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The Hillsbr6- KSSSo VOL. VI. niLLsmmo, oiu:j()N, Thursday, .ianuauv 11, 1000. NO. 43. r i S V i s EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TKRK TICKS FROM THR W1RKS Am Interv.tlng Collection of lliial fnH the Two tloMtlepherea Proeeatod n a Coadeaaod ITornt. The United State I ahead ol Great Britain a a coal producer. The Montpelier tin-plate mill, em ploying 800 men, ha cloned. Cuban are well pleased with Wood, and say be is the oue mau fur the task. TAwee person were killed ami save in jiifod iu a tcucmeut-house lire at New York. The ataemr Gaselle waa wrecked oC the Fiord ia coast. A passing ateamoi Mved the crew. California capitalists are going into fruit culture iu the state ol Vera Oral Mid Oaxaca, Mexico, The United State will not prevent France's attempt to settle her claw? with Sauto Doiiilugo. Michigan hs a sensation and kev erul state officiate havo Uien indicted (or bribery and eiubcaxlomont. Rev. Dr. Kdward MoOlynn is dead t Newburgh, N. Y. He suecamM to Bright' disease after seven weeks. A bill will soon be. presented to eon grvss for a plan lor auotlier national park, to be located at the headwater of the Mississippi. . There will be a conference ol th. governor of the arid itatea and terri toriet at Salt Lake January 17 to con aider the question ol arid lands. In Clay county, Kentucky, two men were shot ami killed and four othei participant seriously wounded in a tight that started at a murder trial. A raciflo Mail steamer arrived in San Francisco with a cargo ol 9,614 tons, nearly twice as much as any shlf, that had ever entered the Golden Unto. . Congressman Hopkins ol the bouat ways and means committee says there will be no revision ol the war revenue tax law at this session ol the 50th con gress. -attached to the annual report ol th secretary of agriculture is a recommen dation (or agricultural experiment sta tions in the government's new bdanc. possesions. A brother ol one ol the Boer generals, who is visiting Chicago, says that if Britain crashes the Transvaal armlet there will be do peace, as the lloen will fight to the last. General Greeley, the chief signal officer of the army and the well-known Arctic explorer, was assaulted and seriously injured by a meascugur in hia own home at Washington. A crusade against vice in New York is contemplated. Tagal are not friendly to Archbishop Charlie, now at Manila The Stanford football team defeated the all-Seattle playurs by a score ol 29 toO. The treasurer of Shelby couuty, In diana, is short $125,000. His booki are missing. Because he rode on a railway pass, unit has been filed agitinst a member ol the Kentucky election board. 'j President Cole, ol the Globe National bank, of Boston, which recently failed . has returned and will stand trial. Peter 8. Wilkes died at Btockton, Cal. He was a confederate congress man during the last year of the war. The president has nominated Gonoral Bates, Yocng and MoArthur for pro motion. Bates is to succeed Law ton. As a result of campaigning in the Philippines 14 soldiers are insane at the Presidio in San rranuisco. They will be sent to Washington, The situation at Ladysmith Is be coming horrible. Twenty deaths in one day were reported by General ' White. Entrlo (ever and dysentery a'rje prevalent. The recent California earthquake c'ansed inactive volcanoes in the desert to become active; made old gas well at Yuma flow again and caused fissures in the gronnd. ' Trunk lines have all advanced freight v'raten. Merchants have filed protest saying that the new tariff will drive business away from few York, ship pers taking advantage of shorter hauls to New Orleans and other porta. Both booses of congress are after fieo ' retary Gage The legislators desire to know by what right the treasurer in creased deposits of government fundi in New York banks during the recent financial flurry there and correspond' ' ence in the matter is asked. On her recent trip the steamer Aus tralia would not accept steerage pas sengers at Honolulu on account of the plague scare. One death ooenrred op : December 22, and two Chinese wert (ound dead oil Christmas day. These fatalities started the plague scar again. ' John Boston, a negro, ol Russell . county, Ala., convicted ol chicken