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The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-03
SPEECH OF FORT UG UEsE KING.
No Mention of Great Britain iht
 TrRnsvnRl.


 Trnnsvnni.
 Lisbon, Jan. 2.-The cortes was open ed to-day. The message from the throne declared that the cordiality of Portu- gals relations with the other powers was shown by the presence in the Tagus of fleets of France Germany and Great Britain. The government, it continued, had caused itself to be represented at the Brussels and The Hague confer ences, the former to check the abuses of alcoholism in South Africa and the latter to reduce the frequency and to minimize the horrors of war, and it was hoped that both humanitarian ob- jects woul abe achieved. The remain der of the speech was confined to do- mestic affairs, and no mention was made of Great Britain or the Trans vaal.
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OPERATIONS ON THE MODDER.
A Reconnaissance ot Brittsh Cavalry
 Result Rot Yrl KuOwn,

Modder River, Jan. 2.-Yesterday's cavalry expedition under General Bab- ington, commanding the Ninth and Twelfth Lanciers, proves to have been in cooperation with similar move ment by Colonel French At Sunnysde, northwest of Douglas, it encountered a considerable commando The result of this reconnaissance has not yet been reported.
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Injured in sorti. from mafek,ng.

Pretoria, Jan. 1.--Three British pris- oners who were taken at Malagro say that Captain Gordon Chesney Wilson, husband of Lady Sarah Wilson, and five others whose names they refuse to give were injured in recent sortie from Mafeking.
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London, Jan. 2.-The Daily Telegraph has received the following, dated Jan- uary 3, from Frere Camp: "The wealth CT is fine. The Tugela river is now fordable. General Buffers army is in fine form, and ready and confident for the work before it."
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British Occupy Douglas.

Douglas, Cape Colony, Jan. 2.-Col- onel Pitcher has occupied Douglas with out opposition and has been received with enthusiasm by the loyalists
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Croker Getting Along We'll.

London, Jan. 2.-Richard Croker, who broke his leg yesterday, near Wanta- gem, with mounting horse, is report ed this evening to be progressing fa- vorably towards recovery.
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"WHEN IS ROBERTS COMING q,,
Boers Heliogrnph This Question-Brit- ish Asked How They Liked Lyddtte.

FreTe Camp, Jan. 1--The Boers in- quired by heliograph to-day: When is Roberts coming? What has Butler done?"
 me British replied: How did you like our lyddite in the late battle?"
 The Boers signalled in response: Rats"
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French Trensnn Casea

I Details of General French's and Colonel
 Pitchers Successes on Page g.
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Continued on Sixth Page.)
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-13
LANcKToN JURY coMPLETE.
Opening Statement Made and Exami-
nation of witnesses Begun.

