Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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5*" .-TTP' ?v- i 7y -V ?T?~~ ... .^vxr.v m m . - ' IA" ' j?V. ; I' DISASTER TO TUC PBITISH ini- minium 1 I If o Regiments and a Mounted ; Battery Sarrooaded and Forced j to Surrender to the Boers. ; i I WERE LED INTO ATHAP. | fe'"- t 1 Fought Bravely and Sustained Many J Casua'tie?, But Had to Capilulatei ! b I i i General White Report* the Loss and Says ] He Alone is to Blame?Sent the Men J to an Untenable Position?Irish Fusl. ( I leers. Tenth Mountain Battery and 1 Gloucestershire Regiment Captured by Boers?How the News AT as Received ; In London? More Troops Ordered to j Sonth Africa?General Buller's Arrival f at the Cape?Canadian Force Sails. ' i London (By Cable).?A disaster which j It is impossible to disguise or minimize has i at length befallen the British arms in South j Africa. The capture of two regiments and a battery has appalled England and de- ; moDStrated what has been clear to dispassionate observers since active operations 1 be^an?that tbe burchers are good strate- ( gists as well as splendid lighters. Three I times in succession tbey have deceived tho ; British officers by retreating and have J turned what ranked in this country as British victories into practical reverse?. QEXEBAL SIB GEOBOE 'WHITE, V. C. (He assumes all responsibility for the disaster to bis army at Ladysmltb.) General White's dispatch telling of the |V disaster says: "I have to report disaster to the column sent by me to take position on a hill and guard our left flank. The troops in these operations to-day?the Royal Irish Fusiliers, No. 10 Mountain Battery and the Gloucestershire Regiment?had to capitulate. The casualties have not yet been as- i Bgv.-' certalned. "A man belonging to the Irish Fusiliers and employed as a hospital orderly came in under a flag of truce with a letter from J the survivors, who asked assistance to bury their dead. I fear there is no doubt of the truth of the report. , "I formed the plan in the cnrrylng out of t which the disaster occurred and am alone . responsible for that plan. No blame can j be attached to the troops, as the position ( was untenable. The list Included forty- c two offioers, one newspaper man and two battalions of troops." / The prisoners captured Include Staff- ^ Maior Adye, one lieutenant-colonel, six 8 majors, five captains, twenty-nine lieu- e tenants, a chaplain and a newspaper corre- r spondont named Hyde. Five of these are s wounded. ' - * ? 1. A |? j.ne uutnotr ui uiiu uayiuiou 10 conmated at 2000. From the scanty advices received, it , seems tolerably certain that the disaster , was a simple repetition o( the battle of i Majuba Hill, though on a larger scale. The two regiments were allowed to march ? Into a trap set for them by the Boers. It is , ,:j~ simply a case of the Boor spider and the gnlleless British fly. In fact, the whole engagement of Monday seems to have been brought on by Commandant General Jou- . bert, who skillfully comceived a gigantic trap, out of which, as the official dispatch shows, 8Ir George White only escaped with difficulty. 1 General White conceived the Idea of , driving the Boers from Tintwalnyonl Hill, seven miles out, which General Joubert 1 made an ostentatious show of fortifying on i Sunday. The Boer commander left a force ' 'C sufficient to draw General White on, while I tDO muss 01 tue uoera ne moveu sieumuij rouud the British right, to deliver a flank attack and to endeavor to oat off Gtneral Whltr from Ladysmith. The Brltl9h comj mander succeeded In beating off the attack, but only with great difficulty, and during the turning movement his troops suffered i from a flanking (ire. i Harsh things are said in military circles [ , ot the British tactics, which have made possible the ambush ot the Eighteenth Hussars at Glencoe, and now the loss ot two flne regiments. It Is feared that 8ir George White is no match for the Boers in that cunning by which Boer taotics are conceived, and it is pointed out vhat if the jrj British commanders continue to lead their , men into obvious traps, further disasters K rV. , must be looked fqr. , While minor reverses were not wholly unexpected, no Englishman ever dreamed that anything liloe the staggering blow General Joubert delivered threatened the British arms in South Africa. The loss In effective men must be appalling to a General who Is practically surrounded. Two ot the finest British regiments ana a mule Dattery aeaucteu i - ? Woidid'i Executioner Dies Suddenly. Thomas Snepperd. who died suddenly at *ew Brunswick, N. J., In his sixty-ninth fear, from a stroke ot paralysis sprang he drop when Bridget Durgan was hanged n 1863. She wus executed for the murder 5f her mistress, the wife ot Dr. Corlell, of ?iew Market. tDled In Bolllnc Sorghum. While James M. McCullough and his family were making sorghum nearPorteau Indian Territory, two small children of the family accidentally fell into the vut of boiling mo!as363 and were scalded to deatb. li Lynched a Negro In Kansas. 'Gus" JIcArJie, a white bartender, was shot and killed, and In less than two hours his supposed murderer, George Wells, a negro miner from Scammon, wasswinging to a telephone pole, the victim of a mob, wbioh had forcibly taken him from the jail at Weir City, Kan. Before the rope was placed about his neck Wells admitted he was with the man who shot McArdie, but denied tfrat he had done the shooting. Camp Meade Will Be Abandoned. The heirs of the Toung estate, on whose farm near Middletown, Penn., Camp Meade is located, have been notified by the War Department at Washington that the ?amp !., . will be abandoned. + ' . . .. '-V..