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BOER soVKRyMENr REPLIES.
A Slight Concession Made to Consul MaeYum
at Pretoria.

WASHINGTON, Dec. l5.-After . delay that
tested the patience OF the United States Gov
ernment. the Transvaal authorities have
granted tho request OF Charles z. Macrum,
United States Consu, at Pretoria, for reversal
OF their ruling forbiddng Mr. Macrum 10 send
lists OF British prisoners and weekly state
ment OF the con iitIon OF the sick and wounde
TO the Foreign once In London through the
United States State Department. In q tele-
gram to the Secretary OF State to-day. Mr..
Maorum said that he had been informed by
the Transvaal Government that the full re-
ports would he given through the War Office
Of tho Republic when applied for No
pention was made in Mr. ,Macrums 8
on hts request that no be permitted
TO distribute money TO the British prisoners OF
war with which To buy delicacies. and Il is pre- :
sumed here that the Transvaal authorities
herelimted their concessions to the permis-
sion mentioned in Mr. MRcrnms message. Mr.
Macrum said that the concession was granted
In reply to request of the British Minister Of
War; which may or may not mean that tho
Boers are not willing TO recognlze Mr..
Gacrum's status as tho Representative OF
British interests during the period OF war.
IL supposed thar on the arrival at Pretoria
OF stanley Hollis who will relieve Mr.. Macrum
OF consular duties. he will be instructed TO
press for perms sslon to distribute delicaces to
tho British prisoners OF war
The sun., 1899-12-16
HAD A CLASH OYER M,KIyLEY.
Civil Service Reformers in Row over
Resolutions Condcmni.R the President.

Civil Service Reformers in Row over
Resolutions Condemnisg the President.
IspIASAPoLIs. Dec. 15.-The meeting OF the
National Civil Service Reform League caue
very near breaking up In a row to-day when
the body met In secret session to hear tho re-
port OF tho Committee on Resolutions. In view
Of the bitterness which some OF speakers had
shown toward the , President AMI his
advisers regarding the order Withdrawing
places from the classified service 1t was ex-
pectsd that the com m ittee would follow u stint
lar bent and report some singing resolutions.
This proved to be the case and loud and
strenuous opposition was expressed to the re-
port 1t was argued that. while 1t might be
true that the President had acted a. charged.
It was also true that such strong language as
the resolutions contained would show too
much feeling on the part OF the league and
thus give II q partisan character. and that IL
would be best to moderate the expressions.
Others opposed this view and declared that
there was no language too strong In VIII ch to
tell the TRUTH and that the resolutions should
stand as reported The debate increased In
heat and a compromise was reached by
ordering tho committee to retire and re-
draft csrtain PARTS oil Its report. which WAS
done The resolutions, as adopted finally,
thousands % Of places irom tho classified I'ser ser.
vice ss the first backward step taken by q
Federal administration since the Clvll Sarvice
law was adopted. and that the injurious etIscts
have already become apparent in widespread
distrust OF the President and the party In power
in encouraging the enemies OF reform to
attempt still further to cripple the service, and
10 the Generalization OF many parts OF the
public service.
The reso utions further deplore the fact that
the Cenaus Bureau has not been put under
OWL service rules. as the party In power
promised. and express the belief that this TACT
will load to extravagance and inefticisncy. as
Ia the last census. In the diminished value OF
the census so taken. and In the lack OF public
confidence In its accuracy and i'm Partially. In
respect to the abuses OF the Indian service
the resolutions are as follows:
The inefnciency and tho recurrence Of
scandals In the Indian service can be- removed
only by Withdrawing the ONCE OF Indian agent
from the sphere OF Congressional patronage.
The President has full power to devise for hls
own guidance a suitable system OF ompetitlve
examinations and promotions for such
places. Tho clerical force OF the Indian
service itself would supply many excellent mon
for tho higher post OF Indian Agent, and from
the ranks OF Agents the lnspectorships might
often be nlled. II cannot be too often repeated
that the rpoils system has proved the bane OF
the Indian service"
The sun., 1899-12-16
WELCOME FOR GEN. WOOD.
HAVANA PREPARES TO GREET THE
NEW GoVERNOR-G GENERAL.
Cuban Paper Foreseea Annexation in View
of President McKinley's M.ssRge-One
Of Roosevcits Buglsrs Sent to Prison.