Opening Statement Made and ExaR1a-
nation of Witnesses Begun.
The taking Of testimony in the case of
James Charles Lanckton. who is tt.arged
with the murder of Mrs. Bette L Wrenn.
was begun this morning in Criminal Court
No L When the court adjourned yeste--
day the jury had not been completed. The
regular panel however. had been exhaust
ed, and Justice Clabaugh ordered fifty
extra talesmen summoned fer jury duty
today Within an hour alter the court
convened the special panel vas completed
and is composed OF the following: Alloy
sits HeCluskey, James A Paxton. James
Pierce, Charles Kidey, Otto II Fischer.
Ernest NJ. Collins, Timothy Craven,
Charles L. Mann, Charles A Cooper. John
T. Scott c. ". Hall, and Samuel Nugene.
The opening statement OF the case on
the part of the Government was made by
Assistant District Attorney Ashley VI.
Gould. The circumstances surrounding
the death OF Mrs. wre1n, a. stated by Mr.
Gould, are substantially as heretofore
published In brief they are that about a
year ago the defendant became acquainted
with Mrs WTenn and some IiHe last Feb
TUaFy made an offer of marriage 10 her
This, II is said she refused Il is stated
that this so angered Lanckten, that on
March u last, he went to her home and
assaulted her From the effects Of the
wounds inflicted by Lanckton on that &C.
casion it is said Mrs Wrenn died on
March 10.
The first witness called on behalf Of the
Government was Joseph r Wheaf1er He
said that he knew Mrs. Trenn Tor twenty
years She was widow He boarded
with Ter for seven years. He said he saw
Lauckton often at Mrs Wrenns home
Objection was raised by counsel for the
defence 10 continuing the testimony CT
Hheatley On the ground that il was out
Of the regular order
DR.. GIazebrooK, Deputy Coroner, xas
then called By the prosecution He lated
that he had made an autopsy on the 5cdy
Of Mrs Wrenn On March % and at that
time he was unable to find any external
evidence OF violence, but discovered
large blood clot in the left cavity Of the
skull over her ear. small blood cot
was also discovered at the base of the
brain
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building. at least so far as the first floor
is concerned. may be filled when ths library
enters upon its new quarters.
The acceptance Of Mr. CarBegfes gift
Of a library building carries with It the
pledge OF suitable maintenance OF he IL
brary by Congress, upon which the fena-
Jion was conditioned. Congress, acting as
the Districts Legislature, will undoubted-
~ fulfill the pledge of suitable maintenance.
and in meeting this obligation a liberal
appropriation in the District bill for the
purchase of books is the first and most i'm
portant item
The estimates submitted by the trustees
urge an appropriation Of SO. 0g9 Tor this
purpose, and this amount, while large com
pared with the current appropriation for
books, Is very small when the book accom-
mOdations Of the new building are eohsid-
cred and when comparisons are made with
the appropriations for books in
the first years Of other pub
lie libraries. Up to this tine the
District taxpayers, national and local, have
seoE tributed for books from the District tax
money only 81 goo, for the reason that the
library as it at present exists has neither
the room space to sheiye nor the library
force to catalogue any considerable in
crease in the number CT volumes But
these reasons for small appropriation dis
appear with entrance into the new build
ing. ana our COTlgFeSStOIiai ies-1SlaCOfS VIII
undoubtedly make the book Appropriation
Tor f901-'e2 adequate in amount
THE accumulation of books for the new
building during the year 1902 should be
accompanied by their cataIoguing and sys-
tematic arrangement, and to this end a
considerable increase in the library force
of. cata1oguers and assistants VIII be es-
seatiaI- This enlarged force viii be nee
essary even If removal to the new build
ing shall not occur until after June So
1902. But since the building is to be com
pleted March l. 1902 IL is probable that
the new building may be utilized several
months at least before the close Of the
fiscal year 1902, and the need VIII iuI-
mediately arise of the provision Of the
much larger force required to handle the
new library of books and 10 care I5r the
spacious building. The estimated payroll
Of 1912 contemplates the use Of eighteen
employees at a total cost OF 81. 560-
In stocking new library buildings with
collections Of books and in providing am
forces American municipalities have not
been ilfIbersI
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-13
RUINED BY ROCKEFELLER
The Magnate's War on Man Who
Struck Oil.
The Lucky Individual, Refusing 10
Sell Gut to the Trust, Was Driven
Into bankruptcy by the Corpora
1fOn, and Even Arrested Charged
With Defrauding His Creditors.

CHICAGO, Nov. T3.-There are two the
cries as to how John D. Rockefelied made
syst, 606. eco. One is that he saved it by
rigid. economy. The other is that he made
il out of other peoples exertions.. To
the latter theory inclines Charles a.
johnson. a mechanical engineer, living at
S642 Bishop Street,
John D. Rockefeller made some of
those millions out of me- said Mr.. john
SON THE way he got mine is the way he
got the rest. Fifteen years ago struck
oil in Pennsylvania. l did not have the
means at the time. but the wells I had
bored justified me in purchasing on credit
extensive machinery and putting in a
pipe line to the railroad While 1 was
. doing all this Rockefeller came into the
field and scared all Of the small owners
except myself IN selling to him
His agents made the simple PROPOSE
ton to me that unless I sold to the trust
Tor less than one-third of what / had
agreed to pay for my machinery and pipe
line the trust would run me out of Dusi-
ness / was in debt S3e0, 600 for ny pur-
chases- They proposed to give me a lit
tie over $50, GEO for the whole plant, and
me to take care OF my creditors as 0est
I could.
I declined to entertain the propo5it,oa
and the war commenced. The trust sagsnes
shipped into my field, at an enormous
cost, hundreds eff thousands of haFrzls CT
oil and placed Il on my market at less
than the price which it cost me TO turn
it out
They had more money than I did and
1 could not stand it any longer. I te-
lieve they reached my creditors in some
way Anyhow. l was closed up by them
Tor not meeting my notes. The plan. vas
offered by the creditors for sale. and the
trust bought IL in for $3.50, 000 while they
had offered me only $50 0D0-
Rockefeller, through his asea-s. gave
ii out at the time in the oil region hat
the way they had treated me WIS TO
serve as q lesson to others who opposed
The trust They did not stop at that
Rockefeller had me arrested On charges
of dcfrauding my creditors, and NY de-
fence in the trumped-up cases sent me
into bankruptcy. which took ten of the
best years of my life to SETTLE
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MEN THROWN OUT OF WORK.
One Result of the Washington wood
works Fire

