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MANY AT WORK
SANTA FE OFFICIALS SAY THEY
HAVE ENOUGH TELEGRAPHERs.
Agents OF the Company at All Points
Instructed tn Discontinue En-
sasing New Men.
STRIKE PRACTICALLY OVER
CONDITIONS, MIR. RIPLEY SAYS.
Report that the Company Is Opposed
to Labor Unions Denied by
the President.
OPERATORS STILL HOPEFUL
THEY DENY THE STATEMENTS OF
THE RAILWAY OFFICIALS,
tuaIly Tied Up-Trainmen May
Vote on Strike Question.
Report that the Company Is Opposed
to Labor Unions Denied by
the President.
OPERATORS STILL HOPEFUL
THEY DENY THE STATEMENTS OF
TIE RAILWAY OFFICIALS,
And Insist that the Roads Are Vir-
tuaIly Tied Up-Trainmen May
Vote on Strike Question.

CHICAGO, Dec. u.-To-night Third Vice
President J. NJ. Barr, superintendent Of the
operating department of the Santa Fe Rail-
way, notified all the agents of the COM
pany not to employ any more operators.
as enough men had been engaged to fill the
places vacated by the telegraphers who re-
sponGed to the strike call. He said: AT
fifteen other points on the system we have
been hiring new operators since the trouble
began. To-day 1 notified our agents not
to engage any more"
Referring TO the charge that the company
was filing strikers places with incom-
petent operators President Barr said: ''We
did write to two schools in Iowa asking
for competent operators. The men sent in
every instance were thoroughly examined
and win have to pass another examination
when they reach the places to which they
are assigned. We do not want the old en-
pIoyes to return. Their places have been
filled with competent men and We will re-
tain them"
"The strike is practically over and our
business is normal" said President E. p.
Ripley. "a little delay and some annoy
ance has been the burden OF our trouble.
The report that officials of the company
are opposed to the labor unions is false.
We have no quarrel with labor unions. On
the contrary, We believe they are a good
thing when properly governed"
officials Of the company say the train
service OF the whole Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe system. both freight and pas
-senger. Is now restored to the basis exist
ing before the strike was called. General
Manager Nevin, OF Los Angeles. tele-
graphed to-day that everything was run
ming smoothly west Of Albuquerque
and that all the places of the striking
operators had been filled. Local striking
operators, however, insist that the tie-up is
practically complete. and are urging the
striking operators to remain out.
Owing to the wide discrepancies between
the statements OF the railroad officials and
the leaders of the striking operators, it is
impossible to correctly estimate the num-
her of operators who are out.
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humiliation to England, and the culprit is
in the Colonial Office.
Henry Labouchere expressed opinion that
the guerrilla warfare IN South Africa might
last for two years.
The supplementary estimate of e16,0O0.000
was then adopted by a vote of 2S4 against s.
The House having gone into c mmittee
Of ways and means, the chancellor or the
exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, ex-
planned that the existing borrowing powers
of the chancellor only amounted to e5,00o,-
600. He moved, therefore, a resolution au-
thorizing him to borrow, by war loan, ex-
chequer bonds or treasury bills, e11,0O0.-
600. He said he did not expect to use his
borrowing powers until February or March,
and he asked the House to postpone any
discussion of the subject till the second
reading, next Thursday.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman ex-
pressed his approval Of the resolution,
which was agreed to. The committee then
rose and the House adjourned.
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CHILD STARTS A PANIC
AND FIFTEEN HUNDRED STRUGGLE
TO GET OUT OF A HALL.
Exciting Scene at n Punch and Judy
show When n Little One Cried
"Fire"-Four Badly Hurt.

