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New-York tribune., 1900-12-09
TURNED BACK BY A THREAT.
COLOMBIAN REvoLUTIoNIsTs FIRE ACROSS AN
AMERICAN STEAMERS BOW

San Diego. Cal. Dec. S-The Kosmos steamer
Hathor. which has arrived here. was threatened in
Colombian waters II the captain persisted IN max
Ing for Buenaventura, for which port the steamer
had freight. Buenaventura is located some dis
tance up a river, and while steamIng along tl'is
waterway the officers and crew were surprised &c
hear cannon ball whiz across the bow. The ves-
sci stopped and three revolutionists came
aboard with the statement that a blockade had
been declared of the port OF Buenaventura and
that the Hathor would have to turn back.
When asked what would happen if they kept
up the river, the reply was that the vessel would
certainly be shelled from shore. The Hathor put
about and discharged her freight at CorntO.
A report was in circulation at Acapulco that
seven hundred Government troops had been killed
Panama by the revolutiOnists-
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09
MINIsrER ONE HUNDRED YEARS Oh

Columbia S. g.. Dec (SpeciaD.-Three hundred
white ministers. delegates the Baptist State
standing to-day while the Rev. Edward Stark a
negro, was walking up the aisle OF the church to
tie rostrum. Stark was 100 years old on August is
last, and has been preaching seventy-six years He
made address, and before adjournment led the
convention In PRAYER.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09
AcQU,rTED. RUT SHE STAYS IN JAN.

Middietown. y. Y. Dec. S.-Mrs. George Hubbard.
OF Brisbin. Chenango County. has been acquitted
5y the jury before whom she was tried for murder
in connection with the death of her infant grand
child. Being homeless. Mrs. Hubbard will be PEI
mitted 10 remain IN jail until the cases against he
husband and daughter on the same murder charge
d
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09
ITALIAN KILLED IN A VENDETTA.
FLED TO CUBA A FUGITIVE AND HAD JUST
RETURNED.

RETURNED.
Bleeding from two knife wounds Joseph Peroni
an Italian, twenty-nne years Old was found lying
dead IN the hallway OF the five story tenement
house 30. 325 East One-hundred- "A nd-tw twelfth-st
last evening The police Pasquale Errico an
Italian, thirty-hve years old. who is believed TO
have lived in the same house with Phomena
Ferazara, pretty Italian woman. Errico and the
woman have disappeared.
About four months ago Errico and Peron had a
night about the woman and Peroni stabbed Errico
IN the arm and away Cuba. Yesterday
morning Peroni returned and went Immediately 10
the e-hundred-and-twelfth-s house. apparently
thinking Er-ico had forgiven him. The two men
met In the hallway last evening.
The dead mans body was found by John j.
PisOnotta, who had been playing pool in a saloon
on the first floor. and who happened to step into
the hallway.
Ambulance Surgeon Biving, OF the Harlem Hos
pitsl, pronounced the man dead. The body was
taken 70 he Harlem MOrgue
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09

Deputy Sheriff Ahearn has received eight execu-
tions aggregating $50 against John E. Risley in
favor Of the Mutual Life Insurance Company.
which obtained deficiency judgments against Mr..
Risley in Brooklyn on January last. The execu-
tons we're issued In consequence OF an advertise
ment that Mr.. Risley's household furniture to
be sold at auction yesterday. The advertisement
stated that the antiques. furniture etc. had been
removed from Beaumont New-RocheIle. belonging
John +. Risley. late United States Minister
PlenipOtentiary Denmark The Sheriff served
the executions Mr.. Smith. of the KnickerbOcker
Auction Rooms, who informed the Sheriff that Mr..
Risey had given bill OF sale OF the furniture 10
the auctioneer November 20 for S1.1OO
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09
SUBSCRIBERS FOR THE METROPOLITAN
SEASON
OFFICIAL LIST OF THOSE WHO WILL HAVE THE
BOXEs-A LARGE SUBSCRIPTION

The subscription for the season Of grand opera
in Italian. French and German. at the Metropolitan
Opera House is closed and the result numerically
and financially, is about the last year.
That is 10 say is a large subscription. 1t is not
10 be understood that IL is impossible to get places
still. even places for the season. but there are
only two or three desirable boxes left. and the
most OF the orchestra is taken. we'll as large
portions of the loftieF parts OF the house. The
following is the Official list of the box holders;
PARTERRE BOXES
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09
LOCAL BUSINESS COMPLICATIONS.

