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The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-21
GERMANS BAD ooNDUor.
Gaining Worse Reputation for
severity Than the russians.

severity Than the husNtnnH.
London. Dec. I-"Al the governments
have approved the British amendment. "
says tho Pckin correspondent OF the Morn
ing Post "and tho demands viii b. pre-
senied 70 the Chinese plenipoienharios
without any suggestion u an alternative
"On many grounds the Germans are
gaining a worse reputation Tor severity
than the Russians ever had. Tho coun-
try IS practically in defcnseisss state.
moreover. because Count Won Waidcrse-
Will not allow Chinese troops 20 do any
thing and the foreign troops are absent or
engaged Ia iuotiug
"It O. reported chat five days ago the
German troops visited Lung ching and
shot sixty imperial troops who were en-
gagged 90 suppresslng Boxers and also KILL
cd thirty other Chinese. including three
converts They took % prisoners. In
cluding thirty nasives attached 10 the An
gilcan misfion.
In consequence of an appeal from the
magistrates. however. the prisoners were
liberated. n return for the payment Of
2)c00 tacls This punitive expedition was
IN defiance of the understanding chat no
such measures should be- taken pending
the negotiations. The Germans are said TO
have looted the place"
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-21
SCOUTING IN PHILIPPINES.
FIIiplnos submit plan of Proposed
Government 80 Comm iS~iopers.


Manila. Dcc. 20 -5vory mountain tra.n
In Gen Youngs district. north Of the
Abra river and between the coast aud
Dolores. has been followed up hy the
Amcrican scouts this month. \ similar
movement has taken piace in the prov
nces % Union. Beueuct. LcPunto and
that part of south nocos which uo- south
Of the Abm river Fifteen insurgents
have been killed and more than a huo-
dre1 captured The villages are always
abandoned before the arrival of the am
muuition. but many buildings tina, have
been used as barracks have been de-
stroyed
The leaders Of the projected autonomy
party have AGAIN visited tho Philippine
Commission. aud the platform proposed
was discussed privately and ln an In
formal way. The commissioners advise
the ehmlna ION OF a Few minor features
Personally they approve the movement
a. forward step in the direction of
the ultimate measure og self-government
which the committee has already been
instructed 20 endenvor 10 bring about
The plan of the party Is 60 form United
States territories involving candllature
FOR ultimate statehood. The platform de
clnres in favor OF Senate ana a House
of Representatives elected from the dis
tricts of the archipelago according 20 pop
ulation. In preparing a bin Of rights
the United States Constitution Is utilized.
with the exception OF the feature Of trial
by jury
According 10 the plan. the governor
general appointed by che President. would
have power of veto except "a cases OF
a two-thirds vote Of the Legislature The
Legislature would choose i've delegates 10
the United States Congress The platform
opposes che sale Of the Philippines with
ont the consent OF the Legislature. II
contains little regarding judiciary or local
anairs. In the main it repeats the fea-
lures ~ tho United States Constitution.
The most influential aad honorable natives
are Identified with che movement
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-21
ROSE REVIEWS MOTION.
Now Arguing Co Have Complaint
Against Greene a cRynor Con-
splrntor@ Dismissed.

New York. dec. % United States Com
missioner Shields to-day listened 60 the
closing argument IN tho proceedings TO
secure the removal Of John r.. w. r. and
r. II. Gaynor and Benjamin h. Greene.
accused of conspiracy 70 dcfraud che gov
crnment In connection with former CAPT.
o. ~ Carter lu the Improvement work IN
the Savannah harhor to the Jurisdiction
OF the federal courts Of Georgia.
Lawyer Ahram J.. Rose. for the de-
fendanta. renewed his motion TO dismiss
the complaint He said that there was
~ much testimony and 50 many points
had been raised that he would sum up
the case chronologlc caliy. This he did
giving complete history Of the pro-
ceedinFs from tho conviction OF Carter
20 the present time. The conspiracy
charges against the defendants were then
taaan up by Mr Rose. He argued that
there was no such thing known IN law
as a continuous conspiracy as charged ~
the Indictment. II was . principle Of law
be said. that when an agreement had been
entered into and an overt act committed.
tie crime was usconsummatod and the
statute Of limitations began 20 run. He
declared that there waa not a charge m
the indlctmen. that waH not barred uu-
der the conspiracy charged. b. the stat
ute of limitations.
Mr. Rose did not nnish hts argument
and wll continue ft tomorrow. He will
BE- followed for the prosecution BY Uni-
ted States District Attorney Marion Er-
win Of the Southern District Of Georgia.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-21

