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T H E L O N G IS L A N D F A R M E R , JA M A I C A . 8, IPOI. L ong I sland F ibmei JAM A ICA . N. Y. JAMAICA REAL ESTATE. k ' Y tnM Conveyance* nr© Reported in “ Tlie Farmer” Only. Jbssph H. Skillman to Emma W. Dan ker, Lincoln avenue, 460x200, Jamaica, rele«Ml, $590. WflHtm j . W heeler to Johu J. Roberts, Linden street, 460x200, Jamaica, nominal gnm B. Simonson ant? others to Char lotte 0. Henry, Grand street, Jamaica, nominal; Daniel H. Simonson to same, same property ;William S. Coggswell, ref eree, to Joseph Bose, bounded by Hemp stead and Jamaica plank road, by land of Josephine Husson, by land of Josephine TfflfSAn and by land of Josephine Hus son, 81.5x226x70x225, Jamaica, foreclos ure, $1,500. Henry Schmidt to James J. Hansel- jBUui, lots 105 to 112, block 4; lots 155 to M7. block 6; lots 263 to 226, block 10; lots 861 to 564, block 21, map No. 1 of Hollis Heights, nominal. Gertrude Bengert to \William H. Park- hid, Belmont avenue, 25x100, Jamaica, nominal; William. H. Parkhiil to Charles O. Grim, same property, nominal. Nell C. Wotherspoon to Margaret Young, Thrall place, 25x100, Jamaica, nominal. Louis E. Williamson to John Belliner, lots 533 and 534, map of property belong ing to Long Inland Beal Estate Exchange •ed Investment Company, Jamaica, nominri- Frank J. Blemer to Lilian Ritmer, Washington avenue, £5x100, Woodhaven, nominaL ' FEARS RISE IN TAX RATE. | 1‘rc.Mciit le i l n c r X-xpccls an In\ initM- of Tw e n ty Points This Year. President Thomas S. Feitner of the D.'[>arlm- nl of Taxes and Assessments ' f«;tra a twenty point increase in the tax I rate lor 1901. This information leaked ; out on Friday through a statement made ! by officials of the Department of Taxes and Assessments that the real estate assessments would not be raised this year except where the properly showed a natural increase in value. The impor tance of tlris statement becomes appar ent v>licn it is stated that the tax bud get tor 1901 will be at least $7,000,000 more than the budget forlaOO, caused, in a large measure, by the passage of the D *vis school bill by the Legislature, which added nearly $4,000,000 to the bur- dets of t he taxpayers every year. Ant ther matter -which the officials of the Department of Taxes view with alarm is the chance of the franohlse tax law, passed by the Republican Legis lature, being declared unconstitutional. This would create a further deficiency of at least $2,500,000 to be met, and the only way to make up this sum would be to either increase the assessments on real estate, colleot more personal taxes, or increase tbe tax rate. *3- f c r a i i t i f o r S e w B u i l d i n g s . - A tlan tic street near Norris avenue, Ja maica. four -tss 2 -story frame dwellings, each 16x25, cost $3,200, Thomas Styles, owner. Reeky Hill road near the Alley road, Queens, one-story Iron greenhouse, 20x 148, coat $4,000, Charles W. Ward, own er. Water street near Ferry street, Wood- hxven, one-story frame shed, 50x100, cost 50, Carman Napolitan, owner. Frost avenue near Liberty avenue, Dnnton, two-story frame building for store and dwelling, 25x55, cost $2,000, Nicola Cassak, owner. W ants Property Back:. William Halsey Clark, of Quogue, who was the bathing master a t the beach last summer, has been sued by his uncle, pHlram Stevens, of the same place, to re- *oovsr property the valye of which ie stated a t $18,000. Stevens alleges that r hs was frightened Into making tbe prop- I erty over to his nephew by threats that hs would be sent away to an asylum. . In his complaint Stevens says that he as “ so addicted to drink that his mind tg greatly enfeebled, and that his will gror^r Wfl8 wel* nigh destroyed,” or he TKTd not have signed over his property. T ot -v, __________________________ Capital Punishm ent Opposed. The Society of Friends who have long been opposed to capital punishment, reld 'a meeting Saturday in Manhattan rrth e purpose of diseasing the sub- « fc. There were 200 present. After the suasion a resolution was unanimously ipted, which requested State Senator oaliam W. Cock of Westbury, to prepare on,\ introduce in the Legislature a bill the abolition of the death penalty for trder and treason. Senator Couk is a 'ber of the Society of Friends. ‘■Quo V a d i s ” a t t h e A c a d e m y . It is an appropriate thought of Man ager Gilmore to have the engagement of “Quo Vadis” commence a t the Academy of Music on New Year’s Eve, for this vast producMon, treating of the very first commencement of the present era, comes a t a peculiar happy time, at the beginning of a new century. No greater object lesson of the enormous advance j the world has made from the days of Nero to the present time could have been thought of than this gigantic production of “Quo Vadis,” the scene of which Is laid during the days of Nero and the atory treating of the first days of Christi anity. Realizing the importance of the event, Managers Whitney and Knowles promise a production which in elaborateness is to equal If not surpass any of the great