'I DISLOYALTY OF DUTCH. SWEPT BY 8TORM8. Stumer A Largs Fores In Caps Colony Surrendered Al-Ki Arrives From Alaskan Ports •nd Reports Heavy Gales. to the Boers With Slight Resistance. Port Townsend, Wash., Nov. 15.— The coast of Southeastern Alaska con tinues to be swept by storm, accord ing to reports brought by the steamer Al-Ki early tonight, 10 days from Skagway. Strong winds and snow storms have prevailed almost contin- . uously during the past two weeks, and considerable floating ice is in the channels. The Al-Ki, in at- tepmting to cross Queen Charlotte Washington, Nov. 18. — It was an Boars Nearing Capa Town. sound, was forced to turn back, ow New York, Nov. 18.—The corres nounced at the War Department to ing to the fury of the gale and high Her decks were swept with pondent of the London Times and the day that the names of the officers se I seas. New York Times, wiring from Middle lected to Uli the vacancies in the grade immense waves, and Pilot Bradley, burg, Cape Colony, says that within of Bngadier-Generai will not be an who has been continuously on the until Congress meets, as it Alaska route during the past 13 the last two days the Boers have ap bounced is hot deemed desirable to ad interim years, says the storm on Queen Char proached still nearer to Cape Town. appointments. . in addition - to Uns lotte iV vu sound ois mi was n the l lie 111 U3V llllliJllS most furious 11 he Ü Sixty men of the commando last seen siatemeut, and ■ in view ot the great i .j • *. __ .> , .. . . pressure that haa heen hrought to I1“1 wltn®88e^ during that period. at Hopefield bare penetrated south of Ice floes, he says, are much larger Darling (48 miles north of Cape bear, It has been deemed proper to than ever known before, and he ac make the lollowiug official declara Town), but the raid must not be taken tion: counts for it as being the result of too seriously, as the British columns "The Secretary ot War and the I the severe earthquake of two years are already in a position to cope with President have mid informal discus ago, which shattered various gla 1L The Boers have made the dash sions on army matters on several oc ciers, and since that time sloughing aither to obtain fresh horses or to re casions and it is understood that tire . of icebergs from glaciers has been venge themselves on the Dutch far President has expressed himselt most very great and channels are filled mers who have not supported them as positively on the use of political and i with them, which renders naviga they were expected to do. social influence by officers tor the In the northeast district Comman purpose of obtaining changes of sta-1 tion hazardous during the long, dark dant Fouche and six men, leaving the Hons, leaves of absence, modifica nights of winter. ______ ot ______ ____________ The Al-Ki brought down a remark- main body, made a raid last Saturday tions orders, b _ etc. Of course, it is to Midburg Siding. They blew up a understood that officers often deem it »bly big cargo, consisting of 600 -few yards of track and shot in cold necessary to bars attention ca'ied to ’ tons of concentrate from the Tread- blood a Cape Policeman who had sui- j their cases by pontic«! friends, es- well mine on Douglas Island and 700 rendered. Fouche has since returned peclally in case of young volunteer tons *■ -* salmon —’----- * from various fishing " * ’ of to the neighborhood of Jamestown. A officers who recently have been ap stations, and this cargo practically patrol of district mounted troops were pointed. It is safe to say, however, cleans up the pack along the lower worsted on Monday by an insignifi that at no period in the history oi our coast of Alaska. The Al-Ki brought cant force of the enemy. Government has the matter ot rec ord been used to such good purpose us 80 passengers, most of whom were She during the present reorganisation of from fishing stations. Two Recent Engagements. brought $80,000 in treasure. tbe army, when the greatest possible London, Nov. 18.