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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-18
IS IT WAR IN CHINA !?
,o> wALDERsEE GIVES NOTICE OF
AN EXPEDITION.
WILL GO TO SIAN Flu
crxs. CHAFFEE AND vOYRON ASK
ED TO COOPERATE.

,ded tO Force the Chinese to
compIy With Terms Imposed by
.,,. Foreign EnvOys-Chaffee Will
.,voit Instructions From WASH
t,atOn-GaSelee or VoyrOn May
coumand-ExpeditiO May Result
IN Bringing on Active HOstilities.
1,asin. Feb. IA few days ago Count
,o, yValdersee wrote to the generals un-
der his supervision notifying them to have
ell their available troops ready in two
,,oolxs for an expedition lasting eighty
davs. To-day Gen. Chaffee and Gen.
1.ovron. the French commander, received
letters asking for their cooperation and
exnressing a desire to know what forces
they can spare. In commencing his let
ter 10 Gen. Chaffee, Count Won Waldersee
says:
"Owing to the unsatisfactory nature of
The negotiations for peace and also to cir
cumstances rendering such a course de-
sjrable. it will probably be necessary to
resume military operations on a large
scale. especially toward the west"
Ii is not likely that Gen. Chaffee will
agree to such a plan without instructions
from Washington.
The French commander, however, is eX-
pected TO do so. Count Won Waldersee's
plans contemplate offering the command
of the expedition in the first instance to
Sir Alfred Gaseee, the British command
er but it is believed that in view of his
recent illness, Gen. Gaselee will inform
Count Won Waldersee that lle is unable
to accept the command. In that event.
it will be offered to Gen. Voyron, pro
vided the French fall in with the arrange
ment which Count Won Waldersee be-
lieves will be the case. Such an offer
to Gen. Noyron would have the effect, it
is thought, of overcoming the differences
which have existed between the French
and Germans because it would be a dem
onstration of Count Won Waldersee's con-
fdence i'm the military ability of the
French contingent.
Ere long an announcement is expected
that the destination of the proposed ex
pedition is Sian Flu. The foreign envoys
believe its objects to be to compel the
Chinese to accept the terms of the Pow
ers. II is thought that when it becomes
known that the expedition has started,
the imperial court will hasten to comply
Immediately with all the demands of the
joint note.
The military are much elated at the pros
pect Of aetive service. Many believe
that the Chinese army will strive to the
uttermost to protect the province of Shen
81 against invasion.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-18
RAN INTO A WAsHOUT.
Four Killed and Six Injured in Ne
Vada Wreck,

San Francisco, Cal. Feb. H.
The Southern Pacific eastbound
limited express train. which left here at
10 a. m. yesterday, was wrecked at Mills
City, Nevada. last night. The fireman
and three passengers were killed. The
conductor, engineer, one brakeman, two
postal clerks and one passenger were
injured, The dead:
Adolph Bissenger and wife, San Fran
cisco.
Clinton r.. Coulter, San Francisco.
b. l.. Whitaker, fireman.
Injured:
Conductor Markle.
Engineer George Abbey.
Postal Clerk c. A. Schuyler.
Postal Clerk J. C. Corin.
Miss Bissenger, whose parents were
among the killed, was slightly injured
All the passengers were badly shaken
up.
The train ran into a washout which had
been caused by a cloudburst. All trains
east and west were abandoned for forty.
eigth hours.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-18
MANUFACTURERS ARE HURT.
Chicago Men to Meet and Discuss
New Russian Tariff.

Chicago, Feb. T-Stirred to the sense of
the necessity for immediate action, the
Illinois Manufacturers Association will
ho.d a conference tomorrow in an effort
to assemble the leading manufacturers of
agricultural implements in the United
States in Chicago at an early date to dis
cuss the reta,iatory tariff which the Rus
sian government intends to place in effect
on March /.
1t is understood that the manufacturers
will endeavor to get a sugar importer to
protest against the tariff imposed on beet
sugar from Russia and thus carry the
question before the board of appraisers
in the hope that the tariff may be
changed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-18
HOT PURSUIT AFTER DIE WET.
Kitchener at DeAar 10 Superintend
the Chase.