scenic masterpieces seen on the stage of the Academy of Music in recent years. The evening performances commence at 8 o’clock sharp and the matinees at 2 o’clock sharp. Mr. Downing’ Memory Honored. The board of Supervisors of Nassau county met Friday. The following reso lutions regarding the death of George S. Downing of East Norwich, who was for some years the supervisor of the town of Oyster Bay, were adopted: Whereas, This Board learns with sor row of the death of the Hon. George S. Downing, who for many years served the interests of the town of Oyster Bay with fidelity and g r e a t intelligence' asrtts Su pervisor ; and who has also during a long life of usefulness and honor, served his town and county in other public matters and positions and won for himself the respect and esteem of all who knew him, Resolved, That this Board in this man ner express its regret at the death of Mr. Downing and offer its sympathies to the family of the deceased In their bereave ment. • a . -------------m o f l a n Found Dead. HOT ^ — -y afternoon a man registered as “ETHing, Long Island,” a t the Occiden tal Hotel, Manhattan. After several at tempts to enter his room Saturday a chambermaid decided that he had gone out and opened the door with a pass key. The man was found dead in bed. Cor oner Bausch notified the police that the man had died from exhaustion due to Consumption, from which he suffered. Haw Coart o n c e r s Take Hold* The following court officers were ap pointed on Saturday: Captain, Benjamin JUkiaead, Jamaica, salary, $900; Richard Stoke, Newtown, $800; Charles MacCar- d«l!, flushing, $800; Theodore Doht, Newtown, $800; Edward Frost, Rocka- way, $800; Bteven Van Nostrand, Jamai ca, $800; George Roe, Flushing, $800; fen n e l Jarvis, Newtown, $800, and L. Welters, Long Island Oily, $800. T» Fight Forest Fire*. Two fire companies have been organ ised a t Centreport and will respond only Uialarjrtsfor forest fires. The compan- iee have arranged to purchase wagons and will supply them with outfits of ehov- ***» hooks and forks and one scaling ladder each. The equipment will be suffi cient for every member to work a t afire aad i t Is believed that much valuable timber land will be saved. H t n a Batcher Fined $30. Frederick Roeber of Elmont was ar raigned before Justice Gittens on Friday oa a charge preferred by Health Officer ' Lonehart of conducting. & horse slaugh tering establishment without a permit from the Health Board of the town. He pleaded guilty And was lined $30. * • » < h a piatn f*r the 71 i t . \mel WiiH»m o. Hates of the Sev* „ — Regiment h a s sele c te d the iteT. Edgar Tilton, jr., formerly of Ja- w k m f lQt chaplain of that organisation, to raeescd the Rev. Dr. George R. Van D* Water, resigned. _AII drag store* s«u Conklin’s Wild m HHIV t f Big Dar’a Building Record. On January 2 Commissioner • f Build ings Daniel Campbell approved of $83,000 worth of new buildings for the Borough of Queens. This Is looked upon as a record breaker and as an augury of what will probably be the greatest year ever kuown in the building line in the five towns comprising the Borough of Queens. The Queens Borough Deators and Con sumers’ Hygea Ice Company is to erect at once a new ice plant a t Long Island City, a t a cost of $25,000. H o r * e B e a d in th e W o o d * A horse belonging to Nicholas Maher of Jamesport, which was supposed to have been stolen on December 22, from the church sheds in Northvllle, was found dead in the woods a mile from tbe church on Friday. It is now supposed that the horse, which was a valuable one, strayed away. The wagon wheels had become fastened between two trees and the ani mal could not free itself. The robes and blankets were on the horse when found. Mr. Sntpbln’s Retirement. John H. Sutphin, who withdrew from the County Clerkship on the 1st of Janu ary after thirty years’ service, retires with the best wishes and the universal respect of all classes of our citizens, free- 17 and fervently extended towards a faithful and devoted public servant who has left not a flaw In his record—L. I. City Star. J el 1 - 0 i* tlie Best Dessert, It is quite a new thing, but it is so far superior to most of its kind that it took from the start. It up in four fla vors, lemon, ore strawberry and raspberry, and ca .. prepared in two minutes No cooking, 's t add hot water and set to cool. It waxes a delicious change from the pie aud pudding des serts with no trouble whatever, aud everyone likes it, especially the children. Allgrocers sell it. 10 cts. Try it today. W ork on J a m a ic a Sewer* Deputy Sewer Commissioner M. J. Goldner opened five bids on Thursday for laying vitrified salt glazed stoneware pipe in Lincoln avenue, Jamaica. George B. Raymond was the lowest bidder. His bid was $4,300. Contractor Bowker has a large force of men a t work on the site for the disposal plant on the Bergen meadows. PHILIP 0. ARMOUR DEAD Millionaire Packer’s Long Ill ness Is Ended. LEFT ESTATE OF FORTY MILLIONS O n c e W a l k e d F r o m M a d iso n C o u n t y , X. V ., t o C a l i f o r n i a a n d B l e d W w t h E n o u g h t o B u y R a i l r o a d * F r o m A t la n t i c to P a c if ic . Chicago, Jan. 7.