setaling has been pardoned by Governor Johnston on condition that "for twelve months, he shall not bny, steal or eat ' another chicken, or any part thereof," ' A lady .lb Baltimore was so attracted to a pet nidhkey that when it shuffled off this mortal coil she gave a bang-up funeral. There were six pall-bearers frtpr carriages (or the mourners, and- several norai designs, one oi wiem no lug an "empty chair." LA1EK NEWS. English parliament may be convened before the end of the mouth. A Missouri lodge of Hibernians do Lied that it would uot help the Boera. The Chicago baseball club will make its spring traluiug quarter at Los Au- gelee. An Ontario (Or.) man ha a scheme tor using the natural steam of hot wells. French's losse at Oolesbnrg are more thau twice th uumbor at llrst re ported. The Paclrto coast ha sent forward over fli),(HK) to th Law ton fund, and more will be sent. The Boer have refused to allow the American couaul at Pretoria to act aa British representative. The secretary ol war has aaked (or $750,000 for expeusct in winding the Spanish prisoner home from .Manila. California want foreign countries foroed to reduce the d title on canned good through reciprocity treaties. The shipbuilding trust ha not ye' been organised. The amount of cap. tallaation i not yet determined upou. The Big Four railroad will re time payment of common stock dividend and will take over ilia Cunaapcnku A Ohio. Uncle Ram will pre her claim against Santo Domingo. France got her mouny and now demaud an apology. The Boer In a spirit ol humor have named tliree prison street in Pretoria "Ladysmith," "Mateklng" aud "Kim her ley." Kngland cannot understand why Ituller's force did not press a passage on the Tugeta while White wa engag ing the Boer to the North. At Battle Creek, Mich., tho body of Sherman Church, a miller, was found wedged under a water wheel. The hands were tied aud a weight listened to the leg. Elisabeth Gladstone, age. I 63, has secured judgment in the superior court at Sau Francisco against Joseph Board man, aged 73, (or breach ol promise to marry. She nied lor f 300,000. Lonlae Mamet, a French governess, was hanged at Newgate, Kngland, for tho murder of her illegitimate 3-year-old child. It is said the existence of the child was an obstacle to a marriage she had in view. Gold Imports are helping England's finances. Tod Sloan, tho great Jockey, 1 com ing West. Money rates have taken a tumble and may go lower. Affairs of the Globe National bank, at Boston, will lie wound up. A a training-ship the Hartford will sail for South American port with 400 boys. Christian science treatment allowed two children to die ol diphtheria at Pittsburg. Heavy losses on both sides are the chief results of recent hard battle at Ladysmith. Montana politic are getting much needed airing by the testimony In the Clark case, German vessel-owner regard Kng land' rocent seizures as a scheme to kill competition. The released American prisoners were barefooted aud in rag when they arrived in Manila. Editor Stead ha published a letter in London in which he gives some in side (acts of the Jameson raid. A miniature battle of San Juan hill was fonght by Chicago youugstera. The police intervened, but nut before the "Spanish" officers were seriously wounded. After a day' liombardment, the Boers captured the British garrison at Kuruman, Bechunaland, taking 120 prisoner, arms, ammunition aud pro visions. The Boers whipped White' forces out of positions three different times, but each time the Britishers' gallantry returned to the fray and recovered all the lost positions. Our losses in the Spanish war were 82,20(1. The grand total of the volun teer force was 2211,335. About 24,000 of these were discharged or deserted, The total deaths were less than 4,000 Friendship between China and tho United States would be complete If the Chinese were admitted to the Philip' pines. Our trade with China Increased 40 per cent last year, all due to friend ship. The shotgun quarantine has been ro vived in Honolulu. Bubonic plague has a strong hold on the city. Two more deaths had occurred by December 80 and there were seven new case of plague The National Guard wa called ont and they bnrned the infected district. French-Canadian believe their day of redemption is at hand, and