CHOSSED THE TUGELA. Ths Result ot Ihe Wat May bi Slaked on Ids Coming Bailie- General Joubert Reported Disabled. Gen. Bttller is undoubtedly making another advance to the relief of Lndy smith. A dispatch, tinted Sunday lit Durban, fays: "On. Puller crossed the Tugela river Friday night ami i marching on Ladysmith. No definite lici will be permitted to go out until Ladysmith is relieved. It it probable that Bnllcr crossed nt a spot above Trichard's Drill and that, leaving the enemy to the right, he is inarching to Acton Homes, whence the road to Ladysmith runs al most chic east, through a (airly open country. Another dispatch says Gen. Buffer has undoubtedly secured the road to Ladysmitli and should reach hi ohicc tivc point this week. It is believed that the object of the Boers in occupying Nguttt, Zululatid, is to secure the road front Dundee to V rylicid in ease of re treat. From a reliable source it is learn ed that (ien. Joubert was seriously in jured by a shell in the light at Willow Grange, and that he will never be able to command again on horseback. The Boers admit that the attack on I.ady smith was a serious blunder and would not have occurred if tien. Joubert had been in command, (ien. Lucas Meyer played the coward o Tahiti and shel tered himself in a Red Cross wagon, shamming sickness, lie lias been un able to face the ltoers since and they threaten to shoot him. The belie f is general that nil will be staked on the issue of the coming battle. It is probable that no press telegrams will be permitted to leave pending the operations. The lighting power, moral anil material, of the army, was never higher than it is now. Messages are now freely exchanged between the camps of (ien. Huller and (ien. Whip by night with calcium lamp, by day with heliograph. The men here arc enthusiastic at the prospect of a speedy advance under Buller"s in structions. A very large' convoy of stores for the besieged garrison will ac company the relieving force. The Bo ers have repaired the road bridge over the Tugela at Colenso sufficiently for the passing of cavalry. The London war oflicc has issued a casualty list which shows a loss of over 2,000 men, or 40 per cent, of the army attempting to capture Spionkop. In London rumors are current that the militia ballot act will be put in force February 14 and that (ien. Roberts has cabled for 00,000 additional men, which the government has promised to give him, sending 50,000 militia and volun teers and 40,000 militia reserves. It is also said that the volunteers will be mobilized forthwith. The militia ballot act makes every unmarried man be tween 18 and .10 years of age liable to serve five years. The cost of the war to the end of the fiscal year, March 31, is estimated at $150,000,000. The House of Com mons has already granted $50,000,000 and the other $100,000,000 will be asked (or. Goebcl's List Hours. William Goebcl's life ended at (1:45 Saturday evening as a result 01 the bul let fired by an unknown assassin on Tuesday morr.fng, at Frankfort, Ky. The only persons present at the death bed were Mr. Goebcl's sistee, Mrs. Bratmacker, and his brother, Arthur Goebel, of Cincinnati, who have been in constant attendance at Mr. Goebcl's besides, and Dr. McCormack. Justus Goebel, another brother, who has been lHirrying from Arizona as fast as steam would carry him in a vain hope of reaching his dying brother in time for some token of recognition, arrived 40 minutes too late. CABLE FLASHES. Sir Thomas Grainger Stewart, the noted Scotch physician, died in Edin burg Sunday morning, aged 63 years. There are fear in France that Eng land will attempt to regain her lost pres tige in South Africa by an attack on the French colony of Madagascar. A dispatch from Durban says a ref ugee who has arrived there from Jo hannesburg reports the destruction of the Boer shell factory at that place on January 20. The loss, it is added, is ir reparable. Brazilian gunboats Jurucma, Jutahy, Timbira and Tocantins, besides a force of troops, have been ordered to proceed to Acre to enforce the protocol agreed upon between Bolivia and Brazil to protect all citizens. Major Bathurst, who was wounded at the battle of Colcnso, arrived at South ampton SatmvJay on board the Servia. He says there are 20,000 Boers at the Tugela river, but that General Buller can get