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THE MORKING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JAmiARJ 15, 1900. TTERSOFTHEMEN Those In the Ranks Write From j South Africa. STERN WORK AT MODDER R1YER Description of Boer as Well as Tom my Atkins Julian Ralph Ac count of Engagement. XjONDON Jan. t Letters from the sol diers fighting against the Boers are pub lished te large numbers, and in many cases are- Just as Interesting as the accounts by trained -wax correspondents. A medical of ficer under Lord Methuen, describing the battle at Modder River, says: "A lot of North Lancashire men were horribly wounded. I turned over a ser geant. Mack in the face, dead. One man was brought t me who had been struck by & shell, with his face mutilated, throat cut ad chest lacerated. Oh, God! the eight was sickening Wood everywhere! Very few of our men being wounded, I went out near Sunset to aid the High landers. They had been lying" all day under the frightful sun, and their wound ed were still there. No stretcher-bearers could advance, as they -were all shot at. They shouted to me to crawl on the ground, as, though most of the firing was over, there were still three or four burgh ere, with express rifles and explosive bul lets, who were under cover, and who kept picking off our men. Some men utterly collapsed, and all I could do was to put a pad to their wounds and my whisky flask to their lips. I then crawled back io my horse and made my way to some ambu lances two miles distant to get their aid. I was under Are all the time, bullets danc ing around tne. I felt a kind of solemn dis regard, as I had been exposed to danger before." In a letter written to bis father from Moei river on November 3, an officer in the Queen's Royal West Surrey regiment says: "Against an enemy like the Boers, in fantry is ueele. The Boers have spies everywhere, and, as they are well mount ed, they can move away hours before our infantry can get within striking distance. On the other hand, they will never attack, eind when we advance toward Pretoria, commandos will be left all over the coun try looting and burning farms. The only people who have a chance with them are the local volunteers. If the government would only raise about 20CK) volunteers and send out a lot of mounted infantry who could work witih the local volunteers, these isolated Dutch forces would soon be in iped out. At present we are helpless, as they make rings around us." Bombardment on Kimberley. The special correspondent of the Cape Argus thus describes a, bombardment of Ximberley: 'What will probably be handed down in the annals of history to Boer posterity as the bombardment of Kimberley probably occurred Thursday, November 7, and If ver the farcial elements were Introduced into such a serious business as far, the puerile attempts to raze Kimberley can surely claim it. The Boers had two guns mounted, one at Schlotz Nek, trained on the Premier mine at Wesselton. at a range of something like 3500 yards, and the other at Spyfontein, 7009 yards distant A couple of shots were fired between 5 and G o'clock la the morning, and then the Boers desisted until M, when one gun, appar ently a. nine-pounder, firing a French shell, opened fire at "Wesselton. The fire, however, proved quite harmless, nearly all the shots falling in the debris heaps, and our guns at Wesselton replying and quickly getting the range. Induced the enemy to cease firing, and they cleared off about noon." The following Is from a letter from a reservist sergeant in the Coldstream guards, w! is with Methuen's column. He was at the battle of Modder River, and says: t "During the afternoon some one seemed to have spotted me from the trenches. First a shot struck the side of my boot and struck my rifle just in front of my face, Ailing myeyes with dirt and splin ters. I rose up a little, when another bul let struck the middle finger of my left hand. I had got on my knees when a "bullet struck me fair In the chest on the buckle of my haversack, breaking through It and causing a slight puncture of the skin and bruising my chest I have been congratulated as being the luckiest beg gar in my battalion." From the Boer side come reports just as interesting. A lad of 17 wrote to his mother after the battle of Eland's laagte, and the letter is published In the Journal de Geneve as follows: Letters From Boers' Side. "We were on a kopje. Our horses were behind it In a hollow. Ae the infantry advanced against us; we began shooting. When it looked as if we were going to be surrounded, a certain number of our men fell back to another position. About 100 of use remained on the kopje. But the fire of the Maxims and other guns became so violent that we withdrew a little to find cover. The general and Commandant Viljoen raltied us and brought us back to the top of the hill and advised us to get under shelter there as much as possible. I followed the general with a dozen others to the right, and Viljoen led the rest to the left "The English were still advancing, and they were now within 500 yards of us. It was easy to recognize the kilts they were wearing. We fired at them inces santly. All our bullets seemed to strike, T had not time to be afraid. I prayed God and fired on, aiming each time at one of their men. Tou know I am not a bad shot Their Maxims gave us back what we sent them without a moment's stop. A. few of us, finding our positions too risky, ran back to where the horses were, and went off. I was close, to the general and remained. We fired on, he as well as I, and tried to get cover be hind three blocks of rock, when a lyddite shell burst close to us and covered us with earth and stones. The general with drew us a little back. At this moment one of my neighbors was hit in the side. But he had strength enough to get to his horse and galloped off. "We. were now only fighting on the kopje with the general, and the British were still advancing and crushing us in a circle. At 8 yards' distance we were still firing on them. Just then the gen eral fell. The group around me was re duced to eight, of whom three were wounded. My friend had Deen wounded in the wrist but he kept on firing with his other hand, resting his gun on his right arm. We could neither carry away the general nor defend him, and our cartridges were exhausted. "What now?' said Coghill, while wc looked at each other. One of the wounded said: We must raise the white flag.' Coghill an swered with a curse. The balls whistled all around us. Something had to be none. 