-V-. .. . . * , ' ' ? - ' ; ' ' from the Ladysmith garrison weakens It f nbout a fifth of Its total strength, and f alters the whole situation very materially I in favor of the Boers, who, once again, have shown themselves stern fighters and mi'.ltarv strategists of superior order. The disaster cost the British, besides the J men lost, six seven-pound screw guns, and na tha Prior arHllorv 1a olrpndv QtrfTlfffir I than Imagined, tbe capture of these guns will be a great help to the Boera. The disaster has caused a feeling akin to consternation, and In Gloucestershire and | tbe North of Ireland, where the captured regiments were recruited, the blackest Pflooio prevails, families awaiting with beating hearts the Dames of the slain and wounded.which are fully expected to reach i high figure. Many homes are already in mourning in consequence of losses sustained by these regiments in previous engagements. 'Pitiful scenes were witnesssd in the streets of London. Men stood stock still In the crowded streets scanning tbe pages 3f tbe extras. Having read of a reverse, r such ns does not exist in the memory cf 5 living British subjects, the meu set their y teeth and walked on with hardened, troubled faces, while women wept and sev- n iral who feared themselves to be personally ^ bereaved by the disaster reil nopeiess ana | helpless Into the arms of friends. At the Government offices no effort was 11 made to conceal the feeling of dismay prevailing. One official said: t "It is inexplicable, and I am sorry to say that its moral effect is inestimable. We liave lost heavily in many wnrs, and have ? tiad regiments almost wiped out, but tc r bave regiments captured, and by theBoers' [t is terrible!" The manliness of General White's avowal that It was his fault has awakened the ieepest sympathy. An official of the Wur Office snid: "It Is more likely due to the craze of oui rounger officers to distinguish themselves jbtaln mention in the dispatches, and earc [he Victoria Cross than to the fault of that splendid Indian veteran General White, in spite of his pitiful avowal." A dispatch from Simons Town says the prison ship Penelope is being fitted for the reception of Boer prisoners, and that the [lrst-class cruiser Powerful is expected to leuve Durban shortly, presumably to con<roy the prisoners to Simons Town. Colonel Murdoch, o^ the First Roy>\l Dratjoons, of which regiment Empero.r William is honorary Colonel, received this message on the eve of the departure [>f the Dragoons for South Africa: "I bid farewell to the regiment. May you all return unscathed and well. William I. R." The message is commented upon politically as showing the Kaiser's friendliness tor England. CANADIAN TKOOPS EMBARK. Scene* of Enthn*la?m Mark Their D?? f parture For South Africa. Quebec (Special).?The Canadian contingent for South Africa, 1000 strong, , sailed amid scenes of enthusiasm. Shortly after noon the men were called together on 9 the review ground, and were addressed by j P the Governor-General, Premier Laurier " and others. * { Lord Minto, in the course of his address, Jl aaid: "The people of Canada witness the ? departure of the contingent with full hearts, but they want to see the Maple Leaf * well to the front, and they will all be?ready ? to welcome the men with open arms when * they return. Sir Wilfrid Laurier said that it was not 0 a war of oppression in which they were r going to take part, but a war to establish J an equal standard of justice and liberty, * and that if they did their duty, as he knew 1 they would, they would fully discharge the I obligations of Canada to the Empire. GENERAL CULLER AT GAPE TOWN. J Crowds Lining tlie Route Cheer Hiin When He Land* There. Lojcdos (By Cable).?One announcement n was received by the British with unfeigned . satisfaction, namely, the arrival of General Buller at Cape Town. General Buller's reception there was t most enthusiastic. He was welcomed by General Sir Frederick Forestier-Walker, / after which they both entered a carriage and drove to the Government House, escorted by mounted police and mounted volunteers. There were wildly cheered ,, by the throngs of people lining the route. ' There were cries of "Avenge Majuba!" and wild cheers for the General. General ^ Buller's face was Impassive as he returned t military salutes for the cheers. CALLING OUT MOKE RESERVES. g British War Office to Fill the Places of the 1' TTU1?I TC anil Pa n)nr.,l. " ?* n London (By Cable).?The War Office has ji vlred Oeneral Bailer that three extra bat- a altous and one mountain battery, with eserva men, will start for the Cape within i few days. These men will All the places >f those who have been killed, wounded or saptured. The War Office has decided to call out or permanent service the first-class reerve men of the Suffolk, Essex and Derbyhire regiments and the 8berwood Foristers. The first battalion of these comnands will be Immediately mobilized, for ervlce in South Africa. People Accept Boer Annexation. London (By Cable).?The Colonial Of-loe has received a dispatch from Sir Alfred Ullner, Governor of Cape Colony, saying hat, so far as he can discover, the people torth of the Vaal River accept the alleged mnexation of part of Cape Colony by the 3oers as a fact. M'XINLEY AT RICHMOND. i>re?Ident Attend* the Christening of the Torpedo Boat Shubrlck. Richmond, Va. (Special).?The torpedo ;oat Shubrlck was launched In the presence of President McKlniey, many mem)ers of his Cabinet, Governor Tyler, of Virginia, and an immense number of persons. Flie demonstration was marred in some of Its features by a heavy rainstorm. The residents and visitors who oame to ' witness the launching and see the PresI- . dent were enthusiastic. They cheered the President's words on the union of States and the present prosperity of the country. The President's train arrived on time, and as it started through the suburbs of the city tbe howitzer battery fired a salute. At Elba station, In the West End, where the President debarked and took a carriage (or the Jefferson Hotel, he was welcomed formally by Mayor Taylor, and roplled briefly. When tbe party was driven to the ship$terd tbe President was .cheered warmly along the route. At tbe yard an Immense crowd had assembled. The