through if he is prepared to sac rifice five or six thousand men. In answer to the appeal made to him by the queen of Holland to use his in ftttence to stop the South African war. Pope Leo has replied that he is unable to offer his offices for the cessation of hostilities. His holiness says: "This war is inspired neither by ideals of civi lization nor by just national interests. I can do nothing but pray for the dead." George J. Goschen, first lord of the British admiralty, in a speech to the house of commons gave assurance that the navy of England was ready for ev ery eventuality in the way of interfer ence by any of the powers, while it is evident that the cabinet has at last awakened to the seriousness of the. war situation. ( Sugar Duty ReducM. The Secretary of the Treasury has de clared countervailing, duties on sugar imported from Austria-Hungary as fol lows: On sugar under 93 per cent, and not less than 88 per cent, polurization, one florin and 15 kreuzers per 100 kilo grams. On sugar under 99.5 per cent., and uot less than 93 per cent, polariza tion, one florin and 23 kreuzers per too kilograms. On sugar of not less than 99-5 per cent polarization, one florin mid 76 kreuzers ner inn Icilntrrains This rate is slightly less than the rate lor tne past year, owing to an increased production, which under Austrian-Hun garian laws reduces the rate of export pounty. LATEST NEWS NOTES. The Belgian glass workers are on strike. receiver has been appointed for the Forester of Illinois, a beneficial socic- iy. At Yorkville, O., men of the Ohio and lVnnsylvania coal mines are strik ing. Voungstown, ()., merchants suffer a loss of over half 11 million dollars by fire Friday. The City of Pncbla arrived Monday at San Francisco from Manila with only one passenger. The Boers blew up the railroad line from the British front at Modder river for a long distance. The Boers admitted that in the recent attack on l adysmith they lost 1,100 men killed and 600 wounded. Diplomats in Europe expect Russia to make an aggressive move in Persia to secure a route to the open sea at al most any time. The United States transport Senator arrived at San Francisco Tuesday from Manila with 34 sick and 17 insane sol diers on board. William Harrison, of t.nck Haven, Pa., was Wednesday appointed by Gov. Stone associate judge, vice William L. Hamilton, deceased. ("apt. Dixon, of Halifax, who was re ported lost on Hays mountain, is re- 'orted from Alaska to be en route Ironi Deaz lake to Telegraph. Gustavc Dahle. a former Captain of Herman cavalry, has been arrested at ('harlnttcnbiirg for lesc tnajesle, swin dling and other offenses. lames M. Welsh, niicd do. one of the oldest freight conductors on the Ft. Wavne road, was killed bv a passenger train at Strawberry lane, Allegheny. Almost $70,000 lias been raised by Waynesburg, Pa., citizens to help in the building of the L'niontown. Way nesburg and West Virginia railroad. Gov. Tavlor. of Kentucky, has per sonally offered n reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of the mini who, shot Gov. Goebel. The exhibitors at the Exposition nt Paris were nearly unanimous in an opin ion that the big show is ready to open at the appointed time, Feb. 15. The Senate committee on privileges and elections decided to ignore the pro test of John T. McGraw against Sena tor Scott, of West Virginia, bidding his seal. Charles Tyng, who mysteriously dis appeared from Cuba, where, with a Mr. t-arpcutcr, ol w ilkesbarrc, l a., he hail set iii in business, has been heard from in Mexico. Terrible snow storms prevail through out Spain. In some places the snow is yards deep. There have been many wrecks on the Atlantic and ..Mediterra nean coasts. Tyrone borough council may decline Carnegie's $50,1x10 library offer, plead ing the town's poverty. The offer re quires the borough to furnish a site and provide $3,000 a year for expenses. General von Der Goltz, a German military expert, said the Boers arc su perior to the Turks as soldiers and that their victories are clue to the patriotic motives with which they arc inspired. Dr. Leyds, diplomatic agent of the Transvaal, had another interview with Count von Buelow. the German foreign minister, but the foreign otlice denies that he has asked Germany to mediate. Agoiicillo, the Filipino representative now in Paris, declared