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The colored American., 1900-06-02

The Southern Baptist Convention
composed entirely of white people have
tust closed On interesting session at
dot Springs, Ark. This Convention
was addressed on the night Of the 14Eh
OF Nay Dy Rev. @. 3. Morris who has
rsesntly returned from Africa. Rev.
Norris old home is in Louisville We
Asvs known him for years. His mother
lives In Louisville. and he Is a premis
lag man of the race. HIS speech before
shs Baptists stirred them greatly. Tue
Associated Press at hot Springs, sent
cut the following description of his ap-
pearanee before that Convention:
Another Booker T. Washington ap-
peared at the last moments Of the
SsHthsrn Baptist Convention last even-
ing. He was Rev. Charles s. Morris, 8
yoang man Of brown tkIn, and with
eloqueGce that thrilled The big assem-
blage. He Is in missionary work OH
the dark continent.
jast told of their lsbOFs, and, while the
convention listened with great interest,
is rem aimed for the Negro to stir tAs
great gathering TO ia nultOus enthusi-
asm, whom, with splendid elC q hence,
he told his hearers that ''Carey was not
the Arst modern missionary, but the pi'
oneers were the godIy women who took
ehsEEe Of the slaves " hen they landed
In cid Virginia and taught Them the
gospel. The thousands in the audier ee
ovsEwhelmed him with their applause.
Ii was some time before ex.Gov
NorsheD, the President, could obtain
silence. Brethren" said he, ''I am
In sympathy with your applause, but
Its against The law" The crowd saw
the smile on his grizzled face AID broke
forth into fresh applause. Crowd
pressed forward ana struggled to get
near enough TO throw money on The plat
from. Several bundled dollars in sill
VeC and notes were at MONS stand.
he said not TO give money to him but
20 turn tt over TO the Treasurer ana
have 1t used to send messengers
throughout the South to arouse the col
cred people to CO operation In the mis-
sIoR work In Africa. The outpour
Ing of money was so spontaneous that,
even after the eloquent black orator had
refused it, it was flung at his feet.
There have been several great speech
es and two other remarkable scenes
during the four days of this gathering
Of Baptists of the South, but the speech
OF the African missionary and the Incl
dents attending 1t formed the climax
OF highly enthusiastic convention. -
The Christian Tndex
The colored American., 1900-06-02
ANRLOQUENT MISSIONARY

Rev Charles S. Morris ElectrIfes South
ern Baptist Convention py His Pyrotech-
nic Description of Missionary Work IN
the Dark Continent
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HEARTY APPRoYAL OFKITCHENEI
A Feeling That He is the One to Clear Up
the Situation.

London, Dec 1--4:30 a. m.-There is
virtually no fresh news from South At
rica this morning, but the retirement
of Lord Wolseley, the return of Lord
Roberts and the appointment of Lord
Kitchener to the supreme command, oc-
curing as they do simultaneously, are
keenly discussed.
Despite some misgivings, hearty ap-
proval Is generally expressed of Lord
Kitchener's appointment 1t is felt that
If any one can clear up matters in
South Africa he is the man; and it is
readily admitted that the task before
him, though of different kind, is al
most as difficult as that which faced
Lord Roberts ten months ago and is
calculated to give the fullest scope to
all of Kitcheners talents as an organ
izer
All the editorials dwell with consider
able emotion on the nations debt of
gratitude to Lord Roberts, who has
successfully piloted us through one of
the darkest hours of our history
From Cape Town come indications of
the uneasiness felt All the military
posts throughout Cape Colony are be-
ing strengthened. Bloemfontein is now
prepared for any possible attack. Ex
ira scouts are out and guards watch
the streets In the nighttime. Mines
have been laid along the railway. The
garrsons on the Orange River drifts
are being increased At the same time
measures are being taken to assist in
the restoration of order and prosperity.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-01
HARTARD DEBATERS AMMO UNCED
The Men who Will Meet Yale Oartors
Next Friday.