gloat over British defeat in South Africa. They expect complications to arise by which their independence will come about. They do not want to be an nexed to the United State, saying this would not better their condition. From the stomach of a woman who iiod in Indiana, a short time since, the handles of sx silver teaspoons were taken, and now the stomach ol a dead child at Lebanon ha turned out several silver coins, Toothache troubled a cat belonging to James Dever, ol Norristown, Pa. A dentist extracted all her teeth aud fitted an artificial set in her jaws. Every night, bo fore retiring, she runs to her master to have nor teeth re. moved. HARD FIGHTING HOW Doers Between Ladyclt!i and General Duller. (U)MOARD THE TOWN FOUR II0UES llrlll.a Make a Heavy attack on Colon- to-l'hevelejr Camp la taa llolfhl of Activity. London, Jan. 0. The Dally Matl ha the following, dutrd January 8, at uoon, from Krere camp: "At 8 o'clock thl morning very heavy firing began at Ladysmith, It last) fully four hour, and mint httv meant either a sortie by the Hrlti.di or a determined attack on tha garrlaon by the Door, Our ahull could be rn falling on Umbntwhna hill and tho en emy were replying, "Beside Uie cannon report, that were sound Indicating small piece of artillery in action. The fighting tnuat have been at cloner range thau ua louu the case up to now. "Our naval gun at (lieveley sent their usual fire into tha Boer trenches, but there ha been no further move ment here." The Daily Telegraph has the follow. ing from Frere camp, dated Saturdays "A very heavy bombardment went on at Ladysmith from dsybreak until thl morning. It I believed that an engagement wa in progre. lor mus ketry fire wa also heard. It i possi ble the garrison was making a sortie. (or the Bor at Colenao hurriedly left their tranche aud rode toward Lady smith. "Our big naval gun at Cheveley camp fired several round at the euemy a they were leaving their Coleuao line. Genoral Duller ha ridden on to Chfvoley with hi itaff." A special dispatch Irom rruro camp, dated Saturday evening, ayt: "General White heliograph that ha defeated the Boor thl morning. They crept up o close to tha defending toron that the Gordon Highlaudnr and tha Manchester actually repulaud them at th point of the bayonet." SAFE IN MANILA. Eiportoaea of LUulonani (illluar With las Tagals. Manila. Jan. 8. Lieutenant J. 0. Gtllmore, of tha United Stele gunboat York town, who wa captored by tha luiorgenU last April, Dear Balor, ar rived today on th steamer Vnu Irom Vlgan, province of South Iloooa, with nluuteen other American prison er, Including seven ol bl sailor, from th Yorktown. Lieutenant Olllmora, aftor reporting, cam ashore and hob bled along wflth tha aid of a oana, to the Hotel Orlenta, where Amarloan officer and ladle were waltalng through the ball to th strain of "Agulnaldo' March." Although tanued and ruddy from x- poturo, tie i wean ana nervous, anow lug the rexult of loug hardship. He lak warmly of Agulnaldo, and very bitterly against General Tiuo, declar ing that while- lu the former's jurlilo tlou ho waa treated splendidly, hot that after he Ml into TLno'a hand, he lufferod everything. Colonel Hare aud Lleutrnanl-CVIoticI Howse, tho latter of the Thirty-fourth volunteer infantry, rescued Gilluioro'e party ou December IS, near the hoad water of the Ahaiut rivur, alter tuey bad been abandoned by the Fillptuo aud were expecting death bMtu tho sav ago tribe arouud them, When the rescuing- forue reaubea them, they were nearly atarruJ, but were buildlug raita lu the uupo of jet ting down tha river tu tuo co.ut, Lieutenant Gilluioio could Uut spanH enthusiastically uouijh aubut the U'l picked muu who had tvii.ud law auJ his purty. While they were tu ttw Rand p( Tino's muu ho bjauud au oidov Uu6 auy person aiding au American by food or money should be treated a vt'Uu lual. Ouu cltizeu. of Vlgau, Scuor Vera, wa probably kiUud (or Uakul ing them. Lieutenant Gil! mure, ducliu4 W spaak regarding political coudltlvud, except to say that ho thought tUu tu luiTeotlou would hiHt loti m Uej4' were any Tagals loft. Describing tho flight from Beirut)!, when Uie Americaus appiuachwd, LUu tenant Glllmore wild: "The Filipinos, completely tunilled, left Bunguet December 7. They hur ried the prisoners from