The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 11, 1900, Image 9
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BOEIiS OUTWIT FSEiffl.
Cavalry Leader Loses Seventy Men
Near Coles'oerg by "Accident."'
WILL SEND AN EIGHTH DIVISION.
Tli^rSmall Harrison at Kurmiiaii Surrenders
to a Boer Force After a l.oiij;
Keststance?French's T.osk Sustained
tn an Karlv Morning Attack?si?i|??
Held l'|? in Kncliili Ports.
London (By CableX?The War Ofllee
(.publishes the following dispatch from
Generul Forestier-Walker, commanding at
Cape Town
"General French reports, under date of
January >: 'The situation is much the
same as yesterday, hut I regret to report
that a serious accident has happened t >
the First Battalion of the SulTol!; K-gimeut.'
"From news just come to hand from
them I gather that, with the authority and
with the knowledge of General French,
four com pan es of the First Battalion advanced
by night against a low hill one
mile front their oamp. They attacked at
dawn. Lieutenant-Colonel Watson, commanding.
gave orders to charge. II? was
at once wounded. Orders for retirement
?.vre
I "Three-quarters of tlio force retreated to
camp. Tlie remainder held their ground
uutii they were overpowered i?y greater
number!!, when thev surrendered. Seventy
were taken prisoners, including seven officers.
General French reports that the lioer
commnudo. which made the attack on
January 4. lost fifty killed, besides wounded
, and |?r?si<?n*The commando w:vs dl.?
" perse I."
| The War Office lia- already decided
upon immediate steps for sending au ei rlitli
infantry division to South Africa. Some
of the regiments for this division will he
taken from Gibraltar and Malta, i'ii-y
wlii be replaced by militia.
It is asserted that the customs authorities
on the Thames have detained two outgoing
steamers and seized tw > large guns
and six Maxims, packed in piauo eases, intended
for the Transvaal. It is also said
that a quantity of foodslufTs on another
vessel has been seized.
IliOKllS CAI'Tt'KK Kl'KI >1 W.
British Garrison of 110 iti Iteeliitaiialaud
Taken Prisoners.
Pketosi*. via Loronzo Marquex (liy
Cable).?Cornet Visser. in a diq>:?tcU,da:<'t
( Kurutuun. January 2, say.*:
IJk "We commenced a bombardment of
Kwruman on Monday innrniug. The It_j111
I? lasted until 6 in. Tue garrison surren.
dered, laying down their arms. We mole
129 prisoner-). including Captains Bute-,
flf Hagte and Hillia d and eight other ofllfi|
cere. We capture J seventy natives, a nuniher
oi rifles j revolvers and ammunition. j
V Fifteen British it landed aro being attend- i
f| ed by us. helped Dv an Knglisit do -tor.
The horses, oxen and provision taken have
I been sent to Pretoria via Vryburg."
[_ Jyurumna is in British Beehuanaland. oa
|k? AMe roud to 17 -: >ri.t through Vryburg. ami
tvVe small garrison that was there when the
_war started has been holding out against
B repeated attacks by the Boors. Their sur
render was not unexpected.
B roirri t; \l\< .%ttiti;i?e stated. i
I Tim Offer ?: ? 1-nnn kjGerauM; nn<1 Great
r Kritaiii.
1 Lisbox vBy Cable). A .seiui-oflieinl not*
I to the press regarding the Anglo-German
I agreement has just been issued, it i< as
follows:
"Tat: British and German Governments,
haviug previously reaehed au agreement
between themselves, informed Portugal
that in the event of her contracting a large
loan for tno purpose of reorganizing her
finances, the two Governments were disposed
to guarantee the success of the
operation.
"At the same time, the Governments of
Great Britain and Germany assured Portugal
that the basis of the agreement between
them was ths recognition of the integrity
of the Port lgnese colonial dominions
antPthe legit macv of the Portuguese
sovereignty over the Portuguese possessions.
