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mm OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting; Collection of Items From
tit Two Hemispheres Presented
In a Condensed Form.
Senator Gear was re-elected in Iowa.
New York has let a contract for an
other subway to cost $35,000,000.
Many Americans will be needed in
the government plans for the Filipinos.
Robert M. McWade has been ap
pointed to succeed Dr. Bedloe as con
sal at Canton.
The Farmers' Alliance wants the
proposed ship subsidy money spent for
export bounties.
Boers attacked French's advanced
post and were repulsed with 20 killed
and 60 wounded.
Landlord Whitten, of Ska g way, fell
from the gangplank of a steamer at
Seattle and was drowned.
Over 20,000 drivers of all kinds of
vehicles are on strike in Rio Janeiro.
Troops were called out to maintain or
der. Great floods of $1,000 hills are said to
have been a prominent feature in the
campaign of Senator Clark of Mon
tana. Thomas B. Reed says he finds selfish
ness is master of the human race and
the world must work to better condi
tions of the people.
' In the senate Senator Pettigrew declared-
that "the blood of every soldiet
who has fallen since the war began is
on the hands of the administration."
Miss Helen Gould has given $50,000
to aid in the building of the new home
for the naval branch of the Youni
Men's Christian Association in Brook
lyn. A London paper is authority for the
statement that the powers have de
manded knowledge of the United
States' policy in China and the Philip
pines. The special committee of the house
to investigate the case of Roberts of
Utah, finds that Roberts had three
wives. It is said he will not be al
lowed to remain in congress and a ma
jority favors not allowing him to be
seated at all.
Kosciusco's friend and close asso
ciate, Haym Salomon, will be given a
medal by congress. His relatives
claim that he loaned this country
money during the revolutionary war
and it was never repaid. The medal
is a compromise of their claim.
Denmark is coming down to our
price. She now asks only $4,000,000
for the Danish West Indies. The
price first demanded was $13,000,000.
It is likely the deal will be closed be
fore many days. The islands will be
valuable to us in the event the Nicar
agua canal is built.
Dawson was visited by another large
fire.
General- Joe Wheeler is coming
home. ' .
China is buying heavily of cotton
cloth.
Iron and steel shipments are taking
all available shiproom to the Orient.
The Northwestern Fruitgrowers' As
sociation met in Tacoina in annual
meeting.
Ex-Congressman David J. Colson,
shot and killed two men in a Frank
fort (Ky. ) hotel.
Wainwrieht & Co.. Boston bankers.
have failed. They tried to carry too
heavy a load of mining stocks.
A Wall street rumor says that the
Southern Pacific may buy the Galves
ton, Houston &Northern.
The British ship Reliance and the
British ship Annie Thomas ' are long
overdue at San Francisco.
The French admiral dined with Pres
ident Jimines, of Santo Domingo after
the troublesome claim was paid.
The third annual conventionn of the
National Livestock Association of
America met in Fort Worth, Tex.
Senate committee on interoceanio
canals will favor the bill tor the con
struction of the Nicaragua canal.
A negro who was supposed to have
aided two negroes to escape near Hend
gin. Tenn., was lynched by a mob.
Negroes have appealed to the United
States senate for national legislation
that will protect them from burning
and lynching.
The treasury department is consider
ing a recommendation to move the
United States custom house from Mary
Island to Ketchikan.
All the leading manufacturers of
men and women's woolen felt hats
have raised prices as a result of the
advance in prices of wool.
Secretary Long and Rear Admiral
Bradford have appeared before the sen
ate committee on naval affairs in ad
vocacy of the Pacific cable.
Trees and shrubs are being planted
along the Sues canal to keep the sand
from drifting. ,
James R. Garfield, son of the mur
dered president, announces himself aa
a candidate for congress in the Twen
tieth Ohio district.
Congressman James C. Need ham,
from the Seventh California district,
was born at Carson City, Nev., in an
emigrant wagon while his parents were
pressing across the plains to California,
LATER NEWS.