CHICAGO, Dec. 11.-Fifteen hundred chill
dren fought and struggled and crushed to
escape the fancied horror of death by fire,
this evening in the West Twelfth-street
Turner Hall. There was no spark OF flame
in the building, but the cry of a startled
youngster was taken up and instantly the
gathering of little ones was IN a panic.
.Ellllv- a. hundred Of the boys and girls
were swept from their feet and trampled
on and crushed against the walls and
balustrades of the stairs Others leaped
from the galleries in the hall and fell in
the midst of the struggling mass below.
Marvelously only a few were hurt beyond
severe bruises. The exceptions were:
BESSIE GOODMAN, seven years old,
Knocked down and trampled on, collar hone
broken, face severely cur.
FANNY MARGOJ1IS. thirteen years old,
conscious.
ANNIE SANDER, twelve years old.
jumped froih gallery AMI was trampIcd
on by crowd, chest crushed ard probably
fatally internally injured: taken home in
ambulance.
MORRIS SWESNICK, nine years old,
jumped frora gallery and WIS trampled or
by crowds In the aC'lit 0rium: taken out Of
hall unconscious and found to be severely
crushed about chest.
The occasion of the gathering was q
punch and judy show.
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THE HAGUE, Dee. u.-Replying to the
second Chamber to-day to the interpella-
ton of Count Won Bylandt, notice of
which was given yesterday, on the subject
of the tension between The Netherlands
and Portugal, the foreign minister, DIR. w.
II. De Beaufort, sketched the history of
the misunderstanding, which, he declared,
had been exaggerate85R{4e said the Dutch
minister at Lisbon, Baron Won Neekeren.
announced, Nov. z, that Portugal desired
to withdraw the exequatur of Herr Pott
as consul of The Netherlands at Lorenzo
Marques. unless the government of The
Netherlands would obviate the necessity
by dismissing or recalling Herr Pott. AS
The Netherlands government had no Of
fetal notification that Herr Pott had per-
mitted, as alleged, the Importation OF con-
traband OF war, IL could not accede to the
demand for his recall without a fuller in
quiry, and 1t therefore instructed the min
lister at Lisbon to cable to Herr Pott, ask
ing him to clear up the matter Herr Pott
then applied for leave to come to Europe
which was granted, and The Netherlands
proposed to Portugal that an investiga-
ton be made during the consups visit
and that three months be allowed for the
rendering of a report on the subject. The
government of The Netherlands supposed
Portugal approved Of this proposal. and
was surprised to learn, shortly afterward.
that Portugal insisted on withdrawing the
exequatur OF Herr Pott The foreign min
lister explained that he was not aware
fresh complaints against Herr Pott were
the cause of this, but a notification sent
to The Netherlands minister of the with
drawal Of the exequatur now would lily
accord with the friendly relations between
The Netherlands and Portugal.
Immediately after the exequatur was
withdrawn, however, the Dutch minister
was summoned to give information, and
Herr Pott was expected at The Hague
within q month.
After Count Van Bylandt had expressed
the hope that the difficulties would be
speedily settled the subject was dropped.
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MIR. MUDGE's STATEMENT.
He Says the Strike Is n Complete Fall
urea Reward offered.


TOPEKA. Kan, Dec. n.-General Man
aesr II. u. Nudge. of the Santa Fe, to-day
issued notice offering reward for the
arrest OF persons who in any way interfere
with the operations of the wires or instru-
ments or any other property OF the COM
pany. There was some interference with
the wires on the Oklahoma division and at
olathe," said Mr.. Nudge, in explanation Of
the notice. ut may have been done by per-
sons other than strikers, but the trouble
we experienced was very light"
Mr. Nudge says the strike is a complete
failure, and that the road is finding no diff
ficulty in filing the places made vacant by
the operators. He still retains his place at
the key in the general telegraph Office,
however.
BY order of the general manager the
block system is in force again on the road
between Kansas City and Chicago. This
order was made this morning after the
claim was made by the company that all
the operations of the road were in normal
condition again.
In an interview on the several features OF
the strike Mr.. Nudge said tonight: ''our
business is running normally again wehave
train-crder system. 1t has been satisfac-
tory enough 10 run the trains in the same
way that other Western roads run them
The Santa Fe has block signals, as the
others have not We are using the block
signals from Chicago to Newton again. L
gave orders for resumption again this
morning.
'"rhe bogus message for operators to go
back to work, which ]. A. Newman says
his name was forged to. went over the
wires sure enough. IL was taken off the
wire In the general Office. at the shops and
at Holiday. Where 1t originated do not
know Mr.. Newman's personal message of
protest reached me late yesterday after
noon. There had been nothing further heard
about the matter since replied last night"
Mr.. Mudge's reply was as follows:
'sfour wire to-day. Am also surprised that
any Official should forge your name. Do
not believe IL has been done. Please give
me facts ard name OF official that may
investigate. There would be no object in
endeavoring TO get the men back 10 work.
as we are refusing to permit them to go
back, as you very well know
The striking operators received notice to-
day that their services were no longer re-
Quired by the company. The letters were
written by C. G. sholes. superintendent of
telegraph. and follows:
you are hereby notified that you are
discharged from the service of the COM
pany. to date at y. M, Dec. S. for failure
10 perform the duties OF your position
Balance due you for December services
may be secured at any time By calling at
the Office of the treasurer"
superintendent Shol~s claims that there
are only $50 vacancies "a the force OF teleg-
raphers yet 10 al and that they will be
nIled In short time. The company claims
% be able 10 receive and care for ali the
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PARIS, Dec. u.--An official of the French
Foreign Office, speaking to representative
Of the Associated Press about General
Chaffee's position in regard to looting,
said 1.-THE fact is particularly regretable
because it is likely to result in break of
concord under Field Marshal Won walder-
see. Either Won Waldersee is the interna-
tional commander Of all the forces in
China, or his position is an imaginary one.
AS the present status has apparently been
quite satisfactory anything which might
occasion break in the ranks is disagree
able.'
The Foreign Office official also said that
the order stopping the looting of the
astronomical instruments at Peking caused
a desire that France should learn definitely
her international rights-whether she was
entitled to their possession.
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NEGOTIATIONS DELAYED.
Some Of the ENJOYS Have Not Accent
ed Earl LIS Credeuttars

