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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-01
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1 Cleveland, Dec. 31.-At a meeting of the
 trustees of oberlin college held here to-day 1t was stated that all but S16,O00 had been
 subscribed to the $300,00O fund which the
 friends of the institution agreed to raise in
 order to secure gift of $2OO, GOO from John
 D. Rockefeller. The trustees expressed 1 themselves as being confident that the re-
 quired sum would be forthcoming by to-
 morrow, when the time limit named by Mir. l Rockefeller expires
 | New York Dec. 31.-Arthur r. Luke has
 resigned the position of treasurer of the | United States Steel corporation to become member of the banking house of Darr, Luke & Moore, of this city and Pittsburg. He Is succeeded by Richard Trimble, the new secretary of the United States Steel cor poraton. Mir Luke was formerly treasurer of the National Tube company. Washington, Dec. 31.--The headquarters, staff and band, and the Third battalion, Eleventh cavalry, from Fort Meyer, Nir- ginia, and the Second battalion, Twenty. seventh infantry, from Pattsburg barracks New York, have been ordered to New York city to take the transport Buford about January 21 for transportation to the Philip. pines.
 Washington, Dec, 31.-The floods in the south have caused serious delays in the mail service between the east and the southwest, as well as locally in the affected regions. All Texas and Mexico malls are being dis patched from the east via St. Louis in- stead of New Orleans. There are numerous suspensions of traffic on interior lines in Al. abalna.
 Halifax, x. S., Dec. 31.--The failures in Nova Scotia during the current year were 119 with liabilities of $5S3, 337 and nominal assets of $223,040 The failures In Prince Edward Island for the year were twelve, with liabilities of $104,000. There were nine failures in Newfoundland with liabill- ties of $105, ,000.
 New York, Dec. 31.-The vital statistics pz tl,n ,.it 1f N..rrr v,,1- show that the death rate for 1901 was 22. o2, as against 20.57 for 1900. There were 33 4S5 marriages in the year just closing, as against 32, 24T in 1900 while the births were 80 735 this year, as against S1, 721 in 1900.
 New York, Dec. 31.--Police Commissioner Michael c. Murphy sent his resignation to Mayor Van Wyck to-day. Mayor-elect Lows appointee Colonel Partridge, will fake charge of the department at noon to- morrow.
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Raris, Dec. 3l.--After four postponements
 due to the fact that Jean de Reszke was
 suffering from slight attack of influenza,
 the full dress rehearsal of ''Siegfried" {"
 which was looked forward to as the great event of the operatic season, was given here
 tonight and received by crowded house
 with every indication of a success. A num- per Der Of seats were sold for the l. performance. tantamount to first night" M deReszke has quite recovered from his recent indls- position, and he was recalled five times be- fore the curtain.
 BeElin, Dec. 81.Dr Earth. the free trade editor of the Nation, and a frequent visi- the reichstag from the Wittenberg district by 601 votes over the number boiled by Herr yon Letpziger, large land owner. The Wittenberg district Is strongly agricultural carry it,. This. liberal victory Is regarded as significant of the temper 0f the country on the tariff question.
 London, Dec. &.--A dispatch to a news agency from Lisbon says that confitlential clerk at the Credit PDedial hank has been arrested charged with the embegalement of f25,000. It appears that the clerk has long practiced an ingenious system of forgeres. number of alleged accom- plices have also been arrested.
 London, Jan. liking Edward has deput. ed the Prince of Wales to attend Emperor Williams birthday, January oTT, at Berlill It Is believed this action Is probably taken with intention to emphasize tue good rea. tions existing between the two countries
 Paris, Jan. 1--Upon the authority of his own statement, the Paris edition of the New York Herald says that a well known picture dealer has just sold Raphael's cele- brated painting called the Madonna of St. Anthony of Padua to J. Pierpont Morgan for 2,50O,O00 francs.
 St. Petersburg, Dec. H.-The Rossiya ex- presses itself as dissatisfied with the ChI. lese advisory board composed of Messrs. Rockhill and Foster and Sir Robert Hart m ddemands equal representation on the board for all powers.
 Berlin, Dec 31.-The Reichbauk exper- enced much less pressure to-day than upon my years end for five years past. The fall If one-fourth of one percent in the private ate of discount to-day breaks all pIssyious 'ecords.
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READY FOR THE CON MENTION
NEARLYALL THE ECONSTITUTIONAL
 DELEGATES IN HARTFORD.
Constitution Hold nn Informal Meet iDg-Ex- x-Governor Bulkeicy Present. Ex-Chief Justice Andrews Seems Cer- tain to bc Chosen President.


