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m HI BOER ACTIWTY
British Government Awakening to the
South African Situation.
HUGE ARMY ON THE DEFENSIVE
nvoati Tmnna Arc to Renlace General
Kitchener's Exhausted Men ? British
Lose Over Thirty Killed In Repelling
an Attack on the Camp at MocdxrlU
?Colonel Kekcwich Now Wounded.
London.?"For months past we have
been told," says the Daily Graphic,
"that if the Boi?rs would only abandon
their elusive tactics and come to close
quarters we should see what we
should see. The Boers have taken us
at our word, and the results are certainly
not encouraging."
The chorus of dissatisfaction with
the inertia of the Government is daily
gathering force. Winston Churchill.
M. I*.. speaking in Oldham, described
the situation in South Africa as '"serious
and disquieting." He said the
war could not be ended by proclamations
or threats, but only by vigorous
military operations.
The Daily Mail and the Daily
Chronicle comment upon the fact that
the. huge British army is seemingly
only able to remain on the defensive.
It is believed that the Government
at last ref*ognizes the necessity of
meeting the renewed Boer activity.
Preparations are being made to replace
General Kitchener's exhausted
men by fresh drafts. An order has
been issued making it impossible to
obtain discharge by purchase from
any of the army reserves, sections of
which are being prepared for mobilization.
There is further evidence of the seriousness
of the situation in Cape Colony.
Mocdwill, the scene of the bold
attack by Commandant Delarcy on
Colonel Kekewieh's camp, is seventyfive
miles west of Pretoria and fifteen
west of Itustenburg.
General Kitchener reported that two
officers and thirty-one men have been
killed in an attack ou Colonel Kekewieh's
camp. The Boers, who were
under Commandants Delarey and
Kemp, had fourteen officers and 114
men wounded, after two hours' night
fighting, when the Boers were driven
off. Colonel Kekewich was among the
wounded.
The Boers are reported to have been
1000 strong. General Kitcnener, in
his dispatch, said the British repelled
the attack with great vigor. Colonel
Kekewich was slightly wounded in
two places. He said that all ranks
behaved extremely well.
General Kitchener confirmed th?>
heavy losses of the Boers, about 250
killed and 500 wounded, in their attack
on Fort Itala and Fort Trospect.
He said the guns recently captured at
Vlakfontein have been recovered from
the Boers.
A mixed column under General
Kitchener, the Commander-in-Chief's
brother, has been sent to relieve, presumably.
Natal from Commandant
General Botha's forces. It has reached
Vryheid.
PURSUING TROOPS CARRY PIANOS.
Kitchener Finds Out Why His Column*
Don't Catch Boors.
London. ? Perhaps one of the reasons
that the British, who are so frequently
reported as being in pursuit,
fail to overtake the Boers in South
Africa is found in a remarkable army
order issued by Lord Kitchener, as fol
IV t> o.
"The commaudcr-in-chief in South
Africa desires to impress officers in
command of mobile columns that the
object of such columns is mobility,
and that he has learned that such
forces carry -with them furniture,
kitchen ranges, pianos and harmo
nlums, which nulify that object. These
articles must be handed over to the
nearest stores."
CAVE BIRTH TO QUADRUPLETS.
Same Woman the Mother of Triplets and
Two Pair* of Twins.
Chicago. ? Joseph H. Ormsby, who
for three years has been trying to
solve the problem of perpetual motion,
recently parted from his wife. A few
days ago. at her home, a little frame
cottage, which is used as a grocery
and a dwelling. Mrs. Ormsby became
the mother of three boys and a girl.
The children are small, but perfect
in form and there is an excellent prospect
of their living if they receive the
proper care. Kind neighbors have
taken charge of the household.
Mrs. Ormsby twice has been the
mother of twins and once of triplets.
Three other children were born, making
fourteen in nine years.
S8.100,401 Coined Daring September.
The monthly statement of the Director
of the Mint shows the total coinage
executed in the mints of the United
States during September was $8,160,401,
as follows: Gold, $4,100,177;
silver, $3,899,524; minor coin, $100,700
Great Floods 1c Spain.
Widespread devastation has been
caused by floods in the districts of
San Baudilion and Llobregat, Spain.
Cottages have been swept away and
whole villages are inundated.
Connecticut Doctor Drowned.
Word has been received in Collinsville,
Conn., telling of the drowning
of Dr. E. W. MeClere, of that place, at
Jackman. Me. Dr. MeClere was thirty-five
years old and unmarried.
Easiness Failures For a Week.
Business failures during the past
week, according to R. G. Dun & Co.,
numbered 227 in the United States
and thirty-one in Canada, against 204
in this country and eighteen in Canada
during the corresponding week
last year.
Cermau Forester Kills Two Poachers.
Ten poachers attacked Forestei
ttnvenh in ji fnrpst near Sasran. Ger
niauy. He killed two and wounded
three. The others fled. Kerseli was
slightly wounded.
