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Boers Outmaneuvcred.

LONDON. Dec. 10.-The Cape Town CORE
spondent Of the Daily Mail forwards dis
patch which the Transvaal government had
refused to allow the Daily Nails Johannes
burg correspondent to forward from that
point He says that the campaign recently
instituted by the Boer government against
the chief of the Magatos tribe, in the Zout-
tansborg district, has proved complete
fiascO. The chief has outmaneuvered the
Beers and is now in the splendidly forti-
fled mountain stronghold, which he has long
occupied a center of operations and
where he has assembled a large army Gen.
Joubert the commander of the Boer expedi-
ton sent against the chief, is ill, and, with
his forces in a state of semi-mutiny, is re-
turning to Pretoria. The Beers have been
guilty of wholesale butchery of women,
children and unarmed natives.
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DECENTRALIZATION OF NOVELS.
A Conspicuous Feature of Recent
Theatrical Art.
Chicago Post.

O0cdSO TOSl
A contemporary adverts with satisfaction
to the alleged evidence of the improvement
of the public taste i'm theatricals found in
the preference for dramatzed novels. Such
preference has, indeed, been a conspicuous
feature of recent seasons though the de-
cline of the vulgar and melancholy concoc-
tions called farces and musical comedies
has not been as rapid and pronounced as
the lover of the drama could wish. But is
there, in truth, any antagoniSm between the
tendency to work over popular novels for
stage purposes and the reign of low and
crude art?
II seems to us tolerably plain that the
dramatiZatiOn of successful novels orig
mated in a commercial rather than an
artistic purpose A certain degree of sue
cess is always assured in advance to a play
based on a novel that has enjoyed public
favor. There is the feeling of curiosity in
the readers, the natural desire to test the
conception and image they have formed of
the characters by the stage portra val. If
any of the characters have charm and quail
ties inspiring tenderness and affection the
opportunity TO make their acquaintance be-
hind the footlghts is welcomed with much
ardor and enthusiasm No doubt this is the
of THE Little Minister" Other novels
present tragic or highly romantic situations
which promise to be effective on the stage
Add to these factors the lower but by no
means unimportaut one of advertisement
popular novel in a stage dress, especially
If from the pen of a well-kuown author in
whom the public is interested, has the adj
vantage Of appealing TO n large constituency
already familiar with the general character
of the entertainment to which X is invited.
The wonder, then is not that the dramati-
cation OF novels has become habitual and
has been attended with success. but that the
practice should have been so long in secur-
ing adoption. Verify, all great discoveries.
when made, are seen to be so simple that
of men who had overlooked or missed Il in
previous studies. Hereafter It Is safe TO
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-10
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.1

