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EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TKHSK TICKS FROM TJIB WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items Fror'
th Two Hemlspheree Presented
Condensed Verm.
A pro-Boer mooting wm hold in
Seattle.
English parliament may be convened
before the end of tha inoutli.
Frenchmen are opposed to the Dew
treaty with America.
A Missouri lodge of Hibernian! de
cltled that It would not help the Boon.
Tho Chicago baseball olub will make
it, spring training quarter! at Lot An
gelua.
An Ontario (Or.) man bao a scheme
(or using the natural iteam of hot
well.
Freuoh'a losses at Colosbnrg aro
more thau twice the uuruber at tlrrt rc
ported. t Tbe Pacific coast haa loot forward
f 'over $10,000 to the Law ton fund, and
uioro will be eont.
Tho Boon have refuoed to allow the
American consul at Pretoria to act a
i!rltlih representative.
r Tho secretary of war has aaked for
$750,000 for expenses in sending the
fepenlsh prlaouon home from Manila.
; California wanti foreign oountriee
forced to reduce the dutleo on oanned
goods through reciprocity troatioe.
The ihipbuildlng trust hao not ret
"Iron organiiod. The amount of capi
talisation to not yet do term (nod upon,
Tbe Big Four railroad will roaume
payment of common took dividend!
nuiI will take over tbe Chesapeake &
Ohio.
Unole Sam will presi her claim
a.'nlnat Santo Domingo, France, got
her money and now demand! an
apology,
Tbe Iloera in a aplrlt of humor have
named three prison ittwta in Pretoria
J'Ladysmltu," "Mafoklng" and "Kim.
Urley." ;
England cannot understand why
Biiller'i force did not preaa a paeaage
oo the Tugola while Whito waa engag
ing the Boeri to tbe North.
At Battle Creek, Mich., the body of
f'berman Church, a miller, waa found
wedged under a water wheel. Tbe
hand! were tied and a weight fattened
to tbe leg.
Elisabeth Gladatone, agod OS, haa
ecurwd judgment in the auperior court
it fan Prauciaco against Joaeph Board
man, aged 78, for breach of promlae to
cnarry. She aued for $500,000.
Louise Maaaet, a French goverueae,
waa hanged at Newgate, Kngland, for
: Tie murder of her, illegitimate 8 -y cer
oid child. It U aaid the exlatanee of
the child wan an'obatacle to a marriage
die had in view.
Gold import! are holplng England!
finance!.
Tod rSloau, tho great Jockey, ii com
ing Went.
Money rate! have taken a tumble
ami may go lower.
Ai a tralning-abtp the Hartford will
anil for South American aorta with
400 lioyo. '
Christian aoience treatment allowed
two children to dio of diphtheria at
l'ittaburg.
. Heavy loiace on both ahlei are the
chief roan Ita of recent hard battlea at
Lady eolith,
Montana politic! are getting much
needed airing by the teitlmony In the
Clark caao.
Gorman vemiel-owncra regard Eng
land'! recent aulsurei aa a aoheme to
kill competition.
The reloaded American priaonera
were barefooted and in ragi when they
arrived in Manila.
Kdlror Stead hae publlahed a letter
in London in which he givei aome in
aide fact of the Jamoaon raid. .
A miniature battle of Ban Juan hill
wai feugbt by Chicago yonugntera.
The police intervened, but not before
the "Hpaniah" offoera were acrloualy
. wounded.
, After, a day'! bombardment,, the
Boer! captured the Britlah garrUou at
Kuruman, Boohuualand, taking 120
prlaouera, arma, ammunition and pro
i vlaloni.
i The Boon whipped White'! foroei
' out of poaitlom three different timet,
but each time the Brltlfihera' gallantry
returned to the fray and recovered all
the ioat poaltloni.
Our loatea in the F pan ltd) war were
82,200. The grand total of the volun
i tmir force waa 238,235. About 24,000
of these were dlaohargnd or d ewer tad.
Tbe total deatba were leee than 4,000.
