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EVENTS OF THE DAY
NEWS,
Corporate frftnohitet
in Texas,
will b taxed
FLED TO THE SOUTH
WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS.
EnUome of th. r1.MA3W!.?Ku "boring,
r - .f,..v .,.. nuuumi jinn wo onager point.
News of the World.
Montreal tl visited bv ft fan. An.
troyNl 18,000,000 worth of property.
iumm wanti ft loan. The effort
Aguinaldo Has Been Located
at Bambang.
to
TKKHK TICKS FBOM THE WIEM in Germany reunited In failuM,
The London fog ii mid to be to thick
ESCAPED TRAP LAID FOE HIM
An Interesting Collection of Item Fro)
in neniispnerea rrmiM
In ft Condensed Varna.
The validity of government contmot
miuie By swindler Captain Carter will
tie tudwa.
iho convention agreeing to rbltra.
non oi HHniOiiu claims w signed tt
vt txiiiiiton. ,
Inlluontlul flnn Dlnfnna Hill build ft
srausconunouui railroad via Suit Lake
worn their city,
Huntington denies that the raoiflo
Mull Htefttnslilp Company ha aUorbed
t.io ixcw j n pun uue.
Tho Moyelo, automobile nl riibW
trut now proposo ono great concern
wun capitalization of 1100,000,000.
l iscoiudii Inmbor dealer have ja
nongut i,iiuu,iiuu nores o. timber land
Ml tho Pacluo onust. They paid
U,UUU,UUU.
Owing to tho poor telegraphic end
Cftblo service frotu South Africa tbe
Loudon paper enu got no new' lot
their special edition".
Tha submarine tornodo-lxwt Ilolhtnd
hut boon successfully tested ly Uncle
Sam nml a pnrvhAM) will probably toon
ixi mmlo by Ilia navy department.
Tho battleship Oregon hut Milled
from Hong Kong, mppoeedly for Cobu.
Hh sailed doouur tliiin expect! uul
Was seemingly unprepared for sea.
A boats' crow of thn British ship
rauuui, recently chartered for trans
fmrt service, refused to accompany the
ship to the Philippines. Twenty-one
oi mam woro placed in Irons.
A N. Petersburg correspondent says
nun unfwia, i-ranee una Kiln have de
cided to intervene nml suggest arbitra-
tion between England end the Doers if
berumny is willing to co-operate.
Otis cables that tho Thirty-fifth in-
fnntry hit roiu:hd Mauilu. ThU ii the
rcgimrnt which ivti qunrtered at Vna-
conver nuil inn lurk nil from Porthind.
rrivnto Cleary (litl on tho voyage.
Tho lloi lin com-iipondmitof UieParii
Ugaroanye l,mponr William U re
oIvpo to ooonpy Tigor bay, onth of
Angola, on the wont count of South
Africa, if England occur, loa Dulugo
Diiy.
Kama want ns to define our policy
In tho partitioning of China. She
aeeme anxioni to know If we aro in tha
crnmble for a lxrrt of outry and
phera of Influence. The imprulon ia
that America will only iinUt niion an
Oen-(lojr policy and protection of her
treaty r!ht. Great llritain and Japan
Will anp)ort nor In tluwe deinaiKtR.
Tho Indiana, with tho Tennessee
volnotcere on board, ii overdue at Ban
rrouulHco.
Tho Tucoma Nowa announcen author'
Itntivt ly that tho Koiittlo J'oat-Iutullt-
gencer haa bam sold. The puruhnaor'a
name la withmmi.
Tho ofllcora of tho trnniiport Ohio,
wnu-n Jiua arrlvod at Sun l ranoinco,
rejmrt that there la a acarclty of food
on the inland of Guam.
rrtutlilent Samiud 11. Donnelly, of
thn International Typographical Union,
was accorded euthnsiaatio reception
by tho printers of Toi-tlnnd and Koattle
and Spokane.
An ungrateful Indian, who had been
fnrulphod with food and lodging, mur
dorod a Nevada whito woman anil her
infant son. Hobbery woi the motive
of tho aawuuiin,
Tho ItuMHinn ateamor Dolney Vaatok,
which wna to have entered the trans
port service, arrived in San Frunclsoo
too lato, a ltritish ateaiuor having
taken hor place.
AVar in tho Transvaal bat effected
tho markets of the Kust and specula
tive opcrutioua have ceased. The effect
on prices, however, has uot buon at
groat as anticipated.