that the propos ed' plan of civil government for the Philippines would never be accepted, as it gives the natives little say in the gov ernment. Augusto Morel and Antonio Robert, arrested in an Anarchist resort in Mon treal, Canada, confessed that they shot two Scrauton (Pa.) police officers last July, from the effects of which one al most uicil. The Brewers' association of Chicago, has commenced a suit to test the legal ity of the war revenue tax on the bond of a saloonkeeper for his license, and will carry it up to the United Stales su preme court. . Fittsburg engineers, workmen and materials arc to be used in the erection of the mammoth blast furnaces on the site of the old Cleveland rolling mill to be used by the American Steel and Wire Company. Brigham H. Roberts, late representative-elect from Utah, on his arrival at Salt Lake City was arrested charged with unlawful relations with Dr. Mag gie Shi np, who has been commonly rumored to be one of his plural wives. Colonel Kobbc's expedition captured the three principal towns of the islands of Samear asd Leytc, Philippine archi pelago, and took immense quantities of insurgent stores, thirty pieces of artil lery, many rifles and much ammunition. Samuel G. Robbins, of Sivcrly. Pa., while crossing the Allegheny Valley railroad bridge Tuesday night, was struck by a train and thrown into the river. Though hundreds of people heard his cries for help 110 aid coulu reach him before he sank. In the New York assembly the bill making it a misdemeanor for any per son to solicit from a candidate for any elective oliicc money or other property as a consideration for a newspaper or other publication supporting any can didate for an elective office, was passed yesterday. The Standard Oil Company is said to be preparing plans for the erection of a crcat oil refinery at Moruingside, on the Allegheny Valley railroad. Accord ing to the report, the plant will cost $6,- 000,000 and, be the most complete of its kind in the world. Col. J. M. GufTcy and Frederick Jones, a prominent oil man of Jamestown, K. Y., arc said to be largely interested in the new re finery. 1 Not Muth Ysllcw-FsW A report of the vital statistics of Ha vana for the year i8yg, compiled by Mayor Davis, chief sanitary officer, shows that in an estimated population of 220,000 there were 8,153 deaths from all causes.. Of these 1,163 were from enteritis and 1.307 from tuberculosis, Yellow fever occupies a relatively small position on the list, 1 03 deaths having resulted from this cause. Efcvcti deaths were due; to leprosy Note circulation of the Bank of France at the opening of January $832,599,000 was th largest in the his tory ol the Instituti 7 10 PRESIDENT'S PLANS. Civil Adminis'ral'on to bs Established In tho Philippines Will Not Wait For C.ngross to Act In tho Malcr. The president is preparing to replace the military government l.nder Gen. (Mis in the Philippines by a purely civil nilministrntioti ns soon as proper men for the responsibilities can be induced to go to Manila. He has decided not to wait for Congress to net on the mat ter, recognizing that much time will be lost. 1 hree commissioner! will be sent, it is staled, to establish provisionally the form of government recommended in the report of the Philippine commis sion sent to Congress Saturday. According: to present intentions, the head of the new commission is eventu ally to become the governor of the ter ritory of the Philippines, its secretary will become the secretary of the terri tory, and a third member is to be se lected with a view to his qualifications lor becoming the presiding mstice of the territorial supreme court when it is established. Among the men who have been already canvassed for membership of this commission are Gov. Roosevelt, I resilient Schnman, Robert r. l'orter, Col. Dcubv. (ien. Fred D. Grant and ex-Minister Barrett. It has been found that Roosevelt ami Scliuriiian cannot be induced to accept and various objections have been raised to the others as possible governors of the territory. The leading candidate for the secretaryship of the territory is said to be John R. MacArthur. secre tary of the present commission. APPE L TO AMERICA.' A Remarkable Document Issued by Secretary Relit The London papers publish extracts from a remarkable document emanating from the office