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All communication ?hieb sabcorve private
tatereoti ?III be charged for os odeertieeaeots.
Obitoeriee sod tribotes of respects will* be
oborffed for.
1 BRITISH SUCCESS
HEAVILY BOUGHT.
i
Maval Brigade and York
ahtret Bore Brunt of Bat
tie.
Loodoo, No? 28 ?A ditpatoh bos
booo reeeived bore from Qeo Bailor,
gtvtog o Hot of tbo eosoaitiee among
?bo troops eogoged io ?hat was bigb
erto koowo bore ao tbo battle of Grae
Poo., bot which le me? officially desig
oeled tbo battle of Dobl'to It proves,
oo ootietpoted, tbal ibo British soooess
?ao heavily booght. Tbo losseo ao
ooojoood today added to tbe oaval
brigade oesoelties, previously notified,
aako a grand total of 198 oo tbe ooet of
Oeo Metaoeo'e second battle. Tbe
Yorkshires, apparent!/ boro with tbe
?aval brigade tbo brunt of tbe fighting
to there were io additioo to tbroo
. ofteere. 48 of tbe rook aod file killed,
woooded aod nieaiog Tbe faot tbat
tbo Hoi oootaios tbo oasoaltiea of tbo
Jftotb Laooere seems to dispose of tbe
foart tbat tbo eavairy woe surrounded
ood eoptored. eepooiotly oo oooe of tbo
LoQOOfS are reported mieeiog
Oeo Bollor'o list of tbo easoalties
above oaioog tbo woooded of tbo See
ood Yorkshire Light iofootry wore
Oaft 0. A Totoo, Lieat H 0. Ferov
boogb tad Lteot 0 H. Aokroyd
Two ootaalliee aeioog tbo ooo-oommis
otooed offioori ood ateo of tbo variooi
regiejeote eogsged were : Killed, 10 ;
woooded. 71 ; ?stest ng. 9
Tbo wer oftae boo received tbe
following ditpatow fron Oeo. Bailor
doted Pietermarinbarg, Natal, Nov.
2*tb:
' Oar loot oowo from Ladysmitb.
Nov. 24tb, ootd 411 well Ao old
esre?ege dated Nov 19 b. jost arrived,
bogioe : 'Joobort boo eiplaioed firing
to ooo (Red Cross-) flag pretioasly
reported Move accepted explanation
oo satisfactory '
"Lies' Lethbridge, nfl > brigade,
died of wooodo Obere woooded
gtoerolly dotog well. ' Hooltb of troops
good /
"Stt w?oo led Dab?o Fasiliers oap
tared oo armored traio loath of Colon
oo soot bero today.*'
A oorrootod list of tbo British oeeoal
4iee at Grae Pao shows tbat Flag Oopt.
EegioaTa 0 Protboto; of tbo Doris aod
ooo) Lieoteaaoi of osertoee, Wolter C
Joooe, also of the Doris, previously
reported woooded, were killed
Tbo eddittooel oaiualtrs telegraphed
by Ooo. Boiler eppeer to bo the first
tot laset too of tbo eotiooe of Goo
Mothaen's forces, which hove oot yet
boor reported
A TOUGH PROPOSITION
Tbo Aooooiated Press learos tbat
aotioo of Lord Peaooefoto ood other
British ambassadors in oolifyiog tbe
powert that a ototo of wer bos eiieted
?mo* Oot. Ulb betwtv? Great Britain
aod tbo Sooib Afrteao republioa bee
prompted trqiiirieo by the various Loo
doo eoiboeeiee regardiog the oatore of
the hostilities The Associated Press is
eolotaiiy laforusei tbat tne notification
boo; io nv owe charged tbo British
vmwo ae to tbo B>*ro' status Hat, io
?pile of the oosbigaooe rtfereooe* io
the qoeeo's speech ard other official
docooseots at tbo eomoseoocoseot of tbe
war rrg.trdieg "military operation/*
aod oih <r ovaeivo ose of tbo tern
? wer," it appears theo tbo Uoited
H'ateo has e^neieteoily rooogoiied tbo
Booro ae ormiog, praotioally, oo ind ?
