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TAKE up oLEO HEAR GRIGGS
CROWDS GO TO HEAR HIS ARGU-
MENT ON PORTO RICO-PHIL-
IPPINE CASE.

Washington, Dec. 1a.--The United
States supreme court was again crowded
to its full capacity today to hear the
concluding arguments in the case involv-
ing the status of Porto Rico and the
Philippines. Among those who secured
points of vantage in the area reserved
FOR the bar was Judge Day, who, as sec
retary of state during the critical stages
OF the war with Spain and later as head
of The American commissioners who ne
gotiated the treaty of peace at Paris, was
one of the most influential factors in
shaping the conditions now under decis-
ion before the supreme court. Judge
Day gave attentive ear to the argument
OF the attorney general, which took up
the events following the treaty of peace
and maintained the right of the govern
ment, pursuant to that treaty and to the
constitution to follow the bill of action
which has been taken in these cases rela-
tive to the Philippines and Porto Rico.
Near him sat Former Secretary Carlisle
and other prominent members of the bar
and of the two houses of congress- while
the smaller circular area open to all
general public was filled with spectators
Attorney General Griggs, who began
the governments presentation yestec-
day, had four hours remaining and the
indications We're that he would consume
practically the entire day, leaving the
close, by Charles H. Aldrich on the Phil
Spplnes case TO be presented tomorrow
Mr. Griggs spoke in the calm and ar
gumentative style adopted yesterday, oc-
casionally, however, throwing great
earnestness of voice and gesture into the
assertion of the governments course so
far taken.
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JUGGLED WITH CARS.
Western Grain Shippers Played Sharp
With Eastern Brokers.

New York, Dec. 19.-The Journal of
Commerce prints the following:
A special committee of the New York
Produce Exchange has finished it's la
.bors in it's attempt to remedy an abuse
that has recently crept into the grain
trade. The committee handed its report
to President Barrows, with the recom-
mendation that he call special meeting
Of the trade with a view of having the
work of the committee incorporated into
the regulations governing the grain trade
of the exchange. The trouble arises in
the absence of uniformity of grain cars,
which il is claimed, gives western ship
lers an opportunity to juggle With orders
from eastern buyers.
1t is charged that western shippers
are able to send large orders according
as he market between the date of pur-
chas and date of shipment shall huctu-
ate If the market declines there is
great inducement to send a large amount
of grain as possible at the purchase price
and large car is therefore selected.
IT, on the the other hand, the price in
creased. there is corresponding incentive
to send as sEall an amount as possible
and Il small car is selected. One source Of
criticism is that western shippers have
been placing their own construction
upon what constituted Immediate" and
.quick and prompt" shipments, and if
The market shows declining tendency
there has it is claimed, frequently been a
marked disposition to stretch these
te, ms to unreasonable limits.
The committee in it's report suggests
giving to each term a specific meaning.
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TITLED LADY GAMBLER.
Did Business With Bucket Shop and
Lost All,

New York, Dec. ia dispatch to the
Herald from London says:
The story of Lady Miles, widow of Sir
Philip Miles, her thousands and bucket
shop is being told before the lord chief
justice, the lady having sued Messrs
Duncans of Warerloo Place for el2,OOO
the proceeds of a sale of consols. Dun
cans is the name under which Henry
Iowenfed of the Shaftsbury theatcr A.
A. Hannay and w. Stark do business as
outside or curb" brokers' They issued
book called "How Money Makes
Money" Lady Miles saw this book in
August, 1888, and wrote to Messrs. Dun
cans. Since then G1O,C0O or more If her
money has passed through Duncans
hands.
Lady Miles began with three share
deal in August, 1898. BY November. 1899,
transactions involving about $10O 900 We're
open between her ladyship and Duncans
while the firm" said the plaintiff S
counsel, were ever ready with advice
to Lady Miles about buying stocks and
shares, whenever she bought they al
ways sold.''
Lady Miles decided to go in more
heavily. A statement of her account
rendered on Nov. "a, showed that the
proceeds of her sale of her scG,5JO in con-
scls, as well as some goldteld shares,
had been absorbed.
IA portion of your capital is used to
deduct the value of your shares is the
way the firm put it. When she instruc. cd
to close her speculative accounts, she
was told that all her moEey had been
swallowed up, besides which she owed
the firm the sum of G1 500. This meant
that Lady Miles had lost altogether
Gl0,119. She was being cross-examined
when the case was adjourned.
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LABOUCHERE FAVORS US.
Nicaragua Canal on Same Basis as suez
Ditch.