Cambridge, Mass, Nov. 30.-The Har-
ward debating team which is to meet
Yale a week from tonight in the inter
collegiate debate is composed of r. c..
Bruce '02. NJ Seaongood '01 L., and H.
d. Chandler '01, with P. e. Fitzpatrick
'02 as alternate. For the last six weeks
they have been studying the Philip
pine questions as they have to prove
that the United States should retain the
Philippines permanently. Every detail
of the question has been studied up un-
der the direction of William Sterling
Youngman, who is the head coach this
year. He is assisted by ex-senator f.
w. Dallinger, A. p. Stone and r. F.
Ringwalt, all of whom are graduates
of Harvard. The judges will be Will
liam B. HornbloWer, Judge Addison
Brown and Hon. Oscar Strauss, United
States minister to Turkey There has
been a great demand for tickets for the
debate.
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OSCAR WILDE DEAD.
Expires I'm an Obscure House in Paris of
Meningitis.

Dublin, No. 30.-A despatch to the
Evening Mail from Paris says Oscar
Wilde is dead. The despatch adds that
he expired in an obscure house in the
Latin quarter from meningitis to-day
and was received into the Catholic
church on his deathbed
Oscar Wilde, who was about forty
five years of age, was born in Dublin
and was the son of William Mills
Wilde, surgeon dentist. Oscar was
educated at Trinity college, Dublin, and
at Oxford In 1879 he went to London
and soon afterwards originated the so
called aesthetic craze" burlesqued by
w. S. Gilbert in Patience" Wilde
visited the United States later on a lee
turing tour. When he returned to Eu
rope his success was even greater than
before. He had reached the zenith of
his fame in 1894, when he was arrested
and convicted of felony. Since his re-
lease he has lived, as an outcast, in
Italy and France.
Paris, Nov. 30.-Wilde had been living
in a hotel on the Rue des Beaux-Arts,
where he had been known for several
months under the name Mammoth.
LIE Journal says it is rumor that Wilde
committed suicide.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-01
FOR PEACE NTH BOERS.


London Nov 80. Tomorrow the
Statist will propose that the govern
ment should begin negotiations with
Commandant General Botha and Gen
eral Dewet to bring the war to a close.
AS the Boer leaders might misunder-
stand the motive of an overture from
the military authorities it will suggest
that the highest civil authority in South
Africa should begin the negotiations, If
not Sir Alfred Miner, then the chief
Justice of Cape Colony, or even ]. H.
Hofmeyr
This great financial journal will lead
the situation in South Africa and will
say: "We are losing in every way, los
ing in prestige and losing in trade. We
are seeing our South African possess
sions plunged into greater and greater
distress, and the opinion is gaining
ground abroad that we are incapable
of bringing the struggle to satisfac-
tory termination"
Military incompetency will be alleged
and the Statist will aver that military
harshness should be avoided and the
Beers be conciliated.
"If men like Botha and Dewet volun-
tarily surrender and bind themselves
not to act against us in the future" the
Statist will say. 'if there any good rea-
son why promise should not be given
not to send them out of the country?
J. B. Robinson suggests that Botha and
Dewet should be invited to take seats
in the legislative council that will be
established. The suggestion is worthy
of approval. The Beers should not be
excluded, even from the beginning.
from anything which can safely be Civ
en- them"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-01
UGEH AND LOJBET.
The Former Pays Farewell Visit md
1t is Returned.

Paris, Nov 30.-Mr. Kruger paid
a farewell visit to President Lou
bet this afternoon, who return
ed it. The clergy of the Church of the
Sacred Heart of Montmartre will toll
tomorrow at the moment OF Mr.. Kru-
gers departure, the famous Savoyarde,
the second largest bell in the world, in
memory of the Frenchmen who died in
the Transvaal.
Berlin, Nov. 30.-The semi-otf1cial
statement that Mr., Kruger is coming
here is discussed cautiously. 1t is re-
garded as premature to predict that
Emperor William will receive him.
There is no appreciable sign of a public
demonstration and some of the papers
warn the public to beware of a policy
of sentiment pointing out that Germany
is not in a position to change the fate
of the Transvaal and deprecating mani
festations which are likely to clash with
the government policy.
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PRESIDENT HADLEY'S PTEWS.
The Requirements of Men for the Gov
'Ga~ ernment,s Scientific Work.