A rlivoreo baa beon granted to Count
Von Moltko, tho omimror of Oormany't
nid-Ue-eamp. Tho decree places tho
entire guilt on tho wife. Tho ease hat
caused a sensation in court circles for
ft year past.
Having learned that Whito Is still
aafo at Ladysmith, the ItritUli are giv
ing attention to Oouorul Joubert's plan
for tho oonquent of Natal, guch ft
movement is regarded as more during
that Hhcrnmu'a march to tho sea.
that it obeourni tlie iiotort in theaters,
Jfonoy it joing back East to reliova
the stringonoy Uiore One to natural
uiovemeut.
Admiral Bchlny eavt the eomnletion
of the Kicarngua canal wonld make tho
American navy invincible.
Within the last week there hat been
Winch lighting At Ladysniith. but node.
cisive results are attained.
Ilanban and Tarlao have been taken
by the Amorlcans, but Agninaldo't
wnoroabontt it at mach ft mystery as
oeioro.
Olllcial returnt are very slow in Ken-
tncKy. uoth the Domocratt and llo
publicans claim ft victory, and con
test it sure.
The Mexican had two fiirhtt with
the Yaquit in which the Indians were
repulsed, but not without considerable
loss to the Mexicans.
Tho Union Iron Works, of San Fran
cisco, Is said to have been absorbed bv
the Rellgman syndicate, the gigantic
tuipouimtng trust recently formed.
The Cherokee Indians will sell ont
and leave this country. They disap
prove of the allotment plan. Mexico
hat given them ft grant of 8,000,000
acres.
An unknown man had one of his leers
torn from his body while attempting to
Doara a moving traift near Kansas City.
lie lived bnt 15 minutes, dying in
horrible agony.
During shopping tour in New York.
Admiral and Mrs. Dower were com
pellod to seek refuge in ft store to ftvoid
the crowd of curiout people who were
pressing them
Assistant Secretary Allen, in his an
nual report, favors the naval reserve.
He believes that it should be roorgan
ized in connection with the regnlar
navy establishment.
Delations between Japan nd Russia
are strained. The trouble it over
Corea, and the Mikado 'a government is
thought to be anxlont to try conclu
aions with the czar.
A long-lost will hat turned op, and
with it the prospect that the estate of
tho lute Andrew J. Davis, tho Montana
millionaire, will again burden tho re
cords of tho Montana supreme court,
Efforts of tho American Military Forow
Will Mow It IMreoted Toward
tha Mew Babal Capital,
Washington, Nov. 11. The war de
partment definitely located Aguinaldo
toaay as on his way to Bambansr. 76
mues northeast of Tarlao. The recent
calculations have been that the insur
gent leader was in tho town of Havana
bang, not far from Tarlao. in which case
tne sevoral forces under Generals Mao.
Arthur, Lawton, Young and Wheaton
would have had him practically sur
rounded. There has beon some donbt,
however, as to the name of Bavamban.
ana waay tnu was cleared up by defi
nite information fixing Bambang, in
stead of Bayambaug, as the place of
Aguinaldo's refuge. A dispatch from
Oeueral OtiB mentioned Jiamlmng, and
at the same time reliable information
came through other channels that Lieu
tenant Gilmore and other American
pi-tamers were at Bambang, in the
mountains fur to the northeast of Tar
lao.
It is expected the ineunient capital
will be shifted to Bambang, and the
pf orta of the American military forces
win he directed toward that point.
It is in the mountainous country of
the north, and apparently out of the
ertiie and populous reeions where
Aguinaldo has thus far conducted his
Derations, It is said to be accessible
from the tooth by wav of one route
only, along a river which ia a branch
of the Kio Grande. This leaves the
rebel loader little or no opportunity of
communicating with the coast or get
ting in supplies. lie has also left th
railroad behind. .
It is said at the war department that
the columns ol General Yoiina and
General Wheaton will push on to the
north, following np the insurgent leader
ana nis scattered bands.
General Wood Boss Not Want Bo Many
at Santiago.
New York, November 11. A special
to the Herald from Washington says:
in order to avoid the charge of mili
tarism already being raised in certain
political quarters and preliminary to
tho appointment of civil governors
President McKinley and (Secretary Koot
are considering the advisability of
withdrawing troops from Cuba and
Puerto Rioo. There are now in Cuba
801 orticers and 10.706 men and
Puerto Rico 108 offioers and 8,225 men.