President, having been introduced from the stand by ; Mayor Taylor, delivered an address. At the end of the President's speech Secretary of the Navy Long was introduced by the Mayor, and spoke briefly. The launching was a great success, tbe boat being christened by little Ulna Carrie ' Shubrlck, of Rocky Mount, N. 0., great grandnlece ot Commodore 8hubrlck, with the usual formalities. It was a side launch- t lag. _ 1 Boer-British War Note*. Boers have captured 1500 mules. The British are not using the dum-dum 1 bullet. British officers at Ladysmlth make observations from a war balloon. The German corp? has been restored by the Boers to its original strength of 600 men. The Boers have been thanked officially for their kindness to the British wounded at Du ndee. Lord Kosebery Has predicted taat iing- i , land will suffer many losses like that of | General Symons before she will sheathe j ' her sword. Tho War Office at London has ordered a second urmy corps to be In readlneis to be called out. Krokodllepoort has been occupied by the Boers and the railway bridge there has been destroyed. The Legislative building at Durban, Natal, has been transformed Into a hospital for the Boer and British wounded,who will be treated alike. There can be no doubt that the Boera either have studied the theory of tactics with remarkable success or are commanded by skilful European officers. It is reported from both Hamburg and Metz that British recruiting officers are busy engaging German under-omcers for service In South Afrioa, offering $100 per | month. J j' ir?_ - _.i ./.i v V vijf 7-T' " :. - -fv'i'/ACIIM OF Mil nh:b!i?.nts Fled In Panic When Generai Yule Abandoned the Town, HE FUTURE OF THE TRANSVAAL. iJgnlflcatil Phraae in the Queen'* Speech ProroKUingr Parliament?Lootlnc by the Boer* alDn ixler? General Syinon*'* lSurlal?Outcry AjrtiliMt Hritloh OIHceri Needlessly Exposing Themaelres. London (By Cable).?A newspaper cor. espondent wbo witnessed the evacuation f Dundee by the British under Genera} ule, and who. remained in the town and raa taken prisoner by the Boers, but \yho ras subsequently released, sends the folowing additional details of the abandonment of the place: Early Sunday evening the Boors sheile i - n.lLt..U rv^ Ku^ariaa In t?Tf\ HA. U 1} .DrillSJl uaiu^ .luiii UOI.W1IVJ :ition9. The British retired out of rang* 3 quicklr as possible, abandoning be hospital and a great quantity o. LA.DYSMITH, THE BRI The population of the town Is 3000, and tbi range. The name was given in honor o ony Governor, for whom Harrismith is Lores. The townsfolk thereupon became anic-strickon and took to Sight. They ;ft tbe place on horseback and afoot, maklg their way through the darkness and eavy rain to Kokor's Farm and Rowan's j 'arm, several miles south of Dundee. News reachod Keker'sFarm that General I 'ule had urged instant retreat to Ladymtth as tue Boers surrounded Dundee. 'ben ensued u pitiable panic. Three bunred persons, including women and chllIren, plodded all night in the torrential ain over the .sodden veldt. Some took efuge for part of the night in a Kaffir :raal. The rest went on to Umsinga,Greyown and Pietermnrltzburg, to which ilaces they were followed by those who lad sought refuge in the kraal. The few tersons who had remained in Dundee vere startled when they found that the roops had gone and they fled hurriedly. The Boers wore swarming on tha surounding hills, especially Smith's Hill, on rhich they had been defeated Friday, ["hey commenced shelling the hospital, rom which a party with a flag of truce rent and told Commandant Erasmus that Jritish and Boer wounded were in the >uilding. Commandant Erasmus expressed egret for shelling the place and immeliatcly ordered the firing to cease. He aid ho hAd mistaken the Indian hospital ittondants for soldiers. At 10 o'clock a large number of Boer oldlers oatered the town and there was u iotous scone. Then a more disciplined ontlDgont entered and planted the Transaal flag on tboceurthouse. Tbey Informed he few inhabitants that they would not ie molested, addlug that the Boers only leeded provision?, but needed them badly. lub9equontly there was a wild scene of ootlng. Tho stores were all broken into, he Boers taking tho most Incongruous aixture of plunder, ladles' clothing, larasols, etc. One burgher, In addition to , load of articles of overy conceivablo ariety, succeodo>I lij tying a bicycle In roat of blm on his ooiiy. The correspondent, who had been arested, managed to get awuy, his guard, rho had taken aim outside the town, booming drunk. The correspondent reurned t'' Dundee to see the finish of tho Joer occupation. By Tuesday they had aplointed a town guard. The patrols punshed the Kaffirs who had presumed to join the looting. A proclamation was issued >romlslug safety to those who remained, .nd, generally speaking, the Boers were tri* 11 halm vpH The correspondent saw the funeral of renor.il Symons. He was buried without i cofflu, tho body being wrapped In aUnion ack. Heanwbilo General Lucas Meyer was inortned of tho turn of events and he reurned wllii tho Boers who had been debated on Friday to re-enforce Commandint Erasmus. Iu the afternoon the Boers sntered tbe town in large numbers nod ectuing morn liquor they became excited ,nd quarrelsome. 80 me paraded the treefs singing "Wo are soldiers of the }ueen," a popular song among tlie British roops. The correspondent then obtained Comnand.int Bothe's permit to go free. He eft on Thursday and reached Lady.smitb >n Saturday. He says that while among he enemy be learned that many of tlism vera returning to :h?ir homes, having be>mo tired oi the campaign, wbicli wasuol i>e what they expected. Tbeaost important feature of tho Tarllan?nt session was the Oueen's jirorojjation roe?h, forlt ooutnir.s the assertion that hoTiauavaal is already putt ot htr Kinilro. Th* phraseology p:i?