Friendship between China and the
United 8tatea would be complete if tbe
Chinese were admitted to the Philip
' ptuet. Our trade with China inoreaaed
40 pur cent lust year, all duo to friend
ship. ' John Boston, a negro, of Riiaiell
opunty, Ala., convicted of chicken
totaling baa been pardoned by Governor
Johnston on condition that "for twelve
' month! he shall not buy, atoal or oat
anothor chicken, or any part thereof."
A lady iu Baltimore wai 10 attracted
to a pet monkey that when it ohuflled
off thie mortal coil ahe gave a bang-up
funeral. There were six pall-bearers,
four carriage! for the mourners, and
leverol Moral denlgui, ono of hom be
ing an "empty chair," -
LA1ER NEWO.
The Eccra have looted all . the itoret
and mlnea in Bwasiland.
Two caooi of "bubonio plague are re
ported from Bouth Auatralia.
Londoner! are ttlll complaining over
tho rigid censorship of war newi. .
Carter Harrison haa refuted to accept
the candidacy for governor of Illinois.
The rodmlll worker! at Cleveland,
0 will atrike, involving 4,000 work
men. General George Bharpe, a veteran of
tho civil war, . ii dead at Kingaton,
N. Y.
Dutch colonial! taken in arm! are
not treated aa war priaonera, but are
being proeeouted for treason.
The tateat official report upon the
foreign commerce of China abowa a
great increase both in ito import! and
export!.
The Cree Indian! of Canada may
take the warpath and atrike a blow at
Great Britain, now that the British
ire buay. .
Frederick D. Bonflla, one of the pro
prietor! of the Denver Poet, waa ohot
and mortally wounded by a lawyer of
that city.
French warship! havo taken possea
tlon of Kwong Chan Wan bay, where
a boundary dispute hat boon pending
(or several months. ,
The wreck in St. Mary'i bay, N. F.,
ii itill unidentified, although it U be
lieved to be the Helgoland, which wai
under charter by the Standard Oil
Company, Ten bod lea have been lo
cated among tho rock a.
A lone robber held up two reetan
rant! in the midst of Kanaaa City at 6
in the morning. Both job! were ac
complished In lost than s five mlnotea,
and the robber escaped, the gaping
people making no resistance.;
Mr. O. M. Foote, of Lot Angelee,
Cel., aged 73, diod anddenly on the
north-bound Oregon express between
Gazelle and Montague, in the Siski
you a. She wai accompanying the re
main! of her late huibaud to ' Seattle
for burial.
John Barrett, ex-minister to Biam,
in a public addreat in Chicago, aald
that Senator Hoer'l speech, which
wm cabled to Hong Kong, and subse
quently put Into hand! of the FiUpinoe,
caused the open insurrection in the
Philippine!.
Mr!. Christina Hlrth. of East St.
Louis, emerged from a trance to find
herself under piooeat of being em
balmed and prepareuT for tha grave. A
movement of the eyelid saved the
woman from death at the handi of tbe
undertaker or from burial alive.
William Jackaon, the loout, ia dead.
The United Verde mine wai told for
$500,000.
British authorltlea have released the
German iteamer Heraog.
Two white men were ahot and two
negroei were lynched at Hlpley, TeBU.
Premier McDonald takes the attorney-generalship
of the new Manitoba
cabinet.
A Britlah flag and portrait of the
queen were trampled under foot in a
Ylotoria aaloon.
President Hill, of the Great North
ern, regard! the ihip lobiidy bill aa a
national acandal.
Lord Balfour in a tpeech denied that
the luit lor gold ia the incentive to Eng
land in the Tranvaal war.
Suit hai been begun in the United
Btatea lupremo court to teat tbe valid
ity of the Bland-Allison act.
Governor Brady and the Cape Nome
delegation have appeared before tbe
house committee on publlo lands.
The president haa recommended the
promotion of Howiaon, Kauta, Katneny
and Farquhar to be rear admiral!.
The United States cruiser Albany,
purchased from liraail, developed a
aeed of 20.87 knota during a builderr
trial run.
England will release Mixed Ameri
can flour. Foodstuff! are not consid
ered contraband of war unleaa intended
(or the enemy.
Barnat Grlnberg, formerly a well
known Jewish butineti man of Seattle,
bat been arrested in Tarnapoli, Ga-
lioia, Austria, on a charge of baying
girli for export from Austria to the
United Btatei.