—A dispatch from care has been taken in the selection Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria, today, ot persons for appointment to the re BUREAU OF FORESTRY. nays that a strong patrol of yeomanry, organized sriny. while reconnoitering, November 3, at "The President has not hesitated to Brakspruit (in the Transvaal Colony, inform Senators and others who have Created by an Order of the Secretary of the Interior—Department'« Policy. about 140 miles west of Pretoria), was applied to him that no officer will im his chance by sending his surrounded by 300 Boers and lost six prove Washington, Nov. 15.—The secre friends to annoy the President in his men killed and 16 wounded. Some of behalf. On the contrary, the effect tary of the interior today issued an the troopers were captured, but subse which will be produced probably will order creating a bureau of forestry, quently released. be directly opposite to that which the The rear guard of Colonel Byng’s candidate hopes for. Several Senators under the interior department to be column was attacked near Hilbrun, and Representatives have been disap in charge of Filiburt Roth, of New ' Orange River Colony, November 14. pointed because the persons in whom York, Edward T. Allen, of Washing by 400 Boers, said to be under the thy are Interested have not received command of General Dewet. After appointments and stations applied for ton, being appointed forest inspector. two hours’ of fighting, the Boers re by them, but the administration, as a In his letter of instructions to the tired, leaving eight dead on the field. whole, is evidently of the opinion that new bureau the secretary outlines the Of Colonel Byng’s column, Lieutenan* the good sense and judgment of pub department’s forestry policy. He Hughes and one man were killed, and lic men will lead to the same conclu favors the immediate creation of ad sion us that arrived at by the Presi three officers and nine men were woundad. dent and Secretary of War; that is, ditional reserves designed to liberate if a system of records be thoroughly the smallest possible amount of scrip. established at the War Department, ‘‘The wide extension of the forest re FIFTY VESSELS WRECKED. showing the progressive work of offi serve area is, in my judgment,” he Recent Gale« on the British Coast Have Cost cers from year to year, it will be fai says, ‘‘the most vital need of our better for th« officers and men, as well Over 189 Lives. as public officials, that such a register Western forests, and of the vast inter ests which depend upon them. The London, Nov. 15.—It is still im- be made the guide for selections, de use of real agricultural land within poesible to estimate with any exacti tails, etc., rather than Influence. "The appeals of individuals to theli forest reserves for agricultural pur tude the total loss of life and proper ty resulting from the protracted gale, Congressman for their personal as poses should be encouraged, and every sistance In the matters above enumer and probably the full extent of the ated necesltates public men giving up other reserve or reserves should be damage will never be known. Much a great deal of their time in locating made available foi conservative use. w'.-eskage of unidentified vessels is still the proper office at which to apply Each reserve should be dealt with being thrown up. Altogether, it is for Information and the filing of ap on it» own merits. The present sys known that some 50 vessels have been peals. This takes them away from tem of rules for diverse conditions is wrecked along the British coasts. their legitimate dutlee while Congress simply destructive.” Thirty-fou.- of these have been abso Is In session, and also Interferes great DELAY IN NEGOTIATIONS. lutely wrecked, involving, it is be ly with public administration of the lieved, a loss of more than 180 departments. It Is fully recognized public officials that the proper men Danish West Indies Treaty May Not Come drowned. The Yarmouth lifeboat by In the first Instance to establish the Before Next Congress. -disaster alone leaves 44 fatherless chil character of an applicant for office are dren. The lifeboat was on its way the Senators and Representatives Washington, Nov. 14.—It is doubt to the rescue of a distressed vessel from their own home, and it Is emi when it was struck by a great wave nently Just and proper that their In ful whether the projected treaty of capsized. The crew was impris- fluence should be respected and they cession of the Danish West Indies to ttn.d only three men succeeded should be responsible for the charae.