"They furteer suggested that in the
event of Portugal accepting a proposal
concerning a lorn, the latter should be
c n a ran teed Lvths colonial and customs
receipts.
"The Portuguese Government then declared
that it had no need of such a loan,
and, according to our information has no
sueli need to the present day."
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I'rolemM V tolsey on Seizure*.
Nr.'v Haven. Conn. (Special).?Professor
Theodore S. NVoolsey. of the ("hair of International
I.aw at Yale University, discussed.
in an inverview, the <|uestions arising
out of tho Brit sh seizures of the American
tlour and of German vessels. He said:
" In the case of he seizure of American
flour, the <?ne country cannot nlTord nor
can 'he oth-r country permit nny such
principle as this, which Great Britain, in
its extremity appears to be clutching at. ft
is apparent that she is laving down a terribly
dangerous p eceden for herself."
tier man Steamer Herzeu Seized.
Drafts. Natal (By ('able).?The Germao
steamer Herzog "has been seized by a
British warship and brought to ihis port.
DEADLOCK OVER MODUS VIVENDI.
l'rance I rcing Immediate Action <?n Great
Uritaii:.
Sr. JohnN. F. (By Cable).?The deadlock
over tb" modus vivendi tor the French (
Treaty Shore continue?. The Colonial
Governmen; is unable to arrange for an
early session of the Legislature to pass a
bill renewing it. and the French Government
is insisting upouthe immediate pasjfe
.sago of such a measure either by the local
fk. Assembly or the Britieh Parliament.
i Oflfi'-inls here admit that the situation is
very grave. The Colonial Offlco in London
is making every effort to adjust matters
and provide concessions which will
induce the local authorities to act
promptly.
Tramps Kurnetl in h Barn Fire.
A barn on the Fox farm, two miles south
k oT Hamilton, Ohio, was burned to tha
^ ground. Eight tramps wore sleeplug iu
1 the barn. Only six have been fcund since
I the ffre. Of these John Burgers and
"harles Gray are fearfully burned and may
g s. James Duncan, oC Chester, Peuu.",
| cli?ht!y burned.
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' AN EMBEZZLER'S SAD END. (
Frank L. Taintor, Who Took $4^5,000, ^
Drowns Himself in a Bathtub.
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He Had Bcfii in an Insane Asvlittii Since I
He Whs rardoned. Twenty learn Aju
? Hotly Secretly Creniated.
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Coseoun. X. H. (Special).?Frank L. I
[ Taintor. who wn> for a tiino the trusted z
holder of high positions iu Xevr York bank- tl
ing circles, then for seven years k felon, j S
i -mil ft\r v ?? lnrmHt* hn? fnlr??11 i r
bis life. He <vommittei suicide in t ho in- c
sane asylum bere liv drowning himself in
a bathtub.
Tnintor was born iit Keeue, X. H., sixtytwo
years ago. the sou of well-to-do parents.
Ho married one of tin- three daughters
of i General James Grant Wilson.
Anotherxif the sisters married John Shor- ; (
wood^^m New York, and lias won renown '
k bvjter pen. Soon after their marriage Mr. (
"aThl Mrs. Taintor moved to New York city, ,
where he went into the banking business.
He rose rapidly, until he became cashier
of the Atlantic National liauk.
His standing was high until one day a
shortuge was discovered, and it was found
that lie hnd made away with *425,001) of tn<?
bank's money in speculation. Hewaseonvicted
of embezzlement and sentenced to
imprisonment for a long term. Alter ,
serving seven years iie was pardoned.
Tnlntors mtnii nil i ueguu 10 win. :iuu
soon after Uw return to Keene with his i
family his eccentricities became so marked
that the family was forced to have him
placed in the State asylum here. He remained
here for twenty years nud ten
months, when he ended his long confinement
by suicide.
