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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-30
CHE BURGHHRS' VICTORY
BOer Refugees Comment on the
DewetsdOrp Surrender.
Captain yIIJOen Inclined to Believe
That the British Defeat Was Worse
Than Reported-Not Surprised by
the Unsettled Conditions in Cape
CoIonS-FederaI Commandos There

NEW YORK, Nov. 30.-The Boer refu-
gees who arrived in this country last
week were much pleased this morning
over the cable despatch from London an
aouncing General Roberts report that 4eo
British soldiers. with two guns. had sur
-renedered TO the Beers at Dewetsdorp.
southwest of BIoemfontein-
This is very good news" said Captain
YiIjoen this morning. ''The despatch says
that there were captured 400 and that only
Is were killed. You may make up your
mind that our victory was much greater
than was reported In the first place, NO
British force is going to surrender just
because fifteen men were killed There
than that to cause them to give up and
you can wager that the loss was greater.
Then, too. the reports sent out from1South
Africa and London are censored, so alto
gether I think we have WOE good vic
tory. This victory is all the more en-
couraging because it shows people that
the Boer cause is very much alive. Last
September. when I left. We had 10000
men in the field and I think there are
nearly as many as that now.
"As regards Cape Colony 1 am not sur
prised at the reports Of the unsettled con-
ditious there. indeed. would not be sus
prised if an outbreak had already occur
red. Boer commandos have already pene-
trated various portions of Cape Colony. l
know this from letters I have received.
think that an uprising IS certain. II it does
occur i means that 50.oOO additional men
will be added to Great Britain's enemies
in South Africa This is about as many
as the Transvaal has eEer had in the field.
''If it took England thirteen. months TO
make any headEay against US what will
she do with $4,000 fresh Fighting men?
Practically all OF England's volunteers
have returned TO their homes and the
forces now in South Africa are in poor
condition The Boer cause is by no means
dead.
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THE CALIFORNIA DISASTER
Fourteen identified Victims of the
Glass Factory Roof Collapse.
over Forty Others Badly Injured,
and Fifteen OF Them Likely to
Die-The Casualty List.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3o-sixteen men
and boys are known to have been killed by
the collapse of the roof of the Saa Fran
cisco and Pacific Glass Works during the
football game between the Stanford and
Berkeley University football teams yes
terday afternoon
OF the scores of other spectators of the
game who were precipitated into the fur
mace below, over forty are badly injured
Dr. BuDnell, of the Southern Pacific Rail
way Hospital. to which the majority of
tka Injured were taken, believes that If
teen more will die, making the fatalities
t.Fenty-eight in all
This morning the following revised list
OF dead was published; ". H Echfeldt
twelve years old, William Valencia,
eighteen years old; Thomas J. Rippon
twenty-four years old: Dante Monaco
sixteen years old; Robert J. Harrison
twenty years old; Fred s Lilly. twenty
two years old; John Cakes, twenty-six
years old; Edgar Fairhaven. eleven years
old; ". VanIyn. Pasadena: virgil Newby;
Charles Monahan, thirty-four years old;
Thomas c. PedIar; TaIIyrand Boruwell
sixteen years old; Hector McNeilI, If
teen years old; unidentified nan. two
unidentified boys. each about sixteen
years old
The seriously injured are John
BFough. Fred Garity, sssulI fractured and
left leg fractured: r. E Essman. William
Hauseh. Leon Gerard. Clarence Burns. r
Freichler. John Doyle, Ezed BsWinEiie.
George c. Miller, Arthur olsen, George
Henser, Fred Hartman. John Hcaser.
Theo. Baker, George Belle, Ed. Horns
James Bowen, Carroll Harold Palmer, Al
bert Gerke, George Campbell, Albert
Loux, George Morshat, William Conway,
- Darcy, ". Grant, and Otto Bermeis-
ter
It now develops that the terrible loss
OF life IL the collapse OF the glass works
roof might have been avoided If the 70
lice had responded promptly TO the re-
quest for aid superintendent Long. Of
the works. saw the crowd collecting en-
the roof before the game began, and,
knowing the fimsy nature of the sup
ports. which we're intended oDiy to hold
the roof in place against its own weight
ana the strain Of the elements. he real
ized the danger of the roof falling.
After vainly endeavoring TO induce the
crowd TO descend he sent an appeal to
the police to clear the roof The police
we're engaged inside the football grounds
and were slow to respond. They started
AT last for the glass works. but before
they arrived the roof had collapsed
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The greater portion Of the time Of The
Cabinet meeting today was taken mp by
Secretary Root, who entertainingly re-
lated the incidents regarding his recent
trip through Cuba.
In an informal discussion Of the Chi
nese situation, it was agreed that no fur
ther course OF action could be decided on
by this Government until the text of the
protocol submitted by the ministers to
the Powers at Pekin is cabled TO Wash
ington by Minister Conger, according to
instructions already sent to him.
There vas some talk Of an appointee to
the Office of Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue to succeed the late George ".
Wilson, but no decision was reached.
John w Yerkes. OF Kentucky; Governor
Atkinson. of West Virginia. and Robert
Williams. jr. the present deputy commiss
sioner, are the principal candidates mem
tened.
The Presidents message was not taken
up in detail. but the principal recommen-
dations came in for discussion. During
the session word was brought that fre
had broken out among the documents
stored in the Treasury.
This brought up the question Of the Hall
Of Archives Nhieh has so often been pro-
posed. Secretary Long in his report took
mp the question OF the crowded condition
OF the building occupied by the executive
departments and on the ground Of the need
Of the space occupied by the files for use
as room for the clerical force. advocated
the construction Of such a building. The
entire Cabinet took part in the discussion
and agreed that such a building was a ne
cessity and II is probable that a reeon-
mendation viii be made to Congress for
an appropriation for its construction
Secretary Hay reported that there was
no change in the situation in the East.
The Presidents message will not so TO
Congress Monday Senators Frye. Hale.
Platt Of Connecticut. and Aldrich. and
Speaker Henderson saw the President this
morning and it was decided that no busi-
ness of any kind xouId be transacted by
either House Monday Immediately upon
convening the announcement Of the death
Of Senator Davis VIII be made in both the
House and the Senate and as a mark Of
respect both bodies viii Immediately ad-
iourn.
The President upon his return to the
White House, after seeing Mrs. Mckinley
OF for New York. found Speaker Hender-
son awaiting him He requested General
Henderson to enter the carriage and the
pair spent about thirty minutes driving
about the city.
This vas EeEzseisTeT VA af obtaining
an uninterrupted talk about the work Of
the sessi5n. and it was stated that the
programme for the business Of the ses-
sion up to the holidays was outlined. AL
efforts, it is said. are to be bent toward
preventing an extra session General
Henderson would not confirm this. how
ever. stating that mis- talk with the Prest-
dent was largely regarding the presenta-
tioa of the message to Congress
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RICE WILL TO BE FILED.
Startling Developments Expected IN
the Celebrated Case.