 Hartford, Dec. S1-Nearly all the del- egates to the constitutional convention have arrived in this city. and the con- vention, which opens at noon to-mor- row, is the main topic of discussion at the Allyn house and Hotel Heublein, where most of the delegates are stop ping.
 Colonel Cheney, of Manchester, threw open his rooms to delegates who wished to drop in and discuss. matters in rela- tion to the convention, the election of officers, appointment of clerks, etc.
 There seems to be a strong pressure from the outside to appoint the clerks of the house and senate, and even the doorkeepers, to their respective posi- tions during the convention, but from the inside these appointments do not seem to be favored. Judging from the sentiments of the many men who dis cussed the matter in Colonel Cheney's room, it is apparent that ex-Chief Jus tice Andrews will be chosen president of the convention.
 George M Clark, of Haddam, invited A number of delegates to his room to discuss matters, the most prominent of whom was ex-Governor Morgan G. Bulkeley. The majority of the gentle men present at this session were men who oppose changes in the constitution. MT. Clark announced that he favored the appointment of house and senate clerks and doorkeepers.
 Comptroller Chamberlain has employ ed half dozen men to look after things generally at the capitol while the con- vention IS in session. These men are hired by the week and are not regular legislative appointments.
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WARsHlPs FOR ARGENTINE.
Imm edIate Constrnction of Two Or
 dered of Italian Builders.

Buenos Ayres, Dec. 31 (via Galveston, Texas). .-The Diario to-day announced that the Argentine government had en- tered into contracts with the Ansaldo (SestrD and San Pier D'Arena Yards (Italy) for the immediate construction of two armored vessels of $500 tons at a cost of 17,000.000 francs each. The government has already sent to the Italian constructors 15,oOo,OOO francs on account.
 Buenos Ayres, Dec. s1 (via Galveston, Texas). s).-Senor Portela, the Argentine minister to Chilli, is expected here to- morrow from Santiago de Chill.
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NEED OF MORE TROOPS.
The Pretoria Correspondents Continue
 to Send Warnings.


 London, Jan. 1.--Newspaper corre- spondents in Pretoria continue to send warnings of the need of more reinforce ments. Lord Kitchener is turning the artillerymen, who have become disen- gagged by reason of the return home of the heavy guns, into three corps of mounted infantry, each fifteen hundred strong.
 Independent accounts of the Boer att tack on Colonel Firman's camp Decem- =ber 24 add little to the official story of the occurrence, except that General De Vets force of fifteen hundred men, as at Majtba, removed their boots, clinb- ed the precipice without noise and com pletely startled the sleeping British camp. The terrible struggle lasted bare ly half an hour. Three more British officers have died from wounds received in this engagement making all told nine officers killed.
 The government scheme for the set clement of land in the Orange River colony is already in operation. Nearly one hundred men, mostly time-expired yeomen, have settled there with assist ance from the government, consisting of loans of farming implements.
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GOLD IN MADAGASCAR.
Auriferous Regions, Said to be Rich In
 the MctaI, Now Being Worked.