Tain tor had often said th At when a man
was unable to work he should bo "knocked
in the head." Therefore, when lie began
to lose strength, the attendants watched
htm earetuliy. but he eluded their vigilance
and drowned himself in a bathtub. This was
on Wednesday, but so carefully did r<
the authorities guard the secret that his mi
body had been taken to Forest Hills, near ! in
Boston, and cremated before the public , ft
became aware of his death. N
Mr. Taintor leaves a widow and two?ous.
The latter are prosperous busitiess men in f<
Manchester, X. H.. and Boston. gi
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FAYING TKLI.Kl: A DKFAFl.TKIi. ! "j'
Steal* tMK.OOO I'rom the ItulTnlo Fidelity ^
Trust Company.
Iii'VFAi.o, X. V. (.Special;. Public an- T
nouueement wa? made by the officials of fi
the Fidelity Trust and Guarantee Com puny fc
that Fred L. Newton, paving teller, had
stolen *48,000. pi
Newton is in this cilv. but his relation- . u
with certain officials of the hauk have aj
been so intimate and eoundential that it i* N
believed lie will not Do prosecuted. pr>- u
vided his friends make good to the surety p
company. which Las paid bi< bond of tit) - si
<>00. The bank accepts the loss of ?34,009. tl
having a surplus of earned proflt?'of ? <<12.- n
000. ol
On Dec. 14 the trust company was ail vised n
of tho defalcation aud an examination tl
showed that tin* amount wa- ?18,009. New- . o
ton disappeared tliat nigbt. hut sent a Id- !
ter to Mr. Fornum admitting the embezzle- b
meut. Later be returned and since has ; b;
been in tho custody of bis counsel. State ti
Senator William E. Mackey. w
A demand was made on the surety com- ; :u
pany for bis bond, ami the ?10,009 whs paid st
on December 18. Tbe State Superintendent i
of Banking has sanctioned the act of tho J ai
officers of the company in ciiarging tho a
remaining ?38,000 to prollt and loss. r?
It has been h matter 01 notoriety ior iwo
years that Newton was gambling heavily. i.
He played the races on the track and m , 1"
poolrooms, tackled faro and poker and war. ti
a heavy trader in the stock market. New- ti
ton is forty-five years old and married. He m
enjoyed groat popularity among politicians in
and sportfDg men. > ?
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DEATH OF DR. M'GLYNN. J'
The Well Known Human Catholic Prle.'t s(
St
xPusse* Away at Newburg, V.
Xf.wburg, N. Y. (Special). The llev. 1>r. ic
Edward MeGlynn. rector of St. Mary's
Church, died in the rectory Sunday, after S
an illness of six weeks. Death was due to 'f.
heart failure, su- i
per induced by N
?The citizens of A
the city were preparing
a testimonial
for Dr. Mc- 4t
Glynn, wlio celebrated
bis llrst ; ir
mass in St. Mary's tt
Oburcb on New
Year's Day. 1895. | ju
and who had been j
r In the ministry for
forty years. Peo- "
pie of all denomi- j
nations were to ,
have united in n<
the bkv. t?r. *i>ward honoring the
m'ui.y:>n. priest, and a purse
was to have been presented to hiin. He
was beloved by Newburg people, and they :i
purposed to show their affection for him. ""
Von-o of hia dnatli caused profound sorrow.
Prayers hail been offered in both Pro- '*'
testant and Catholic churches for his re- U!
coverv. , .
It was ardent advocacy of the views of J(
Henry George as to the principle of the
singie tax as well as his refusal to obey the
command of an ecclesiastical superior, that f.}1
made known far and wide the name of Dr.
Edward McGlynn. Born in New York City j
on September 27, 18.17. be was educated in
the public schools, to whose support. ?t? al
against parochial schools, lie afterward w is
to devote his energies. He became a pro- CI
found scholar as well as an effective orator
through a course of study in the Col- f
lege of the Propaganda in Rome, between
1851 and lHtlO. . T
AMPRiraw PRISONERS KILLED.
