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New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
FRENCH PARLIAMENT MEETS.
PRESIDENT DEsCHANEL REELECTED BY
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES

Paris. Jan s-Parliament reassembled to-
day Great animation manifested the
floor OF the Chamber of Deputies. and the
tribunes were crowded NJ. Paul Deschanel.
who has been president Of the Chamber since
the beginning OF the present Parliament.
reelected president The vote stood 296 for NJ
Deschanel and 217 for NJ Henri Brisson. Radical
Republican and former Premier.
NM. Georges Cochery. Aynard Maurice Fauro
and Mesureur reelected vice presidents
OF the Chamber s--
The Senate adjourned until Thursday, for the
election OF the bureaus. after an opening speech
by NJ. WALTON. the Doyen OF the House NJ
WALTON and VI. Rauline. who spoke Doyen in
the Chamber OF Deputies appealed for union
OF the Republicans and the closing Of the fratri-
cdaI hatreds between Frenchmen.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
DIED.

PECK-on Monday January 1901. Adeia A.. widow q
ths late Gsorge W Peck. IN the 18th year OF her
Parsons-ave. Flushing. on Thursday. January 10
D.
PosT-At TonksEs, Tuesday January $. 1901. Mary
Funeral service residence son-in-ax Henry
3. Archer. 235 warburton-ave-. Friday. January
II. at o'clock
West I90th-st. Sarah Ann. wife Of the late Edward
Power esq. OF BarIestou. LeicestsTshre. England
Please omit flowers
RUTHERFURD-A Davos switzerland or. saturday
January 3 1901 Lewis Norris Rutherfurd. formerly or
sIoTE-on Monday. January = Sarah c. wife OF Henry
Funeral services at her late residence 1s1A Halssy
at $50 m.
sMITH-At No. Il East ssrh-sr On Tuesday January $
OF pneunoPia Augustus Lyons smith. s0th year
Funeral at the Collegiate Reformed
day. January 10.
TQokER-sqddenly, on Tuesday. January $ 1901 Daniel
v, Edwln Iooker in his s6th year
MS late residence. No los South Elliott Place Brookya
VAN Wo9RT-on Sunday morning January s. 1sOl
yonn " Van Moert son Of the late John V and Maria
%oth-s1-' on Wednesday morning al I030 O'Clock
WICKES-Ar Attica Tuesday January e 1901 Auy
Moore wife OF the Rev John Wickes.
WITHERSAt his home No. 1ss Cilenwood-av. Yonk-
Wi,b on H9nqay NC 5 January 1901, Frederick Clarke
Funeral services at St Paui's Church Yonkers on
wednesday January az II N.
WIIHEttS-0n Monday, January = Annie Sainsbury
Funeral services viii be late residence No.
1t I E5o Jersey City Heights, Thursday. Jan
in'erme7t at convenience Of family
A. The kens-eo Cemetery.-Pr1vsrs station Efar-
lem RaiToad. 43 minutes from Grand central
DepOG OHcs 10 East 42d-sI
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
CANADIANS BACK FROM THE WAR.

EIGHT HUNDRED RETURN TO HALIFAX
OrrT OF 1s2O WHO WENT AWAY.
Halifax Jan s.-A salute OF cannon roared
ryslcorne tonight the Canadian soldiers
Ing from Africa The overdue transport with eight
b,,rdred volunteer troops board was reported
%, Caunerdown at 8 o'clock. The steamer left
Tsbis Bav December 13. Tomorrow the soldiers
viii disenbark and parade and afterward attend
banouet The forces comprise both battalions of
the Canadian mounted rifles and the Canadian
t,lery who took part in the relief of Mafeking
They constituted the second Canadian con-
tngent and left Halifax nearly year ago with
total strength OF 1.320 of ali ranks Many were
invalided home sick twenty-eight were killed
1,sd from disease and forty-eight were wounded
tn action The only Canadians remaining in Africa
are Strathconas Horse, and that force sent
out by q private person
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
BETA THETA PI DNNER FOR GOV. ODELL

Columbia Chapter OF Beta Theta Pi in conjunc
ton with the Neyy-Y ork alumni will give a dinner
for Governor Odeu at the Waldorf-AstOria on
February Among the prominent persons who
are expected 20 attend Justices Harlan and
Brewer OF the United States Supreme Court; ex-
Governor James A Beaver Of Pennsylvan and
Rush Taggart OF the Republican National Com
rriff ofT Tnii
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
THE PASSING THRONG.