Cuban Paper Foreseea Annexation in View
Of President McKinley's Mrssago-One
OF Roosevelrs BuElers Sent to Prison.
Special Cable DsspstoA 10 TIE sus.
HAVANA. Dec. 15.-The Nuero Pals says in
regard TO the message Of President Mckinley
to Congress that II Is perfectly In harmony
with other Presidential utterances regard n q
ouba. and that they all 20 directly to prove
that the intention OF the United States Is
clearly to annex the island. The only differ
ence II that this message has been diluted with
hiGh-sounding phrases which appeal to i'm =
prsssionable people. In regard to the mea min e
OF the worl independent" the paper says that
President Mckinley in his message called the
present postal system In Cuba essentially In
dependent" Free Cuba" with President
Mckinley has q far different meaning from tho
same expression among the Cubans. The at
tainment OF the freedom and stability men,
toned by Mr.. Mckinley does not depend so
much on the form OF government as on the fact
that there are really capable citizens TO admin
lister and to abide by the laws. This 10 yet to
be proved.
The Nuepo Fnis believes that Gen Wood is
the best man Cuba could have for Governor
General because he represents the President,
not only politically but personally as well. II
thinks that Gen Wood favors independence
after period OF probation. believing that after
year OF sel'-government the island will Do
ution for annexation,
Great preparations are being made to well
come Gen. Wood on his arrival here The
veterans societies and other ORGANIZATIONS are
particularly prominent In those preparations.
The commission appointed by the munici.
pallty OF Havana TO examine into the purchase
OF furniture reports that It found that tho prioe
paid was excessive. The municipality will
annui the contracts.
Emil Cassin. who was buglsr with Roose-
velt's Rough Riders. and who has been on trial
here for shooting Major OF the Cuban army
last March has been found guilty and sem
fenced to imprison ment for two years and four
months
Cassin Was q lieutenant Of th~ Havana police.
Last spring while sitting in the cafe of the
hotel lngIaterra a row started outside and he
went to separate the com batants. The crowd
left with the exception o! the Cuban Major
who refused to obey Cassin. Cassin showed
his shield and threatened to shoot him unless
he immediately surrendered. The man re-
fused to surrender and Cassin shot him In
the leg.
The sun., 1899-12-16
Z OFFICIAL CROP BULLETIN.
Tho what Crop for l8o4-Nswly Seeded
Area of Winter Wheat.

Tho What Crop for Isoe-Newiy Seeded
Area of Winter Wheat.
wAsHISoroN. Dec, 15.-The following crop
bulletin was issued to-day by the Division Of
Statistics. Department OF Agriculture.
THE statstican OF the Department Of
Agriculture reports the wheat crop Of the
United States for 1900 at 647.3OO.oU
bushels or "12.3 bushels per acre.
DEMONSTRATION Of winter wheat ia
placed at 29l. 200. 900 bushels and that of
spring wheat at 255. .6tO.0OO bushels. Every
important wheat growing State has been
visited by srecial agents Of the Department
and the changes In acreage are the result OF
their Investigations.
The newly -sreded area Of winter wheat is
estimated at 30. 100000 acres. which il apout
2O0,yOO acres greater than that sown In no fall
Of 1905, The sowing OF wheat is still going on
In California and some of the Southern States,
rsoton. The average OF condition Is 81 |.
The acreage Bown with winter rye IL esti-
msted at per cent, less than that OF last year.
TAs atexage Of oonditio on IL DS2 per cent
THE com pi,ation OF the annual returns from
individual farmers 10 approaching com % etion
ANY slight changes that may be- called Tor IN
the average yield per acre OF corn oats Gar
enn other crops, az published Oct IL will Ia
then be available" "'''
The sun., 1899-12-16
MYSTERY OF THE SEA soLvKn
Two Coal-Lndep schoopers Found on II
Oceans Bottom-Had Been In Collision.