The com sing of rabbits was stopped
in Chicago by humane officers.
In a great battle which lasted all
day Sunday the Boers held their own.
Mines at Johannesburg have made
impregnable that city from an attack
ing force.
Methodist missionaries will begin
active work in the Philippines to con
vert the Tagals.
Count Boni-de Castellane says he is
going to use his cane on the editor of
the Paris Figaro.
Tlie pope warmly praises the work of
an endowment for a Catholic univer
sity at Washington.
The Duke of Teck is dead at London.
He died from pneumonia after an ill
ness of several days.
The sugar war is to be continued on
the same lines as heretofore, and no
settlement is in sight.
At Butte, Mont., Dominick Massa, a
painter, mounted a ladder to paint a
building. He grabbed a live wire and
fell dead.
Colonel George M. Randall and Col
onel James Bell, have been named by
the president for promotion to the rank
of brigadier-general.
George D. Herron, formerly pro
fessor of Iowa college, says that the
effect of socialism on religious dogma
will be to change the whole attitude of
human belief.
Half a million dollars is the esti
mated cost of repairing the Olympia
according to the report of the naval
construction board. The work will be
done at the Boston navy-yard, and will
occupy about a year.
According to the New York Herald's
Washington correspondent there is an
excellent prospect that the Nicaragua
canal bill will go through this session
without waiting for the report of the
Walker commission.
Mrs. Annie Ellsworth Smith is dead
at New York. She sent the first tele
graphic message, "What hath God
wrought?" from the United States su
preme court room, Washington, to Bal
timore. Two negroes were shot to death and
two white men desperately wounded as
the result of an attempt to arrest a ne
gro murderer at Macon, Ga. J. H.
Butler, colored, is the man who did
most of the shooting, and who was
himself shot to death.
A long-time resident of South Africa,
now in New York, says the Boers are
not brave; that they will fight from
cover, but in the open, man to man,
the Boer is no match for the Briton, or
other white antagonist. He predicts
the British will win soon.
Hepburn believes the house will pass
the canal bill.
General Buller cables that he thinks
he is making progress.
The news of the success of the Mexi
can troops is confirmed.
The second detachment ef London
volunteers has left for the cape.
Count and Countess Castellane, nee
Gould, have arrived in New York.
The United Mineworkers voted down
a resolution of sympathy for the Boers.
John Ruskin, the great art critic and
writer, passed away in his 81st year at
London.
General James F. Wade has taken
temporary charge of the department of
the lakes.
Motormen and conductors of Troy,
N. Y are out for more wages and
shorter hours.
A deadly quarrel in the Italian quar
ter of New York resulted in the killing
of three of one family.
The Baldwin locomotive works, of
Philadelphia, has received an order for
30 large locomotives from France.
Danish farmers have sent the Prin
cess of Wales 12,000 boxes of choice
butter for the British soldiers in
Africa.
The reason for the close censorship
is now being appreciated in London,
and the people are willing to await the
results.
An Indiana volunteer, writing home,
says that Joe Wheeler gave tired sold
iers his horse and, taking their gun,
marched with the boys.
Owing to dangers threatening the
commonwealth of Frankfort, Ky..,
clergymen set aside Tuesday as a day
of humiliation and prayer.
Rev. Mr. Sheldon will have absolute
control of all departments of the Tor
peka (Kan.) Capital for one week,
when he will demonstrate how a Chris
tian daily should be conducted and
edited.
The 16th annual report of the United
States civil service commission has
been presented to the president. It
shows an increase in the nnmber of
persons employed and more examina
tions of applicants last year than ii
any previous year of the commission.
The Ashland woolen mills, one of the
oldest industrial establishments in Or
egon, representing an invested capital
of over $65,000, and regularly employ
ing 30 to 35 hands was totally de
stroyed by fire, which is supposed to
have originated in the weaving-room.
The insurance amounted to $18,500.
Total expenditures at the Charleston
(Mass.) navy yard for the last fiscal
year were $137,465.