Schedules OF Sullivan & Sullivan stock brokers.
Of No. 20 Broad-st.. fled yesterday by the
assignee, Nathaniel NJ. Ha.ligan. They show
liabilities of s6l,565 nominal assets of 1873 and
actual assets OF S726 consisting office furniture
s512; cash. $40. and revenue stamps 81 Among the
creditors are Andrew p Jaeger N4 339; Mrs. A
Roedel. s6,140. j. s. Osborne. AsOl; j. r. Clair
s4 26S; j. A. MacKinnon. 81 ,6O1, and F. ID. LathrOp
81 81, all OF this city: also George c. Raymond &
Co. Norwich, Conn. $3.50 The Suliivans live in
Providence r. /.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09
NAVY

Captain JOHN LOWE. detached inspection duty
ford, Conn. December 10 home and await orders.
Assistant Paymaster e. j. PEOPLES. ISL
and yard and TO temporary duty Puget sound
naval station.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09
pAN-AMERIcAN BrILDLNG ILLrMLNArEn

Buffalo. y. Y. Dec 6-Lights were turned on
tonight al the machinery and TRANSFORMATION
buildirg AT the Pan-American grounds this hsi..,
iEst of the great structures To be flluufna.e5
As the electric current courssd IhFouCh the n,.ria
inca ndescent lamps the effect WIS strkinri,- b,i
liant. and gave siight idea OF the results Inv
WIN he attained when the electric tower ana .th-
great structures or the exposition are nlurninated
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09
PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND
Has Done Wonders for My Baby
Boy and Myself. 1t is a Great
NJ MediCine for the Home.
MRS. ]. G. DUNN, TARENTUM, PA, writes:

81 owe you a great debt for the good Paines
Celery Compound has done my baby boy and myself.
About year ago his face broke out in sores. We
had two of the best doctors attend him, but the
sores kept spreading Finally tried Paine's
Celery Compound, and one bottle cured him of bad
case of eczema | am using the Compound now for
nervousness, and it is doing wonders for me-"
Paine's Celery Compound is the national
home medicine, and has made thousands of
permanent cures. 1t strengthens and builds
your nerves, keeps the blood pure and nutri-
tous, makes your whole body healtl1ful and
vigorous. 1t will cure your indigestion, back
ache, rheumatism. and nerve prOstratiOn.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09

l9-H. /. Barley. Mondays
and odd matinees; Mrs.
Bradish J o h n 8 o II.
Wednesdays: q sorg G
Croker, Fridays; Mrs.
Jules Reynal, even
matinees.
2i-Oiver C. Jennings,
Mondays: Miss Jennings,
Wednesdays, Mrs. Ed
ward Moore Robinson
and Mrs. J. Hood
Wright. Fridays; Mrs.
benjamin Brewster.
Tnaunees.
23-E. T. Gerry. Mondays
and matinees. E J.
Berwind, Wednesdays;
r. L. Winthrop. Fri
days.
Sc. q. Haven. odd Mon
days. even Wednesdays
and odd martI.1rs, IOhn
+. Parsons, even MDn-
days, odd Wednesdays
and even matinees.
John Shane, Fridays.
21--Ge0Tge :. ES0Wdoin.
Mondays and alternate
matlnees: Charles La
nier, Wednesdays and
alternate matinees, Mrs.
Frederic Nelson, Fri
days.
29-Mrs. Alexander Van
Nest. Mondays and al
ternate matineeE. Mrs.
Hermann o ri c h :.
Wednesdays. II S.
Richard Gambrill, Fri
days and alternate
matinees.
3l-James AtilIman
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09
6-Wnliam X. Vanderbilt.