There Is in this country no city compare with
Washington either in beauty OF in interest said
VI. H Chalfant. of Chicago. at
THE UNCOM- the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday
PLETED Most people who go to II a
CAPITOL sight. however. see little but the
outside. They usually charter a
negro and hack, the former serving as a COM
binatou driver and guide and under his
or less able tutelage they get their impressions
and lack of knowledge OF Washington There is
so much to that it is hard to tell where 10
Degln- I was tremendously interested in the Capt.
toi. for one thing, and found that II has not
really been completed 10 this day. When the
"lEgS ana dome were built. n the hfties. IL was
intended that the centre. which is the old Capitol
should be built out that it's front should be
nush with the wings, and that IL should be OF
fore put in the centre of the building that
be. and a result IL Is clear over to one side OF
the pudding that is. and not in its centre, one
Would expect to find IL. I doubt personally II the
sentiment Is too strong against it, The old sand
stone centre was the Capitol of the beginning or
tne Republic. The British burned IL. and round
us smoke gr1med walls gather the traditions and
heritage or our first years OF Government II Is the
same feeling that keeps successive Presidents Hv-
ing In positive discomfort IN house not only
No one, however. likes to change II. and all Wash
lngton IS to-day up in against the plans which
nave recently been brought forward to adj wings
10 IT, do know what the outcome will be.
but plan that seems to find favor to divorce
the nome and the Executive Offices That is, con-
StruCt an entirely separate building. either as
house or an office, the President chooses and II
he elects TO live in the White House the rooms
now used for official business could then be used
Tor domestic purposes or vice versa There can
be no manner of doubt that five bedrooms for a
Presidential household is uncommon short com
mons, and there only five available in the
White House to-day.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
SOUTH AFRICAN CONDITIONS.
WORSE THAN WAR, SAYS LORD RAGLAN
LACK OF HORSES DUE TO Gil
NATE. CHIEF DIFFICULTY.

London. Jan S.-Lord Raglan. Under Secre-
tary Of State for War. said to-day regarding the
serious trend Of events in South Africa, the
possibilities of peace and the action the War
Office is taking 10 nerd matters:
The condition Of affairs in South Africa abso-
Iutely forhids prophecy. You cannot call It
war Yet. in some respects, ii is worse than
II is well nigh impossible TO fight in the ordinary
way against a people who have no uniforms.
FOR a week, perhaps for month. a BOer goes
out 10 fight Then he says, Il sick Of this"
buries his gun and becomes in all respects
peaceable farmer. Yet the very next week the
spirit moves him. and he digs up his gun and
rejoins his commando. II is terribly hard 10
deal equitably with such a character.
The secret Of the whole thing consists in
horses We have enough men there. but
enough mounted men. This is not due 10 the
Of accmatizng the animals The trouble is that
fresh horses have been sent up the country be-
fore they were hardened TO the climate.
The army IS getting eight thousand horses a
month now. and we are going to begin TO COM
mandeer horses throughout the disturbed
g1ons One would think the Beers would prefer
to get fair price for their animals from the
British 10 giving them up TO General De Wet
have begun this plan before now
What with depriving the Beers OF mounts and
Transforming all our men into mobile bodies,
capable OF pursuing detached commanders.
though il is arduous work
1 have just been talking TO a who has
come from the Philippines, and he tells me the
Americans have made practically little headway
during two years work there so Tar as the sup
preston OF detached bodies of the enemy is
concerned. We face the same difficulties in
South Africa, but over vastly superior area,
the extent Of which cannot be conceived
by those who have not been there.
We are not nervous over the possibilities OF
serious rebellion in Cape Colony. Had
been more plentiful there the situation might
have been more dangerous, but the scarcity OF
rifles and ammunition in the colony robs the
disturbance OF the gravity it might otherwise
have had.
You cannot expect to end such a this
in a day. The disturbances in Burmah con-
tinued for more than four years. l believe that
II the Beers now In the field knew the true
state OF affairs, and were aware that the
tinuance OF opposition could not possibly i'm
prove the terms offered them. majority would
have sense enough to cease fighting.
Meanwhile. you may be assured OF the fact
that the War Office is not guilty OF inertia. Lord
Kitchener is getting all he asks for. Lord Rob
erts has perfectly free hand. What can be
done is being done.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09

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New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
FORECAST FOR TO-DAY AND THURSDAY

For Maine. Hampshire and Vermont. fair in
southern occasional SHOWS probable in northern portion
10 day; southwesterly Winds shifting northweserly
brisk on the coast Thursday fair colder.
For Massachusetts Island and Connecticut fair
day: southwestery winds shifting 10 northweserly
brisk on the coast Thursday fair colder
For Eastern New-York and Eastern Pennsylvania, fair
to-day winds becoming northwestery, brisk the
Thursday fair. colder.
ware to-day northwest winds, brisk the
Thursday fair. colder.
For Wes.rn Pennsvlvania cloudy occasional
along the to-day northwesterly winds brisk
the lake Thursday the interior, cloudy and
the lake.
For Western New-Yorx the interior: cloudy and
the lakes to-day colder in western
portion; o nOrthwestery winds: Thursday snow
nurries. probably along the lakes
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
CONGRESSMAN NEFILLE I'LL.