The Ninth regiment of Pennsylvania
celebrated the one hand ret h anniver
sary of its organization recently.
Daniel S. Ford, for 40 years propri
etor and editor of the Youth's Com
panion, who died recently in Boston,
made it an invariable rule that bis
name sbonld never appear in the col
umns of his own journal.
BRITISH ADVANCING
Slow and Cautious, But Keep
Moving Ahead.
HARD FIGHTING ON THE HILLS
Boers Forced Steadily Back From Kop
je to KopJe-8eem to Be Short
of Ammunition.
Spearman's Camp, Jan. 28. After
10 hours of continuous and terrible fire
yesterday, Generals Hart and Clery ad
vanced 1,000 yards. The Boeis main
tained an irregular fire during the
night, but the British outposts did not
reply.
This morning at daybreak the Boers
opened a stiff fire. The British stood
to the guns where they had slept and
an engagement was renewed vigor
ously. The field artillery poured shrap
nel into the enemy's trenches.
A rumor that Ladysralth had been
relieved enlivened the British, who
sent up a ringing cheer. This was
taken for an advance. The first kopje
was carried at the point of the bayonet,
and the Boeri retreated to the next
kopje, which, like most others, was
strewn with immense boulders, sur
mounted by mounds on the summit.
The British advanced steadily'and
the Boers' relaxed sightly. The latter
did not show such tenacity as pre
viously. Their Nordenfeldts fired at
long intervals, and their cannon fired
but seldom. Apparently the Boert
were short of ammunition. All day
the roar of tnuBkeiry fire continued.
The British took three Boer positions
on the mountain and found shelter be
hind the boulders.
Ex-Transvaal Conaul Arrives.
WasLington, Jan. 23. Mr. Montagu
White, formerly consul to the Trans
vaal republio at London, and who, it
is understood, is in this country to en
deavor to obtain recognition as the dip
lomatic representative of the lepublio
here, arrived in this city today, from
New York.
Letter From Kruger.
London, Jan. 23. A special dis
patch from Naples says that Mr. Ma
crura, is reported to be the bearer of a
letter to President McKinley from
President Kruger, in which the latter
proposes peace terms based on the
status quo, with complete independ
ence and a seven years' franchise.
WALL OF GOLD ORE.
Thouaanda Upon Thousand of Torn
In Sight.
Prairie City, Jan. 28. What is in
some respects the most phenomenal
gold find in Eastern Oregon, is 1
miles south of Prairie City, in Grant
county. The width of the ledge is 600
feet, and the walls are broken away for
a distance of more than 8,000 feet,
leaving the ore exposed 150 to 200 feet
in the air. It is said that nowhere in
the world has such a body of ore been
found, standing, as this does, where no
tunneling is necessary. The value of
the ore runs from $3 to $63 per ton in
gold, and it is free milling. Thousands
upon thousands of tons of ore, unin
cumbered by mountains of dirt and
valueless rock, stand uncovered.
Battle With Yaquis.
Nogales, Ariz., Jan. 23. News was
received from the south this morning
that General Lorenzo Torres had en
gaged the Yaquis at Macoyata, killing
over 200 and taking 500 prisoners.
Father Beltr: a and several sisters of
charity who have been held as prison
ers of war by the Yaquis for the last
six months were rescued by the victori
ous Mexican troops and are now with
General Torres. It is expected that
this last important victory of General
Torres will have the effect of scattering
tho Yaquis and will result in ending
the war.
Killed by Earthquake.
City of Mexico, Jan. 23. News is
irriving from the interior points affect
ed by the earthquake Friday night and
Saturday morning. Much damage was
done to property in Guadalajara, and
the city of Colima, capital of the state
of the same name, was the scene of
terrific experiences, accompanied with
the loss of seven lives. The City of
Mexico came off comparatively un
scathed in the earthquake, few acci
dents occurring here or in the suburbs.
The church of the Three Kings, in ths
suburbs, was cracked, and will be
closed for repairs.