- the United States will be completed ter of the persons recommended for in time to submit to congress when it i?fc^f king their escape. Innumerable causalties continue to office; but once in the public service reassembles next month. The delay be reported on all the coasts of the It is only fair to the administration appears to have arisen through the that not only army officers, but all oth United Kingdom, marking the storm er classes of public officeholders last change in the ministry at Copen .as the most disastrous that has oc should rely upon their own merits and curred in many years. The Nor not upon the further use ot political hagen, with the state department, practically having reached an agree wegian bark Erratic, of Christiania, influence.” ment with the Danish government has been wrecked in the vicinity of on the treaty when the entry into Saltburn and eight of her crew TRANSPORT RAN ASHORE. power of a new ministry not well dis drowned. posed toward the treaty made it nec A winter snap has succeeded the Third Accident to an American Vessel in essary to begin the work all over gale, wnich has subsided, while a bliz again. The issues do not touch the Japanese Waters. zard which is raging over Scandinavia is expected to strike the shores of Nagasaki, Japan, Nov. 18.—The price to be paid so much as the con Oreat Britain tomorrow. Today United States transport Hancock is ditions as to the future of the citizen there is a heavy snow storm in Scot ashore on the south side of the Straits ship of the Danish West Indies, land and a fall of snow generally of Shimonoeski. A German gunboat sought to be imposed by Denmark. throughout the United Kingdom, is assisting her. The transport ground on a sandy bottom. Demand Reduction of Hours. •especially in the hilly districts, where ed The Hancock is the third United Appleton, Wis., Nov. 15.—Between several shepherds lost their lives. States transport to meet with a mis 5,000 and 8,000 employes of the 50 to hap in Japanese waters recently. First Panic at Chicago Fire. the Sheridan, having on board a num 60 paper mills located in the Fox and Chicago, Nov. 15.—Fire tonight ber of returning troops and the Con Wisconsin river valleys, represented cleaned out the five story building at gressional party which has been visit by the Paper Mill Employes’ Union, 254 Madison street, indicting a total ing tbe Philippine Islands, was de today united in a demand upon the loss of about $50,000, divided among tained at Nagasaki by a broken tail manufacturers to close the mills from Her passengers were trans Saturday evening to Monday morn ha'f a dozen small firms. Five hun shaft. dred girls working overtime in the ferred to the Warren, which sailed ing, instead, as at present, from Sun Two day morning until Monday morning. Schultz pajier box factory were thrown from Nagasaki November 3. in a panic by the fire. In the scram days later the Warren sustained dam This means a reduction of the work in the Inland Sea, which made it ble that followed a score or more were age necessary to return and dock at Naga ing hours 10 pier cent without a re trampled on and severely bruised, but saki. The Hancock was ordered to duction of pay. The manufacturers «11 were finally taken out of the build proceed from Manila to Nagasaki and are given until December 10 to answer ing without serious injury. take on board the delayed passengers. the demand. Middleburg, Cape Colony, Friday. Will Be Recognized in Making Oct. 25.—One hundred and eighty dis Army Promotions. trict mounted troops, composed large ly of Dutchmen, with their horses and arms, surendered to Smuts' comman PRESIDENT MAKES A POSITIVE STAND do October 13. The district troops fired most of their ammunition at long The War Department'! Records Will Have range, and then refused to fight fur ther. Captain Thornton, their com More Influence Than Political and Social mander, believes their surrender to Friends of the Candidates. have been prearranged. Gunboats for the Philippines. Washington, Nov. 15.