London. Feb. 1s.-A dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph from DeAar, dated Feb.
l6, confirms the report Of the arrival
there OF Lord Kitchener. and his stair
to superintend the chase of Gen. Dewet
The correspondent says:
"DeWets force is now denuded OF al
most all transport vehicles, and his horses
are exhausted"
other South African dispatches report
that several columns are pursuing Gen.
DeWet. whose exact whereabouts, how
ever Is not indicated.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-18
BILLS OF HEALTH Required.
Vessels Leaving Philippines Must BE
Provided with Them.

Washington, Feb. H.-Gen. Macarthur
has issued regulations to govern the is
sue Of bills OF health in the Philippines
after Jan. l last. Such bills of health
are required in the case Of vessels bound
from any port in the Philippines TO the
United States or its dependencies or to
foreign ports. These bills are not re-
quired I'm the case Of vessels engaged In
coasting trade in the Philippine Islands,
except where they leave infected ports,
with a quaarntnablc disease. All bills
Of health are issued on the forms adopted
by the United States Marine Hospi al
Service.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-18
CARMAN's RAsCALLY DEALS.
Supplied FiIipinOs With Uniforms,
Provisions, Money and Arms.

Manila, Feb. 17.-Eighty men of the
Fifth United States Infantry and a de-
tachment Of scouts surprised the insurg-
ent leaders vlllamor and Alejandris near
Paperia. ViIlamor was wounded.
There have been further discriminating
developments in the charges against d.
NJ. Carman, the American contractor,
who. with his partner. Theodorio Carran-
"a. a Spanish merchant. was arrested Feb.
1g charged with furnishing supplies 10 aid
the insurgents. Proof has been secured
of his dealings with rebels, showing that
he supplied them with uniforms, prOvi-
slons, money and some arms. The inves-
tigation will be continued.
Many insurgent officers are surrender
ing.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-18
DE WET IN BAD CONDITION.
His Commando Reported Exhausted
and Hnrassed on All Sides.

London, Feb. 1s.-The Times correspond
ent at DeAar confirms the report that
DeWet's commando is extremely ex
hausted," and "harrassed on all sides"
He adds:
Unfortunately the heavy rains have
handicapped the movement of British
troops from the north. The country is
reduced to a swamp The rise of the
Orange river behind the Beers. which
ought to have been an advantage, has
only prevented the cooperation of Gen.
Bruce Hamilton's column on the enemy's
rear.
THE invaders get sympathy. but few
recruits except mere youths. They are
mainly armed with Lee-Metfords.'
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-18
DON CARLOS AND CAsERTA.
Announced That Relations Between
Them Ceased Some Time Ago.

Paris, Feb. 1S.-In view of recent state
ment that the friendly relations between
Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender, and
the Count of Caserta had not been inter-
rupted since the Carlist war, the pretend
ers representative in Paris, Count La
tour Landry. announces that all political
relations between them ceased when the
Count of Caserta went to Madrid and
placed his children in the Alfonsist army.
Don Carlos deplores the fact" says
Count Latour Landry. that a Bourbon
should forget in such a manner the prin-
ciples of legitimacy and should set such
a bad example for his followers In Ma
ples"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-18
WILL GO TO THE COURTS.
Temporary Adjustment of AsphaIt
Controversy Affected by Minis
ter I1OOmis to Venezuela.

Willemstad, Island of Curacao, Feb. IT,,
via Haytien Cable-The asphalt contro-
versy has been temporarily adjusted by
the diplomacy of the United States min
ister to Venezuela, Mr.. Francis 3. Loom
is, and the matter VIII doubtless 90 to
the courts, as 1t is reported that the
United States government desires a formal
adjudication as to the rival interests in
volved. 1t is understood that Mr.. Loomis
has conveyed a request to this effect to
the Venezuelan government. Should the
decision be against the New YORK and
Bermudez Company, then the question Of
Intervention will be opened afresh.
Trouble is feared at Pitch Lake should
an attempt to eject the New York and
Bermudez Company be made before de-
cision has been reached by the courts
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-18

says He Was Not shown the Door by
Sir Alfred Miner.