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Filipino* Force Tliein to Kneel in Front of j
n Firing; Line ?l Aravut.
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Mamu (By Cable).?Captaiu Leonhau- et
ser and Lieutenants Erocbs and Bates i I"
with two companies of the Twenty-llfth j '
Infautry, while reconnoitring near Aravat, j?
found and attacked tho insurgent camps, hi
During the fight the rebels brought out I J?
five American prisoners from the jail? m
three luen of the Ninth aud two or tlie *;l
Twelfth 'Infantry, and forced them to r*
kn&el in front of a firing party. Two of ' ?
the men were killed at the first volley. *'
The otliers were holoed and received awful
wouuds. Two of them were rescued alive, j 01
Reeonnoissauees out of Imus, Cavite S'
Province, resulted in the loss of three
Americans killed and twenty wounded.
The enemy's loss is estimated at sixty
killed and eighty wounded. , M
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3AGE ASKED TO EXPLAIi
longrrss Calls on Secretary of t'
Treasury For Information.
lefltioM* Octnil* Ite^ardin; r>r>|io?it*
fllblir 1'nnti* acul tli?? Sjile of
tlx- Cnitnin lion.tt?.
Washi.vm ton. D. C. (Speeiall. T
louse of Iteprosontatives adopted the St
er resolution after it had been raodilied
be Ways and Means Committee, calling
eeretary Cage for all information regar
ig the deposit of Government funds
ertuiu Now York National banks. T
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HFrRKTAllT I.YMAN T. OJUVK.
solution a.? adopted was made more roi
ral In Jts scope, and an amendment wi
i.Ia,1 a/i.h'ai' InfArm.iUnn rH?nMi'tiiu? 11
ansaetions relating to the salr of t!
ow York Custom Hous".
Secretary Gage's friends had been ii
rated that lie courted the fullest invest
ritiou. and was prepared to submit all tl
lets to Congress. Accordingly there wi
a friction over the passage of the resoh
03. which was unanimously adopted.
The resolution, as adopted, reads as to
ws:
"Resolved, That the Secretary of tli
reasury be and lie is hereby requested t
irnish th" House of Iiopresoutatives tli
illowing information:
"First Copies of all letters, agreement
npers or documents between the Treo;
ry Department of the Unite,1 States <
ny person connected therewith and t!
ational City Bank and the Hanover N
onnl Bank of ttie City of New York, or at
srson acting for them oreither of then
nee the 4th day of March, 1897, relating t
ie depositing of Miblic funds, honds <
.........ao vni.t nr !m HL*Q nr am
ther relations or business transactive
ow existing or heretofore li.nl hetwet
ic ?iovcrnmeat and said banks or eitht
i them.
"Second -T!f amount of public mono;
ends or re von tie deposited witn sai
ink-', or either of thorn, or with any N't
onal hank, i?v the Government, upo
hat security, f.-r what length of tini
od the reasons therefor, and whet In
tid banks or any of theut have paid tl
overntaent any interest on said deposit'
ttd if so, how much, and all other inforn
tion concerning the same or in any w;
dating thereto.
"Third?And also the dat? of the sa
r the Custom House property of t!
uited States in New Y<?rk City to said N"i
onal Citv ltank. the date of the execi
on of the deed thereto, tfie date ar
innner of payment of the purcba.'
ririev t lierefor the disposition of the I?r<
jeds of the said sale, aud whether or m
ie Government has j>aid any rents for tl
lid property or any portion thereof f<
ny purpose sinee the day of sale, and.
), to whom, and all facts relating to tl
lid transaction."
In the Senate Mr. Alien's resolution cal
ig for corresponcenee net ween the Trea:
ry Department and the National Oil
ank and the Hanover National Bank. <
ewYork City, was agreed to with modll
itions.
EW "OIVINE HEALER" IN CHICACC
grees for ttttOO a Day to liaise the Den
Who Have Not. Been Dead Too IsOtig.