Peter Maher bested Ed Dunkhorst in a
one-sided six-round go at the Arena, Phil
adelphia, last night.
The schooner Gauges owred by w. b.
Oades, of Detroit. is frozen fast In great
field of ice off Bar Point. Lake Erie
The shortage In the California wine crop
of 1888 and the fairly good demand that has
existed during the last year has resulted in
advancing prices.
DR.. ]. ]. Walker, pastor OF the Centenary
Methodist Church, of Portland, Ore. has
been appointed missionary in charge of all
Methodist work in Alaska.
Uri Bennett who for ten days defied the
citizens who ordered him to leave the town
of Delmar, Cal, has finally taken his de-
parture, and no more trouble is feared.
The sailing vessel Tacoma, which was to
have left San Francisco this week with
mules for Honolulu, has again been de-
layed Chambers has broken out among the
mules at the Preside.
Another body has been taken from the
ruins of the Baldwin Hotel, at San Fran
cisco There is absolutely nothing TO indi-
cate the identity of the corpse, which is be-
lieved to be that of a woman.
The grand jury of Fayette county. KY
has indicted Mrs. Iizbeth B. Hitchins, of
Glens Falls, \. Y, for robbng a well-known
pool seller, Frank Herdic of 81, 500 during
the October trots in Lexington
Several large commission firms acting
with prominent millerS, have secured COR
ner on wheat screenings and control all this
product In the Northwest. They have al
ready raised the price per ton from s. to
$3.50.
The board of directors of the Chicago
Board of Trade have adopted resolutions
urging President Mckinley 10 call special
session of Congress for the enactment of
legislation for the permanent adoption of
the gold standard.
Twenty-Five men who did work as scrub
bers at the John Blair Gibbs hospital at
Lexington, Ky. and who have been trying
for three months without success to get
their money from the government, are pre-
pairing to take active steps to secure it.
Their claims range from SIS to 500 each.
1t is reported that an English syndicate is
negotiating for the purchase of the Big and
Little Consolidated street railways, of
Cleveland, the two companies which con-
troll and operate all the street-railway lines
in the city, both cable and electric as well
as all the suburban lines in and about
Cleveland.
Karl Becker. known to the police all over
the country as the prince of forgers." was
sentenced at San Francisco yesterday to
serve seven years in San Quentin Prison for
CISCO out of over $4,000 by means OF n
raised check. which he and three others
presented to the bank for payment.
Ernest Clevenger, who murdered Henry
Allen and fatally wounded his cousin, Della
Mo, was lodged In jail yesterday. A posse
Of farmers captured the murderer at the
house OF his grandfather, where they found
him asleep. Della Clevenger is still alive,
but cannot recover. CieVengcr has a gun
shot wound on his head, and admits that
he attempted suicide after his escape from
the church
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say, no novel of any recognized merit will
escape dramatiZation.
But will dramatic art gain by this prac--
uce? We venture to doubt it. Fiction and
the drama are two radically different forms
of art. and the finest of novels may not con-
tain the essentials of a good play. We may
ignore the acknowledged difficulty of select
ing, COMPRISING and modifying the ma
terial, for trained playwrights might per-
form this operation when 1t is found to ex-
coed the skill of the novelists themselves:
We refer to the plot, to the development or
character, to the logical and gradual prep
aration of the climacteric situations.
Tess a novel of power and inexorable
logic, became thoroughly unconvincing in a
stage version, and not even the genius of
Mrs. Fiske has redeemed it from lack of
Conference and organic vitality.
NoVelstS may hereafter write more with
a view TO theatrical requirements, but that
would only spoil their stories, without i'm
proving much the quality of the plays based
thereon. If we had serious. dignified and
artistic drama, the fashion Of dramatizing
novels would. we think. disappear. 1t is GER
tainly not mere accident that in France and
Germany it is totally unknown A candid
discussion of the subject by dranatists and
critics would be interesting and suggestive.
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Cable Notes.

The National Zeitung, of Berlin an
nounces that the federal governments have
agreed that the Bundesrath should recognize
the right of the Diet Of Lippe-Detmold to
settle the succession question.
DIR. De Szilagyi, president of the lower
House of the Hungarian Diet who formally
resigned on Dec. Z, but who was requested
TO withdraw his resignation, has now def
nitely resigned office.
The River Neva suddenly rose nine feet
last night inundating the lower quarters of
st. Petersburg, where communication is
now carried on by boats. The inhabitants
were panic stricken and there was great
loss of property but no loss of life has been
reported. The flood Is now suhsiding.
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OBITUARY.
DR.. n. III. HuzzR, Supreme Gorilla of
the United states.

ATLANTA, Ca, Dec. "a telegram was
received here to-day announcing the death
IN New York hospital this morning of DR..
Z. II. Huzza, of Atlanta, one of the most
prominent physicians in the South Or.
Huzza left here last Saturday for New
York, and while walking through the din
ing car on Sunday as the train was nearing
Baltimore, was thrown against the side of
the kitchen, suffering confusion OF the
abdomen. By the time he reached New
York the pain had become so intense that
he was at once put to bed at the Holland
House. The trouble developed into acute
appendicitis, and the operation followed
DIR. Huzza was a prominent figure in a
number of secret societies, and at the time
of his death was supreme gorilla of The
Disorganized Order of Gorillas of the
United States. lie was native OF Mis-
souri,
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Chicago Post