Washington, Dec. 31.-News recent ly received from Madagascar indicates that the island is about to justify the hopes which have been entertained by numerous engineers as regards it's mineral resources. This statement is made by United States Consul Brunot at St. Etienne in g. report to the state department, dated December B. Cir cumscribed auriferous regions, said to be very rich in gold, MT. Brunot states, are being worked on the eastern slopes and near the port of Manangary.
 The gold, Consul Brunot says, is in the form of spall nuggets or of dust, taken from th4 alluval deposit carried down by two streams from a neigh boring mountain. Traces of gold, he says, in conclusion, have been found over the whole island.
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POPE IN GOOD HE-ALTH.
Private Dispatch Received in New York
 from Rev. y. M. Farley.

New York, Dec. 31.-A private des- patch received this afternoon from Rome from the Right Rev. J. M. Far ley, auxiliary bishop of New York; an nounces that he had private audience to-day, lasting over half an hour with Pope Leo XIII.
 In contradiction to the rumors that speak of the feeble condition and fre- quent fainting spells of the holy father, the bishop found the pope in perfect health, displaying marvellous lucidity of intellect and strength of memory. He adds that the pope was pleased to charge him to transmit to the Most Rev. Archbishop Corrigan to the cler- gy and to the people of New York the apostolic blessing for the New Year.
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Sold to Harrimam-Gould dInterests.

Kansas City, Dec 31--The Kansas City Suburban Belt railway, the Con- soidated Railway Terminal and the Kansas City and Independence Air Line were sold at auction here to- day for an aggregate of $2,502 900 to Max Pam, of New York, representing the Hartman Gould interests, who made the only bid They will be used as terminals for the Kansas City southern railway. Later at Kansas City, Kansas, two steel bridges and packing-house terminals belonging to the Union Terminal com pany were bid in by MT. Pam for $1,- BOO 900,
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Gren, Northern,s omcsr..

St. Paul, Minn, Dec. 31.-At meets ing of the directors of the Great North~ ern railway held here to-day the execs utive staff was reorganized. No ans nouncement was made as to president but the following were chosen: First vice president, J. N. Hill, St. Paul F second vice president, R. I. Earrings ton, St. Paul; third vice president. Be T. Nichols, New York; fourth vice J, w. Blabon, St.. Paul.
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Opening ofsou,h African Mines.

Washington Dec. 31.-Director Rob- erts, of the mint bureau, is watch ng with much interest the news regarding the reopening of mines in South Africa. He believes that if the government can assure the owners of sufficient protec- tion for their property and labor the whole of Europe will feel the effect of the awakening, and the sense of im- proved business conditions will stimu- late popular disposition to spend mon- ey, of which the United States would get the direct benefit in an increased market for it's exports
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MINER,s 1HEArER DEsTRoYED.
Elght Ave. Playhouse Goes Up Quickly
 Chorus Girls in a Panic.

New York, Jan. 1.-Miner's Eighth Avenue theater on Eighth avenue oe- tween Twenty-sixth and Twenty-sev- enth streets was destroyed by fire late last night The Merry Maidens' bur lesque show had just given long per formance and the audience had been out of the building only about fifteen minutes, when the fire started. 1t was caused by lighted cigarette. The the ater building was old, four stories high and was situated in about the middle of the block on Eighth avenue. After the fire started the chorus girls and employees of the theater fled to the street in a panic. It is believed that all got out safely. The loss is now estl- mated at $200,000 So far as is known no one was hurt.
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fl FABRICATION.
Report That U. ;. Had Reduced It's
 Chinese Indemnity.

Pekin, Dec. 31.--The brief diplomatic sensation caused here by the cabled an nouncement that the United States would reduce its Chinese indemnity claim by $1S,000,000 has been ended by q dispatch from Secretary of State Hay to MT. Conger, the United States minis ter here, saying that the report to this effect was fabrication. Secretary Hay also said in his message that the Amer ican claim is moderate and just, but that the United States was willing to waive it's pro rata share if necessary.
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PRISON DIRECTORS REPORT.
INCREASE IN JHE PENAL POPU-
 LAx1ov LAST TEAR.