s-M. c. D. Borden and
Cornelius y. Bliss, al
teTnatIng.
lO-tieorge +. Baker. opening
Nan1ay night. 4. IL
Hartman, other Mon
days; Il. &. Fahnestock'
Wednesdays; h Francis
HYDE, Fridays; Mr.. Baker
ana MIR. Fahnes lock, al
ternating matlnees.
l2-Henry Clews. odd nights
and even m a : 1 n e :
George j. Gould. even
nights and odd matinees.
l4-George Henry Warren.
ir.. and W. starr Miller
alternate Mondays Nj.
and Mrs. Perciyal HOo-
erts, Wednesdays; James
B. Haggin. Fridays; John
sloane and Mrs. George
Henry Warren. matlnees-
I6-Levi z. Morton, Mondays
and alternate matinees
George T. Bliss, Nednes-
days and alternate matt
nees: Mrs. George Bliss,
Fridays
IS-Charles B. Alexander.
odd Mondays and one
third matinees; Edward
r. Bacon, even Mondays
Joseph Pulitzer and Ca
mile Weie>nfeld. alter
nate Wednesdays; Her
bert l.. Terrell. Fridays
and one-third matinees
Alexauder Mcdonald.
one-third matinees.
2O-D. .. Mills.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09

IT'S BAD To READ Too FAST
you may overlook the little Advertisements II,
lhe narrow columns -
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09

3-R. T. Wilson. Mondays
and odd matlnees, ~.
Emien Roosevelt anu
airs. T.. Reeve-Merrltl'
n ednesdays, Mr.. anu
Mrs. NJ. OTme Wilson,
Fridays. Mrs. j. Fred-
eTick PiersUn, even
IlaIInees.
Sc. NJ. Hyde and John
Notman, even nights
ana odd matinees; AiTS.
AnsOn Pne.ps stokes.
utner performances.
1-Mrs. AsIor and Colonel
ana Mrs. JOnn Jacob
AstOr.
9-SJauTOrd White, Mon %
days; Charles L. Barney.
N ednesdays. j. a.
Tower, Fridays; Charles
+. Barney, matinees.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09
n-Perry Belmont.

l3-Mrs. Lloyd ). Bryce. odd
nights and even matt
nees, Dallas y. Pratt,
even nights and odd
matinees.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09

Kountzs. Mon
days. Miss Della Guruee.
Wednesdays. Mrs. Fred
eric Gallatin. Fridays
Mis-. kountZe. odd matt
pees, Mrs. : y. French.
even matinees
34-Heher r. Bishop. Mon
days and two-thiTds
matinees. Mrs. II. r.
Dim m o c X. Wednesdays:
Adrian lselin. jr.. Fri
days and One-third matt
neeH
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09

l5-Adrian Iselin, Mondays
and alternate matlnees
William u. Rockefeller.
Wednesdays, Friday 5
and alternate matinees.
1T-H. Nick. TWombly and
". ID. Sloane.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09
INK BLOTS REMOVED

FROM PAPER BY A NEW METHOD. WHICH LEAVES
Absolutely 10 INJURY OR TRACE-ALso
FROM THE Skin, CLOTHING AND
THE FINEST FARRItS
Bookkeepers-in tact, everybody that uses ink
will be glad 10 learn that an article has been
discovered that viii remove ink from paper
without the slightest injury.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09
ALL BOXES.

The Opera NIub.
STALL BOXES.
A-Frankn Regd. Mon C-Frank Scott Cerrish
days. MONDAYS
D-Mrs Francis NJ Bangs. E-Chares II. Ditson. Mon
Mondays days.
F-George c. Barrett, Mon G-Chares r. Clark Mon
days; Edward g Morse, days. John r. Ireland
Wednesdays; John Bur
ling Lawrence, Fridays.
H-Mrs r. G. Black, Mon Mrs G. O. Clausen Mon
days; Charles S. Haight. days: Mrs James Girls
Wednesdays. James
Wentz Adams. Mrs
James Andrews. Miss
Andrews, Wednesdays;
Mrs w. F. Cochran
VI. b. wethereIl, Mon WV 'Ism G. Clark Mon
Gays. DAYS: John H. Watson
X-A l. johnson.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09
PARTERRE BOXES.