Washington Jan. S.-COngressman Neville OF
Nebraska is seriously III at his home IN this city
He has had several hemorrhages in the last few
DAYS resulting from an accident he met In the
CHRISTMAS holidays Hope OF his recovery is in
L.r..L L.Lrn
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
WANT PEACE IN ORANGE RIVER COLONY

Cape Town, Jan. S.-The Central Peace Com
rnittee at Kroonstadt has issued a circular III
the course Of which it says:
The time has arrived for the inhabitants OF
Orange River Colony to make effort to
the country from further destruction. The coun-
try is literally a vast wilderness. The farmers,
ruined and facing starvation, are obliged TO 60
70 the towns for protection. and huge refugee
camps have been formed by the British for
them. This misery is caused by obstinate
minority who will not bow TO the inevitable
The circular points out that the British will
never restore independence to the republics. and
urges upon the burghers the duty Of surrender
ing and accepting the terms offered. The re-
cent Afrikander Congress at Worcester is criti
cised in the circular as misleading the Beers
and giving false Impressions"
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS,

in this diagram the continuous white line shows the
changes Indicated by The Trbunes self
recording barometer The the tempera
tu recorded = Perry's Pharmacy
Tribune once july a. m.-The weather yesterday
was fair and cool The temperature ralged between 10
and ss degrees. S5 degrees) being 2Ss de-
grees lower than Monday and \ degrees lower
than that Of the corresponding date Of last year
The weather to-day viii
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09

Those who favor the separate residence and the
retention Of the old White House for office and
official purposes argue we'll" con-
MODEL tinued the speaker They point
FOR that in this way the President
PRESIDENTS would be assured of most com
HOME. Portable and commodious modern
house. which wo aid be in every
sense his home, and where his privacy would be
well guarded All official entertainments, such as
the great receptions. dinners levees and the
like, could then be given I'm the White House. ana
he could confine his residential entertaining to
small dinners and other purely personal analrs-
Mrs Townsend has just built in Washington the
most beautiful house at the capital ana one OF
the finest and best appointed homes in America
1t is wonderfully attractive and dfgni1ed mousse
and would be ideal home Tor the President were
its location the centre OF the town IL they
would. for example take Lafayette Square ana
build for the Chief Executive within it a home OF
equal beauty with that Mrs. Townsend has built
they would provide for our President house tnat
would combine everything n nov finds so sadly
lacking in the White House II would also add
much the beauty OF Washington. | came across
Cabin John Bridge The bridge which Is the
greatest keystone arch in the world is about seven
miles south of Washington. and was built while
jefferson Davis SeCr6 tary OF War The me-
mortal inscription he bridge originally carried
the Of Davis. that Is. il die up 10 the civil
War. Then the people wOulG not stand for Y. and
the name of jefferson Davis erased and that
Of Simon Cameron substituted Tor H. lou
plainly to-day where IL was done
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
DIED.