One Result of the Washington Wood
works Fire
AS a result of the fire ii the plant of
the Washington Woodworking Company at
Twelfth and B Streets northwest last
night thirty-fve men have been thrown
out CT work. Mr.. J. F Murreli. a member
Of the firm, said this morning that he was
unable 10 say when they would commence
the reconstruction of the plant and that
1t would be several days before state
ment could be made as to what companies
they were insured in. The stock was in
sUred for S4.o0O, but the risks were ei-
yided between several companies. The
loss on the building. which IS owned by
the American Security and Trust Com
pany, will hardly reach $4,000, as origi-
nally estimated. and is covered by insur-
ance
The fire was discovered shortly before
II o'clock last night and its origin is a
mystery. The only fire in the building
was in the engine room, but that portion
Of the structure was hardly touched by
the fire, and it is not considered possible
tEat 1t should have started there. A mem
Der OF the firm suggested an overheated
pulley, but this again was met with the
statement that the machinery had not
been in motion since O'Clock A similar
fire destroyed the company's plant on Oc-
tober 10, 1899, involving a loss of 81. 500
to building and stock
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-13
TREASURY EMPLoYE ARRESTED.
Found With n Counterfeit Bill in
His Possession.

William ". Dodson, the colored mes
senger in the Treasury Department who
was arrested yesterday afternoon and
locked up on charge of trying to pass
counterfeit money. had a preliminary
hearing before United States Commission
er Samuel c Mills this morning. He
waived an examination and was held il
s., 600 bonds for the action of the grand
jury.
The arrest Of Dodson occurred at a
pawn shop on Pennsylvania Avenue, near
Thirteenth Street northwest, about 4
O'Clock. The prisoner entered the shop
and Inspected several rings, finally Sc
lecting one and offering IN payment for it
$50 bill. The clerk suspected the bill
was spurious and sent it to a nearby bank
meanwhile OBTAINING Dodson upon Sigh;
pretext- JUST as the messenger returned
with the bill and the information that it
was worthless, Policemen Warren and
Plemmons happened along and arrested
Dodsol. He was taken to the station.
then TO the Treasury Department, where
he was questioned by Chief Wilkie of the
United States Secret Service. Dodson de-
MED knowledge that the bill was counter
felt He was taken back TO the station
and locked up.
after an investigation CElef NHkle
stated last night that the Secret Service
would leave the police in entire charge of
the case. He said possibly he bill might
have been stolen from the Treasury, al
though the accounts there appear correct
Mr. Wilkie said difficulty may be expe-
rienced in proving that Dodson knew the
bill was counterfeit. Efforts by the police
are toward this end and the prisoner viii
be arTaigned in court today for a hearing
DodsOn is employed in the mailing division
OF the Treasury and has a good record.
The bill IN question is counterfeit OF
very old issue Of the Oneida National Bank
OF Utica N Y
To a reporter DOdson stated last night
that he was given the bill Saturday after
noon He was then adjusting real estate
transaction, he says, and while in an Office
in F Street northwest accepted the money
with other bills as change Dodson. more
over. denies that he knew the bill was
counterfeit
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NEW YORK. Nov. 13.-Friends Of Mrs.
Hancock, wife of Capt. William r Ran
cock, of the United states Sixth Ar
tiIlery Corps. now in Manila, are today
searching diligently throughout me city
fog her. but so far have found no clue
to her whereabouts
Mrs. Hancock. who had been staying
at the Grand Hotel with her sister. Mss
Doyle. has been missing since yesterday
afternoon She wore great deal OF val
liable jeweIry and carried q large sum
of money when she disappeared. and her
friends are greatly alarmed FOR her safe
ty. Mrs. Hancock's home is at Fort
Monroe. but she was in this city corn
plotting arrangements to join her hUs-
band in Manila. She was last seen &c
Sixth Avenue department store. where
she was shopping with Miss Doyle
Mrs Hancock told Miss Doyle that she
wished to 90 to another part Of the store
and asked her sister TO wait cor Ter
When Mrs. Hancock failed TO return Miss
Doyle became alarmed, and n0tidld some
of the floor walkers who al one made
enquiries about the store. When their
search failed to discover Mrs Hancock.
the management WAS notiAsd, an1 = rig
0rous effort to find her was made IN every
department. This failing, Miss DOYLE Ie-
turned to her hotel. and when hrs- Han
cock failed TO appear there friends weIe
called in and the police notified
Among those who were told Of Mrs
Hancock's strange separation from her
sister was Col. T. c. GAYLORD. who occu-
pies apartments at the Hotel Martinique.
in West Thirty-third Street. and ne Joined
in the efforts 10 find the missing woman
Mrs. Hancock and her sister came 70 this
city on November 6, engaging a suite at the
Grand Hotel. They devoted q greater part
OF their time preparing for Mrs HaRcock's
departure for Manila
Captain Hancock had written his wife 10
join him in Manila. and had arranged for
her passage. Staterooms were secured on
the transport Fitzpatrick. which vas sc1esd-
uied 70 sail today al . O'Clock from the
Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Captain Hancock was formerly stationed
at Fort Monroe, where he was very popu-
lar officer. His wife, formerly Miss Doyle,
of Columbus, was ore Of the most popular
women al the Fort The wife OF Colonel
MaTFye COmmsRdaRt Of the fort. is her
sister. Colonel and Mrs. Aarrye have been
summoned TO New York
Mrs Hancock IL is said dreaded the
long voyage 10 Manila Her trunks mad not
been sent yesterday 10 the transport XII
patrick II was said At the Grand Hotel
this morning that neither Mrs. Hancock nor
Miss Doyle had returned there, and that
Miss Doyle was staying az the house of
some Of her friends
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WILL KEEP UP THE FIGHT.
Resolution Adopted by the LEGAL
Antitrust League.