$ed almost uo? lotlced, bat th? senteuoo, "I tru*t that Uvine Messing will re^t on t!ie o2orts to e.?tore peaco and good government :o that ortlon of my Empire," cannot be taken to nean anything but that Groat Britain rejards the Transvaal as already reverted to ler direct sovereignty. Another Interestng point of the speech wns that the war vas referred to as "military operations." The large number of British officers tilled In the battles wh'ch have already aken place in Natal has brought out trenuous protests from many quarters ignlnst the ancient custom oC British ofIcera in refusing to take cover when under Ire. From figures at Glencoe it is apparint that one oat of every four men killed vas an officer, whereas the organization ixlsts upon the principle that to every wency-nve man iucio is uuo uuiuoi.. Admiral Simpioo at Palmyra. Visitors from all parts of Central and iVestern New York were la Palmyra, N. Y., t few Jays ago for the celebration In lonor ot Rear-Admiral Sampson, who was )orn In the thriving little town and where le spent many ot his earlier years. Tha programme included the firing ot a salute, i parade and review and exercises in the Presbyterian Church In the afternoon. For a Nevf Treaty With Spain. Negotiations for a treaty restoring completely friendly relations between this :ountry and Spain will begin soon in Madrid. Prominent People. Lieutenant Brumby of the Olympla Is said to be the greatest smoker In the navy. Efforts are being made to persuade the Emperor of Japan to visit the Paris Exposition. Dr. Lewis Swift, of the Mount Lowe Observatory, California, recently received his ninth medal for astronomical discovery. President ii.rugers name is |)iuuy?uceu "Krooer" mostly In too Transvaal, but "Kreer" generully elaeivhere la South Africa. Nat Herreshoff, one of the builders of Columbia, has stated that he was patlrfeJ with her work, but couid try to desigi a better boat, if necessary. <#>** 1 . . . v'.; THE NEW I/iilK COMPANY. j InLsrestin? Information On Its m l a nan 01 uperamms. The Contract IimUM That tlie Firirm M'Lo?? Milk the Company Tnkei Blast Become Stockholder*. New Yoru Cut (SpecinV).?Much inter, flstinc information about the Pure-Milk Company recently organized in Delaware to bundle the milk of tbe FIvo States Asso elation producers, came out at tuo recent meeting of the Association at Bingbamton. The sales committee, in making their report, stated that the Pure-Milk Company proposes to Issue 130,000,003 of stock, viz., 100,000 shares of preferred, par valuo $100, bearing seven per cent., and 200,000 shares of common stock. It is to start in with at least $2,500,000 cash, although this Is not ' iu the articles of incorporation. The milk for any given month is to be paid for on rhe 10th of the following month. Instead jf giving a bond to secure such payments, the company agrees to dwposit with a trust oorapany of this city $2,500,000. It Is pointid out that this sum would be under the control of the directors. A feature of the contract which the farm TISH BASE IN NATAL. a site is on a plateau near the Drakensben? f the wife of Sir Henry Smith, the Cape Colnamed.) (ers havo not generally understood and which is likely to prevent the smooth work i iogof the scheme, requires the farmer? whose milk the compauy takes to becorao shareholders in the company. The comDulsory feature Is thus arranged: During | t&e nrst two years ot me nve years cuu tract the company Is to deduct one-quartet per cent, per quart on milk received and apply this money in payment of preferred stock. A farmer shipping tbree cans a day would thus hav< 109.50 deducted every year for tbif purpose. The company took the ground with the sales committee that in no other way could they be sure that the farmer; would stay with them after the expiration of the five years' term. A representative of the American Agriculturist who was present tried in vain to secure the names ot the capitalists who are backlog the company. He did learn that some ot the pros* ent wholesale milk dealers In this city are Identified with the company. AslDe from this compulsory stock-taking feature, a Weak point In the new enterprise lies in the fact that not more than Sfty per cent, ot the milk now coming to New Tork from points wlthla a radius of 3ay one hundred miles Is- included in the Five States organization, so that, in sup plying to the company the product It require!), a large amount of new territory must be entered?territory which is now turning its milk latgely into butter and cheese. Whether the city market will not be disturbed br this new supply is aa interestlug problem. CAPTURED TWO MOONSHINERS. Reveune Officers Iluve na Exciting Hant In Pandiylvani*. Altoona, Peon. (Special).?A posse "or rerenuo officers, headed by Marshal Frank Campbell, of Fayette County, raided i moonshine distillery in Somorset Couuty and, after a light, oapturod two moon* shiners. Tlio officers eatered the region by night and rcached aa illicit s'.ll. about sunrise. While they were engage.] in destroying the apparatus and a large ijuautlty o nriii?L'i?v thrift moonshiners. Iieadei bj ' ' "King" BUI Prltts, walked up the nioun tain. The officers opened flro, which wa! returned by the outlaws. Henry Pritts and John Vey wure captured In a rush ol the officers, but Ktn^ Bill fought despor ately nnd. though wounded twice managed to escape. Bill, (or whom a reward of 55000 has beei offered, appears to bear a charmed life This is said to be the fifteenth encountei with officers in which he has escaped. Hi is a giant in stature and of great persona courage. YALE PROFESSOR LOCKED UP. Charged With Feeplng Through th? Shutter* of New Haven HorUei. New Hayex, Conn. (Spoclal).?Frank H Chaso, tutor in English at Yalo University was arrestod a few days ago and tak9n before the police court, charged with trespass. He was alsoohargoi with annoying families by peeping through window shut ters. Dr. Chase admits the police charges but says that he was out for regular nightly ozercise and meant no harm. He spent most of the night behind the bars, how