A Southern poet contributes to his local
paper q sparkling poem which we find un-
der the caption, "A Sonnet" We note
with great interest that it is restricted to
twenty lines. We say with great interest
because the Warsaw, Ind, sonnet, which
we take 10 be the formula for the Gravel
Pit Circle, comprises twenty-four lines and
we are told that in certain parts of Indiana
the sonnet has been stretched to twenty-six
lines, one line for every letter in the al
phabet. The Warsaw sonnet is sometimes
known as the Extra Sirloin"--that is to
say, a little too much for one and not
enough for two. OF course we all know
that Italian thrift and parsimony reduced
the sonnet to fourteen lines, but with the
general spread of educational advantages
the growth of sOnneteers, the tremendous
increase in the output of poets-not to neg
lect the lavish scale on which everything Is
done In the United States-this stingincss
of composition has been discarded and a
broad and liberal basis has been supplied.
It is common saying that we throw away
food each day sufficient to feed another ma
ton. and so it might be said that In our
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-10
RETURN OF GEN. BROOKE.
Arrive@ on the Berlin with the First
Kentucky Rcgiment

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Dec. 9.-The
United States transport Berlin arrived this
afternoon from San Juan. On the transport
We're Maj. Gen. John Brooke. his STAFF and
the First Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. I'M
der Col. John b. L. Castleman. General
Brooke and party missed the Washington
boat and remained at Old Point all night.
the committee of Louisville citizens arrived
70 see the soldiers to Louisville, where a
Three days reception awaits them. The reg
lment~ will leave tomorrow night for the
west M. three sections, aggregating forty
one Pullman cars. The delay here was
caused by the fact that winter clothing had
10 be served 10 the men. The trip from San
Juan was entirely uneventful. The trans
port brought but six sick men home. and
they We're at once transferred to the Josiah
sampson and sent to the government hos
pital at Old Point
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LIVERPOOL Dec. 9.-Arrived: Rhyn-
land. from Philadelphia. Sailed Cevic, for
New York.
QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 9.-Arrived: Etru-
ria. from New York. Sailed: Canada, for
Boston.
ROTTERDAM, Dec. 9.-Arrived: Spaarn-
dam, from New York.
SWINMUNDE, Dec. s.-Arrived: Hekla.
from New York.
HAMBURG. Dec. s-Arrived: Patria,
from New York.
NEW YORK, Dec. s-Arrived. weimar
from Bremen.
GENOA, Dec. s.-Arrived: ATer. from
New York
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FELL SIXTY FEET.
One Man Killed, Two Fatally Injured
and others Placed ia Peril.

CHICAGO, Dec. 9.-John Trozell was
killed and John Kemperman and Samuel
Larson fatally injured to-day by the falling
of scaffold in Armour & Co.'S new eleva-
tor d, Twenty-second and Morgan streets
Two other workmen saved themselves by
catching hold of cross beam, where they
swung sixty feet in the air until rescued
by their companions. The men were en-
gagged in rebuilding the elevator, which was
nearly destroyed by fire several months ago.
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COUNTESS AS A NURSE.
Titled Russian Lady in Red Crosse
Service.
PHILADELPHIA Press.

Philadelphia Press.
The Red Cross Society of Philadelphia has
enrolled among its list of nurses Russian
countess who goes modesty under the name
of Mrs Elsa Trotzg.
The story of her ministrations among the
American soldiers is q story of self-denial,
ilnassuming work. hardshins and excite
ments. She has been living and doing her
work incognito, but the facts of her story
have been noised abroad and the truth or
them is admitted by Red Cross officials.
Countess TrotZig belongs to a noble and
wealthy Russian family Her grandfather
Russian ambassador to Sweden, and
met there n Young countess with whom he
fell violently in love.
They were afterward married, and their
son was the father of the present countess
who is now a Red Cross nurse.
The countess resembles her Swedish an
cestors in coloring. She is tall and fair, with
blue eyes and a mass of fluffy hair, on which
cher nurses cap sits most becomingiy Her
husband died some time ago and she mas
devoted herself since then to deeds of mercy,
Early in the Cuban struggle for inde-
pendence she cast aside the ties that bound
her to Russia and went to the relief of the
men who were fighting for freedom. Her
lot lay with the Insurgents; she was by
their side in sickness and in danger. She
herself had yellow fever and typhoid, ana,
one Of the ambush surprises of Cuban war
fare she was left on the field TO die of a
machete wound in her side
A sister nurse found her and brought help
to take her from the field. After she had
been nursed back to health she sailed for
her Russian home.
But she did not stay there long. AS soon
as the American soldiers went to the front
she again returned to her work. At Siboney
and Ell Caney she the comfort and
nurse of many Rough Rider. Afterward,
when troops were sent north to Camp
Meade, the countess went there and worked
diligently. At Camp Meade she was in the
wards constantly, but when the Red Cross
hospital moved to this city, at Twentieth
and Cherry streets. Countess TrOtZig took
her place In the diet kitchen and. with her
own hands has been preparing the food for
the sick soldiers.
She is anxious. however. for more use
full field of labor since the Red Cross hospi-
tai has discharged all but two of it's pa
tents And 1t is likely that as soon as this
institution is closed she will again go south
In the wake of the army.
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Take Laxative Bromo-ouinine Tablets. All drug
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Is that article cheapest which may be
purchased at the lowest price? We would
believe so if referring to gold dollars, but
with coffee-thats different.
Coffee, at no matter what price, Is not
cheap If II does not afford perfect satsfac-
ton at all times. The first cost of kin
Hee" Mocha and Java is little higher, but
when you consider the satisfaction IL af-
good ones, too-Kin-Hee is not only the
best. but the cheapest coffee on the market.
Every package bears Messrs James Hee-
kin < Co. s guarantee OF satisfaction in the
cup. Served free at Marott's popular shoe
store.
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SOLDIER FINED $500.
Punished for Embracing the Wife Of
a Prominent Citizen ON the Street.