In his annual report, just submitted
to Secretary Root, Brigadier-General
Wood, commanding the department ol
Santiago, declares be hat too many
troops. Secretary Root teleirranhed
General wood today to make a supple
mental report as to the number of men
in hit .department and the number
which can safely be withdrawn. In
structions were sent several daye ago
to General Brooke, commanding the
division in Cuba, to report upon the
advisability of withdrawing troops.
Ills reply was not favorable to tho
proposition. The conditions in t'
island, in his opinion, necessitated t
retention of all the men now under hi.
command.
It is understood that Brigadier-Gen
eral Lee, commanding the province oi
Havana and Finar del Rio, has in
formed the president that, in his
opinion, all the men in Cuba should
remain. Upon the arrival of General
Ludlow here, he will be asked to eive
his opinion respecting the advisability
of reducing the military force in the
lsiana.
In ruerto Rico, it Is said, military
officers feel that the force there can be
reduced and It is expected tome batal-
lons will be brought home and sta
tioned in this country. .
THE BESEIGED ARMY
TRANS-PACIFIC CABLE.
Little News of White's Condi.
tion Given Out.
Tne nouta Crosnes Bmp Aby.iei and
- nig-h Mountains,
new xorlc, Nov. 18. A special to
me lmrane irom Washington says:
T) a ji : , k i t . , -
iienr-Auminu uraoiora naB com
pleted the official naval protect for
trans-Pacific submarine cable between
Ban francisco and Manila in time to
supply congress with all the essential
information at the opening of the next
session that will permit intellieent con-
Another of Boiler's Transports Arrlre. "deration Of the subject and prompt ao-
A TERRIBLE BATTLE
Fought to Compel Venezuelan
General to Surrender.
A STOEY OP BOER TREACHERY
FOREIGN FLEETS BOMBARDED
mt Cape Town News From tha
Western Border.
Jjonnon, ov. 13. The British war
office has received from General Buller
the following dispatch:
uape iown, Thursday evening
Have received by pigeon post from Gen
eral White today the following: "The
bombardment at long range by heavy
guns continues daily. A few casual
ties are occurring, but no serious harm
is being done. The Boers sent in today
a number of refugees from the Trans
vaal nnder a flag of truce. A party
from Ladysmith met them outside the
vl 2 J" , p ly reParateu" Midway and Guam, a submerged monn
the Boers fired on it before it reached tain over 12 nori w in hii,t . i.
iri -..... t, J 6""
ur jiiajur uumj, ui wi noyai covered, and a reasonably level marl
tion for the inauguration of the great " C!tJ of Po"to c was Dora.
t I 4bt1 . am if AHA l.akMi wrru.
WOTK. I ' - " u,
All linn hi. hnm kjan -arrnA i KlHd o Wounded.
" 1JWJ 1UIUVTDU ivsiaiu- I
ing the practicability of the enterprise
oy tne aaoption of Honolulu. Midway Puerto Cabello. Venezuela. No. 14.
and Gnam as relay stations on the long General Parades, a former comman-
iine, ana oy the discoveries made from der of the army of ex-President An-
me navai-survey ship Nero as to the flrade, who had refused the demand
character oi the ocean bed between made upon him by General Castro and.
inose points. The sounding instro- the de facto authorities to surrender
ments ot this ship disclosed an abyss the town, even when thit was rein-
in tne w estern Pacific over five miles forced by the reanest of th Rritlnh.
deep, but a slight divergence from a American, French, German and Dutch
straight line fortunately developed a commanders, surrendered this morning
vu, avuimug mis msuperuDie obstacle at 10 o'oiooit, alter a terrible battle.
to laying a working cable. At another The aspeot of the city is one of ruin
point, on the game stretch betweer and devastation, and it is estimated
engineers, was wonnded today while
sending a message. The entrenchments
are growing stronger daily and the sup
ply of provisions is ample."
that upward of 650 persons were killed
r wounded during tho fighting. Dr.
Braisted, of the United States cruiser
Detroit, and the other surgeons of the
variont warships in the harbor are min
istering to the wants of the wounded.
General Ramon Gnerra led in the
around this was found.
ihe physical practicability of the
line now having been assured bevond
doubt, it nnl V Mm.tni fm win..!.,,,
mu. ... at . . . . . , ' wugisD. w I vcuc aujvu uu.ua IVU u vuv
The war office this evening issued I vnpah tha mUit,,, ocoinj ij .i j .u.