Secretary Gage givei ai hta reasons'
for hla recent action in ntlliaine; na
tional bank! aa depositories for national
treaiury notoi that thereby he prevent
ed a disturbance in the busineea world,
He denies that he haa discriminated
in favor of any bank.
A London dispatch tayi the long
pent-up storm ii now bursting over the
hendi of home government offlclala.
It lays that if parliament were in tea
ilon, it ii doubtful if they could retain
power, and only a remarkable change
in the aitnatton can save them when
the next lesaion oonvenei.
Senator Hoar haa made publlo a let
ter he had addressed to a number of
Eastern paper! in reply to a apeech
made by ex -representative Quigg, of
the Essex Club. In it he taya that
Agulnaldo ii honest, and that the war
wai caused by a m la take made by Gen
eral Otii; that the Amerioani were the
auk-reason and Agulnaldo wanted
peace.
From the itomach of a woman who
died in Indiana, a short time linoe, the
handle! of ix ailver teaspoon! were
taken, and now the atomaoh of a dead
child at Lebanon hai turned out eoveral
illver coins.
Tootbaoho troubled a cat belonging
to Jamea Dover, of Norrlatown, Pa, A
dentiit extracted all her teeth and
fitted an artificial aet la her iawa,
Every night, before retiring, ahe rum
to her master to nave her teeth re
moved,
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DEBATE ON THE WAR
Senator Pettlgrew Savagely
Attacked the President
MADE SOME STARTLING CHARGES
Declared tha Faople Woro Purposely
atopt th Ignorauo of tha &al
BtaU of Aff.lra.
Washington, Jan. 18. A ipirited
end at all tiraea antatlonal debate
wai precipitated in the lunate today on
the Philippine question, the basil for
the apeeohmaklng being a resolution 61
inquiry offered several dayi ago by
Pettlgrew of Booth Dakota, to which
rabitltutei were propoaed. Pettlgrew
attacked the administration policy in
the Philipplnea, and aleo made tome
itartllng charge! against those who
were eupportlng the administration.
He declared that systematic effort
waa being made to prevent accurate
information from reaching the people
of the United States, and that it waa a
political aoheme to further the candi
dacy of Mr. McKlnley for re nomination
and re-election. The debate waa term
inated by a resumption of consideration
of the currenoy bill at 9 o'clock.
Stewart of Nevada made an elabo
rate apeech on the question of the na
tional flnanoei. Before adjournment,
the house, after prolonged delwte,
pasaed the bill conferring additional
powera upon the director of the oensua,
For an Assay Offieo.
Washington, .Jan. 18. -Representa
tive Tongue appeared before tbe com
mittee on coinage, weight! and meas
ures today, and spoke in behalf of bii
bill to establish an assay office at Port
land. He pointed out that Portland ii
easily accessible to the miners of the
Oregon gold fleldi and ii also in a posi
tion to receive a part of tbe gold com
ing down from Alaska.
THE CAVITE CAMPAIGN.
Colon! Ballard Eneonntartid tha Bah
la Near Calaiaha.
Manila, Jan. 13. Colonel Bollard,
with the Thirty-ninth infantry, moving
in three column! from Calamba with
two guns, attacked 10 companies of In
surgents, strongly Intrenched on tht
Santa Tom as ror K They resisted stub
bornly, making three stands. Twenty
four of the rebelt were killed and 60
priaonera were taken. Tbe Flllplnoi
retreated, carrying their wounded to
ward Lake Taal. One American wai
killed and two officers slightly wounded.
Ksoapad From tha flllplnoa.
Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 13. Advices
from Manila aay that Benjamin J.