—The report from Japan that the United 8tates government had placed an order for, six gunboats with the Urga Boat Company is not strictly accurate. Some time ago, the secretary of war authorized the Philippine commis sion to purchase 30 or 40 gunboats, to be used among the islands for revenue and police patrol purposes. They were to be bought at Hong Kong and other places where they could be obtained at the best advan tage. _______________ Americans Control German Line. Cabinet Crisis in Chile. Chicago Translation of Bible. A Bot, ah! 1 long for . pumpkin . _ pia I.lke mother used to make. Now will the lordly turkey fall To grace tbe festal board. And In the glided banquet hall. Where sparkling wine Is poured, I may, with boou eompaulons nigh. Thanksgiving dinner take— But there I'll find no pumpkin pie Like mother used to make. What boots It that the city’s best Is waiting at my ‘ hand? That I, forsooth, may be the guest At dinners swell and grand? Alas: no epicure am The whole thing I would shake To get one piece of pumpkin pie Like mother used to make. Not Dives' feast could tempt me now This bleak Thanksgiving day. I’ll dine alone, with thoughts of how The years have passed away Since first I watched with eager eye To see her fix and bake That matchless, peerless pumpkin pie My mother used to make. —Chicago Post. ♦♦♦»»♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦O»»»»« A Tramp’s TiianksaiviBi. < > BY WELDON J. COBB. < > ■ >♦♦♦»♦♦♦»♦♦♦»»♦»»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»£ r—5 HANKSGIVING cheer was In the air; it spoke In the crisp activity of the village butcher, grocer and baker, in the appetising odors of home kitchens, in the eager faces ot school children, elated and excited over “no studies for the rest of the week!” Hobo Bill, gentleman of leisure, came down the winding country road with an eagle eye for the occasion. Ilia rollick ing glance took in the pretty town caleu- Mrs. Daintry thought a good deal over her strange gift Thanksgiving morning. She finally concluded she had better cook the turkey, hoping her erratic benefac tor would be along during the day to par take of It. She tried to be cheerful and thankful —but many a tear fell by the time the turkey was cooked. There came a tap at the rear door about 1 o'clock. The cook from the big house stood on the step. "Oh, Mrs. Daintry, excuse me, ma’am,” she said, "but could you loan me a little cinnamon. They've ruu out, and Aagalnst an annual outrage which Brings sorrow to the nest. We A But It think it most becoming for nation to give thanks, we object In firm tones when cuts Into our ranks. Think of the widowed ones. and think Of orphans In the flock. Who must this year with sadness view The cruel chopping block. So now, good people, we request, Our pleadings may be heurd. And If you must give thanks and feast Please kill some other bird. A Thanksgiving Cinch. She (after “yea” has been said)—What did you wish when you pulled the wish- THANKSGIVING DAY IN THE WOODS Kitchener Has Located Dewet New York, Nor. 18.—The Valpar London, Nov. 14.—Lord Kitchener, aiso, Chile, correspondent of the Her I in a dispatch from Pretoria, presents ald sends the following report: A« the result of adverse voting in the Sen his weelky report and incidentally ate, the Chilean Cabinet has tendered locates General Dewet in the north its resignation, but everything Indi eastern part of the Orange River cates that the crisis will be only par He says the Boer» have re tial, affecting only one portfolio, and j Colony. cently been collecting under hia lead will be of short duration. ership, and that the British are now moving to disperse him. Lord Columbian Reinforcameme. Colon, N ot . 18.—The Colombian Kitchener gives the Boer casualties gunboat General Pinzon is expected since November 4 as 63 killed, 105 to arrive here shortly from Savanllla wounded, 104 captured and 45 aur- endered. with additional reinforcement«. London, Nov. 15.—An American London, Nov. 18.