'Well, said one of the wounded Coghill completed the phrase, 'we must run for it' 'Good luck,' cried the general, who was seated on the ground and pale as death. "We threw down our muskets and ev erything that might delay us, and then we rushed down Trom the kopje, for it was a case of saving our own skins. The two bodies of the advancing English troops were within 300 yards of each oth er. I ran down between them without turning my head to the right or left The buliete gave me wings. I don't thmk that I ever ran so quick. I was lucky enough to get to the horses without being hit I could not find mine, but I got hold of another. Then off I went on him and managed to get clear of the lancers, who were pursuing us. I passed the night m an abandoned Jlaffir kraal, and the next morning mnged to join the commando of Viljoen. I don't know what became of my comrades, -but I hope that they were as lucky as I was." Departing: From Pretoria. The Standard and Diggers News gives this picturesque account 'of the departure of a commando from Pretoria: "The parade of 400 sturdy warriors of the police commando excited admiration. The Afrikander men have received their mandate from the women folk, though the shadow of Eland's laagte hung like a pall upon the mourning robes of many. Venerable dames in kappes, and maids In I chintz, and babies of all ages, upon whom the warriors showered, a oenecuction. clung and struggled fiercely around the carriages. It was admitted that no finer or more serviceable force had been sent off. By the time It gets to the Natal border It will be 800 strong. It is under the commandant of police, Gert M. J. Van Dam. C. D. Shoutte addressed the men as follows: " Tou are going to defend your rights, your liberty and your Independence that dearly bought independence God lias granted you and which is once again con tested. Tou are not going to fight for honor or money or mercenary ambition or sordid .gain.' " From "Wrecked Transport One of the soldiers rescued from the wrecked transport Ismore writes: "The most satisfactory part of the whole business has been the splendid be havior of all the -troops. They were as steady as if we were parading in the hanracks square. Every man stood in his proper place. There was not the slightest confusion or hurry, and they did exactly as they were told. "There is not the least doubt that it is owing to their splendid discipline that all were saved. Had there been the slightest panic a dreadful loss of life must have occurred, as getting the boats off was a most difficult thing, owing to the heavy swell." Plodder Silver battle, with its many dra matic incidents, its heavy losses, its long duration, proves a never-failing topic of the war correspondent lucky enough to have witnessed It Julian Ralph, in the Daily Mail, gives a long and vivid ac count of this engagement. "A common reliance of the Boer," ho writes, "was upon empty gin bottles. Bottles still containing gin and one full bottle -of that liquor were to be seen stuck in the loose dirt of the trenches." Speaking of the Boer losses, this cor respondent declares: Boers Conceal- Their Losses. "First in the mind of the Boer Is the desire to hide his dead and to He about their number. It Is from their own that they most desire to hide the truth. The prisoners we took all said that only IS bad been killed, but the deserters said the loss of life was very great and that In the river alone 1Q0 were sunk with weights. For my part I shall not be .sur prised If we learn some day that In killed alone the Boers lost quite 300. J 'After every battle the veldt has been dotted with Boer horses, In consequence of the custom of bringing two horses for each well-to-do man, and in consequence of the loss of riders by death and wounds. But both previous battlefields combined showed no such number of riderless horses as Modder River. There were "hundreds of them. "One word as to that phase of their warfare which must be touched upon In justice. In every account we correspond ents write of. With my own eyes, being upon the scerie, I saw the Putt-Putt gun and the fire of the sharpshooters trained upon our ambulances three times, and upon our stretcher-bearers on innumer able occasions In fact, whenever they rose to their feet (on the right of the line) and attempted to perform their work." Ralph relates with the feeling of one who suffered the hardships which ladk of water imposed ujion Methuen's men dur ing their march toward Kimberley. "AVe never joke about water now," he says. "The first time we really appreciated it, we were starting out from Orangjiver. We were marching and watchjfng the day break. In breaking It seemed to rend the earth's blanket of atmosphere and let the sun's heat out upgfh u as if we were so many thousandstokers in the broiling belly of a ship. 'On and on we marched, in .heavy sand or" over stones or stumbling across furrowia ground all gasping like fish thrown- on a beach. "At first, our lips dried and cracked, then our mouths parched, and finally our throats became as if jthey were coated with plaster of parls. The hair shriveled on our hands and our feet grew dry. Here and there a man fell forward on his hands and knees, or stumbled out of the ranks and fell prone on the veldt. "We came to Finhams, a yellow, Spanish-looking house. All about, were trees. In and about its yard horses and mules passed in scores, and behind the house the Tommies crowded like bees around a honey pot filling their bottles out of a stone tank, while other Tommies walked around and around a sort of windlass that pumpjiP new water into the tank. Every nurrr filled his bottle, emptied it down his throat and filled it again. A "water mania, a thirst madness, was upon the army. We paddled In spilled water, and the sounds it made in pouring, gur gling and splashing