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ARGGN1INE NOT s.4rlsFJED.
Report That the Protocol is Unsatis-
 factory Is Confirmed.

Washington, Dec 29.-Advices receiv- ed by Senor Infante, the Chilian charge, to-day confirmed the news already pub- lished that the Argentine minister at Santiago had informed the Chilian min ister of foreign affairs that Argentina could not accept all the terms of the protocol heretofore signed for the set clement of the dispute and that some changes would be necessary in the in strument.
 Senor Infantes information from his government is that there is no founda- ton whatever for the statement that a change was made in the protocol by the Chilian minister of foreign affairs, but that on the contrary it was pub lished as agreed upon between the rep resentatives of the two governments The understanding here is that no for mal demand has as yet been made up- on the Chilian government for change in the terms of the protocol, but that the matter has simply been one of in- formal talk at Santiago. This being the case the hope is expressed that satis- factory arrangement may yet be reach- ed. MT. Infante continues to express his firm conviction that there will be no war because of the recent misunder- standing.
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RETAINS COAL RRsO URGES.
Royal Commission Appointed to Make
 Thorough 1nvestigetion.

London Dec. 29,--A royal commission has been appointed to inquire into the coal resources of Great Britain. The questions to be covered by the commits sion's inquiries will include the rate of possible exhaustion of British coal fields, the effect of the export of coal on the home supply, the possibility of a reduction in its cost by cheaper transportation and whether the coal mining industry of Great Britain un- der the existing conditions is manitain- ing its competitive power with foreign coal fields, etc. The commission is composed of seventeen members and includes the chairmen of railroad com panies, the heads of big colliery com panies, prominent marine officers and engineers and geologists. William Lawies Jackson. M. F., chairman of the Great Northern Railway company, is president of the commission.
 A similar commission was appointed in 1865. After five years of investiga- tion this former commission in 1871 de- livered an opinion to the effect that the supply of coal to the depth of 40O0 feet was 90, ,206 900, ,o00 tons.
 It IS eStlIndteu tlldt uuIlHR tHe tnlltS years from 1871 to 1900 inclusive the British output of coal was 5,025, ,000, ,000 tons a rate of exhaustion far in excess of that assumed by the royal commits sion. and, owing to the enormous in- crease of exports, if this rate of doub- ling the output in thirty years be main tained, the end of the present century will see the exhaustion of Great Brit aims coal fields.
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TcieUraplAlc RriNfa.

New York. Dec. 29.--Arthur Bartel, the
 dfteen-year-old son of John Bartel. con tractor of Long Island City,. to-day com
 mltted suicied by hanging. The boy want
 heavy downpour of rain Mi Bartel forbade him doing so The lad said nothing but later disappeared. search discovered him hanging by clothes line in the barn. Paducah, Ky, Dec. 29.-In drunken fury yesterday William Boles, ir, shot and killed his father and probably fatally wounded his mother at Irvine Depot, Ky.
 He was arrested and locked up, and the jail is heavily guarded to prevent a
 threatened lynchng. The crime was the result of reprimand from the father TOT
 disobedlence of his wishes.
 st Joseph. Mo. Dee. 29.-The grievance committees of the Brotherhood of Railway
 Trainmen and the Order of Railway Con ductors of the entire Burlington system
 are in session here. The committees are holding long and animated sessions. Their principal trouble is alleged to come from the brakeman, who are dissatisfied with the present schedule. Chicago, Dec. 29-'The old Park theater, which had been occupied for the exhibition of penny-in-the-slot machines, electric pa nos and other automatic musical lnstru-
 ments was swept by fire last night. The basement was used for storing scenery be. longing to the Dearborn theater. The total loss on the instruments and scenery Is paced Hl aDD,ubu
 Vancouver. B. C., Dec. 29.-Twenty Jap anese are missing from Steveston, and are supposed to have been killed or drowned in the destruction of a Japanese boardlnS house between Steveston and Point Hlld- son. The boarding house stood out on piles and not Il Vstage ot the structure now ie-
 mains. It was impossible to reach It duur- ing the storm.
 Cleveland, Dec. 29.-It is probable that
 Cleveland sporting men will ask the com ing state legislature to permit boxing cou- tests in this city for money prizes. They
 state that without q purse good men eau
 not be secured, and the present law makes
 contest wherein money is at stake, illegal New Orleans, Dec. 29.-Seyen negroes
 were drowned yesterday while attempting
 to cross the Mississippi river between the
 Hermitage Plantation and Riverside. two
 miles below Donaldsonville. strong gale
 capsized their boat and they went to the
 bottom.
 Highland Light Mass, Dec. 29.-The
 three-masted schooner Maud Briggs of Ban
 gor. granite laden, drifted ashore and was
 abandoned off Nausett Life Saving station
 at 3 o'clock this morning.
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DENIED BY CENTRAL CHAFFEE.
No Friction Between Civil and Military
 Authorities in PhlHppines.