o ver. The charge agaiast Trofessor Chase Is to be dropped, owiag to tue fact that Dr. Chase is sufTeriag from mental overwork, ?nd did aot know what he was doing. He will sever his connection- with the college for a few mouths and take a complete rest before he resumes his position la the faculty of Engllsn literature. DISPERSING BANDS Or BANDITS. Tan Killed and Many Wounded Without Lot* to the Ainei'lc<tnt. Maxim (By Cable).?Del '.aliments of the Sixth Infantry have bee gai in dispersing bands of bandits Wu. ^ivo biaa operating In the Island of Negros. Captain Simons struck a village of Tullsaaes, near San Carlos, and Captain Evans defeated another band, killing tea, wounding many and capturing twenty. Taera were no American losses. Three Killed on a Hand Car. Tbree men on a band car on the Jack eonvllle and St. Louis Ballroad, between Barnet and Atwater, Macoupin County,III. were run down by a passenger train and killed. The dead are: John Norvell, Georgi Cramer and Samuel Alleo, members of a Qulucy, Carrollton and St. Louis section crew. Saddle Hone Sold For $3000. An Incident of the Kansas City Hors? Show just held at Kansas City, Mo., was the sale of Rex Biens, a two-vear-old sad die horse, for $3000 to George Bernard 01 Colorado Springs. Cycling Note*. A ride ?-bould not beuudertaken without a complete tool-bag. Thirty-nine miles 977 yards Is the distance placed to the credit of a motor.cycle In one hour, the rider being Oamont, of Paris. No wood rim will stand Indefinite exposure to mud and dust unless properly taken car* of. It is always well to apply a Rood coat of varnish to the rims after a season's | use. Ohio wheelmen will present to the Legis* lature of that State a, bill providing for siilepaths, similar to the Net? York law, which bus been so conspicuous a succeu in practical operation. LDST1N THE HfflM Lumber Steamer Colwell Wrecked and Only One Man Saved. HIS DESPERATE FIGHT FOR LIFE. Captain of the Wrecked Vemel Picked Vp at Sea? Clung to Wreckage For Twenty-two Hoar*?The Crew Were Drowned?Difficult Rescue of the Sole Hurrlror?Veatel Split Amidships. Chablestok. 8. C. (Special).?Tho steamship George L. Colwell, bound from Fernandlna, Fla., to New York City, with 800,000 feet of lumber and a crew of twelve men, was wrecked In the hurrloane twenty miles north of Charleston. Captain John H. Gasltlll was the only man to escape. He was brought to Charleston, bruised and 111, on the Clyde liner Navaboe, from New York City. He was ploked up fifty miles from Charleston, after having drifted for twenty-two hours on a raft of lumber. Seven members of the crew were lost when the steamer was split amidships by the storm and Ave others were drowned ashort time later. When the Colwell left Fernandlna tne winds were light and variable. On Monday mornlDg, however, the storm broke and continued to grow in fury. The squall was heavy and Cupta'n Gaaklll tried to make for Lookout.Ll?ht, but lost his bearings. There was a cross sea and the ship could not bo managed. At 4 p. m. on Monday the engines were choked and the pumps refused to work. A. drag cornucopia and then a forty-fathom anchor failed to hold the vessel and sbe surged and wallowed In the trough of the sea. The gangs at the buckets could do nothing. While working to 3ave the ship a high s?a came rushing down, sweeping rbe deck load, smokestack and cablD, and drowning seven members of crew. A moment later the vessel was smashed in two amidships and the men left were tossed into the water. They made frantio efforts to gain places of safety on the.wreckage. Captain Gasklll, seeing no others, got on a bit of driftwood and hugged it. He was knocked off, however, and bruised by a driving stack of lumber, though be swam for other rafts and fought desperately for a hold. Time after time he was washed off, to And another raft. For twonty-two hours he struggled with the sea. He got oold and weak and had given up all hope of rescue wheu he was found by the Navahoe and picked up. Oaptaln Gasklll Is unable to give the names of all the crew. Those he remembers were William Murray, chief engineer: Christopher Rockfeller, assistant engineer; William McKenzle, steward; Charles Oliver, second mate and Nielson, first mate. The crew shipped from New York City. The wife of Captain Gasklll resides at Hoboken, N.J. The Navaboe oame up to the wreckage of the Colwell and Captain Staples told the men on the lookout to watoh for survivors.' In ten minutes Gasklll was found with the glass. S^The Navahoe steamed near and n small Font was sent out to piok him up. The storm was wua ana rougo. iuo amuii boat was palled from the steamer, bat It was caught and dashed hard against the Iron sides of the vessel. The boat was smashed and life lines were thrown the orew. After this tbe Navahoo steamed nearer to Gasklll and ne was taken In with lines. He is 111 and weak, but not in a dangerous condition. No other signs of life ooald be found around tbe wreckage, The-Navahoe had a hard voyage, but weathered the gale without loss or damage. CaptalD Qaslclll was caught In the August hurricane, but managed to escape harm. The George L. Colwell was built at Bay City, Mich., in 1880. She was 154 feet long and measured 447 tons. She carried 330,000 feet of yellow pine In her hold and on deck. Her crew consisted of Captain Gasklll, two ! mates, two engineers, two stokers and six deckhands. THE PARTITION OF SAMOA. Dual Control to Beplace Tripartite Arrangement. Washington. D. O. (8peclal).?The negotiations for the partition of the Samoan Islands are going on rapidly and officials Kft aHunrtaail If fho final liOi D VTUUIU UUb VO OVfc|/?l0Wi ?