of the secretary of State at Pretoria, dated December 10. The document comprises 10,000 words and is eountersigiieil tiy hecrclary of State Reitz. It seems specially written for the American public. "It says: e, to a great extent, depend on America ami Europe for our foodstuffs. It will be criminal on the part of the great powers to suffer this little nation to perish by famine since the sword has failed. Since, in 1870, the President of the United States acknowledged our re public ns a sovereign state. Americans have flocked here in numbers. In every instance the band of fellowship has been extended to them. Not a single ease of disagreement is on record, but with the first war note of the oppressor we are informed that America is acting in league with the enemy. "If our sister republic has no sympa thy with us: if the boasted condescen sion of the British is to be preferred to sincerity and truth, we will no longer believe in the justice and integrity of the .American nation and her profession of Christianity wc will consider empty sound." Sccrctnry Reitz further savs the Boers have never abused the white Hag and that the British murdered women, chil dren ami American and German sub jects at Derderpocrt. THE STATE AGRICULTURE. Prof. Hamilton Gives Soma Interesting Figures lor Pennsylvania Farmers. Prof. John Hamilton, secretary of ag riculture, has issued advance sheets of his annual report of 1899. He suggests a library in connection with his depart ment and a small museum. The gener al condition of agriculture in this State compares very favorably with other States. He adds: "Pennsylvania in area of improved farm land, stood, in 1880. tenth among the 45 States of the United States; in the value of her lands, fences and buildings she was fourth, and in the value of farm implements and machinery she was sec ond. In the number of milk cows she was fifth, but in gallons of milk she was third, and in the pounds of butter she was second. She stood tenth in amount of wheat, eleventh in corn and oats, first in rye, fourth in hay, sixth in tobacco, scventli in potatoes and ninth in apples. Taken altogether, the total value of her farm products placed her fifth among the States." Four chiluren of George Winans, of Boutonville, N. Y.. ranging in age from J to 8 years, perished in their home which burned in the absence of their pa rents. IRISH JOAN OF ARC LANDS. During Her Stay In America Shs Will Make Pro-Boer Speeches. Maud Gonnc, the Irish Joan of Arc, has arrived in New York. She says: "The object of my visit here is to arouse sentiment in favor of the Boers. Another reason is to cement the unity of Irish sentiment in America and the Irish in Ireland. "In Ireland to-day there are only 6,- 000 soldiers, where formerly there were 20,000. One reason that Ireland is not in a good position to strike a blow is because she had strictly followed Par nell's teaching that liberty could be se cured by parliamentary means. Now we sec that we must go back to the first idea, freedom must come by force. The spirit in Ireland to-day is the same as in 1867." In speaking of striking a blow at England Miss Gonnc admitted that the constabulary must be reckoned 011. She said, however, that England is in a posi tion where she must grant demands. "To nations as to the individual," she continued, "there conies an hour of des tiny. Ireland's hour has come and she must not let it slip." The report that William' S. Wright, ex-member of the Kentucky Legislature for Knott und Letcher counties, was assassinated at Boone Fork, on the Kentucky river, Thursday, night, has been confirmed by advices from Hagan. During the campaign last (all, Wright made an enthusiastic canvass (or John Young Brown for Governor. Ho was a prominent lawyer and Democratic poli tician and had made many enemies among the mountaineers in .defending cases for the coal companies. There were five shots, and two took crToct. He was shot with a Winchester of the same ealiber as that used by the would-be assassin of Goebel. REVIEW OF TRADE. Large Amount ol Work Turned Out In January. New Business Falling OK -Money Easier. R. G. Dun A Co.'s "Weekly Review of Trade" gives out the following: "With the one exception of woolen manufacture, the chief industries have met less 111 iv business in January than last year, though deliveries