No Itlume For City of Trenton Disa&ter
At Philadelphia the Coroner's jurj
which investigated the explosion ol
toe port boiler of the steamboat Citj
of Trenton in the Delaware River 01
August 2S, which resulted iu the deatl
of twenty-four persons, was unable t<
charge criminal neglect 011 the part 0]
any of those who constructed the boil
er or those who operated the boat.
Son of Presldeut Krnijer Dead.
Tjaardt Kruger, a sou of the formei
President of the Transvaal, who re
cently surrendered to the British, haj
just died at Pretoria after a short ill
Bess.
1 LAUNCHED AT BATH, ME.
The Cruiser Cleveland Christened
Vnr Mice: RiltVl HaiHia
!
One of the Six Sheathed, Protected Warships
Authorized bj Congress?Largest
Government Venfel Built in Maine.
Bath, Mo.?TJio United States cruiser
1 Cleveland was successfully launched
1 at the yards of the Bath Iron Works.
' in the christening party were Miss
Ituth Hanna, her father. Senator Hanna.
and Senators Frye and Ilale, and
Representative Littlefield. of Maine.
At the stroke of the noon hour Miss
Hanua. with a daintily mounted silver
hatchet, cut the cords, releasing
tne keyshores. As the big craft began
to move she broke a bottle of American
champagne over the bow, christening
the cruiser Cleveland. Whistles
and bells saluted the vessel as she
touched the water. At the conclusion
of the launching a luncheon was
served by the builders.
The Cleveland is one of the six
sueatnea, proiecwu cruisi'is, iut* iuustruction
of which was authorized by
Congress in March. 1891). Iler length
of water line is 207 feet, over all length
.'JOS feet 0 inches, mean draft in normal
condition, 1"> feet 9 inches and
displacement 3200 tons. Her required
speed is 10% knots an hour. Her bottom
is sheathed with hard pine, covered
with copper, as a precaution
against the accumulation of barnacles.
Her engines aggregate 4300 horse
power and her coal capacity is 700
tons. The armament will consist of
a main battery of ten Qve'-iuch guns
and an auxiliary battery of eight sixpounders.
two one-pound guns and four
Colt machine guns. She is the largest
Government vessel ever constructed in
Maine.
SISTER AND. SUITOR KILLED.
Anjrry Brother Murdcru Two With Hatchet
and Pistol.
De Soto. Mo.?William Greeuhill has
made a confession to Prosecuting Attorney
Williams, in which he says that
his brother, Daniel (Jreenhill, killed
their sister, Mrs. Sadie Uren, and her
suitor, John Meloy.
The confession says that the brothers
objected to Meloy's attention to
their sister because he was a sc-pndthrlft
and wanted to marry Mrs. Uren
because she was wealthy.
On the night of the murder Daniel
entered Mrs. Uren's room and found
the woman sitting on Meloy's lap. In
a III UI ruj^t' uiccuum (,iuu..vu .?
hatchet and sunk it first into the skull
of Meloy, after which be brained bis
sister. He tben took a revolver from
Meloy's pockets and fired into the
wounds he had Inflicted with the
hatchet.
After the confession Calip Andrews
was arrested as an accessory aud as a
witness to the murder. The Greenhills
and Andrews are heavily guarded
against any attempt at lynching, the
feeling against them here being intense.
MONTH'S SURPLUS SI2,123,686.
War Department Expenditures Fall O
Almost 88,000,000.
Washington. D. C. ? The monthly
statement of the Government receipts
and expenditures shows that for September
the receipts amounted to
$44,454:422, and the expenditures $32,310,730,
leaving a surplus for the
month of $12,123,080. The.decrease in
expenditures in the War Department
alone is almost $8,000,000. The receipts
by items are given as follows:
Customs, $19,160,613. decrease as
compared with September, 1000. $540,000;
internal revenue, $22,433,053; decrease,
$294,500; miscellaneous, $2.840,755;
increase, $104,380.
The disbursements charged to the
War Department amounted to $0,350,050;
decrease, $7,750,000. Navy, $5.051,041;
increase, $1,000,000. Pensions.
$9,G94,992; decrease, $2,200,000.
The net surplus since July 1 last is
, shown to be $1,300,000.
MANY DEAD IN MINE EXPLOSION.
One Man Saves Himself by Running
Faster Than the Fire.
Victoria, B. C.?Seventeen men are
dead as a result of a tire and explosion
in Extension Mine No. 2, belonging to
the Wellington Colliery Company.
The flames started from a curtain,
?frnru <i minor's lomil
? UiUii mu^ui inc nuui uiiuv.1 ^
In half an hour the whole slope was
on fire. Rescuers reached the place
where the miners had been at work,
but the men had gone. The bad rnn
with the fresh air, instead of against
it, in an attempt to get out by the accustomed
route, thus meeting death
half way. While the rescuers were at
work several explosions occurrcd.
James Thomas, a rope rider, was riding
down the slope, and seeing the fire
coining, jumped off the car and ran.
Two timbermen called to him to follow
them, but he ran on and barely escaped.