Two Coal-Ladep schoopers Found on the
Oceans Botton-Had Been IN Collision.
PHILApKLPHIA. Pa. Dec. 15.-The mystery
surrounding the dlsappearance OF two coal
laden schooners that left here In Noven-
Der. 1888. and were never heard from
again was solved to-day when word reached
here that two schooners had been found at
the bottom OF the sea of the coast OF Mas
sachusetts. Tho vessels were the Howard
8, Hanscom. Capt Holmes. which left hero on
Nov %. bound Tor Providence. and the John
.. Pace. Capt. Garfield. which eft two days
Inter for Boston. II was thought that both
had gone down in the gales OF November OF
last year hut the fact that not a soul nor spar
from either vessel was found seemed peculiar.
About two weeks ago IL was reported that Q
vessel had struck a submerged buoy. Tho
Lighthouse Board knew OF no such buoy and
an expedition was sent to the place to invests
gate, A vessel sailing to Prnvllancs scraped
her bottom AZ a point OF the Mas4achu. .etts
coast ssoaa;st and when her captain reached
down aud on the bottom OF the sec
wart, were found the Hanscom and the Pace
within 100 feet Of each other. Lashod
TO the rigging were the bones OF the crews OF
both vessels. In the side o. one vessel anil the
bow OF the other there were great hol q. The
theory is that the vessels were in collision In .
storm and sank together.
The sun., 1899-12-16
AGUINALDos GoTEhNaEyr ENDED
Fflipinos Suggest n Means of Restoring
Peace to the Islands.

WARRINGTON. Dec 15.-The Secretary Of
War received cAblegram from Gen. Otis
to-day saying that he had been informed By
prominent Fillpinos that they regarded the So
called insurgent government as entirely
ended and suggested as a means Of restoring
peace to the islands that all those who re-
mained in arms against the United States be
treated as bandits and subjected to the
severest penaltios as such. The Filplnos also
said that "a II would be necessary to maintain
large armed force In the islands to garrison
towns. they hoped that natives would be used
as much "a possible for that purpose. Gen.
Otis's communication was laid hsfors the
Cabinet to-day
1t was reported after the Cabinet meeting
that the President aud his advisors had de-
termined that Gen. OILS should be fnstruoed to
suppress brigandage by melting out speedy and
drastic punishment to those caught engaging
in II. Secretary Root when asked about the
report sad It was not true, When the proper
time arrived to indulge IN drastic IN measures, he
said. Gen. Otis would do what was necessary
to meet the conditions. The Secretary Indl-
Gated that ths tine had not arrived, and that
u was too early to declare that soldiers VINO
had served under Asuinaldo should be cIassed
IA briRands
The sun., 1899-12-16
HART4RD WTNs ~ DEBATE
Defeats Princeton in n Transvaai Discus
sion-Negro Carries OF tho Honors.

CAMBRIpoE. Mass. Dec. 15.-Harvard won
the annual debate from Prlnceton in Sanders
Theatre this evening on tho question.
Resolved. That the claims OF England
in me controversy with tho South
African Republic we're justinable." Prince
ton based her argument against England on
the ground that no suzerainty existed be-
tween the Republic and England owing to the
abandonment OF the claim by the latter in the
convention OF 1884. Princeton also tried to
maintain that the Beers were justified
In maintaining their stand on account
OF the attitude OF tho Outlanders and
that the present disturbances arose
from the dlsorderly state OF the country.
Harvard based her contention on the law OF
nations which gives any country the right to
protect hor citizens wherever they are being
wronRed and succeeded in showing that such
was the case IN South Africa.
Bruce. the Harvard colored speaker. was the
star OF the evening his speech being the finest
effort heard OH Harvard platform in many
years. Mayer. who took the place OF Kirkland
OF Harvard. also did well. The Harvard speak
ers were Wilbur Morse. Philadelphia: Roscoe
ConklinR Bruce. Indianapolis: Elias Mayer OF
Chicago The Princeton team was made up OF
Alfred Weston. Mt. Vernon. Me-: J. A. Jones.
PassaIo. N. j.. and J. II. Hil OF Edgewood
Park. Pa. Judge Wiswell OF Maine. Judge
Baldwin OF Connecticut and Prof. Hull OF Corr
nell were the judges.
The sun., 1899-12-16