Chicaoo (Special), A third Schlatter, <
Divine Healer." has appeared in Chicafj
t tho person of a man who calls hlmse
le Rev. Dr. Charies McLean, and who, b
lvertising himself as Schlatter-Maeleai
us closed a contract for the managemeti
! Iiis campaign nt "divine healing" wit
man who seemed to him to combine n
ib attributes of a successful and thrift
romotorof such enterprises. Tattersalii
iw given over to prize-lighting, bieycl
ices and stock shows, has been secure
ir temple purposes.
The Rev. Charles Maclean claims to I
graduate of Edinburgh University, n
iys he is u cousin of Mrs. Dewey. H
aims to have foretold the deatli of Vie*
resident Ilobart and other events t
itional importance, and all of tholings,
if properly exploited, he is conl
nt will pack Tattersalls to overflowinf
In his contract with his manager Ma<
can agrees for ?300 per day to pubiicl
lise any dead who may be brought t
attersalls, provided, of eoursey they hav
3t been tle.nl too long: to ncai iue sie?
ake the blind eet;. submit to being burie
ive and raise himself from the dead, an
trfortn other miracles calculated to drat
owds to the new amusement enterprise
MOB LYNCHES A WHITE MAN.
nUen From the Station lloiii-e at Xrv
port New* ;?n<l Sliol to Dentil.
Newpokt Nkws.Vh. (Spe.-ia. W.W.Wat
white man, was taken from the statio
>use by a mob and shot to death fe
tsaultins; Mrs. T. M. Slmpsou, wife of a
nploye of the shipyard. The crime tha
ivoked utoh violence was pecuHarl
rocious.
The victim was carried to a strip of wood
st outside of the corporate limits, wiior
s body was riddled with bullets. Tb
b was done quickly and was over befor
any persons knew that the prisoner wa
iken from the station. A coroner's jnr,
ndered a verdict to the effect that Watt
me tohisdrath at the hands of men uti
Jl'Wli IV IIICJUIUIS.
Watt claimed to bean electrician, but th
ilV profession be practised here w?
imbling.
Law ton's Body on tlic AVu.y Home.
The body of Major-General Lawtou lei
anlla for the United States on the tram
>rt Thornh.
"'IMT.GFlLIflBBIS FSI
he i
With All Other American Prison
He is Brought Into Vigan.
RESCUE BY HARE AND HOW2
he '
Jl|>y
i LrBilcru of tlie Expedition Followed Fi
oa pino* Fop TT?A? in Order to Kftect I
d- . Iteleate?Gllliuare and Hi* Men Hi
in Keen l'ri*on?r? Ever Since April
'l" Last Year?Our New Eastern I*lai
Manila (Dy Cnhle).?Colonel Luther
Hare, of the Thirty-third Infantry, a
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert L. Howre,
. the Thirty-fourth Infantry, with all t
American prisoners, including Lieutenn
Glllmore, have arrived at Vigan, Pro via
of South Ilocos.
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Washington, I). C. (Special?.?After
' silence of several days. General Otis no
fled the War Department of the oomph
success of the military operations iu nor!
west Luzon, the main object of which w
the rescue of the American prisoners whi
the insurgents took with them iu tin
y flight. General Otls's message is as fi
- j lows:
?, , Manila.?Colonels Hare and|Howzeji
f? arrive.! at Vlgan, Northwest Luzon, wl
g all American prisoners. Their snccessi
pursuit a remarkable ncbieveraei
% Generals Schwan and Wheatou now wi
separate columns In Oavite i'rovim
Affairs in Luzon, nortii of Manila, grea!
Improved."