the Celebrated Case.
NEW YORK, Nov. 99.-sepsational de-
veIopments are promised today when the
second viii of William Marsh Rice, the
late Texan millionaire. is presented for
probate by attorneys for Albert T. Pat
rick, accused of numbering his client for
money. The fling OF the viii may begin
a contest which viii last for years
The estate is valued at $500, coo. In
the second viii Patrick is the chief bere-
fciaTy. His lawyers announced today
that they viii clear up the mystery sur
rounding the death Of the aged Texan
They say that both Patrick and Jones
are innocent; that Rice died a natural
death, and that the accusations against
Patrick were made TO prevent him from
getting possession of the estate
Max E Hardy. junior member of the
firm representing Patrick in the civil
suits. was acquainted with Rice and Pat
rick in Texas and familiar with their bus
mess relations
: There is no mystery about the Rice
case he said today. mo murder vas
committed There were no forgeries
Every transaction that Patrick had With
Rice was honest.
"As to the charge that Rice was mur-
dered. it is all nonsense. The finding of
poisous in house is not proof of murder
Every family in New York, I venture to
say, has poisons in its medicine closet.
'.As for fading mercury in his body,
would be willing TO bet that there is mer-
curry in the body Of almost every living
Texan. Everybody in that State takes cal
omel for billiousness- I took il while
lived there and I still take it. Rice also
took it. Cslonel is a salt OF mercury
Mercury never passes out of the system
It remains there and of course any chem
ist can find it after the man is dead
have known Texans TO take so much Of it
that their teeth dropped out. It gives a
blush tinge to the complexion Rice had
a complexion OF that sort.
Patrick Is not deep enough TO conceive
so clever plot as has been figured out
4 predict he viii be acquitted of all the
charges against him and will come into the
millions to which he is entitled under the
viii Of his client William Marsh Rice
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A TYPHooN N NDo-cHNA.
Nearly Two Thousand Killed and
FOBr Thousana Destitute.