London, Dec. 19.-Henry Labouchere,
discussing the Hay-Pauncefote treaty in
Truth, says:
although theoretically we are not
masters of the Suez canal, we are Sc
practically, owing to our tenure in
Egypt and our hold Of the Red sea.
do not think the United States senate is
wrong in inserting the Davis amend
ment.
1.-The conditions are. therefore, first,
whether we ought to risk creating ILL
feeling toward us on the part of the
United States, and second, whether we
should not be gamers by the construc-
ton of the canal, even if it Were in the
military occupation of the United
States"
Having answered the first question in
the negative and the second in the at
firmative. he concludes:
Great Britain would be wise in ac-
cepting the amended treaty.
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Two Unusual Accidents Fatal Collisions On
Two Eastern Street Railway
Systems.
MANY KILLED and INJURED
HEAVY FOG RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE OF THE ACCDENTS-ALL
THE M0T0RMEN LIKELY TO DE-MANY
PASSENGERS HURT.

electric cars, both we'll filled with pas
sengers. collided near the center of the
city They We're running at rapid rate
of speed. Motorman John Cisco was
pinioned between the cars, and is be
lieved to be fatally injured.
Motorman VIM. Campbell is also in a
critical condition, being cut with glass
about the body and face. Conductor Wal
ter Hutchinson was badly cut about the
body and face. Among the passengers
injured are Frank Drumming, County At
torney Simms, Annie Kerr, of NorWal,
KY, internally injured, may die; Mrs.
j. l.. Patton. Cattlesburg. KY; Frank
Friet, Mrs. Lydia Moore, Cattlesburg.
Half dozen others were more or less
injured. Both cars were almost totally
wrecked.
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REFORMERS ARE ANXIOUS.
Say That Civil Service is Not Being
Carried Out.

Washington, Dec. 19.-The committee
of the National Civil Service Reform
league appointed to investigate the con-
dton of the federal civil service and the
enforcement of reform law and rules
under the present administration, has
submitted a report saying that the pro-
gress of the reform, in it's application to
the federal service has been seriously
checked. The committee asserts that the
law has not been thoroughly and honest
ly enforced and that conspicuous oppor-
tunities for it's extension have been set
aside. Figures are presented, showing
that during the year ending June l last,
4,64O federal appointments were made
without such examinations, 2,242 being
temporary appointments and 2,4OO ap-
pointments in the census Office OF pres
idential appointments the committee
says that they have been controlled al
most exclusively by senators or repre-
sentatives or unofficial political leaders
whose selections the president has rati-
fled,
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Chase Of Dewet, the Boer Fox, Is No Longer
PossibIe---AttaCks In the
British Rear.
KRUGER FETED IN HOLL AND
HAS EVERY CONFIDENCE THAT BURGHERS WILL WIN WITH D-
VINE HELP-SMILES At REPORTS OF
VICTORIES

communal authorities. Speeches wera
exchanged in the royal waiting ROOM Al
bouquet was presented to Mr.. Kruger,
whose every appearance was a signal for
rounds of applause. Very large crowds
of people lined the route to the town
hall, where the burgomaster made a
speech in which he said he hoped Mr..
Kruger would succeed in his efforts to
secure honorable peace.
Mr. Kruger in the course of his reply
said:
I'm 1884 we obtained our independence,
but that honorable action has been OBJ
liberated The invaders are ten against
one, but we await The day when God
Will make known his will. We rely on
His help more than on emperors and
princes. | have not come as a fugitive.
but by the order of my governmenl, With
the object of terminating a war in which
the British employ women and children
against u.s.
Luncheon followed. II
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WHY THEY ARE CALM.
Englishmen Are Confiden of Our Good
Sense.