pendent Stale, considering tbe claim of
Brititb euieroioty t o slight o ibreod
to pat thetn io the light of rebels. It
?a laottly admit'ei by the Britieh effi
etole that ibe usoel o'mmunioations
roiaiito to a "state of war'' w?ro oot
ojado earlier beeoose it woe oot tboognt
tbot vtotory woold be deferred loog
eooagb to moke saeb a diplomatio etep
aeooeoer). Tbe goverumeot maintain,
that giving ibe B ier** belligerent rights
does oo' o>nsti'Q(o on aoknowli dgm i r
of tboii claim to mdependoce, evidrnr
lOg os pro tf of ?In- ooutotttion tbtt
both foreigo gOfeOOsOOH o?.d th* guv
ernon?ot ot the United Stooff treated
the Coofederoteo ae belligerent*.
GR AH PAN FIGHT.
Oreoge Reer, Monday, Nov 27.?
Tb? Brtful arm? bt?7? ecbietud a
bvillioot viotory Toe eo*ruy. otroogly
ooMooobod. bold o raogejot billo o .ui
both oidoe of tbo railway at
Uroo Poo Tbo
April. IStO.
"Bo Ju
_iSUMT
Lapeashiret, ander Lewis, reooonoiter
ed io so armored troio oo Friday.
Tbo Boors shelled the troio, killing
Lswit and o private.
Geo Methueo theo advanced. His
column mode a detour and bivouacked
for the oight at Swank'* Poo, three
miles from the Bier position.
At dawn no adveooe began, the
guards forming tbo reserve The
oolumn debouched oo lot plain east
ward of the Boer kopjes The Boer
goos opeood lire. Two batterios of
British artillery, posted oo eaoh side,
?belled the B ers, practice being good
oo both sides.
The Boero st iok tenaciously to their
positions, firing steadily and accurately.
The duel, wbiob constantly beoaroo
hotter, lasted ttrte hours. The Boer
shells woocdec several men of the
naval brigade
Fiodiog it impossible to displace the
Boers by artillery. Geo. Metbuen
resolved op at iofootry attack. A
brigade of iofootry, iooladiog the
Yorkshire*, tbo Northtmptoos, the
Northomberltods ood the Laoooshiret,
with tbo oovol brigade oo the right,
gallantly stormed the *Boor positions io
tae face of o withering fire, ood carried
bill after hill, tie brigade uoder Col.
Money oaptariog the main positioo
against a terrific fire and suffering
severely
Maoy of the Bjers volootarily sur?
rendered
The Boers were shelled during the
firing retreat, ind most have toot
heavily, but the;? succeeded io gettiog
away oortbward with their six goos.
The British were badly io oeed of
more oovolry.
Tho hoik of the fighting was on Free
State territory, tod the eogogemeot
wtt admirably penned Thirty Boor
wounded tro uoder trettmeot here.
THE BOERS' TAGTIC8.
Berlin, Nov. 28.?Tho Deutsche
Zritoog publish)! tho following dis
ptteh, doted Pro tori a, November 27,
receiving it, it it thought, throogh Boor
diplomatic ehtootlt:
President Kroger ood President
8teyo bovo instructed Geo Joobert tod
Goo Oroojt oot o tpltt their forott ioto
toitll detoobrreon, bat to strike vigor
oat blowt Geo Joabert bot throe
oo-pe, ooo holdiog Ladysmitb, the
teoood commanding the Togelt, tod
tho third etst of Estooort io order to
tot off tbt British retrett. Geo
Oroeje't foroet ore divided ioto three
contingents, ooo ut Kimberley, toother
ot Modder river tod third in the rctr
of Geo Mothaeo "
London. Nov 28?Gen Foreitier
Walker has sent ibo following dispttob,
da ed Gtpe Town, today, to the wtr
offioe : "Kekewieh reports from Kim?
berley from Nov 18 to Nov 23 some
unimportant ekirtnishee with tho Boers
Wounded. Gspt 3odley, Lieut. Htw
K: r tod three troopert ; tli doing
well. The betltli of the garrison it
good, tod the wtter supply it plentiful
Port Royal Qlveo Big Ap?
propriation.
