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The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-20
REGRET 1T HARVARD.
Tenm should Have Won Saturdays
 Gnme-Nert Years Eleven,

Cambridge Mass. Nov. 19.-The. Har-
 yard eleven broke training very duietly
 last night and with none of the usual celebration. The election of a captain
 was postponed for about three weeks,
 in order to give the men a chance to talk the matter over. None of tha players was at all injured in yesterday 8 game, and the few men who retired from the contest did so only to give their places to fresher men. Boal was badly laid up in practice Thursday with return of the injury to his Ghest received in the Pennsylvania game. He could not possibly have played Satur- day, as he was unable to move his arm. All the players are still in town, but many of them will probably go away to rest after the season.
 Trainer McMaster left immediately after the game for Annapolis, where he is to train the naval cadets for their game with West Point. He will, of course, get back to Cambridge before the baseball team begins work early in the spring. Captain Dibblee will go back to California this week. The gen. eral feeling about the game among the students is one of regret. Most of the men say nothing whatever about it, es- pecially the players and those who talk most are those who know least about the question. The players realize that they had a better team and could not win because of superior judgment on Yale's part. A brief comparison by fig ureS shows that in the first half Har- ward was not out-punted at all and gained over three times as much ground as Yale did by rushing. In the second half Yale outpunted Harvard by about 100 yards, but gained less than one-half as much as Harvard did by rushing.
 As to the team next year Harvard will lose but three men of the regular eleven The most serious loss will be thar of the two eraNds Rcal and Bur den, who will leave behind them no eff ficient substitutes. Hollingsworth play ed in some of the games this year, but it will take much coaching to bring him up to varsity standard. The third man who will graduate is Donald but Eaton will be able to take his place, even if not better man comes out. Stillman, the freshman full back, should be a very valuable man for next years elev- en on account of his bunting. Unless HalloweIl improves much in bunting Harvard must get better kicker be- fore she can beat Yale.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-20
PATRIA PUT ASHORE OFFIRELAND
The Hamburg mericnn Liner Appnr-
 ently Complete Wreck.

London, Nov. 19.-The Hamburg American liner Patria, Captain Froh- lich which caught fire in the English channel last Wednesday while on her way from New York for Hamburg, and which was finally abandoned Thursday when all attempts to tow her to some port had failed now lies between Wal mer and the South of Ireland Kentish coast. The depth of the water an hour previous to her sinking was seven fath- oms She Is still on fire forward, but there is no smoke abaft the bridge. At low water she will be partly dry.
 Apparently the fire has completely gutted her and rendered her total wreck The surveyors could not get on board to-day. but they will do so as soon as possible in order to ascertain what the prospects are of any salvage. Arrangements are being made to light en the vessel. The partial submersion has materially dimipished the fire, which. it is thought, will be extingulsh- ed. A Trinity House steamer is in at tendance The Patria had an adventur- ous time after she was abandoned. The Ostend fishing boats which first took her in tow, called after few hours for the assistance of the steamer PrestOpia, which began towing her down the chan nel. Then the Hamburg tug Hansa. with Captain Frohich on board, appear ed and assisted the towing. After the Patria was run ashore the Hansa re- turned to CuXhaVen.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-20
RELIEF OF KIMBERLEE
Gen. Mathuen's Advance-Brother of
 Cccil Rhodes With Column.

Gen. Iathuen's Advance-Brother oi
 Cecil Rhodes With Column.
 London, Nov. 19.-Great interest now centers in the relief of Kimberley. Gen. eral Methuen has a splendid knowledge of the country where he will operate, and is laying his plans with the utmost care. An indefa tigable worker, he is busy night and day cutting down the baggage to a minimum and issuing or ders with view of ensuring that the officers shall be indistinguishabe from the men to the eyes of the Boers. A naval brigade, with searchights from the cruiser Doris, under Major Ernest Rhodes, will accompany the column, and Major Rhodes is confident that he will see his brother Cecil in Kimberley. The column will take all the materials for repairing the railway, which, 1t is believed, there will be no difficulty In doing, The advance will be made by forced marches, the column reaching Modder river in four days. An Orange River dispatch, dated Thursday, Mo- yember 16 says that the Boers were then concentrating their forces outside of Kimberley. According to the latest adyices from Jamestown, there had been no signs of a Basuto rising up to Sat urday last. The Boers have renamed AliwaI North Olieversfontein in honor of their commandant. From Lourenzo Marques comes a report that three Ger man officers, Colonel Von Braun, Lieu tenant Burtewitz and Lieutenant Won Kunze, have arrived at Pretoria with the intention of joining General Jou- bert's staff.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-20
Not Differed by Germans.