Manila, Dec. 29.-General Chaffee, when questioned to-day by the corre- spondent of the Associated Press con- corning the alleged friction between the civil and military authorities in the Philippine archipelago, said that abso- lutely no such friction existed and that perfect harmony prevailed between the two authorities. General Chaffee said that the only occasion when there had been anything approaching friction was in the matter of habeas corpus proceed ings in the case of Oakland Brooks and that upon this occasion solution Of the difficulty satisfactory to both au- thorities had been found. General Chaf- fee said that he and the members of the commission had at times differed in their views, but that these differences were of purely personal opinion. He said his relations with Governor Taft and Acting Governor Wright and the other commissioners were both official ly and socially extremely pleasant. and that he thought the published tsate- ment of friction between the civil and military authorities here must have re- suited from a misunderstanding of the facts of the case.
 General Chaffee further explained that every time the slightest friction had arisen in the provinces between the two authorities, he had invariably ordered the military to surrender to the civil authority, and said that the rela- tions of these authorities throughout the provinces, where they frequently held widely opposite opinions would in no way interrupt the existing cordial rela- tions at Manila, where both were work ing toward the same goal, namely the justification and welfare of the Philip pine archipelago.
 General Chaffee concluded by saying he thought the prospect of subduing the insurrection in all places to be promis- ing.
 When Acting Governor Wright was questioned on this same matter he said: Where men of sense are at the head of affairs, there is not likely to be much cause for alarm or friction" Governor Wright has great admira- tion for General Chaffee, whom he con- siders to be a man of sound common sense He said that although he and General Chaffee frequently differed radically upon various subjects, still the most amicable relations were main tained under all circumstances. The acting governor said that under the existing circumstances in the prov inces ther was occasionally bound to-
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ORDER OF BBfTH ABRAHAM.
The Meeting In New York Ends i'm a
 Fight

New York, Dec. 29.-Five hundred members of the Order of Brith Abra- ham met to-day in this city. The order, which is a fraternal one, is said to num- Der 40, 900 in the country, 18000 living in this city. The meeting was called by Past Grand Master Oscar Weiner Past Grand Treasurer Moses Lubelsky and Past Deputy Grand Master Robert Strahl for the purpose of considering matters regarding the endowment funds of the order. Two factions developed, one led by the men mentioned, the oth- CT by Grand Master Samuel Dorf. In an effort to elect a chairman of the meeting there was fight in which fur niture was broken and the police had to interfere. Finally the lights were turned off and the meeting went over until next Sunday.
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MANILA,S FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Plnn Co Reorganize It on New York Lines.

New York, Dec. 29,-From a reliable source comes the information that ex- Fire Chief Hugh J. Bonner is consider ing proposition made by President Roosevelt and the war department to reorgarize on New York lines the fire department in Manila Philippine Isl- ands. It is said that such was MT Bonner's business in Washington dur ing the week just ended. MT. Bonner when seen to-day practically admitted that such a plan is contemplated, but said any information about it must come from Washington.
 Washington Dec 29-The tender of the appointment to MT. Bonner was made in consequence of a cablegram from the Philippine commission to Col onel Edwards, chief of the insular bu reau of the war department, asking that the best available man for head of the Manila fire department be recom- mended to them. Hugh J. Bonner was decided on as in every respect the best selection that could be made. He came to Washington not quite week ago, went over the situation and when he left was given about a week to think over the matter of his acceptance of the post, he not being prepared to give an immediate answer. It is believed he will accept. The place probably will pay s3.000 to s3,500 a year.
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FUNERAL OF M1SS CROPSkX.
Church Crowded to sufE0ca tiO . -CfUS
 Uncover as Hearso Pasaes.