—Philip Danforth Ar mour, philanthropist, financier and multi millionaire, head of the vast commer cial establishment that bears his name, died at his home, 2115 Prairie avenue, at 5:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon. A muscular affection of the heart, known to the medical profession as my ocarditis, was the immediate cause of death. He had been slowly recovering from pneumonia that for three weeks had threatened his life. At 9 o’clock yesterday morning his heart gftve way under the strain of his recent illness, his pulse running up to 103'. That was the beginning of the end. Mr. Armour was surrounded by his family when he died. Those at his bedside besides his children and nurses were his wife, Mrs. Philip D. Armour; Mr. and Mrs. J. Ogden Ar mour, Mrs. Philip J. Armour, Jr., and Rev. Frank W. Gansulus. The million aire retained consciousness until within an hour of his death. During the day he had realized that' death was near. To those around him he had said: “I know I am very sick and am ready for death when it comes.” Mr. Armour was horn in Stockbridge, Madison county, N. Y., on May 16, 1832. He was one of eight children, and, like almost every other boy of Madison county, divided his time between work ing on the farm and going to the academy. But before he was out of school he gave up farm chores and was in business for himself and doing, in a f,mall way, Fonr N*w D w d liai* Thomas Styles has had plans prepared fos the erection of & row of four houses on Norris avenue, Jamaica, designed for the working classes. The houses wil have a width of 16| feet each, The lot is 100 feet daep. PH ILIP D. ARMOUR. in Madison county, the same things that made him rich a good many years later. He bought cattle from the neighboring farmers, butchered and dressed them himself, and then hawked the meat Shout In a wagon through Oneida and Madison counties. Armour went to California in 1852. He walked most of the way and rode the rest astride of a mule that he bought just this side of the Rockies for $160, about all that he had left of the money he had saved from his Madison county butcher business. But he reached the Pacific in possession of the mule, good spirits and good health, although he had been more than six months on the road and had had one serious attack of ill ness in his journey. He hunted for gold in California until 1856, but his dirt never panned out very well. It yielded tnough, however, to enable him to make a start in something else, so he came east again as far as Milwaukee, where he went into the warehouse and grain business. Then Armour tried pork packing, which did pan out well. He soon had a fortune of $500,000 and formed the firm of Ar mour, Plankinton & Co., with head quarters at Milwaukee and branches in half a dozen other towns. In 1874 the headquarters was moved to Chicago. Be fore that his brother, H, O. Armour, had established a grain commission and pork packing business in Chicago, and the two enterprises were afterward combin ed. Two other brothers, Joseph F. and Simon B. Armour, were also interested In the business and were in charge of dif ferent branches. Herman O. Armour came to this city as the New York repre sentative. F o r t m i a t e S p e c u l a t i o n * . It was not the mere killing of animals and selling the product that made the foundation of the Armour millions. The ability to get on the right side of the market was efficient in that direction. P. D. Armour made his first great specula tive stroke just before the close of the civil war, when pork was quoted at $40. He was confident that the end of the re bellion was near and that with the end of fighting the prices of all food stuffs would come down. So he sold pork and fought the bulls for three months successfully. He made about $1,000,000 on that deal. In 1879 and 1880 he was a bull when the bears were short about 600,000 bar rels of pork. He cornered the market, and his profits were estimated all the way from $2,500,000 to $3,500,000. The next year, with his brother, he went into a gigantic deal in wheat and made about $1,000,000, but didn’t let go soon enough and lost it all. Mr. Armour first became prominent in Wall street Mffien he made large pur chases of Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul stock way below par. He declared that it was worth $135 a share and would eventually pay an 8 per cent dividend. He afterward became a director in the St, Paul company. For the last five years his fortune has been estimated at $40,000,000. Mr. Armour married Miss Malvina Belle Ogden, daughter of Jonathan Og den of Cincinnati, in October, 1862. They have had two children—Philip D. Armour, Jr., who died a year ago, and J. Ogden Armour, who seems destined by character, training and circumstances to succeed his father as the head of the Armour house. _________ * V m ialBt S h ip S a i l s F o r M a n i l a . Caracas, Venezuela,'Jan, 7.