. . 11 I ww.nUDO Wiu Will" lOUU WUM UAJU bUD MJWU BllU .119 IW
"""""" I merciai advantages to accnin from h 1 itinn nf Rnn.nl P.m-lu nn
Rmm Ttnlla. f!o Tnim V in I , .. 7 .. . I . . . " '"""J
j. .v. uiiMirniniQD Bnn nmrsnnn nr th. n .ht iimi. .am .! .. u. ij
w T ,. . ,1 tem- ltwas Presented to congress until Saturday morning about i o'clock,
expected from the Pacific cable
STRENGTHENING ESQUIMALT.
cort under Speckley, of Plumer's force,
was attacked by Boers November 2.
Sbf men missing and lost convoy."
Tee war othce also issued the follow
ing:
'A report having appeared in the
South African papers that our artillery
fired on the Geneva flag. General Bul
ler telegraphs the following account oi
England Will Not Be Taken Unawares lne mciaent given to the standard and
br Rnaaia. Diggers' JNews by a Dutch clergyman
New York, Nov. 10. A special to w"u - , Z L ?e " corporation from undertaking the oper-
and then a fierce struggle ensued. Gen-
wonld eral Parades made a stubborn defense.
not attract private capital unless it but General Guerra forced an entrance
had a connection with Australia. Japan into the town at 5 o'clock yesterday.
and China, as well as with San Fran- As early as 8 o'clock Saturday morn-
visixi, iiunuiuiu ano Manna. ing the neet arrived and began a bom-
For that reason it was deemed indis- bardment. but the range was too exeat.
pensaoie inai tne united States shonld and the firing proved ineffective. Gen-
own btronge island, m the Caroline eral Parades held tho fort on tho hill
group, or a cable landing there to in- and Fort Liberatador until this
sure the working of a loop to Australia. Ing.
me aDsence of this may deter any
REPORTS OF BATTLES.
BOERS LAST WEEK.
Mabalacat in Luzon hat beon occu
pied by tho Americans.
Tho Washington voluntoora were pro-
tented with medals in Soattlo.
Naior-vionerai Ludlow, oivil gover
nor of Havana, is vbdtiug in New York.
Twelve socialists and six liberals
were clocted to the Berlin municipal
council.
The lato John S. Pillsbury, of Minne
apolis, loft 100,000 to a home for
children.
In Snohomish county 2,600 men are
employed in getting out logs and
shingle bolts.
Twenty men of the Forty-second regi
ment were injured in a railway acci
dent on their way to San Francisco.'
Not Perce Indians have demanded
more money than is paid for railway
rights of way through their reservation.
Assemblyman Mazet, of Now York,
claims he was defeated by fraud, but
his friends say thoy will contest tho
seating of Stewart.
The danger of ft Basuto uprising ia
now admitted to be Imminent in South
Africa, and may render necessary tho
mobilization of a second army corps,
An agreement as to tho partition of
Samoa hat been reached at Berlin be
tween England and Germany, subjeot
to the approval of the United States,
A bark is loading 1,000,000 feet of
specially selected timber at Vancouver,
U. C, for the Cramps, of Philadelphia,
to be used in building United States
ships.
Tho civil governor, counsellor, judges
and secretaries who constitute the new
government of Negros, sent greeting to
President Mckinley on taking their
olllcet. ,
Bailer's Advance on Lnd ranillh Will
Ileum In a Few Ways.
London, Nov. 11. The scanty and
connicting news irom the Beat of war
and the fact that General White has
not yet said a word about the alleged
fighting around LadyBmith are again
producing a feeling of gloom. It may
be that General hue has sent newt
and that General Buller has thought
best to keep it to himself. Indeed,
this is the version that is beginning to
bo believed, at it is held to tie impossi
ble that the news of heavy fightint
brought by Kallirs In such circumstan
tial detail can be wholly groundless.
If this be so, it is ominous, for there
could be no ground for concealing fav
orable news.
cannot do long however, before a
change occurs. General Buller's forces
will soon arrive at Durban, and wili
probably begin the advance to the re
lief of Ladysmith about Novembor 15.
The Boers, if they ever entertained the
Idea of a real invasion of Cape Colony,
nave prouauiy now abandoned It, anu
will devote their whole energies to to-
duoing Ladysmith. They have only
altout a week to do this. The fact that
they are inactive indicates that they
ore waiting for something which they
leei sure will lustily. their delay.