1 Elizabeth City, N. C., Dec. 20I I12Sk | neral services over the body of A4l2@S Nellie Cropsey, whose remaine " tSf|
 discovered in the Pasquotank river ter search lasting several weeks W1x
 held in the Methodist church hek9 day. The church was crowded to # cation and the street leading to N lined with people, who uncoxex44
 the hearse drove past. At the c0xlak 2 sion of the services the body waB plA | in the Sunday school room and \ l will be taken by Andrew G. CrN uncle of the girl to Brooklyn for N terment. The citizens comm1ttQs
 vestigating the affair acted aB pallb44A 3 CTS. sNss Sg!a !aFs "
 The jail in which young Wilcox 5I was arrested for alleged participa tl9N | the girls death lies only z 6t0l1S
 throw from the church. wilcox
 the funeral was in progress but A60
 no emotion and merely inQuiraG
 large crowd was present. He i9s
 nervous than yesterday. but
 much of the easy manner that haS .] aoterized him at all times. The gx
 were withdrawn from the jaii f6s x and permitted to go home. Public Ng
 timent is strong against Wilc0x
 there is less talk of lynching, and 4 of the ministers to-day took 0c0e
 their sermons to advise agaan4t < violence. s9z NY
 Wilcox absolutely refuses uro vice of his attorney, to say 4nxtl
 regarding the case. He asAerts tn4t
 first statement made by him cQye he knows of the case His chare
 the murder of the girl, and aS tn& 4 fense is not bailablea in this atAS4 < will have to stay in jail pending
 It is believed he will waive an exalN1 ton and permit his case to go adirAcS the grand jury next March. x ,sg8 NIX Rev. l.. L. Williams, rector 0G Episcopal church, during his M10y1l
 sermon referred to the CrOpeeU I
 said the people should not act h1@4
 in condemning Wilcox. He AdxiGSN
 hearers not to commit any overt
 but to allow the law to take it6 E4t R. w. Turner, member of
 zens' committee asserted to they would have sufficient erideNQ4 connect Wilcox with the craM4s I said: "We know Miss Cropa6x
 killed by a blow on the head M sandbag or blackjack. If the blow
 struck while she was on the porolt & her unconscious form was drS 1Q 2 across the lawn to the river, m a E short distance away. If the blow I struck on the lawn we are c0nx v she wes induced to cross the lA Wilcox and that while walking A66
 she was struck by him. There i other witness who may be call&da III +o +oe+;fv Je is R T Parkef.xWH6#t<
 his wife that night after Miss disappeared, that he had seesaS dragging a girl across the roads as sEI of the Wilcox residence. We vestigate that" IVY &5
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FOUR KILLED, EIGHTEEN HURT.
Serious Collision on the Chicago and Northwestern Road.

Chicago, Dec. 29-Four persons were killed and eighteen injured. several of them possibly fatally. in collision on the Chicago and Northwestern railroad to-day at Malta, Ills. sixty miles west of Chicago. The trains in collision were the Omaha Flier," an east bound pas senger train, and an east bound freight train The wreck caught fire and two passenger coaches, one sleeping car and eight freight cars were burned and an- other sleeping car was partly con- stunned.
 The dead are George w. Rudio, west ern agent Kirk Soap company, resi- dence Omaha; Mrs. George w. Rudio, Omaha; D. o. Nichols. Council Bluffs, la; E. B. Duncan, sleeping car por- ter, Chicago.
 The injured are: Bert Carr, Willett, N. Y, badly; Fred Durham, Chicago; George W. Fox, Boulder, Col; H. D. Gray, Evanston, Ills; Edward Hinck- ley, Surprise, Neb.; Mrs. J. l.. Kail, Chicago; Clarence Lauszerus, Chicago; w. A. Sweenex, Larchford, la; Marion Wilkes, Fremont, Neb.; Mrs. Eva Hall, Chicago; Lincoln Taft, Chicago; Yer onca Rohrmoser. Willard, Neb.; F. Larrabee, passenger engineer; F. P. Corran, fireman: c. W. Aiken, yard master; F. D. O'Neil, special agent Northwestern railroad; John w. Will son, civil engineer, Northwestern rail- road; w. R. Dawes, Pullman conduc- tor
 The injured passengers were attend ed immediately by surgeons from Ro- chelle and De Kalb, and later were re- moved to St. Luke's hospital, in Chi cago, by special train.
 The freight train had taken a siding at Malta but the train was longer than the siding and the freight locomotive protruded upon the main track beyond the side track The incoming train from the west was not stopped until the two locomotives "cornered" at the switch, the passenger engine being thrown into the ditch and several coaches piling upon the wreck The cars caught fire from the locomotive.
 A statement given out by officials of the railroad company explains that the switch at the east end of the siding was opened through mistake and that the responsibility probably lies with some member of the crew of the freight train. The statement places the coin- pany's property loss at about $3o,00O
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CONN,