—The Unit ed States training ship Buffalo, which ar rived at La Guayrn Saturday, has left for Manila. ______ C o m m o d o r e H a r r i s D e a d . Boston, Jan. 7.—Commodore William H. Harris, V. S. N., retired, died in this S o w H i g h M i n i s t e r o f C o m m e r c e , a n d M a y B e M n d o F o r e i g n M i n i s t e r . London, Jan. 7. — A dispatch from Shanghai says: “Taotui Sheng has been appointed high minister of commerce. This position was held by Li Hung Chang when he was ap pointed viceroy of Canton. This promo tion of Sheng, together with his advance ment to the post of subdirector of the im perial clan court, indicates that he will be made minister of\ foreign affairs when the tsung-li yamen is reorganized accord ing to article 12 of the peace articles.” “Reports hare been received here from Sian-fu,” says the Shanghai correspond ent of The Standard,“that General Tung Fuh Hsiang’s 14,000 troops have mu tinied at Ku-yuen-chou, in the province of Kan-su, and that General Feng Tse •Tsai’s army has been sent from the prov ince of Yan-nan to suppress the re bellion.” “The outlines of the Russo-Chinese agreement regarding Manchuria were settled with Li Hung Chang in Decem ber, 1899,” says the Vienna correspond ent of The Daily Telegraph, “and prior to that Russia had concluded treaties with the emirs of Bokhara and Khiva and the shah of Persia, arranging for neutrality or for military assistance in the event of difficulties arising between Russia and any Asiatic power. In fact, all the steps toward the practical ac quisition of Manchuria had been care fully prepared.” “Chang Chih Tung, the Wu-cliang viceroy, wired the Chinese envoys stren uously urging them to delay the signing of the note,” says Dr. Morrison, wiring to The Times yesterday from PekiDg, “un til several clauses had been amended and that portion of the preamble had been expunged which charges the imperial court with the responsibility for the at tacks upon the legations. “He further urged the imperial person ages not to return - to Peking on the ground rthvmEe joint note permits the powers to maintain 10,000 troops be tween 2’eking and the sea. “An imperial decree was issued to de lay the affixing of signatures, but the Chinese plenipotentiaries replied that it was impossible to recall the assent al ready given.” The Vienna correspondent of the Daily Chronicle asserts that Russia in her agreement with China undertakes to de fend the latter again,-it any nttnck on her forts. S e v e r e W e a t h e r I n E u r o p e . London, Jan. 7.—Severe cold lias sud denly set in throughout Europe. In Eng land it is accompanied by a northeaster ly wind, amounting to a gale over the channel. At Dover a boat was capsized, four persons being drowned, and proba bly other accidents will be reported. On the continent the weather is still more severe. Snow lias fallen as far south as Naples, and in St. Petersburg tlie cold is so intense that the police in the streets have had to be frequently relieved and the schools to be closed. At Moscow the temperature is 30 degrees below zero. Tremendous gales are blowing over the Adriatic. Terrible blizzards are report ed from Austria and southern Russia, ex tinguishing signal lights and resulting in tlie derailing of the Orient expressvat_ The- storm caused a coTIisibn between passenger trains a t Mikola, near Szatmnr, Hungary, six persons being killed. Nine peoplp were frozen to death on a highroad in Transylvania. Odessa is completely snow bound. The harbor is frozen over, and trains are unable to enter or depart in consequence of the drifts. GREAT RAILWAY DEALS. Community of Ownership- In Three Roads Accomplished, CONCENTRATING COAL PROPERTIES T h e L a r g e s t B a t t l e s h i p s . London, Jan. 7.—Tlie British admiralty has decided to build two battleships which are intended to be the largest in the world. The distinction of having the largest warships has hitherto been held by Italy, with the Lepanto and her sister ship, the Italia. Great Britain’s two projected large warships, to be respec tively named the Queen and the Prince of Wales, will be 2,000 tons heavier than the Italian ships mentioned, reaching the enormous displacement of 18,000 tons, which is 3.500 heavier than America’s biggest armor clad. These tremendous vessels will carry nothing larger than 12 inch guns. Their batteries will chiefly be composed of these and of 7.5 inch and 6 inch guns. T h e C o lo m b i a n R e v o l u t i o n . Kingston, Jamaica, Jan. 7.—The Brit ish steamer Costa Rican, which arrived here last \evening from Colon, Colombia, reports that a big battle was fought re cently near the Venezuelan border be tween the Colombian government forces and 2,000 insurgents under General Uri be, assisted by sympathizers from Vene zuela, the battle ending in the defeat of the rebels, who broke into small parties, General Urilie escaping. The government forces at the time the Costa Rican left Colon were scouring the country in the endeavor to catch General Uribe, who is regarded as the real leader of the revolu tion. ________________ T h i r d S t r i k e W i t h i n a Y e a r . Scranton, Pa., Jan. 7.