-Psreis Boasa-Ths EArnines of the
 lnstitutisn-AiI the AbIe Bodied
 Prisoners Regularly Employed.
 Hartford. Dec. s1.-Ths annual report Of the board of directors of the state prison was submitted to Governor Mo Lean to-day It is as follows:
 The drift of population at the Con necticut state prison for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1901. was slightly toward expansion. The aver age daily cenSu6 of coahvicts was 4SO as against 4s5 for the preceding twelve month. The numtSr of prisoners in confinement at one time ranged from a maximum of 508 to minimum of 472, although the widervarlation during 1900 extended from 516 as the maximum to 462 as the minimum. The commitments, numbering 1e4, exceeded by IS the hg- ure Of the previous year. The waxing populations of the prison, reversing the surprising decline during the fiscal year of 1900, conforms to expecta ton and is a normal result of the growth of the state, Whatever may be the temporary fluctuations in the statistics of confined felons in Connec ticut the general ten dency, squaring with the expanding census of the commonwealth, will nat uarlly be toward enlargement. The number of female prisoners, though constituting only a small fraction of the total convict colony, has of late been larger than for considerable per- iod.
 To most people the fact that of the 507 felons undergoing imprisonment at the present time not less than 52, or over 10 per cent. of the total number are serving life sentences. will carry surprise. The periods during which the life oonvicts have been confined range from few weeks to furty-two years, and the average Is fourteen years, which is equivalent to an aggregate in- favidua1 inaprosomnent of more than seven centuries Their ages run from B to S5 years, with an average of 45
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A New Shamrock.

London, Jan. 1.-According to Sport- ing Life recent interviews between Sir Thomas Lipton and Captain Sycamore have decided Sir Thomas to have plans prepared for the construction of a Shamrock III. There is an unconflrmed report that MT. Watson will be the de- sisner of the new yacht. When Cap-s tain Sycamore was interviewed on this subject he declined to reveal anything but expressed his confidence in the pos- sibility of lifting the GU in 1903.
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DANISH ISLES WILL BE SOLD.
The Treaty to be Signed Despite tho
 Agitation.

Copenhagen, Dec. 91.--It has been learned upon the best authority that the treaty between the United States and Denmark for the sale of the Danish West Indies will be signed in spite of the agitation here against such action, insomuch as the Danish government has given it's promise to this end. The question of plebiscite will not be al- lowed to interfere in the matter
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INJUNCTION IS DISSOLVED
QUICK ACTION IN THE MORTIMER
 PACIIFIC CASE.
Order Issued by Judgc Lochron of the United states Circuit Court-Refuses to Allow an nAppeal-Deciines es to Allow supersedeas Bond In Any Amount Declares Road is Acting Within tho Rights of It's Charter.

R1Snts O1 ltk Cnatter.
 Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 31.-Judge William Lochren of the United States circuit court to-day dissolved the tenn porary injunction issued in the case of Peter Power against the Northern Pa cific Railway company by Judge El- liott of the district court of Hennepin county, Monday.
 Inc injunction. which was dissolved by the order of Judge Lochren, rel strained the Northern Pacific from is- suing any evidences of indebtedness, or to retire the preferred stock of the com- pany. or to retire the preferred stock in any other manner than by the use' of the surplus net earnings of the road.
 It also restrained the Northern Pa cidc and it's officers from entering into any agreement or doing any act by which the road would be consolidated or merged, through the medium of the Northern Securities company, with the Great Northern or the Burlington or either of them.
 After the decision was made orally by Judge Lochren at the close of days argument by the attorneys for both sides an effort was made by the plaintiffs attorneys to have the court name the amount of bond which would be-required in order to appeal from the decision and to stay all further pro- ceedings in the lower court pending the appeal.
 Judge Lochren refused to allow supersedeas bond in any amount to be given. Judge w. A. Lancaster, repre- senting MT. Power. the plaintiff. asked the court:
 Does your honor mean to say that the damage which would result to the Northern Pacific company. if an appeal from your order dissolving the tempo rary injunction were taken and a su- peresedeas bond staying proceedings were filed, would be so great that a bond could not be given large enongh | to reimburse the defendant?" As the question of granting a super | sedeas is discretionary with the court" the judge replied, "I decline to permit | the staying of the proceedings or the force of the order by supersedeas bond on appeal"
 Judge Lochren held that the North ern Pacific was acting within the au- thority of it's charter, of the contract entered into between it and it's stock holders, as Incorporated in the certii- cates of preferred stock and of the agreement entered into November IS in attempting to retire the $75,000, 900 of preferred stock, in the manner alleged by MT. Power.
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An Order from Russia.

