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HETHUEN IS DRIVEN BACK Fails in an Attack on the Boers and Suffers Heavy Loss. BET IRES TO HIS FORMER POSITION Kneiny Successfully Defends a Strong Position Beyond the Modeler RiverBritish Infantry Attack Follows a Heavy Artillery Fire, But Both Ara Ineffective?Boers Louses Also Large London (By Cable).?General Methuen Las met with a reverse beyond the Modder ?*- *T? iU. T?aa. MAalfUn of AIVCI. AlO 3UOHCU LUC XJKJKJL pv/OUivu ui ' . Magersfontein on Sunday and early on Monday morning began an infantry attack wbloh failed completely. The British force suffered severe losses, but held tht advancod ground until Tuesday morning when General Methuen retired to hl.? former position. The War Offlco has received the following dispatoh from hint dated at Modd er River: ~ T^X "Aa the Boers occupied the trenches trftnclv this mornintr. I retired Ii perfect order here, where I am it security. I gather from prisoners and from Boers speaking to ambulance met that their losses were terrible, some corp: being quite wiped out. They hare been most kind to my wounded." It is estimated that Lord Methuen's forces amounted to 11,000 men, and perhaps to more. Among tbo British klllec was General Wauchope, who died leading his troops. Tbe British casualties also included the Marquis of Winchester, Major of the Second Battalion Coldstream Guards, who was killed, and Colonel Downham, of the First Battalion Gordon Highlanders, who wa9 mortally wounded. Among the wounded were Lieutenant-Colonel A. D. Codrlngton and Captain Sterling, of the Coldstrean: Guards. The War office has received tbe following dlspatoh from General Methuen, dated Tuesday: "Our artillery shelled a very strong position neld by the enemy in a long, high kopje from 4 until dusk Su nday. It rained hard lost night. Tbe Highland Brigade attacked at daybreak Monday the south end of the kopje. The attaok was properly timed, but failed. The Guards were ordered to protect the Highlanders' right and rear. The cavalry and mounted infantry, with a howitzer artillery battery, attacked the enemy on tbe left and the Ouards on the right, supported by field artillery and howitzer artillery. "They shelled the position from daybreak, and at 1.15 I sent the Gordons to rapport the Highland Brigade. The troops held their own In front of the enemy's intrench meats until dusk, the position extending, including the kopje, for a distance of six miles toward the Moddei -River. I, to-day, am holding my. position and intrenching myself. I had to face at Ifcast 12,000 men. Our loss was great." The position Lord Methuen assaulted is thus desorlbed by a correspondent: "Magersfonteln Range terminates on tbe ast with an abrupt saddle rook, some 160 feet high. Bogr intrenchments run around the whole front. Tbe position is some two miles long, due east and west. The western ends of the trenches follow the contour of the kopjes and afford a retreat." The Dally Mail's correspondent says that <1 rnk nn fha TTIffhltnHAni at 200 yards caused in a single minute the larger part of the fearful British l038. He adds: "Sturtled and overwhelmed the brigade retired quickly, but rallied aud retained their position." The Guards, who crossed tbe open veldt against the trenches on the right, fought an invisible foe for fifteen hours. According to another telegram the Boers had trenches on the level veldt far beyond the foothills. These were hidden by screens of leaves. Some trenches between these ,.and the hills were guarded with barbed - wire, the enemy evidently fearing a bayonet attack. The Boers nsed only one gun until sunset, when a few rounds were fired from lour guns. Prisoners say that one of the lyddite ?h?ltn fall no forty men. and that only five escaped unhurt. . Other shells burst fa the laager, completely destroying it. Tbe Boers are said to have oataumbered the British almost three to one. A dispatch from Cape Towa states that twenty-seven wounded officers and 266 wounded men have arrived at Orange Blver from Sfodder River. FOUR KILLED IN A WRECK. Passenger Train Dashes Into a Coal Train on the Jersey Central. Allmttowx, Penn. (8peclal).?Passenger train No. 18 on the Lehigh and Susquehanna division of the Central Batlroad of New Jersey, while running at a rate of a mile a minute, crashed Into a coal train running ahead at Triecbiers, a small station twelve miles north of this olty. Four persons were killed: Engineer Yeamans, of Easton; W. H. Smith, fireman, Easton; Thomas Heath, Easton, baggagemaster, all belonging to the passenger train orew, and George Hanna of Bergen, N. J., Af ?n?1 fr?ln Tha inlnred urn George Shlpton and John Graham, brake-. men of the ooal train. k ' sThe baggage car and smoker caught Are. \ The accident occurred at % sharp curve. \ So far as is known the flagman followed hla \ Instructions. \ Allan Ketorned to the itonate. i \ Governor Poynter, of Nebraska, has ap ,\oluted former Senator Allen to fill tht Senatorial vaoanoy caused by the death ol theklate Senator Hayward. VhIAo Squadron of Evolution. The\battleship Iowa and the cruiser Philadelphia sailed in oompany a few days ago froonjios Angeles, Cal., for Uagdalena Bay, Lower California, where they will be joined br \Jhe cruiser Marbiehead. The '?- ?Trill irnmnnsfl a soaadron of I ii rue? iojwci# ? ? 