—The 800 em ployees of the Mount Pleasant colliery of the Elk Hill Coal and Iron company are again on strike, the third time within a year. They struck because the superin tendent refused to give a driver boy the rate of wages the boy claimed he was en titled to. The company anticipated the strike by posting a notice that the col liery from this date would be shut down. This will save the officials from any deal ings with the union. The company will keep the colliery closed until the men rescind their strike order. H u n g a r i a n M i n e r s K i l l e d I n R i o t . London, Jan. 7.—According to a dis patch to The Daily Express from Vienna, 7 miners were killed and 40 wounded on Saturday in an affray at Altgebirg, Hun gary, between riotous miners and gen darmes. _______________ BRIEF NEW S NOTES. John Bavdsley, former city treasurer 'of Philadelphia, is dead \at his home. The Right Rev. Bishop Winand Mi chael Wigger, head of the Roman Catho lic diocese of Newark, N. J., is dead. The Standard Oil company has organ ized an international oil company at Yo kohama, to own and develop the kerosene oil in d u s tr y in Ja u a n . Five Dags of registered letters have been stolen on th e railro a d betw e e n Turih arid Rome. Three of the bags came from New York. The loss is esti mated a t 200,000 lire. James J. Jeffries left for Asbury Park, N. J., last night and today will take his flrst exercises for his championship bat- f e with Gui RuhSa, which takes place at ineinnati on Feb, 15. Morgan Iatereats Absolutely Control 68.1T P e r C e n t o f A n t h r a c i t e O u t p u t —T e r m i n a l F a c i l i t i e s a t C o m m a - nlpatv For Baltimore and Ohio. New York, Jan. 7.—When all matters relative to the recent developments in Wall street are sifted down and the mass of misinformation and false reports Is eliminated, the true condition of affairs concerning the properties now on every tongue will probably be found to be sub stantially as follows: Complete harmony of interests and community of ownership in the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and the Chi cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroads, with a proposition—which must first be submitted to the shareholders—to lease the latter road by tbe two former if a lease can accomplished, Harmony of interest and community of ownership among the roads of the an thracite coal group fully as complete as that existing in the northwest, with a general sales agency, probably the Tem ple Iron company, which is thoroughly equipped for the purpose, handling at least 63 per cent of the total anthracite coal output and probably more. Arrangements of a highly, satisfactory nature for the Baltimore and Ohio rail road ia connection, probably, with de sirable terminal facilities at Commnni- paw and arrangements also for the Erie railroad in the way of coal tonnage and general freight, which, with the assur ance of the maintenance of traffic rates, will give a stability to that property which it has not enjoyed in years. There are said to be great potentialities in the Eric road in connection with the pending arrangements. It would seem as though there were almost enough in carrying out the propo sitions summarized above to satisfy Wall street for a time. P r e m a t u r e E x p e c t a t i o n * . The fulfillment of these projects can not be accomplished in a day, and those persons who are predicting them for the immediate present are likely to experi ence some disappointment. As to ocean greyhounds racing across the Atlantic and the Pacific in connection with some vast new transcontinental system made up of the roads now working toward closer relationship, that is a question which has no place in the matters under consideration. The question of the harmony of inter est in the northwest through the acquisi tion of control in the Northern Pacific by Mr. Hill and his friends of the Great Northern railroad and the extension of this interest to the St. Paul road through stock purchases have been thoroughly dis cussed. Very little remains to be said. While there are many obstacles in the way of arranging a lease for the St. Paul road none of them, it is said, is insur mountable, but no proposition has been made as yet to the directors of the St. -P a u l r o n e should be m a d e it ’will have to be acted upon in due course by the shareholders of the company, who represent the most conservative class of investors in the country. The announcement was made by J. Pierpont Morgan & Co. on Saturday at noon that the control of the stock of the Central Railroad of New Jersey had been acquired by tlie Reading company, and the supplementary announcement was made late on Saturday night in Philadel phia-that the control of the Lehigh Val ley railroad had also been obtained by a purchase of additional stock by Mr. Mor gan. It would be no novelty if the Le high Valley should again pass to the Reading company. In 1892 the com pany’s property was leased to the Phila delphia