S5TE daughter 5Pd az III. Rev on 3o5a and
Funeral private.
BENEDICT-op January 5. 1901; $50 in the
H vs4E y@E a Of s @ 9E the as States 6st 5 Count for
me Eastern District Of New-YorK.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
RRowNE1I-on Monday January T. T Frank BrowueI
Funeral private
a Caldwell late United Consul Seville spain
Notice funeral hereafter
CoILINs-suddenly. Tuesday. January William Col
in the 67h year OF .s,sSc. his 9se NJ a.- 1.,o,,
nr THURSDAY January 10. at p. m
Internent at the convenience OF the family.
CRANE-At Boonton n. J.. January s, Sarah A widow
1e he II" F law January L. from her late residence on
arrival of he o'clock train from New-YOrk
cRAwFoRD-At New Rochelle. January $ 1901 Eliza
A.. widow Of the late Jacob sTawtord assd & % years
Rochelle. January 10. at ;
suassnly Of OpsuP0na at ,,6 Utica y ~: "
Funeral private late residence January IL
EERGusoNA No l ~ " weSs ,,s% ISsGs x on
s6n and dauEhter Of Edwin HOughton
Funeral on wednesday afternoon at o'clock
FERRIs-At Plainhed. y. j.. on Monday January Z.
nsrai services at the daughter
Frank Ots rnrdav Isr.nsj isnusrv 10 at n M i's''
San Francisco papers please copy.
G1LMAN-At St LgEss Hospital % this city on Tuesday.
y,
funeral tO-nCrrow.
Philadelphia papers please copy
LIE C-oUNT-At Rochelle. January Z. 1901. william
Ie Count. aged SO years
10th INST. o'clock p. m
NAsoN-suddenIy at Roosevelt Hospital pneumonia
on Monday Charles s Mason. OF the late John ".
EInera services were brother
n-law J. Lindsay PorteOus. NJ. D. Yonkers. yesterday
afternoon
T f S.wa9s IT, al nsry asG sssss
Matthew's widow OF John e Matthews aged IT years.
Motto OF funeral hereafter
MILLE3-On January 5. 1901. Thomas Miller in his saa
year. home No i32 Bowne-ave Flushing
Y.
Notice Of funeral hereafter.
NICHOIS-At Tarrytown. y. T.. January I. 1901 George
H. Nichols. youngest OF Maria 3. and the late
George Nj. Nichols.
Funeral services a mother South
Wednesday. at ESQ . m
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN BURMAH.
SIR EDWARD SPENCE sYMEs. GOVERNMENT
SECRETARY. SHOOTS HIMSELF
IN THE HEAD.

p.nyoon British Burmah. Jan. s-Sr Edward
c,.rca svnoes Chief Secretary 70 the Govern
r,ent Of Burrnah since 1890 and a member OF
.ra legislative Council of India. shot himself in
,ha head In a carriage to-day. He is lingering
hetween life and death.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09

S,r p,awara Spence symes. K. c l. T., vas born
,n Issa in London, has held various appointments
a. Eurmah and was decorated for services in con-
nection with the annexation OF Upper D"iiii"ii
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
LONDON AND GLOBE TEQrBLEs,
CASH TO BE ADVANCED FOR Stock EXCHANGE
SETTLEMENT

London. Jan. s-'"rhe Daily Ta'egraph." in its
financial column this morning sayS:
learn pressure has been brought TO bear
upon syndicate which caused the troubles on
the Stock Exchange of the London and Globe
Finance Corporation. Limited. with the result that
syndicate Will advance cash 10 relieve the dim
culties Of the next Stock Exchange settlement An
effort will be made carry through new con-
structlou scheme the basis OF pound shares Tor
the new company. with IL shillings paid and leav-
ing a liability OF shillings share. II IS under
stood however, that the London and Globe Finance
CORPORATION has secured only six hundred thousand
proxies out OF a total OF million. for the meet
to-day
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
POstOmce Notice.

Should Rad DAILY 5y al interested. changes
may time1
Foreign mails FOR ne week ending January l. 1901 viii
close promptly al the General POsJ0fice
follows: Parcels Post Mails close earlier than
closing time below Parcels Mails for Ger
many close D. m. January 8. per Prinz Regent
L.uirpoId
and Supplementary mails close Foreign
Branch half closing shown below.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09

JAPANESE PRINCE IhPERI4LN fOtR
Yokohama Jan. S-The Prince Imperial
yoshihito Harunomiya, will start on foreign
tour next spring.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
MARRIED.

COX-W Atkinson January .. the chantry Of Grace
church by the DIT. ". r. Huntington. Gertrude
Watkins 10 Frederic Edward Cox
tlINRAII-GIRB-On Tuesday January s. the Church
of the Holy Trinity Brooklyn, by Rev. Or Aclonnell
Filth May GIbb daughter OF John GLIB. 10 William
kmball
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09

Notices OF marriages and deaths must be In
dorsed with full name and address
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
SPECIAL Nouccs

corporations formed and Capital supplied
25th floor. '
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
F4TERWE4THER WILL CONTEST ENDED

THE PLAINTIFF FAILS TO APPEAR WHEN CASE Is
CALLED IN THE UNITED STATES COURT
The of Emma s. Fayerweather against the
United Dressed Beef Company was dismissed in
United States Circuit Court yesterday through
the failure of the plaintiff TO appear and prosecute
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
Tribune Subscription Rates.

Expression restOreds BY artificial teeth: Dr. Deane
DenIls 4i Lex Ave. a5Ih. hghest award Col Exp.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09

The second Fortnightly took place at the Astoria
last evening. 1t OF a Christmas nature. J. V.
g. Oddie. jr led the cotillon. The guests
ceived by Mrs Lewis Delafied. Young Carroll
Winslow personated Santa Claus and distributed
appropriate Christmas gifts 10 the dancers.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09

~ NEw-YORK CITY
Mail subscribers the DAILY and TRI-wEEzLY VIII
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the rates nanet above
Address relative subscriptions
advertisements THE TRIBUNE. New-Ycrx City. Re-
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registered letter
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09

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For al points in United
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New-York tribune., 1901-01-09

Mime. Nordica will sing Monday at MI
Bagby's musical morning.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
PRINCE CHING ACCEPTS CONDITIONS.
HE VISITS THE FOREIGN ENvoYs-M HUN'
CHANG STILL SICK.