Philadelphia, Nov. 30.At the after
noon session of the fourteenth annual
convention of the Association of Col
leses and Preparatory Schools of the
Middle States and Maryland, which
opened to-day, Henry S. Pritchet
president of the Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology, said that the gov
ernment offered vast opportunities for
scientific men and that in recent years
technical work had progressed wonder
fully because Of the increase of college
men.
President Hadley of Yale disagreed
with the attitude taken by the idea
that men ought to be prepared by spe-
cial study in the university for the gov
ernments scientific work. He said that
the student should be given a breadth
of fundamental education, plus, per-
haps, special instruction in commercial
geographical and international law. The
colleges at the present time, he consid-
cred, were doing the best possible for
the government by training it's future
diplomats and legislators in the liberal
arts and supplying them with a judi
cious and logical mind.
Literature and the Teacher" was the
subject of the presidents address de-
livered at the evening session by Pro-
fessor John G. Wright.
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Bought by Fire Commissioners John j.
ScanneI of New York.

New York, Nov. 30.-At the Fasig-
Upton auction sale of horses in Madt-
son Square Garden to-day The Abbott,
the holder of the trotting record Of
2:03 1-2, was sold for $26,500. The pur-
chaser was Fire Commissioner John j..
Scannell Of New York.
BY o'clock this afternoon, the hour
announced for the sale of The Abbott,
there were some 5000 persons assem-
bled in the Madison Square Garden to
witness the struggle for the ownership
of the trotting champion of the world.
Promptly at the hour appointed The
Abbott was brought out on the track
and gogged around in front of a sulky
by his trainer, Ed Geers. The crowd
loudly applauded.
After the usual formalities had been
gone through, the auctioneer called for
bids on the great trotter. The bidding
was short. e. D. Upton Of New York,
acting for Thomas w. Lawson of Bos-
ton, made the first bid, $4,000. Fire
Commissioner John Scannell of New
York raised him $500, and as Mr.. Tip
ton had no authority to go higher, the
horse was sold to Mr. Scannell for $780,
500. 1t was thought Mr.. Scannell might
have purchased the animal for Richard
Croker. He announced later he had
bought the horse for his own use, and
that The Abbott would remain in the
hands Of Ed Geers for further train
ing.
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ASSISTANCE ASKED FOR GUAM
THE GOVERNOR REPORTS DANGER
OF STAATATION.
Requests 65 900 Pounds of Flour, 10000
of Biscuit, $4,000 Of Sugar, 10000 Of
Salt Pork and 10000 of Rice Secre-
tary Long Orders Them Sent
Enough Supplies on Way for Present.

Washington Nov. 30.--The navy de-
partment has received the following ca
blegram from Admiral Remey:
"Cavite, Nov. 30.-Official report from
Guam just received. Following men
drowned 18th:
Joseph Anderson, coal passer; Jacob
Leroy Mehaffey, apprentice, first-class;
George Aubel, seaman; William Fred
erick Davis, fireman, first-class; Frank
Swanson, coxswain. Two bodies recov-
cred, but We're unrecognizable. Cover
nor reports danger of starvation. Asks
65, 900 pounds flour, 10000 biscuit, 1000
sugar, 10000 salt pork, 10000 rice, all
for destitute natives Shall send by
our cruiser? Brutus took ample stores
for the present. Newark, Guam.
(Signed) "Remey."
Secretary Long has directed that the
supplies be sent.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-01
1HE GROVE STREET PAVING.
Another Hearing ON the Charges MnGs
by Anthony Carroll.

by Anthony Carroll.
The hearing on Anthony CAROLS
charges against City Engineer Kelly
was continued last evening in the alder
manic chamber in the city hall before
the special committee. Mr.. Kelly was
present, accompanied by his counsel w.
H. Ely. Assistant Engineer Gladding
was the first witness called and was ex-
amined by Mr.. Carroll and cross-ex
ined by Mr.. Ely. Mayor Driscoll was
the next witness called, and he was
questioned about visits which he made
to inspect the Grove street pavement
at the request of Director Troup. Mr..
Troup was present and asked the may
or if the latter remembered Mr.. Troups
complaining to him of Mr.. Kelly's su
pervision of the work of laying the
pavement. The question was objected
to by Mr.. Ely, and Mr.. Troup withdrew
it, saying that he had supposed that
was what Mr. Ely was paid for--to OBJ
ject to any question which would throw
any light on the subject of the investi-
cation.
Mr.. Nettleton, an assistant engineer
employed in the city engineering de-
partment, was the last witness called.
The hearing was adjourned at 10:45 and
will be continued next Tuesday even
ing.
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VICTORY FOR THE CHINESE
Il BRITISH OPINION OF RECENT
NEGOTIAIIONS IN CHINA.
The Quarrel Brought to the Test of
Force and Force on the Civilized Side
Has Proved Insu fiji ent- This Attitude
Declared to be Due Mainly to United
States and Russia,