PEKING, Dec. 10.-At to-day's meeting
of the ministers, called to consider whether
Lii Hung Chang and Prince Ching had
power of the government to conduct nego-
tiations for a settlement on behalf of
China, some Of the ministers stated they
were authorized to treat with them az
representatives of China, while others. in
cluding the German minister, had not re-
ceived instructions in the matter. All de-
cided, however, that as soon as Sir Earnest
Satow, the British minister, shall receive
word to agree to the joint note they will
commence negotiations with Ii Hung
Chang and Prince Ching unless otherwise
instructed by their home government.
Count Won waldersee has turned over
$4,000 as the British share Of the result of
the Pao-Ting-Fu expedition to General
Gaselee. who, in turn, gave the money TO
Minister Satow to be used for the benefit
of Chinese who may need help during the
winter.
Lii Hung Chang visited General Chsffea
to-day. He says that his powers to ne
gotiate with the foreign envoys. though
telegraphed, are absolute and complete.
At the meeting of the provisional govern
ment, held to-day, the United States was
represented by Captain Dodds, of the
Ninth Infantry. All OF the governments
have entered into the plan, except France.
whose representative insists that the
French territory shall be excluded from the
rule of the commission appointed A num-
ber of subcommittees were appointed. Sew
eral high Chinese officials. on being asked,
expressed desire to assist. Though army
officers have been appointed members of
the commission. it is the desire of the gem
erals TO make the rule civil as far as
possible. Japan was placed on the charity
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EMPORIA, Kan. Dec. IL. = Chairman
Newman, of the eastern division of the
Santa Fe operators, tonight gave out a
statement OF freight trains run and loads
and empties handled through Emporia,
which, he says. shows the great loss the
company is sustaining by the strike, and
shows that the company is making losing
fight. ''The strike occurred Dec. g." he
says. "and cars through Emporia aver
aged daily, before the strike. 40; after the
strike, $50. Cars of stock handled through
Emporia Sunday, Dec. 2, for Kansas City
market, 1,00S; Sunday, Dec. g. only eleven.
Only one stock train has been received
from the Oklahoma division since the strike
was called. Nothing but through freights
are running, and they are badly delayed.
Forty trains were handled through EN-
poria Dec. 6. forty-four on the 9TH, eighteen
on the 9Th. seventeen on the 10Th. The sit
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MUTINOUS CADETS. i.
Boys at the Orchard Lake College
May he Sent Home.