London, Dec 19.---Sir Charles Dixie, in
an interview published in the Daily
Chronicle emphasizes the statement that
countries besides England are in
terested in the Nicaraguan canal. He
points out that France is interested by
treaty also that the question cannot be
treated, in his opinion as merely between
Great Britain and the United States. No
great Importance is attached by Sir
Charles to the question of fortification
or the position of the canal in time of
war. He thinks the matter is essentially
and entirely commercial and that the
fortification is being used as stalking
horse FOR the purpose.
The Times, commenting upon the ques-
ton of the misconception by the United
States of the English calm attitude re-
garding the Hay-Pauncefote treaty says:
'%The idea that this calmness is due to
Indifference is absurd and betrays un-
familiarity with English habits and
methods. We are not disturbed. simply
because we cannot bring ourselves to be-
lieve that one-sided denunciation Of
a solemn international agreement, solely
and confessedly because it is inconven-
lent, will commend itself to President
Mckinley, Mr.. Hay or the American
people.
'sIf Mr.. Mckinley stands by the Hay
Pauncefote arrangement, the action Of
the senate Will not acquire international
Importance. He has just been reelected
and holds sa strong position. and if he has
the cou:a Of his convictions ne has only
to exercise his undoubted constitutional
rights in order to render the proceedings
of the senate inocuous. If he appeals
boldly to the people, can it he doubted
that they would support him?"
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FOR AN OCEAN MONTE CARLO
TITLED ENGLISH GAMESTERS WILL START PALATIAL GAM
BLING SHIP ON THE HIGH SEAS.

New York, Dec. ia dispatch to the
Journal and Advertiser says: A syndi-
cate has been formed to buy an obsolete
Atlantic liner, fit her UP as miniature
Monte Carlo casino, moor her off the
English coast just outside the three mile
limit and run a big game in the English
channel off Brighton. the place chosen.
Launches will run back and forth to
meet the London trains. The boat will
be a floating hotel as we'll as gambling
resort, and visitors may live aboard as
long as they wish in luxurious surround
ings. Experienced croupiers will be i'm
ported from Monte Carlo, and roulette
will be the principal game, played in
strict accordance with Monaco rules.
Nominally, 1t will be club, but any
man belonging to any recognized club in
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WOMEN IN THE TRANSvAAL
HORRORS OF BRITISH RECoNCENT CAMPs-INDGNTIES
THAT SHAME NAME OF CIVILIZATION.