, Tho Dreadnausht A. q, Basketball toam defeated
hhh Allanoa 4. Z, team at the formers "gym" ON
ThGrsday n.ght by u score OF % TO u,
game OF basketball was plavs, In Mount yernon
last night between Tho WssIcAuslur County Wheel,
inen and the Bedford y. II. Z. A, The Whesimsn
won by vtO 3.
The Atlantic A. A. Of Rockaway Beach arst and
Sc, ond teams ar" drsirpus OF arrAngnx games 81
home aud abroad Win hrstolass teams. Address
James H. snedoeor hockaway BeAlh. Y.
The BASKETBALL team of the st. yos.ph's Y. NJ. A. OF
Paterson deSIes gams Tor Tuesday night viii
city or Mclntv for gnnes Address Peter ], NJ. Gin-
nIH. 10 Clark street, Paternon. n. j.
The Institute 4. e, has few dates In Jauuary
February aud March open and wOnid Ike TO T0oi
frst'eiaSs teams Expenses guliantssd. InS itnte
Jnplols would Ike to hear fOn all i3O.pound
teams VIII play return game. Address J, A. Car
roll, 10 Nav street, Newark. n, J.
The sun., 1899-12-16
DESPATCH FROM GEN. orIn
Our Troops Still Pursuing the Insurgents in
Northern LuEon.

Our Troops Still Pursuing the InsurKs snts in
Northern LuEon.
WARRINGTON. Dec. 15.-This despatch from
Gen, Otis was received at the War Department
to-day:
MANILA. Dec l5.-Batchelor OF tho Twenty
fourth Infantry battalion reports that on the
Ith inst. he had an engagement at the junction
OF Aagat and Rio Grande rivers. Isabella prov
incc, the enemy leaving four dead and Ave
mortally wounded In the trenches. Our loss
Was one drowned aud four wounded. He says
ne Is In need OF clothing. provisions and m money.
WIN reach TpgueGAro, Casayan province.
shortly. Doubtless the navy relieved him yes
tertny. Four hundred and seventy-nye Span ish
Prisoners arrived this morning, among them
the SICK at Nlgan. numbering 40. Young, at
banlu. northwestern LuzOn, reports that
OF the insurgents. who have twenty three
American prisoners in their possess.on. The
country i exceedingly, rough, Our men are
without shoes. hut still persstentiy pursuing
rev spanish prisoners are now In the hands OF
the Insurgents probably LOCO, mostly in the
south expect to effect their release in a few
days; sergt. Alfred Roeder. Sixth Infantry,
with twenty soldiers and eighteen patiye
police. attncked 400 Insurgents at Madrigal.
Negros. thus morning, Nocasualties. Enemys
loss. twenty.eiGht killed and many wounded.
The sun., 1899-12-16

Bullet Sent Through Watohman's Eye by n
Man Who Had "Come to DO Him.

Bullet Sent Through Watohman's Ego by a
Man Who Had "Come to DO Him.
James Russell. a watchman. Of 10 Main street
Brooklyn. was shot In the rig ht eve and breast
and probably fatally wounded in Jose ph hite's
saloon at ~ Bowery last nigh, He was sitting
In the back room when group OF mon en-
tered. and one OF them stepping toward him
said with an oath: Il come here TO do you"
lots struck him. The place was well filed at
the time. but almost empty when the police
got there. Eight arrests were made. The
prisoners were tho two bartenders. James
harchese and James Merritt; John FinneRan.
the piano Payer; Tony Federieco, a Junk
d"alsr. OF 81 Crosby street: Arnold Malleew. a
cook. OF Hi DIVISION street. and two women
Maggie Carroll and Nellie sullivan,
John. lie was drur K and had a pistoi with on a
empty chamter. He said he was looking for
his brother Qssailant. At Gourverneur Hos.
Buck shot him
The sun., 1899-12-16
Mrs. Bu.hey K,dnaps Her Three Children

SHELBY. Ohio, Dec, 15.-Mrs Grace Bushey
OF Cleveland. sister Of j. Waldere Kirk, the
king OF fashion. on Friday morning Kidnapped
her three children, Ray. James aud Anna OF
this city. The children we're taken from the dif-
ierept sehoolholses under the pretcxt thai the
formerly resided In this city. where her nus,
band. Frank Bushey. was the Baltimore and
Shlo ticket agent. They parted and
Mrs. Bushey went to Cleveland taking
the children with her, where she
paced them in private orphanngr
frank BuSh"y. father Of the children. upon
learning that they were in an asylum had
them brought to Shelby, where they have since
hNed with his mother, Mrs. Uranna Bushey
The sun., 1899-12-16
NO MORE POKER oy rnr d. L. a IT,
Anthony Comstock Found 1t cut and HAD
II Forbidden.