the exercise o. pohtical privileges 10 thr
neetoes. haze continued for 30 .oug tlat
% a. showing b. vicious fruits in the prov
aleure of mob law
Ho deuoun,es tho frequeut resort 70
lynch law ana its uuSpeukHblo horrors
These atrocities" SAYS he "hespeak
deplorahie condition ~ political morals.
Their frequent occurrence 81 the legiu-
mate result ~ % generation ut disregard
oi election laws"
THE solution OF thesproh.om this condi-
tion presrnt- Mr. Crumpacksr says b.
one 81 the burning questions of the hour
% ia above partisan ship. u involves ,he
very NE of tho government. lie says in
con fusioU
"rhe measure 7 propose carries no re-
sentiment toward any state. North or
South. IL is nos designated for punish
meut. fut 10 simply aims to place repre-
-entatIon Boo the House upon its consti-
tuuonai basis aud no state can justly com
plain n 10 he accorded its ful righss No
compromis. can be made with wrong.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-21
SAVANNAH GA. FRIDAY DECEMBER

vessels OF war Of hclligereut shall not
remain boo such waters longer than twen-
ty-iour hours az any umo. except in case
or distress, nnd BOO sueu case shlN de
part a. soon as possible. but vessel of
war % one hoIger.nt shall not depatt
within Lweuty-four hours from the de-
p'tture of vessel of war OF the other
belgcreut
lt Is agreed however tbst none OF the
Immediately foregoing conditions aud
7iipuations in sections numbered one.
'"o three four and five OF this articis.
eauil amply TO measures which the trnt-
tei states may nu1 u necessary TO take
Tor securing hy ifs own forccs the de-
tense Of the United States. and tho main
teuauce Of puhilc ouier.
sixth. The plant. establishments builf-
iuss ana an works necessary to the con-
Nituctlon, maintenance and operation q
tne canal shall boz deemed to De part
thereof Tor the purposes of mo conven-
Non' aud in 'imc OF war ls iu time a
peace shall enjoy complete immunity from
attack or Injury by holiecrents and from
acts calculated Go impair their usefulness
as part OF tho canal
seventh Nu f1rtinrltlors shall bc ere
ey commandinc the canal or the waters
aIIAeent The tGitcI States. however.
shall hc at liberty 20 maintain such milf
tnry police alon- the canal az may he
necessary 90 pro,ce, q against Iawlessness
and disorder
Article H. The present convention
shall he ratified pv the President OF ;he
United state. by and with the advice and
consent of thc Senate thereof. and by her
Britannia Majesty. and the ratification
shall bee exchanged 90 Washington or at
London Within Sos months from the date
hereof. or earlier Do possible.
John Hay.
Haunsefofa
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-21
RIVER AND nARBOR BIrr.
subcommittee Pared the mn Down
Just x2O.0Oo.oOD.

Washington. Dec @-The House Com
mitteo on Rivers aud Harbors to-day COM
plctod their bin. The total appropriations
carried by Il yesterday. including coniln-
uing contracts. amounted 70 about sso.-
0oo.0oo A subcommittee pared the bill
down last might to about te0.00mo.
Norfolk. Va receives iis5.oq and New
mort News s225ooo The big project for
Cleveland. o.. the home Of Chairman Bur
ton. which was IN the bill for more than
N00o00 was reduced 20 about ss.oo0.oo
The project for the Southern Pass AZ tho
mouth % the Mississippi was reduced
s. 0oooo The appropriation for the Del
aware river Was cut about half million.
Tho Spring channel project for baltimore
D. provided Tor In the bill Galveston will
receive 81 .ooo.0Q for the restoration OF It's
lottics
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-21

Cape Town pcg - Tho invasion o.
Caps Colony is spreading it ia reported
chat tse Nocre have occupied Co.esHure
south Of phuirIopoiis. ami near the
Orange River colon, frontier The peonle
hefe arc much disturbed A mixed force
of ieo mon WAS dispatched north ycsttr-
dHN ettuIuE
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-21
SUING TaE oasTELLlNEs.
Count noni Claims ae Was Badly
Dealt with.