Green, coxswain, and George M. Pow
ers, first-class apprentice, are the tola
rarvivora, to far aa known, of the look
leet gunboat Urdanetta. The Urdaneta
waa taking founding! near Orangl and
went aground. The nattvei, seeing
what happened, aent word to the in
anrgent troops at Orangl, and a strong
force marched down quickly through
the wood! and took position! on both
banka in the ondergrowth. Buddent
they opened fire on all aldea of the lit
tle veatel, wounding moat of the crew
at the first volley. Lieutenant Wood,
who waa in command, wai wounded in
three plaoei during the first few min
utei. Seeing that the veatel waa
doomed, he ordered that the gin be low
ered to make a dash down atreani, but
tbe boat wai riddled while being low
ered. By this time seven of the crew
were killed or disabled. Only Green,
Powera and three othera remained ac
tive. Tbe Insurgents, growing bolder,
waded into shallow water and over
powered them by iheer force of num
ber!. A few daya later, when the
Oregon waa teen approaching, the men
made a dah for liberty, bat they wore
recaptured and aentenoed to death for
the attempt. The execution waa to
take place at daylight, but during the
night they again escaped. Uroen and
Powera climbed into a tree, and hid in
the denje foliage at the top, while the
Flllpinoa searched the woods around
'hem. The other three Americano
were probably recaptured and killed.
All that night they could hear the Fili
pino! searching for them, but next
morning they went away. After trav
eling two daya, without food, they
reached the coast and were taken on
board the Oregon.
Vmrgn Warehouse at Butte.
Butte, Mont., Jan. 0. The lnrgt
warehouse of the Hennesay Mercantile
Company, opposite the Great Northern
depot, wai destroyed by fire at an early
hour this morning. Loss on building,
$13,000; fully covered by insurance.
Loss on stock, between (40,000 and
$45,000; insurance, $20,000. The cause
of the fire ia unknown, but it is be
lieved to have originated from defective
wire or apontaneoui combustion.
Department of Alaika.
Washington, Jan. 10. The presi
dent haa oreated a military depart
ment, consisting of the territory of
Alaska, and assigned Colonel George
H. Kendall, Eighth United States in
fantry, to it! command. Randall ii
on duty with his regiment in Cuba,
and will report here en route to Alaska
January 15.
Chess Playing Blindfolded.
Chicago, Jon. 13. Harry N. Pills
bury, champion ohoss player ol
America, practically accomplished last
night the feat of playing simultaneous
ly 10 games blindfolded. Pillsbury
played against members of the Chicago
Chesa Club and at 2 o'clock this morn
lng had not only successfully completed
the majority of the games, but had won
the greater number. It is the first time
that any ' uhexg expert has played so
j many gurnet without seeing tbe board.
EXPANDING BULLETS.
Distributed to Britlah Troops, for Tar
get Practice Duly.
London, Jan. 13. Lee-Metford cart
ridge! are running short in tbe British
magazines, and, according to a semi
official report, the war office proposes
to fall back temporarily upon 100,000,
000 "Mark IV" expanding ballets,
most of which are already in storage in
South Africa. The war office, however,
bas issued a strict order to the volun
teers that the 60 rounds of "Mark IV"
given them must be used In practice
at home, none being taken to South
Africa.
After the public announcement that
no such bullet would be used in this
war, Its employment, the Daily Chroni
cle thinks, would bo a serious breach
of faith, especially as the British com
manders have complained that tbe
Boers occasionally use such projectiles.
The newspapers were reconciled dur
ing the early days of the war to cable
censorship, taking it for granted that
full narratives sent by mail would sup
ply all deficiencies. For some weeks,
however, even the mail correspondence
that has arrived in London has shown
signs of habitual scissoring by the cen
sor. Pages are renumerated without
chronological or logical connection,
leaving the happenings described quite
unintelligible in many cases. The ed
itors, acting possibly ia concert, are
laying these facts before the public, and
insisting that they be permitted to
know and print the facta.
The Dally Mall formally accuses the
war office of "doctoring" in th
of official dispatches before
ance, and cites particulars.
Chronicle avers that there
an official conspiracy agi
the truth be known. A
number of deatbo from d
enterlo fever at Ladysmi.
published by the war office
urday's fight nothing haa
out regarding tbe losses in
ments. Tbe war office esse?
has nothing to give out.