The latest I'.stcourt dispatches seem
to hint that the garrison is about to re
tire further southward.
the Times from Montreal says: Eng
land does not intend to be taken un
awares in any move that may be made
in the Pacific as a result of a possible
comDination of two or more hostile
powers against her interests in that
quarter of the globe. It is learned
that a Btrong detachment of marines,
whose sailing from England was not
announced, will arrive at Halifax to
morrow or tho day after en route to Es
quimau, the strongest British strong
hold and naval base in the Pacific
ocean.
The fortifications at Esquimalt are
ibu undergoing consul era uie strength'
ening and enlargement, and a large
number of heavy guns have recently
been shipped across the continent to be
mounted at that fortress. The reason
for the hurried strengthening of Esqui
malt lies in tbe apprehension of the im
penal government that Kussia may
seize the opportunity of the Boer war
to attack England in the East.
cannon snot, tne English thought our
men were at tho railway station, and
fired there. They were not, but one of
the shots went through an ambulance.
As soon as they found out their mis
take they ceased firing. Tho ambu
lance was thought to have been three
miles from the scene of action, so it
cannot be claimed the Boers broke the
rules of civilized warfare, and I do not
think the English would have fired on
them intentionally.' "
with the arrival at Cape Town of
the British transports Roslyn Castle
and Moor, to be followed by a contin
uous succession of troop-laden ' ships,
the real campaign in South Africa may
be said to have begun, and the fact that
the first ship named was expected to
arrive at Durban forthwith indicates
at least a modification of the plan of
advance.
ation of a cable across the Pacific with
out a heavy subsidy.
LANDED UNDER FIRE.
Sharp Work
dewey's Wedding.
rs. Mildred Baien Became His Brldi
In a Very Quiet Ceremony.
Washington, Nov. 11. Admiral
George Dewey and Mrs. Mildred Hazen
were married quietly at the rectory ol
St. 1'aul's Catholic church in this city,
shortly before 10 o'clock this morning.
Tho ceremony was performed by the I
Rev. James F. Mackin, pastor of the
church. The ceremony was of the
simplest character according to the
rites of tbe Catholio ohnrch, and the
only witnesses, besides the officiating
clergyman, were Mrs. Washington Mc-
How Wheaton' Army DUembarked
Ban Fabian.
Manila, Nov. 13. The landing of
the American troops at San Fabian
Tuesday was the most spectacular affair
of its kipd since General Shaffer's dis
embarkation at Daiquiri. The co-oper-
auuu ui me truups ana tne navy was
complete. The gunboats maintained a
terrific bombardment for an hour while
the troops rushed waist deep through
the surf under a heavy bnt badly
aimed rifle fire from the insurgent
trenches and charged right and left.
pouring volley after volley at the flee
ing rebels. Forty Filipinos were cap
tured, mostly non-commissioned offi
cers. Several insurgent dead and five
wounded were found in a building
which had suffered from the bombard
ment. The town was well fortified.
The Band dunes were riveted with bam
boo 20 feet thick, which afforded a fine
cover.
Judgo Schoflcld, of Illinois, has ar
rived in San Francisco from Samoa
and Hawaii. Ho says tho natives of
Samoa should Be allowed to work out
their own salvation. He reports the
landgrabbora as doing ft rushing busi
ness in Hawaiian Islands..
Swindlers in Wall stroot, New
York, have been selling washed-out,
canceled revenue Btampt, the trafllo
having reached enormous proportions.
It is estimated that 10 por cent of the
dully sales wero fraudulent and that
the government has beon losing $5,000
a day in the doal.
Bonrko Cookran, the famous Now
York orator, wus once a porter for A.
T. Stewart.
Charles E. Llttlefleld, who snoceodt
Nelson Dingloy in congross, will bo the
tallest man in that body, being tlx
feet five iuohos in hoight.
A call lift been Issued by tho exoon
tlva council for tho nineteenth annual
convention of the American Federation
of Labor, to be hold at Detroit, Mich.,
December 11 next,
A cable message from General Otis
says that Major Hugh McGrath (cap
tain Fourth cavalry) died at Manila
from wounds received at the battle of
Novalota, a month ago.
Frederick J. CrosB, of Honolulu, has
the exclusive rights to operate the Mar
coni system of wireless teloffraphy in
the famous. It is expected to have
the system in operation January 1.