BOX
"A. ID. Juilliard. Mondays
and matinees. Pembroke
j o n e :, " euheSOaS >
George r. Dodge. I'm
days.
4-August belmonl' wv
Mondays, even fridays
and alI matinees: James
Soeyer. other Mondays;
Ms. ]. Frederick Pier
son and Miss Leary.
Wednesdays: Miss Scott.
nId tUiHays.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09

26-S. d. Babcock. Mondays
and matinees. John NJ.
Bowers. Wednesdays: Dr..
and Mrs. Charles T.. Par
ker. odd Fridays; ].
Henry Smith. even Fri
days.
2S-W. Bayard Cutting. Mon
DAYS and alternate Fri
days, Mrs. J. Y. Dahl
gren. WednesdE s. W =
Gurnee. alternate Fri
days. Walter q. Oakmsn,
matinees.
30-W. c. Whitney.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09

53-T h omas Hitchcock.
Mondays and twO-thirds
matinees; Joseph stick
ney, Wednesdays; J. J.
Wysong. Fridays and
one-third matipees.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09
35-J. PieTDont Morgan.
GRAND :

45-R. W. Paterson. Mon,
days. ". H. Poor
Wednesdays and Fri
days.
al. L. Riker. Mondays
Colonel q. 3. NJ. Ha-.
vey. Wednesdays: Gen
eral y. Butterfleid, Mrs
II. hnickeTbocker. F'r!
days.
Of. r. Jennings, Mon
days; Charles A. Gould
Fridays.
5i-Jacob II. Schiff, Mon
days: Simon Borg
Wednesdays; Z. B
Grigsby. Fridays.
53-W. A. Clark.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09

22-Dr. and Mrs. ". Seward
Webb. Mondays and Fri
days. James J. Van
Allen, Wednesdays; Mrs.
II. Mortimer Brooks,
matinees.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09
CIVIL EMPLOYEES PENSION BILL.

A-A. L. Johnson.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09

VI. h. Wetherell, Mon
days.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09
OMNIBUS 30.

.54-GeorEe Arents. Mondays:
c. W. Morse. Wednes-
days. II. II. Rogers, Fri
days and matinees.
is BOX.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09

ar. A. G. Smith, Henry 8.
Manning. Mondays. Cen
eral Charles +. Roe, Fri
DAYS.
46-Mrs. jefferson Codding-
ton. Mondays; Mrs. F..
Schroeder. Fridays.
4S-E. ST. John Hays. Mon
days. Mrs. A. c. Wash
ington, J. 81. Ceballos.
Wednesdays: ]. q. Nc
Cullough. Fridays.
5O-Mrs. s. c. Harriet, Mon
days: Francis II. Leg
gett. Fridays: Mrs. +. II.
Ballantine. matinees.
52-I. II. Fletcher, Mondays; !;
J. Pulitzer. Fridays.
.54-GeorEe Arents. Mondays:
= W Mava NaFlIw-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-22
A BOY SERIOUSLY HURT.
Skull Fractured md Foot Crushed
by Fall From n Car

Eugene Wilson, twelve years OF age son
Of Cove S. Wilson, a clerk in the Inter
state Commerce Commission, is lying at
the Emergency Hospital in critical con-
dition as the result of Injuries sustained
in a fall from n car of the Metropolitan
Railway Company yesterday afternoon
about O'clock. The accident took place
at the corner of Seventeenth and H Streets
northwest An operation was performed
upon the boy last night to relieve the
pressure on the bs..in.
Young Wilson, together with another
boy named George Frick, was selling pa
pers at the time of the accident The
Frick boy went along Seventeenth Street
toward | Street. while young Wilson
loitered about the corner of Seventeenth
and II Street. There lie attempted to
board a west bound car. The car was go
ing slowly, but the boy appears to have
missed his footing and fell to the ground.
One wheel of the car passed over his right
foot, causing a compound fracture of the
ankle. His head struck the pavement
with great force. resulting in a fracture
OF the skull, and cuts and bruises.
The car was in charge Of Conductor
Parker and Motorman Cook. 1t was stop
ped and young Wilson was taken into the
office of Dr. j. Tabor Johnson 70i Sew
enteenth Street northwest. Dir. Johnson
was away from home, but Or. Charles f.
Hagner rendered medical assistance.
Later the boy was taken to the hospital.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-22
EVADING THE LAW.
How Campaign Funds Are Secured
From OGic, holders.