and Reading Railroad company at the same time that the Central Rail road of New Jersey was leased to the Port Reading railroad, a subsidiary cor poration. J. Pierpont Morgan & Co. acquired a voting power of a majority of the com mon stock of the Lehigh Valley road in 1897 in order to rearrange its finances, which was accomplished by the issuance of a 5 per cent collateral trust mortgage authorized for $15,000,000. Reading is in a voting trust of which Mr. Morgan is the dominating factor, so that an ex change of securities from the New Jer sey Central to the Reading or the ex change of Lehigh Valley to the Reading, if such be the purpose, would he a matter very easy of accomplishment. O b je c t to C o n c e n t r a t i o n . What prestige the anthracite coal deal carries is a matter very easy to demon strate. Coal roads now absolutely domi nated by the Morgan interest had in 1899 an aggregate output of 30,109,763 tons, or 63.17 per cent of the whole production, as compared to 17,555,640 tons, or 36.83 per cent of the whole, for the roads not yet under that control. A single selling agency and an organ ized system of distribution has long been one of Mr. Morgan’s hobbies for the an thracite coal trade, and it was due to his business judgment that some years ago the Temple Iron company project was organized to introduce economies in the distribution of fuel. The company has the right to issue bonds to the extent of $15,000,000, with power to increase if necessary in order to provide ample means. The bonds are guaranteed by the anthracite roads, with the exception of the Pennsylvania railroad and the New York, Ontario end Western. Whether tlie Temple Iron company will be the medium used cannot be ascer tained. Deatli of ex-Senator Yradbnry. Augusta, Me., Jan. 7.—Former United States Senator James Ware Bradbury is dead at his home in this city of bron chitis. He was born in Parsonsfield, in this state, June 10, 1802, He graduated from Bowdoin college in 1825, the cele brated class in which were Henry W. Longfellow, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Jona than Gilley, John S. G. Abbott, George B. Gheever and Horatio Bridge. He was the last survivor of his class and the old est living graduate of Bowdoin. Ocan Liner Ha* Rough Voyage. New York, Jan. 7.—The North German Lloyd steamer Kaiserin Marla Theresa, j which has just arrived, was in collision ' with a small schooner in midocean and damaged the latter so badly that the crew abandoned her. All hands, the cap tain and five seamen, were brought to this port. The great liner left Bremen I Dec. 2T, Southampton on the 28th and Cherbourg on the 29th and had very stormy weather throughout the passage. ANOTHER CUDAHY LETTER , I t M a y R e v e a l I d e n t i t y o f th e A.b- d u e t o r * . Omaha, Jan. 7.—A letter has been turn ed over to Chief Donahue of the Omaha police department in which an offer is made to deliver certain information to him regarding the abductors of Edward Cudahy, Jr., upon his compliance with certain conditions. The chief and Mr. Cudahy evidently considered the letter authentic and of enough importance to justify a reply, because the following ad vertisement appeared in the columns of a local paper yesterday morning, signed by E. A. Cudahy and J. A. Donahue: “Your request asked for in letter mail ed at Lincoln on Jan. 4, to be answered before Jan. 7, Mill be granted.” Both Mr. Cudahy and Chief Donahue declined last night to say what the con tents of the Lincoln letter were or to re fer to the conditions prescribed therein. It is stated that the letter is from a man who knows every man of the gang which kidnaped Eddie Cudahy on Dec. 18. Fur ther, it is stated positively that the reve lations to be made by the writer of the letter will involve a well known man in this city who has been suspected, but against whom no positive evidence c-onld be obtained. The acceptance of the offer of the un known writer leads to the belief that he has placed a price on his knowledge of the crime and has taken this means' to protect himself from discovery, as he gave no address in his letter, advising an advertisement be inserted if bis proposi tions were considered favorably. JO H N C. SIM S DEAD. H a d B e e n S e c r e t a r y o f th e P e n n s y l v a n i a R a i l r o a d . Philadelphia. Jan. 7.—John C. Sims, secretary of the Pennsylvania Railroad company and well known in railroad cir cles throughout the country, died at tbe University of Pennsylvania hospital yes terday afternoon. Mr. Sims was operat ed upon on Dec. 1J to relieve him of an acute attack of appendicitis. He stood the shock of operation quite well and was slowly progressing toward complete re covery until Dee. 28, wheu his heart be gan to fail him. He rallied slightly from this new danger, but again grew worse. On Jan. 1, 1S76, Mr. Sims entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad company as assistant secretary. Five years later he was promoted to the office of secretary. He was also nia le secreta ry of the Junction Railroad company, the Philadelphia, Wilmington a id Baltimore Railroad company and the Baltimore Central Railroad company. He was also superintendent of the Pennsylvania rail road employees’ saving fund. H o ld U p s l a C h ic a g o . Chicago, Jan. 7.