* ?uw agreement is reached in the near future. The discussion which is going on inLondon, with the co-operation of the autborl. ties here and In Berlin, has brought out certain essential features on which all three Powers?Great Britain, Germany and the United States?appear to be agreed. At 1 the outset it is said that tbe determination was reached that tbe tripartite govern* 1 ment of tbe group should come to an end, and not more than two powers, and preferably one, should govern the islands. It I seems to be accepted generally that the United States would be one of the two i powers to be represented, and tbat the island of Tutuila, on which tbe harbor of | Pago-Pago is, naturally would fall to tbe ( lot of the United States. It is understood i that the British authorities fully coincided with this view, and that while the Ger- < mans seemed to regard It favorably It was left open for more mature approval by the Berlin authorities. In conceding this island and harbor to the United States aooount was taken of the faat that if an agreement was reached on 1 * .mi 1j nniu/i i loat point It Still wuuitt UO iui mo uuuou States Senate to Rive its approval to tb? irrangement. One ot the remaining Isl- 1 ?nds, Upolu, Is of much value, while the 1 other, Savall, Is praotlcally valueless. STRENGTH OF OTIS'5 ARMY. I The Philippine Corps Will Nambn 65,735 by December 1. WASHtMOTos, D. 0.?The annual report of Adjutant-General Corbln to the Seoreiary of War was made public. Oeneral Corbln sums up the military 1 forces now in the service of the United States at: Regular army, 61,586; volunteers, >4,574; total, 99,160. fha Hlat-rlTinHon nf tlinan trnons. an to Ootober 1 last, was as follows: "la the | United States, 34,223; Porto Rico, S3G3; , Cuba, 11,197; Phlllpplues, 32,315; on route to tho Philippines, 17,099; Alaska, 499; Hawal- , Ian Islands, 460. General Oorblnadda tho following to this summary: "It la expected th?t by Decembor 1 next all the fnfantry roglments, United States volunteers, shown ns nbovo in tho United 1 States, will have sailed for the Philippine Islands. These, with the troops now there, will give a total strength of 65,725 'j men." Ma le Insane by CroM-Qneittnning. Mrs. Eflle Ray, tho mollior of llvo small children, was arrnlgned la a minor court at Whoellng, W. Va., a fow days ago es defendant lu a case Involving a rtelg'Vn^ hood quarrel of but little Importunes. A severe crows-questioning Is said to have ro preyod upon hor uilnd that It boeam-i deranffoil. Sho was taken to tho county Jail, a violent rn.inlac. Sho h.id attouipi-id to cnoke hor baby, an Infant of but u few | months of ago, i.nd ropentodly ondeivorod | to got out of lior room and go to tbe .-Ivor, ; evidently with tlio Intention of committing j Eulcldo. I l Noway I2i?ama;r?. < Rev. Edward Lyon Berthon, the Inventor of collapsible bonts, Is dead. It Is said that tbero aro 30,000,003 starving people In Iudia. ; Grip, of a milder form than last year, Is , bpldemlo In Berlin, Oormauy. I The Gorman War Ofllco is experimenting i on a large scale with ltusalan frozen por!;, mutton and beef. , ' The Gaulois, of Pari*, says twonty geabrnls will shortly bo retired on the grouid of age and infirmity. . A long distance telephone llae has been opened between ClileiiKO and DalUi, Toxaj. i The teats hare been very satisfactory. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. WMhlncton Item*. President McKInley appointed Colonel Metcalfe, who succeeded General Fudxioo In command of the Twentieth Kansas Volunteers, a Brigadier-General of volunteers by brevet for gallantry In action at the Iuinga Blver. The report of General George W. Davis, Military Governor of Porto BIco, was made public. Captain M. N. Dyer, who was selected to succeed Renr-Adralral Cromwell as com* mnndant of tbe Havana naval station, has asked to be excused from excepting the appointment. His request is based on ill health. Bis wish was acceded to. Georire Bartle, the oldest cleric in the State Department and "Keeper of the Greal Seal," is dead. The burial of General Guy V. Henry took place ut Arlington. The President and several members of the Cabinet were present. The Bureau of Naral Intelligence has made public a document containing the findings of the Spanish court in the proceedings relating to the capitulation of Santiago. Generat Shatter has reported to the War Department that stories that men of the Forty-sixth Regiment were compelled to beg for food on their journey to San FranOTA*.* visuv noio laiou. Professor Worcester, of the Philippine Commission, calls stories of American soldiers' inhumanity ineredible falsehoods. The State Department has been informed by Minister Bridgraan at La Paz that Pundo was elected President of Bolivia. Charles D. Slgsbee, of the battleship Texas, which has been ordered out of commission, has been assigned to duty as Chief of the Office of Naval Intelligence. Mr. Sewell has Informed the State Department that H. E. Cooper, nt present Attorney-General of Hawaii, has been appointed Minister of Finance ad interim. Our Adopted Islands. Filipino insur?ent? are reported greatly demoralized by General Young's rapid advance northward in Luzon; on Negrbs Island conditions are reported more peaceful than in twenty years. Governor-General Brooke at Havana ha> received u petition, signed by a number ol tuunu mriiiois. ai^ia^ piukcuvivu c?*aiua* American corn. James Anderson King, Minister of'the Interior of the Hawaiian Islands, dlea ol apoplexy while bathing. The Hawaiian Islands are having trouble from the influx of Chinese. Many of the immigrants are seeking admittance to tho United States via Honolulu. The object of General Otis's next campaign would be, It is said, to gain possession of the entlte line of the railroad. General Otis has informed the insurgentt that no negotiations are neoessarv over the release of Spanish prisoners who are HI. They will be gladly welcomed at the American lines and cared for. General J Davis, Military-Governor of Porto Rico, reports that the natives will never be capable of self-government. Slavery In the Philippines is to be abolished as soon as the military situation will justify It. A commission will be sent to Rome by the Insurgent Filipino Congress to complain o) the friars la the Philippines. DoinMtie. Tbi