years in
India"
Gen. Price Craighill, chief of United
States engineers, after n most brilliant
military and scientific record, will be re-
tired on his own application, under the
forty years service law.
The fragments of n human body have
been found on the railway near st. Lau-
rent. and identified ms the remains of III.
Lund, n merchant of New York, and he
Is supposed to have committed suicide.
William Clark Noble. a jewelry design
err of wide reputation, was arrested ut
New York on q charge Of larceny, brought
against him by Julia Adelaide Price, one
of his models, who asserts that under a
promise of marriage, he, during the latter
portion of the year 1895. wheedled $1,000,
all her savings, from her.
Williab Leibeld, IL years old, until re-
Gently a messenger boy for telegraph
company at Lancaster, Pa, has spent
$4,000 stolen money since last October In
rambling and fast living, and to-day Is in
Jail with barely penny left. He pro-
cured the cash through innumerable for.
rcries of the name of Charles h, Grub,
the well-known iron and furnace master.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04


Surgeon General Wyman Talks Of the
Plague Of India.
DIR. Walter Wyman, surgeon general
of the United States marine hospital SER
vice, has been making special study Of
the black death, or bubonic plague, now
raging In India, the deadliest scourge that
ever afflicted the earth. II has already
been brought by infected seamen to Mar
settles. France. In an interview he said :
Nm general the disease 10 spread In the
same manner as cholera, except that the
cholera germ must enter the intestinal
tract. while the germ of the plague may
attack any part of the mucous membrane.
or be attended by even the minutest abra-
sion of the skin. While this germ Is so
virile and SO easily taken into the sys-
TEN. II Is one of the most easily Killed by
disinfection. In the. experiments now be-
ing carried on in the laboratory OF the
hospital service II has been found that
but one pathogenic organism Is as easily
destroyed by formaldehyd gas as the
plague bacillus. namely, the staphylo COO
Gus pyogenes aureus. One per cent OF
quicklime will also destroy ii. There are
known to be two forms of the disease.
One is the Illuminating form called 'pestus
major In which form the disease acts
very quickly and is very fatal the other
'pestus minor in which the symptoms are
mild. the patient not being confined to
the bed; hence this class are called am
bulant cases. The period for incubation
for the acute cases appears to be pretty
well fixed Mt under ten days. while in the
ambulant cases the apparent period OF
incubation may be very. much longer. In
other words, ambulant cases may be
afflicted for period of ten or thirty days
before the symptoms have developed
which call attention to the disease. The
acute form Of the infection may cause
mild attacks. while on the other hand the
ambulant cases may cause the acute at
tacks. The ambulant cases, therefore.
arc the most to be dreaded"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04
WEALTH IN OLD TIN CANS.
Industry Started Near Eenver Which
Will Profit Shelters.


A new industry of interest to every
large city has originated near Denver, and
there is promise of extensive works being
erected for dsposng of old tin cans and
other dislocated joints of domestic econ
omy. At Idaho Springs some miners have
discovered that they are able to accom-
plish with this refuse what has baffled
science for years. The old cans are thrown
into tanks designed to catch the flow from
the pumps of the Chicago Belle mine The
water is highly impregnated with copper
and gold, and much money has been vast
ed in chemical tests that would save the
values. All failed, but the old-can process
proves a sure winner, for the first ship
ment made to the smelter last week gave
return that represented a profit to the
owners far in excess of their most san
guine expectations. The cans gather the
copper from the water in its passage from
the pumps, and the gold is precipitated in
large quantities in the interstices and jag
ged edges of the refuse material. When
the accumulators have lain for a suffi-
cient length of time, they are shipped to
a smelter and reduced, the gold and cop
per being separated and the precious
metal saved. The first shipment yielded
at the rate of 5000 per ton, the copper
alone running SO.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04

Ned Phelps. the 16-year-old son of Ed
win Phelps, who resides two miles from
Pontiac, and Fred Rodenbeck, aged ID
years, a neighboring companion, broke
through the ice while skating together
and Rodenbeck was drowned. The boys
were skating on lake near by the Phelps
home, and both were holding stick when
they skated upon some thin ice which
covered the inlet, and both went down.
Despite his youth, Phelps, who Is not a
good swimmer, worked heroically to as
sist his companion to escape. Rodenbeck
went under and came to the surface only
once. BY the use of his mittens, which
he allowed to freeze to the ice until he
could dxaw himself along, young Phelps
crawled out and gave the alarm. The
water was about twenty-five feet deep
and the body was recovered. The drown
ed man was spending the winter with an
uncle on a neighboring farm. His parents
reside near Royal Oak.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04
Refugees May Suffer.

Advices received In London from Aus
tralia direct attention to q somewhat
knotty point which the colonial govern
ments have been called upon to settle.
Some time ago, with the object Of putting
a stop to Chinese and Japanese immigra-
ton, "colored races restriction statute"
was enacted, and the question has now
arisen as to whether the law affects the
Syrian and Armenian refugees from the
Turkish empire, who have turned their
steps In the direction of the antipodes.
The ecclesiastical authorities on being ap-
pealed to argued in favor of the admission
Of the exiles, whereas the secular officials
take the opposite view, and apparently
have made up their minds to render the
permission for a stranger to set foot upon
Australian territory dependent upon his
complexion.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04
BIG SHIP DAMAGED.
Cruiser Brooklyn Strikes n Rock in
the Delaware River.

the Delaware River.
The United States cruiser Brooklyn.
the latest pride of the navy, calculated to
withstand the fercest onslaught of shot
and shell, now lies almost totally helpless
because of a narrow ledge of sunken rock
in the Delaware River above Marcus
Hook, Pa, on which she struck heavily
Sunday afternoon. Her lower double COM
partments forward were completely stove
in, and it was only by the merest good
fortune that the big vessel did not sink.
This would undoubtedly have been the
result had not her inner compartments
successfully withstood the shock. As it
was, she was pulled clear of the rocks,
and is now tied to the big stone break
ers at Marcus Hook protected from the
heavy ice gorges in mid-river. The big
vessel is seriously damaged, and it is i'm
possible to say when she will be able to
so into active service. At present she
is in no danger of further damage, being
fully protected in the safe anchorage af-
forded by the ice breakers. How the ac-
cident occurred can only be established
by court of inquiry, and this Captain
Cook of the Brooklyn has already asked
for. There were. two pilots aboard. In
thirty-seven years Captain Cook has
never before had an accident