Marouette, Mich, Dec. H.-After cor respondence covering several weeks, a local engine building firm is in receipt of a formal inquiry from the naval de- partmeut of the Russian government asking as to when engines can be shipped to Russia and conveying the that a large order will be placed The engines, operated by gaso- line, are wanted for service on the czar's torpedo boat fleet,
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Left S5O,OOO to EmpIoy es,

New York Dec. 31.-Edward Kemp, the millionaire druggist, by his will filed f6r probate to-day, bequeathed S50.QF to employees who have been in his 1M for five years or longer To his widow. Augusta, he leaves S100, 900 and household effects absolutely, and a country seat of 800 acres in Monmouth county, New Jersey, and the income of .the rest of the estate.
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nEARING ron WILCOX.
Alleged slayer of Miss cropsey yviil be
 ArIaigned To-day.

Elizabeth City, N. C., Dec. 31--James Wilcox, who is held in connection with the death of Miss Nellie Cropsey. will be given preliminary hearing to-mor- row before five justices. The citizens committee of five is investigatin a possible clue as to the cause of Miss Cropsey's death and will present evi- dence at the hearing tomorrow. will COX is still confined within the Jail here. Popular sentiment is very strong against him, but time has aleviated the feeling somewhat and the talk of lynch ing has ceased. Wilcox's mother, who is in delicate health, is said to be in serious condition caused by the suspi- cion thrust upon her son.
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GERMANY AND VENEZUELA
coerotvo Measures NotLikeIy for severa
 Weeks.

Berlin. Dec. 3.--Until pr. o. Schm dt- Leda, the German minister to Venezue- la, arrives at Caracas, which will be about January 5, nothing will be done by the German charge d'affaires there, Herr Von Pilgrim Baltazzi, to press President Castro further. pr. Schmidt Leda bears instructions from the Ger man government The carrying out of the successive steps outlined in these instructions will end in coercive meas ures, which will probably be applied in four or five weeks time, if in the mean time efforts looking to settlement shall have failed. It is possible, how ever, that events may shorten this period.
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LOSSES OF THE BOERs.
Weeks Work of The British -De Wet
 Sill Near LamGberg.

London, Dec 31.--Lord Kitchener, un- der date of Johannesburg, December 30. sends a weekly budget showing that since December 23 thirty-flve Boers have been killed, five wounded and 237 taken prisoners. These, says the com mander- n-chief, do not include De Vets losses in his attacks on Dargell and Firman, when, it is reliably esti- mated, fifty were killed and. fifty were wounded.
 De Wet Is still in the vicinity of Lang berg. Colonel Spence and Colonel Plu- mer came in contact on December 2S with Britz's commando and took twen- ty-seven prisoners General Bruce Hamilton came in touch with Groube laar's commando near Marydale Decem- Der 23. He killed four Boers and cap tured twenty
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DECLARED 4 PIRATE,
Venezuela Onsrs $IO,Ooo Reward for
 Capture Of Stea mer Ban Rtrh.

Caracas, Dec. 31 (via Haytien Cable). --The Official Gazette to-day publishes a decree signed by President Castro by which the steamer 'Lihertador," for merly the Ban Righ, is declared to be a pirate.
 The government of Venezuela has of- fered a reward of $10,000 and the cargo she carries to any Venezuelan or for eign ship which shall seize the Liber- tador The Lihertador is being used in the interests of the revolution against Castro, of which General Mates is the reputed leader. General Mat os has is- sued a manifesto.