SAVANNAH, Ga, Dec. Elm the City
Court to-day Judge Thomas NJ Norwood,
former United States senator from Georgia,
fined Private ]. e. Moore, of Battery A,
First Maine Artillery, $500 or six months on
the chain gang for embracing the wife of
prominent county official on the street while
the soldier was intoxicated. Judge Norwood
administered Il severe lecture, and chaTac-
teriZed the conduct as that of heathen.
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PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 9.-Harmonie
Hall, at Eleventh and Brandywine streets,
singing societies, was to-day quilted by fire.
The loss, which Is estimated at $4,000 Is
partly covered by insurance. The janitor and
the firemen.
Los ANGELES. CAL Dec. 9.-The fire in
the works OF the Standard oil Company has
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-10
Claims He Was Forced to Trial.

In Room 2, Superior Court, Barney Stew
enson yesterday began habeas corpus pro-
ceedings against Cornelius McGroarty SUI
perintendent of the workhouse, for his re-
lease. Stevenson was sent to the workhouse
from Police Court on the larceny charge.
He was given a sentence of six months. He
charges that Police Judge Cox forced him
to trial before he was ready and refused to
give him time in which to engage a lawyer.
The case will come up at o'clock Monday
FN1.F1ira
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nor READY ron sELF-RuLE.
Assistant Secretary Vanderbilt Says
Porto Ricans Are IIIiternte.


Porto Ricans Are IIIIterate.
PORT ANTONIO, Jamaica, Dec. s.-As-
sistant Secretary of the Treasury Wander
lip has reached here in the revenue cutter
t5resham from Porto Rico, where he has
been for the past ten days my mission
TO Porto Rico" he says, was to find ont
Ihe form of government most suitable for
the colony" Mr.. Vanderlip has come to
Jamaica TO make a comparative study.
Jamaica being in the same latitude and the
condition Of the natives being similar it
VIII be easy to make comparison. He found
that the Porto Rlcans are hardly capable
just yet of self-government. Eighty ner
cent. OF them are illiterate. There is no
proper school system on the island II will
REQUIRE strong hand to govern them. There
- a pand of outlaws on the island who
VIII give the American authorities much
trouble. The Porto Ricans, however well
come american rule Mr. Nanderlp saws
the Porto Rican tariff on foreign Imported
goods Is too high and he will recommend
day. 0ii -
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BALTIMORE, Md, Dec. 9.-Chairman
Albert Mott, of the racing board, L. A. W.,
announces in his bulletin issued to-day that
the riders competing in the big six days
hike race at Madison-square Garden, New
York, are fined $50 each and suspended from
all l.. A. w. tracks until such fine is paid.
permitting the race to be held on its track
and is suspended from the sanction privi-
legeS of the league until the fine is paid.
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MOnson's Speech Misunderstood.