oHAsoE, N. j.. Dec. 15.-some time ago AM
thony Comstock discovered that draw poker
WA being played on the trains OF
the Delaware. Lackawanna and West
ern Railroad Mr.. Comstock lives in
summit, lie happened one morning to
ride to Hoboken In smoking car and while
there learned that there was gam ling on the
ESlns OF the railroad which ono provided a
the company and this resulted In the issnancs
p gay o. genera order from Supt. Edward
SIhussell. The o der follows;
-Ihs Society for the Suppres sion of Vice hay.
iha given notlce that gambling Ia being prac-
Sissan ien on me comIany's ira ms, EN- ployees are
company and are forbidden to furnish To
psSsengsrs cards or boards for playing at any
Cnmmn,ssrn nuTsn 10 De used p gambling"
Pisyinx poker on the trains have invariabl,
sf,psr ~, accounts and squared up their obligations
Tor New YORK. va s"' ''ii'ooa's
The sun., 1899-12-16
JOTTISGs AB0UT TOWN,

man about nifty years OLD registered a. the oc,.
gentA hotel atl Broome street, MS II r. Little
scranton was found dead there Yesterday. Tns
cause OF death seemed 10 DO consuup puon.
NAY Cecelis keasan Mullen. who conducted a
niouhos ehAbllshnlrnt for several ears obtained
= ate uosise OF stparannn from Thuna as \. Mullen, A
~ TOT DECORATIVE work from Justice Russell
OF the Supreme Court yesterday. ''''
The sun., 1899-12-16

Policeman Sauher saw some Toys Kicking a
PAPER bundle about East Third street yester-
day. He found inside II woman's brown
TX r. then u woman's white skirt and in it a
mIlk pail, In side that was the body OF a four
wees- -old male infant. There were no marks
on the body uni detectives from the Filth
street station found nobody who could throw
to the MorKus lawn
The sun., 1899-12-16
0AB AsrRAY NTH SLEEPER.
Cnma Driverless Forty Blocks Downtown
Without Disturbing the Ocoupnnt

without Disturbing the Occupant.
Policeman Lynch OF tho West rty-seyentb
street station captured a driverless horse ant
hanson as the horse raced through Fifti,tf
street near Eighth avenue about midnight
4 red;headed man nearly seven feet tall and as
heaylly 1uilt 10 proportion. was found asleeI
but II required much effort on the part OF the
reserves and on his own part to get him out Of
the cab Into the police station.
II, There he said he was John p Clark OF los
West Tooth street. a Metropolitan Street Rail.
way INSPECTOR, He steppei into the hanson
st Nlnety.third street and columbus avenue
Just what happened since. but thought that The
morse. feeling some one getting In the cab
started on without the driver.
The cab Is numbered 1llj9
The sun., 1899-12-16
To Try Wireless TsisEraphy Across LAX,
Michigan.

TOLEDO, Ohio. Dec. l5.-The nrst important
practical test OF the Marconi wireless telegraph
In this country will be made by the Ann Arbor
Railroad which will endeavor to operate by II
from FIankfort, Mich. to Menominee, Wis,
car ferry service between those places and nj
present is eomneled to depend upon q line
through chicago Tor telsgraphc communica-
enced no end OF delays with this line which haa
greatly Murdered the operation Of It's boats
The sun., 1899-12-16
WEBSTER DkTIS'S TRIP,
Assistant Secretary of tho Interior GoinR to
south Africa for His Health.

Spe7dI tabH DeIndeA TO THE Sun.
LONDON. Dec. l5.-webster Davis. Assistant
Secretary OF the Interior at Washington. will
sail for Cape Town tomorrow on the steam
ship Mexican.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 15.-Of1cIals OF the In
terror Department cay that there Is no signiii-
cahce attached to Mr. Davis's trip To- Cape
Town. He has been oyerworked and some
time ago decided 70 take sea voyage to South
q short lime. ~
The sun., 1899-12-16
Refused to Incorporate the Emanuel Hoe.
pital.