Wosbiogtoo, Nov 30.?Tbo report
of Bear Admiral Eodieott, chief of
tbt bartta of otvtl yards tod docks,
?obmitt estimate* for improvements
smoootieg to $14.706,439 The
recommendations uro mode with t view
to to improving the various Motions
that the eotire cavy, including the
portioo io reserve, may be pot ioto
immediate tervioo tod kept there
eootiooously Among the items rr.oom
mended ore t oew stone and ooooreto
drv dook at the N? w York navy yard
i?> cost $1,000 000 and at Norfolk, to
eost $1,200,000. Another importtot
i'eoi is $1.500 000 for barracks at
Boston, Brooklyn, League Island,
Norfo!k and Mare Island, each to cost
$:ioo,ooo
Tho to'al estimate for various nr.vy
yardt tnd stations are at follows :
Norfolk $1 649.000 including $300,.
000 to oegin orw dock and $500.000
for additional laod 'o iooreose scope of
vord; Port Rot?l. 8 C$882 000;
Pcoaocole: Flo. $20,000 | K*y West,
F a, $117,000 ; Dry Tortugas, Fls,
$100,006
Seaboard Going to Charles
ton.
Obarleston, S 0 . Nov 20 ?Tbo
Chattanooga, Augusta and OhoilvO
ton railioad company wts orgat.izod
hero this afternoon. Tbia is tbe Sea
board Air Lino's new road between
this ci?y and Atlanta, surveys lor
whim bave been completed Tho
following oalowff fftro elected !
President, I rUndolpb Willioms, of
Baltimore j vice prtoidoot and gon<
eral manager, Jam n l' Jackson, ol
August* ; secretary, lleniy Botet, id
( hailesto!) ; ltOwSwfwf( R <i mdwyii
kh?tt, of Oborleatoti ; board of di
rectors, G W Willi tum, Jr. 0 VYil
bern, R Woodwyn Rhatt, W B Owii
olm, C S Heard, dames U Jackson,
8 H Wilson, Henry Buist, L Ron
dolpb Williams, S W Travis, W B S
WboUy ood W M Wollt
st and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou
ER. S. Os WEDNESI
I British Numbers Triumph.
Attacked 8,000 Boem En?
trenched at Modder River.
Loodoo, Nov 29,?The war office
has received the following dispatob
from Qeo Buller:
??Cape Town, Tuesday, No-r 28.?
Gen Methueo reports :
M 'Modder River. Tuesday, Nov
28 ?Rscooooitered at 5 a bb. enemy's
position on Modder River sod fouod
them strongly entrenched and conceal?
ed No means of outflanking, the
river being fall. Aotion commenced
with artillery, mounted iofaotry and
oavalry, at 5 30, guard on right, Ninth
brigade on left, attacked position in
widely extended formation at 6 SO, and
supported by the artillery, found itself
in front of the whole Boer foroe, 8,000
strong, with two Urge guns, four
Krupps, eto.
M 'The osvsl brigade rendered great
assistsooe from the railway.
" 'After desperate, bard fighting,
which lasted 10 bourn, our men, without
water or food and in the burning sun,
made the enemy quit his position
" 'Gen Pole-Carew was successful in
getting a small party across the river,
gallantry assisted by 300 sappers
V 'I speak in term* of high praise
of the oonduot of all who were
engaged in one of tho harden and
most trying fights in tho annals of the
British army. If I can mention one
arm particularly, it is two batteties of
artillery ? " x
A special* dispatob from Wiodsor
says thst Gen Metbuen'e dispatob to
the queen after the battle of Modder
River ssys : ?