Berlin, Feb. n.-Herr Won Ldndequist,
German consul general in Cape Town,
ofieisiiy reports that there is no truth in
the story published by the Berliner
TaRcblstt last Friday, that he and Sir
Alfred Miner recently quarrelled regard
lnR the brutal treatment OF German m
haDltant Of Cape Town, the Interview
ending by Sir Alfred Showing Herr Linde-
guigt tbe door,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-18
THE JEWBAITER DEFEATED.
A Decisive Victory for the Socialists
Over the Anti-Semites in Paris.


Paris, Feb. 17.-Considerable interest
was felt in to-day's second balloting in
the eleventh reimbursement of the De-
partment of the Seine to replace NJ.
Pierre Baudin, Radical Socialist, who re-
Gently resigned. On the first balloting,
which took place fortnight ago. NJ. Max
Regis, the notorious Jewbaiter. who had
declared his intention to .wrest the seat
from the Soc a.ist, headed the ! s., the
other votes being divided among several
Socialist candidates. including the we'll
known Socialist leader NJ. Allemane.
To-day's decisive election gave the vic
tory to NJ. Allemane, who, with the
United Socialist vote, polled 4,255, as
against S,S47 cast for NJ Max Regis.
Several slight conflicts occurred be-
tween the Socialists and anti-Semites,
but the strong police precautions pre-
vented serious trouble.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-18
LAKE BAIkAL no PORT ARTHUR.
RussO-Chinese Bank 10 Construct N
RatIrOad.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 17.-It is reported
from Nagasaki that an agreement has
been concluded between China and the
Russo-Ghinese Bank for the construction
of a railway from Lake Baikal, Siberia.
to Port Arthur The bank, in return for
constructing the line. gets the right to
work il for thirty years, and then to pur-
chase or renew the concession for another
thirty years. at the expiration of which
latter period the road Is to belong to Chi
ma without compensation.
The same informant asserts also that a
line Is protected from kiakhtha 70 Pekln.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-18
Won WALDERsEE's ORDERS.
Directs Forces Under His Command
to Prepare for the Field.

London, Feb. 18.-The Pekin cbrrespon-
dent of the Times, wiring Saturday
says:
"A general order was issued to-day, di-
Iecting the forces under Count Won Wal
jersee's command to prepare for the field,
the idea being an expedition in the spring
10 Tai-Yuen-Fu, province of Shan 81, or
further. The position is full of difficult
lies. 1t requires firmness and patience
and not an impetuous expedition into the
interior, which is only likely to drive the
court further westward.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-18
Young GIRL KIDNAPED.
Daughter of wealthy Indiana Farm
cr Missing.

Marion, md. FEB. H.-Minnie Hultz. IS
years OF age. the dlughter Of James Huitz.
one Of the @eaithlest men IN the county.
was KIDNAPPED 10 country church nine
miles east OF the city Friday night. 4
search has been made for the 4nissing glrl
all day yesterday ana to-day.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-18
HAS A VERY LONG NAME.
Mr.. G.. ID. 4. +. Wilson Appointed
Financial Assistant to Kitchener.

London, Feb. 1.-THE war office has
made the following announcement:
Lord Kitchener, having expressed de-
sire for a financial assistant in view of
the heavy expenditure proceeding in South
Africa, the secretary of state for war has
appointed Mr.. Guy Douglas, Arthur
Fleetwood Wilson, under secretary of
state for war to proceed to South Africa
and to act temporarily as financial ad-
wiser to Lord Kitchener. Mr.. Wilson will
leave Saturday,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-18
New south wales objects.

sidney. y. $. w. Feb 17.-sir Alfred
Miner having notified the government Of
"" South Waes Of his intention 10 send
Z, sn ottieer 70 recruit in Australia for the
.oO1la African constsbuary, the govern.
,I'nt has replied that the colony objects
70 such q proceeding.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-18

city Of Mexico Feb. 1.-THE federal
troops had another engagement with the
Maya Indians yesterday, and the troops
turned their nanks and drove them from
all their fortified places. Tho new Man-
ser rifles are found 10 be extremely ef-
1ectlye against the enemy.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-18
signaIlnes H,- Accession.