were as delicate mu sic to all of our eairs. "We have learned what war is, and more about the Boers than we knew a month ago, but, above all, we have learned the value of water." RODMILL MEN Ttf STRIKE. Will Throw About 4000 Workmen Out of Employment CLEVELAND, Jan. 14. At a meeting of the Cleveland branch of rodmill-workers tonight it was decided to inaugurate a strike in the four mills of the American Steel & Wire Company in this city to morrow. The strike here will throw about 4000 men out of employment by closing the four mills, and the number affected in other states will be very large. The strike was brought about by the demand of the workers for a substantial advance in wages. "Woman Labor in Factories. CHICAGO, Jan. 14. Woman labor is to bo abolished in all factories where build ing material Is produced in Chicago, if a resolution passed by the Building Material Trades Council tonight can be made ef fective. The resolutions provide that each of the organizations affiliated with tho council demand that a clause be inserted in all union contracts hereafter specltying that no woman be employed in tho shops. There are 2500 women at work in the vari ous factories, for the most part as metal polishers and buffers, and' on, plumbers supplies. The principal reason given for the action of the council is that the work Is totally unfit for women. It is said, however, that the council fears that there is an effort being made by the manufac turers to gradually replace the men In favor of the cheaper woman labor. Farmers' Negro Help Leaving. MADISON, Ga., Jan. 14. W. A. Will lams, the emigrant agent, wno during the past six weeks has sent 2500 negroes out of the state, has been in jail here for 24 hours to save him from a mob of farmers who threatened his life at Greensboro Sat urday. Williams had engaged the negroes to leave Greensboro for the West, and was arranging for their departure. The ne groes have been leaving the farmers In large numbers of late, and many farmers are entirely without help. Their exodus will materially reduce the cotton acieage for the present year, perhaps from 20 to 25 per cent. Plaprue in Anstralla. ADELAIDE, South Australia, Jan. 14. The health authorities report two cases of bubonic plague here, one being fatal. The victim was a runaway sailor from the British' bark Formosa. . " PLANS FOR THE CONTEST B33AIUXG iJviDnXCE IN KENTUCKY CASEt "WILL TAKE TEN DAYS. Republicans Claim to Be Able io Hold the Offices, Even if Decision Be Adverse. r. FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 14. The hear ing of evidence In the contests for gov ernor and lieutenant-governor will begin tomorrow, tinder the rules already adopt ed by the committee, contestants are givein four days in which to Introduce their proof. The contestees are then given five days in which to present their sFde, and one day is allowed the contestants to bring in rebuttal evidence. Both sides are. to 'be given a reasonable time for argument by their respective counter In addition to the general counsel, Mr. Goebel will have a special counsel, who will look after his case when certain counts are being considered- Ex-Governor Bradley and Judge Yost, of Lexington, and Judge Humphrey will be among those who will look after Governor Taylor's case. Senator Blackburn, who has been in Washington for several days, will return tonight It Is stated he will assist Goebel until the fight Is ended. The republican leaders claim to have encouraging news from the lawyers who are representing the contestees. They claim to have assurances from that quar ter that, even should Governor Taylor and Lieutenant-Governor Marshall be un seated Ty the legislature, they will in stitute proceedings before Federal Judge Evans at Louisville to restrain the demo cratic contestants from taking the offices, and that a year or more will elapse be fore the case can be finally decided, as It will be carried up to the supreme court, no matter how it might be de cided hy the inferior courts. Meanwhile they say the republicans will hold the offices. Senator Goebel's attorneys and the Goebel leaders generally do not think there Is anything in this claim, as they Insist that no federal question is involved, and the case. If filed, w-ould have no standing in the federal courts. Ex-Governor Bradley gave out an In terview tonight In response to the charge that he was In conference with the re publicans and the anti-Goebel democrats in Louisville prior to the election. He said: "The statement that I was the agent of a plan to confuse or terrorize the voters In Louisville, or bo carry the election by( force of arms or money, is a malicious falsehood. The statement that I was in duced to take part in the campaign by promise of the senatorship is also a de liberate He. I went Into the campaign be cause I felt it my duty to the party and to the country, especially after the oppo sition speeches and platform were leveled at my administration." , SENATOR BEVERIDGE'S SPEECH. Received Great Attention, and Was Declared. Very Successful. t- Of Senator Beveridge's speech, the Bos ton Transcript, a ver'rconservatIve TieJ&s- paper, says: . jt? It was intended to be a eupremfe effprt to prove the wisdom of retaining the islands as permanent possession; and, from thejSrcum stances, le of vastly more Importance Im any previous speech on the expansionlstsmS'of the question, and la In lin with otnjr strong speeechea that hae been made whn5uestlons vital to the nation were under u&tttffelon. It was expected that In it the best - argument would be presented, and the most convincing reasons put forward for carrying on the war of subjugation to the end and the full exercise of our sovereignty over the people, and it would seem as though these expectations were fully realized. Senator'Beveridge's eoeech is notable from the fact that It la the result of personal Investiga tion of affairs In the territory under discussion, and, whatever may be thought of his views re garding the points of constitutional law ap plicable to tlwj governing cf the Philippines, the enormous figures that he uses In estimat ing their future commerce, or of his belief, that, as "trustees