Lorenzo Marquez, Nov. 18.-The fol- lowing dispatch has been received here from Pretoria dated Thursday, Mo- vember 16: "The statement that the Boer artillery is officered by Germans is denied here. It is asserted officially that all the Boer artillery officers were born in the Transvaal although two were trained in Europe. The British prisoners of the rank and file have re- ceived new outfits from the govern ment. It is reported that the lombard ment of Kimberley was resumed this morning. Bateman, a British private captured outside of Ladysmith and brought to Pretoria, has since become insane
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-20
CONDITION or THE INDIANS.
Com missioner's Annual Report-No
 Dlmiuution of Population.

l Washington, Nov. 19.-The annua
 report of the commissioner of Indian
 affairs, William A. Jones, besides re-
 viewing the progress of affairs in al
 branches of the service urged more schools, more systematic methods
 study of individual traits and consid-
 eration of subsequent environment in | outlining studies in the Indian schools. 1 The entire education system of the h. | dian office, he says, is predicated upon | the final abolishment of the anomalous | Indian preservation system. There are now 20,522 boys and girls in attendance on the various Indian schools out of an enrolment of over 25.0O0, the Indian population from which these are taken being 181 000
 While the population has remained stationary there has been such a steady increase in the number of Indians be- ing educated as to warrant the opinion that the next quarter century will wit ness not diminution of the Indian pop ulation, but an extinguishment of h. dian tribes. One discouraging fact, however is disclosed by the unsatisfac- tory results of the past nine years trial of co-education of the Indians with the whites in the public schools. The re- port says the results of this co-educa- ton are not commensurate with the ex- penditure; that the idea theoretically is an admirable expedient for breaking down prejudices and civilizing the In dian, but the figures show 1t is not an unqualified success. The full-bood who needs such contact most, ie rarely se- cured, and the ground work at least, of Indian education must be laid un- der the governments auspices and con- trol.
 Stronger measures for forcing the at tendance at Indian schools are urged. There are 2,652 employees in the Indian service and the policy is to employ In- dians in every position to which they are adapted by nature and education. A thorough and exhaustive investiga- tion of the Seminoles in Florida has re- suited in the discontinuance of the of- flee of Indian industrial teacher and other employees and no schools will be established for them at present, their real and fancied wrongs having embit- tered them against governmental as- sistanc. Concerning the Indian terri tory the report severely arraigns nepo- tism, lack of management demoralized conditions and deplorabe state of af- fairs generally in administering the schools and orphan asylums of the five Indian nations.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-20
THE MERCHANT RINE.
Greath Growth in shipping During tho
 Jnst Year,