town to town, often retracing the trail, not knowing where the Americans would attuuk. After being almont without food (or three days, thoy klllud sovuial horsos, and we lived ou horse Hush for several days. I did not have a full meal from December 7 until I ruauhed Vlgan. Indoed, the rescuing party lived large ly Un rice without salt. There was one day when I was reduced, to, iUov( lug grass aud bark," Vaetorjr llullillng PvatruycJ, New York, Jan. 9. The flro early this morning that doHtroyed tho brick factory building ou East Filty-uiuth street did $100,000 damage. The building wa used lu part as a storage warehouse by Blootniugdale mothers, and they are the chief losers. Three AmurUii.il. Wur. Klllaa. Manila, Jan, 0. ItccoiinoUauce out of Imns, Cavito province this morning rosultod iu the loss of three Americans killed and 20 wounded. Tho ouoiny' loss i estimated ut 00 killed aud 80 wounded, Colonel Birkholmor, with a br.ttallon ol the Twonty-olghth volunteer infantry, advanced toward Novaltoa, Major Taggart, with two battalions of the same regiment, moved toward Hero da Marinas. A part of tho Fourth lai fantry wa engaged south of linus, A FRIEND OF CHINA. MlalaUr Wa ll.nd With Amtrlsa's t'omuiorelal I'olUjr. Chicago, Jan. 10. A toll. to th Times-Herald from Washington says: Minister Wu Ting Faug, th representa tive of China tn Washington, ha been following with the cloaeat interest th various developments In the negotiation! which have been in progress between the United State aud the varloui gov ernment relative to Uie preservation ol American right in th empire ol hli sovereign. He 1 satlslled that astd (nun the natural dealre ol this govern ment to protect it trade, it ha acted 0 a sincere frlnnd of his country. In peaking today ol the effect ol tha as surances given the United Slates by th ever! power, he said: "China' friendship (or tha United State i a growth of year, Nothlug ha eve happened to disturb the friend ly relation ol the two government. 1 look upou the recent negotiations foi the preservation ol American right In China a another move by thl govern ment which, while designed primarily (or the protection of It own Intel eat a, cannot but be regarded in any other light than aa auotlier manifestation ol Ita good will lor my country. "There 1 only one ripple on the placid water ol (rleudahlp of the two coiiutriea which ha in It any possi bility of Ituktciitng the cordiality that now exist. Thl arlau from tha policy now being pursued by tho uillltary au thorities iu the Philippine, which ex clude Chinese (uhjecM, and In some case even merchant and students who belong to the excepted rlaaar ander the treaty have been refused admlaslou. I am satisfied that when this country consider the benefit which follow the free admission ol my countrymen lntc the Philippine, it will issue an ordei revoking the military decreo which pro hibit Chinese immigration. "The trade ol tho United State with China baa iucreaaed abnormally, 40 per cent over what it was the year pre ceding. It development I undoubt edly due to tho frieudalitp which exist between the two countries, and to th knowledge that tha United State ha none but a kindly interest In the em pire. "Our relation with all the countries of the world are'of a most poseeful char acter. My government is reorganising the army, aud la employiug foreign in structor, and we hope to obtain a mo bile army which will he able to defeud the country iu time ol nee. I." THE LOSS OF THE HUPEH. Inlaaa Crow of Porty-riva I'orl.uad- Wr oa Itafl. San Franclii, Jan. 10. The story tl the Uw ol the British steamer Un pen, on her voyage Irom thl city to Hong hng, via Java, ha been received in thl city, and th detail how that the loaa ol tho vessel wa eocompaiilod by a lar greater loaa ol life than the cabled report told of. The vessel sprung a leak after leaving Java with a cargo of sugar for Hong Koug, Ihe Chinese crew refused to work. The ship' boat, with on exception, wera destroyed during a storm, aud tha crew built a number ol rafts, launch Ing them aud setting them alloat, leaving the captain and one passenger on board the sinking vessel. The Europeans oc cuplnd one raft aud the Chinese were divided on six or seven others. The rafts were soon surrounded by hundreds of ravenous