ASsOtBAAOh 3oOptee ny the Local
Antitrust League.
At a meeting of the Antitrust League
last night the following resolution was
adopted:
Whereas the recent campaign has demonstrated
that of the three great instruments that win
campaigns, =iz-, newspapers money, and ergani-
zation. the only one OF which the common peo-
pie can depend for success Is organization, for
the reason that the trust power can always
control more money and more newspapers team
We can possibly hope to do; therefore,
Resolved, That 1t IS the sense OF the members
Of Local League No. l OF the American Anti
Trust League that should all line ur with
renewed zeal and devotion 10 the work of or
gaining local and State leagues until we have
enrolled and united in one fighting force the
great majority OF the voters OF the United states
We shall thus be able TO control all elections
both municipal, State. ard national s7d drive
cut Of public Office all the tools OF the trusts
and money powers and restore the control OF the
Government TO the hands Of the whole people
Those taking part in the discussion Of
the trust question were Captain O'Far-
reIl, Col. Lee Cranda1, H B. Martin. W
NJ Collins, c. C. Carter, and many
others. The regular u=eeting night OF the
league will be the second and fourth Mon
day Of each month
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-13
THE SETTLEMENT OF STRIKES.
Views OF a Member of the Indiana
BOARD OF Arbitration.

Views OF n Member of the Indiana
Hoard OF Arbitration
L. P. Mccormack, of indianapolis. a
member of the Indiana State Board Of kr-
bitratfon was witness before the IN
dustriaI Commission this morning and was
examined on the general subject of arbi-
tration.
Mr.. Mccormack said the board %Sas com
posed OF three members. He represented
labor. the other member represented CARL
tai, and the two selected a third. He
was practical printer, he said, and was
therefore familiar with labor problems.
In answer to a question Mr.. Mccormack
said arbitration was growing in favor ali
the while. In many contracts, he said it
was agreed that all differences that might
arise between employer and employees
should be aTbitrated, the men to continue
at work pending the settlement
He referred to strikes. and said that
while strikes were sometimes successful
the after effects were to destroy that
feeling which should exist between the
employer and employe. Mr. Mccormack
then gave a detailed account of the In
diana law authorizing arbitration. which.
he said, had worked very satisfactorily
The time was coming, he said. when ar
birtration would be made compulsory.
Strikes in factory, he declared, did not
affect the general public like street rail-
road strikes. and 1t was strikes of the
latter kind that were fastening enforced
arbitration. He was in favor of a ma
tienaI arbitration law
Before the passage of the act creating
the Indiana State Labor Commission Mr..
Mccormack said there were occasional
conflicts between labor and the militia
which would be called out to repress
riots which sometimes grew out Of strikes
of miners and railroad employees. Now,
however, there was seldom any trouble
growing out of strikes
In his opinion, enforced arbitration
would protect the public and result in a
saving to both employee and employer
Most questions of differences between
capital and labor. he said, were settled
by mediation.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-13
MASS BY MARTINELLI.
Rites Commemorative of the Chris
tian Brothers, Founder.