1 evolution to tankage in winter exeroUes In tbe Pacific under oemmand of Bear-Admiral Albert KautV who has raised his flag on the Philadelphia. Extra Session or OUlclilffan L?fliUtor?. Governor Pinsjree, of Michigan, has sent oat a call for an extra session of the Leg" islature. Boer-Brltl?h War Note*. Count Deville Leblols, a oolonel in the Frenoh army, has joined tbe Transvaal forces as an authorised military attache. --1 There is one case 01 uuxao OiU&UUM m\ Frere Camp, Natal. Every effort will be made to prevent the spread of the disease. The Orange Free State has proclaimed the annexation of Dordrecht, about fifty miles north of Queenstown, Cape Colony. Comfortable wood and Iron houses HaTe been ereoted at Waterfall, u few miles Irom Pretoria, for the rank and file of the Brhlsfi prisoners. Coolies to the number of 234, whom General White refused to receive at Ladysmlth, arrlTedtat Frere Camp, Natal, la a starring condition. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Washington Items. An effort is to be made in Congress to pass a bill requiring publication of the pension roil. Attorney-General Griggs rules tbat the abolishment of free delivery through reduction of gross receipts Is compulsory. Secretary Long has had prepared the draft of a bill abolishing the Bureaus of Construction and Repair, Equipment and Steam Engineering, and assigning tbelr functions to a single new bureau to be called the Bureau of Ships. At a session of the Cabinet a form of government for Porto Rico was discussed. It is believed that the President and the Secretaries favor the form used In Louisiana in 1803. United States Consul Ruffin, at Asuncion, Paraguay, has informed th<* 8tate Depart- i ment that the Paraguan Government so- | llcited bids for printing $15,000,000 in paper j money. Tbe terms of the reciprocity treaties negotiated last summer between the United States and France and the United States and Great Britain have been made public. John Wanamaker, before the Industrial Commission, declared that department stores are benefloial to society. Congress will not extend the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission at this session. The Senate confirmed the nomination of Ellhu Root to be Secretary of War. A bill was introduced in the Senate by Mr. PenroHe (Penn.) to pension Mrs. Gridley, wife.of the late Captain Grldley, of the Olympia, at $100 per month. Our Adopted Islands. Th? Lepanto province, Philippine Isl ands, has been cleared of insurgents. The I navy co-operated with the army on the W6St coast. A circular has been sent to all the judges and flscaU in Cuba ordering them to announce that in the future any attempt at lynching or raitrder by an individual or a crowd, will be severely punished. Over 3000 Spanish prisoners have been released in the Philippines in the past . month. All important nnd threatened centres of population in the far north of Luzon have been occupied by American troops. Moran, a sailor on board the Indiana, who has been in jail at Havana. Cuba, for a year, was placed on trial and acquitted, the judges deciding that there was no case against him. Funds are still needed for the assistance of tbo3e who were rendered homeless by the floods In Porto Rico la9t summer. Near Baliuair. P. 1.. a force of 100 insur gents attacked a wagon train, escorted by thirty men of the Sixteenth Infantry. A sharp engagement followed. The Filipinos lo9t eighteen in killed and nine In captured. President McKinley'8 message to Congress ban been received by Cubans of all classes with much satisfaction. There has been a mutiny of native police in one of the towns of the island of Negros, P. I. An American officer was killed. OoillMtlC. Wild blowing forty miles an hour drifted snow in Wisconsin so deeply U3 to block railroads. Chief-Justice John A. Peters, of the Slaine Supreme Court, sent hl9 resignation tq Governor Powers to take effect on Jmuary 1. He was appointed Chlef-Juatice la September, 1893. ; ? ' Julia Brennan and Kate Brady were found guilty at Baltimore, lid., of the murder of Joseph Burns, a twenty-one months old child, by placing him on a red hot stove and each sentenced to ten years' im prlsonment. John Matthew?, assistant draw tender' at the AlbaDy street bridge, New Brunswick, N. J., was stricken with paralysis as he was assisting to pot up the iron lever key with which the draw is opened. He fell ana the lever, weighing over 300 pounds, landed on his skull, crushing it. Two bloodhounds have been purchased by Canton, Ohio, to assist the police in running down criminals. Frederick S. Slater, of Newark, N. J., was shot and fatallv hurt in Madison ' Square Garden, New York City, by Walter Rosser. They had quarreled over a bet on the bicycle race. George Bussell.son of Commodore Edward Bu*sell, was found dead in his room at Red Bank, N. J., by his father. He had been asphyxiated by illuminating gas. He was twenty-live years old. Robbers opened tbe safe in the office o the Pacific Express Company at Cheyenne, ' Wyo.. and secured a sum variously estimated at from 4 10,000 to $25,000. There Is 1 no clue to the thieres. Naval Cadet W. P. Giles, formerly of the United 8tates battleship Oregon, died at I Fort Worth, Texas. He contracted con- | sumption on the famous trip of the Ore- ' (ton around Cape Horn to take part In the battle of Santiago. He wa5 a native of Hill County, Texas. A duel was fought at Qreenvllle, Miss., which resulted In the instant death of J. C. Connerly, a lawyer of Lake Village, Ark., and Alfred B. Dunoan, who lived near Sunnyslde, Ark. The tragedy is said to have been the result of a business misunderstanding. General Joubert, the