United States transport City of Posbla arrived at San Francisco, twentyseven days from Manila, bearing sick and discharged soldiers. Sevfen enlisted men died on the way. The new battleship Kentucky bad a trial trip outside the Virginia Capes, in a strong wind and heavy sea, and withstood all teats In a satisfactory manner. The new Russian cruiser Varlag was launched with religions ceremonies at Cramps' shipyard, In Philadelphia. Mrs. Elizabeth Ktdwell, of Alexandria, Va., whose age was fully 100, Is dead. She vividly recalled the advance of the British on Washlngttj in 1812. The Georgia House has rejected a bill prohibiting the use of railroad passes by State officials. George Hermans, a farmer of North Stepbentown, N. Y., want to the home of Mrs. Rhoda Horton, also of Stepbentown. An argument ensued between Hermans, Mrs. Horton and her daughter, Eliza Jane, and Anally Hermans shot both women, killing tbem. Hermans then shot himself twice, bat will live. Jealousy is the cause of the crime. Hermans has a wife and six ohildren. R. B. Jennings, Treasurer of .the Broad way cable line of St. Louis. Mo., whs robbed while on a car in that city of 61043 In cash and $18,750 In ohecks. The thieves escaped. Former County Treasurer Frank F. Parker, of Nevada, Mo., found guilty of embezzlement of t28,000 of oountv funds, baa been sentenced to three years and six months in the penitentiary. In a fight at Providence, R. I., William H. Walls killed Edward Patterson, a relative whom he was visiting. Patterson was shoked to death. Both men had been drinking. % Ottmar Mergenthaler, the inventor of the linotype typesetting maohlne, died of consumption in Baltimore. He was born In Germany on May 10,1854. An elevator at the Lowell bleacbery in Lowell. Mass., fell a few days ago, killing John O'Brien and seriously injuring R. J. Gargan and Edward McCloughry. A squad of 100 sailors and marine's left Boston bound for New York City, their ultimate destination being the Philippine Islands. The marines, flfty-six in numher. will be taken to Cavlce on the United States ship Baffalo. The sailors will go dl root frerland to sun Francisco. ?11 Hall, one of the founders of the Greeley colony, died at Greeley, Col. He went across the plains with Horaee Greeley In 1870. He was born In Erie County, N. Y., In 18JI2. Cheirles Nelson, Richard Stone, and Alvln Forsterlson were killed by~an explosion of dynamite in the Cundy Mine at Iron Mountain, Midi. The accident was caused by carelessness. 8uocessful tests of Mnrconl's Wireless telegraph have been made between the warships New York and Massachusetts. Foreign. The British losses up to but not including the disaster at Ladystnlth in South ifrlca were nearly 1,000 men. \ boiler explosion at the steel work* of Southern A Richardson, at Sheffield, England, killed four and Injured twenty per 5 UU3. | The telegraph lines to Bogota, capital of Colombia, have been Cut by the Insurgents. The Columbian Government has dlspcitcbed an army corps against thn insurfonts'In the departments of Bolivia an( Santander. Count d'Almenas, In the Spanish Senate at Madrid, said three Islands north o: Luson were not included In cession to us The VosMsche Zeitung of Berlin says 11 understands that Oreat Britain ha< offeree Germany the Gilbert Islands and the British portion of the Solomon Islands in re turn for a renunciation of German}'; claims in Samoa. A native revolt has broken out at Jen Hualh-Slen, Provinceof Kuei-Chow, China The Exchange Telegraph Company, o.' London, has a dispatch from Allnbabac taying that the famine expenditure ha; jompellad the Indian Government to suspend telegraphic transfers and restrict Council bills, The Patrle of Paris r?r>orts an attack on he French troops >;y Chinese regulars at 2uan-Ciiau-\Vau, Southern China. Another revolution broke ou? in Vene zuela, with General Hernandez at Its head General Castro has the support of th Liberals. The death of General Symons from th? wound reoelved at the battle of Glencoe, lc I tfatal, was announced in the House oi I Commons, London. , A oave-In occurred ia the San Pablo mine near Gavllanes, Mexico, and caused th> death of flvo miners. Ten other workmet were badly injured. The Eighteenth Hussars, who chased tbi Doers after tbe buttle at Glenooe, art now prisoners at Pretoria, South Afrloai Bepubljo. . i h S - .V-:-. >'i JSfct ' FlLlPH8IETDIBit| The Americans Victorious in Two>:3 Sharp Encounters. |*i| REBELS HOLD SPANISrf PRISONERS 3 The Enemy Lose* a Cmlrjr leader, Tool 'yi Offlceri and Several Gun*? In?ar*?Btt' ygffl Refaie to Sarrender Their Cipttra* > Lieutenant oil more a Prisoner at ]Sia? ffat?Agalnaldo Hat Ann* aad SappliM || Maxila. (By Cable).?Three compnntwof, * V? Colonel Ball's regiment have had two eneounters with the Insurgents near Labam tnd soattered them. The insurgents left (our officers dead oa the Held and eight t A men, and the Americans captured three prisoners and several gnns. Oa the Amerl- :'"l can side one man was killed and two oV ; fleers and six men were wonn ded. Oaptatn French took a reconnoitring party beyond Labam after he had met the '"*A enemy and was reinforced by Major Bishop '"^ with two companies. The lnsaxgentr.J-$|| brought up cavalry reinforcements and there was a second fl?ht, daring which ^ their leader, Major Salvador, was killed/ and many were wounded and oarrled away. VColonel Bell bus a free hand aronnd WA Bacolor. He has sixty mounted men >/S Hcnurlncr th? snnntrv dnilv. anil thftv killing many Filipino!) In skirmishes. < ,>.'1 The gunboat Laguna de Bay dispersed a force of rebels who were engaged In con- \;V3 strootlng trenches beyond Sauta Bosa. The v boat was fired upon* by a party of insur* v: % gents bearing a white flag. She is now . V/ aground. -\r Numbers of Oblnese are coming to (teles from Tarlap, paying the insurgeat*>jr? for tho privilege. There are about fire hundred Insurgents ^ before Angeles. Two thousand rebels axe at Bambatf, five miles to the north. General Bates has been recalled* from San Fernando, and ordered to sail for thl southern lslanii&as soon as possible. -; *jl Major Ballance's battalion of the Twenty^ -a second Infantry entered Onbanatuan, meet"* 'm lng with no resistance. The natives wel- \im corned the Americans, shouting "Tlva los -i? Americanos." The insurgent troops had $8 fled to the mountains. The Spanish Commission'which entered the insurgent linns a month ago with ?