A $100,000 gold brick, tho largest
ever melted in ft Canadian mine, is to
be sent down from the Kootenai dis
trict shortly. This year's wash-up is
the richest ever known in the district.
Russians and the Japanese on the
Corenn .peninsula are' on the most
friendly terms. The Russian and Jap
anese ministers assert that the reports
of friolton aro unfouudod and are in
tended to' distract attention from other
questions.
Gen. John Bidwell, of Chico, Cal.,
who led tho first party of whites over
the Sierras into the golden state, is
still hale and hearty at the age of 80.
Official estimatos of the wheat crop
Latest From Lailysmtth.
London, Nov. 11. Tho colonial
office has received a telegram from the
governor of Natal, giving a copy of the
pigeon-post message received by the
premier from the commandant of vol
unteers. It is as follows:
"Ladysmith, (Tuesday). 1 sent you.
November 8, by native mssenger, a re
port of the engagement that day, but I
am not sure if it reached yon, as the
messenger has not returned. Major
Taunton, and Sorgennt Mapsone, of the
Natal oarbineers, were killed. Cup-
tain Arnoldt, of tho border mounted
riiles, was wounded. Nine troopers
wore wonnded, all slightly. All aro
doing well. There has been nothing
important since. Tho hospital was re
moved to a spot on the railway three
miles south. All was quiet Sunday
and Monday. The enemy renewed the
bombardment today, but no damage
au8 been done."
Safe for the Present.
London, Nov. 11. The correspond-
snt of the Daily Telegraph at Pieter-
maritzburg, telegraphing Monday, says:
Kstoonrt, Pietermaritzburg and
Ladysmith are all safe for some time to
come. Owing to tho fact that Lady
smith lies low and the Boers, unluck
ily, having been permitted to occupy
Mount Buluwan and other surrounding
big hilla, attempts to open heliographio
communication have proved a failure."
More Boers Around Klinberloy.
Oranae Rivor, Cape' Colony, Nov,
11. The Boers investing Kimberly
have been reinforced by 2,000 men,
and have succeeded in corraliug about
5,000 worth of stuck belonging to
Kimberly merchants, which was in
tended for the sustenance of the town.
Conditions at Ladyamlth,
New York, Nov. 18. A dispatch to
tho World from Estconrt says
.trustworthy information concern
ing the actual state of affairs at Lady
Bmith comes from two civilians who ar
rived today, having escaped from the
besieged town by evading the British I ' The Cotn Crop.
patrols and stealing through tho Boer Washington, Nov. 18. The monthly
lines. They say that both the town reP" OI statistician of the depart-
and the British camp are completely ment 01 ?riculture will state that the
invested, and that artillery firing back moet thorough investigation of the oot
and forth is continuous. The bombard- ton situation that has been made since
ment in heaw hut its effor-t io nnnrt 1896 has just been completed. Stec-
to be petty. The Boers are slightly I "Konta from the Washington office laid concrete beds for firing the lyddite
snnerior in Bt.remrth. hnt tha Tirif.ioii I have visited all the principal points in naval guns, showing that there is no
forces maintain a vigorous defense. he 0044011 belt, investigating both acre- foundation for the fear that the lyddite
ago aim production, renning the re- I ammunition at ijaaysmitn nas rjcen ex
ceipt of final reports as to picking, due hausted. It is also reported from the
December 1, no detailed statement will I tame quarter that some fires have been
be issued, but the statistician states teen in Ladysmith, indicating that tho
tnat on the basis of the highest estimate I Boer bombardment has been, to tome
of the area under cultivation for which extent, effective.
Done In tha Vicinity ol
Klmberley,
London, Nov. 14. Thit morning's
news from the seat of war 'in South
Africa continues fairly satisfactory.
The official cables are not very detailed
with regard to the Belmont incident.
which, except for the loss of Colonel
Keith-Falcone r, wat not a very serious
affair.
There are signs of .greatly increased
Boer activity in Natal and along the
western frontier. All the dispatches
tend to show that the British are hold
ing ont ably. Colonel Baden-Powell
reports that all was well at Mafekins
on November 8. Ladysmith's latest
date is November 4, while nothing ad
verse is heard from the latter poiut,
and confidence is felt in General
White's ability, previous experience
having shown that the Boer artillery is
not very effective.
It is believed that the Boer retreat
will be made over the Drakensburg
range into the Zoutpansberg district,
where preparations for provisioning and
maintaining the Boers is said to have
been made for the last stand, and
where it will be difficult to dislodge
them. Already it is rumored that they,
are in straits for food around Lady
smith, and may, therefore, be obliged
to abandon the siege.