Weimar. Feb. l7.-The Grand Duke Of
saxe-w eimar has signa.ized his accession
20 the throne by proclaiming a compre-
hensive amnesty, including political Of
fenses.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-18
COSTA RIGA INVADED.
By E1-Convict of Sing Sing, Who
Escaped From Nicaragua.

8fsnagua, Nicaragua, Feb. H. VIA GaI-
veston.-Prssident Zelsya has promptly
notified the government Of Costa Rics
that Federico Mora. the Costa Rican po-
Hticai refugee and former inmate Of Sing
Sing state prison. baH escaped the Wig
lance Of Nlcsraguan authorities and In
vsded Costa Rica with a few armed com
pSnions.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-18
WILL NOT SELL ISLANDS.
Danish Government Breaks on NegO-
tiatiOns with United states.

London. Feb 1S.-"The Danish govern
ment," says the Copenhagen correspond
ent Of the Daily Mail, ''has suddenly
broken off all dealings with the United
states regarding the sale of the Danish
West Indies. This is due to a satisfactory
o1er made by the Danish East Asian
steamship Company to assist and in the
future to administer the islands. The
American government has been notified
as TO this decision.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-18
COTTON FIRE ON LEvEN.
Steamer From savannah to Bremen
Has Cnrgo Badly Damaged.

Norfolk. Va. Feb 17.-Flre was discov-
cred this afternoon in the forepeak of the
British steamer Leven. from Savannah to
Bremen. which put in this port to-day for
coal. For a time 1t appeared that the
steamer was doomed. but the flames were
finally subdued by hard work. The cot
ton was brought on deck bale by bale
ard most Of the cargo was saved.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-18

Stockholm. Feb. 1.-THE condition of
queen Sophia is 20 much improved that
II IL now believed she Will 40 longer Dc
confined 10 her bed,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-18

London. Feb. ls-Dispatches from Pre-
toria announce that the Carolina com
mando has broken through Gen. French's
Gordon westward.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-18

london. Feb. l7--Sir Francis Cook. who
81 1855 married Miss Tonnessee cianin Of
Ne" York, died this evening at ~ O'Clock.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-09-20
Absolute Zero.

by absolute zero" is meant the low
est temperature compatible with heat
that point Of temperature, in fact, at
which body would be wholly depriv-
ed Of heat and at which the particles
whose motion constitutes heat would
be at rest. This temperature is sup
posed to be about 274 degrees C. or 4G1
degrees f.
The term "heat' is here used in it's
scientific sense, for as men use the
word In everyday language it's signifi-
canoe depends on the temperature Of
the human body. Men call warm
everything with a temperature higher
than their own and "cOld" all those
objects which have less heat than they.
IN reality, however, the coolest body
known to man is far from being utter
~ without heat. Ice, for example, has
heat, only in n degree so much below
mans temperature that one can scarce
ly imagine it to be anything but cold, :"
term which actually implies a COM
paratiyely low degree Of heat.
Accordingly the zero of thermometers
is only Il conventional point marking a
certain degree Of heat. There seems to
be Il point, however, where heat ceases
absolutely, and this point it is which is
known III chemistry as the "absolute
zero"
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-09-20
making SteeIRafI.