Arm-chair critics, who, '
senoe of reportorial or oh
patches from the seat of .. . .--forth
pages of conjecture and opinion,
conclude that too much ia to be expect
ed ' from the British hosts in Booth
Africa nntil Lord Roberta shall have
plenty of time to think and fresh levies
shall have arrived. Time is working
now for the Boers. Each day makes
more difficult the three beleagured peti
tions. Although the war office declines to
confirm the report that Lord Methuen
has been recalled to England, inquiries
made by a correspondent at Methuen'i
home, in Wiltshire, hrave elicited the
Information that when he received his
wound his horse threw him heavily and
spinal and other injuries supervened.
The theory is now advanced that the
seizures of the German mail steamers
Herxog and General, since released,
were made on purposely misleading in
foramtion supplied to British agents,
the design being to embroil Great Brit
ain and Germany in a quarrel.
Imp-tlnee In England.
London, Jan. 13. Even the an
nouncement of the arrival of Field
Marshal Lord Robert! and General
Lord Kitchener at Cape Town has
failed to stem the growing impatience
of the country at the prolonged inac
tivity in the main British camps and
the entire absence of news giving an
adequate insight into the local situa
tion. The publlo and press being un
able to form any just judgment ai to
the actual position of affairs, stories
are rife that the inaction is forced on
General Buller owing to tbe exhaus
tion of reserves of ammunition and
there are even wild rumors of a shell
famine at home.
But not so much importance need be
attached to these rumors. It is al
most universally assumed that with
the landing of Roberts and Kitchener a
prompt return will be made to the
original plan of campaign, namely, a
great central advance on Bloemfontein,
but the most iro patent of enthusiasts
admit that Roberts will be unable to
move before the end of the month.
There was a rumor current in the
clubs today that a battle was progress
ing at Tngela river, but nothing could
be obtained in corroboration of the re
port. Cargo of Explosives.
New York, Jan. 13. Tbe Bteamshipt
India and Drummond, which will aail
from here for the Orient in the neat
future, will each carry to Manila about
60 tons of freight consigned by the gov
ernment. These shipments will in
clude provisions, blankets and supplies
for the soldiers, and 116 tons of high
explosives, which are to be placed in
a specially constructed inoiosure of the
Hock of the India.
Congressman Cnshinau Sick.
Washington, Jan. 13. Congressman
Cushman is confined to his residence,
and the physician who has been attend
ing Mrs. Cushman during a severe at
tack of scarlet fever says Mr. Cushman
has developed symptoms of the same
disease.
Recruits for the Philipplnea.
San Francisco, Jan. 13. The United
States transport Tartar sailed for Ma
nila today, with 500 recruits, under
command of Colonel Freeman, and
commissary stores. She also carried
80 members of the hospital corps from
New York.
A Partial Answer.
Washington, Jan. 18. The answer
of the British government to Mr.
Choate'a representation respecting the
leisure of American flour and other
goods on the thro vessels, Beatrice,
Maahona and Maria, has been received-.
Just's the officials of the state depart
ment expected, it amounts to a partial
answer, very satisfactory ai for as it
goes, disposing of the character of some
of the goods seised, but not finally de
ciding broadly whethor or not food'
stuffs are to be regarded aa contraband.
THE BOERS FLANKED
Buller Is Getting Around
Their retrenchments.
NEARER THE BELEAGURED TOWN
Important Operations la Progress lu
MaUl General White's Situation
Becomes Serious.
London, Jan. 16. General Boiler's
28 words, announcing bis forward
movement Thursday, is interpreted as
meaning that he bas passed around tbe
western end of tbe Boer lines at Colen
so and is now several miles behind
them and within 14 miles of General
White's outposts at Lady smith.
Tbe Boer forces a few days ago had
forces with gum at Springfield, when
General Buller dates bis dispatch.
These commandos have been obviouslj
dislodged, either by fighting or by ma
neuvering, tbe Boers retiring across tho
Tugela as General Buller advances.
From General Bolter's dispatch,
coupled with tbe fact that unofficial
intelligence from the seat of war ha
virtually ceased since Monday, the de
duction is drawn that important opera
tions are in progress, aa he cannot
move far without going against the
Boer entrenchm'wUs.