PARIS, Dec. 9.--An explanation, evidently
emanat!ng from the British embassy here,
has been published declaring that the speech
recently delivered by the British ambassa-
dor. Sir Edmund Monson, has been misun-
derstood and repudiating any desire to in
terfere In the internal affairs Of France or
criticise her policy. Moreover. it is added
the whole attitude of the ambassador con-
tradicts the superstition of malevolent inten-
ton
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A Missionary Institute.

A missionary institute will be conducted
at the Christian Church, at Irvington, on
the evenings of Dec. 10, IA and 10 by the
Christian Woman's Board of Missions and
the board of church extension. During the
sessions there will be addresses by W. M.
Forrest, of Ann Arbor, Mich; G. w. Muck
ley, Mrs. Helen moses and Miss Matte
Pounds. Miss Pounds will discuss the
Young Peoples Department of the c.
w B. NJ"
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Fugitive from Illinois.

Detectives Thornton and Kinney arrested
Albert Macintosh last night OH the charge
of being a fugitive from the Illinois peni-
tertiary. The detectives say he was sent
10 prison from Chicago for grand larceny,
Jumped a parole and has been in this city
four weeks
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-GeneraI Henry,
commanding at San Juan. Porto Rico, has
notified the War Department of the follow
ing deaths from pernicious malaria: Pri-
Nate Patrick Mcdonald Company X Forty
seventh New York and Private William IL
'Connors, Eleventh Infantry
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CHICAGO, Dec. 9-Eugene Carter de-
feated jacob Schaefer tonight at three
cushion caroms for one hundred points the
men to play even. Carter scored one hundred
TO Schaefers eighty-four. The game began
late and the men played very slowly l73
innings being played. The highest run was
6, by Schaefer. Carriers highest run was T.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-10
The Dowager Empress Rebufred.

PICKING, Dec. 9.-The new Russian min
lster, M. De Giers presented his creden-
tails to the Emperor to-day. The dowager
Empress was not present. NJ. De Giers on
his arrival here refused TO present his Gre
dentials TO the doWager Empress. The EN-
perOr appeared TO be weak and sicklY.
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BALTIMORE, Dec. 9.-The second annual
meeting Of the local branch of the National
Credit Mems Association was held to-day
in the rooms of the Merchants and Manu-
4acturers association. Hon. James c.
Cannon of New York. banker. and pres-
ident Of the national association, addressed
the gathering. the burden of his talk being
new business methods.
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Dancing CIass at German House,

A dancing class for children between six
and fifteen years is to be established at the
German House. The lessons will be given
Saturday afternoons between 2 and $3.50
o'clock in the dining hall and will be open
to children Of members.
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Henry Mortimer Plat.

NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-Henry Mortimer
Plat is dead at his home in this city, aged
seventy-six years. Fifty years ago he es-
tablshed in this city the first gold and silver
refinery i'm the United states.
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5ause of Werber's DeatI

The coroner decided yesterday that the
death of Carl Werber which occurred at his
home, 400 East Washington street. Thursday
night, was due to cerebral apoplexy.
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burned itself out, the entire property being
destroyed. The total loss is estimated at
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Sunday Journal. by Mail, s. Per Year.

sonnets we exhaust enough material TO
double the number in less generous coun-
try. We are proud of our sOnnets and our
sonneteers and we rejoice in their breadth
of scope and their elasticity of measure
ment
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Fined and Suspended.

While Miller was ahead of his record at
midnight he was three miles, 1,047 yards be-
hind at 2 a.. m.
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IMPRISONED
for infringing upon Ab0Nlnaus
for infringing upon

party who REELLED Apolinars bottles
bearing the genuine labels and also counterets OF
the Apolnars labels recently confined FIVE WEEKS in
MOYAMENSING PRISON, Philadelphia.
COMPLAINTS will receive vigorous if addressed to
United Agency Co.. SOB Fifth Avenue New York. Sole Agents Of
THE APOLLiNARlS COMPANY. LIMITED. LONDON
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NEW YORK, Dec. 1O.-The scores of the
bicycle riders at 2 o'clock this morning
Col
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo-Qulnine Tablets. All drug
gists refund the money IL IL fails to cure. 25c.
The genuine has L. p. Q. on each tablet.