The others perished.
OUR TROOPS WERE DECEIVED.
Mascacro Was Due to Misplaccd Confidence
la the Filipinos.
Washington, D. C. ? The following
cablegram was received at the War
Department from General Chaffee:
"Manila ? Adjutant-General, Washington.
With reference to your telegram
of the 30th ultimo, will cable
names of the missing enlisted men as
soon as ascertained.
"The company was rcslied about G
o'clock in the morning by a large body
of boloiaen, about 400. General
Hughes thinks the surprice was due
to the contidencc of the commanding
otSccr in assertions cf friendship from
the natives. Result of the investigation
will be cabled as scon as obtained.
-Chaffee."
Naty NoedB 2000 New Ttlen.
Two thousand enlisted men arc
wanted by the Navy to bring the
strength up to the full limit authorized
by law. The Navy requires many
of these sailor3 this winter in order to
place in commission tho large fleet oi
torpedo-boat destroyers now nearly
completed.
New Companies of Coast Artillery.
Orders will soon be issued by LleuI
tenant-General Miles to provide for
the addition of ten companies of coast
artillery.
Labor TVorJd.
Clio ntoel strike cost $2.">,Cf)0,000.
Over 2,000,000 miuers are required to
' produce the world's supply of coal.
[ The job compositor of to-day occupies
a higher plant- as a cruftsmau
j than he has ever held in the whole
course of hi3 existence.
The strike of velvet shearers at Crefeld,
which had been in progress for
eight weeks, has ended, the men ret
suining work unconditionally.
The condition of women and chill
dren employed in Ohio factories will
be investigated by a special ageut of
the State Labor Commissipn,
STEELTRUST'SBItiSUHPlU
More Than $12,000,000 After Pa
ing the Usual Dividends.
UNINJURED BYTHEGREAT STRIF
Official Statement For the First ?
Months Shows That the Billion Di
lar Combination is in a Far Mo
Prosperous Condition Than Was Su
posed?Daily Earnings 8300,000.
New York City.?Net earnings of tl
United States Steel Corporation for ti
first six months of the company's c
reer, as announced officially, are
9i>4,871. These figures were given o
j after a meeting of the company's c
rectors, at which the usual quarter
dividends were declared on both tl
common and preferred stocks.
Unusual interest was shown 1
Wall Street regarding the probable a
tion of the directors on the matter <
their issuing a statement of oper
tions. All doubts were scattere
however, after the close of the Sto<
Exchange by tlie formal statement <
tlie company's sound position. T1
figures show an enormous busines
which was not injured, apparently, I
the steel strike.
Tresident Schwab tells the story <
the company's operations since Api
last, when the "Billion Dollar" Trui
was launched, in the following figur<
describing the net earnings: Aprl
$7,350,744; May. $9,012,349; June, $C
394,747; July, $9,580,151; August, $?
810,880; September (estimated), $?
200.000; total. 854.954.S71.
The actual financial requirements <
the Steel Trust, which include div
dends at the rate of seven per cen
on the preferred and four per cent, c
the common stock, together with tl
interest on the bends, are $71,021,9C
for a full year. So far this year It ca
be seen the company has earned wit]
In $10,000,000 of this required amoun
During July and August, the montl
when the steel strike was waged tt
fiercest, the earnings of the Stei
Trust did not show any decrease. TIi
closing down of the entire system c
plants of the American Tin Plate Con
pany, half of the mills of the America
Sheet Steel Company, and a large pel
centage of the properties of the Stei
Hoop Company, according to the stat<
ment, was not reflected in the earnin
capacity of the big steel company.
This is explained by the statemer
that the executive management of tb
company was able to distribute th
business which otherwise would hav
been left unhandled among the variou
mills which were unaffected by th
strike.
Probably the most important part o
the official statement is the announc<
ment that large sums are set asid
+r\ tlniA fr\r> fha mninfoTinnp
11 U Ui 11111C IV kllii U JLVTA kUV
fund and for the establishment of
sinking fund. It has been general!
known in Wal Street for some tim
that the company had established
sinking fund, but no one was take:
into the confidence of the corporatio:
regarding its extent. In the statemen
it is announced that $7,059,705 ha
been set aside. After this amount wa
deducted the company charged off th
interest of the bonds, amounting t
$7,600,000, the interest fon half a. yea
on the $305,000,000 five per cent, bond
issued when the company was formet1
The net earnings as stated in th
official announcement represent, there
fore, all the.Junds applicable to div:
dend8 and interest on the bonded in
flebtedness. When these amounts ar
deducted there remains a balance ap
plicable for a surplus or new construc
tion, as the directors may decldt
nmnnntinir to $12,320,742.
When the process of concentratioi
was completed the corporation wa
thrown face to face "with a strike o
immense proportions, which threat
ened the integrity of the consolidatlor
Under these conditions the showini
is considered by the directors most fa
vorable.
POSTAL SERVICE BUDGET.