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Remarkable scenes of ' pa'triotlsm
were witnessed in London last evening
after a short service held for the volun
teers in St Paul's cathedral. Tbe vast
audience waa alow to disperse. Ladiea
stood up on their chairs beckoning and
calling to brothers, sons and friends in
the ranks, the latter signalling back
A scene of great animation ensued,
The organist introduced a few bars of
the naional anthem in concluding the
voluntary. The effect of this wai
magical. First tbe volunteers and
then the congregation Took up the
strains, and the vast cathedral wai
filled with enthusiastic song. The
demonstrations were renewed by im
mense crowds outside. Bt. Paul's
churchyard and Ludagte hill were
black with people, and it was impossi
ble for the volunteers to march. Indi
vidual members were pulled out of the
ranks by their friends and admirers,
who raised them on their shoulders,
and thus carried them down Fleet
street to tbe Temple. Those who es
caped hoisting proceeded alowly, sur
rounded by clinging women. After
ward at the various theaters, where the
men were entertained, and yet later,
on returning to barracks, these scene!
were renewed, ana tne streets were
filled until midnight with cheering
people.
A MYSTERIOUS WRECK.
Name of the Steamer Lost In St. Mary'e
Bay Still Cnhaoern.
St. Johns, N. F.. Jan. 15. The fol
lowing comprise all the details regard
ing the wreck in St. Mary's bay that
could be obtained up to midnight:
The ship is a two-masted steamer of
nearly 8,000 tons, and probably carried
a crew of 60, with possibly some pas
sengers. She went ashore before day
break Thursday, striking a ledge at the
foot of tbe cliff, where escape war
hopeless. The crew launched th
boats, but probably during the panic
some were crushed against her side,
others being swamped, all the occu
pants apparently perishing.
The ship was seen to be on fire by
residents six miles away. Attracted to
the scene, they found the aftor-half of
the wreck biasing fiercely, and the fore
part under water. Kerosene in the
cargo helped the blaze.
At that time only three men were
left on board. Two were on the bridge
and one was in the rigging. Those on
the bridge were safe until about 2 P.
M., when they were washed overboard
and drowned, the bridge being carried
away. The survivor soon after left the
rigging, swam to the rocks, and twice
endeavored to get a footing. Failing
in this, he made hla way back to the
rigging, where he died of exposure dur
ing the night.
Many dead bodies are visible tossing
in tbe surf. Two of them, thiown up
in a cove, cannot be reached, owing to
the heavy eea. One is thought to be
that of a woman. Boats and other
wreckage are thrown out among the
rocks for miles.
Automobiles In New Turk,
New York, Jan. 15. A recently or
ganised company will put into publlo
service in the streets of this city next
week 200 automobile carriages and 100
automobile omnibuses. Tho charge
for cabs will be 25 cents a mile and
75 cents an hour.
Indiana Bank Robbed.
Princeton, Ind., Jan. 15. Robbers
blew open the safe and vault in tho
banking house of McGlnnis, Teel d
Co., at Owensville, this county, early
this morning and secured $15,000, tha
total currenoy in the bank. The money
waa placed on a handcar on the Evans
villo Ss Torre Haute road and run to
Poseyville, 12 miles southeast. Here
the handcar was left, and the money
waa removed to a vehicle. The rob
bers then crossed the Wabash river, to
the Illinois side and escaped.
VOTES HIGH IN MONTANA.
Witness Wanted BSO.OOO to Tote for
Clark and Was offered SlS.OOO.
Washington, Jan. 15. Dr. Ector, a
dentist of Missoula, Mont., was the
first witness before the Clark investi
gating committee today. He had par
ticipated in the campaign in Ravalli
county in the Interest of E. P. Woods,
Democratic candidate for the legislat
ure, and who was a friend of Clarks.
Ector said he had acted at tbe instance
of Bickford, one of Clark's managers.
Witness said Bickford bad promised to
pay him for bis services, but no spe
cific ram had been mentioned. A
number of letters were read intending
to show that Bickford had been an
agent of Clark in the senatorial race.
Cross-examination of the witness was
postponed until the defense could look
up the letters received from Ector.
Representative Sullivan, member ol
Montana legislature from Granite
county, certified to having been ap
proached by Bickford in Helena pre
vious to the meeting of the legislature
and asked to vote for Clark.
"I said," the witness testified, "that
I might do so if there wai enough
in it. ' lie said how much. I saiij
twenty thousand. He then asked me
if half " that amount would not bi
enough, I replied no, and we parted."