sharks, which, in their eagernes to get at the ship wrecked sailors, jumped far out of tho water. Soon several ol the Chinese raft were overturned, and it wa then that the Europeans decided to return to the vessel. The ouly remaining boat wa repaired and launched, thu captain taking command. The island of Luband, In the 1'hlllp pine group, wa finally made, and th natives, on learning that tho mariuert were British aubjects, made them com fortable aud later sent them to Manila. Nothing wa ever heard of tho Chlnost crew, numbering 43, and they must have boon drowned aud devoured by the pursuing sharks. REBELS IN CAVITE. Snbwaa and Whsatun llniaklog Dp lha lto in alu I ii a; llanils, Washington, Jan. 10. Tho war do partment ha received tho following from General Otis: "Manila. Bate is pursuing the ou emy in the south with vigor. "Hi h wan' column, moving along tho shore of Laguua do Bay, struck BOO lusurreutoK under General Norlel at llineu the 0th lust., and drove them westward ou Silan. He captured the place, from which the cavalry pushed through to Indian. Schwan captured three of Nortel's six pieces of artillery aud will take the remainder; aim hi transportation, with record, and a large quantity of ammunition. "Two battalion of Twenty-eighth, part of Whoa ton's column, struok the enemy near Imus yesterday, killing and wounding 140, "Birkhelmer, with a battalion of the Tweuty-oighth, (truck the enemy en' trenohed west of Bacoor yesterday morulug. The enemy left on the field OS in dead, 40 wounded and 82 rides. Our loss thus far i Lieutenant Cheeny, Fourth infantry, and four enlisted men killed, 24 enlisted men wounded. "It is expected that Sohwan'a troopi will out off the retreat of the curiiny'i Cavlte army." Native Crowdlitf Manila. Manila, Jan. 10. The bubonic plague is yot sporadic. There have been six cases and four death. Prep' aratloni are being made to establish hospital and quarantine. Great num bars of provincial nativea are coming to Manila, with whom the city i crowded, the increase In accommoda tions being inadequate, and the rice necessary for foodstuff is more ex pensive than at any period during the last IS year. PETTIGHEW'S CHARGE I Sensational Statements Made in the Senate. ATTITUDE TOWAUD TUB TA0AL lloclar.4 las (lovoramant Waa Oullly ol lha Uroaaoat Traavhsry-flaaa-lal Dakota loalHta4' Washington, Jan. 10. During a dis cussion today ol a resolution ol Inquiry offered by Pettlgrew, ol South Dakota, some Miuaational statement were made lu tha senate regarding Uie attitude el the United States toward tha Filipino Insurgents. Pettlgrew declared that the government had attacked it allies, and thereby bad been guilty ol the groaaust treachery, Thl (tatement was resented warmly by Lodge of Mas achusotts, who declared that this gov ernment had done nothing ol the kind, and that, not even remotely, had it rwogtttxed the so-called government of the Filipinos. Morgan ol Alabama discussed at length the race qucatlon In tha Sooth, basing his remarks upon a msolntlou offered by l'ritchard, ltepobllcau, of North Carolina. He maintained that to attempt to (on e tha black race into social aud isitltlcal aqoallty with the white race wa ouly to clog tho prog ress ol all mankind. The house today ordered two Investi gation aa a result ol resolutions intro duced by Itepreaeutatlve Lents, ol Ohio. Tho first is to be an Investiga tion by the committee on posbiHlces aud postroad Into tha charge that two Inderal appointee ol the president John C. Graham, ol 1'rovo City, Utah, and Postmaster Orson Smith, ol Logan, Utah are under Indictment a polyga mic, aud whether allidavila to that effect were on 111 at the time ol their appointment. The other l general investigation ol the military commit tee into the conduct of General Mer rlam and the United State army offi cers during the Warduer, Idaho, riot aud subsequent thereto. WHITE HOLDS OUT. Ilia Aniniualllaa la Low and lha 811a allna llo.porala. London, Jn. 10. General White still holds out, or did so 60 hour ago, when the Boers, ousted from their foot hold inside the works, suspended their assault at nightfall. England ha taken heart. The situation, however, I worse. The hcleagured force mint have ex pended large amount of ammunition which cannot be replenished, and must have lost