Paris. Dec 3-The suit OF Charles
Wertheimer. the London bric-a-brac
dealer. against Count and Countess Boni
de Casteliane. 10 recover payment for art
objects sold them. began to-day in the
arst civn chamber. The total sum invoiv-
"a in the transactions Is s.50o.0oo francs.
Count Castellanc has fled a counier
suit. dcmr nding a full statement Of All
transactions. claiming that various OBJ
sects. admittedly authentic. were sold nt
scandalousiy exaggerated figures. and that
many articles were represented as authen-
tic antiquities when they were really I'M
itationA
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-21

London Dec 20 Lord iAnsdowne see-
rettr, 81 state for forpieu nnAirs has
concluded NEGOTIATIONS. according Go the
paly Mail hy WH.ch HlHaia will. Jan
i sivc Great Britain entire control of
tlc railway from Peku Co Shan Hat
kWau.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-21
Another conspIrator In Trouble.

Paris Dec. m.-Mai. Cuignet. who fg-
ursd IN the Dreyfus court-martisi 1T
Rennes. has been arrested and imDriHon
ca IN Fort Mont NaleFien, where :. O.
awaiting a trial by court-martial on i've
charges First. Of accusing n. Dclcasse
minister Of foreign affairs. Of having told
the Chambcr a. Deputies an tnsruih. and
second. Of disclosing confidential cocu'
menE
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-21
MORE BoER INVADERS.
Kitchener Reports Two Parties Have
Crossed Orange River.

London. Dec 20-The following dis
match has been received from Gen. Kitch-
ener. dated Pretoria Wednesday Dec -
"a party OF Boers. estimated al from
30 TO ~ has crossed the Orange river
al Rhenosterhoek-
"A second band Is reported 90 nave
crossed near Sand drift
..,rt,., h,,4. been followed I have sent
a .,rsiAnrable body OF mounted men. who
are getting around them.
"The Boers from Rhenosterhoek are
h.,nsr followed closely from Ncntersiaht'
when they lcft at o'clock YESTERDAY
evening going in the direction Of steyns-
burg. .t,,,.,,
..rbe important points on the rahway
,r8 enc neiehhorho0d are well guarded
non the band VIII so5n be driven norm
again"
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-21
ACTIVITY Ar ALDERsnor.
Antt-HritISh Excitement Hcported
From CoIesberg District.

London Dec. eL-Considerabie activity
Is now manifested at Aldershot a large
draft Of mounted troops will be- ready TO
Start Tor south Africa. Jan. 6. while 9TH
srs have been notified 20 hold themselves
10 readiness for the same destination.
According 20 the Cape Town corre-
spondent Of the Daily Mail wiring yester-
day the treason court, sitting IN Coles.
berg. was Obliged hurrleily 10 remove TO
Cape Town with the records Of docu-
ments. owing 20 the vicinity Of the invad-
Ing BocrE.
''The Cohsbcrg district" says the cor
respondent. "is scething with anti- i-british
excitement \ rccrudescence of rebellion
Is rarrettiblc lu the districts immediately
south of the Orange river. Tuesday morn
INK a tight vus proceeding al Phshps-
town. presumably with commando
which crossed az san Drift"
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-21
SURPRISED THE INSURGENTS.
Party of Third Cavalry Has "a sharp
brush.

Washington. Dec 20.-The following ca
bleersm from Admiral Remey. giving an
account of "a sharp brush with Filipino In
surEeuts was received to-day at the Navy
Department.
"Cavite. Dec. 2o.-To Bureau OF Havi-
CATION. Washington. Fifteen troopers
Fourth Cavalry and FIVE OF the crew were
landed from the eunboat Basco yester-
dny az IAmbanes. Cavitc province. Sur
prised eighty insurgents. sharp skirmsn
half hour. thirteen insurgents killed
twelve rifles captured. large amount
stores destroyed. one soldier wounded.
"Remey."
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-21
TRAMP sTEsmER ASHORE.
nreakcrs Running Hiuh and VIII
Probably Be Totnl Loss.

Miami. Fla. Dec. 9.-A large English
tramp steamer went ashore this afternoon
about foriy-lvc miles south of Miami She
is laden with coke. The breakers have
been running 50 high all day and tonight
thar the crews from the wrecklng station
have not as yet been able 20 reach her
or get sufficiently close to ascertain her
name. The steamer Is lying badly to-
night. aud every indication is that she
VII be total loss with a loss of the
cargo
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-21
the JOINT SorE SIGNED.
Embodies Minimum Demands OF
Germany aud the Powers.

trrWHut "oh thf h"NfFAs
Berlin. Dec. 0-rhe Cologne Gazette. IN
an article dealing With the Chinese situa-
ton. announces that an the ministers
signed the preliminary JOINT note to-day
tThursday) and That the note will be- sent
Immediately to Prince Ching and Il Huns
Charg.
II also declares that t-le note enbodioe
the principles Of the minimum demands
of Germany. ana the Powers and that u
was agreed. on the proposal Of Great
Britain. that until the demands were sat-
fsncd there should be- no withdrawal of
the troops from pekin ana the province
Of Chi Is
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-21
Minister. Again Decide ON joint
Nofe