commander of the Boer forces investing Ladysmlth, who is indisposed, arrived at Volksrust. During his absence Commandant Scnalkburger Is In supreme command. Volksrust is 119 miles north of Ladysmlth. Ireland Is excited by the Lord Lieuten^ r*Annai> fWoll av flUk o UCtloo touivtiu^ wwuuwi v nvnwj from tbe Mayo Magistracy. In public speeches Magistrate O'Kelley had expressed sympathy with the Boers. Tbe Chinese Ambassador to Great Britain has announced that he baa been empowered to remove existing obstaoles to unrestricted trade between his oountry and England, Germany and America. A bill has been introduced Into the Chambers of Deputies at Paris, to foster French Influence In South Amerloa. The Toulon squadron, now at Smyrna, has been ordered to return to I ranee Tbe Northern Squadron has been ordered to provision for three months and be in readiness for eventualities. Foreign. Tbo Peruvian Congress has approved the extradition treaty with the United States Italy's Minister of Foreign Affairs said that his country was not seeking territorial expansion in China. Snow has fallen all over Franoe, and the poor In the cities are suffering (rem the severity of the cold. Count von lJuelow, German Minister of Foreign Affairs, declared in the Reichstag that the new Samoan agreement contained uo secret clauses and entailed no obligations, polttloal or economic, toward Groat Britain or the United States. An attack has been made by Chlneso brigands on n Belgian Mission near Mukden. The band was caught and 300 were beheaded. The mlsslo,n is guarded. Russia and France are oredlted frith having blocked the negotiations (or the proposed Anglo-American line between Haukow and Canton, China. A heavy snowstorm interfered with traffic on the railroads and street-car lines in various parts of England. Skating has commenced and hunting and racing have been suspended. Herr Von Bennlgsen, Governor of the Caroline Islands, which Germany recently purchased from Spain, announces the discovery of coal and gold in the Pellew Group. A dispatch from Cape Town to the Dally Mall of London says: "News that the Chiefs Khama, Linchwe, Bathoen and Seeheil, wicu tueir people, in Decaaaaitland, have risen to attack the Boers seriously complicates the situation. It ii probable that the Basutosand other tribesmen will follow their example." Seizures of American fruit la Germany have begun again, notwithstanding Government experts declare that, on account of climatic differences, the San Jose scale and the Colorado bug cannot spread in Germany. Excursions have been run weekly from Pretoria to Ladysmlth, South Africa, whioh brought numbers of gayly attired Dutch women, who took up points of vantage on the hills and olosely scanned the oroceedincs In the town. ? , "AJ.:..; ,?i .v/vii:, ... J SOBIG BAT TOffOS SEIZED Navy Co-Operatiner With General Grant's Forces in the Philippines. YOUNG'S PURSUIT OF AGUINALDO. TIib Hardship* Endured by the Troop* on the Trail of the Filipino General ?Hospitality of the Igorrotes?In?urgents Drive American Prisoners With Bayonet?New Naval Station. Manila (By Cable).?The advance guard ot General Grant's command, under Major Spence, has arrived at Olangapo, Subig Bay, which place was oocupled with little resistance, the enemy fleeing. Major Spence had an arduous maroh over the mountain trails from Dlnaiupihan. The following day the Baltimore and Oregon and a chartered transport arrived at Olangapo from Manila. The navy was disapponted to find the army in possession of the place, which they had hoped to capture. A detachment of marines, under Captain Myers, ocoupled the navy yard, and will hold and oocupy It as a naval sta,tion. The yard consists of seven new large buildings. Major Spence's command was transported from Olangapo to Subig, Ave miles distant. The enemy was seen deserting Subig as. the troops landeJ, and the place was occupied without resistance. The Americans killed one of the'enemy. Oeneral Orant moves north along the coast and will effect a juncture with the Twenty-flfch Infantry. Colonel Andrew S. Burt, who was reported eight miles from Iba a few days ago. General Orant Is not thfl town* he oceuoiea. No Km nowu?Mft ? ?- r casualties are reported la his command. Dispatches dated Goncepcion, December* 2, from a newspaper correspondent with ^ .1 _ ' A AMERICAN SOLDIER (1 temporary atop In the pursuit of Agul the detachment pursuing Agulnaldo, have Just reached Manila by messenger. General Young was at Condon on November 29, having three troops of the Third Cavalry, Cunningham's scouts and Major Maroh's battalion of the Thirty-third Infantry. The nominal etrength of bis command had been reduced one-third by slolcness. The horses were worn out and handicapped by laolc of shoes. The infantry, after a march of a hundred miles from Ban Jaolnto, were shoeless, and all were living on the country. The troops bad no ammunition except what they carried in their belts. General Young, having then been.without dtimmuntcation with General Lawton'" for tan days, and not knowing the disposition of the otben troops, or whether support was being sent fprward, resolved to keen movlnc. Having received Information that the insurgent Oeneral Tlno, with a thousand men, was somewhere to the north, and that Agalnaldo, with Oeneral Pilar, five women and four hundred soldiers . of the faithful Bulaoan battalion, was In the mountains to the ba6t, General Young decided to divide his force. He prooeeded himself toward Vigan, hoping