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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
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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:
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"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.
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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. ? ,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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naldo, when the troops nte And rested.)
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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Six hundred ore shovellers went on 1
strike at Oonneaut, Ohio, for Inoreased
wages and th? removal ot improved ma* I
chlnery. *
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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.
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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.
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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.