i Washington, Nov 19.-The annual re. port of MT. Chamberlain, the commits sioner of navigation, shows that Amer ican shipping industries shared in the 1 general prosperity of the country dur ing the past fiscal year. The returns disclose more satisfactory conditions
 than those of any former year in the bureaus history. The total document ed tonnage on June 30, 1899, com prised 22,72S vessels of 4,S64,23S gross l tons, which is our largest since 1865 The tonnage operating under our coast ing laws 21,397 vessels of 4,015,992 gross tons, is the largest in our history and
 greater than the coastlng tonnage of
 any other nation. Our steam tonnage, 2476,011 tons, for the first time exceeds the tonnage of all other craft. In the
 rest of the world steam tonnage eleven
 years ago exceeded sail tonnage. Our tonnage registered for foreign trade re-
 mlns small, and last year American ves-
 sells carried a fraction less than nine per
 cent of our exports and imports, the
 smallest percentage 4 in our history.
 Based on Bureau Veritas returns, the
 worlds see going sail tonnage in the
 past quarter of a. century has decreased
 from 14,1S5.S36 tons to s,69S,769 tons, q
 decrease of forty per cent The der
 crease in the United States has been at
 the average rate. The worlds sea-go-
 ing steam tonnage in the same period
 has increased from 4,S2S,19S tons to lS,- SS7, 132 tons, or 336 per cent.
 The phenomenal increases have been
 Norways over 1.400 per cent. and Ger
 many's nearly 700 per cent. The in crease of the United States has been only 6S per cent. and the increase of
 American steam tonnage on the Atan- tic and Gulf coasts has been only 3S per cent. The development of Alaska with in the past few years has caused rap i'd increase in Pacific coast tonnage. Within the past twenty years the Unit ed States in sea going steam tonnage has dropped from the second place next to Great Britain to the fourth position below Germany and France, and if steamships in foreign trade alone are considered. below Norway and Spain and only slightly ahead of Japan. The report reviews briefly the legislation of other nations in behalf eof their mer- chant shipping. showing that last year European nations and Japan expended over s26 900 to promote 1t in various forms while the United States spent only $99S,211. On their steamship lines to China and Japan foreign nations ex- pended about s5,00o000 while for the same purpose the United States expend- ed less than $49,0o0. The establishment of two or three American steamship lines on the Pacific coast to connect with Asia will furnish the capitals of western Europe with closer mail and passenger connection by from three to five days than is now possible by the heavily subsidized British, German and French steamship lines through the Suez canal,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-20
SIX MEN KILLED.
A Construction Train and a Hand Car
 in Collision.

Sioux Falls s. D., Nov. 1e-Six men were killed and four seriously if not fatally injured in an accident this even ing on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minne- apolis and Omaha railroad at Humbolt, twenty miles west lof Sioux Fall. A construction train was backing out of Humbolt when a hand car bearing thir- ty-five Italians came around a curve. The Italians saw their danger and jumped from the car, which caught un- der the rear of the caboose and this and the flat car next to it was wreck ed. On the flat car were twenty Italian laborers, five of whom were killed out right and five more injured. A relief train with three doctors went from Sioux Falls and brought the wounded here. One of the injured died en route to this city. Of the dead Brook Cobel- man is an American. The rest are Ital- ians. As soon as the wreck occur red the Italians made threats against the train crew, who were compelled to pull out at once to save their lives.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-20
DR. STORRS RESIGNS.
Venerable Pastor of the Church of the
 P,surims, Brooklyn.

| New York, Nov. 19.-Great surprise was caused at the morning service of the Church of the Pilgrims in Brook lyn to-day by the announcement that
 the Rev. Dr. Richard S. Storrs, the venerable pastor of the church, would resign. pr. Storrs has been in poor
 health this fall, and has been unable to attend to the duties of the church for some weeks. His place in the pulpit has been occupied by visiting clergymen and to-day Dr. Edward B. Coe, the son-in-law of pr. Storrs, read a for mai letter of resignation from the pas tor.
 pr. Storrs has been the sole pastor of the Church of the Pilgrims since its in- corporation, fifty-three years ago. Tn all that time he has carried on the work of the church unassisted by any associ- ate, and until few years ago has en- loved the best of health Since the death of his wife, over two years ago. Dr. Storrs has never been the same man. At that time it was his desire to send in his resignation, but a feeling that there would still be need for him influenced his determination to remain. As to the future relations between Dr. Storrs and the church, nothing definite can now be stated. A meeting of the church has been called for Monday, No- vember 27, at which action will be talk en. It is probable that the congrega- tion will ask Dr. Storrs to continue his connection with the church as it's pastor emeritus
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-20
REV. DR. FURR FER DEAD.
For Thirty-five Years Pastor ofNewton,
 Mnss., ConGr gntioMnl ChnrGh.

spent in the ministry and as active pas- tor of the Newton First Congregational church for thirty-five years, and known throughout New England, Rev. Daniel l.. Furber, D. D., answered tie sum- mons of death at his home tonight. Born in the little town of Sandwich, N. H., on October IA, 1920, he graduated at Dartmouth in 1S43 and four years later at Andover Theological seminary being ordained and installed over the First Congregational church here the same year. In 1882 he became pastor emiri- tus. He leaves no immediate family.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-20
NATAL SITUATION coMp1ICATED.
Next Move Depends More on Strategy
 Than Numbers.