on previous contrarts have been larger than a year ago. In work turned out, the past month probably surpasses all others. Wheat rose 1 cent, but soon reacted. Wool is rather weaker in some grades, but stronger in others, so that the aver age of quotations is steady notwith standing some sales nt concession. The iron and Fteel industry is so far tied tip by contracts reaching through most of the year, that the effect of production exceeding consumption is felt only in some branches. A little lower prices have been made for foundry iron in con siderable transactions, though Besse mer does not yield, but steel billets arc offered by some nt $.13 per ton. Dif ferences between producers and some of the largest consumer of steel block the market. In plates mid bar concessions arc still made to secure business. In sheets the demand is stronger, and in nails, structural forms, tin plates anil nails prices are held firmly. Failures for the week have been 232 in the Uni ted States am 31 in '''.nada. GOOD BALf.MT 'JHEET. Uncle Sam's Debt Decreased Nearly Nine Mil lions in 0ns Month. The monthly statement of the public debt shows that nt the close of business January 31, njtui, the debt, less cash in the Treasury, amounted to $1,1 -!5.6.l6,-227, a decrease, as compared with last month, of $8,663,780. This decrease is accounted for by a corresponding in crease in the amount of cash 011 hand. The debt is recapitulated as follows: Interest bearing debt, $1,026,863,050; debt on which interest has ceased since maturity, $1,208,410; debt bearing no in terest, $.100,0557.40; total, $1,418,127,2110. This amount, however, does not in clude $710,048,603 in certificates nnd Treasury notes out-taniling, which arc offset by an equal amount of cash on baud. The cash in the Treasury is classified as follows: Gold, $403.411,505; silver, $502,043,317; paper, $fx,4i j.fn 5. Bonds, deposits in national bank depositories, disbursing oltircs, balances, etc., $108, 475,123. Total, $1,083,428,561, against which there are demand liabilities out standing amounting to $730,937,588, which leaves n net cash balance on hand of $292,400,073. The comparative statement of the Government s receipts and expendi tures, issued to-day, show that for Jan uary, iijoo, the receipts from all sources amounted to $48,012,164. ngainst $41,- 774,930 for January, l8x). The expendi tures during the month aggregated $39,- 180.096. against $51,122,770 for January, 181)9, leaving a surplus last mouth of $8,823,068. Since July 1. 1899, the re ceipts have exceeded the expenditures by $29,870,000. Norma May Use Force. . The trouble between Norway and Nic aragua growing out of the Reyes rebel lion last spring will reach an acute stage in the next few days, when a Norwegian man-of-war will appear before Blueficlds to compel tlie payment of the damage claimed because of ill treatment of Nor wegians by the Nicaraguan government during the rebellion. At that time the rebels seized the Condor, a Norwegian vessel, and used her to transport troops from Blueficlds to Cape Gracias. Later, after the suppression of the rebellion, the Condor was boarded by the govern ment troops in spite of the protest of the Norwegian Consul, and an American taken from her and carried to the Blue fields jail. This outrage was brought to the notice of the Norwegian authorities. The government of Norway informed the minister at Managua that nt the first opportunity the matter would be taken up in a suitable way. A claim for dam ages was filed with the government of Nicaragua, and a Norwegian man-of-war will call at Blueficlds in a few days. It is understood that the Norwegian government intends to collect the amount of the damages demanded in the same manner that the English collected $75,000 during the year 1895 at the port of Corinto on the Pacific coast that is, to seize a port and collect the customs until tlie amount of the claim is paid. Blueficlds is the port that will probably be seized, and as Blueficlds is mainly owned by Americans, it may lead to some diplomatic negotiations with this country. Secret ol Standard's Success. A statement by S. C. T. Dodd, solici tor of the Standard Oil Company, con cerning dividends of that company from 1882 to the present year, has been made public by the industrial commission. It shows that the company's