to attack Oeneral Tino with his handful of men, and to prevent him from joining Asrulnaldo. March and Cunningham started over the mountains toward BRIQADIEB-GENERAL S. B. M. TOUKO.. (lie bat been actively pursulncr Aftuinaldo, the Filipino General, whose urmy has been dispersed by American troops:) Oervantes after Agulualdo, who was reported to have been there on November 29. This column marched for thirteen hours : without food. The Americans found that the Insurgents had impressed the Igorrotes, compelling them to dig trenches and to oon- ! struct pitfalls along the trails. One stream . bad to be forded twelve times in the coarse ; 01 a mue. xaosc iuuucuaivo, ocupiu wioatures, usually pictured as bloodthirsty i savages, oheerfuily turned to undo their own work and aotually went foraglhg (or the Americans. The Ilooos region Is the richest the Amer- < (cans have entered In the northern campaign. The peopfo are prosperous, Intelligent and more than half civilized. They have excellent houses and oarry on flourStatnfordV Oldest Man Dead. The oldest man of 8tamford, Conn., died a few days ago after an Illness of eight months'duration. He was James St. John, ' and was one of the most familiar figures In town. He was born In 1805, and was ninety-four years aod nine months old. He was boru during Thomas Jefferson's administration, and cast his first vote for Andrew Jaokson. He could recall occurrences of the war of 1812 and had lost none of his faculties In old age. A "Slather" In Waahlngton. Washington women are being terrorized by an individual who slashes dresses In the rashtonable shopping districts. Three Boya Drowned Wliil? Skating. Ralph and Clyde Hendricks, brothers, aged thirteen and eleven, respectively, ^nd Albert Shilling, aged fourteen, while Bleating on MoCoy's pond at Oallitzin, Penn., broke through the' Ice and were drowned in sight of a number of young companions. Wgfa Up In New England. The ten per oent. advance in wages recentiy granted has gone into effect in New England cotton mills, employing about 75,000 operatives. The mllla atreotea are la Rhode Island, eastern Connecticut, central and western Massachusetts, and at BAOOjJJIe. ..... ... _ $ 6VA3? - V:; . . ; ;:V. - ' v':. < >: *vs-*rr-'- ; : ::^'V Initios ludustrles. Many of tkatn nre rlob. Several towns received tbe troops with bands and the ringing of ohurcb bulls. Cattle were killed and bou9ea were opened to tbe troops. How much of this display wai sincere and bow much duo to u desire tc propitiate the oonquerors It would be bard to say. Many of tbe natives exhibited notet from Lieutenant Glllmore and other American prisoners in which the recipients were commended to the Americans on the score , ^ V AW/v ~~ i I IOOBBOTE BOWMK.N. | (Philippine natives who have co-operated with American troops against the lnsur? i gents.) ' ? 1 of kindness shown to the witters. There | are twenty-seven Americans with Lleaten* ant QUlmore. Another party of fourteen were taken through Ilocos a week ahead j of Qeneral Young. They were ragged and dirty, and the natives say some of them were urged forward at the point of the bayonet. i POUTS ORDERED OPENED. The President Senilis Important Instructiona to General Otfa. Washington, D. C. (8DecIal).?By the 1 President's direction General Otis has been 1 If PC iHF". V SI I-1 I 1 1 1 ')< 1 / '/A _ - :??J ' ,S ON THE MARCH. naldo, when the troops nte And rested.) , I Instructed to throw open the ports of the Philippines to commerce ns rapidly as he can gurrtoon them with troops no longer , needed for active field operations. It is the belief of the authorities ia 1 Washington that 80,000 men can be spared 1 for garrison duty within a few weeks, | leaving 20,000 effective for such campaigns j as may be necessary In parts of Luzon and the other islands where a show of resist* , . ?0 Wnnrlll- /i K n vnnf ai> mao UUUD, UUlDUjr Ul Mauuih vuuiuv.t^, mwj t contlaue uutll a few lawless band3 are exterminated, and with this number, which constitutes one-bait ot tbe total strength of the Eighth Corps, nearly all tbe ports of the group may have shipping restrictions abolished. Bnlea on Naval Prltei. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The United States Supreme Court bas decided la tbe naval prize money case growing out of tbe capture of tbe Spanish steamer Buena "Ventura during tbe war with Spain that the condemnation of tbe vessel was contrary to tbe terms of the President's proclamation, and ordered tbe proceeds of tbe sale of tbe vessel bo turned over to tbe owners. In the cases of the vessels Pedro and Outdo, also owned by Spaniards, tbe condemnation was affirmed. COMMANDER E. P. WOOD DEAD. i Be Wu la Charge ot the Petrel Daring ' the Battle of Manila Bay. ' Washington, D. 0.' (.Special). ? Com- ] niander Edward Parker Wood, U. S. N., died of typhoid fever at his home in this 1 city. Hu had been seriously 111 for only a 1 ??- TT_ n,? T?irm n'ook. uo was iu \jk vuu * ??