Far Free Delivery System* Postm&Btei
General Wants 834,995,000.
Washington, D. C.?The official es
tlmates for the fiscal year beginninj
July 1, 1902, which Postmaster-Gee
sral Charles Emory Smith will submi
to Congress at the apening of the sec
elon, call for an aggregate of $G,500,
000 for rural free delivery servic
throughout the country.
Thia is an increase of $2,750,000 ove
the expense of that service for th
current year. The total for the fre
delivery service proper, which is tha
operated in cities is $18,745,000, an ic
crease of nine per cent. The gram
aggregate for the entire postal fre
delivery services, inclusive of both th
free delivery and rural free dellverj
is $24,995,000.
SEYMOUR NAMtLJ (-UK UUVcKNUH,
The Mayor of Newark Nominated by th
New Jersey Democrats.
Trenton, N. J.?James M. Seymoui
now Mayor of Newark, was nomir
ated on the second ballot for Govert
or on the Democratic ticket. The flra
ballot resulted:
Seymour, 488; Farrell, 4SG; Carrot
07; Braun, 91; Mattlne, 21.
As the vote was being announce
Camden tried to chancre its vote b
transferring its Carrow votes to Sej
mour, but it was too late. The takin
of the second ballot followed. Can
den swung into line for Seymoui
Then the changes came so fast hi
nomination was assured long befor
the ballot ended.
Carnegie Helps a Scotch College.
The authorities of the Glasgow
Technical College have received a le
ter from Andrew Carnegie saying tlia
?,iii oivo ?ii9S flflO toward the $250
000 needed to complete the require
fund, $750,000, for the improvemei
of that institution.
Last Payment of McKlnley'a Salary.
Warrants were drawn at the Treai
ury Department in Washington in se
tlement of the salary due Prosidei
McKinley at the time of his Ucatl
The amount was $1SjG.S?>.
Prominent Peopie.
Carrie Nation has declared her ii
tcntiou of residing in New York Cit;
It is said that in the forty years <
" ' *? in'- 2.* r'U?r?/\ Cnnmfo r
IllS DUS1I113SS 1ILU ill \~/iui;u?u wtv.iv,iui
(Jage took only ninety days of vac
tion.
King Edward needs a No. 7 hat; tl
Kaisor is fitted with a 0% size, ar
the Duke of Cornwall wears one mea
uring 0%.
Henry James, the novelist, has spei
the summer in Norway, whither, It
said, he intends taking the people
his next story.
10 WILL OF MR. M'KINLEY
IC
An Estate of Over $225,000 Bey*
qneathed to His Wife.
An Annuity to HJg Siater ? Jodije I>ay
and Secretary Cortelyou Made Admlnlstrators
by Mrs. McKlnley. I
Canton, Ohio. ? Secretary Cortelyoo
, came here to assist Mrs. McKinley in
>L
disposing of matters connected with
the late President's estate. The question
of fiHns the will was taken up.
the trying tnsK or reading it to tne
President's widow being undertaken
by the Secretary.
a Mrs. McKinley made an effort to I
1,. bear up, and succeeded in doiner so, nlu<
though the ordeal was difficult. All
.. legal formalities necessary for her to
subscribe to were disposed of. Judge
lj Day and Mr. Cortelyon went to the !
lit office of the Probate Judge and offered
the will of Mr. McKinley for probate, j
They carried with them the following
written statement: 1
C "I, Ida S. McKinley. widow of Will- <
oj lam McKinley. deceased, hereby de- 1
a cline the administration of his estate,
d and recommend the appointment of )
,j, William R. Day and Georcre B. Cor- j
'o: telyou as administrators with the will 1
' annexed." This recommendation bears ;
,g the date of September 27, 1901. j
' Following is the text of President
McKinley's will: i
ol "Executive Mansion, Washington, 1
II D. C. 1
st "I publish the following as ray last 1
js wili and testament, hereby revoking
Hf all former wills: f
>,! "To my beloved wife. Jda S. Mc- 1
l|. Kinley, I bequeath all of my real estate,
wherever situated, and the income
of any personal property of t
jf which I may be possessed at death, ]
i. during her natural life.
"I make the following charge upon 1
all of m.v property, both real and per- 1
ie sonal: To pay my mother during her 1
)7 life $1000 a year, and at her death said j
n sum.to be paid to my sister Helen Mc- i
j. Kinley. If the income from my prop^
erty be insufficient to keep my wife in ]
,s great comfort and pay the annuity 1
ie above provided, then i direct tnat sucn
aj o- my property be sold so as to make
I'g a sum adequate for both purposes.
Whatever property remains at the
j. death of my wife I give to my brothers
n and sisters, share and share alike,
r- "My chief concern is that my wife
jj from mv estate shall have all she rei.
quires for her comfort and pleasure.
? and that my mother shall be provided
with whatever money she requires to
lt make her old ago comfortable and
e happy.
e "Witness my hand and seal, this 22d
e day of October, 1897, to my last will
g and testament made at the city of
p Washington. District of Columbia.