VICTORIA. British Columbia, Nov. 90
The steamship Empress CT China, which
has just arrived from Hengkeng, brings
news of a typhoon which swept over Tou-5
rane. in Indo-China. leaving ]. Goo dead
and 4.000 homeless, absolutely destitute
persons and many hundreds OF thousands
of dollars worth of property. destroyed
The wind blew for two days with un-
precedented violence.
Many villages were entirely wiped from
the map by the storm
Great damage also resulted to the ship
ping, not vessel being left In the har-
Dor after the typhoon had passed
The dead, found lying IN the ruined
plantations and destroyed villages of the
storm-rayaged section Of China, were
left unburied Not enough were left
living in good physical condition to bury
those VINO were killed They are utterly
without food. and are in great distress.
Almost coineident with the awful storm
which caused SO great & loss OF life al
Tou ane. typhoon devastated Quinhon.
There the storm ragged f0r three days,
the wind blowing with terrific violence.
Miles and miles of tea ana coffee planta-
tions were wrecked.
There was great loss of life attendant
to tie storm at Quinhon,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-30
IN Mr.. HAMMoND's HANDS.
English stockholders Give Him Cor
troll OF the independent Mine.

English stockholders Give Him Con-
troll OF the independent Nine.
DENVER, Col, Nov. 3e.-The London
owners Of the strattons Independent mine
have eabIed their acceptance of John
Hays Hammond's proposal to take charge
Of the property and their approval Of his
plans for its rehabilitation. The board OF
directors agree to turn the mine over to
Mr. Hammond, giving him authority to
prosecute the needed development work
and leave the matter of dividends from
the mine TO his discretion. He has agreed
TO pay in dividends for next year s4S8. .O0o
or 10 per cent on the capital stock of the
corporation. This is Just one-fourth Of
the amount that has been paid in divi-
dends from the mine since the English
corporation owned it.
The impression that has gained accent
ance IN some quarters that the mine is
entirely worked out is denied BIZ Mr.
Hammond's report, which shows that the
ore body is still capable of producing
SL00e.000 profits. This, if mined during
the year, would leave nearly $500. coo for
development work after the promised
dividend has been paid
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TIE PRoBLEM IN CHINA.
Opinions in Paris on the Attitude of
the Powers

Opinions in Paris on the Attitude of
the Powers.
PARIS. Nov 30.-It seems impossible to
ascertain the exact attitude Of the various
Powers toward China A story is received
in Paris one day and the =ext day it is
coEtradicted.
From the best information, it now ap-
pears that the statement that several of the
foreign ministers at Pebin have signed the
preliminary demands which are TO be pre-
sented to Ii Hung Chang and Prince Ching,
the. Chinese pIenipotentiaries, is not true
Even II. Pichon, the French Minister
was instructed 10 sign the note, subject to
certain reservations, which will in all
probability convince him that he should
not sign at all
The latest news received il official circles
here is 10 the effect that Japan, Russia.
and the United States are holding out for
the inhiction of 1.-The severest penalties
on the guilty parties instead of decapita-
ton, which was demanded in the original
pote- They are also demanding other ame
lucrative amendments
The action of Russia places France in
an awkward position between her desire
to maintain an entente with the Gar
and the fact that French interests in
China are more aS5imiiated with those of
the English and Germans than with these
OF Russia. As distinguished pubIieist
summed up the situation today. it is an
inextricabIe mass.
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RELIEF FOR ART MUSEUMS.
to Repeal the Federal Tax
on Requests