NEW YORK, Sept. ga Washington
special to the Evening Post" says:
This is season when the Government
employees are given an opportunity to con-
tribute to the campaign fund. The civil
service reform system has practically done
away with the old practice of soliciting
subscriptions. but it has not done away
with the diffusion of the idea that man
holding a Government Office should be
willing to contribute something to the
success of the party.
There are various ways in which the
civil service prohibition is evaded in the
interest of this idea. The most common
is the fiction of a club composed of the
voters from each State. as the Illinois
Republican Club or the Indiana Re
publican Club. They are seldom heard
from except during CO mpaign seasons.
Now they are beginning to hold fort
nightly meetings at which the members
are told by their respective presidents
that the dues of the organization are Sc
n year. and the member soon finds that
the dues have been running for two years,
and that he now owes s12
He is informed that If he desires to
pay up these dues the greater part of the
money will be sent home to his State to
help in the local campaign and small
part reserved to pay for stationery and
the work of the secretary. The clubs also
make arrangements to secure transporta-
tion for voters to go home"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-22
THE BRADsTREFr REVIEW.
Business Somewhat Affected by the
Anthracite Coal strike.

NEW YORK. Sept. 21.-Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say:
The unfavorable turn given the gen.
eral industrial situation by the strike of
anthracite coal miners and the possibility
of wage disputes in the iron trade. with
rather, less activity in the latter indus
try and some increase of weakness in
the prices of erudsr forms. have given an
appearance of irregularfty to the general
trade and business situation On the
other hand, the course of staple prices has
been very generally upward this week.
Fall distribution of dry goods, clothing.
hats. and millinery has been of large
volume at nearly all markets. and there
is decidedly better tone noted in The
boot and shoe and kindred trades, and the
strength Of cotton goods. though appar-
emily in excess of that shown by the raw
material. has been regarded as Indicative
CT confidence on the part of manufactur-
ers. Bank clearings reflect the expansion
Of fall trade in a further gain in volume,
but the stagnant condition of speculation
particularly in stocks, precludes any i'm
portant gain over recent years
Gross railway earnings continue to
show gains over last autumn's heavy
business but net returns point to much
Of this being used up by increased cost
OF operating
"The premature opening due to hot dry
weather. is responsible for a portion of
the heavy movement of cotton to market
but back of this, of course is the desire
to profit by the exceedingly good prices
ruling. Advices that the cotton is NOV
ing to market with unexampled speed
come from nearly all Southern points.
Iron and steel are rather quieter as n
whole. and some weakness is noted in
Southern pig and steel billets at Pitts
burg.
While the gross earnings of liz roads
for July aggregated $50, SS5 039. gain Of
s. $40. or 81 per cent, the net re-
turns of the same roads were only s26,-
127. Al. gain of only $137, 622, or one-half
of l per cent.
Business failures for the week number
1873, as against 1G7 last week. 147 in this
week a year ago. 1872 in 1885, 2S7 in 1897
and 321 in 1896"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-22
The Deserted Mis-ionurie,.

The tact that Mr.. Mckinley has now
definitely committed himself to the scut-
Ting policy-thereby leaving the mission
aries and other American citizens in China
70 take care Of themselves or be taken care
OF by other powers-is likely 10 cause trains
OF thought TO be started among people of a
reflective turn Of mind. 1t will be well for
the President 10 realize this.
Thus far he has assumed the role Of a
staunch church member and protector of
Christian interests IN foreign lands. His
constituency has been largely composed OF
the staid. moral, religious. and thoughtfui
element Of the American people who sup
port missionary societies and other relig-
ious organizations-peopl who, when they
come to Washington, always go to church
and feel a sort Of subdued satisfaction in
attending the Presidents church" They
have hitherto believed with touching
fidelity that their President would never
1orsake the Christian men and women who
have given their lives to the work Of carry
ing tbs Gospel to the heather. and that In
all plans FOR colonization he would see TO
IL that the Bible should go with the nag
the railway. and the dollar. What will
they think about this latest move?
Il is well to consider this matter in all
It's aspects. II is of no use to say that
these people are not going to think. for
they are They belong to the class of the
community which supports colleges and
takes newspapers. and prides itself on
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-22
Ii Hung Chang.