be some friction as a result of the mis- understanding of authority requiring an appeal to Manila, but that such matters had invariably been satisfac- torly arranged.
 Referring to the work accomplished by the United States Philippine com mission during the last year Governor Wright said:
 "Out of darkness has come light, and immense and wondrous strides have taken place. A year ago everything outside of Manila was practically chaos; now, outside of the few prov inces where the instruction still ex- ists, everything is in a most flourlshing condition. In the 300 miles from Manila north to Aparri, not hostile shot has been fired in many months, while houses have been built and are still building and crops have been planted.
 These same conditions,' said Cover nor Wright, apply to the larger part of southern Luzon.'
 Governor Wright said he was satis- fled that the majority of the Filipnos recognize and appreciate what has been done and that their leaders were do- ing all in their power to bring the re- maining insurgents to peaceful view of the situation
 Concluding, Governor Wright said that the natives inhabiting the island of Samar had, during all their history, been an unmanageable race, and that he was not surprised at their present hostility.
 Five insurgent officers and 175 men. with six cannon, tifty-one rifles and seventeen shot guns, were surrendered yesterday to the American authorities on the island of Cebu It is now be- lieved this island is pacif1ed.
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CONGER USES fl STIR.
Secures Attendance of Chinese Officials at Il Legation Dinner.

Pekin Dec. 29.-Considerable sensa- tion has been caused in Chinese official circles by a dinner given at his resi- dence by United State Minister Conger and which was attended by the leading officials of the Chinese foreign office. Among the officials present were Ma Tung, former Boxer" leader, and Wang Wen Shao, one of the Chinese plenipotentiaries. The dinner was at tended by several American ladies.
 It was formerly the custom for prom inent Chinese officials never to enter a foreign legation except upon the most formal occasions. while the meeting of foreign ladies socially would have been considered as degrading as would the associating with Chinese women upon the same footing. This evening Is sig nif1cant of the progressive tendency of to- day which has recently been rnani fested in many ways.
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JUST TO SEE IF HE COULD
MIDDLETOWN, N. r., MAN JUMPS
 FROM BROOKLYN BRIDGE.
Rescued by Men from the Government Tug Daniel amOnt-UnconsciOus Tor Three Hours-His Condition Serious He Is John Pinover, a Young Whole sale Ltuuor Dealer,

New York, Dec 29.-John Pinover, a young wholesale liquor dealer of Mid dletowp, N. Y, and son of retired dealer in the same line of this city, to- day jumped from the Brooklyn bridge. He Is still alive at hospital, where the physicians say it will be impossible to will recover
 What caused Pinover to take the long jump into the East river is not known, unless his own explanation is accepted He managed to tell the doctors ttat he simply wanted to see if he could do 1t or not.
 The leap was made in the afternoon from the girders near the New York tower A motorman saw the man go over and notified a policeman. The po- liceman, on gazing into the river, saw the jumper struggling in the water The government tug Daniel Lamont was near, lowered a boat and the man was fshed out apparently lifeless. Blood streamed from hs nose and mouth. Quickly taken to a hospital, he lay unconscious for three hours, then awoke and told who he was and why he had taken the leap.
 Middletown N. Y, Dec. 29.-John S.. Pinover who jumped from the Brook 1yn bridge, is manager of wholesale liquor store here owned by his father, Samuel Pinover, of New York; John left his boarding house here last night saying he would return tonight He had been melancholy of late.
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TO MEET CHINESE O0URT.
Party of Manchurian Princes Leave
 Pekin-PIans to Enter Ctty.