—Extracts from the syndicate has purchased 10,000 shares Chicago translation of the Bible were of tbe Mock of a Hamburg steamship published here today. The Evening line through a Vienna bank, says a News comments on the work as fol Berlin correspondent of the Daily lows: Mail. The purchaser is thus enabled “In Chicago even the masterpiece to demand at the next meeting a re I of literature is not sacred. Twenty vision of the articles of association in l misguided Inhabitants have Just is- its own favor. There is a general ! sued a translation of the New Testa 'feeling here that the American danger ment Into modern American. Such an 7 to German shipping is more serious atrocity almost makes one sigh for a few hours of the Inquisition." a. than has been supposed. Another year baa .lipped away Into tbe dim beyond, And once again Thanksgiving day Is here, with memories fond; What dinners at my call have 1! Wbat headaches la tbelr wake! I smiling, despite herself, at the quaint blockaded path ran to rear door. “Wonder what kind of a raise I kin happenings of this queer Thanksgiving expect?” murmured Bill. "Hard-heart day. ed old nob, that! Ah! there'a the lady. She's all right! I’ll tackle her.” There came a knock at the door about Bill affected his uioet prim demeanor, two hours later—the front door thia time. Mrs. Daintry drew back with a tremor approaching a sweet-faced, motherly aa she answered the summons; her visitor woman. “Lady,” he said, “might I intrude so was the iron-gray, stern-souled old own fur as to Inquire If there was any chanct er of the great house adjoining. "Eunice,” he said, extending his hand. of getting a bite to eat-----” “Certainly; come in, “I want you to come home with me.” "Brother!” panted the widow. “Hey?” Bill stared. With a welcome smile the “Yes, Eunice, haven't we had enough lady opened the door and graciously of animosities for the psst two years, you waved him to a chair, Rill doffed his hat. and I?” and hid his ragged shoes and gave his "Edward, I have cherished none.” wiry hair a smoothing toss. “Then, my ridiculous temper is to She folded a snowy tablecloth over one blame,” said Mr. Aylmer in a rapid, end of the table. She set out a delicate shamefaced way. "When I heard the china plate, a silver fork and a napkin. story of that turkey—when I once more "Ginger!" gasped Bill, "when I tell this sat down to a meal remindful of the old to the gang, they'll say I dreamed it!” days—ah, sister! you were always the And then the gentleman in Bill came cook of cooks!” he said, trying to pass off to the surface. He could see, through an a really serious occasion with a smile. open doorway, the pantry, and what It “I say. let it all end! I’ve been thinking held, one piece of pie, one piece of cake. it over. I was in the wrong; I was too "All she's got, and she’s getting it for harsh to you. Your boy misbehaved, and me!” breathed the spying Bill. "Mebbe I chided. You clung to him, and I put her to-morrow’s feast. Nixy!” aspirated up that fence, and shut you out of sight Bill, his heart swelling up, and he felt and heart, and—forgive me, Eunice! more of a man than ever. Come over to the old home, and give it “Lady,” he said, as she set the food a rightful mistress!” before him—and he was as solemn as “And if Wilbur should ever return----- ” an owl—"the last thing my doctor says “Repentant? Reformed? I'll go back to me afore I took this here tower for on my word and try him once more,” me healt', was to avoid rich vittals. I’m promised the old squire, but with a obliged, but---- ” wince. "There's plain bread and butter, sir, “ ’Scuse both—but here's where I had then?” suggested Mrs. Daintry, with an better come In!” spoke the voice of Hobo amused smile. Bill. "I've—I’ve got a toothache! Thankee, Both turned. The doer had been left ma'am, but I've mistook my capacity, open. There stood the cause of this and-----” strange reunion. Bill bolted. The widow stood looking “Who is this?” demanded the squire, curiously after him till his tattered figure brusquely. disappeared beyond the fence. “Well, gent,” answered the tramp. "Perhaps—perhaps," she murmured "I’m the feller wot stole yer turk—to sadly, “my boy is like that to-day!” give it to a more worthy cause, see? It’s At 9 o’clock that night Mrs, Daintry come out all right, so I takes back me heard a noise at the rear of the house. first bad opinion of you, but leiume say She went to the kitchen door. A man something. I came down here, squire, was prying up the pantry window. It and you, lady, as a spy on the prom was her tramp visitor of the afternoon. ised land.” “Have you come to rob?" exclaimed “What’s he talkiug about?” muttered she. the