ORCHARD LAKE, Mich, Dec. 1.-All
the cadets of the military college here re-
fused to attend classes to-day because GER
tain grievances which they desired to have
settled were not attended to. One is the
reinstatement of Captain Landis as quar-
termaster general. Present Quartermaster
General Hollister, who succeeded Captain
Lands, is not liked. Colonel Rogers has
notified the parents Of the boys concerning
the trouble and If it is not adjusted to-
morrow probably fifty of the boys will be
dismissed. There has been no outbreak.
The cadets insist that Colonel Rogers, the
superintendent of the school. sever his con-
nection with the institution and that Prin-
cipal Edwards be made superintendent in
his place. They also claim they do not
get enough TO eat.
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FINAL REBUFF
hRUGER'S LAST HOPE OF EUROPEAN
INTERVENTION GONE.
Shattered by the Dutch Government,
on Which He Relied After Failure
I'm France and Germany.
AN INTERVIEW YESTERDAY
AT WHICH HE WAS INFORMED OF
wILHELMINA's DECISION.
Notified that The Netherlands Could
Not Take the Initiative in Be-
half of Arbitration.
DEBATE IN SECOND CHAMBER
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WITH
PORTUGAL DISCUSSED.
Herr Pott En- Route Home to Explain
More "war Sinews" Provided by
the British Commons.
Notified that The Netherlands Could
Not Take the Initiative in BE-
half of Arbitration.
DEBATE IN SECOND CHAMBER
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WITH
PORTUGAL DISCUSSED.
Herr Pott En- Route Home to Explain
More "War Sinews' Provided by
the British Commons.

THE HAGUE, Dec 1.-THE Dutch gov
ernment to-day finally and definitely re-
fused to take the initiative in behalf OF
arbitration between the Transvaal and
Great Britain. The decision of the gov
ernment was made known at an interview
between Mr.. Kruger and DR.. Leyds on one
side and the Dutch foreign minister and
the minister of finance, N. G. Pierson. on
the other. Mr.. Kruger explained that the
object of his journey was to disseminate
the idea OF arbitration, and the Dutch min
lister replied that the role of The Neither
lands must be passive. The initiative be-
longed to the great powers, he added.
When the powers had reached a decision
the Dutch government might see what
it could do.
A serenade of Mr.. Kruger by the schol
ars, fixed for tonight, was prohibited by
the police, out of fear of disturbance.
The Transvaal legation says it is author
ized to contradict the report that Emperor
Nicholas has telegraphed to Mr.. Kruger an
intimation that he will not receive him.
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NOW IN ACCORD
GEN. CHAFFEE AND COUNT Won
wALDERsEE AT PEACE AGAIN.
Breakfasted Together After the Amer
lean officer Had Made an Ex-
PLANTATION of His Note.
CHAFFEE NOT DIPLOMATIC
PROTESTED TOO VIGOROUSLY
AGAINST LO0ITNG IN PEKING,
And Angered Waldersee by Saying the
Thieving Was Done by Troops
Lately Arrived from Europe.
FOREIGN OFFICE STATEMENT
ACCORDING TO GERMANS THE AMER
ICAN GENERAL APOLOGIZED.
France Reported to Have Declined to
Participate in the Policing of the
Chinese Capital.
And Angered waldersee by Saying the
Thieving Was Done by Troops
Lately Arrived from Europe.
FOREIGN OFFICE STATEMENT
ACCORDING TO GERMANS THE AMER
ICAN GENERAL APOLOGIZED.
France Reported to Have Declined to
Participate I'm the Policing of the
Chinese Capital.

WASHINGTON, Dec. lit is believed
that the Chaffee-W Waldersee incident is
ended, but it is not thought here that Cen
eral Chaffee humbly apologized to the field
marshal as stated at Berlin. However.
after the Cabinet meeting to-day IL was
stated that the good feeling which had
existed between General Chaffee an: Count
Won Waldersee prior to the astronomical
instrument incident, has been restored,
and that the two generals had since dined
together very pleasantly.
The War Department has received a re-
port from General Chaffee of the incident.
1t appears that General Chaffee did use
some pretty vigorous language in protest
ing against the thieving and looting of the
foreign troops. What particularly hurt the
feeling of Waldersee was a pointed refer
ence by General Chaffee to the fact that
this disgraceful and unmiltary practice of
looting was being INDUCED in, not by the
men who did the fighting and opened the
way to Peking. but by the late-comers.
who had borne none OF the brunt of con-
flict and hardship. Waldersee himself did
not reach Peking until long after the ex-
peditionary force had occupied the town.
1t is recognized here that General Chaffee
had provocation for his deliverance but re-
gret is felt that he used this tone in ad-
dressing the field marshal. 1t is signifi-
cantly pointed out here that perhaps it was
not incumbent upon Chaffee to make any
representations whatever this subject
to the field parfhal as there is no longer
any official tie between them. When the
United States government changed the
character Of its military representation in
Peking from an expeditionary force to a
mere legation guard, Of course that guard
no longer came under the control of the
commander-in-chief at Picking, but was
simply a part of Minister Conger's official
household.
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Americans Underbid English Firms.