of the world's progress," the American people can do nothing else than per sist in their present course until every vestige of rebellion is stamped out, considerable weight must be accorded those portions of his speech that deal with the character of the Islands and of the people, as wejl as his "Opinions, formed upon the spot, of the conduct of the war, which has been open to so -TnUchjcrltlclem. here. His estimate of the Filipinos Jas indolent, lmproii dent, with no aptitude dull stupid, superficial and -never thorough, and as incapable of self go eminent as children, and, withal, so little enlightened that not 100 out of the 5,000,000 comprehend what Anglo-Saxon government means, Is on a .par with tne opinions expressed by others, but lacking the authority that goes with the senatorial utteranoe. The plan of government that he outlines Is comprehensive, and, under the circumstances, is of peculiar "Interest Its keynotes are sim plicity and. strength, and he insists that the meaning of these words must be written In every line of Philippine administration. A protectorate he thinks Impossible, because there are no hereditary rulers through which to ad minister government as there are in Java and in the Malay possessions of the English, "tfhat ha says about the necessity of sending ideal administrators, rather than politicians, to the new possessions, will meet with ready assent, for, in the wlsa choice of officials lies the suc cess of the whole project, as he admits that It were better to abandon the islands with all their advantages than to attempt their govern ment by any but the most perfect administra tion our country can produce. The Washington correspondent of the Chicago Record has this to say about the speech: Seldom has a young senator, or an old senator for that matter, received so handsome a com pliment as that tendered to Senator Beeridge, of Indiana, by the brilliant audience that gath ered to listen to his maiden speech. The gal leries were filled with the best people In Wsh ington, there was an unusually large attendance of members of the house of .representatives and other ductals, and every senator In town was present. Mr. Beveridge held his audience to the end of his speech. There were no Interrup tions and no senator left the chamber, although Mr. Hoar, who with ostentatious Indifference occupied himself by writing- letters, got restless and changed his seat when the joung Indianlan declared that the resistance of the Filipinos to tho authority of the United States and the blood they bud. shed were cue to the encourage ment and support that had been) afforded them by misguided sympathizers 1ft this country.'"' It was evident that Mr. Hoar did not relish, that suggestion. Mr. Beveridge has a pleasant manner, a graceful delivery and a light sweet-toned tenor voice. He spoke for two hours with great earnestness, and at times was impressive, and It was a marvelous exhibition of memory. His remarks, -which would fill seven or eight col umns of an ordinary newepaper, were prepared with great care, and proofs had been furnished in advance to the press associations. Several people In the reporters' gallery had the proofs before them and followed him through his en tire oration, which was recited from memory almost without the change of a single word. Mr. Conkllng U9ed to be able to do such things, but nobody in tne senate since his time has had the memory to retaiii so long- a speech. Mr. Beveridge did not even have a note to guide him, but each paragraph followed in its proper sequence. CARTER HARRISON RECUSES. Says He Will A'ot Accept Nomination for Governorship. ' CHICAGO, Jan. 14. Mayor Carter H. Harrison today formally refused the offer of the democratic nomination for gov ernor. He was waited on by Chairman Watson, of the democratic state com mittee. It was urged .that it was his duty to accept the nomination. The mayor re plied that he did not look at it in that light As a result of Mayor Harrison's action, friends of ex-Vice-President Stevenson are urging him to accept the nominati'on. Bliss Urpred for Vlce-Presldent." ANDBRSON, Ind., Jan. 11, Hon. W. T. Durbln, member of the national republi can committee of Indiana, 1bv out H in an' interview today strongly urging Cornelius N. Bliss, of New York, ex-secretary -of the interior, for the republican nomina tion for vlce-.presldent. ' The CominK Fiht in Indiana. NEWCASTLE, Ind.,, Jan. 14. Chairman Hernley," of. the republican state commit tee, said today: "With, the plan of organization I have in mind, we can carry this state, and it can only be carried by the most thorough Organization. This is going to be the hard est campaign we have gone against In many years, and it Is the most important one we have had since lS&fe We frequent ly hear it said that this is an important campaign, but when we think of the ques tions presented to the country, we can readily see the Importance of continuing President McKinley in office. All eyes are turned to Indiana. TJie financial bill that has been introduced in congress by Mr. Overstreet; the work that has been done by the monetary commission in Indiana, tqgether with the speech of our -junior sen ator, brings Indiana, into prominence. In diana shall be organized this year as she has never been before." FOREIGN TRADE OF CHINA. Great Increase in Its Imports and Exports. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. The latest of ficial report upon the foreign commerca of China showing Imports and exports by countries and articles, and the growth of commerce during a term of years, which has been received by the treasury bureau of statistics,- presents much information especially Interesting to the public at the present moment. It shows, that the im ports into China, which in 1S6S were 64, 943,000 haikwan taels, in 1878, 73,1SS,0, and in 1SSS, 126,827,000 taels, were in 1853, 209. 579,000 haikwan taels; while the exports from China, which in 18CS were Tfi.S26(OCO haikwari1 taels, in 1878, 67,172.000, and in 18S5, 92,401,000, were, in 189S, 159,037,000 haikwan taels. The imports from the United States, which in 186S were 742,000 haikwan taels, had grown to 2,253,000 in 1878, 3,146,000 in 188S, and 17,163,312 in 189S, while the exports to the United States, which In 1S6S wer.e 5,891,000 haikwan taels, were in 187SI6:576. 