"WILLIAM McKINLEY.
if "XXIe io lll? win w;jj? wiuiesseu
>. by us this :d day of October, 1897. at
e the request of the testator, and his
e name signed hereto In our presence
a and our signature hereto in his presy
ence. "(r. B. CORTELYOU.
e "CHARLES LOEFFLER"
a It is announced on good authority
Q that the McKinley estate -will amount
n to between $225,000 and $250,000, tail
cludinpr life Insurance of $67,000. Aside
s from this insurance the estate consists
s of real estate here and contiguous to
e Canton, and of deposits In Washington
o banks.
r
9 THE COLUMBIA-SHAMROCK RACES.
e The Defender Won the Firnt of tho Series
by a Narrow Margin.
' New York City.? In the greatest
' closest and most exciting yacht race
e in the history of the America's Cup
* contests the American defender, Col -
mwiKIa /1/vfAofA/i CTt* Thnmnc T.lnfnn'fl
ULU 1/1(1, uciuatcu KJIL x.iav/luu.0 ^
challenger, Shamrock II. On actual
time she won by thirty-seven seconds; t
a with her time allowance of forty-three 1
9 seconds added she won by one minute <
f and twenty seconds. <
> In the fifteen mile beat to windward
' the Shamrock led the home yacht at
S the outer mark by thirty-nine seconds, a
- Once around the turn, however, the
white Herreshoff flyer surely and
steadily made amends for this. She
caught the Shamrock, passed her and
crossed the finish line far enough in .
advance to enable her admirers to say
that, boat for boat, she won without
her time allowance. 5
I- CAPTAIN CHARLES EABB.
(The skipper of the Columbia.)
r' It was a marvelous exhibition of (
. skilled seamanship, with honors nearly
even. Captain Sycamore, of the j
J .Shamrock, got Columbia under his lee
^ at the start and never let her get out ,
h of it. Once around tlie mark uaptain :
l" Barr nursed bis charge carefully and
r* skillfully and slowly obtained a lea l
that Sycamore could not overcome.
e and tbat finally won tbe brst race of <
tbe series for tbe American boat. ]
Would Abolish Spanlili Nary.
t Admiral Valcarel bas prepared a ret
port for presentation to tbe Queen Ke- I
it gent of Spain asking for tbe necessary 1
funds for naval defences, and propos- ]
d ing, In tbe event of their being reit
fused, tbat tbe Spanish Navy be abolished.
]
Slinli's Assailant Dead.
Salson, wbo attempted to shoot the
Shah of Persia August 1DU0. while j
His Majesty was visiting the Paris j
Exposition, died at Cayenne, French
Guiana. * ]
The National Game.
Schriver haou't stolen a. base this
a" season.
y
Callahan's value as a pinch hitter is
)f extraordinary.
^ Selbach, it is said, wauts to get away
from New 1'ork.
Miller, the new New York second
baseman, is a diminutive chap.
g. A tail-onder iu two seasons is a lovely
record lor a New York Club,
nt Pitcher Jack Dunn has developed
Is Into a first-class third baseman.
In George Magoon says he will play in
the American League next year.
FILIPINOS KILL AMERICANS
A Comosny of Ninth Infantry Almosl
Wiped Out in Samar.
ONLY TWENTY-FOUR SURVIVORS
Natives In Superior Number* Surprised
the Troops While at Breakfast ? Th?
Survivors, Eleven <M Them Wounded!
Escaped From the Insurgents? Arms,
Ammunition and Stores Captured.
Manila.?The first serious disaster In
the Philippine Islands for a Ion? period
occurred In the Island of Samar,
near Balanctea, -when Company C,
Ninth United States Infantry, was cut
to pieces by an overwhelming force of
Insurgents.
Of the seventy-two men composing
the company, forty-eight were killed
and only twenty-four succcedcd In escaping,
of whom eleven were
tvounded.
The survivors have reached P.assey,
In the pouthern part of Samar, and
ftmong them are Captain Thomas W.
Connell, who was In command: First
Lieutenant Edward A. Bumpus and
Dr. It. Sc GrlswoTd. surgeon.
Tlie company was at nrcaiirasi wncn
lttacked and made a determined resistance,
but the great numbers of the
Insurgents compelled the men to retreat.
The insurgents captured all the
stores and ammunition of the company
md all the rifles except twelve.
Washington, D. C.?News of the dlslstrous
fight between troops of the
Ninth Infantry and the Insurgents in
Ihe Island of Samar was sent promptly
by Genpral Hughes, commanding in
ihat Island, to General Chaffpe, and
by him transmitted to the War DeDartment
from Manila. General Chaflee's
dispatch Is as follows:
"Hughes reports following from
Bassey, Southern Samar: Twenty-four
STInth Regiment U. S. Infantry?eleven
vounded ? have ,1ust arrived from
3alangiga. Remainder of company
tilled. Insurgents secured an company
supplies and all rifles except
welve. Company was attacked durng
breakfast, morning September 2S.