Pekin-PIans to Enter Oity.
 Pekin, Dec. 29.-A party of Manchu
 princes, including Prince Su, collector of taxes on goods entering Pekin, start ed Saturday to meet the Chinese court.
 Prince Su intends to press his claim to be sent as an envoy to Great Britain
 upon the occasion of the coronation of King Edward.
 The dowager empress is making viz orous efforts to assert herself before the Chinese populace with view of re- trieving the prestige lost by her during the last few years The programme for the courts return to Pekin provides that the emperor shall precede her to this city in order that he may be eila-
 bled to meet her with great honors at
 the station when she arrives subse- quently.
 The ministers of the foreign powers at Pekin have agreed that when the
 Chinese court returns here, if they are merely invited to dine with the Tsung-
 li-yamen, as heretofore, instead of with
 the Chinese emperor in the palace, as was recently stipulated, they will re-
 fuse the invitation.
 Two thousand additional Chinese troops entered Pekin last Friday.
 The Austrians have mounted two
 large guns upon the Qualifications sur
 rounding their legation. The other for
 eien lega ations keep their guns conceal
 ed. Although the British are well sup
 piled with artillery and the Germans
 can occasionally be seen drilling on
 their glacis with field and rapid-firing
 guns. the Americans, who hold the cru
 ciaI position at the ChamMen gate, are not supplied with artillery. With the approval of the American minister, MT Conger, Major Robertson, of the Ninth infantry, commanding the lega- ton guard here, applied to the war de-
 partment for two guns. This appica-
 ton was refused because when the de-
 nartment consulted W. w. Rockhill, special commissioner of the United
 States here, on the matter, the latter replied that artillery was not needed, and that it's presence would be harm full
 At New Chwang the Russians have secured control of the telegraphs and cables This action on the part of Rus sia is causing disputes between that country and the foreign consuls at New Chwang.
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,y,,i iNo,Act With Liberals.

London. Dec 30.--The Daily News, Liberal organ, to-day admits that LOT RosepeIy has declined to act w.sls 'SS Liberal party and, although the pApl regrets his voluntary severance frq this party, it thinks it we'll that air has been cleared and that Sir He1 Campbell -Bannerman is more firml stalled in the leadership.
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COLLISfON iN NORTH RIVER.
Freight Steamer Newburgh Sinks the
 Steam Lighter Clifford.

New York, Dec. 29.-The freight steamer Newburgh of the Hudson River line and the steam lighter Clifford of Hartford, Conn.,, came into collision in the North river opposite One Hun dredth street this morning. The lighter was sunk and the side of the Newburgh stove in. Quick work on the part of the crew of the Newburgh, who lowered their boats and went to the rescue of the lighter averted what would have been probably the loss of several lives
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LNnreigIs NOtes.

Paris, Dec. 30.-M. Hamard the sculp- tor has inst completed a model of the statue of the French marshal Rochambeau to be presented to Washington as com panion to the statue of Lafaytte The The work of casting the bronze will he commenced this week. It is hoped the fin ished statue will be ready to be sent to the United States next April.
 Naples, Dec 29.-The arrival here of the socialist member of the chamber of depu- ties Signor Terri, to address a meeting, re- suited in turbulent demonstration which the troops were called out to suppress. Wholesale arrests were made.
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wATERspoU UT DESTROYS TOWN.
Two Hundred Persons Are Reported
 Drowned at sadi, Morocco

Tangier, Morocco Dec. 29.-A water spout has burst over the town of Saffi, Morocco. It inundated the lower part of the town for the space of twelve hours, sweeping everything into the sea. Two hundred persons are report ed to have been drowned. There are no Europeans among the dead. The damage to Saffi was enormous.
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Death of Mrs. Margaret Doersch uc k.

Mrs. Margaret Doerschuck, aged sev- antv-three. wife of Franz Doerschuck, died at the family residence, 590 East street. at o'clock this morning, after a weeks illness. She was most high ly esteemed German lady and had lived ip this city many years.
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Saffi is a fortified seaport town of Morocco. It has a population of 12,O0O, including about 5000 Jews. It is en- closed by massive walls and has pal ace and a small fort.
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Philippine Ratio of Exha,]

Manila, Dec. 27.-The chan ratio of exchange on the M lar to $2.10 Mexican sill American gold dollar, wh nounced December 26. Is dissatisfaction here. It what were considered fixed prices.