LONDON, Dec. 11.-Sir Alfred Hickman,
Conservative, brought up in the House OF
Commons to-day the subject of the contract
for the Uganda railroad bridges going to
America, insinuating that favoritism has
been shown the American firms. Lord
Cranborne, parliamentary secretary for the
Foreign Office, repudated the suggestion
He said tenders were invited in the United
Kingdom on exactly the same conditions
as they were invited from the United
States, but the American tender was ac-
cepted because it was considerably the
lowest While the government was anxious
tn employ British firms, it could only give
contracts when consistent with public in
tereSts.
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Office authorized the Associated Press to
make the following statement regarding
the Waldersee-Chaffee incident, based upon
cable dispatch just received from Field
Marshal Won Waldersee: General Chaffee
wrote Field Marshal Won Waldersee a let
ter in a rough tone. Field Marshal Won
Waldersee refused to receive it, returning
it to General Chaffee. The latter then
wrote second letter apologizing for his
Objectionable expressions, whereupon Field
Marshal Won Waldersee invited General
Chaffee to breakfast and the incident was
cl0sad
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TRAGEDIES IN G0LDLAND.
Two Klondike Miners Frozen to Death
on "a wind-swept Trail.

VICTORIA, b. c., Dec. II. - News is
brought by the steamer Danube of winter
tragedies on the northern trails. The latest
victims of the stampedes in search for
gold at Rainbow Tips are Harry Ganbe and
another Dawson miner. who left for the
Klondike capital a short time ago to join
the rush to the recently found diggings in
the Tanana country. The two miners were
found frozen to death on the trail between
Circle City and Tanana- The news comes
in a dispatch from Dawson under date Of
Nov 80
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VICTORY FOR TEMPERANCE.
Many Massachusetts Towns Voted
Yesterday Against License.

BOSTON, Dec. 11<-The temperance people
of Massachusetts have won great victory
I'm their crusade against license in the city
elections of last Tuesday and to-day. for
out of the three hundred and more cities
choosing municipal officers and expressing
an opinion scarcely one shows gain in
the license vote, while the additions to the
no-ucense column are many.
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French VIII Not Participate.

LONDON, Dec. 12.-The Morning Post
publishes the following from its Paris cor
respondent, dated Dec. 10: 1.-THE French
have refused TO participate in the scheme
of a police committee for Peking formed
under the direction of Colonel Baron Gayl,
in which the American member is Captain
Dodds. The Russians have been excluded,
because they no longer exercise control
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BERLIN, Dec. 1.-THE North German
Lloyd steamer Koela, Captain Bruins, from
Shanghai, Oct. %, has arrived at Will
helmshaven with 1000 relieved German SOL
diers from China on board. She brought
also forty-three Chinese mortars and guns,
twenty-seven temple shields and other
trophies.
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USED SHEARS AND HATCHET.
With the Latter G. 5. Wagner Drove
the Former Through His Neck.

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. II. - George s.
Wagner. salesman. committed suicide to-
day by driving large pair of shears
through his neck. making use OF a hatchet
to accomplish the act Domestic trnnbis Is
the reason assigned.
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Thirty Houses EnguIfed.

CHRISTIANIA, Dec. 11.-Another serious
landslide has occurred in Heligoland. Thirty
houses have been engulfed and consider
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CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 1.-THE Sui
tan sent a quantity of cigarettes, Sunday,
to the crew of the United States battle
ship Kentucky. now at Smyrna. The Ken
lucky was electrically dressed.
Captain Colby NJ. Chester, the commander
of the Kentucky, will probably rejoin his
vessel Thursday.
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ordinary business with which it may be in
trusted. and that, as far as the strikers
are concerned, the road need not recognize
their existence.
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committee on account of the rice she COM
wandered in August, most OF which she
has now
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