Sullivan said he met Bickford, who
suggested fifteen thousand. Witnesi
told Bickford he would not vote fen)
Clark under any circum stances, and
bad seen no more of him.
THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION
Report Will Probably Be Ready Be
fore February I.
New York, Jan. 15. A special to
the Times frjm Washington says:
About the last of January the Philip.
pine commission will submit their full
report to the president. President
Schurman was at the White House
Thursday to announce that progrest
was being made, and that before Feb
ruary the work of the commission will
be completed. The report made in
September was a general one, in which
all the commissioners joined. In the
full report each commissioner will deal
with a separate subject. That of Pres
ident Schurman is on government foi
the Philippines. He has considered
the matter fully and has discussed hit
report with the president. It is as
sumed that such practical points as he
may offer will be brought to the atten
tion of the appropriate committees of
the senate and the bouse.
Ai to the question of again sending
a commission to the Philippines, it hai
been suggested in congress by both sen'
a torn and representatives that a joint
commission of members might -be
named for that purpose. . It would be
very popular and also very expensive,
but it is insisted that it would be a
better way of preparing congress for
legislative action than tbe plan of mak
lng up a commission outside of con
gress and expecting members of both
houses to read their report after it had
been made in order that it may become
informed. It is said that a special
committee of members well-known
would be more interesting and impres
sive.
France Will Be Monarchy Again. -
Chicago, Jan. 15. Count de la
Chasney, who was married in Colorado
Spring! two days ago, and who passed
through Chicago last night on hia way
to Paris, believes eventually France
will have again a monorchia! form ol
government.
"Nothing will be done in a political
way to reorganize the present govern'
ment," he said, "until after the Paris
exposition. That is practically a mat
ter of agreement among the high states
men. But France ii near a change.
The Fashoda incident and the Dreyfui
affair added much to the general dis
content among the masses. At the
proper time the man to lead the royal
ist party will be found. It is not un
likely that Prince Louis Napoleon, now
a colonel in the Russian army, will be
the one chosen."
Plague Cases at Honolulu.
Washington, Jan. 15. The state
department has been informed by Mr.
Hey wood, United States agent at Hono
lulu, under date of January 1, that
eight deaths have occurred from the
bubonic plague at Honolulu since the
last tolegraphio report, December 86
last, which announced three deaths
from the cause of tbe plague. Dr.
Heywood also states that the entire
city of Honolulu is quarantined.
Tenesuela Finances Improre.
Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 15. The
financial crisis is ended. The diffi
culty between tlie government and the
bank has been amicably settled, and
public confidence is restored.
I ndla Will Buy Bllrer.
London, Jan. 15. Renewed buying
of silver by the Indian government, the
Statist says, cannot be much longer de
layed in consequence of rupee coinage
requirements, and this will lead doubt
less to a marked improvement in the
price of silver.
Portland Carriers Will Register Moll
Washington, Jan. 13. The plan of
having mail registered bv carriers when
collected will be put in practical opera
tion January 15 in 60 cities. Among
the cities chosen are St. Louis, Denver
and Portland, Or. The service will be
Inaugurated elsewhere when oongid
ered beneficial, upon the applications
"( tbe local officials.
. reat Northern Will Oo to Colorado.
Sioux City, Iowa, Jan. 15. Colonel
W. P. Clough, vice-president of the
Great Northern, has definitely admit
ted that system's intention to bnild
to Omaha and Denver. It ia under
stood, however, that the terminal!
here owned by the Sioux City Terminal
Railway St Warehouse Company -will
first bo required, at a price of approxi
mately $400,000, or permanently
leased before the extension movement
begins,
UREASE OF' T1ADE
flow Our Exports Have
Grown in Past Five Years.
NATIONS WHO BUY OUB GOODS
Cnlted Kingdom by Par the Best Custo
mer, and Germany and Franco
Come Neat. .
Washington, Jan. 16. Frank II.