dividends have varied from 5!4 per cent, per an num in 1882 to 33 per cent, in 1897. Speaking of the methods that have made the Standard Oil Company a suc cess. Mr. Dodd says: "They have obtained and utilized the best scientific skill in investigating and experimenting upon the obtaining of new and useful products from petrole um and have cheapened illuminating oil and otherwise benefited mankind by the utilization of these bi-products. "They have used their united capital in opening up the markets of the world forAmerican petroleum, and have held these markets against the fiercest for eign competition. This was rendered possible only by the employment of millions of capital in the cheapening of transportation at home, across the ocean, and in foreign lands, and by the best and cheapest methods ot manufac ture." Property estimated in value at be tween $1,000,000 and $2,000,000 was de stroyed by fire at St. Louis, Sunday. Kentucky Methods al San Juir, In San Juan, Puerto Rico, the feder als were celebrating their election vic tory at Fajardo wicn they met a Re publican parade. The collision resulted 111 a riot, in which one man was killed and six seriously wounded. Fourteen of the town's best citizens arc in jail charged with murder. When the victorious party saw the Republicans come they charged their opponents. Revolvers and knives were drawn, blades flashed in the sunlight, and shots rang out, A squad of insular police charged the mob, and soon quell ed Uta riot. . SftYS CONGRESS U WISELY. TRIBUTE TO WOMANHOOD. Cardinal Ciblnni Donou-tos Momnnlsm and Severely Criticises Soolely Wcraen. Robcrls Cmo Retsir.d To. Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore, Md., preached Sunday at High Mass at the callicdfal, taking a'-, bis text, "What God lias joined together let no man put asunder." Incidentally he expressed in decided terms bis opinion regarding the Roberts ease, saying: "Respect lor womanhood make us approve the re fusal of the house of representative to allow Congressman Roberts, of Utah, a seat among the nation's lawmaker. As a Mormon lie can have no proper re spect for women, and he was rightly and justly rebuked. The rase resolve itself simply into a iiiesiion regarding the attitude of the country toward the women of the United States. In east ing him out Congress paid a tribute to American womanhood. To have allow ed him to take his seat would have been to countenance the degradation of the holiest estate of man. It was n victory for the right ami Congress deserves credit for recognizing the law which is higher than any other." Hi eminence spoke of the position of women in the home and strongly condemned the action of so-called so ciety women. "They are never at rest," he said, "uti les they arc in pursuit of amusement. They are never at ease unless enjoy ing morbid excitement and artificial gayely. All of the solemn duties v.-!'ieli are theirs by virtue of their positions ill home rest lightly on their shoulders. Th"y have no taste for domestic tis'ful ness, and no ihirc to be companion and helpmate of man. In the wreck ing of many a life such women have had .1 large part. Theirs i the responsi bility for many a ruined home." TO WAR WITH A LIE. Sensational Accusation ot W. T. Slead Concern Inn the South African Conflict Cham berlain's Conspiracy. William T. Stead has addressed an open letter to the Speaker of the House of Commons, William Court Gully, ask ing him to bring it to the notice of the House. The writer says: "The conseipienrc of going to war with a lie in our right hand is now man ifest even to the dullc-t understanding. The responsibility for the lie which is now working out it natural conse quences in South Africa originally lay upon the Colonial Secretary alone, but, by n conspiracy of falsehoods, the select committee of 18117 was hocussed into re turning a false Verdict, which, being af terward accepted by the House of Com mons, involved Parliament itself in the responsibility for a fatal fraud." Mr. Stead then ascrts that "the war was undertaken to conceal the truth and to whitewash the Colonial Secretary." and he appeals to the House to insist upon the production ot the correspond ence between the Colonial Office and Mr. Hawksley, solicitor to the Chnr tered Company, "in order to ascertain the truth respecting the Jameson