—A series of hold ups along the lines of the Chicago elevated lines, four ticket sellers having been rob bed iu less than a week, has caused a feeling of uneasiness among the night station men along these lines. The bold est of these hold ups took place at 3 o’clock Sunday morning, when a lone rob ber held up the occupants of the Lake street station at Ashland avenue, robbing the agent and four passengers who were waiting for a tram. After taking about $30 from his victims the robber held them in the station until a train arrived and then compelled them to board the train, which drew away from the station before the robber’s victims could make tbeir pre dicament known to the trainmen. A pas senger who alighted from the train took in the situation and fired several shots at the robber, but tbe bandit escaped. Sale of tlie Lehlgrli. New York, Jan. 7.—The Tribune says that just at the close of the market on Saturday Wall street received the news that J. Pierpont Morgan had bought the Central Railroad of New Jersey and sold it to the Reading railroad. W h e u the market opened Monday morning, it was confronted with the additional news that Mr. Morgan has secured the controlling interest in the Lehigh Valley also and that t i n interest will probably be offered to the Reading at the meeting of its di rectors which has been called to complete officially the purchase and arrange for formal transfer of the Jersey Central stock to its new owners. M o l o k a n e n M a y C o m e t o A m e r i c a . St. Petersburg, Jan. 7.—The Moioka- nen, a sect numbering 400,000, whose founders removed in 1840 from various parts of Russia to the Caucasus and whose delegates have just brought glow ing reports from the Doukhobors, or Russian Quakers, in Canada, contem plate emigrating to America. The sect secured state lands in the Caucasus al most rent free, but recently the Russian government announced that the rents would he increased threefold or fourfold. Now the Molokanen axe petitioning the government to restore the former rentals or to permit emigration. P r e s i d e n t D i a s In P u e b l a . Puebla, Mexico. Jan. 7.—President Diaz has been welcomed here with a re markable display of popular enthusiasm. The city was splendidly illuminated with electric lights in many combinations and colors, and the streets were filled with people. Governor Martinez extended a welcome on the part of the state of Pueb la, and President Diaz formally opened the new schools and penal law courts. A garden party was given in his honor, and the city council banqueted the pres ident and a distinguished party from the City Mexico. C a n a d i a n M a il s R o b b e d . St. John, N. B., Jan. 7.—It has just been made public that during the past two months the mails have been robbed at Moncton, N. B. One bag stolen con tained -intercolonial checks to the sum of $12,000, Which, however, needed in dorsement before the money could be collected-. A t Shediac a b a g containing registered letters was also stolen. Monc ton police are assisting the postal au thorities in the ease and suspect local parties. No arrests have as yet been made. ________________ P u n i t i v e F o r c e R e t u r n s . Peking, Jan. 7.-—The British punitive force under Colonel Tulloch, which left last Thursday for Kao-li-ying, from which place shots had been fired at a nnirolv- retu r n e d vestcrdav to PekinD- Colonel Tuiioen reports tnat ne tound K a o -li-ying subm issive an d th a t th e offi cials had fled. Two Blown Up toy Dynamite. Hyndman, Pat, Jan. 7.—Michael Perrin and a negro, name unknown, were blown to pieces today a t Philson, on the Baftb mote and Ohio railroad, by a n explosion of dynamite. The men were thawing the dynamite wto* the explosion occurred. CAPE TOWN IS NERVOUS Probability of a Dutch Rising Increasing. INVASION EVIDENTLY UNCHECKE D F a r m e r * I n tb e W e s t e r n D i s t r i c t * R e f u s e t o G iv e U p H o r s e * t o B r l t i s l i . T r o o p s O c c u p y M a l m e s b u r y — B o e r A g e n t* E j i l l a t l n g M e n I n E u r o p e . London, Jan. 7.