-js money to relieve the wants of several 'Si ^??<I flAAnlak " J luuuoauu uixiivcwjr auu with upauiau j/*.w * oners returned to Angeles. Trie Commit sioners report that they spent mose of thi -J-jj time In Tarlao and vicinity, where thew - 2 are some two hundred sick Spaniard* la the hospital. The Filipinos Hi treat and 111 feed them, refusing to surrender them, $ as well as the other Spanish prisoners. In the hope of compelling Spain to recognise ;r; the Independence of the Islands. There are fourteen American prisoners, rz< the Commissioners say, at Tarlao. all of whom are well treated. Lieutenant J. 0. a .GUImore, of .the United States sruuboat Ybrktown, who fell into the bands-of the insurgents at Ualer, on the east ooast 01 V Luzon, last April, where the Yorktown bad : ? gone on a special mission to relieve the ' Spanish garrison,^is at Blngat. - * Agulnaldo Is said to be well supplied wltb -jjf arms aiiu uuaiuuuiuii, uuu uo uauio bvgy* plenty ot rice from the northern provinces. I With the Spanish Commissioners came a ' .1 large nam berof Women and children, bring- I ing a wagon traia load of baggage. These J are the families ot eight prominent officec*/*.'] of the Filipino army, who recently applied J to General Oils for permission to send I their families to Manila. j FRIAR9 DRIVE* FROM GUAM". j They Were Opposing the BeCorms Iotro* \ dao^d br Governor Leary. Washikotow, D. G. (Special).?The Navy Department has received a report from Captain Leary, the Governor of the Islana ' ii of Guanl, in the Ladronea, which has ex* olted a good deal of interest among th? $3 ofBolals to whom It has been exhibited. ; : Captain Leary soon learned that his anthorlty as Goveroor was being subverted, and every.one of the measures of reform S which hfl' proposed was being defeated by the hostile Influence of the friars. After exhausting all other means to overcome this influence, Captain Leary1 '^3 reports that he was obliged to notify bal{ a dozen of the friars that they might have free transportation away from Guam, ana he should expect them to avail tbemselve* VvS of the offer. That left but one friar on tfcq Island, and he was a man whose character and reputation were such as to oonvinod' Captain Leary of his fitness to remain. ? Word has been received here of the " > further extension of olvll administration lot the towns adjacent to Manila. These luJ :i3 elude Paslg, Tagulg and Pateros, where) -3s elections have been held under the direo-l ; V) tlon of the military officials, in-order tose-? ' <? cure a full quota of pativ* officers to carry - on the civil affairs or tue towns. , DEWEY TO BE MARRIED. J| The Admiral Announce* pissE?m:?meat ' - to Kn. William B. Hasen. Washixqtox, D. C. (Speolal).?Admiral ;?4j Dewey has announced to a few friends his . engagement to Mrs. W. B. Hazen, wldow( :\ of General Hazen, formerly chief signal of* fleers of the army. He riled about ten years ago. She is the daughter of Mrs. Washington McLean and sister of Jobn B. MoLo^n, Demooratic candidate for Governor of 0 bio. Mrs. Hazen has no children, and since her husband's death has made her home . with her mother, She Is a woman of large means, about forty years of age, and la popular in tbe social otroles of Washing* ton. The date for the wedding has not > been fixed. ' y'-fi Mrs. Hazen is in mourning for, her only son, whose death by a (all from bis horse about eighteen months fcince, plunged the ; A 4" ahhaw VAnncp Havan was lamiljr IU UOVj/ *w?u0 ??? n?? f- 7 bis mother's Idol, and It was (eared the shock would kill her. Since then she has lived very quietly, dividing her time be-, tween Washington and her country plao? in the subuAs. She owns the handsome residence on K street, recently vacated by Secretary . one of the handsomest o( West Eai realdences. ' ' -V. ^ 1 1 * Havana's Civil Governor Removed. Blus Rivera, Civil Goveruor of Havana,' _ was relieved from the duties of bis office a "i few days ago after refusing to resign. Kmillo Nunez has been appointed to succeed him. Neither Governor-General Brooke nor SAnor Bi vera will talk about th? matter, but from other sources 'It was learned that Sedor Bivera was a persistent: obstructionist ever since his appointment. He critlolsed Brigadier-General Ludlow ?J muHa hlmuir HluffMMhU nUU ftUC*V?V MIIMWVt* --j to the Government. 100 Fine For ? Common Seold. Mrs. Elizabeth Hennlng, a resident oi Oarlstadt, N. J., coavioted of being a common scold, was fined $100 by Judge Za> brlskle. In passing sentence the Judgt said: "If you ever come before me again on this same complaint you will not get ofl with a fine." Witnesses testified that foi three years the defendant had continued to annoy her neighbors by swearing at ; them from her front stoop and back yard. .. Accused of Murdering Hit Wife* r J. D.Sargent, of Maoblas, Me., wasar* rested in Wyoming on a cliarge or murdering bis wifo. lirlsrxdler-Ueneral llenry Dead. Brigadier-General Guy Vernor Henry, U. ^ S. A., who until recently waj Milltary-Gorernor of the Island ot Porto Rico, died at bis iiome in New Yorlc City. Pneumonia was the cause of bis death. General Henry's brevets for distinguished service la the regular army were many. General Henry is survived by bis wife, three sons andono daughter, Mrs. James W. Benton. One of the sons, Major Guy V. Henry, Jr., is in Iloilo. He was graduated from West Point in 1898, and lsnpw Major of the Twenty* sixth Infantry. Bocri on Kbodaili'i Border. The Bo?ra are concentrating strongly oa the border o! ^Ijodwia. .. tsi