raid and to purge the House of its dishon or." ENVIED BY GERMANY. Uncle Sam's Consular Service Is a Thing tobs Emulated. The United States Consular service has excited the envy of the German mercantile world, and, according to a report to the State Department by United States Consul Gucnther, at Frankfort, they are making a strong effort to have the German consular ser vice re-cast on the lines of our own ser vice. He enclosed a memorial addressed by the Merchants' Association of -Berlin to the German Government, in which the United States consular service is referred to as especially useful to com merce and as bearing rich fruit. Eleven thousand bricklayers in the five boroughs of New York City have decided to demand an increase in wages from 55 to 60 cents an hour. Excessive Tsx on Imports. United States Consul Gildschniidt, at La Guaira, reports to the State depart ment that the Venezuela government has imposed a series of additional im port taxes, under the name of war taxes, which are excessive. Flour is taxed $7.72, instead of $4.83. and most of the goods imported from the United States suffer in like proportion. The tariff has changed three times since last August. Some ot the arti cles upon which the duty is heavily in creased arc tobacco, brandy, wine, stearin, leather, manufactured; oils, ex cept kerosene; butter, cheese, hams, sausage, cassimcre, biscuits and rice. All other articles are taxed 20 per cent, additional to the old rate. Export taxes have also been laid, and the tax has been increased upon hides, coffee and cacao. QUEER IDcAOF REWARD. A Formor Member of Parlitmint Says Great Er tain Guts Booted Foot , Cunningham-Graham, former mem ber ot Parliament, inquires in an open letter, what Great Britain has gained "by nil our souirtnings and grovellings before the United States." and he thus answers: "An open door. Yes. And a booted font to kick us through it. It was ever the sneak's reward to be thus treated." He assumes that the sympathy of the United States is with the Boers, that Great Britain has failed in receiving not only the sympathy but almost the neu trality of the United States, and' that this is Great Britain's reward for hav ing thrown over Spain, her ancient ally, and coming magnanimously to the as sistance of tile United States. Killed by a Volhy. A dispatch from Manila says: Mon day's affair near Subtg resembled the recent pack ttain ambush. Lieutenant Sehcnck, with a seoutjng party of 41 iiwn of the Twemy-fiuh lniantry ran into a large force of insurgents in a mountain defile. Sehcnck fell at the first volley, shot in the head. Sergeant Singleton and three privates were kill ed, and five men were wounded. The Americans then retreated. Afterwards a stronger force was sent to the scene of the fighting, and the insurgent departed. MRS, WlTTEMEYER DEAD. Famous as in Army Nurse and for Her Tsrfe lor Temperance and for tho 8oldlers. Mrs. Annie Witlemntycr. who wal one of the best known nurrs in the union nrmy in the civil war, died very unexpectedly l'riday morning at her home at Sanaloga, Pa., of cardiac asth ma, niter nn illness of n few hours. Mrs. Wittcnnieyer was descended from patriotic stock. Her great-great prntidf.'ithiT was nn officer in the French-Indian war and wp.s nn officer in Warren's brigade during the revolu tionary war. Her grei'l-graniKalhcr was niso an othcer in that war anil wal killed at Saratoga, N. Y. Her grand father served in the war of 1812 nnd three of In-r brothers were soldiers dur ing the civil war. Mrs. Wiltenmeyer entered the hos pital servi'-c of the union nrmy in April, 1861, nnd served until November 25, 1865, minUtcriiig to Ihe dying and wounded on many battlefields. She in troduced the special diet kitchen sys tem in the nrmy and was commended by the sanitary and Christian commissions and by the surgeon-general for this work. Sie was active in raising $200, 000 for supplies for the soldiers, contrib uting $,t,ouQ from her own means. It was Mrs. Wittenmeycr who orig inated the movement for the soldiers' home nt Davenport, la., and he was prominent in stablishing the Pennsyl vania Soldiers' Memorial home, of the board of management of which she was many year president. She served as national president of the Women's Re- . lief corps of ( Jhio, the Women's Relief corps of the Grand Army of the ..epub lie nnd chiefly through her efforts the national home founded by this organi zation was secured. For five year she was president of the National W. C. T. U and was one of the most active members of that body. The nrmy nurse pension law was passed mainly through her efforts and ?6o nurses were thereby enabled to ob tain a pension of $12 a month. ANOTHER COAL DEAL! Eastern Capitalists Secure 1,000 Acres of Fins Ltnd at Taren'um, Pa. Another coal deal of much import ance to Tarentum and the adjacent towns along the Allegheny river has been consummated. Newton Stewart, of the linn -of J. C. Stewart ft Son, of Tarentum,. Pa., received a telegram to that effect Tuesday from G. T. White, of Philadelphia, who represents a num- lier o l-.astcrn capitalists. I he deal in question means that 1,000 acres of what is conceded to be the finest coal land in the Allegheny Valley' will be develop ed in the near future. I he purchasers arc Philadelphia capi talists, with unlimited capital, and not being controlled by the Coal Trust, will. lie utile to ship coal by water to all points between Pittsburg and New Or leans at prices far below the present market rate. The quality of the coal is said to be excellent, tests having been made by an expert chemist of Philadel phia. J he development of the property will employ several hundred men, anil fully ,?yvj win uc spent in me erecnon 01 limliliiigs, machinery and other neces sary equipment for the successful oper ation 01 tne mines. AN AWFUL DEATH. Two Men Engulfed in Molten M0I1I Huge La dle Tilled Over. Two steel workers were burned to a crisp beneath several tons of molten metal at Shoenbcrgcr's steel mills, Pitts burg, early Saturday morning. The vic tims were George Kccch and Frank Lurasa both Atistrians. The frightful accident happened while the two nn fortunate men were eating their mid iiiyht meal. As was their custom they seated themselves just inside the Bes semer department, almost directly be low the immense traveling crane on which the liquid metal is carried in large ladles from the blast furnace to the Bessemer steel converting depart ment. In some unaccountable manner one of the ladles of molten metal tilted directly above where the men sat, and nearly half the fiery contents of the la dle was poured over them. They were instantly a mass of flame. Their clothes were consumed in a flash, and, although prompt steps were taken to rescue the men, nothing but the charred remains were left when a min ute later the bodies wre taken from the spot. President Moflatt, of Washington and Jefferson College, at Washington, Pa.; has issued an edict that all stndents guilty of hazing shall be expelled. GREATER FRENCH NAVY. Bill Provides lor Bui ding One Hundred and Sevsnty-Eight War Vessels. A Cabinet council, of France, at which President Loubet presided, con sidered decisions respecting various bills to carry out the naval scheme, and these Waldeck-Rousseau introduced at the oi-ning of the Chamber of Depu ties. They were referred, at his request, to the Budget Committee. The Government navy bill asks for 476,000,000 francs for the fleet, and pro vides six first-class battleships, five ar mored cruisers, 29 torpedo boat de stroyers, 1 12 torpedo boats and 26 sub marine boats. It also asks for 140,000. 000 francs to defend the coasts, includ ing 38,000.000 frtnes for the defense of Bizartc, the French naval stronghold on the coast of Tunis. Another bill provides for the estab lishment of independent cable commu nication between France and her colo nies, bringing the total expenditure up to 900,000,000 francs. Secretary of Public Works Villalon. of Cuba, annulled a contract between the Pan-American Express Company and two railways, but Governor General Wood directed the repeal of this order. Army's Reputation Gone. The British defeats in South Africa continue to engross public attention. Gen. von Bogustlawsky, a leading Ger man military writer, says: "What strikes military men as most unfavora ble is the total lack of topographical knowledge among she British officers. Under analagous conditions, for exam- file, our general staff would long ago mve studied the topography of Spion kop. We admit the bravery of the sol diers, but utterly condemn the incapac ity of their leader i
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