Dispatches from Estcourt say it hai
been ascertained that the British have
nghtmg daily. There were three at
tacks on the side of Ladysmith last
Friday. The accounts previously re
ceived tnrougn native runners were
Lean and Mrs. Ludlow, wife of Admiral
Ludlow, mother and sister respectively greatly exaggerated.
w uiiuo, ouu xjivubemuifc vuiuweu. i . - i ds main isnr.iRH atrnnb- v.. rn
Dewey's secretary. the Boer batteries, stationed to the east- tne department can find any warrant,
Arrangements for the wedding were ward. The British loss in that action ta.dw.mo acres, the crop cannot ex-
made with all the secrecy which hat was about 150 killed or wonnded. Tt 0663 9,500,000 bales. This estimate is
attended the whole affair. As Dewej is supposed that the Boers suffered far based on the most complete and trust-
ib not a uatnouo, a special dispensa- more. wonny miormanon.
tion was required for the performance
Of the Ceremony. An Amsterdam Rumor. Swept by a Hurricane.
London. Nov. 13. Another rnmor. Kingston, Jamaica, jnov. 13. Com
Filipino de Brus Bullets, emanating from Amsterdam sources, munlcatlon with the eastern parts of
Kew York. Nov. 1 1 Thn Proo. aavs a British rnirimnnt. who Ho,.i,nt tne island, particularly the section be-
says: Friday by the Free Staters. It is "1D "u" "lorant oay to rort
Brass bullets are being nsed by the added that 600 British soldiers were
Filipinos against the Americans. That
fact was discovered when a bullet with
a brass casing was extraoted from the
leg of a soldier at the Polyoonio hos
pital recently. He is now at Governor'!
island being nursed back to health.
The patient is Lieutenant Joseph L.
Donovan, formerly of the Ninth regi
ment. He went to the Philippines at
a regular and was wounded in the leg.
Being young, strong and healthy, he
will not die. The surgeons found the
trouble in the shape of a
killed and wounded,
horses were captured.
and that 800
llrltl.h Transport IMlabled.
St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands,
Nov. 11. The British transport Persia,
with ft squadron of the Enniskillen
dragoons, a hospital detachment and
in Frauoe place the yield at 840,000,-1 munitions of war on board, has been
kkj iiuiiAi. Mil. vr This is a fnllinn ' towed here in a disabled condition.
off of 85,008,003 bushels from last year,
Gen. Lawton, who has been do
scribed in a newspaper biography as
able "to drink any man under tho
table," tells a correspondent in Manila
that he never drunk drop of liquor.
She wus piokod up by a tug close to.
Borne rooks and was towed 12 miles
Tho Charter Oak is in Hartford,
Conuenticut, and concealed the char,
tor of the colony for several yews from
1087.
brans-encased, in his leg. Nature had
saved Donovan's life by encysting it.
Had it not been for the poison-prool
cyst that surrounded the bullet, Dono
van would have died long ago, the Bur
geons said."
Three Futile Attack.
Manila, Nov. 9. A force of 800 in
surgents attacked the Fourth cavalry
lust night, making three futile charges
and losing three men, the Americana
losing none.
The first raft across the ferry at Ca
banatnan was carried away by the
swift current. It had 16 men of the
Third cavalry on board, with their
horses, but only ono of them wa!
drowned. -
There it talk of establishing a direct
line of steamers between some point on
the Pacific coast and Yladivostook, Si
beria, the Pacific ooast terminus of the
Trans-Siberian railroad. At toon at
the road is completed, which will be
within a year, the Russian government i
will encourage such a line. j
. The missing newspaper correspond
ent, Easton, who was supposed to have
been captured by the Boers, is said by
Consul Maornm to be at the front with
Kruger't army, . ... :
Alaskan Rati way.
Seattle, Nov. 13. Tho Whito Tags
& Yukon Railroad has purchased near
ly $300,000 worth of steel rails with
which to extend its line from Lake
Bennett to Closoligh, a point on Fifty-
Mile river, four miles below the Whitc
Horse Rapids. Of this amount 3,400
tons have been delivered under rush or-
large bullet, dors to Lake Bennett, together with a
V .. A. 1 JI 1 i. 1 1 . . 1 .
locomotive to be nsed on the construc
tion work between Lake Bennett and
the AVhito Horse Rapids.