"The battle wss the bloodiest of the
oeotury The British shelled the
enemy out of the trenches and theo
oherged The result wss terrible*"
A revised list of the British casual*
ties at Belmont shows :
Officers?Killed, 4 ; wounded, 22 ;
ooo-oommUsiooed offioers sod privates
killed, 46 ; wounded 225, of which
numbsr tbs Gusrds had 85 killed aod
159 wounded.
A revised list of the easttslttsii sus?
tained by Qeo. Hildyard's forees at tbs
battle of Beaooo Hill shows : Killed,
18 ; wounded, 64 ; missing 1 ; pris?
oners, 8
SORTIE FROM KIMBERLEY.
Pretoria, Monday, Nov. 27?Gen
Dutort reports that the British mide a
sortie from Kimberley earlv Saturday
morning sod fired on the Boers with
artillery sod infsntry in tho dark?
ness. The British sortied where the
Bioemhof Boer foroe was ststiooed
Oo onr (the Boer) side there were 300
men. Gen.N Dutort, who wss nine
miles off, bssteoed to the assistance of
the Bioemhof oootingeot with a bur.,
dred men. Nino burgbers were k'lled,
seventeen were wounded and there
were some missing The British left
on the field a private and sergeapt.
Il is reported that the British
attempted to leave Kimberley on the
east side to assist the troops from
Belmont Commaudsot L?bbe wss
slightly wounded
The British bave repaired the dam?
age to the railroad.
The Free Staters eogaged with the
British were overwhelmed by oumbers
aod, after a brave stand uotil the after?
noon we were compelled to tske up
another positmo oo the othcrside of the
railroad
Delsrey says it is impossible to give
the numbers of kiiied sod wounded
B'jers, but the loss is not grest
The Boers had four guos to the Brit?
ish 24
GKN METHUEN WOUNDED.
Loodon. Nov 30 ?It is offioaily
announced that Gen Metbuen was
among those wounded at tbc battle of
Modder river
Gen Methu^n, it developed later,
was slightly wounded by a bullet which
inflicted a flosb wound in the tbigh.
Lieut Loog of the Second Yorkshires
is another officer killed Ten cflners
were wounded
The war effice today makes public
tho following dispatch from the officer*
oommao<iin^ at Capo Town under date
of Nov 89 I
Kimberley all well to N v 23. Hail
and telegraph Opel to Modder river
Gatao.e reports, Nov 28, that tho situa
lion 1*4 unchanged.
The office has received the fallowing
dupatch fron? Buller dated Pieternsr?
i xburg, Wednesday. tb?29 : 'Miton
sit, a Islsgrspbist, nap just made his
way nut of Luly -n rh to VYsstet,
whence he ssi d* tili following
??asses] " 'On N >v 9 wo beat bsok
? he Boon with ^reut loss to tl.o ? DSfl y.
O ir lotsl e:ifcUallliH Were re OA SI k abl V
small There Wars only Bight men
killed dnrtOf the siegs of nh<tl *, and
it all lbs bottles, SlO, only S li Lodred
men bets bees killed <u- wouoded
??'1 left Ltdysmtth lbs oigbt oi"
No? 2? Bites N<?v 9 to ttttmpi has
been made to attack Lidvsiuitb in
firco
The war effioe hss reoeived from the
Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's s
)AY. DECEMBER 6.!
Towo (be following: The following
reoeired Nor 30: "Killed, staff
colonel, H P Northoott ; Second
Ooldetreams, Lieut Col H R Stopford ;
Gapt S Earle.
"Wouoded, artillery, Maj W Liod
say, Gapt Farrell, Lieut Dunlop, Lieut
Forse; Third Grenadiers. Maj Count
Gleichen, Lieut the Hon E H Lygon ;
Goidstreams, Lieut Viscount Aobeeon ;
medical oorps. Gapt G A Moore.
The casualties among the officers of
the Ninth brigade and the men of the
division will follow.