Lieutenant Oillmore and his party
fourteen men were eapture.l 011 April 1
1899. Admiral Dewey made known t
_ fact iu a dispatch to the Nuw Departme
n. received April 18. The Yorklowri bi
ls visited Ealer, on the oast coast of I,uzo
14, I for the purpose of rescuing nnd tukii
io 1 away the Spanish forces of fifty men, wl
had been defending themselves against
n. ' force of several hundred insurgents. Lie
n ! 11 >> a Pn on<1 n IfintlSlK* nurfv \ff?t
I- irunui J
i0 caught in ambush, Are.I upon and ca
k ; tured.
lXAVY
TAKK"? ANOTHER ISLAM).
Flag I* Kaiapil on Stblltii?Chief llatii Ku
i0 nUliM thx l'olr.
0 Washixotox, D. C. (Special).?Tue Unlt<
States Navy has taken possession of a
other island in the East. The news of tl
s. seizure was contained in the following d!
i patch sent by Bear-Admiral Watson fro
Cavite:
'H "On December 21 Wurtzbaugh/oomt&an
A- i ing the Albany, a little gunboat, boi3t<
>}" the flag on sihutu Island, and the chi
| Dato provided and raised the pole. Nativ
0 J anil Nortli Borneo authorities pleased."
)r I The island lies at the southwestern ang
V , of the boundary line of the quadrang
IS Inclosing the Philippine group. It
>n probably, but not positively, outside of tl
'r line, and lies very near the coast of Borne
commanding the principal channel b
?' tween iu;u isiauri nuu in? ruiippiue?.
id The Suitnn of Jolo, whose group is clo
l* to this island, is believed to claim jurl
'ft j dretion over it, nud, as his authority
e- j recognized by the native tribes on t
*?" north coast of Borneo and vicinity, if
>? belioved that his claim ts well founded.
was probably at his Instance that t'
>- naval officer comrnan* ing the gunbo
i.v moved.
le FOUCHT AT T' 1! CALLOWS.
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| Condemned Men At etnpt Murder on t
Way 1 ? I> -ittli.
>,J ElI'aso, Tex. (SpecialAntonio Flor
J and Geronimo Faru were hanged here
lH, the county jail. The gallows used was
>r patented trap, which is part of the st<
case. The execution was private.
ie When the coll doors were opened to le;
Flores to the drop. Para made a dash f
liberty and both men struck at the Ka
j gers and Deputy Sheriffs who surround*
y them with pieces of heavy steel wire til
1 to r sharp point.
The officers sprang upon theprisonei
Para was forced back into his cell and t!
.. door bolted. Flores was choked into su
mission by five men, not, however, until
. had stabbed Ranger Bryant in the abd
* ; men and made many thrusts at others. 1
was taken to the gallows bound.
>r Oeronimo Para was taken out of bis ct
,0 and bound. A weapon made of wire w
' fouDd in his cell. Para, when taken to tl
" gallows, aiWressed the undienca protestii
>y his innocence. He was cool to the last.
Catholic Chinaman Hanged in Californi
[' Sam Fbamoisco (Special).?Go Sec,
Chinese murderer, convicted of killing
y countryman, was hanged at San Quent
' Prison.
* A remarkable feature connected with tl
case was Go See's conversion to the Romi
Catholic faith by Albert iloff, another mu
!e derer, who is to suffec the death penult
soon.
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Double Hnncrinc In Charleston, S. C.
ih Charleston, 8. C. (Special). ?Obarie
I- Wilson and Zacharia. Siugletou, both co
j. ored. were handed hrfra for murder. Wi
son killed n soldier in this city nearly tiv
y years ago and was traced to Kansas aa
o captured. Singleton shot a man for liv
>e cents in a row over cards.
'I HARD FICHT AT MAFEKINCv
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Colonel Baden-Powell's Men Meet tVil
? Sevein KepuUe.