squire. "No, ma’am, I have not!” promptly re “The best pal I ever had, squire, is a sponded Hobo Bill. “I came to bring pa rd lying sick in the hospital in the you a present—for your kindness to me city, longing fer home—and mother!" this p. in. I saw you had no tur Mrs. Daintry clasped her ha lids, and key for Thanksgiving, ma'am, so I’ve uttered a quick moan. brought you one.” It is my son—my Wilbur!” she breath- Aud, sure enough. Hobo Bill swung his ed. left hand around, holding as plump a fowl “Yes. ma’am: that’s right,” nodded as ever graced a king's larder. Hobo Bill. “Squire, the boy’s not my Mrs. Daintry was speechless. This sort. He ran wild, but now he's eatin’ was more singular than the man’s be the huskiest sort of husks! He’s brave, havior of the afternoon. he’s true to a frieud, he’s got over drink "I was trying to sneak it into yer pan ing. I came spying the land for him. try as a surprise, ma'am,” suggested Bill, Squire, what do you say?” persuasively. “Brother!” "But I cannot accept it!” declared the “Yes, let him come back," ■aid the widow; “that is, without paying for it, squire in a broken tone. and I have not the money to do that.” Hobo Bill asked a chance to work out “Madam," said Bill, with dignity; "this the good dinner they gave him—the squire is a gift.” set him at knocking down the fence that “But bow did you, a poor man, get it?” hail been a barrier between brother and “Worked for it, msrm," lied Bill, un- sister for two years. The next mornong Hobo Bill proudly blushingly; “cut two cords ot wood for a farmer. Had no money; paid me in left, supplied with money to send back turks. Four of ’em. Gave the rest away. the prodigal son from the city. “And when he comes," murmured the This is the last. There you are! Good fond, longing mother, "we'll keep a sec evening, mann.” Hobo Bill flashed away like a spirit. ond Thanksgiving day!” leaving the astonished widow lost in mors A Proclamation. consternation and bewilderment than Know all men by these presents that ever. We turkeys do protest latfngly, and settled upon its most pre tentious mansion with conviction and hope. “Day before Thankagl? Ing,” he solilo quised. "Most likely to have the fullest pantry in the biggest house. Here goes!” Bill observed a path cutting across a yard. It was somewhat overgrown, but he kept on, to come not to a gate, but a solid board fence. He clambered to ita top, to be halted by a sharp mandate) Fired at United State» Minuter. "Hey! get down there!” New York, Nov. 14.—A Bogota, Bill, astride the fence, confronted a Colombia, correspondent of the Her fine-looking but angry-eyed old gentJemaa. ald cables as follows: A sentinel at “All right," he said. Tequendama Falls October 25, de “And stay down!” clined to honor the passport of “Yes, sir.” “What yon after, anyway?” United States Minister Charles B. “Well, sir,” answered Bill, “I wae aim Hart, and fired one shot at the di plomat. The minister was not hit by ing for your kitchen and grub.” “Don't bother nsel” gruffly growled the the bullet. The government has severely punished the sentinel and is otbet. “Try the bouse there. They raise there ” seeing that the minister is fully pro tramps Bill took this auspiciously, viewing a tected. I Beat cottage near at hand. The aama( She stared at the handsomely browned fowl, done to a turn, for she knew the widow’s hard-scraping experience of the last year or two. “Certainly,” assented Mrs. Daintry, al ways accommodating, although she bad no reason to favor the big house, or any of Its inmates. “What a nice tnrkey you've got,” pa sued the cook. "We have none to-dsy. “Indeed?" observed Mrs. Daintry, In surprise. “Yes, ma’am—It was stolen.” "Stolen!’’ echoed the widow, with a ■tart. And then she guessed all, aa the cook went on to tell bow the discovery of the theft had come too late that morning to admit of securing another fowl. Mrs. Daintry acted a Just and honest part—she Insisted that the cook transfer the roasted fowl to tbs table of the big house. Thea she sat down to her humble meal, bone with me? He—I wished that you would accept me. And you? She—Oh, I wished that you would pro pose.—New York World. The Day After. Mr. Gobbler—Are yon n»e teUew that bad my wife tor dinner yesterday Î ( Truth.