Inc rail mill presents MANY nio+uros
that appeal strongly 70 lovers oq tho
picturesque Under ordinary circum-
S'ai'"s the great strands of iron. each
nan as long as a city block. slide back
ana forth smoothly enough between
'he rolls that are stretching them and
pressing them into the reouired shame
pu' d tihy obstacle may at any moment
TURN one of these cables of fire off the
pea'eh track and twist it into n hone
less tangle or wind it like n snuirming
shake around some unfortunate work
man.
when the rolling process has been
Coiil'leleu' the piece of iron slides along
10 the great buzzsaws, which cut it up
INTO The 30 foot rails known to the rail
way traveller. Every time the whirring
circular saw clips off one of these
lengths, sparks radiate in every direc-
ton' as though the biggest pvrotech-
meal plnWheel ever devised had been
suddenly SGT in motion.
When the rail has been cooled and
holeS have been drilled in it, it is ready
70 start for any part Of the world.
The evolution of bars or beams or
Sheets from the big steel slabs is gain
ed by the same general method of pro
crdure. 1t is the size and shape of the
grooves IN the rolls which determine
the form to be ultimately assumed by
the steel in their clutches.-Century
Magazine.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-09-20

forest and shade trees in Massachu-
sets more THAN S5O,OOO,000 in the last
two years and is still unsurpassed.
If through this or any other school
remedy could be found for this pest
alone there would be almost national
rejoicing.
Aside from the practical work, Sc
ries OF interesting experiments will be
constantly going on at the school here
These viii include the higher propaga-
ton Of vegetables of every description,
but more particularly those from which
starch and sugar are derived. Whlle
the standard of farming has been raised
many per cent in the last 20 years by
the students graduating from numer-
Gus agricultural colleges, it is expected
that every graduate from this instltu-
ton who takes up farm life as pur-
suit should make every acre pay double
what it did before.
While the fruit orchards are yet IN
their infancy, the trees are coming along
in a way to prove that in few DrleI
years the sales of apples, peaches,
pears, plu1aS, etc, VIII De ~
item in the commercial account or the
institution. The refrigerator plant Is
now used for the dairy alone, but later
on will be used to give the fruit cola
storage while waiting for market. II
is hoped to raise fruits here equal III
size and relish to the best California
can produce.
Aside from the experiments being car
ried on at the home school, it is planned
to establish experiment stations III va
rious other states and thus secure
wide range Of soil and climate. The re-
ports from these stations will proDaply
be published in local papers, as Wen as
in the annual pamphlet issued by the
school, and cannot fail to be OF interest
TO all fruit growers and tillers OF the
soil LEONARD BALDWIN
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-09-20

Custom seems to have decreed that
three square" meals a day should be
the allowance for the citizen of the
United States and Canada. and it was
looked upon as being as fixed as the
laws of the Modes and Persians, but
an up town restaurant man states that
a great number of New Workers are no
longer satisfied with the regulation
three meals day. Four meals are
now asked for, breakfast, lunch, din
ner and supper. The last is no doubt
superfuOus for those who can and do
make three hearty meals out of the
others, but there must be many who
will learn with pleasure that it is no
longer incumbent upon them to go
''supperless to their bed" The idea
that indigestion may be caused by the
introduction of the fourth meal is alb
urd.-Scottish American.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-09-20
A EIOraI InscriDtiOn.

At one time | was pastor of a village
where there was a German undertaken
who was always anxious to please. Be
cause of his zeal in this direction and
his habit of SO often getting things
backward he was the butt Of good
many jokes and furnished others many
a hearty laugh. One day a customer
of his asked him to telegraph the florist
in nearby city to send a floral design
representing Coates Ajar" He hurried
to the phone and, calling up the florist,
said he wished a floral design. The
florist asked what kind, He was puz-
zled. but not defeated, and after some
delay said: "Oh, yes; now | got him!
Heaven wide open; that's what they
wantw-HOmiletic Review.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-09-20
Make "a Banana Peel Itself.

A trick which works on a simple
principle is to make Il banana peel it
self. To do this all that is wanted is a
bottle, ripe banana and bit5of paper
wet with alcohol. Light the paper and
drop 1t into this bottle. When the air
in the bottle is we'll heated. set the ba-
mana on end on top and let it do the
rest itself AS the air on the inside
coOls off and contracts the outside pres
sure pushes the banana down into the
bottle until it has drawn itself out of its
skin