Show NEWS MEWS NEW EW CIRCULAR OF instruction washington jan 15 secretary carlisle to tonight made public the following circular modifying modify ins the conditions for payment on the advertised verti sed bond issue treasury department office of th secretary washington D C jan 15 treasury circular no 3 1896 dated january 6 inviting proposals forthe for the purchase of one hundred million dollars of united states 4 percent per cent bonds is hereby modified that after the payment of the first installment of 20 per cent with accrued inte required in said circular the remainder of the amounts bid may be paid in installments in stall ments of 10 per cent each and accrued interest at the end of each fifteen days thereafter but all accepted bidders may pay the whole amount of their bids at the time of first installment and all accepted a bidders who have paid all install previously may pay the whole amount of their bids at any time not later than the maturity of the last installment accepted bidders who pay the whole amount at the time of the first installment or any date thereafter as above provided will be entitled to receive at the date of the payment of the whole amount of bonds awa alanl i d d to them and accepted bidders ho pay by installments will be entitled to receive at the dates of atah payments the amount of bonds pad pan for J G CARLISLE secretary AMERICANS IN I 1 london jan 15 mr M y wiltz of california a friend of john hays hammond Ha the amen amei i tin an m mining ining engineer arrested kiib offie rh at JoZan johannesburg on a chai ae e of af high treason continues hi laic efforts in behalf of han Ham hamford mord i 0 ther americans in custody ai nes burg or pretoria preto ria D disia I 1 ain the ATZ sit aaion today an mr I 1 r iz said our government mart understand this fact that all fir mands for diplomatic courtesy we were rb satisfied by bv mr illy chamberlains kv kind ind reply to S secretary ecret ary rel request let that great britain protect ifie interests of americans in the transvaal but nothing 0 could be wore nore for the americans as the beelin feeling a against ainest all englishmen is exceed exceedingly bitter while the boers Boer sare are very friendly to the americans indeed several of those arrested are on the best terms with the boer government none oaths americans are connected with the political poetical movement they simply joined coined the reform committee in an em emergency emerged ergen 10 the peace of johannesburg president krueger arrested all the members of the committee but 1 I believe prompt action taken through out our representative at cape town would secure the release of the americans and delay may inay endanger their lives as the boers are intensely exasperated we should have a representative in transvaal for the americans |