Company seventy-two strong. Officers:
Thomas W. Connell. captain;
3d ward A. Bumpus, first lieutenant;
Dr. R. S. Griswold, major, surjreon,
jscaped. CHAFFEE."
The news created a sensation in offi?lal
circles. It was the first severe reverse
that has occurrcd for a long
;ime. Still the officials were not unprepared
for news of ,1ust this charac:er
from Samar, In which the revolu;ion
started by Aguinaldo still continles.
Samar is an island about as
arge as the State of Ohio, and the
American forces of occupation num>er
in all between 2000 and 2500 men.
rhese are distributed among various
)osts in the Island, a large number
jelng In the'more Important centres.
Srurin never made any effort to oc
?upy Samar, and it was only three
nonths ago that the United States unlertook
that work. The latest report
nade by General Hughes to the War
Department was that the number of
nsurgent rifles in the island aggregated
about 300. The Filipinos ear ied
on a guerilla warfare and opera;ions
against them were difficult.
The disaster to Company C, of the
Wnth Infantry, occurred, it is beieved,
while it was engaged in an exjedition
to clear the country of roving
)and3 of these Insurgents. The fact
hat the Americans were attacked
ivhilc at breakfast indicates the darng
and pluck of the insurgents.
Immediately upon receipt of the
lispatch Adjutant-General Corbln carted
to General Chaffee to send a
:omplete Teport of the fight and a list
>f the casualties.
CAS TANK BLOWN TO BITS.
Iany Workmen Killed and Injured in
an Explosion at Newark, N. J.
Mownrir N_ J.?Six men were killed |
tnd twelve seriously Injured by the
xplosion of a gas tauk at the plant of
he Essex and Hudson Gas Company,
it Front and Lombardy streets. The
ihock was heard for many blocks, and
freat pieces of the solid steel sides of
he tank flew over the roofs of houses
n the neighborhood or fell Into the
Passaic River, 200 yards away.
The dead are: Otto Neumann, maried,
day foreman of the works, sufocated
by gas; William Meyers, fortyive
years old, a workman, lives in
2ast Newark; Morris Kirsch, worknan;
Theodore Render, workman; Al)ert
Snyder, twenty-two years old, of
Tersey City, and Nicholas Miller.
Otto Neumann, the day foreman, and
Vllliam Meyers aud Morris Kirsch,
wo workmen, entered one of the
arge, empty gas tanks with the inten;ion
of cleaning the inside. They were
overcome by the lingering i'umes, and
olunteers were called for. Nine
vorkmen responded promptly, and
.'our of these climbed over the sides of
?e tank, to rescue the unfortunates.
Che other volunteers attempted to renove
a manhole plate from the side
)f the tank, and in starting tne riveis
i spark set fire to the gas anil the
iwtul explosion followed.
Fire followed the explosion and
jverything of an inflammable nature
;vas consumed, which added horror to
.he explosion. Two alarms were sent
>ut, and at the same time every ambulance
in the city was called to the
icene.
Bubonic I'lague at Italy.
Twelve cases of bubonic plague have
jccurred among the dock laborers at
Naples, Italy.
Ransom Demanded by Brigands.
A letter has been received from Miss
Stone, in which she says the brigands
demand a ransom of 23,000 Turkish
pounds. This the American Board of
Missions will refuse to pay, but negorintions
have beeu opened by the i)e
partment of State at Washington.
General Corblu Arrives Home.
Major-General Corbin lias returned
from the i'hilippiues to Washington
and said he was greatly pleased with
the condition of our army in the archipelago.
The SjiorMnjj World.
The football nero now makes his animal
bow to the public.
Lord Derby defeated lioralina in a
?5U(X) special trot at lteadville, Mass.
More than li3,t>t?J was paid by Mr
W. C. Green, a Western copper king,
for an automobile. This is a record
price for an automobile sold in America.
Archie McEnchern surprised the hi
cycle world by defeating "Major" Taylor
two out 01 three races at the Colosiseuin
at Baltimore, Md. All three races
were motor paced uud flylac
starts,
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SCHLEY COURT'S WORK
The Testimony Not Damaging-, Applicant's
Friends Say.
Little Evidence Adduced That the RearAdmiral
Did Not Do His Duty
in the Santiago Campaign.
Washington, D. C.?The Schley Court
of Inquiry, In the estimation of the
friends of Rear-Admiral Schley, has
adduced little evidence In support of
the contention that the Rear-Admiral
did not do his whole duty during the
Santiago campaign.
The most interesting testimony, as
against Schley, has been opinion rather
than fact. Thus far one witness
has testified that the blockade off Santiago
was maintained at a distance of
seven miles by day and ten at night.
That was the opinion of Commander
Harber. Rear-Admiral I-Iigginson was
o? the opinion that the blockade was
kept at four miles by day and three by
night, and Captain McCaila agreed
with him as to the distances maintained
and as to the drawing in, rather
than hauling out, of the blockade at
night.