* Ligtrthouse Distriot, with his office ia Baltimore, but had been in the babtt of f :oming over to his home ia tbls city ia the svenlngs. It was while commander of the Petrel > that he earned his highest praise of Admiral Dewey and his brother officers. The Petrel is the tiniest of gunboats, and with- ' out protection beyond a steel declc. Be- cause of her light draft, Oommander Wood 1 saw his opportunity to run the Petrel close In shore off the entrance to the harbor, at , Cavlte, during the battle of Manila Bay. The Spanish ships that remained afloat | bad sought shelter under the guns of the forts at Osvlte and Dewey's ships could not ?at at them. The little Pettel, however, steamed boldly Into the harbor entrance, ' sunt the remaining Spanish boats, and ] then paid her respects to the Spanish forts J in such fashion as to silence them. He was detached from tbe Asiatic station December 81,1898, ana returnea.wicn me health broken. Admiral Dewey was very much affeeted by the news of his death. NEW CRAVES FOR MAINE DEAD. Plot Selected In.Arlington Cemetery For Final Keating Place. Wabhikotok, D. C. (Special).?Assistant Secretary ot the Nary Alien has selected a plot In Arlington Cemetery, and on a knoll aot far frbm the section in which the soldiers who died in Cuba and Porto Rico were burled,'a9 the plaoe or burial for the viotlms of the Maine explosion. Tbe site is easily accessible from tbe main road to the cemetery and not far from the dead burled during the Oirll War. ' Arrangements will be made to mark the ( erent with approprlato and lraprasive t ceremonies. t Liberals Lose In Maoltoba. Electiens for the Prorlnclal Legislature held throughout trie province 01 jnanuuua resulted !a the deotlon of twenty-four Conservatives and fourteen Liberals. The Liberal party, under Thomas Greenway's leadership, iias been in power lor many years, and the result is a surprising turnover. The Conservatives have as their leader Hugh John Macdonald, son of the late Sir John Macdonald, ior many years Premier of Canada. i Garmanr W?nt< a Bigger Nutt. Germany's Minister of Foreign Affairs pleaded with the Reichstag at Berlin for a larger navy. # j News of the Tollers. An international congress of miners is to be held In Milwaukee, Wis., next year. 1 There are In France 290,305 industrial establishments employing fewer than four- t teen Dersons. c The United Labor League of Western Pennsylvania has commenced preparations r to celebrate Labor Day, 1900. ( Hallway employes are agitating the es- c tabllshment of co-operative stores. The first start Is to be made in Oblo on January I 1,1900. i * I Six hundred ore shovellers went on 1 strike at Oonneaut, Ohio, for Inoreased wages and th? removal ot improved ma* I chlnery. * < ; ' Wk - ' ' 1 - - ' - .. .r. '.'I* .n 7 w&'W j MANY KILLED IN A MINE. Has fftncpc a nisaQtar in a Shaft at Carbonado, Wash. TbI rty-two Out of tlie SeTenty-ilz Men In the Mine Are Dead?Two lteinarkable Rescue*. Carbonado, Wash. (Special).?The greatest mining accident in the history of coal mining of this State occurred when an explosion took place in Shaft No. 7, of the Carbon Hill coal mines, forty miles east of Tacoma. Thirty-two miners lost their lives. The total number of men in the unfortunate shaft was seventy-sir, of whom forty-four are alive, having escaped or been rescued. The victims were among the best class of miners employed In this State. Most of the men were married and lived with their families in snug cottages at Carbonado, which stands on a hill 900 feet above the entrance to the iniue workings. mi... ...... .1 ?Ka A ln,.r?n. In MttUMAMn JLllO t'QUSO UL IUO UlOUdliOI IS UU&.UUYTU, bat It ia supposed the miners working between the 300 and 600 foot levels broke into the old mine workings, which wer? filled with gA3. The explosion followed as Boon as this outpouring gas cume in contact with the first miner's lump. The theory of Superintendent Davles is that a small pooket of gas was opened, became Ignited, and caused the terrific explosion of dust which resulted In all the damaga and loss of life. The explosion occurred just as the men were preparing to leavo the shaft at noon. Several hours elapsed before efforts could be made to enter the mine. The surviving relatives at once flocked around the shaft, creating a terrible scene with their loud lamentations. Two men were rescued at 6 oVjlock the next morning, after being entombed in tbe mine an niguc. xney are recer ai?rp, a Frenchman, and Michael Kuisb, a Pole. After Knlsh had recovered from the effects of the suffocating black damp, be said: "I was working on the fourth cross- cut when the explosion came. After that I went to sleep, and somebody came and woke me up and took me out of there." That was the total measure of his period of consciousness. He had lain in the cool depth over eighteen hours, and had not the least conception of the passage of time. On the other hand, Merp, tbo Frenchman, had been blindly groping around in the darkness for the most part of the night on his hands and knees, seeking for some avenu? of escape. Governor Rogers wilt conduct a search* ing examination as to the cause of the explosion. He telegraphed State Mine Inspector Ovrens at: Spokane to attend the lnqaeat nod exumlne witnesses. The question of insufficient ventilation of the mine in contravention of State law will be mado the subjeot of a thorough Inquiry. The mines are owned by tho Carbon Hill Coal Company. They gave work to four hundred men, and had an output of three hundred thousand tons annually. They are situated forty miles from Tacoma on the Cascade Division of the Northern Pacific. 