London (By Cable).?The War Office In
received,through General Forestier-Walki
at Cape Town, the following dispatch fro
j Colonel Badou-Powoll, dated Mafeking:
' ?'vr.. .L-ed one of t!io er.eiDv's worl
this morning, endeavoring to push bnf
,r the cordon nortbwnrd. Our force coi
n Misted of three guns, two squadrons of tl
it Protectorate Regiment, one of tbeBeebi
y nnnland Hides, and armored train, et
The enemy had strengthened their work
s during tlio nigh: and doubled the garrisoi
,, "Nevertheless, oui^ attack was currie
a out aud pressed home with the greatest poi
e sible gallantry and steadiness under a '-et
s hot Are. But all efforts to gain the interic
y by escalade failed, the fort being pract
s eallv impregnable.
* "Our attack only withdrew after six c
our ofllc-rs bad been hit and a large uuoi
e ber of men. Nothing could have exceeds
is the courage and dash displayed.
"The general situation remains uu
changed and the health and spirits of tb
garrison are very satisfactory."
ft The British storming party numbere
). | sighty men, of which number twenty-on
were killed nud thirtv-tbree were woundet
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jjjiTHE NEWS EPITOMIZED.'
tinnnincion items.
Surgeon-Genernl Sternberg has been
1 designnt ed to represent the War Depart"rd
meut at the International Congress of Hyi
geine in Paris this summer,
i, The State Department lias received a fav?,
orable response from Italy to Secretary,
Hay's note regarding the open door ln:
'?t China.
Elaborate preparations have been made
for tiio funeral of General Lawton at Arlington
Natfonal Cemetery.
i11" j Major Alexander Rogers, of the Sixth
'!> Cavalry, has at his own request been re- ?
kTe lieved from duty as military attache at'*
| the United States Embassy at Paris and
?* ! ordered to join his regiment in this counk1
. try.
i The Board of Naval Construction has
R. i recommended that the auxiliary cruiser
nd 1 Badger, lately the Yarnuri, be sold. It will'
()f I cost noc less than 8230,000 to put the ship
' i in condition for naval service. She is at
'>? ' Mnro Island. Cal.
int , The statement issued by the Director o'
ice ; the Mint shows that the total coinage for
| 1893 was i? 139.343,191, as follows: Gold,
I 8111,344.220; silver 828,061,519; minor
coins, 81,837,45!.
captain jr. a. t;ook, who commanded tne
>tl- . cruiser Brooklyn in the battle of Santiago,
;te told Presiilent McKinley he was respon,
__ siblo for the loop mado by the Brooklyn,
for which Rear-Admiral Schley has been
'a8 , criticised.
?}1 A delegation of two Hawaiian?, Robert
, Wilcox and Edgar Caypless, arrived in
J" Washington to urge the appointment of ai
t new commission to visit Hawaii and to be
1, j composed of three Americans and three
.* ! Huwaiiuns. They are opposed to the ter.j
ritorial form of government at present
t J recommended for the Hawaiian Islands.
?e.
:'y Our Adopted Ielr.ndn.
Governor-General Wood has Issued an
0f order releasing forty prisoners in Cuban
12 jaiis, many of whom bnve been detained a
Ij~h' Ion g time awaiting trial,
nt The opening of the Philippine ports of
id Dagupan, San Fernando.Vlgan, Laoagand
u, ! Aparri p?rmits the resumption of trade,
ig | bringing relief to communities greatly in
!io ; need of footstuffs.
11 Tbo Cuban Planters' Association has pre"*
seated to General Wood at Havana astr.tero
ment, in which occurs a request that the
P* passage of Immigrants to Cuba bs paid by
1 the Government provided 'be immigrants
are of a suitable kind.
A great quantity of counterfeit American
r. gold coin is in circulation at Havana,Cuba.
Six men of the signal corps were at,
tacked at Talevera. near Tarlae, P. I., by.
1 two hundred insurgents, and four are
missing.
|s. Colonel Wessols's cavalry, while scouting
In the vicinity of Xriuidnd. found evidence
I of Filipino soldiers being in that vicinity,
j. ! but it was imposslbloto bring about an ea}lj
gagemeut.
ef | The increase iu the garrison of Naraaces
paean, P. I., against a threatened insuri
gent attack averted trouble.