How Men Were Ambushed.
Manila, Jan. 23. The escort of 50
men of company C, Thirtieth infantry,
Lieutenant Ralston commanding,
which was ambushed near Lipa, con
sisted of 50 convalescents from the
hospital, who were going to rejoin ths
regiment. The insurgents hid in thi
bushes along the road and opened fire
upon the pack train from three sides.
The Americans, in addition to their
casualties, were compelled to abandon
the train, which consisted of 22 horses.
The latter, with their packs, fell into
the hands of the insurgents, who pur
sued the retreating escort for three
miles along the road, until the Ameri
cans were reinforced.
- Nicaragua Objeeta to Merry.
Managua, Nicaragua, Jan. 23. (Via
Galveston, Tex., Jan. 3.) The Nica
raguan government will appoint Jose
Ed Rodriguez and Bruno Brnitage ai
arbitrators for Nicaragua in adjusting
the differences with the Maritime
Canal Company. It is understood the
government will object to United
States Minister Merry and Rudolph
Weiser, the company's agent, as repre
sentatives of the company in the arbi
tration -
HOPES OF TRANSVAALERS,
Getting tfaed to War and nave Ceased
to Mind It.
New York, Jan. 22. An idea of the
high hopes entertained in tne Trans
vaal republio of th9 outcome of the
war with Great Britain is given in a
letter written by E. Houthakkor, as
sistant stationmaater at Johannesburg,
to his sister in Brooklyn. The letter
was sent in November by way of Lo
renzo Marques. The letter says in
part:
"We are getting usod to it a bit now.
Since October 15 no more letters
reached us from beyond the Transvaal.
A solitary cable dispatch manages to
come through occasionally, but then it
is a week old. At first I still main
tained correspondence with Cape Town,
but that is no more possible now. The
Boers are scoring an enormous success,
and they have already conquered the
biggest part of Natal. Thoy are push
ing already into Cape Colony, whjre
they are joined by the burghers. Kim
berley is likewise completely surround
ed, as well as Mafeking, while in the
northern part of tho Transvaal the
Boers are already beyond our bound
aries. On every side the British are
getting a good thrashing.
"The internal arrangements bore are
excellent. All the English have left
the country. Order is beautifully
maintained. The Boers still remaining
may be seen daily leaving for their
various commands.
"Johannesburg now it fearfully
quiet. All the male population has
been drafted into a special constabu
lary. No one is allowed out after 9
P. M. With the exception of 10
mines, which are being worked by the
government, all the mines on the rand
are shut down.
"Up to the present 1,600 English
are prisoners, among whom are 50 offi
cers, and 6,000 are slain. Our loss does
not amount to 200, including the dead
and wounded. It sounds like a mira
cle. It still looks doubtful who will
come out ultimate conqueror, but as
things look now the bughers stand a
good chance. No fighting has ocourred
in their own country. The supply of
food is plentiful. The English sol
diers are not worth much and surren
der easily. Already two of their gen
erals are dead. Cape Colony will re
volt. "No doubt it will surprise you to
see me having changed thus, but that
could not be otherwise, after having
witnessed everything. It is now clear
that Chamberlain's sole aim has been
for three years to make war against the
Transvaal and obtain possession of its
territory. ' '
Taqul Nation to Make a Last Stand.
Chicago, Jan. 20. A special to the
Record from El Paso, Tex., says:
"The Yaqui Indians of Sonora, the
only race in all Mexico that was able
to survive the Spanish invasion . and
preserve its individuality, are making
their last stand against the Mexican
government. Thus far it seems the
Mexican soldiers have been found in
adequate to cope with the Yaquis.
A proclamation has been issued by
the ruler of the Yaqui nation, ad
dressed to "The American People,"
and in part is as follows:
"The Yaqui nation has begun its
struggle for independence. It will no
longer tolerate the Mexican army in
Sonora. The nation has established
a provisional government, the offices of
which are at Babispe. In the event
of the success of the Yaqui people over
the Mexicans, no foreigners except na
tive born Americans will bellowed in
Sonora for several years. The property
and persons of Americans in Sonora
will be protected by the Yaquis in
every way."