London. Dee u.-According 20 a dis
patch 20 the Reuter- Telegram Company
from pejssn. dated Dec. %. the ministers
have aEain decided upon the terms of the
preliminary foint note. The dispatch says
Il "a understood that they have adopted
certain British amendments which VIII ro-
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-21
SHREWD OLD CHANG
KNOWS ENERNTHING THAr FOR-
EIGN MINISTER'S NGnEE oN.
STORMY MEETING OF ENJOYS.
PLEDGE OF SECRECN DOESN'T
SEEM 10 COtNT.

The Delay Ia China seems 80 he To-
tcrmtnabIe-Ministr Meet to ~iEn
Nnothrr Not~-wni Menn More
Conferences aud Further Delay.
Minister wa CaliS 90 secretary
HhS 90 raiL over thc situation.
Pckin. Dcc. - Yesterday meeting of
tho foreign enVoya was protactod ami
somewhat stormy owing To- the dcsire
To discover who disclosed TO che Chinese
what every minister has pledged 60 keep
secret a. HUNG Chang invariably knows
within two hours OF thc close Of meoi-
INK what has happened
A meeting OF tho ministers Wa held
tonight Co sien tho note. which probably
on Saturday, viii bc delivered by alI the
ministers 90 n Hung Ching aud Prince
Ching with a request that they reply as
soon as possible
Tho original note will Do written in
French. Nr Cougcr and Sir Ernest sa-
tow will enclose an Enelish translation.
while a Chinese copy Will De- attached
Four days viii elapsc before u reply can
be expected owiug 10 the nece. siiy of
communicating with the Chinese court
The mobilization proposed hy the British
government was chat mtu china had
proved that she Intended complying with
the terms OF the note ana rendering fun
satisfaction TO the Powcrs. no hope could
be held ont that che occupation OF tho
province Of Ch - by AN the forces would
cease
The international battery arIug practice
in Tunting park to-day resulted very cred
itnhly for the Americans
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-21

cane Town. Dec 2o.-Martial law nas
haen proclaimed Ia the toiio"lhs ao"'-
,ional districts. ,.
"Brltstown. Victoria West hle.ilio'l,' ,l'e'
Hanover Murraysburg. orasl Ne,,.s'' me-
Aberdeen. Middleburg, stcynapurs' 1ta-
ao,k Tarka and Molteno.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-21
ron NAVAL STATION.

Cruiser brooklyn 10 Proceed 90 Su-
btR Nay.
Manila. Dec. eo.-Thc United States
cruiser Brooklyn will proceed next Sat
urday to Suhig bay. 20 complete the ex-
animation OF localities available Tor a
naval station. Tho United States cruiser
Albany. capt. J =. craig. grounded on
"a reef 10 subig bay. bu, was noated on
and has reached Cavite.
Gen Bates reports that detachment of
fhe Fourth United States Cavalry. as
sisted by gunboat. attacked the town of
Pautangan and dispersed the armed occu-
pants killing thirteen.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-21
DE VETS sTRONG FORCE.
uad 0.0oO uen and $4,000 Horse" nj
CaUture Of Desvetsdorp.

ploemfontcin. Tuesday. Dec. N-''eh'
nowet had 600 men and $50" horses
-, ne captured Dewetsiorp. according
IN a gentleman VINO was imprisone1 'nsrs. ..l,.
The Boef commander then aeei.'t.' aeei.'t,..,.'.. ,.'',.
- ,,.rlou for an his men. including
many cape Dutch. $500 ito
49,. aaefioue.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-21
cannonading Heard Near Krusers-
dorp.

London. Dec. "a special from Johan-
ncshfirr dated Dec. ~. says that heavy
rnuuonading was heard the morning o.
that day, north Of KrugersdorD.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-21
colombian revolution Crushed.

Caracas, Venezuela. Dec. D. via Hay
ten cable. .-Advicee received here from
Cumana. on the Guif OF cariaco. say tho
Colombian revolution has been crushed.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-21
COLUMBIA'S BLAZE
BtHNr DISTRICT rHEsENTs Nv
SIGHPLN APPEARANCE.
HOTEL MAY NOT BE REBUILT.

AidcrmSn >. :. wits. while Tryines
ESCAPE Irom Death Firemen
stopped Hiase IA Time 90 save =
Lot 81 Miserable oid Shanue..
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-21
CRUMP PACKER'S RAGE
WOULD REDUCE sOUTH's REPRE-
sENTATION ~ CONGRESS.
THREE REPORTS SUBMITTED.
COMMITTEE REPORT PINES House
MEMBERSHIP At 357.