a number of oltlcart and men, which 1 counterbalanced, o far a the garrison 1 concerned, by the greater loss of the Boer. General White still need relief, and the difficulties confronting General Buller are aa great a liefore. The for mer's unadorned sentences, aa road and reread, suggest eloquently the peril in which the town was lor 14 bouis, and how barely able his 9,000 men were to keep from being overcome. The chief concern (or General White I lu reaiMict ol ammunition. Sixty eight days ago, at the beginning ol the lege, hi mall ammunition wa vaguely described as "plenty." His artillery then had 800 round per gun, Some ol the balterto have been in ac tion frequently since then, and all were probably engaged last Saturday. His stock of (hell consequently, must be low, aud thl will make It difficult for General hi to to co-operate lu a move' tneut by Gcueral Buller. Young America Won tha Day. Chicago, Jan. 10. Llttlo Chartet IIoRworth tooted a tin horn on Sunday afternoon on the prairie at Western and Wabansla avenue and immediate ly 100 boy sprang "to arms" at the improvised bugle call. A great battle had been arranged and the two armies of 00 boy each advanced toward each other in military fashion. A neighbor hood feud started the matter, aud nn dor tho truce ot a white flag the boy had agreed to fight the "battle of San Juan hill." Many ol the boys had rifle and shot' guns, most of them unloaded, (ortu nately, Those who oould not get guns had broom or stick. Some of the boy had revolver. The two armies threw themselves upon one ouothoi with a fury little short of a real on gagement. While the battle 1 raged, the patrol wagon from the police sta tion oame to the sceue. Big policemen charged the combined "A mer loan and "Spanish" (orcoi, and wheu the moke and dust had lifted, the fleeing forms of the youthful warriors oould be seen disappearing toward all points ol the compass. On the battle-field, wounded and moaning, lay several boy. The worst injured wns "Llontonant" Harry Johnson, 11 year old, and a "Spanish" olllcet, who waa shot in the back. The "Spanish" commander, "Genornal" Artie Standt, had a bullet wound In hi left leg. Other had slighter injuries, but none ol the boyi were seriously hurt. Later the police arrested Euiil Gustafson, aged IS, who, they claimed, fired the bullet which hit the two "Spanish" officer. . - Overlap Land Case. Washington, Jan, 10. In an opinion handod down in the United State su preme court today by Justloe Harlan, the title of the Oregon A California Railroad Company to large traot ol land tn the state of Oregon was coa firmed. The land were granted to the railroad company years ago; but its claim wore contested by the govern ment, Four independent dairies in Chicago have oombined to light the milk trust. UIMENES HAS THE MONEY. Oot It KaaUr Taaa ! Caa Got tha Apologf. New York, Jan. 11. A dispatch to the Herald from Santo Domingo says: I'riMUIout Jlmlnes, who ha been at Meoorls since Saturday superintending tha raising ol the popular subscription to pay tha French claim, returned this sfternoon with 800,000 frano. The claim amount to 280,000 franc. A the Kipular aubacrlptlon 1 larger than th claim, the Dominican are rejolo- lug. The return of the president under such auspicious clrcumstanoe wa marked by patriotic enthusiasm and a general flag display. The French cruiser Cecil saluted the gunboat on which President Jlmlne returned. The guulaiat answered the salute. No steps have been taken by the French cousul further than entrusting the case to Admiral Itlchard. No disorder have occurred, but the popular senti ment I against apologising to France. The people are urging the government to prepare a system of defense, as the overthrow of tha government would be menaced at the first evidence of weak ness. In raising the popular subscription many ladies offered their jewelry. One Spanish aud one Italian merchant have Incurred the dislike of the people for their failure to subscribe. The arrival ol the French cruiser Ceclle created considerable excitement. She reached Santo IXimlngo yesterday afternoon, but did not salute as she entered the harlsr. The situation here is tranquil, aud the government has urged the peo ple to show no hostility to France. It 1 reported that France will