OPERATIONS IN NATAL.
Estoourt, Monday, Nor 27.?The
Twelfth Lanoers are reported to have
attacked Piet Relief's foroe at Weeoan
and to have ioflioted great loss oo the
Boers General Hildyard's troops
bivouaoked last oigbt at Frere Two
Bjers have been oaptured. Ooe of
them, a doctor, entered the British
oamp uoder the belief that it was a
Boer bivomo
Gen Joubert is reported to have
retreated to Goleoso yesterday by way
of Cbieveley. He travelled in ao
omnibus drawn by six horses It is
rumored that be is hurrying to oppose
Gol Baden.Powell.
Two Estcourt trains arrived at
Frere last night There is great
rejoicing at the opening of the line
Boer prisoners report Gen. Hild?
yard's oight attack with cold steel
paralysed the burghers, whose loss was
30 killed and over 100 wounded'.
REPORTS OF HEAVY BOER
L03SE9
Oraoge River, Nov 27.?Boer
prisoners here report that the number
of Boers killed at Belmoot is believed
to be 140, and gl Gras Pan 400.
Amoog the prisoners are several
with enormous red orosses oo their
sleeves. It is reported that they
fooght with the artillery.
NEWS OF KIMBERLEY AND
MAFEKING.
Loodoo, Nov 30.?News received
today from Kimberloy uoder date of
Nov 30, aod Mofekiog Nov 24- Noth?
ing of importance was reported from
either plaee.
LADYSMITH HEAVILY BOM?
BARDED MONDAY.
Loodoo, Deo 1?The Times pub?
lishes the following dispntoh from
Frere, Natal, dated Monday, Nov 27 :
"Ladysmith was heavily bombarded
today."
No News From Africa.
English Suffering in Painful
Suspense
Londoo, Deo 2, 4 30 a m ? Absolute
silence has fallen over affairs in South
Afrioa. The war office has not yet
received Lord Metbeuo's oasualty list
The poblio and tbe press, hitherto
patient, are begiooiog to murmur at
tbe apparently needless delay wbiob
keeps many families io a state of paio*
ful suspense.
It is regarded as practically oortain
that Lord Metbeun has been reenforoed
by half a battalion of tbe Gordon
Highlanders, a regiment of oovolry
aod a battlery of artillery, and that De
Aar is being daily reenforced by troops
to hold tbe lines of communication
It is supposed that tbe Natal advance
has been delayed by the necessity of
getting supplies to Pietcrmaritsburg,
but oot a word emanates from any of
tbe various commands
Civilizing tbe Soudan.
Cairo, Dao 1 ?Offioers from tbe
Socdao who have arrived here say
that when Gen. Wingat's force over?
took the khalifa the latter tried to
outflank the Anglo Kgyptait s but
failed. Seeing his position was hope?
less tbe kbalifa told bis emirs to stay
with biro and die
He then spread a sheepskin oo tbe
ground and sat down on it, with the
emirs on either side of him. Tbe
khalifa was found shot through tbe
bead, heart, arms aod legs, and the
emirs were lying oead btsido him
The members of bh bodyguard were
all dead in front of them.
(Jen. Wio gOte'l force swept over
them without tcoognizing the khaiitu
and his emir', but they wero identified
later.
The khalifa is de.-cribed as of medi?
um height, strong and Stoat, of light
br.>wo oolor sod wearing a loog gray
heard.
Liverpool, Deo 1 ? Following an'
Iho weekly cotton stattfltici : Total
nab s ol all kinds, 7? 000 ; American,
64,00'); Eogliali apiooero1 takioga,
72 000 ; total exports, 10,000 ; im
port, tut el, (57,000 ; American, GO,
000 ; stock, total, 781,000 ; Ameri?
can, 6(J 1,000 ; quantity *>'* ?at, total,
140,000 ; all American; 'otal tales
on speculation. 4,100 ; total tales to
exporters, 4,000.
ind Truth's." TM 1
1899 New
MINDANAO ACCEPTS
AMERICAN RULE
Mayor of Zamboanga Assas?
sinated Calixto and Has
Himself Made President.