Partisans of both Sampson and
Schley have had opportunity to learn
from the testimony that there was
scarce a captain who did not consider
his ship the most important r.nit in
the Flying Squadron, and.who did net
regard very lightly the importance of
lending willing assistance to Schley.
Captain Wise has admitted that he dis
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THE FASIOUfl "LOOP" CP TEE BKCOELTTf.
obeyed orders in falling to communicate
to bis superior officer instructions
of importance from tae Navy Department,
but "supposed" that a subordinate
who bad the information would
convey it to Schley. Captain RlcCalla
also admitted that be exerclscd bis
judgment instead of obeying orders.
There has been no satisfactory explanation
of the failure to inforu the
commander of the Flying Squadron
of the fact that there was an agreed
code of signals by which communication
could be had at Cienfuegos between
the insurgents and the United
States fleet. This code was known at
Key west; v;apiaiu v>ijauwn;ji, o?uji.?son's
Fleet Captain, had it; but Captain
McCalla considered that it should
not be given to Schley because he had
It in confidence.
Schley's friends say that up and
down the coast, from Key West to
Santiago, there seems to have been
something more than accidental failure
to support Schley with information
that he should have had, while
he had plenty of information of a
character to perplex and delay him.
The bearing of the court has been
that of a tribunal intent only upon
having the facts. Such opinions as it
has allowed to come In have sometimes
been so contradictory that they
do not give much conccrn to RearAdmiral
Schley's counsel. The Judge
Advocate has endeavored to remove
the impression that the differences
found between dispatches as sent and
printed by the Navy Department were
o*1 small consequence. The counsel
for the applicant have admitted as
much in regard to the "Disobedience
of orders" dispatch.
' At the most the case as made out
by the Judge Advocate shows only
that there were officers who differed
from their commander, and that they
do not agree as to the facts upon
which they based their differences of
opinion. Nothing has been elicited
that was not known in the fall of
1898, when Schley was named for
auvancement for his services in the
Santiago campaign.
. CRIED HIMSELF TO DEATH,
Caleb Harvey's Grief Over the President's
Assassination.
La Porte, Ind.?Caleb Harvey died
here as the direct result of grieving
over the assassination and death of
President McKinley.
The physicians say that he lirerally
cried himself to death. Me wept ior
hours continuously from the afternoon
the President was snot, and while in
these paroxysms of grief his suffering
was intense.
It was found impossible to control
or assauge his grief, and up to the
hour of his death he wailed constantly.
The phvsicians consider the case
without precedent.
Cuptaln Lomly's Sister Burned.
Miss Laura Leruly, forty-tire years
old, a sister of Judge-Advocate Lemly,
was burned to death at her home, in
Salem. N. C. Her clothing caught lire
from a kitchen stove, and she was so
badly burned that her death resulted
in four hours.
Veterans' Home Burneil.
The Confederate Soldiers' Home at
Atlanta, Ga., has been destroyeu oy
tire. About seventy veterans were iumates
of the building, some of them
being invalids, who were rescued with
difficulty. The loss is estimated at
$25,000.
One Cent Fine For Assunlt.
Milton Fattier, of Boston, was fined
one cent for knocking down Lorenzo
Fertis, of Damariscotta, Me., and was
banqueted by the aitlzens of the town.
Fattier knocked Fettis down after the
latter had said he was glad McKinioy
was dead.
Three Drowned Near Kalamazoo, Mich.
A sail boat containing seven pei'sons
capsized on West Lake, near Kalamazoo,
Mich., and Mrs. Peter Krondkye,
J. Van Halst and Miss Edith Maud
were drowned.
llopr* May Conic to Us.
It is reported that the linal scheme
Oi.' tile lighting Boer burghers is tu
make for the Oaniaralaud border and
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Uvv.v:[/l I Lit: UU.V.1. Vt IUU vl k* VVM
sul oL' land at four pence per acre. It
is rumored in the refugee camps that
liU.OUU Boer families will go. It it
also said that a number of burghers
iu Johannesburg have asked the American
(Jovcrumeut on what terms tliej
can secure land in the United States,
Fire Destroys Iowa Town.
The town of Clayton, Iowa, was de
stroycd by fire.
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WASHINGTON ITEMS.
Brigadier-General J. M. Bell. who.
was promoted recently to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of General'
Ludlow, -was retired on account of age.
Henry E. Cooper, Secretary of Hawaii,
denied the report that he bore
:he resignation of Governor Dole to
:he President.
Arthur S. Ralkes was appointed Secretary
of the British Embassy.
The sale of postage stamps of the
Pan-American issue will be discontinued
at the close of business October 31.
William B. Ridgely, recently appointed
Controller of the Currency,
arrived at the Capital.
Secretary Gage received $6150 from
m anonymous -writer as a contribution
to the "conscience fund."
OUB ADOPTED ISLANDS.
Captain Thomas W. Connell, Lieutenant
Edward A. Bumpus and Surgeon
R. S. Griswold, -with other members
of Company C, Ninth Infantry,
were killed by Filipinos in the Balanglga
disaster.