By Jnne 1 at least, the railroad
company expects to have the road
completed to the rapids and in opera
tion. . ' '
Son Killed HI Father.
Pprterville,, Cal., Nov. 11. At
Piano, a small town a mile and a half
south of here, Reese Martin was shot
and instantly killed by his 19-year-old
son Frederick. The young man ac
cused his father of striking his mother.
A quarrel ensued and ' the son dis
charged both barrels of a shotgun at
the old man, causing instant death.
He claims that he acted in self-defense.
August Beeker Hanged.
Chioago, Nov. 13. August Becker,
the German butcher, who on January
7 last, murdered his wife, Rachel, and
afterwards chopped np and boiled the
remains in order to dispose of them,
was hanged in tho county jail this af
ternoon. . Becker's neck was not broken
by the fall and it was sixteen minutes
before he was pronounced dead. On
the scaffold Becker protested his inno
ceuoe and declared George Sutterly,
the father of his second wife, was the
real innrdorer;
Antonio, has been interrupted since
yesterday. This evening, however, it
is being partially re-established, and
advices from . various points say the
heavy weather culminated in a tremen
dous hurricane, which, during the
night, completely razed the banana
parishes. Portland, St. ThomaB and
Morant bay are reported severely dam
aged. Details are anxiously awaited.
Transport Buffalo BeBtted.
New York, Nov. 18. The transport
Buffalo will be ready for the service of
carrying supplies to the Philippines
next Sunday. In the last three month)
sne nas been thoroughly refitted, both
without and within. The Buffalo it
expeoted to go into commission on No
vember 15, but it is feared that it will
be impossible to have her in readinost
then.
Coalmlners' Strike.
Chioago, Nov. 18. The Record today
says: The situation in the coal-mining
" io .u wuuiotu aim wuswru sec-
iioua oi Illinois nas taken a- serious
turn,' and it is said that many of tho
mines may be tied up within the next
to nours as a result of the continued
action of operators in sending coal tq
points west and southwest where the
miners are on strike.
Eight Killed by Powder Explosion.
Santa Cruz, Cal., Nov. 14. An ex
plosion oocurred early this morning in
the glazing house of the California
powder mill. Four cylinders, contain
ing 15,000 pounds of powder, exploded.
A small amount was fuse powder and
thereat blasting powder. Tho explo
sion wrecked the mill, blew down miles
of fencing, destroyed the saltpeter
warehouse, broke panes of glass in Sup
erintendent Peyton's residence, some
distance away, and extinguished the
electric lights in Santa Cruz, . The
body of Patrick Hughes, night watch
man, waa found. No cause for the ex
plosion can be ascertained.
Gang- of Desperadoes Broken Up.
Chicago, Nov. 18. A counterfeiting
outfit and safe-blowing tools were un
earthed by the police at 218 Huron
stieet. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fay, the
occupants of the flat, were arrested.
The police say they have broken np a
gang of desperadoes that have become
exceedingly lively in Chicago of late.
The woman confessed that she and hor
husband were counterfeiters, and also
implicated a man known as Fred
Rogers. Captain Porter, of the secret
service, took charge of the implements
and the spurious coin. The prisoners
will be taken before the United States
commissioner.
Dynamited a Bank.
Melvern, Kan., Nov. 18. The safe
and office furniture of the Melvern
bank were demolished by an explosion
ot dynamite touched off last night by
roDDera, wno men looted the place, se
curing $000 in money and several
thousand dollars in notes and checks.
They escaped, leaving no clew.
Berlin, Nov. 13. The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Lokal Anzelger re
peats the report that tho Russians are
marching toward the Afghan frontier, internally.
Six Men Were Killed.
Flagstaff, Ariz., Not. 14. One
white man and five Navajo Indians
killed, two - whites and one Navajo
wounded, was the result of an attempt
of a deputy sheriff to arrest ft Navajo
yesterday 10 miles south ot Walnut sta
tion, news of which has. just reached
here.
Saved Nine Lives.
Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 14. William
Framer, a motorman, today saved
the lives of nine passengers by sticking
to hit post, and received injuries
which may result in hit death. A
train of freight cars moved out bom
behind some buildings just at Kramer's
car wat nearing the crossing. The wo
torman reversed the current, bnt not
toon enough, as the vestibule of the cur
wat hit by the train and ground to
pieces. Framer waa seriously lujurv,