Manila, Deo 1?The eeamer Sal?
vador from Zamboanga, island of
Mindanao, which has arrived here,
brings details of tho occupation of
the town by Commander Very of the
United States gunboat Castine The
revolutions in Mindanao were led by
Alvarez and Calixto, who left Luzon
some time ago and for the last seven
months had been stirring up the
people, winning a considerable fol?
lowing The commercial depression
and the lack of food resulting from
the island's blockade set the people
sgainst the revolutionists and culmi?
nated in the assassination on Nov 15
of Calixto, a firebrand and the real
leader of the revolution, by Midel,
mayor of the town of Tetusn.
Midel, under a pretext, secured
Calixio'e presence in Ttetuan, and
where the mayor's guards were sta?
tioned, the latter fired a volley, kill
ing Calixto inst&ntjv.
Midel at once repaired to the Cas?
tine and arranged with Commander
Very for the occupation of Zamboan?
ga Commander Very asked that
Datto Mandi, with 500 of bis follow
ere, stationed on a neighboring iel
and, come to Zamboanga
The following morning Midel raised
the American flag over Zamboanga,
the insurgents offering no resistsoce
and evacuating the town The
Castine was saluted with 21 guns and
Commander Very landed a hundred
blue jackets and took posession of I
the town and fortifications Datto
Mandi's men arrived in the after
nooc They were armed with
wooden shields and swords and were
used on picket duty.
Commander Very dispatched the
gunboat Manila Nov 15 to Jolo, to
convey troops to reinforce him A
company of the Twenty third regi*
ment under Cspt Nicholau arrived
Nov 17 and two more companies
followed them shortly. Mandi's fol
lowers then returned home
Alvarez sought to arrange for a
surrender of tne arms and artillery
pieces. On the afternoon of Nov 20
Midel oalled a meeting of the local !
chiefs, who formally deposed Alvarez
as leader of the revolutionists in the |
bland and eleoted Midel president cf
the new insular government established
under American sovereignty and con?
trol The chiefs then reques eu
Commander Very to grant exemption
from taxes until the reestabiishmeot of
oommoroial relations, permission to
carry arms in the mountains, religious
freedom and the power to eooduot local
government as they had previously
done, whiob requests, pending the
arrival of Brig Gen Otis cr the military
governor of the district, the comman?
der granted.
Commander Very then affected an
apparent reoonoiliatioo between Alva
r<z and Midel and their followers,
Alvarez signing a formal resignation of
the position of revolutionary leader
Nov 22 at a point on the coast near the I
rebel town of Meroedes Alvarez de?
livered 13 Nordeofeldts and Maxims,
with ammunition, which were stored
on board the Castine Eight Norden
feldts and Maxims were delivered to
the army in Zimboanga, as were also
200 rifbn with ammunition.
Alvarez had only a drzen followers
left, the remainder of the revolution?
ists having scattered and returned to
their occupations No fighting is ex*
peced
Commander Very having efarted to
oecupy Zimboaoga is considered to
have bandied (he situation in its many
phases with energy and diplomatio
ekiil.
Plttman Cleared of Murder.
Charleston. S C , Nov 29 ? A J.
Pittman, who killed his brother in
the lobby of the Hotel Calboun here
on Oct 18th, was tried for the murder
in the court of* session* here today
and acquitted The brothers had had
some business trouble, but had been
partially reconciled and met at the
hotel to talk mailers over They
were in the leading room of* the
hotel when the afl'ray took place
There were no eye witnesses. On
(he stand today Pittman said that he
believed his life to be in danger when
he fired
Rota
Absolutely t>
Makes the food more del
_aovAt SMoga powcx
C0tt*
rKUI 80?THR0N, KatablUhed Jon?. 13?>6
Series?Vol. XIX. So. 19
To Establish a
Gold Standard.