000, In 188S, 8,963,000, and in 189S;SL1,9S7,0Oj haikwan taels. Discussing the foreign trade of China, the report says: "So much?-foreign capi tal has been lately invested in China that tho condition ort the external trade of the country, as an index to the national rei sources, is watched with a certain anxi ety. "It is observed that in every year the value of the imports has exceeded that of exports and for the period 1886,-98 the excess of Imports over exports Is 437 027,679 Haikwan taels, an annual average of about 34,000,000 taels. These figures have given rise in some quarters to the strange belief that China Is being gradu ally denuded of silver to" pay for the bal ance, and it has even been gravely stated that the country is approaching bank ruptcy. It Is pointed out that China has not only to pay for her imports, but has to find funds to meet remittances abroad for the service of loans, for the purchase of war material, and for the support of legations, etc. The depressing picture thus presented to the imagination has a tendency to destroy credit, and prevents .many people from investing in China's se curities, and It may be well to show that, as far as can be ascertained, the position is one that need cause no anxiety. It must be explained that the figures of im ports and exports represent the value of goods on the Chinese market; that is to say, in the case of Imports, the value after they have paid duty to the govern ment and a profit to the Chinese buyer; and in the case of exports the value on the market before 'they have been sold to the foseign buyer and paid export duty. The figures for 1898 reduced to the value of imports at the moment of landing, and the value of the exports at the moment of shipment, the moment when a balance may be fairly struck, show, instead of an excess of imports amounting to 50,5-12,000 Haikwan taels, an excess of only 7,321,000 taels. But we must also take into ac count the value of gold exported (gold in China being simply a commodity;, amounting to 7,703,S43 Haikwan taels, and the value of the tea sent to Siberia and Russia via the Han river, valued at 1,372,099 taels, and thus we have an excess of exports over imports of 1,754,798 Haikwan taels. .Further, It must be remembeiod that the figures which come under the cognizance of the customs do not represent the whole of China's for eign trade. There Is a junk traffic to Corea and the south of which we, have no statistics, but which Is certainly profitable, and a considerable trade with Mongolia and Thibet The large income derived from tho expenditure of foreign vessels for provisions and other necessaries must not bo forgotten, and the sums which are remitted or hrought back by emigrants probably reach a total which would be surprising were figured available, It hav ing been stated apparently upon good authority, that the remittances from Cal ifornia alone amount to 10,000.000 or $12, 000,000 in gold annually. In the absence of definite Information, the above consid erations can only be put forward as pre sumptive evidence that the nation Is well able to pay its way; but the proof is to be fouijd in the fact that the government remittances to Eurppe for the service of loans, amounting during 1S9S to nearly 18,000,600 taels, are made through foreign banks by the medium of bill of exchange against exports. So far from silver being exported abroad, there was a net import during the year of 4,722,025 Haikwan taels, and information from all parts of the country points to no scarcity of silver, while tho general course of silver prices indicates that the metal is plentiful. It may be confidently asserted that China meots the whole of her obligations without any depletion of her currency, and that the Chinese buy no imports except such as can be obtained In exchange for ex ports. No doubt the government Is hard pressed for funds, but the country grows wealthier every year." The following table taken from the offi cial reports of the Chinese government shows the total imports Into China and the arnount from the United States at de cennial periods since 1S6S, stated in Haik wan taoR the value of the tael being in 186S $1 5W in 1878, 31 37; In 1888, $1 15 and In 1S9S, 69 cents. Total imports. 1R6S 64.q-n.000 1878 733RS.0O0 1888.... ,...126 827.000 189S 209,579,000 Imports Per rent from U. S from U. S. 742.000 . 1.14 2 25T 000 3.0? 3.146 000 2.4R 17,163,000 8.19 n 0 THREE BURNED TO DEATH. Old People" Consumed With Their Mcrrimac Home. MANCHESTER, N. H., Jan. 14. A. Bianchard, aged 65, his wife, aged 43, and a boarder named William Money, aged 53, were burifed to death in their home in Merrimac last night The cause of the fire" is unknown. Coal Shortage on the Schuylkill. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 14. Inability to secure bituminous coal In sufficient quan tities Is necessitating the shutting down of some of the manufacturing concerns in the Schuylkill valley. At Birdsboro, the plant of the I. E. & G. Brooke Iron Com pany has been shut down for several days, but it is expected that by tomorrow suffi cient coal will be on hand to enable some of the departments, If hot the entire plant, to resume. The Reading Iron Company is practically without coal, and unless it can be secured a temporary shut-down must follow. From other points throughout the valley come reports of coal shortage for manufacturing plants. Brother of Ben Harrison Was Kicked BEAUM.ONT, Tex., Jan. 14. QS. Har rison, a real estate man of Kansas City, and brother of ex-President Harrison, was kicked on the head by a vicious horse here. He was knocked senseless and his skull was fractured. He Is resting easily under .the 'influence, of opiates, and his physicians hope for his recovery.' K OF LONE ROBBER HELD UP TWO RESTATJRAKTS MIDST OP KANSAS CITY. IN Both Jobs Finished In Five .Minutes Gapiner People Slade No Re sistance He Escaped. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 14 In true Western fashion, a lone robber, masked and armed, cleaned out two restaurants in the center of the city at 6 o'clock this morning under the glare of an electric light. In Lewis' restaurant, at 1210 Walnut street, he pointed a pistol at Stanley Krushwood, the cas"hier, and tapped the register while he kept his revolver in plain view of two customers eating near by. The contents of the register had been transferred to the safe but a few minutes before and the robber secured onlya. handful of change. " n"i When he had satisfied himself that there was nothing more in.- sight, he gave the waiter and the two customers a parting word of warning and skipped across the street to the restaurant of Robert Mc Clintock. Here the robber coveffed Cash ier John Drysdale and commanded two waiters and three customers to hold up their hands. They complied promptly, and the robber emptied the register In a twinkling. He pocketed the entire con tents, 146, and, backing out of the door, encountered a grocery solicitor. He poked his revolver into the solicitor's face with the command not to make an attack, and forced him Into the restaurant, whore all the others still stood with arras up stretched. At this the robber darted up anear-by alley and disappeared. Hardly more than five minutes was consumed at both jobs, and the robber had plenty of time to get-away before the scared vic tims hadv recovered composure. BOXFILS may JDIE. Lavryer "Who Shot Him Has Been Ad r mittcd to 910,000 Bail. DENVER, Jan. 14. Frederick D. Bon fils, one of the Post proprietors here, Who was shot by Lawyer W. W. Ander son, Of this city, yesterday, is in, a crit ical condition. Physicians are In constant attendance. at the bedside of the injured man. Thil aflernbon a hemorrhage of the lungs had-.theieffect of weakening the patient, andWtonlglit- grave fears are en tertained for his recovery. H, H- Tammem associated with Bonfils In .the proprleforship'-oiTthe Post, and who was also shot by Anderson in the trouble that resulted in Bdnflls' injuries, is rest ing easy tonight, and is in no danger un less complications should set in. W. W. Anderson, the lawyer who did the shooting, was released last night by Judge Butler, on habeas corpus proceed ings, held In a room at the Denver Ath letic Club. His bond was fixed at 10,000, and was Immediately furnished by friends of Anderson. LOUISVILLE STAKES. Entries for Spring: Meeting: Will Close There Today. LOUISVILLE, Jan. 14. The new Louis ville 'Jockey Club announces that the fol lowing stakes for the spring meeting of 1900 will close on January 15: Debutante stakes for 2-year-old fillies, value $LJ00, four furlongs. Wenonah stakes for 2-year-old colts and geldings, value 1300, five furlongs. Those entered to ne sold for 2500, to carry weight for age. Blue Grass stakes, for 3-year-olds that have not won a sweepstakes or two races prior to the closing of this stake, value 1300, six and one-half furlongs. Mademoiselle stakes, a selling sweep stakes for 3-yoar-old fillies, value 1250, seven furlongs. TWjse entered to be sold for $3000, to carryroveight for age. Premier stakesifor 3-year-olds, value 1300, one mile. Tnank Fehr stakes, sell ing sweepstakes for 3-year-olds and up ward, value 1300. Those entered not to be sold to carry five pounds extra; if for 3000, weight for age, one mile. The turf congress handicap for 3-year-olds and upwards, 2000 added ($1000 by the club and 1000 by the turf congress), ot which 300 to second, $150 to third and $50o to be apportioned, as follows: Forty per cent, 20 per cent and 10 per cent to the trainers of the first, second and third horses, respectively, and 15 per cent, 10 per cent and 5 per cent, respectively, to the jockeys riding them. Weights to ap pear three days prior tb the day of the race; mile and one-sixteenth. The following stakes (closed in 1S9S) will also be run: Kentucky Oaks, 3-year-old fillies, 1 1-16 miles; Clark stakes, 3-year-oJds, 1 miles; Kentucky derby, 3-year-olds, V& miles. Breeders Make n Protest. CHICAGO, Jan. 14. Tho Times-Herald says: Breeders of thoroughbred horses have taken a hand In the turf war between tho factions of the American Turf Congress and are likely to wield a big influence in the deliberations- of the body, which will assemble in special sess'on at Covington, Ky., January 25. The breeders are asainst the shipment of circuit racing property by tho Applegate-Corrigan-Schulte combina tion. Their argument is that It will in jure the Interests of the men who sell the horses that make the runners. The, claim is that the more competitive racing is and the higher the purses, the better is the demand for good horses. t On this propo sition, breeders d-'sllke the plan of arrang ing fixed dates for each of the big run ning tracksand thus removing competition. Secretaries of tho principal jockey clubs of the West have received protests against the circuit plan. FAST CYCLING AT LOS ANGELES. Local Man Defeats H. B. Freeman, u Portland Wheelman. LOS ANGELES. CaL, Jan! 14. At the Indoor races this afternoon, Fritz Lacey, of this city, defeated H. B. Freeman, of Portland, in a 10-mIIe motor-paced race. After the first mile all coast competition records were broken, up to the seventh mile. The 10 miles were finished a minute inside the coast record, made by McFar land, at San Francisco last 'February, Lacey's time being 19:07. Orlando Stevens won a heat of the handicap in 2 i, only, one second slower than the world's rec ord. Following is the summary: 'Professional handicap Won by Iver Lawson, Chicago (15 yards); O. L. Stevens, Ottumwa, la. (scratch), second; Clem Turville, .thliaueiphla (00 yards), third; time, 2:0-1. Two-milq motor tandem race Won by .Turville and 'Stevens; Lawson and. Chap man, second; time, 3:16. 