Scheme for Hawaiian Klectrlo Itoada.
San Francisco, Jan. 22. L. P. Mat
thews, of Cleveland, O., representing
an Eastern syndicate which proposes
to construct electrio railroads in Ha
waii, is on his way home. He says
that $5,000,000 may be expended, and
added:
"In the near future more than a
million dollars' worth of ties and lum
ber will be shipped from Puget sound
points to Hawaii for the projected
roads. Plans already perfected call
for the construction of some 810 miles
of electrio lines. Most of the road
will be in and around Honolulu an
elsewhere on Oahu island. Ferryboats
will be run between the termini of
these roads and the various islands."
American Soldier Attempted to Kill Otla
Chicago, Jan. 22. A special to the
Record from Victoria, B. C, says: J.
P. Molera, who arrived from Manila,
tells of an attempt on the life of Gen
eral Otis. In conversation in reference
to the situation there he said that Gen
eral Otis once appeared on the firing
line, when a shot from the rifle of one
of the soldiers whizzed uncomfortably
close to his head. As to who fired the
shot no clew was discovered.
Brewa Were Burglars Bold.
Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 22. John
and Thomas Brew, supposed to hare
been lost in a storm off the northern
coast, are said by the police to have
left behind, in a shack formerly occu
pied by John Brew, a quantity of odds
and ends, which the police claim to
have identified as having been stolen
from various Vancouver stores and res
idences which had been entered by
burglars. There is a collection of tools
sufficiently large and varied for a well
equipped carpenter shop.
Opening for American Fralt.
Berne, Jan. 22. The bundesrath to
day abrogated previous regulations and
granted permission for the importation
of dried American fruits, and also fresh
fruits, on condition of their examina
tion at the Berne custom-house.
Oimaa Dlgna Caught.
Cairo, Jan. 23. News was received
here tonight that Osman Digna, prin
cipal general of the late Khalifa Ab'
dullah, has been captured.
LOWER LIKE REGION!
Large Force of Filipinos De
feated at Taal.
JOHNSONS BRILLIANT EXPLOIT
General Schwan'a Troops Entered Saute
Crna, Finding the Rebels Had
Abandoned the Town,
Manila, Jan. 24. Two companies
ef the Forty-sixth infantry, under Ma
lor Johnson, and three companies ot
the Thirty-eighth infantry, commanded
by Major Muir, defeated 800 insurgents
at Taal, province of Batangas, Satur
day, taking the town. The gunboat
Marietta also shelled the place. The
insurgents had four cannon, two of
which were captured. Two Americans
were wounded, and 10 dead insurgents
were found on the field.
The plague statistics now show a to
tal of 14 cases and 11 deaths.
Americans Occupy Santa Crui.
Manila, Jan. 24. The Americans
have occupied Santa Cruz, on Laguua
de Bay, Laguna province. It was re
ported many insurgents were concen
trated there, but the town was found
deserted.
The military regulation requiring
the streets to be cleared of natives at
8:80 P. M. has-been changed to 10
o'clock.
The Official Report. '
Washington, Jan. 24. General Otis
informs the war department of recent
military operations in the Philippines
in the following dispatch:
"Manila, Jan. 24. Major Johnson,
commanding a battalion of the Forty
sixth infantry, General Wheaton's bri
gade, reports from Lemeri on the 18th
and 20th inst. that he drove the enemy
through Batayan, eastward, on the
morning of the 18th, capturing 17 rifles
and one field pieco. A few hours later,
in Cataca, he captured four prisoners,
four horses and equipments, six rifles,
and killed three insurgents. He ad
vanced toward Lemeri that afternoon,
captured the enemy's outpost, three
men and six horses.