Hitchcock, chief of the foreign mar
kets division of the agricultural depart
ment, has prepared an interesting col
lation of figures showing for tbe first
time the respective amounts of our
igricnltural exports which go to the
several countries of Europe and of the
rther continents. The period covered
1894 to 1808. Tbe statement ihowi
ihat the agricultural product! exported
from the United States in the five yean
1 ad an average annual value of $663,
538,201. Of these enormous exports,
about 60 per cent found a market in
the United Kingdom and its various
dependencies. The sum paid by the
British people for the American farm
products purchased during the period
mentioned reached as high as $403,
953,054 a year. Great Britain alone
took more than one-half of our agricul
tural exports, the consignments cred
ited to that ocuntry forming about 65
per cent of the total shipments and
having an annual value of $362,407,
701.
Germany, which ranks next to the
United Kingdom as a market for the
products of American agriculture, re
ceived about 16 per cent of the exports
for 1894-98, the average yearly value
amounting to $36,820,251.
France, with purchases that aver
aged $43,988,791 a year, or about 6.0
per cent of tbe total, was tbe third
country in importance. These three
countries the United Kingdom, Ger
many and France received together
nearly 75 per cent of the total agricul
tural exports.
After the three countries just men
tioned. The Netherlands, Belgium,
Canada, Italy and Spiin afforded the
most important markets. The Nether
lands bought 4.3 per cent of the total;
Belgium, 3.6 per cent; Canada, 3.5 pet
cent; Italy, 2.2 per cent; and Spain,
1 .5 per cent. The average value of tbe
ixports to these countries.
CROSSED FREE STATE BORDER.
Report of Proceeding in the M odder
Rlrer Country.
Modder River, Thursday. General
Babington, with two reigmenta of
Lancers, tbe Victorian mounted rifles
and a battery of horse artillery, left
here on the evening of January 7 (Sun
day) and crossed the Free State border
on Tuesday.
Simultaneously other movements
were made. A column under Colonel
Pitcher went from Belmont to the
south of General Bablngton'a route,
while a portion of the garrisons ol
Klokfontein and Honey Nest kloof, an
ler Major Byrne, advanced towards
Jacobsdal. General Babington pene
trated 12 miles and his icouti 20.
They saw no signs of armed Boers. Th.
farmhouses were found empty, the oo
cupants having had news of the ad
vance and gone further into the into
rior. The British bivouacked at Ram
don. They burned three farmhouses,
the property of Lubbe. one of the Boe.
leaders. Yesterday they swept around
southward, returning here today.
Nothing was accomplished except a
reconnoisance.
Colonel Pitcher came into touch
with General Babington and then re
turned to Belmont.
Major Byrne reconnoitered the bilk
about four miles from Jacobsdal anC
saw 700 Boers.
Boer Near the Bee.
Durban, Natal, Jan. 16. There is t
Boer commando in the Zambaan
country, Zululand, within a day',
march of the sea, with wagons. It i
believed to be waiting for supplies and
ammunition secretly landed noar St. -Lucia's
bay.
The Boers have looted all the stores
and mines in Swaziland territory, and
the ruined natives are completing the
destruction.
Beyond tbe Tugela.
London, Jan. 16. A special dispatch
from Cape Town, dated Friday, Jan
uarr 12 (evening), announces that Gen
eral Warren has crossed the Tugela
river.
Oreat Battle Imminent.
Boer Headquarters at Colenso,
Thursday Everything points to a great
battle within the next few daya, Lady
smith for the last two nights bas been
firing rockets. The object 1b not known
here.
Fighting In Cebu.
Manila, Jan. 16. Advices front
Cebu report a sharp fight January 8
between a battalion of the Nineteenth
infantry and a body of insurgents oc
cupying a strong position in tbe Bond
Ion mountains. Tho enemy was
routed, the American! capturing a
smooth-bore cannon, some rides, and
destroying the fortifications. Font
Americans were wounded.
Rumor of Ladysmlth's Relief.
Durban, Friday The entire absence
of news from Cheveley or Frere camp
continues, but there is a persistent
rumor bore that Ladysmith has been,
relieved.
Exportation of Acids Prohibited.
London, Jan. 15. The Gazette to
day proclaim! the prohibition of tbe
exportation from the United Kingdom
and the carrying coastwise of a variety
of acids capable of being converted
into military torest t