'|p i The Council of Honolulu. Hawnil, has
'!b appropriated $25,000 to fight the plague.
's 1 A seven days' quarantine has been estab110
lislied for all vessels leaving the port,
to,
>eDnineatic.
so Kate, the oldest horse in Massachusetts, v
Is- Is dead. The animal was thirty-five years
is old. It belonged to William H. Warren, .
bo the blacksmith, of Webster.
A rolling stone caused the death of
I Homer Peter, of Franklin, Penn. He was
" I hunting rabbits and cornered one In a
Ht stone pile. Locking 'or buauy he dislodged
a stone. It fell on the trigger of
liis shotgun apd the charge of shot pene'
trated Peter's brain.
, With their six children, twenty-two
h? , grnndchildreu and twenty-nine greatgrandchildren
around them, Mr. and Mrs.
,>3 Samuel Vail, of Shelbyville, Xnd., have just
. ceieoratca idr MKy-uium aumvcraotj mi
10 their wedding.
8 It was announced that C. P. Huntington
'el would establish a 9teel plant at Newport
News, Va., in conjunction with the snlpnd
yard there.
or The Chamber of Commerce of New York
n- City decided to ask Congress for an Insd
crease in the force of artillerymen at the
ed j const defence forts.
Buri Harris was hanged in the jail yard
[* , at Rome, Ga. He addressed a crowd of
00 j several thousand. He sold the Lord bad
P~ ' forgiven his sins. He murdered another
00 negro named Dave Irwin at a dance near
Rome on Christmas Day, 1897.
The torpedo boat Goldsborough had a
jll ' second builders' trial at Portland. Oregon.!
! The machinery worked perfeotly and in anj
[jft eight-minute run she steamed at the rate
; of thirty-two miles an hour against a twomile
current.
By a vote of 17 to 2 the City Council of ?
1 Terre Haute, Ind.. passed a resolution exa*
pressing sympathy with the Boers and bopa
! ing that they would succeed in the war
H i with England.
10 i Two girls escaped frem the State Indus-.
. ! trial-School forOIris at Trenton. N. J. The
, '.girls made their escape at midnight, bat
111 they were soon captured in dhe morning
' and taken back to the school.
John Albert, known throughout the
country for his skill in the manufacture of
> violins, died at his home, Philadelphia,
, aged ninety-one. He was the first to dis;
cover that violins made of American woods
f* | were superior in tone and quality to any
| such instruments of foreign woods.
'! ' John Hough, the slayer of Harry Chadwick,
was sentenced to imprisonment for
j life by Judge ltalph Wheeler, at Miduietown.
Conn.
Four men have been frozen to death in
South Carolina within ten days, two whites
and two negroes.
Ih The public schools of Reading, Penn., are
so crowded that the lloard has had to lease
1 private houses to accommodate the over18
llow of pupils.
L*r Samuel Wall and Albert W. Barnes, both
m of Akroo, Ohio, lie in the same grave. The
j men lind been lifelong chnins and business
i associates. Both died on the same day.
1 United so long la life, their families determinert
not to separate them iu death, ijo
jg they lie iu the one grave.
l
C. foreign.
* The Seventh British Army Division be^
gau leaving England for South Africa.
.. The British seized the German steamer
, General at Aden, and compelled the ship
j to discharge her cargo; the seizure lias intenslfiod
the anti-British feeling in Germany.
if The French High Court, at Paris, soni
j onced MM. Derouledo and BnfTet and the
d i Marquis do Lur Saluces to ten years' ban- - ?
I isbment; M. Guerin to tea years' confine!
mnnf ir\ ft frvrHflpfl nlflPP
' ( ? " - ? - r
9 ; The Vienna correspondent of the Standard,
of London, learns that the Czar took
d the opportunity recently of assuring the
0 British Ambassador that England need not
'