CHANG STILL SICK
Paris Jan 9-The Havas Agency has received
the following dispatch from Peking, dated jan
uary 5:
Prince Ching visited the Foreign ENJOYS on
the occasion Of the New Year and accepted the
conditions Of yesterdays note Il Hung Chang
8 sill sick
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09

PRINTED MATTER. ETC.-Ths steamer takes Printed
Matter. Commercial Papers and Samples for Germany
only The class OF mail matter for other parts
Europe Will be by this ship unless specially
directed by her
After the closing Supplementary Transatlantic
Mails named additional supplementary mails
opened piers OF the American. English, French
and and remain until within
the hour OF sailing ot steamer.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09

A"Prbe hens-eo Cemetery.-Prlvste station Ffar-
lem Railroad. 43 minutes ride from the Grand Central
Depot Office. t6 East 42d-sr
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09

The second OF the Junior Cotillons took place al
Sherrys last night The guests received by
Mrs Arthur Murray Dodge Mrs. Anson Phelps
Stokes and Mrs. Charles r. Henderson. Alexa nder
NJ. Hadden led the cotilIon dancing with Miss Nora
Iselin. The favors were pretty trides, very
elaborate and consisted OF ribbons flowers orders
and the like. Nearly all the debutantes OF the win
ter present.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09

BY OCEAN STEAMER
FOR Europe rhe British Isles all countries IN tas
Universal Postal Unon1
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
Mrs. William Pollock gave a large luncheon at her
home No. lS2 Madison-ave.

Mrs Pembroke Jones gave dinner party last
evening at her house, No. 13 West FIfty-hrst-st.
Covers were laid for eighteen and the table was
prettiiy decorated with pink roses.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09

The engagement is announced of Miss Virginia
Washington Swayne. the daughter Of General and
Mrs Wager Swayne, to Harold Lomas of Man
England.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09

There a considerable ul in society yesterday,
although the debutantes had a very good time last
evening. with two dances and the popular
Junior Cotillon Mrs. Isaac L. Kip gave a large
dinner in the evening and there were a number OF
days and al homes
The age-herald., 1901-04-22
Captain sheehan to Wed.

A wedding of especial interest in news paper and military circles will be cele- brated in Eufaula next Tuesday evening, when Captain Will F. Sheehan of this city will wed Miss Mary Crawford of Eufaula. The wedding will occur at the home of the parents of the brlde-to-be, and the ceremony will be performed by Rev Dr. M. B. Wharton of Eufaula. The couple will come immediately to Mont gomery. and will reside in Burton ave- nue. Bellinger Heights. The bride Is a daughter of MT. and Mrs. Virgil Craw- ford of Eufaula. and Is connected with the families of the Corners, Claytons and others of distinction. She is said to be a girl of unusual beauty and sweetness of character.
 Captain Sheehan is we'll known in newspaper circles. His newspaper career was begun with the Eufaula Times and subsequently, he served a short period with The Birmingham Age-Herald. For more than year he has been city editor of the Montgomery Journal. filling tht position with honor and distinction. He is especially popular with the newspaper workers in this city. He is also a mem- Der of the staff of Colonel H. B. Foster of the Second Alabama National Guard.
The age-herald., 1901-04-22
Berlin Bourse.

Berlin. April H.-The Berlin bourse had a dull experience last week. volume of transactions being light. The new loan continued to be heavily sold, but the quo- tations showed very slight variation. Much interest was shown in American securities. German holders selling largely to American buyers. Domestic weakened upon the lower receipts.
 Coal and iron shares were variously in- fiuenced by the industrial situation, which Is not clear. Coal consumption Is visibly lessening. and consequently coal shares were weak until Friday, when the news of the English sport duty caused a sharp spurt in that section. Yesterday. how ever, quotations fell moderately, the weeks movement showing a slight in- crease.
 The comments of the German press up- on the British export duty on coal con- tinues lively, the general conclusion being that the duty will react harmfully upon English coal, to the advantage of Ger many and America. The iron market re- ports are contradictory. The wholesale dealers in Berlin have made another ad- vance in prices. The wire and nall sym dicate reports that domestic Is better and that orders have increased.