Minority Report by Six Members
FRvors Mcmbership Of 3S0. and
Claims THAT Majority Report
Would work Injustice 90 several
state---CrunParker FaNors 27t
with Reduction ot Representation
OF several southern states.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-17

tie as any other man. If the impulse you
have lasts, and the strength to carry 1t out,
II will in any case break through all OBJ
stacles: and. If you now do your nearest
duty perfectly you may trust the future.
On this subject Mr.. Andrew Lang Is also
pessimistic in "Longman's Magazine No
body, he bewails. can give to writers Sc
curity Of tenure"
."rhere are good reasons why educated
Young men should beware. more than ever,
of drifting into either journalism or litera-
ture without some more regular profess
sion or occupation or source OF income
They may be superannuated at thirty-fve
or the fashionable age may come to be
fixed even earlier. Even novelists with
vogue must see that vogue is often ephe-
neral Above ALL times unpropitious for
the providers of mere luxuries are coming
upon us; and books are the first luxuries
which people cut down. The 'softness OF
the penmans Job attracts people; IT IS
amusing, too, and offers promise OF no
toriety, if not of fame. But 1t becomes
less and less of a stable and permanent
Job; the recruit of today is veteran (and
often not a useful veteran) the day after
tomorrow. Lawyers. doctors. dentists are
not superannuated rapidly. My sermon
is accurate. but. like other sermons, Will be
Improbable"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-17
A Compromise.

From the Philadelphia Post.
'In the offices Of the American commits
siOner to Paris there are ten or fifteen
they fit about SO I've not been able to
count them-slim. young college boys, with
brushes of foot ball hair. yellow shoes.
creased trousers and other appurtenances
American. They feel the dignity that
weighs upon them as Representatives Of the
land across the sea, and are doing all they
can to spread the United States language
in Paris. Underneath Mr.. Pecks office in
the Avenue Rapp there is a big and new
and spick and span cafe. 1t has become al
most an annex to the offices above stairs.
l dropped in there yesterday to see John
B. Cauldwell, the head Of the art depart
ment. He was chatting with some OF his
friends, so l sat down. ordered a cup OF
coffee. and waited. A half dozen OF the
college boys came in and took table near
me. One of them wanted ginger ale He
asked for 1t calmly: "Oh, give me bottle
of ginger ale
The unhappy waiter shook his head.
Ginger ale.' the young man repeated
crushingly.
THE waited waved his hands in helpless
agony
why don't you talk French? one OF the
young fellows asked; I thought you could
talk French
SO l cam said the other Indignantly;
and he added: 'Garsong. coffee!
1T was i compromise
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-17
ADVICE TO YOUNG NovEL1sTs.
Should First Gain a Certain Mastery
Over Life.

From the London Academy.
Young noyelists and would-be novelists
might do we'll to ponder the ADVICE just
given by Herr Gustav Freytag to student
who had sent him the MS. of novel FOR
his opinion. Herr Freytag excused hlmseh
for not reading the novel. and then wrote
(his words have direct application 10
many young man now in business or IN
a non-literary profession, who thinks seri-
ously of taking to literatureD:
Even If you possessed the greatest poeti-
cal power, and talent for narrative as
great as that of Walter Scott. Dickens and
others of the best, you ought not at present
to think Of putting your sciennnc stuoies
into the background, and risk your future
existence on novel writing or other poetfcal
activity. You must first, by serious work
and the position 1t may make for you
among your fellow men, ripen to manhood.
and YOU must gain a certain mastery over
life before you can have the right to IDEAL
ize in an artistic work the fate of man. On
the path you now are inclined to follow you
will only reap disappointment ana prop
ably a speedy decline OF your powers.
I'm the empty and uncertain existence OF
an author YOU will only learn to know
the time imperfectly and from the wrong
side. Observation alone does not educate
man; 1t needs above all a firm position In a
circle of worldly interests and clear duties:
AS a young author you would. after a haif
success. only be able to gain toIerably Sc
cure place as journalist, profession very
unfavorable to artistic creation. My warm
ing is the result of what l have observed
during my life of the fate Of many young
writers. and 1t Is truth which nave re-
peatedly had cause to state; for the num-
Der of those who, like you. would like to
choose the pleasant game of free invention
instead of the self-denial and exertion or
scientific research Is very great.
whether your talent is strong enough
to support your whole life, can say as lit