The Currency Bill Prepared
by the Republicans.
Washington- Nov. 27 ?The gen?
eral currency bill prepared by the
Republican caucus committee ap
pointed by the laet Congress has
received ite final revision at the hands
of the members and will be given
to tbe press to morrow afternoon for
publication on Wednesday, after o
copy has been mailed to each Re?
publican Representative iu Congress.
Tbe measure represents tbe unani?
mous conclusions of the committee
and will be called up for considera?
tion at the caucus of tbe Republican
members of tbe House, which is to
be held probably next Saturday.
Accompanying tbe bill io a report
setting forth at length tbe reasons
and necessity which, in tbe opinion
of the committee, exist for the pro?
posed legislation.
I The Evening Star today prints tbe
following as some of the chief
features of the bill, and which in the
main are fairly accurate:
"An amendment to the coinage
I laws, making 52 38 grains of gold, *
900 parts fine, the standard coin
measure.
"An amendment to the Green?
back Reissue Act of 1878, providing
that those treasury notes shall not
be redeemed with gold, except in
change for gold. Thio provision
will prevent the operation of tbe
endless chain which hitherto has
been the means to raid tbe gold re?
serve.
"An amendment to the specie
Resumption Act, directing tbe [main?
tenance of o gold reserve of not lees
thon $100.000,009, the mointenonoe
of the reserve at that figure now
beieg entirely io the discretion of the
secretary of the treasury.
"An amendment cf the National
Bank Act. authorizing banks to be
organized with o copitol stock of
$25,000. At present tbe minimum
is $50,000 Another amendment to
the some Act, authorizing banks to
issue notes to tbe par value of the
bonds they have on deposit to secure
circulation At present tbe limit is
90 per cent A third amendment to
this Act reduces tbe taxation on
bank circulation to one tenib of 1
pet cent This tax is to pay the
expense of engraving and printing
the notes. The present rste more
than meets this expense v
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Foolish Talk in Frankfort.
Frankfort, Ky.. Nov. 27?Senator
Deboe left for Washington tonight and
after his departure a story, emanating
from Republican sirdes, was put abroad
that in the event Goebel is giveo a
.certificate of election next Saturday by
tbe throwing out of the vote of Jeffer?
son, Knox and Johnson counties
Senator Deboe, Senator Liodssy, Gov- .
eroor Bradley, Gen Taylor and other
Republieao leaders will unite in ao
appeal to President McKinley to declare
martial law in Kentuckey, recognizing
Taylor as Governor and supporting his
administration Senator Deboe stated
t > the Associated Prets reporter that
be felt ooofideot no emergency woold
arise requiring tbe assistance of tbe
Federal authorities, but intimated that
i he had assurances that Federal aid
oould be bad if it became neoessary.
Philadelphia. Pa. Nov 29 ?A elec
I trie shook io tbe basement of Partridge
& Rioh:.rd<*oo'H department stcre, n :m
bers 15 to 29 North E'ght Stree\ start?
ed a fire this morciog that to less tbao
four hours caused an estimated loss of
! more tbao $3 000,000. The heaviest
loosers are J B I/ppcnc "t & Co,
book publishers, 716 tj 820 Fubett
Street, whose six story brick building,
containing rare and valuable plates and
machinery was completely gutted,
involving a loss estimated by the mem
bsrs of the firm at $2.000,000 ; aod
Partridge & Richardson.
New York, Nov 29.?Tbe east
bound Buffalo express on the Dela?
ware, Lackawana and Western rail?
road, while standing outside tbe
station at tbe Vauwinkle street cross?
ing at Patterson, N. J , tonight was
run into by a 8wiftly*movirg accom?
modation train, bound from Philiips
burg, N. J , to Jersey City At
least six people were killed, and
there arc now 20 injured at tbe
hospital at Patterson, of whom some
will probably die, while some of
those not seriously injured oTora able
to go to their destination
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