'The mines are in a deep ravine through which the Carbon River flows. It Is a glacial river. The mines artf supplied with every appliance for safety. They are largely tunnelled, and the tunnels are sc big that locomotives ran into them. FATAL FIRE IN GLOUCESTER. Two Killed and Many Bnlldfnga Destroyed In the Sporting Section. Gloucesteb, N. J. (Special).?Two hotels* ind several other buildings were destroyed >>y fire here a few days ago. Two person a were burned to death and their bodies wer? found at daylight in the ruins of the bulldog where they bad been asleep. The fire was the most destructive this slty has ever seen. It <>courred in thi iportlng section, not far from the ferry to Philadelphia, and burned over an area oi ialf a block, destroying the Oreen Tree Sotel, tbe Clifton House, the bandD&ll :ourt building attaohed to tbe Oreen Tree Hotel, the stables belonging to the sam< lotel, a dwelling bouse occupied by John Sloholson, and Hargreave's stables. David Young, au old man, and his wife, Elizabeth, lived in a room over Harrreave's stables. They were caught in the Ire and burned to death. The lire threatened for n time to sweep :hrough tbe whole section of tbe city, as' nost of the buildings about it are of wood. Che firemen kept the fire from spreading 'urther than it did only by the hardest fclnd of work. The loss is estimated at 120,000. . Big Fire In An{mta, Ga. Augusta, Qa. (Special).?A few days ago Augusta was swept Dy one ot ine most aisistoas fires that ever visited tbla city, rhe^damage amounted to $500,000. The Arlington Hotel was destroyed. As soon is the fire was discovered guests ot the aotel were awakened nnd all escaped. Chief Boulet seeing that the Augusta department was powerless to handle the fire ilone telegraphed to Savannah for help. GENERAL DEL PILAR KILLED. Seventy Filipinos Fall With Him In a Fight With Major March. Manila (By Cable).?Oeneral Gregorlo del Pilar, commanding Agulnaldo's body-' guard, has been killed by Major Peyton CMarch's battalion of the Thirty-third Infantry In a fight eighteen miles northwest of Cervantes. A Jl A^ A- -Ut.1, /1ANA..1 Aucc?ruiu? i?* r^purto wuiuu uouci ? foang obtained from escnped Spanish prisoners at Vigan several days ago, Majoi Haroh left tlio coast, where he was pursuing Agulnaldo. and encountered General Del Pilar on a fortified trail. They fought for four hour*, during which seventy Fillplnos were killed or< wounded. The American lost was one man killed and six ivosndod. ?>el Pilar was' one of the leaders of the present and of tbeanti-Spanlsh revolution. 9e was a mere youth, and was Deported :o have been graduated from a European mlversity. Professor Schurman met him is a member of the first Peace Commission, ind rated him as remarkably clever. General Grant's expedition has visited Drani and several Western towns, meeting small bands. He killed several of the rebels nnd captured n considerable quantity of munitions of war. The records of the Treasury of the sosailed Filipino Government, together with * quantity of paper money and another Sfordenfeldt, have been found at Manga;arem. Farmer Murdered in Georgia. F. M. Holllday, a farmer living a few nlles from Jefferson, Ga., was murdered a ew days ago. He was sixty-five years of inre and a bachelor. Robbery was the mo lv?. " Eait Orange Now a City. The voters of East Orange, N. J., decided it a special election to change from a ownshlp form of government to that of a :lty. There was practically no opposition, Dhe change in government went into effect >n Saturday at noon. Under the aot of ncorporation the present township offlsials become officers of the city until he annual election next spring. Few shanges In the existing form of government ire made by the adoption of the city act, Siege Train For British Troopi. A siege train has been shipped to South Africa from Southampton, England. Cycllnc Notes. The cheap wheel is not necessarily the >est. All riders who put away their wheels for hA wlnt-nr nhnula fltst urlve them a thor >ugh cleaning. The rational use of tho Dlcycie will do nore to maintain the health and strength >f a person than will almost any other lorm )f exercise. Tbe rider who Is familiar with all the >arts and requirements of his wheel la nore likely to keep his wliool longer than ie who Is not. The faot that bicyole manufaotq rers ex)eot to have more business the coming reason does not Indicate that whoeliug is >n tho decline. BRITISH MEETD8FE1T. General Gatacre Sustains a Serious Reverse at Stormber*. HE MARCHED INTO A BOER TRAP. General Gatacre Say*: "I W?? Milled By th? Guides"?Tried m Night Attack and Fonnd the Enemy Waiting For ' Him?British Forced to Ketreat Thirteen Miles, Under Fire All the Way. Londok (by Cable).?The War Office has received the following dispatch from General Forestler-Walker, at Cape Town: "Gatacre reports: Deeply regret to Inform you that I met with a serious reverse In the attack on Stormberg. I -was misled ts to the enemy's position by tb? guides ind found impracticable ground." It is hardly too muoh to regard General Sataere's repulse near Stormberg as the nost serious defeat British arms have yet lustained In the whole campaign. The official advices received with the report of the disaster show that two men were killed. Bine officers aoji, seventeen men were wounded, and sine: officers and 696 men are missing. . The most 8?rt00A aspeot of tk? affair Is b3eb8 beceivixo ajfmcnmos ok the field. the effect It Is likely to have on the Dutoh la Gape Coldny, vrbo have been wavering as to whether to throw their lot with tho Boers. Hosts of the northern farmers are now likely to join the rebellion. Molteno, Cape Colony (By Cable).?General Gatucre's movement may be termed a reconnolssauce in force. Its object was to ascertain the strength ot the position ol the Boeri, who were strongly intrenched along the Stormberg Rapge. He left