Movement TO Repeal the Federal Tax
on Requests
NEW YORK. Nov. S0-Museums, libra
ries and other institutions throughout the
country viii join with the Metropolftaa
Museum OF Art, of this city, in the en-
deavor already put on foot TO bring about
the repeal of that portion of the Federal
Inheritance Tax law which levies tax
upon beq1ests made to these educational
institutions.
letter sent to Representative s. z.
Paine, Chairman Of the Ways and Means
Committee Of tie House, at Washington,
by William E Dodge, Chairman Of the
Executive Committee OF the Metropolitan
Museum OF Art, is the keynote Of q Wig
orous protest which viii be put before
Congress against the continuance OF the
tax, which II Is asserted, is neither need
ed by the Government nor laid IN accord
ance with good public policy
''I do not believe Congress ever intend
cd the tax to be levied on beguests to our
museum or like institutions, said Mr..
Dodge, "and 1 am certain the Govern
ment does not need the money. with MIL
lions of surplus III its Golfers
Putting q tax upon institutions such as
ours is really patting tax upon educa-
tior. Our association is merely trustee
for the public. II is as absurd to tax Us
as it would be to put a tax on school
houses. Cur resources are already htavt-
Iy taxed by necessary expenses
Il happen 10 know OF al least Two COL
leetions Of paintings which the museum
is likely TO receive within very little
while. each OF them worth about million
dollars. and. assuming that the estates to
which they belong would reach the TO per
ts-x Il rre ha7 IN
S100. goo each before we could receive those
nicrs1res -
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PRoaoTIoNs IN LEE ARMY.
Report That No Major GeneraIships
VIII Go to Volunteers.

Reporf That No Major GeneraIships
VIII Go TO Volunteers
Arrny circles are particularly interested
in the method to be adopted in distribut-
ing general commissions in the pendiag
bill to reorganize the regular forces.
A scramble for the places has begun
The first officer appointed to the grade Of
major general BY the President after the
passage of the Reorganization bill viii be-
come the successor Of Lieutenant General
Miles. who retires in 1908. and friends of
aspirants for this honor are already at
work to secure it. The senior brigad:er
general of the regular service is James ..
Wade. and holding the same rank are Hen
ry c. Merriam. s B. NJ Young, Arthur
Macarthur (aIso a major general OF vol
unteers}. and William Ludlow As the
Army is now constituted there is a vacan-
cy in the grade of brigadier general. ard
1t is to be given to Major General of Voi-s
unteers Leonard Wood Governor OF Cuba
an official said positively that except
officers of junior rank no volunteers will
be given commissions ii the reorganized
Army This means that regular officers
only will be made major generals and
brigadier generals.
II the President adopts the plan practi-
cally determined upon. Brigadier Generals
Of Volunteers James H. Wilson, Fitzhugh
Lee, Frederick D. Grant, James f. Smith.
ana Frederick Funston will be honorably
discharged from the Army before July /
next, The President is anxious to get leg
islatien which viii permit him to retire
Generals Wilson and Lee with their pres
ent rank.
As there viii be eighteen or twenty ap-
pointments as brigadIer generals : to be
made volunteer officers propose - bring
pressure to bear upon the President 10
insure their appointment to these offices
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VANCOUVER, 3. c., Nov. 90-The
steamer Idzumi Maru brings news that
the rebellion in South China is increasing.
Bloody hghting has occurred there ac-
cording TO advices. received.
Toward the east Of Kwang-tung prov
inee a big battle occurred. The rebels
had been making themselves rather irk-
some to the villagers for some time back
and latteriy committed excesses which
thoroughly aroused their anger TO action.
Accordingly, the villagers at Sam To
Chuk sent round the fiery cross" and,
mastering 1900 they sailed forth to meet
the rebels in pitched battle at a place be-
tween sam To Chuk and Yeuag Fa-
The forces were about equally matched
as regards numbers. but the weapons Of
the villagers were of an antiquated type
III comparison with those used by the gen
erality of insurgents. The one rabbIe met
the other on the 10th and fierce conflict
took place lasting over the Goth and the
21st. In the end the villagers were driv-
en- back with tremendous loss. The
slaughter on the rebel side is said to have
reached 400, while the loss on the side
OF the villagers was over 1000. The
slaughter was carried out with the usual
ferocity and the villagers having been ae-
cused Of being friendly toward the troops
were given no quarter.
The rebels. not content with the result
of the three days fight, followed up the
victory by marching on the villages of the
adyersaries now only inhabited by women
and children and aged and inhrm. They
fred every village in the district and slew
the Innocent indiscriminately- Three
thousand houses were burned and, in hun
dreds Of cases, the hapless occupants with
them
News of the affair did not take long to
travel south and a force of 2.0O0 of Admi-
raj Hos force arrived on the scene, and on
evening of that day another bloody
battle took place, the result of which has
not come TO hand The Admiral himself
has returned 10 Hongkong with 200 men
under his command, having burned San
Chan Tin and Ma Ian Tax, two Of the reb-
els strongholds.
AS precaution against surprise and
also as protection to the neighborhood
he left 600 picked men at Ping Shan. The
Admiral says he does not mean to advance
as the rebels have retired outside Of his
jurisdiction
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LYING III STATE at ST. PAUL.
Thousands View the Remains of
Senator Davis