—There is no official and little other news of the situation In Cape Colony, bat what has arrived iis not encouraging to the British. Despite the rapid progress made in arming the loyalists there is general uneasiness in Cape Town and the neighborhood owing to the ignorance concerning the where abouts of t v e invaders. There is no in dication that they are being checked. Every day adds to the probability of a Dutch rising. Reports of assistance openly gi ven to the Boers mul'.iply. The farmers in the western districts are exceedingly unwilling to sell horses to the government. It is stated that In one district., they have refused to sell and defy tbe government to seize their animals. Elsewhere the government iis commandeering horses, but is paying a good price for them. Troops have occupied Malmesbury, from the parliamentary representation of which ex-Prime Minister Schreiner was lately ousted. Martial law was pro claimed as soon as the troops arrived, and all the horses were seized. The British residents in several villages around Cape Town have taken refage there, finding life unendurable among their rebelliously inclined neighbors. Meanwhile the troops that can be spared from Cape Town and volunteers for the front are being forwarded to the Piqueit- nerg road, 50 miies north of the capital, which will apparently he used as an ad vanced base. B o e r* M a k ing- F o r W e s t e r n P r o v i n c e . Two hundred Boers who are reported to have been detached from a com mando in the neighborhood of Fraser- burg are making for Gray’s pass, intend ing to enter the western province. The fact that they have chosen this pass is regarded as proof that they are Jed by colonials. A dispatch to The Daily Mail from The Hague states that Dr. Leyds, the diplomatic agent of the Transvaal, is re cruiting men in Holland, Belgium, Ger many and France. Drafts are being sent thence to join the Boers. Eadj.jre cruit receives £50 when he is accepted. Numbers are hurrying to Hamburg, where they board German steamers, poe- iug as emigrants for Namaqualand. The Cape Town correspondent of Tbe Times remarks upon the impossibility of General Kitchener, with his present: force, protecting the Rand mines and says that marauders would be able in an hour or two to do damage amounting to thousands of pounds. He instances the Kleinfontein mine, which was recently damaged to the extent of £210,000. The mine cannot be started up again in two years. S e c r e t a r y R o o t ’s N iece a H e r o i n e . San Bernardino, Cal., Jan. 7.—The at tempt of a burglar to ransack the home of one of San Bernardino’s leading men was frustrated by Miss Virginia Root, m niece of Secretary of War Root, \who is one of the belles of this city. Miss Root was at home alone when she heard some one moving in the bedroom above._-\Shc hastily ascended the stairs and found s. burglar hiding in the closet. The burglar made a jump to seize the young lady by the neck, and she stepped quickly back,. The man then sprang from a second story window. Miss Root ran down stairs and into the street in pursuit of the burglar. When the robber saw her following him he turned and, raising his revolver, fired at her, but the bullet missed its mark. Undaunted, Miss Root continued in the race. The unusual scene attracted attention, and soon news of the affair was telephoned to Sheriff C. A. Rouse. The sheriff and his deputy answered the call and, with the aid of Miss Root, succeeded in locating the burglar in a clump of bushes. I n h e r i t a n c e T a x R e c e i p t s . Albany, Jan. 7.—The. collateral inher itance tax act. has brought into the state treasury during the past three months over $700,000, which is above the average for a period of that length. The bulk of that sum has come from New York city, which has always contributed the major part of the taxes collected under this statute. The estate of Emma S. Schley, late of New York city, paid the largest amount of taxes during the three months. Its contribution to the state cash was $261,494. The second largest tax, $73,- 908, was paid by the heirs of Wallace I. Andrews, late of New York city. The largest sum paid from the estate of a nonresident and the third largest from any source came from the estate of th* late Lloyd Tevis of California. That es tate contributed $50,027. P a n i c a t a B a llflgrjht. Monterey, Mexico, Jan. 7.—-The bull fight arena at San Luis Potosi was the scene of another exhibition of brutal sport yesterday. While the fight was in progress one of the bulls jumped the stone barrier that separates the fighting ring from the spectators. The animal landed in the midst of the crowd and instantly charged upon the men, women and children, who fled in every direction, vainly seeking the exits. One man was killed by the animal and a score or more were injured, being knocked down and trampled under the feet of their panic stricken friends and neighbors. The bull was finally killed by a rural guard. P o p e C o n s e c r a t e s N e w C e n t u r y . Rome, Jan.. 7. — Though freezing w e a th e r prevailed outside, S t . Peter’s was warm and blazing with electric light last evening, and outlined in electric letters on the dome stood out the words “Leo Pontife.” The pope, triumphant and in splendid physical condition, was carried to the basilica to consecrate the century. When he entered and when he, made his exit he was cheered by a most cosmopolitan crowd. The service was very impressive and was composed of a long litany, a Te Deum and a benedic tion pronounced by Mi holiness, To Deport F ilipiao Leaders, M a n ila, Jan,. 7. —General MaeArthur / Filipino leaders, including Generals Bi* carte and Pio <ld Filar and the agitato;* Mabini, Ocampo and Trias. Other* vtiU follpw them in exile. They will to de- tabled until pe t** is etttblietod.