send two additional warship to thl island. DEED OF A CRAZY DOCTOR. Murdorod a Rich Infaot (llvaa llloa to Kiaualuo. Hampton, I., Jan. 11. Dr. O. W Appleby, for several years the leading physician at Brlatow, Butler county, laat evening, in a fit of Insanity, killed a 10-montha-old child of Henry W ear ly, ol till place, whil making an ex amination ol it In another physician's office. Hi doctor took the child in hi arm and bandied it so roughly that the par enta protested, but to no avail. He suddenly put his thumb under it chin, and with hi finger on top of ita head, crushed it face In so that tho blood gushed out of It nose and mouth. Then he soltod the child by one foot aud began swinging It around his hnad, resisting all effort of tho terrified par ents to stop him, aud it was uot until help was gotten that the child waa taken from Dim, It wa quit dead. The lnaauo commission wa con vened, aud at midnight Dr. Appleby wa on hi way to U.e hospital (or the Insane at Independence. Three or (our hour after the occurrence be seemed comparatively rational, and aald he knew what be wa doing when he killed the child, but oould not help It The cauae ol the insanity is (opposed to be religion excitement. Traas-faelSa Cable. Washington, Jan. 11. The bouse committee on commerce gave a hearing today to Measr. Schrymaer and Bay' lie, president and vice-president of the Pacific Cable Company, ol New York, relative to the laying ol a trans-Pacific cable. Mr. Bay lie contended that the cable should bo maintained under pri vate ownership. The plan ol his cablo, as outlined, wa (or a line to Honolulu, Midway islands, Guam and Luton, with a brauoh Hue from Guam to Ja pan, a total of 8,285 miles. Admiral John Irwin (retired) aud Francl B Thurber, president of the American Kxport Association, spoke in favor of private ownership of cable routes. The committee fixed January 23 for a hear ing ol government officers relative to tho cablo. Badly la Naed of Better Kjre. New York, Jan. 11. A dispatch to tho Herald from Berlin aays: The Ber liner Tageblatt learn that the Bunders rath and the General carried to Kant Africa maohiuery for a larger distil lery. Part of this was a large wrought- iron tube, of large diameter, which probably waa mistaken tor a cannon. New York, Jan. 11. A diapatoh to the Herald from Brussols says: The Boers played an amusing trick on the English at Ladysmith. The latter think they destroyed the creusot cannon "Long Tom." The truth la that the Boer removed the canuon and substi' tuted a trunk ol a tree, which wu smashed by British shell. Itewejr' Bounty Claims. Washington, Jan. 11. The claim ot Admiral Dewey and the officer and men ol hi squadron (or bounty arising out ol the destruction of Moulojo's fleet iu Manila bay was argued before the court of claim today, The question at issue was the total amount of the bounty to bo paid. The contention ol the olalmants wo that the foroe of the enemy waa superior at Manila bay. rruaalaa Diet Opened. Berlin, Jan. 11. At the opening of the diet today, Prince Hohenlohe, im perial chancellor, read the giieeoh from the throne, wherein it wa shown that the finances of Prussia are in a latisfaO' tory condition. The speech concluded with promising the greatest possible attention to the interests of agriculture. Repatriation of Spaniard. Washington, Jan. 10. The seore' tury of war ha sent to congres a re quest for an urgent deficiency appro priation ol $750,000, to supplement the $1,500,000 heretofore appropriated for the repatriation ol the Spanish prison' era and their families, held by the in surgont in the Philippines, from the island to Spain, in accordance with the treaty of peace. A regiment of Iowa Dutch will join the Hours, GATE OF THE ORIENT Senator Deveridge's View on the Philippine Question. rP.KC'll OF A YOU NO MEMBER Brilliant Oralloa t'raated a onaatUia Bopllad to b Noaalor Hoar, of MasaachaaolU. Washington, Jan. 11. "That man little knows the common people ol the republlo, little understands the in rtinct ol our race who think we will oot hold It forever, administering just tpvernment by the simplest method." Thl sentence waa the keynote ol a speach delivered in the aeuate today by llevarldge, the junior (nnator from In diana. It was the maiden peech in the sonata ol about