ALBANY. Dec. 15.-The State Board OF Char.
tiles have refused to permit the incorporation
OF the Emanuel Hospital and Dispensary. TO
erect and maintain hospital or lying-in-
asylum In New York city IN the vicinity OF East
Broadway, The board, after an investivat Ion,
reached the conelusion that no necessity
ton.
The board has approved OF the incorporation
OF st. Peters L MON for Ca holic Seame en- which
proposes to maintain in New York city place
for sailors TO which they may resort when not
on duty Archbishor Corrtcan Is one OF the
with, view OF making It a substitute resort
for the saloon.
The sun., 1899-12-16
TO REFIT THE CONSTITUTION
Navy Department Approves tho Plan o
Restoring the Old Fighting Ship.

BosToS. Deo 15.-The Massachusetts State
Society OF United States Daughters OF 1919
has secured permission from the Navy
Department to undertake the work OF
rebuilding the Old friRats Constl-
tuition and 10 raise popular subscription fund
for the work. Secretary Long has written the
society that the Navy Department has favora-
ply considered tho plans Of rebuilding tho
Constitution
The plan IL to restore thu frgate as she was
IN the days OF the War Of 1872. aud to have her
stationed permanently at Boston, TO be
used a. a training ship for appren-
tees. subscriptions will be calici for
the national societies OF the patriotic organiza.
tions will be Interested enough to contribute
to the work.
The sun., 1899-12-16
JOHN p. soUInE & SONS FAIL
They Owned tho Largest Pork Packing
Plant In New England.

BosToS. Dec l5.-The firm Of John p. Squire
Sons. the largest pork packing establish
ment In New England. has failed. While Il
Is not IN after OF record az yet. 1t 10 estimated
that the liabilities OF the concern will
be- beyond $2.OOO.000. 1t 10 said that
the firm was CONNECTED to a great, extent
Baak and this fact had great deal
to do with the failure II had been
amalgamate with u blk Chicago concern.
The John 7. squire 4 Sons rack ing houses
are IN East Cambridge. IL IS large plant and
employed a large number OF hands
The sun., 1899-12-16
u. J. MOODY BATTER,
Had n Good Nights siesp-His Family Not
Alarmed.

EAST NoRTHrIELD. Mass. Dec. I'D. L.
Moody had comfortable night last night. and
to-day his general symptoms were pro.
nounced moro favorable than they have
meen recently. Mr.. Moody slept from $3.50
T. VI. uhll late this morning, and scene,
refreshed on awakening, His breathing " as
normal, and other conditions noted by the
nurse presented tho same aspect.
1t was snid at the Aoody house to-day that
the repoits about Nlr. Moody's illness are ex.
agGerated, The family and attendants col.
slder that there ts little ground for fears, and
that al present the condition OF the patient Ia
such as 10 cause them to feel hopeful rather
than otherwise.
The sun., 1899-12-16
IndiA's Famine Growing Worse.

SPECIAL Cab. Dsspae eA 10 THE 3uS
CALCUTTA. Dec. lo-Despite the efforts OF tho
Government to relieve tho distress. the sltua.
tion In the famine stricken districts is becom.
ing acute. At present 2.25O.OOO people are re-
ceivinR relief,
The sun., 1899-12-16
New south " wals.. wheat Crop.

Sps-di Cable Bsspdteh to THE suS.
SYDNEY. n. \. W.. Dec. 15.- onical estimates
are that this years wheat crop will show an in
crease OF 4.37+.4S4 bushels over that Of 1888
and that 10000 tons will be available for ex-
port
The sun., 1899-12-16
Former President of swi,serIand Dead.

Special Cable DsIpdtch to The sun
BEREE. Switzerland. Dec l5.-M. Numa Drox.
well known Swiss statesman and at one time
President OF the Confederation, died to- day.
He was born at Chaux de Fonds, Jan. 7. 1874
The sun., 1899-12-16
Bush Theatre. San Francisco, Burned.

FAN Francisco. Dec, l5-Fire this afternoon
destroyed the old Bush theatre. one OF the land.
marks OF the city. II was opened In 1850 and
prospered until about ten years ago