scBatoE D4FEs-
ST. PAUL. MIN, NOV. so.-The remains
u Senator Davis were on public view at
the State capitol today. A company of the
National Guard, of which the late Senator
was au honorary member. acted as escort
from the residence to the State building.
From 10 O'Clock till o'clock. steady
stream Of visitors passed through the
building. after which the remains were
taken back to the family residence. The
funeral viii take place from the residence
tomorrow morning.
The palibearers will be James ). Hill,
Judge Walter H. sanborne. Judge Charles
E FIandreau, ex-Gov. John s. PiiIsbury,
ex-senator ". D. Washburn, Hon Samuel
r. Thayer. of Minneapolis; E. ". Peel.
and United States District Attorney Rob
ert J. Evans. Congress viii be represent
ed i,y the Senateaand House Committees.
che religious services at the house will
be conducted by the Rev. Dr. C Z. An
drews, OF Christ Church, and Rev Thee
sedgwiek, os the Church OF St. joan the
Evangelist. The interment will take place
at Oakland Cemetery
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BERRYvILLE MINE DISASTER.
State inspectors Says II Was the Re-
suit of n Plot.

MoRGANToWN. W. Va. Nov 3O--chief
Mine Inspector J. ". Paul has made pub
Tic in an interview here a most startling
piece OF news concerning the recent mine
disaster at Berryvf1le. 1t is in effect that
the disaster was the result Of a deliberate
purpose on the part of several of the min
ers to FIRE the mine and that it was done
with explosives.
Mr.. Paul says his Investigation proved
this fact beyond question The men who
fred the mine were torn into pieces while
standing at the entrance. In all there
were fourteen killed
Mr.. Paul. in the course o. his interview,
said he is 9 candidate for reappointment
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THE cANTATA OF PHYLLIS.
Excellent Presentation by the ninth
Street Christian Church Choir.

Excellent Presentation by the Ninth
Street Christian Church Choir.
=: accordance with a pleasing custom,
the cartata of Phyllis. the Farmers
Daughter was sung last evening by the
choir OF the Ninth Street Christian
Church, under the direction OF Charles
Hayden Chase, at Northeast Temple, for
the third time. on Thanksgiving Day.
The eSntata consists of series of cho-
ruses. Illustrating the different scenes CT
farm life. through which runs a little
love story, and vas sung with great vigor
and spirit. especially the Husking Bee
chorus, and the clear and distinct enun-
ciaticn of the singers might be copied
with good results by much more preten-
tious voIcalists
The part OF Phyllis was prettiIy sung
by Miss Laura Black, the other charac-
,ers being taken by Miss a Rosaiie Hoi-
Berg, Mr.. George B. Wright, Mr.. Charles
a Moore. and Mr.. Harry Stevens. assist
ed By a chorus of twenty-five voices
The audience was large and enthusias-
tic and encores were plentiful The can
tata Will be repeated this evening.
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FRENCH EXPEDITION DEPLORED.
Minister yu Presents a Plea From
the SoutheFn yiceroys.

Minister wu called at the State Depart
ment this morning and presented cable
gram from the southern Yiceroys OF Han
kow and Wuchang. confirming the report
of the despatch Of a French expedition to
the Province of shansl and urging him and
the Chinese Ministers in Europe to secure
the good offices of the Powers to prevent
tie further progress of this military
movement. The Yiceroys say that it is
useless and may work harm because it is
likely TO create alarm and trouble among
the people
The Province of Shansi is the one formerly
ruled over by Governor Yu-hsien, and the
French expedition was planned to avenge
the atrocities committed by that officials
direction. It is said that Yu-hsien commit
ted suicide soon after the allies reached
Pekin.
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DIED AN EMBEzzLER.
Late clerk of the Cincinnati school
BOARD short 100000.

CINCINNATI, Nov. 3o,-The late George
R. Grifths, for thirteen years clerk Of
the board of education, prince Of good
fellows, a hearted citizen, man Of
affairs. and the possessor of eompe-
tenee in his own name, died short s1o0. 600
or more. His peculations covered his
whole term of service as clerk to the
school board.
His main embezzlements were from the
tuition fund. almost all of which he ap-
proprfated. using forged receipts from the
city. treasurer This was discovered yester-
day. The auditors experts say that he
misappropriated nearly all the tuition
fees paid by nonresident students since