London, Dec. 1880 a. m.-The Spec
tator in a striking article dealing with
the Chinese crisis expresses the opinion
that the most recent developments at
Pekin foreshadows a Chinese victory
over the allies
THE quarrel has been brought to the
test of force" it says, "and force on
the civilized side has proved insuffi-
cient. This result is mainly due to the
attitude of Russia and the United
States. If China escapes with the pay
ment of a small indemnity any many
promises on paper, as seems not un-
likely, since Germany and Great Brit
ain may not be willing to incur the ex-
penditure and risk involved in persist
ing In their demands, it will be equiva-
lent to a victory for China, for nothing
has occurred which will convince the
Chinese that their mighty empress has
been defeated or that Europe can
avenge any future massacres."
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Morning Post, wiring yesterday, says:
"All our remonstrances amount to
miserable farce. We have no courage
to do more than to talk. In the Chinese
theater here the allies are represented
by soldier with an enormous mouth,
who does nothing but talk until his ca
reer is ended by decapitation."
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Times, wiring yesterday says: RE
ports of uneasiness at Tien Tsin con-
tinue Chinese regulars and Boxers are
believed to be returning to that district
secretly, and renewal of trouble is
feared when the port is closed for the
winter. 1t is alleged that the Kalgan
expedition met with a reverse, and it is
believed that a party of Germans who
We're cut off were obliged to abandon
their dead and wounded
On the other hand, Count Won Walder-
See yesterday telegraphed to Berlin that
the German column was returning from
Kalgan and would continue to march
under General Gayl." A similar reverse
had been previously rumored and denied
at Berlin.
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N--ALCOHOLIC MEDICINES
1CTION OF THE NATIONAL OFFI-
GERS OF THE ". g. n. U.
A Twentieth Century Memorial to be
Issued to the Phystcians of America
Urging the Adoption OF Such Medi-
cines-Represcntativ in Philippines
Appointed.

Washington, Nov. 30.-The general
executive committe, the official board
and the evangelistic department of the
w. C. r. u, held meetings here to-
day, preliminary to the annual conven-
ton of the union that opens in this
city on Sunday. The executive com
mittee was presided over by Mrs. Lii
|lian M. N. Stevens OF Maine, the ma
tional president of the w. c. L. u, and
representatives from nearly all of the
states attended the meetings.
1t was voted that the national Off
GERS issue a twentieth century memorial
to the physicians of America, urging
the adoption of non-alcoholic medicines.
Mrs. Cornelia Moots, president of the
Manila union, was decided upon for ap-
pointment as the official representative
of the w. c. IT. u. in the Philippine
Islands.
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SIN FRANCISCO DISASTER.
Total Number of Dead Now Seventeen
Others VIII Die.

San Francisco. Nov. 30.-Four per-
sons injured in the glass works accident
yesterday died this morning, making
the total number of dead seventeen.
Several more of the injured VIII die.
About the morgue to-day there have
been crowds Of anxious inquirers, rela-
tives and friends of those who are
known to have been victims of the ac-
cident. The dead have all been identi-
fed. Robert Harrison, one of the dead,
was the son Of Thomas A. Harrison q
prominent attorney ne Topeka, Kans.
He ran away from home with boy
companion.
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Young Man Commits Suicide.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y, Nov. 30.-Wil-
liam H. Osborne, twenty-eight years of
age, committed suicide in the Nelson
house in this city this evening by shoot
ing himself in the right temple. Os-
borne was a clerk in the employ of the
French Gable company of New York,
and his father is said to be manager of
the company at Cape Cod station at Or
leans, Mass. Letters from his father, a
sister at Providence and Miss Florence
Day Of New York We're found on the
dead man. The reasons for the suicide
have not yet been made clear.
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PROF. SAND ERs DECLINES.
Cannot Accept Election to Presidency of
Iowa College.