the youngest mem- bar ol the body. The announcement that he would deliver an address em bodying his observations in the Philip pines attracted an unusually largo number ol auditor to the galleries. On the floor ol the senate every senator In the city wa tn hi scat and scores ol representative came over Irom the house. The occasion wa inspiring, and lie bridge rose to it brilliantly. Hi oration for properly it wa an oration wa deeply interesting. It was re plete with striking sentence and well- arranged information. Spoken with all the earnestness, vigor and eloquence of a fine orator, enthusiastic in bis sub ject, who rose at time to hi subject with the power of passionate dramatic utterance, the speech created a pro fous4sinnlon upon all who heard it. . ;? IT :Ptrm apiicarvwovejOtti fCU? foe tfti figure. Throughout his Tifr ta a easy and natural, and entirely Tree-' from mannerisms. He spoke rapidly and with great earnestness. When he declared, with deep solemnity, to those "whose voice in America have cheered those misguided native on to shoot our soldier down, that the blood of these dead and wounded boy of our 1 on their hands, and the flood of years can never wash that stain away," there wa a deep, although suppressed sensa tion among his auditors. At the conclusion ol the speech, tre mendous and unrestrained applause wept over the gallerie, and it was uotable that Secretary of the Treasury Gago, who occupied a seat in the sena tor' gallery, was a participant in it. Reply to lieorrldf . Hoar (Hep. Mass.) replied briefly to Reveridge. Although be did not enter fully into the merita of the question under discussion, be did not feel that some ol the Indiana senator's state ment ought to go to tho country un challenged. He declared that not the American opposition to the war, but the president' proclamation to the Fil ipino, wa responsible lor the hostili ties. He ridiculed Beveridge's state ment that the Filipino were not capa ble ol sell-government, and quoted General Oti' report to (how that they were. There wa no wsslon ol the house today. BATTLE IN A COURTROOM. Tha Basalt Was Throe Mea Killed and Two Borloaaly Wounded. Vlcksburg, Miss., Jan. 11. Oak- ridge, a little hamlet 18 mile north- cast ol thl city, waa the scene thi morning ol a desperate fight, lu which three of the best-known resident ol the couuty were killed. The dead are: A. D. Kolland, R. S. Stephenson and Dr. Otho Austin. Dr. Jamo Austin, hia ton Otho Aus tin and hi son-in-law R. 8. Stephen- ton had been arrested on an affidavit sworn out by Holland, charging them with whipping one of Holland's negro tenant. Just after the opening ol their trial thl morning in Justice Griffin' court at Oakridgo, the shoot ing began, but who fired the first shot is not known. When tho smoke ol battle oleared away, Rollaud Stephen- sou and Otho Austin were stretched on the floor dead, and Dr. James Austin and a yonng son of Kolland were seri ously wounded. Boor Sympathiser Buyentted. - Victoria, B. C, Jan. 11. Indefinite charge of pro-Boer sympathy have re sulted in the boycotting and serious embarrassment of a large number ol Belgian and Swedish citiaens, who vig orously repudiate any treasonable con nection, Captain Victor Jacobsen, who waa retried to have originated the Transvaal aid campaign, had his flneBloop bored and scuttled at hei moorings last night. He and others are offering substantial rewards for the Identification ol their enemies. Ring Career Ended. New York, Jan. 11. Terry MoGov ern tonight wrested the featherweight championship of the world from Georg Dixon, who had defended it (or nearly nine years. To save Dixon from knockout, Tom O'Rourke, hi manager, threw np the sponge in the eighth i ound, when the negro was Btaggerln helplessly, bleeding and weak, but ai game aa a dying gladiator. Silver Loving Cup. Washington, Jan. 11. The loving cup ol silver, made ot the melted dimes collected from over 70,000 American citizens, the majority ol whom were children, wa presented tc Admiral Dewey today. The cup stands nearly six feet in height, and is appro priately inscribed. At one side wa a large silver-bound volume, containing the name of the contributor ol the dime who had Subscribed to the token through the instrumentality of the New Yorlr. Journal. a - j