"He advanced again at 5 P. M.,
and, finding the enemy strongly en
trenched, sent by a navy gunboat to
Batangas for assistance. Three com
panies of Muir's battalion of the Thirty
eighth infantry were sent to Taal, the
iusurgent headquarters. Johnson drove
the enemy through Lemeri on to Taal,
where he attacked the southern portion
of the city and Muir the northern por
tion. The enemy dispersed, retreating
in many directions. Johnson's casual
ties were one killed, one seriously and
two slightly wounded. Four field
pieces and a quantity of rifles were cap
tured.
"This movement of Johnson's was
ably conducted, and important in ie
suits. "The enemy is reported in large force
and entrenohed at and near Santa Cruz,
Laguna de Bay. General Schwan is
swinging his troops on that point, his
loft at the town of the Bay, a few milef
east of Calamba, his right consisting of
cavalry at the right of Tayabas."
FOR TAGAL AND BOER.
Senator Turner Arralnged the Admin
istration's Policy.
Washington, Jan. 24. This was an
other day of oratory in the senate, lit
tle beyond routine business being tran
sacted. Pritchard delivered a long and
carefully prepared address on the race
question in the South, his remarks be
ing addressed particularly to the pro
posed amendment to the constitution
of North Carolina, which, if enacted,
he said, would disfranchise a large
mass of voters, both white and black.
He was followed by Turner, of Wash
ington, in a speech on the Philippine
question, in which he arraigned the ad
ministration's policy as set Cut in the
president's message, and the speech
of Beveridge. Turner was given close
attention by his colleagues.
The house was in session only 40
minutes today, and nothing of public
importance was done except to refer
to the speaker for settlement a dispute
between the appropriations and mili
tary affairs committeee over jurisdic
tion of the estimates for the approba
tions for the manufacture of small arms
at the Kock Island and Springfield
arsenals. A few District of Columbia
bills of minor Importance were passed.
Flection of Senators.
Washington, Jan. 24. The report
filed today on the house bill for elec
lion of United States senators by the
people reviews the arguments made in
favor of this change and refers to the
unfortunate conditions which have oc
curred In Kentucky, Idaho, Delaware
and other states under the present sys
tern. The bill, as reported, leaves it
discretionary with the legislature to
continue the present system or adopt
the system of choice by the people.
To Reconsider Samoan Treaty Totes.
Washington, Jan. 24. In the exec
utive session of the senate today Jones,
of Arkansas, gave notice that at the
next executive session he would call
up his motion to reconsider the vote on
which the Samoan treaty was ratified.
Fell Two Thousand Feet.
Houghton, Mich., Jan. 24. Two
miners, named Kratt and Swett, drop
ped nearly 2,000 feet in D shaft of the
Atlantic mine. Both were horribly
mangled. Both leave large families.
Base-Ball Player's Crime.
Worcester, Mass., Jan. 22. Martin
Bergen, a member of the Boston base
ball team, shot and killed his wife and
two ehlidren, and then himself, at his
home in North Brookfield today,
RELIGIOUS MONOPOLY.
Professor Herron, of Iowa, on the Efloot
of Socialism.
New York, Jan. 24. George D.
Herron, formerly a professor in Iowa
college, who is on his way to Russia to
visit Count Tolstoi, said in a lecture
last night before the Social Reform
Club that what Protestant Christen
doni termed religious authority was es
aontially a monopoly.
"There is no difference," he said,
"between the oil combination that says
'Pay unto me so much tribute, or else
go without oil,' and that of the church
that says 'Whorship as I say or be
damned.' It is exactly the same prin
ciple; that which lies back of ths
Standard Oil combination and the
Protestant church.
"Socialism has come to us not as an
economic change, but it stands for a
new spirit and a new world. From the
various forms of individualism, through
capitalism and the various forms of dis
tribution, from what a man is sup
posed to earn and what he really needs,
we must finally reach that stag j where
human need is the only recognized coin
of the realm for a decent society. The
central idea of socialism is that of every
human being an equal inheritor of
worldly benefits. And in this day all
things objective and subjective are
tending toward the socialistic idea.