Grinnell, Ia. Nov. 3o.--Professor
Frank K. Sanders of the chair of
Biblical literature at Yale, who was
elected early in the fall by the tr's-
tees of the Iowa college to the presi-
dency of the institutions to succeed DR..
George A. Gates and who has since had
the matter under consideration, has
written the trustees, saying that on ac-
count Of his duties and Obligations at
Yale it will be impossible for him to
accept. No other candidate is under
consideration.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-01

Johnstown, Pa. Nov. 30.-L. Trum-
ball Kelly, left tackle of the Capital
Culture Football club of this city, died
to-day from the effects of an accident
yesterday afternoon in a game with the
Indiana State Normal school team
Kelly's home was at West Superior
Wis. He was Yale graduate and was
employed as draughtsman by the Cam
bria Iron company.
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no HANG FOUR FILIPINOS,
General Macarthur Confirms Sentence
All Were Assasstns.

Manila, Nov. 30.--General Macarthur
has confirmed the sentences of hanging
passed upon four natives recently con-
victed of murder at Lingayen. The
condemned were members of the
Guarda de Honor, d band OF assassins
who's victims were kidnapped and boil
oed. They will be hung December q.
The United States cruiser Newark,
under orders to proceed to Guam to in
vestigate the circumstances of the dis
aster to the United States auxiliary
cruiser Yosemite has not yet sailed.
Arthur Ferguson, secretary of the Phil
ippine commission, has gone to Hong
Kong for a short vacation to recruit his
health.
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Gross CoTrAtry Run To-day,

New York, Nov. 30.--Yale, Princeton.
Cornell Pennsylvania and Columbia
nave entered teams IN the second an
nual intercollegiate cross country meet
to be held at Morris Park tomorrow
afternoon. Each college has the privi-
lege of entering ten men, seven of whom
will be permitted to start The team
whose four first men make the lowest
score will win the team championship.
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New York, Nov 30-The results in
to-day's first and second match play
rounds of the Lakewood Golf clubs
tournament show that Douglass, Travis
Hamilton and Forrest remain for the
semi-finals in the first division. The
day was perfect one for golf'ae and
there was large attendance of golf
enthusiasts.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-01

Newburgh, N. Y, Nov. 30.-Philip Sir
rene shot and it is thought fatally
wounded George Decker after a per
formance at the Matteawan opera house
last night with a shotgun containing a
blank cartridge which had been used in
the play. Sirrene held the gun close to
Decker's heart and an ugly and danger
GUS wound was made,
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T4MMANY REPORTS CONFLICT.
Crusade Against Vice i'm Eighth As.
sembly District.

New York, Nov. 30.-At a meeting of
the Tammany investigation committee
to-day the subcommittee appointed
conditions in the Eighth assembly dis
tricb and remedying them, reported
vice with all disorderly houses closed.
AS against this, however, a member
houses and dance halls were open last
aight. The statement was surprise
in view of the committee reporr and the
matter will be further investigated.
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st. Louis, Nov. 30.-The Post-Dis-
patch to-day says that the chief of
police. John w. Campbell of ST. Louis,
has been offered the position of chief
of police Of Manila, under the civil gov
ernment now in course of formation,
and the offer has been accepted.
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SEVERAL SEWERS RECOMMENDED
venrimg on Several Petitions Before the
Committee Last Night.

ing last night on several petitions for
the building of new sewers. The COM
mittee voted to recommend that sewers
be built in the following streets: HUI
son street, Townsend street, Temple
street between George and Oak streets,
and Second street between Howard ave-
nue. and Hallock avenue. The petitions
for sewers in the Boulevard, Whalley
avenue and Ellsworth avenue, and in
Greenwood street between Oak and
George streets were tabled.
In regard to the petition for the
draining of a. stagnant pool at the lower
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-01

New York. Nov. 3O.-The Rogers Lo-
comotive Works at Paterson, N. j.,
closed down finally this afternoon Two
locomotives were shipped to Chill at |
o'clock Mr.. Rogers was present and
witnessed the closing of the shop.
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To Build Franklin Insttau e

Boston, Nov, 3O.-The trustees of the
Franklin Fund in the hands of the city
treasurer, which now amounts to $375,-
900, have voted to devote it to the erec-
ton of Franklin institute building in
Franklin square.