 London, Nov. 19.-Since the fight of November 9, matters, so far as is known, have been fairly quiet at Ladysmith It is not unlikely that the Boers, badly informed as to the nature and extent of the British preparations to advance to the relief of the town, may be hesitating regarding the next move. The situation in Natal Is very complicated, more especially if the re- ports be true that the great Tugela bridge has been destroyed.
 The success of the next move on either side will will depend more on strategy than on superior numbers. The Boers have three lines of action open. They can hold the railways with the force they have at Ennersdale, fall ing slowly back before the British ad- vance and threatening it from Weenen; or, in the second place, they can ad- vance from Weenen to Weston, cut the railway and blow up the bridge over Mooi river. If 1t be true that here are 10000 Beers under General Joubert and General Botha, marching south to meet the British relief force, heavy fighting is in store. Nothing Is known with certainty regarding the progress of the relief column from Durban.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-20
SUSPECTED CASES OF PLAGUE
RESULT OF BACTERIOLO Ex-
 ANIMATION IN NEWPORT.
May Develop In the Cultures-Only Small ConfirmatOry Evidence of tn c Existence of the Disease-Steamrr Tay- Tor Disin nfcctcd-Creyv to be Held.

l
 lew York, Nov. 19.-Dr. Herman M
 Biggs, bacteriologist of the health de- partment gave out the following state
 ment to-day regarding Dr. Parks ex-
 animation of the supposed bubonic
 plague patients from the steamer J. w. Taylor which arrived yesterday from Santon, Brazil: "The bacteriolog- ical examinations thus far made by Dr.
 Park show apparently that the con-
 tents of the broken down bubos do not
 contain any living germs. It is poss-
 ble, however, that some may develop in
 the cultures. Microscopical examina-
 tions of the pus are also rather nega-
 tive. These negative results are. such as might be expected in the plague at the stage of the disease presented in these men and would be very unusual in other conditions. They, therefore, af- ford some conflrmatory evidence as to the existence of the plague"
 pr, Biggs said he had little doubt that the two patients supposed to have the disease are now almost well. The bacteriological examinat tions will be continued as long as the patients of the infected ship present the opportu- nifty. This is the first time the phy- sicians of this city have had an oppor- tunity to study the disease directly. Up to this time they have depended upon foreign medical reports which are not always authentic. Health Commission CT Cosby said that he had no doubt the ChnJJl1 pO11Id hp ;ri, j But even so, it would not be permitted to come to the city. The health de- partment will take no chances, he said.
 The Steamer Disinfected.
 New York, Nov 1.-The steamer J. w. Taylor which arrived yesterday from Santos. Brazil, with the captain and cook ill with suspected bubonic plague, has been disinfected as far as possible without discharge of cargo. The cabins the forecastles, the decks and the engineers department have been cleansed and thoroughly disin- fected The crew have been bathed and their clothes and effects have been subjected to steam. The patients are at Swinburne Island and there Is no change in their condition. Deputy q hours at the hospital to-day. pr. San born says the crew will be kept on board the steamer until tomorrow, when the agents will supply new crew. The crew will be removed to Hoffman Island and detained for obser- vation for ten days. There has been no further development among them. After the removal of the crew the cargo coffee in sacks, will probably be dis into lighters The sacks will be emptled into other receptaces and then subjected to steam disinfection on board of the James w. Wadsworth. Af- ter the discharge of cargo the holds will of the steamer will be disinfected. pr Fitzpatrick, the bacteriolocial ex- pert of the quarantine, is making cult ures of matter taken from the patients. The result of his examinations will de- termine the discharge of the cargo.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-20
B0ERS MOVING ON ESTCOURT
MO UNITED PATROLS ADVANCE ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
Compelled to Retire Under Fire of Ma val Guns-Big Battle eImminent-Boers Methuen's Advance to Relieve Kim berley-Details of Heavy Fighting at
 Ladysmith on November 9--Losses of
the Boers Estima ted at 500.