"One of the grave questions is the
effect socialism will have on religion.
What will be the effect on the general
mental attitude in human life if social
ism should predominate? What will
be the effect of the creeds and the dog
mas, the gods and the temples? The
effect of socialistic idea possessing the
world would change the whole atti
tude of human life toward the future.
Protestantism stands by, menacing
the integrity of the human soul. The
element of fear has been dominant in
man for centuries. They are afraid of
the gods they worship, and mnst propi
tiate them. They must sacrifice to
their unknown gods more fruits of one
kind of monopoly or another; perhaps
by founding universities or theological
seminaries.
"If we really had democracy if it
were a fact instead of dogma in the
state and industry, we could not escape
democracy in ethics. No human being
has the right to impose ethical or relig
ious authority on another human be
ing. All imposed authority is essen
tially atheistio. The man who seeks
to coerce another into accepting his
views is atheistio and cannot believe in
a God. What you call religious au
thority is essentially a monopoly.
"It is too late to reform society in
Amerioa. It is no longer a question
whether you will have social revolu
tion or not. it is simply a question of
what kind of a revolution you are go
ing to have. A revolution yon are sure
to have. Socialism is the only living
religion, the only programme of faith
that is offered at the present time."
"More About the right.1
Spearman's Camp, Jan. 24. Early
Sunday morning General Warren com
menced a flanking movement on the ex
treme left of the Boer position. The
Infantry advanced at 6 o'clock in the
morning along the irregular sides of
Tabamyama mountain, which ends at
-pionkop. The artillery positions were
,-ehind and on the plain. The British
carefully worked along the hills until
within 1,000 yards of a commanding
kopje, on which the Boers were concen
trated, concealed behind immense boul
Jers strewn thickly over the hill.
The artillery opened the attack, and
the batteries worked continuously,
pouring tons of shrapnel among the
Boers, who devoted their attenton to
musketry firing on the British infantry.
Hie Boert: stuck to their rooky fastness
with greatest tenacity, and at the con
clusion of the day the British had only
advanced across a few ridges.
Tho Boers apparently have few guns,
and they did little damage.
Captain Honley, ot the Dublin fusi
liers, fell mortally wounded while lead
ing his men to seize a fresh point of
vantage.
A Pletermarltzbnrg Rumor.
Durban, Natal, Jan. 24. The state
ment com eb from an excellent source
in Pietermartzburg that Lord Dundon
tld has entered Ladysmith with 1,600
nen. , This is not confirmed from any
other quarter; but it is known that
Lord Dundonald's flying column has
been acting well to the left of the line
jf advance.
Klght Men Reacued.
Los Angeles, Cat., Jan. 24. Eight
)f the 1 1 men who were entombed in
the Third-street tunnel by the caving
in of earth yesterday, were rescued
uninjured today. John Dejoe is still
sntombed, and is injured, but it is not
known how seriously. Foreman Craw
ley is dead. Many tons of eaith fell
in the part ol the tunnel where he was.
The theory advanced for the cause
f the tunnel caving in is that a sewer
broke over the place where the men
were working, and water, saturating
the earth, caused it to become heavy
tnd fall. Street Inspector Lombie,
who was so badly injured, died this
morning.
Almost a Centenarian.
Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 24. Dr. Robert
II. Dal ton died suddenly in this city
yesterday, while in his chair. He
was in his 04th year, and had been in
usual good health. The day before his
death he wrote an epitaph for his own
tombstone.
Edward M. Brown, a member of the
First Washington volunteers, is dead
in this city, the result of disease con
tracted in the Philippines.
Colorado Convicts Kacape.
Pueblo, Colo., Jan. 24. A special
to the Chieftain from Canyon City,
Colo., says Anton Wood, Thomas Reyn
olds, W. Wallace and , Wagner, four
convicts in the penitentiary, stabbed
Wlliam C. Rooney, captain of the
night watch, to death tonight, captured
and bound two other guards and made
their escape.