The leading revolutionist politicians
of Cuba have issued a manifesto to
the country recommending Senor Tomas
Estrada Palnia as a candidate for
the Presidency.
Customs receipts in Cuba for seven
months ending July 31 amounted to ? '
$9,189,339.
Major Pilcher captured Governor
Atienza, of the Island of Mindoro, P.
I., -with seven of his staff.
Luis Barbe. postmaster at Punta
Santiago, Porto Rico, was arrested for
violating the postal lnws.
Sergeant Lloyd M. Briggs, Troop L,
Eighth Cavalry, died from Intermittent
malarial fever at Camp McKen- '
zie, Cuba. - '
The drought was broken in Hawaii.
DOMESTIC.
Arrested for Improper use of the *
mails, H. G. Westall, Asheville, N. C.,
confessed that he had forged sixty or
seventy checks.
At the Andrew Carnegie mills, near
Keating, Penn., three scaffolds, on
which were ninety-two bricklayers and
laborers, gave way, and many of the
men were seriously Injured.
Nine indictments were found against
James B. Thomas, cashier of the Partridge
Bank, Ovid, N. Y., which failed
several months ago for $750,000.
Frederick W. Hartman, a farmer
living near Hobart. Ind., fatally
waunded his wife and then committed"
suicide.
The National Bureau of Identification
is to be moved from Chicago to
Washington, D. C. #
During an altercation near ConyerentlTn
Tann Wolin Word R (inn ftf
Frank Ward, a prominent planter,.
Killed his brother, Brown Ward, aad
then tried to take his own life with v
poison.
A necklace of seventy-six pearls,
with a massive diamond clasp, was
missed from one of the large jewelry;
stores of Boston. Its value Is placed!
at $2000.
W. M. Butts, formerly secretary of!
a grocery company at Grand Rapids^ '
Mich., was sentenced to five years' Im-orisonment
at hard labor for embezzling
$9000. Rear-Admiral
Sampson surrendered)
command of the Boston Navy YardJ
His successor, Rear-Admiral M. L,
Johnson, assumed command.
Five negroes were lynched and a!
white man killed in a Texas race war.!
William Hoeppner, confidential clerk!
for A. W. Faber & Co., of New York:
i fiitv. is accused of a $40,000 defalca
tion, and was arrested In Buenos
Ayres. "
At the Inquiry Into the loss of the
Alaskan steamship Islander, a witness
swore that the captain and pilotwere
Intoxicated.
Two negro "trusty" convicts and aj
white former convict named Duncanj
were charged with murdering Henryi
F. Newell and wife, near England,!
Ark., the motive being robbery. ; >
Colorado's Legislature will hold &.;
special session to pass a new revenuej
measure designed to reach railway;
and telegraph companies.
The Buffalo Exposition Board of Di-I
rectors decided to mark by a railing;
the spot in the Temple of Music where'
the late President stood when the!
shots were fired which cost him his'
life.
Burglars took $400 in money and;
stamps fr*m the postofflce at Adalrsville,
Ky.
FOREIGN.
The Princess Charlotte Bonaparte,
widow of Count Prlmoli, died at:
Rome. Italy. She was born In Rome
In 1832.
The boiler of a French torpedo boat
exploded near Algiers. One member
of the crew was killed and two Injured.
Mussulmans and Christians engaged
in a sanguinary convict at Beirut, Syria.
The outbreak in Hayti was declared
to be suppressed.
Arabi Pacha, pardoned by the Khedive
of Egypt, returned to Cairo from
his exile in Ceylon.
Boers attacked Fort Itala, on the
Zulu border, but were repulsed, both
sides losing heavily.
Count Greppi, the Italian Minister at
Chile, died at Santiago.
Mr. Choate, United States Ambassador
to Great Britain, thanked Lord'
Lansdowne. the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, for the message of
condolence on the occasion of the
death of President McKInley.
Rioting occurred in cities of Spain.
In Barcelona the mob stoned the police,
who fired on the rioters, injuring
several.
For more than a week warm summer
weather prevailed in Berlin. A
laborer died of sunstroke.
Exports from the Berlin district of
Germany to the United States during
the past quarter amounted to $9,335,7S5.
or an Increase of $1,863,156 the
corresponding quarter of 1000.
The Lucanla and the Campania,
passing each other In midoceau, carried
on commualcation for two hours
by means of wireless telegraphy.
Mount Vesuvius is asain in eruption.
Lady Curzon. of Kedleston. and her
1 children started from England for India.
Turkish and Albanian troops clashed
at Belopoljc, Servia, tifty-four being
killed and wounded.
1 IVinee Chuan concluded his mission
1 t- O ,'rmany and siiiled for China.
[ The Swedish ironclad Wasa was
launched at Stockholm, the vessel
' being named by Queen Sophia.
It was stated that Mr. Ivruger had
received reports from South Africa
showing that the rebels in Cane Col;
qoy numbered 10.000.
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