London, Nov. 19.-The war office post ed the following telegram to-day from General Sir Redvers Butler to the Mar quis of LansdoWne:
 Cape Town, Nov IS, 935 p. m.-The following is from the general com manding at Piermaritzburg:
 To-day at a. m. the officer com manding our northern outposts report ed that the enemy's mounted patrols were advancing across the whole coun- try from Gourton Road to Ulandi mov- ing on Estcourt. My force stood to arms. The outposts reported various bodies, from 300 to 700 strong, advanc- ing on Estcourt from a northwesterly direction. One party, 800 strong, moved toward the railway bridge, half mile to the northwest of Estcourt. Our out posts fired on the enemy and one of the naval guns fired a shell at 5000 yards range, the shell bursting close to the enemy, who then hurriedly retired. At 12 o'clock reports were received from three pickets that a large number of Boers were in sight on hill above Les lies Homestead. The troops have re- turned to camp"
 A special despatch from Estcourt dat ed Sunday, November 19, says: "All is quiet here. The enemy is believed to be encamped six miles away Our position is good and our forces are suf- fciently strong to repulse an attack"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-20
AMERICAN NURSES LE4TE.
To Join Hospital ship Maine for Duty In south Africa.

New York, Nov. 19.-When the At lantic transport liner Manitou sailed to-day she had on board pr. Hastings and twenty-nine male nurses, orderlies and dispensers who will join the con- plement of the medical and surgical staff of the hospital ship Maine, loaned to the British government by the At lantic line for hospital. duty in South African waters.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-20
NORFOLK STATION BROKEN INTO. The Ninth One Burginrized Within a
 Month.

Norfolk, Conn.,, Nov. 19.-The gang of burglars that have been breaking into railroad stations along the line of the Central New England railroad forced an entrance into the one here last night. It is not believed. however. that much booty was secured. About $1.75 wasfound in the cash box of the automatic telephone in the depot. The ticket office was ransacked for money and several packages in the express de- partment were opened. This is the ninth station that has been entered within a month.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-20
Colesbcrg Occupied.

Cape Town, Nov. 19.-Advices just received here show that on Thursday, November 16. a combined force of Free State and Transvaal burghers occu- pied Colesburg, Cape Colony without opposition by the residents and pro- claimed the district to be Free State territory. The British troopship Mani la has arrived at Durban. The Boers occupied Burghersdorp on Tuesday, November IA. and it is believed they were then on the way to seize Storm berg Junction.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-20
IA Civil ssarin British Possession

Sydney, N. & w., to the Daily Mail says that a disastrous civil war has broken out in the British possession of New Guiniana, eleven villages having been obliterated with heavy slaughter of the inhabitants.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-20

The Associated Press. Lady Randolph had just returned home from a quiet dinner with a few friends when the gratifying intelligence that her son is living was conveyed to her The fact that his wound is not necessarily dan gerous and that he is alive in Pretoria caused her the greatest qualification, as she had been hitherto without the last intimation of his whereabouts.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-20
Rev Mir. Morgan Recommended.

New York, Nov. 19.-The pulpit com- mittee of the Fifth Avenue Presbyteri- an church met to-day and adopted res- olutions that it recommended to the congregation as its choice for pastor the Rev. G. Campbell Morgan of the New Congregational church of London, Eng land. It was stated to-day that the name of MT. Morgan would be presented to the congregation on Sunday next.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-20
BOERS OCCUPY AAIWAL NORTH.
Flags of the Republics Raised Over the
 Border Town

Cape Town, Nov. 14.-The Boer commando from Rouxville, 450 strong, entered Aliwal North yesterday and hoisted the flags of both republics in the market square, proclaiming the district republican territory. The Brit ishers were given fourteen days notice to quit.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-20
MT. HObRrt EMioYs Solid Food

Paterson, N. J., Nov. 19.-Vice Presi- dent Hobart passed a comfortable night. He slept well and when he awoke this morning seemed refreshed. At 9 o'clock he partook of solid food and told those about him that he en- joyed it.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-20
y.lIKuown EducatorDrnt.

| Montreal, Nov. 19.-Sir William Daw- son, late principal of McGill college the we'll known educationalist and geologist, Is dead.