0 Questions of Art. The Saturday Review. One person of taste will give the palm to the furniture of Chippendale; another will prefer the French style of the period of Louis Quatorze, of Loula tjuinze, or of the empire; and there is an Immense amount of "furniture, no matter what Its style, which all persons of taste will agree in pronouncing Intolerable. But each piece of furniture, bad, good or indifferent, has accidentally aesthetic qualities, which are quite independent of its design, and which could never be even suggested in any auc tioneer's catalogue. They are qualities coming to It constantly and Indefinitely changing from the-positlon in which It Is placed from the way in which lights fall on It, ,from. the relation of its curves' and colOrs to the other objects that are near to it, and also from the historical or so cial suggestion which It. conveys. Some old harpsichord, of the meanest and most awkward design, will give to a faded room In which it has grown old, a mellowness and beauty which the most magnificent ol modern instruments would destroy. The unintended, process of fadlnwili give col ors to walls and carpets which no dyer. on earth could equal. , Few objects, as works or art, can, be uglier than most modern, racing-cups; yet the play of light on their silver surfaces, and the streaked mosaic of reflections that shine in them, will be as exquisite as If the cups themselves had bteri modeled by Ben venuto Cellini. Qr, again, Ie't us take a garden. A garden long deserted, with the weeds hiding Its walks, with its rose trees bending to the earth, and its grass, once closely shaved, growing long, and tufted, will qften receive from "decay's effacing fingers" a charm deeper than any that was given to it by the care of a dozen garden ers. ' , . a WOMEN IN THE LEGISLATURE Experience in Colorado Since the Right o Suffrage Was Extended. When Colorado gave women the right of suffrage, six years ago the whole coun try became interested in. what waa re garded as rather an amusing experiment on the paTt of the Centennial state, say3 Mary H. Klnkald in Ainslee's fOTJan uary. "The first campaign under equal suffrage conditions developed as many ri diculous complications as a comic opera, and none was quicker to laugh at them than the woman with a vote. Per plexing problems had to be met and odd methods had' to be adapted to changed demands. Democratic, republican and populist headquarters were removed from their old haunts and established la the leading hotels. Afternoon-at-homes and evening receptions were substituted for ward rallies. The pink tea took the place of the barroom as ,a faptor in politics. Women attended primaries, sat in con ventions and served on all committees. Party leaders were quick to recognize the executive ability possessed by the women to whom they apportioned enough offices fo stimulate Interest in the results 'of the election. Women of all classes took an active part In campaign worr, and social distinctions were obliterated. sion&ii!?B oesinning of the equal sur flagSpgCation in the United States, there have eefefadvocafes of ja. woman's party that shalLhg; a' perpetuarmenace to all forms of pblitlcaF corruption, n If theso advocates had hope of seeing such a par ty started in Colorado they were disap pointed, for the moment that women knew they had the right to vote, they allied themselves with democrats, republi cans or populists. When the votes were counted after the momentous campaign of 1S94 three of the 65 seats In the house of representatives of Colorado belonged to women. It had been claimed on the stump that the home maker would prove herself well qualified at a lawmaker, but most persons were skeptical of statements made in ante-elcc-tion flights of oratory. Within the first 30 days of the session It was clear, how ever, that In some mysterious manner the women had prepared themselves for their wider duties. They understood parlia mentary law. They could make speeches. They Introduced Important bills, and they pleaded eloquently for needed reforms. At the end of the session It was acknowl edged that the women legislators had made remarkable records. The most Im placable enemy of equal suffrage could bring no damaging charge against the three women who had the right to use "Honorable" before their names. To bi sure, it was said that once, when a mem ber from a mountain county had been so unchlvalrous as to refer ironically to a bill introduced by "one of the lady members from Arapahoe," there had been a sudden retreat from the house and tears in the cloakroom. Further than that no one dared to go in tho line of criticism. Three seats at the right of the center aisle in the house of representatives, In Denver, Colo., are reserved for the wom en members of the legislature. The places are the most desirable in the hand some legislative chamber. It has been no ticed that the women aro seldom absent from their places. The story is. told that, during a previous session, one of the wom en members failed to appear at her desk for a week. Owing to all previous rec ords for conscientious attendance, the va cancy caused much comment Finally one of the oldest men In the house mustered up the, courage to make Inquiries of-the othei- , women, , . . ., L "Where is the Hon. Mrs. Blank?" he asked. "We have been missing her, and w hope she is not ill." "111? No, indeed," said one of tho Hon. Mrs. Blank's women colleagues. "She has a new grandson, and she Is so proud she has been staying home a few days just to rock the cradle." Notwithstanding the fact that some man offered the sarcastic toast to women. "Once our superiors, but now our equals," women, are treated with the same courtesy and consideration that was ac corded them before they entered public life. Smoking ia not indulged In on the. floor of the house, and no turbulent scenes hav.o been recorded since the es tablishment of equal suffrage. If there Is any lesson taught by the changed po litical conditions in Colorado, It Is that men always pay to the true woman the deference and respect to which she is en titled. . Mrs. Frances S. Lee, who Is the young est of tho three women representatives, was born in Chicago les3 than 30 years ago. When 11 years old she went to Colo rado with her parents, who settled in Denver. She was graduated from the West Denver high school, and taught for a short time before her marriage to Frank W. Lee, a leader in the Colorado state Fede ration of Labor. Mrs. Lee is the mother ot five children. Tho youhges was 3 years old when tho campaign of 1893 began. Al though her homo duties had kept her busy for a number of years, she had been a conscientious