(From Harpcr's Weeky)
At the present time Ii Hung Chang is the
yicCroy of the two provinces, Kwangtung and
Kwangsi. Although so old that he is unable
to walk una assisted, he has still shown himself
here to be the Grand Old Man of China. as he
has been called. In much lass than a year he
has made these turbulent provinces almost the
quietest. The courtry about Canton and the
Pearl River has been Hst-d icr its bad char
actcrs. He has diminished the numbe- by de
cauitation snd stangulIiim at the rate of about
five buudrc,. a month. IT is said that recently
III. received an order from tie throne to liherate
all prisoners waiting trisi, and that he obeycd,
but caught them again 9s they were set nee
md in different parts Of The city executed one
hundred and twenty seven in. one day. The pas
sengers on Intervening boat TO Honskong were in
full view of the execution Of lot OF twenty or
thirty in a vacant space near by.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-22

CFrom the Louisville Courier Journal.)
The assertion that there are no trusts or COM
bnes known by that name IS too wildly absurd
for serious treatment. Not only are these cont
binatons for unlawful purposes numerous, but
they are increasing all the time. Under the
present Administration they have been more
prosperous than ever before. There l. a Federal
statute against them, but il is either wholly
worthless or ii is rot enforced. State legislation
ha- been somewhat more effective but the trusts
flourish in spite Of it. That they are protected
By the Republican party has long been an open
secret. Senator Hanna knows where to hnd them
when a eamraign fund IS collecting.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-22
CUT THEIR WAY THROUGH.
JungIes Interfere with the Progress
of PoIe-Cnrew's Force.

LONDON. Sept. 21.--The War Office ha
received the following despatch fror
General Roberts;
'Watervalboven. Sept. 20.-Pole'
Carew and Henry's mounted infantry
arrived at Kaapmuiden yesterday
morning. the guards following in the
afternoon. Pole-Carew reports that
the country is practically without
roads The troops had to cut their
way through jungles interseeted by
ravines. At the railway station there
were nineteen engines, OF which eleven
were damaged and eight burned.
thirty-eight trucks of -four. twenty
seven of coal. one of coffee, four of
machinery and eight of stationery.
Altogether there were ia trucks.
great deal Of flour and coffee had been
destroyed.
"The Kaap River bridge has been de-
stroyed, but it can easily be repla led.
The other damage u the railway is
being gradually repaired. | hope that
Pole-Carew will reach Hector Spruit
tomorrow. Ian Hamilton is on
march behind the guards. Pole-Carew
captured en- September 10 five wagons
loaded with rifles and ammunition.
Kelly-Kenny reports that the Boer
concentration at Doornberg is broken.
There is now no organized opposition
in the southern part of the Orange
River colony
Lieut. n P Clarke was severely
wounded at Watervalonder through
not hearing a sentry or the sentry not
hearing his reply. ROBERTS"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-22
ATTACKS THE MINISTRY.
CampbeII-Bannerm Issues an Adj
dress to Constituents

LONDON. Sept. 21-The Right Hon. Sir
Henry Campbell Zimmerman, the Liberal
leader. has issued an electoral address 20
| his constituents. in which he blames the
| ministry for failing to check or guard
against the military preparations of the
| Transvaal although they had full knowl-
/ edge thereof, which the country did rot
share. He says he sees no practical con-
illusions for the war. except the nbsorp
ton of both States. but adds that the
sooner full self government is grantsi
the better hope there will be for South
Africa
While insisting upon redress for the
outrages in China and the establishment
of responsible government. Sir Henry
says Great Britain must repudiate any in
tention of acquiring further territory, and
claim only the fullest liberty of trade.
He adds that the Liberals will support
reforms opening army careers more COM
pletely to merit, but he strongly opposes
alterations tending to make Great Britain
a military Empire rather than an Empire
of commerce and peace.
The address issued by Sir William Yer
non -Harcourt consists of long protest
against making the war the sole issue OF
the election. He declares that the Gov
ernment's conduct of war waged with
overwhelming numbers against petty
power deprives them of any confidence as
military administrators. He charges that
the Government is trying, under the war
cry, to escape rendering an account of
the pledges given in 1895 regarding shorter
hours in shops. the eight-hour mining day
education, temperance reform, and old
age pensions He expresses the grayest
tnnrehensions regarding national finance,
saving he believes that the cost of the
war will eventually reach total of $780,
O0O. GEO. which is bound to cripple social