New York Dee. IA dispatch to the
Journal and Advertiser from The Hague
says: Pitiable stories reach Holland
concerning the fate of the reconcentrado
women in the British camps in the
Transvaal. Nine. Hardus of Kimberley
reports at the end of October:
To-day arrived eight women and "a
children from Potchefstroom. They had
a terrible tale to tell of how, when
they refused to leave home, they We're
dragged away by Kafiirs. thrust into
Jail. and, after being kept some time
without food, taken by soldiers to Kim
berley. When they arrived here their
clothes We're in rags. having been torn
by soldiers. Two of them had been sub
jected to indignities. Some of them We're
widows, two had husbands in st. Helena
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Europe can easily obtain admission upon
payment of a nominal fee. This is SIM
liar to the rule of the Ostend club. A
private part of the ship will be devoted
to restricted club, like any London
club, with heavy subscriptions and linn
tied membership. This will be for pri-
vate play.
The promoters say making money is
not so much their object, as providing a
place where Englishmen can gamble
They reckon the profits of the hotel and
restaurant business will be sufficient to
pay the expenses, SO every reasonable
concession will be made to gamblers.
The cost of the ship and Quitting is
estimated at $3.50. 900, while more than
that will be subscribed to stake the
bank.
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London, Dec. 19.-It is reported this
afternoon that Gen. Knox has been fore
ed to abandon the pursuit of General De
Wet, owing to the situation created in
Cape Colony by the Beers crossing the
Orange river. 1t is said that 5000 repub-
licans have entered Cape Colony and a
similar number have reached Philips
town. The report adds that De Wet,
with about 2400 men, is in the north
east of Lady Brand, and that an at
tempt on Winburg is momentarily ex-
Dected,
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The children We're Of all ages and mostly
barefooted. l was glad to be able 10
get them some food, which they badly
needed"
Another correspondent describes the
arrival of six poor women from the same
district in a miserable plight. Two wo-
men, who had suffered from the violence
of soldiers, We're taken to the hospital
for treatment.
\ nursing Sister. who has arrived at
Harlem from Africa. gives narrowing ac-
counts of the condition of many victims
of soldiers.
Another letter relates how two young
mothers, who We're brought into a res
concentrate camp. We're not allowed to
take infants and months old with
them.
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MATHEMATICAL PRIZE.
Cornell Professor Leads in Abstrusc
Branch of Mathematics.

Ithaca, N. Y, Dec. 19-Dr. G. A. Mil
Ter, Instructor in mathematics in Cornell
university. has received a prize of $3.50
from the scientific academy of Cracow,
Austria, for his Work in the theory OF
groups. This theory is one of the most
modern branches of pure mathemat tics
and is extensively used in the advanced
theory of dfferention. equation. DR.
Miller has published many original none.
9raphs on the subject
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AUSTRALIAN CABINET.

Sydney, N. S. W., Dec. 19.-The Earl
of Hopetow governor general of the
commonwealth of Australia, has request
ed VIM. j. Lynne, the premier of New
South Wales, to form the first federal
ministry Mr.. Lynne is considering the
proposition.
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WILL ENLIST FOR A BONUS.
Fair and Cheap Way to Get Good
Soldiers.

Manila, Dec. 19--The Taft commission
is still at work on the tariff. officers
here consider that the return of Volun-
teers will necessitate little abandonment
of stations, and that congress will pro-
vide for the increase in the regulars 1t
is believed that many volunteers Will
re-enlist here if bonuses are offered the
amount to be about equivalent to the ex-
pense of equinping and bringing out
recruit.
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CHoATE WILL NOT RESIGN.

London, Dec. 19.-United States AM
bassador Choate denied the report that
he is about to resign his post which he
says is based on the belief that the death
of his partner, Charles c. Beaman, would
necessitate his return to mis- law prac-
tice.
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DOES NOT BELIEVE IT.

San Francisco, Dec. 19.-J. c. Stubbs,
vice president of the Southern Pacific,
has returned from the east. In regard to
the statement that the Southern Pacific
and Santa Fe may enter into deal
whereby these roads may secure more
business between Salt Lake and Los An
geles, Mr.. Stubbs said that he had heard
the report, but he doubted if there was
-RnY truth in it.
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indianapolis. Ind, Dec. 19.-Two elec-
trio cars on the Greenfield and Indianapo-
lis Vine collded, head on, this morning,
near ,Nm, Indiana. Emory Scott and
John Glasscock, motormen, were fatally
injured. Six passengers We're badly hurt.
The cars were running at high rate
of speed and the heavy fog prevented the
motOrmen from seeing their danger.
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ENGINES WERE BAD.

Ponta del Gado, Azores, Dec. 19.-The
North German Lloyd steamer Trier, Cap
tain Won Decken. which sailed from Bre-
men, December l. for New York, put in
here with her machinery out of order.
She has $50 passengers on board.
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st. Louis Dec. lS.-ln the supreme
court of Missouri the judges were unani-
nous in deciding that the Associated
Press was not Il monopoly. The case
one brought by several papers to
force the Associated Press to furnish
them with it's news service.
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B0UTELLEAC CAPTAIN.
Provide Place for the Distinguished
Maine Statesman.