student. She joined the Col orado Woman's Democratic Club, because she felt It to be her duty to do her part as a qitizen. She soon gained the friend ship of the members, who put her forward as their candidate for the legislature, Mrs. Lee was slow to accept the honor, for she had been too much occupied to cultivate the art of public speaking, and she hesi tated to assume duties so at variance with h'er quiet habits. The club had chosen Its candidate and the members would not hear of her refusal to run for office. The campaign showed that the woman, who could manage a house successfully and who could care for a family of .chil dren hatt the qualities of a leader. When the time came for her to take up her public duties It was. evident that tho re-" tiring home woman could be trusted to do her part la tho legislature. Mrs.Lee is of medium height and slen- ier1 fade shows that she is of a high Jtruntr. sensitive nature. B.v her woman liness and her gentleness she won the chivalrous regard of tho men who were her colleagues. She was the first woman ever called to the chair of the house dur ing a session of a committee of the whole. The other women members had often pre sided during the regular discussions, but When Mrs. Lee was asked to take the gavel during tho consideration of an Im portant question there was a momentary sensation. The honorable member from Arapahoe blushed, and showed some hes itation. During the session Mrs. Leo not only managed her house and cared for the children, but she found time to en tertain many guests ait her home. Once some one. suggested that the cares of state must be something o a burden, when added to domestic duties. Mrs. Leo laughingly replied that any one who had the executive ability to run a house ana rear several children ought xnot to find any duties too exacting for her strength. 1 0 Asphyxiated hy Gas. NEW, YORK. Jan. 14. John Woessner and George Lehman, young German farm-H ers from Iowa, on the way back to thelt former homes In Germany on a visit, put up at the "True Blue," a Second-avenue hotel, on Saturday night. One of them blew out the gas. Woessner's dead body was found today, and Lehman is In an unconscious condition, with few chances of recovery. Daniel Pearsal, the Brooklyn manager of a well-known hat concern, was asphyx iated by gas in a hotel In Dry streotlast night. The gas escaped from a gas stove. WRECK IS UNIDENTIFIED TEN BODIES .HAVE BEEN LOCATED AMONG THE ROCKS. Sunken Ship Believed to Be the Hel goland, Chartered liy the Standard Oil Company. ST. JOHN'S, N. F.. Jan. 14. The gala has not yet blown Itself out, aad tho sea Is still too rough to allew boat3 to gtt near the wreck .In St. Mary's bay. As yet there is nothing to show the name of the vessel. Ten bodies have been loca.oi among the rocks, and others can be seen floating about. The Roman Catholic priest of the d 3 trlot waa given by a villager a photograph which had been washed ashore, apparent ly from the wreck. Tnls represents a sea man wearing a cap upon whteh are the let ters "S. M. S. Falke." The priest waa also told that the ship has supped off tha rocks into deep water, and had disap peared, except for the top of one most, and that a guernsey with the letters "S. M. S.'.had also been picked up near the wreck. It appears that 'the ship's funnel-name was banded red, white and black, with a white diamond. This funnel could not be that of the Falke, as she, being a North German Lloyd liner, would have a yellow funnel. It Is also thought that the pho tograph might be one of a seaman on tho German warship Falke,. or one taken whilo its owner was on the other Falke. Tha funnel most resemblea,those of the Ameri can Petroleum Company, and the veteel certainly had a lot of petroleum on board, as the ocean Is covered, with it, causing hundreds of birds to perish. The Warren line, of Boston, Is known a3 the White Diamond line, although the fun nels of its vessels are black. The wreck may have been a chartered steamer with a white diamond painted over the red signal to -show her as. a Warren liner. Probably the Helgoland. NEW YORK, Jan. 14. The Times to morrow will say "Itj Is believed here that the wrecked ves sel feQn& of three steamers chartered by tho Standard Oil Company, very likely the Helgoland, which left Philadelphia January Stir Bergen. Norway. "The HaJgoland. Captain Rttter, Is a steel vessel, 294 feet long, with a tonnao of 2397 tons. Sha carried a crew of aoout 50 men." The Durbrldffe "Was In a Hurricane. LONDON, Jan. 14. The British ship Durbridge, which arrived at Queenstown yesterday from Portland, Or., ran through a hurricane November 24. Captain Mc Lauchlan and five of the crew were In jured severely, two lifeboats and the main bridge were smashed, the skylight In tha cabin stove in, and theforacastl and cabla were flooded. She has other sundry dam ages. Domestic and Foreljrn Ports.. San Francisco, Jan. 14. Sailed Ship Bohemia, for Nanaimo; steamer Charles Nelson, for Seattle; 6teamer Miami, for Nanaimo; steamer Tillamook, for Tilla mook; schooner Volunteer, for Wlllapa. Sailed Jan. 13 Schooner Guide, for Coos bay! Queenstown, Jan. 14. Sailed Steamer Campankt, from Liverpool for New York. WAR AND FINANCE. Features of rrogrnmrac for the Week in the Senate. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. The senate will probably resume consideration of the Pet tigrew resolution making request for cer tain information concerning the beginning of tha war in the Philippines. Monday morning. This will be succeeded at 3 o'clock by a speech on the financial bill, by Senator Rawlins, oCJJtah, If the area ant programme is foUowwLSaiw.tor Per t!srew- -will continue- h!R speeK. on fEa Philippine resolution and after he shall conclude. Senator Berry, of Arkansas, will take the floor for a general speech on tno Philippine problem, if sufficient time re main to the morning hour. When the Per tigrew resolution Is disposed of, the Hoar resolutions will supply food for talk each day In the morning hour, and after that the Hale resolution concerning the selzura of American goods by Great Britain will be taken up. 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