tian Brothers, Founder
Archbishop Martinelli, the papal dele
gate in this city, expects to leave for
New York tomorrow to celebrate pom
tiical mass at St Patrick'S Cathedral
Thursday morning Very Rev. William
O'Brien Pardow. s. J., formerly provincial
of the Jesuit Order in the province Of Ma
ryland-New York, who is now an assistant
rector OF st. Aloysius Church in this city
has also gone to New York to take part in
the ceremonies. The province embraces all
the Middle and New England States, as
wcu as islands in the West Indies, with
headquarters at st. Francis Xavier College
New York
The celebration will be significant
one. 1t marks the formal recognition
By the Christian Brothers of the United
States of the canonization of their
founder, Jean Baptiste de la Sale. by
Pope Leo XIII on May "a of the present
year. On this account, these comment
orative rites are to be conducted on a
scale of uncommon splendor. The OBJ
seryance commences today with a pom
tifcal mass by Archbishop Corrigan, OF
Washington (who was born in New York
1fty-two years ago., viii preach the
opening sermon. There will be a con-
tinuous series of festivities until next
Thursday night, at which the Bishop
Auxiliary of New York, Right Rev. John
NJ Farley, D. D.. pastor of st. Gabriel
Church, and the Bishops of Brooklyn.
Buffalo, Ogdensburg, n. Y, and Man
chester. n. H. are to of1ciate
1t is understood from Archbishop Marti-
nelli that so far as the programme has been
arranged the preachers will include Father
Pardow, ex-provinciaI OF the Jesuit Order:
Fathers MaeNamara of the Passionists
at Hoboken. n. J., and William Elliot of
the Paulists in New York city Ali of them
rank among the most eloquent orators Of
the country.
On the closing day. however, the most
impressive scene of the observance will be
witnessed This viii be the poRtifical mass
Of Archbishop Martinefi on Thursday
morning. on which occasion the Archbishop
of-NeE York surreuders his throne. or Of
fetal seat. in the grand cathedral in Fifth
Avenue &c the Pope's representative This
is done simply in Difference to the dignity
Of Mgr MartinelIi as Papal Delegate and
has had but single parallel in the annals
of the See.
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THE COMPANY BLAMELEss.
Verdict of the Coroner's Jury in TIA.
Brook Case.

cTutcf OF the COroner's Jury ia the
Brook Case.
The corozer's jury today returned YER
dict holding no one to blame for the
daath OF Robert Brook, the co1ored man
who died az the Emergency Hospital sun
day as 4 result OF injuries received on the
tracks OF the City and Suburban Railroad
at Langdon. D. c., about tEo weeks ago
The jury sworn by Coroner Nevitt consist
ed of Richard Emmons, James F. Smith,
William Wolf. James ". Mckee, David K.
Hackman. and John H. Justice. The ext
dence developed the facts that car 81 of
the City and Suburban Railroad, in charge
of Notorman Hank Coates and Conductor
William H Williams. ran over Brook at
Langjon, crushing his feet; that he was
brought TO Fifteenth and G Streets north
west on one CT the cars OF the company
and was thence removed to the Emergeney
Hospital in their ambulance and that not
withstanding the fact that every care was
taken OF the patient lockjaw set in and
he died at 5 O'Clock Sunday morning.
The inquest was postponed until today
in order to secure the necessary witnesses
from the country After listening to the
evidence the jury rendered the following
verdict:
Robert Brook came to his death No
yembeT II. 1860, at the Emergency Hos
pital- Said death was primarily attributed
TO the injuries received on the tracks OF
the City and Suburban Railroad near
Langdon, D. c. The immediate cause Of
said death was resultant from Ioekjaw.
The jury are constrained 10 say thst there
was an apparent delay IL the treatment of
his case The jury also found that the
railroad company Was from the testimony
adduced. IN no way responsible For the
mans death
Brooks remains have been turned over
to his relatives and the funeral viii take
place tomorrow at - o'clock from the
house Of Charles A Devaughn, 1884 Trini-
dad Avenue. The interneat viii take place
at Bladensburg- Nd