Washington, Dec. 19.-The house reso-
luton authorizing the appointment of
Congressman Chas. A. Boutelle, of
Maine, as a captain on the retired list of
the navy. has been adopted by the SEN
ate.
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Chicago, Dec. 19.-The small cruiser
Dorothea has been given to Chicago by
the navy for naval training ship. The
ship will be brought in from the coast
by way of the ST. Lawrence river.
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New York Dec. 19.--William Tracy, al
legged to be from Butte, was arrested for
shooting Il man who refused to drink
with him. He is held in $500 bonds.
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Washington, Dec. ia determined ef-
fort is being made by the agrarian in
terests of Germany to force a large in
crease in the import duties Of all Amer
lean cereals
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New York, Dec. 19.-.Announcement is
made of the marriage of Miss Margaret
DAILY, daughter of the late Marcus Daily,
to Carroll Brown of this city, to take
place on January 2.
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RUSSIA FAVORS AMERICA,
Canal Question Does Not Interest
Them Otherwise.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 19.-Discussing the
Nicarag qua canal. the Novoe Vremyea
says Eussia is not interested in the mat
ter but naturally sides with America.
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Salt Lake, Dec. 19.-One of the largest
railway construction contracts in the
history of the west amounting to S. 000,-
900. was let for the Union Pacific cutoff
through Echo canyon to Salt Lake.
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Vancouver, Dee. 10-The steamer AL
pha, wrecked near here yesterday, tried
to come in by a narrow. unused chan
mel .and the heavy wind from the sea
made her unmanageable, driving her on
the rocks.
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London. Dec. 19.-Government requests
are out asking all employers to hold for
the returning volunteers the places re-
signed by them when they went to the
African war;
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KRUGER is SANGUINE.
The Lion of the Hour in Dutch
Society.

Amsterdam. Dec. 19.--Mr Kruger ar
rived here today. He was met at the
railroad station by the municipal and
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Washington, Dec, l9.-The salary Of
the Porto Rico superintendent Of schools
is to be increased to $4, 600 a year. Mr..
Brumbeck, the present head, was presi-
dent of the University of Pennsylvania
at $4,000 Il year.
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Manila Dec. 1S-The 3.th regiment Of
volunteers the first to go into actual
service under the present law, will sail
for home on New Years day. This was
Col. Wallaces regiment, and many OF
the Montana soldiers re-enlisted under
him.
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Chicago Dec 19.--.At the labor arbitra-
ton meeting Samuel Gompers and III. II.
Lusk, of New Zealand, had a lively tilt
over the question of voluntary or COM
pulsory arbitration during which Gom-
perS got up and left the hall
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London. Dec. l9.-The Thanksgiving
service for the return Of Lord Roberts
has been indefinitely postponed until the
real close of the war.
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Won WALDERSEE TOO BRUTAL

St Petersburg, Dec 19-The Novoe that
there evidences discomfort including
German, with Field Marshal
supports demands army
forth on its responsibility.
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Washington. Dec. 19.--The Hopkins re-
apportionment bill for the house viii
give gain of q in membership, and
none of the states will lose.
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Washington. Dec. 19.-The senate fin-
ance committee reports in favor of Civ
ing superintendents of mints the option
of coming gold free, or charging the
actual expense for the exchange of gold
coin for gold bars. The present law
requires a charge.
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CARS WERE CROWDED.
Crash Into Each Other at High Rate
of Speed.

Ashland, Ky. Dec. 19.-At 8 o'clock
this morning during a heavy fog, two
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Topeka, Dec. 19-The engineers on the
Santa Fe road are inclined to help the
striking telegraphers, even to the extent
of sympathetic strike.
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:: CONDENSED TELEGRAMS !

Youngstown, O., Dec. 19.--Billy Ryan
and Jack McClelland fought 2G-round
draw here last night.