Patter's Kraal shortly after noon, with a fighting force slightly over4000 men. Leaving Uolteno at 9 o'clock In the evening, he made a memorable nigbt march toward Stormberg over the roaks and veldt. There was no sound except a steady tramp, and there were no distinguishing lights, the bright moon having gone down about 11.30 o'olock. The oolumn arrived safe within a couple of miles of its destination, the only incidents ol the march being an occasional sudden call of "Haiti" Under the belief, that the Boers were near. Suddenly n terrific Are opened slmultft* neonsly on the British front and right flank. The Boyal Irish Rifles, which formed the ahvance, sought shelter behind a neighboring kopje, And were speedily joined by the remainder of tho column. It was soon fonnd, however, that this position also was covered by Boer guns, which were more powerful than had been supposed. The troops, therefore, sought a safer position abont bait a mile away, two batteries in th? meantime engaging the Boers and covering the troops in their withdrawal. The action now becnmo general at long range, and a detachment of mounted infantry moved northward with a view of Retting on the enemy's right flank. Suddenly a strong commando was seen moving from the north, and the Boyal Irish Rifles and the Northumberland Regiment were seat out to meet it. It was soon discovered, however, that the Boers had machine guns well, placed, and the British were compelled to face a terrible fire. Finding It impossible to hold the position In the face of an enemy apparently superior in position,numbers and artillery, the British retired on Molteno, the Boers following ap the retirement elosely and bringing two big guns to bear on the reretiring column. > BRITISH TAKE BOER GENS. Two Cannon That Hit* Shelled Lady mlth Destroyed. Bohb Head Laaoib, Ladystplth (By Gable).?The British have stormed and' 'eArrleid-the hill at Lombard's Sop, putting a big Creusotgun and one howitzer out of action ana cnpiunng a smau maxim. The British troops made a sortie between I and 2 o'clock in the moraine. They orawled up a ravine and stormed and carried the htll at Lombard's Kop, which was held by the Boors and on which were placed a Creucot gun and a Howitzer. These guns were destroyed with dynamite. The British oaptared a Maxim gun and then rotired. Major Erasmus and Lieutenant Malan will be tried, by court-martial In conneotlon with the loss of the gans. THE LOSS OF THE NIAGARA. Lumber*Laden Steamer Sank In Lake Erl? With All Hands. Buffalo, N. Y. (Special).?It now Is cer. tain that the Canadian steamer Niagara, Captain John MoGlory, foundered abouteight miles east of Long Point, Lake Erie, with all bands, numborlngslxteen persons. Tugs sent out from Port Colborne and from Buffalo to search for the missing steamer bare returnod bringing with tbem quantities of wreckage picked up near where the steamer was supposed to havo gone down. ? Tbe wreckage proves beyond a doubt that tbe Niagara is lost, It consisting of a part of her deck, parts of the cabin, deck beams,- o'her material and a quantity ol shingles markod "Parry Sound," from which port tbe Niagara sailed for Buffalo. The officers of the Niagara were Captain John McGlory, of Port Golborne, Ont.; Mate, Arcble McDonald, of Toronto; First Engineer, Thomas Mills, of Toronto; Sec- , ond Engineer, Duncan MoCauley, of Toronto, and twelve members of tbe orew. The Niagara had a cargo of lumber and hlngles. Dread ot the Dentist Causes Death. Mrs. Edmund Lahey, forty-two years old, the wife of a prominent contractor, of Danbury, Conn., dropped doada few days ago as she wus taking a sent In a dentist's chair, l'ho excitement of tbe visit to the dentist and probably the droad of the ordeal brought on aa attack of heart disease. Senator Martin Named to Succeed nimsell Thomas Staples Martin was nominated by the joint caucus of the Virginia Logis lature to succeed himsoir unicea ocnce; Senntor. He received 103 votes to 27 for Governor 3. Hogo Tylor, his opponent. New*/ Gleaning!. America has 42C colleges. Indiana ranks second In wheat. New York City now consumes 2G5,W0,00C gallons of water a day. Des Moines, Iowa, has a new curfew law which forbids anybody to walk on the trdats after 11 p. m. Plans have bene formed lu Philadelphia for a direct steamship service between American porta and Brazil. Chicago's Board of Education 1j making an investigation which may result in Its entering the book publishing business. The City Surveyor of Birmingham, Eng. land, has recommonded hLs oounoil to pur hoa? a mntnf vnhicla for heaw work. vMHy ? -* # V ^ 'j ' .. '/v BANK ROBBER SHOT DEAD. Watchman in Deep River, Conn^. ^ Kills One of Four Men. riiey Were Xryln* to Get Into tha Sarins* Bank and tha Watchman Fired HI* "Klot Gun." Bezp Biter, Cono.. (Special).?la, atrmmr\? woe ma^a #mt /tatra oaa fA ?aK Deep River Savings Bank. One of the robbers was killed. Four men were seen At 1.15 o'clock by the watebmau, Harry D. '? Tyler, coming down Main street. Ae tb*y ?/? reached the bank one of them came op steps and peered through a wiDdOWAnother of the four went to a side-w^ ,-p.j window near the door opening Into the dl- ..-'NiijJ rectors' room, back of tbe vanlt/wblIej'ihr=wg*H other two went to the window opposite and began prying It up. Looking through the X inner blinds, Tyler saw one man with both hands on a lever under the rasing and one ',<? standing back of him. Holding * revolver in one band, Tyler took aim wltb tils riot ' -1 gun sod Urea. ? The shell contained nine balls. Podg- '.f iSfEX ing oack gainst a wall, Tyler waited t?a mlnate8r but could hear no sound. Approaching tha window, be saw a man Iylnir on bis back with a bole In bis head; - *i charge hating bit him in the eye. An alarm was glren over the te^eahonei but r tgjg It was nearly an hour before nrtp earn* fl and then.Tyier crept oat of the-door across the; street on his bands and knees, fearing that the confederates might be-lit V biding. No traces of them baT? baw. found, although the police were notlffe4i>;'y3M| all through this region to bo on the look' r-^3B| The dead man was apparently about tbir-, JH ty years old, with block hair, inclined ffrtrl ft 1I??U hUrtlf mnrmtanha A* aiAtn^. weight, about fire feet four laheight and *u well drossedin a dark suit. 1 His revolver was found under hha loaded , ' and loose cartridges were in bis pocket. Oq him ware found six twist steel drills. safety fase, dynamite cartridges, soap-for ; , ,; i tamping the charge is, a money ordfet re^-' celpt, No. 1713, insiied at Springfield Mass., December 4; ii fMlver watcb go.ld-plated chain and tl.20 In. money. ?U?.'/A' % ciothes were marked Albany. Aside from* ' j those found on |>ody. the only tools foundr 1 were two new shl|> carpenter's chisels, :,vJ 'eighteen Inches long, uued to pry up the ;v Tbe barking of a dog attraoted Tyler>: attention. It is supposed that the men belonged to a gang working fn this State foe > *A several months. Jimmy Hope trfed rob- ^IXggj bios tbls bank tweuty-one years ago. Eive.^^^n years ago a second attemot was ma&:'.^ftwEI Two men supposed to belong- to tbe srang '' were seen this morning urging a tired &W , horse along the roads In Clinton, toward' 3? VNew Haven. Tbe Deep Elver Bank known as an institution with largo da- J WOOD GOVERNOR OF CUBA. M} Major-General Brooke Bslleved of Couv? ; \ ^ lnand in tho Island. Washisotow, d. ,Oj (Special).?By <ILreei? ^^^| tlon of the President, Major-Oenersi I?eotf? - , i ara nooa, u. a. v., was assigned jommand of the Division of Coba, rellftv- . ^ ; ng Majo^-Generai JohnB. Brooke, C. 8. A.; -.$&} ! General Wood will, In addition to 1Kb da- ' ^ ties u division commander, exercise the <authority of Military Governor of the Isl- ^ major-qesexal leonahd wood, r. 8. v. fa (The President ha> appointed htm Qor^p^^afl i nor of Cuba, relieving Major-Geueral v On oompletlon of the transfer ofoommand General Brooke Is ordered to retnrR-. :>$09 ?ojhts_olty and report to the Adj o General or tne Army for mriaer oraea u; .-vju :be Secretary of War. He will b? accompanted by bis authorized aids/ Id relieving Jfil General Brooke the Secretary of Wards*, -h& ilres to express hla high appreciation of - v' -dra and thanks for the falthrul and efficient 'ltgj service rendered by that officer as Military .fig Governor of Cuba. . A CHILD BEGCARS' COMBINE. ' !',J| Chose la Chicago A?al?ned C*rtUa T?r?. ritory to Each Other. Chicago (8peolal).?The existence of ? ,-p Beggars' trust, whloh regulate* the selling. ; jf chewing gum and m.itohes and the col- ' < leotion o( alms In the down-town office \ oulldlngs In Chicago, was apparently die-; slosedlnthe Juvenile Court a few daya.-^ijgBB Norah Greeley, a twelve-year-old girl, who Dos ror mora tana a joai . _ gam and begged in the Masonic-Temple, frfcogSa Informed JudgeTathlll that she. would not- ><$$$ dare beg In the City Hull or- In any bafId- y Ing except her own because "they',' wouli [. not let her. "Ttiey," she said, were the.: xJ other, little girl* who begged, nnd who ] \ agreed not to Invade *oae another's terrfSOUTH CANNOT GET COAL * ;] Vow Water In the Mlulaaippl mud Ohl* . Causes a Serious State of AflaLrs. New Ohlxaks, La. (Speolal):, ~ Th?)' drought and the consequent low water Is ' fa the Mississippi, besides affeotlng the water V: supply ot New Orleans, is making itsall ; felt In the coal market. The watery so > low In t'bo Mississippi and Oblo that'll ...ja baa been Impossible to send the PlitAbnrg fleet south, and the supply of tbe Pittsburg product on band la only 600,000 barrels Instead o( the asual 5,000,000 barrel* or bait ' a million tons, and there seems to be no ' . chance of any oout barges.getting down >g before the end of January. In confoqitenee . -,?J% of the ooal famine, the prloe hm advanoW fifty percent., from #4 to $6 per ton. , T/^ A ConcTM*tn?n'a 8on'Killed. Albert Gardner, seventeen years old, poo. fl of Congressman John J. Gardner. met a traffic death In Egg Harbor City, N. J. He wa?out bicycle rldiog, and attempted to cross the railroad tracks. A fatt ex- H press train, known as the "Nellie Bly," hit H him and hurled hl9 body aside. The vietlm was Instantly killed. California's Oran;o Crop. A The orange crop of Southern California V is estimated this soasoa at sixteen thou* V sand carloads. Northern California citrus 1 districts will ship seven hundred oars. - 1 Minor mention. .- J Taxes were paid In Berlin in 1893 on 38,- j 953 (fogs. | America bos two leper hospitals?New Orleans ancl San Franolsco. Germany now has n postage stamp ot the value of two pfennigs, or half a cent. It will oost $1,000,000 to perpetuate the '/ Dewey Arch aud coloanado that now stand In Madison Square, New York City. A deficitot $19,000,090 la revenue below expenditure is estimated for IlussIauQov eminent finances for tne present uasai year. . The prodaot of the potato farm* In Detrolt, Mich., in 1899 was 10;430 bushel*, produoed at a cost of about eight oents per & bushel.