BOERS REPULSE BRITISH FORCE FOUR OFFICERS KILLED. General Clements' Fore Compelled to Re treat, Battered and Beaten Battle Returned at . Krugertdorp. Telegrams from London, dated Fri day, pay: Severe reverse have overtak en tlie British troops in South Africa. How bad was the defeat or serin of defeats, suffered in tlie last 24 hour is not yet known. Th.it General Clement ha been detoate.l, and that badly, is not denied. Lord Kilehtmr, in a cablegram, says four of ficer and sonic soldier were killed in n battle yesterday, flow many soldiers were killed he does not say. Friday evening excitement was trebled in Knglaiid by a cablegram from Johannesburg, sent at .1:25, saying General Clements was engaged by the Boers in the afternoon on the hills a few miles from Krugersdorp. lie ha I akcd Johannesburg for help. General l'rctuh had left hurriedly to assist him. The cablegram said the attack ing l'.oer numbered not less than a.Hoo. and that already the casualties were large on both sides. The scenes at the war office recall those witnessed in the early stage f the war. A constant stream of excited people tilled the lobbies, all seeking de tails f the disaster. The absence i f the name of any of the officers nf the Northumberland Fusiliers in General Kitchener' dispatch leads to the fore boding that the four companies of the Fusilier mentioned are in the hands f the Boers. The var office officials evidently ex pect a heavy casualty list, but they are hopeful from the fact that the dispatch does not mention the capture of the Northumberland that such a great ca tistrophe has been escaped. Order were issued at Alder-hot, Mal ta and other military centers to dispatch all the available mounted infantry to Sivth Africa. The angry F.nglislt people arc de manding that officer responsible (or the disaster at Magaliesburg be pun ished. The Boer captured 57.1 British. The disaster which on Friday over took the British troop in South Africa on the Magaliesburg, only 22 miles from Pretoria, has sent an unpleasant thrill through the nation. It wa made rather worse Sunday night by the fol lowing disp.-.tch from Aliwal. North, Cape Colony: "A party of Brabant's Horse, consisting mainly of raw recruits engaged a superior force of Boers on December 1,1 near Zaslron, Orange River Colony, losing four killed, ili wounded and 120 taken prisoners." HUGE BALANCE OF TRADE. The Excess In Favor of the United States Largest In History. The commercial record of the Unite! States in igoo will surpass that of any preceding year both in exports and in the excess of exports over imports, or lavorablc balance of trade. The nn ports will bo slightly below those of one or two preceding years, and wh'.'it considered in their relation to popula tion snow a smaller importation lor each individual than at almost any other period in many years. Basing the estimate tor the year upon the it months' figures received by the Treas ury, it seems probable that the exports will reach about 5 1.470.000.000. and t imports $825,000,000, making the excess. 01 exports over imports $645,000,000. a sum greater by $.25,000,000 than that of any preceding year. 1 he exports wiU be double those of 1K8.1, three times those of 1K72, four times those of 1869, and five times as much as in i860. BOY'S TERRIBLE DEATH. Companions Tied Him to a Hone Which Ran Away Dragging Him to Death Dragging at the heels of a frightened ltorse a boy named Hall was battered to death at Mt. Liberal, Ind. Two older companions, names Pittman and Conen haver, in a spirit of boyish recklessness, tied young Hall on the horse's back, telling him they would teach him to be come a circus rider. He was warned to Hold on the rems by his companions, who' released their hold on the bridle and struck the horse. The animal im mediately took- fright and ran away. The rider lost his hold and fell under the horse's hoofs. His horror-stricken com panions started in pursuit of the fleeing animal, which was captured nearly a mile away, but not until the rider was kicked and battered beyond recogni tion. Marvels ot Nature Discovered. Canadian Pacific railroad engineers have returned to Winnipeg, Man., from an exploring expedition in the field re gion of the Rockies and they report the discovery of magnificent falls, one drop ping from a height of I, .100 feet, also several glaciers, one of which rivals the great glacier of the Selkirk in area and surpasses it in the magnificence of its surroundings of mountain lakes of un usual beauty and of lofty peaks, which will offer great temptation to mountain climbers. These hitherto hidden mar vels of nature can be made accessible by the construction of trails and these will be built early next spring. Boers to Settle on German Territory. According to Berlin dispatches 50 Cape Colony Boers, now in Amstehdam with their families, have been granted permission to settle in German South west Africa, the German Government having just assented to the purchase 01 lands by them in Damaraland and Great Numaquinland. The Boers will leave Amsterdam January sth. The Czar Making Inquiries. It is reported that the first act of the czar since his recovery has been to send to the war ministry for a report on'the alleged wholesale slaughter of women and children by Russian troops in Man churia. The ctarina was deeply touch ed by the reports in question and called lier husband s attention to them as soon s his condition permitted. It is believed that there will be a thor ough inquiry into the alleged massacres, which, it true, exceed anything; in Rus . eian history since the age of Iran the Terrible. LATEST NEWS NOTES. The French report an army of 10,000 Boxers marching on I'ekin. An earthquake shock at Santiago de Cuba broke up two swell balls. ' The Sisters of Mercy convent at Fort Dodge, la., was destroyed by fire. In ' recent letter Andrew Carnegie opposes the Hay-I'auncefotc treaty. Gen. DcVVet again avoids a well laid British trap and eludes his pursuers. Parliament has ndiourned. the queen's speech being the shortest on record. London newspapers protest against the amendment of the Hay-Paunccfoie treaty. Lord Roberts, with his wife and daughters, has sailed from Cape Town for F.ngland. Friday violent wind and rain storm visited the Pacific coast causing great damage to property. A a result of special election many Massachusetts tow ns have been added to the no-license column. George Gould ha old hi steam yacht, the Atlanta, to the government 11 Venezuela for $1.25.000. Two lirninl neuro murderer of n white barber were lynched in the jail yard at Kockport, Ind. The military government of fort.) Rico has ended and Governor General Davis sailed for America. The dock laborers at Callao. the port of Lima. Peru, have gone on strike, and all work has been stopped. An Indianapolis gas company i bring" forced into bankruptcy by wholesale stealing of ga by citizens. It is alleged that the shortage of the dead Cincinnati board of education of ficial may reach n million. Prince Gustavus Adolplut. eldest sou i.i the crown prince of Sweden and Nor way, is ill with diphtheria. Since Paris exposition closed that city has been the scene of an abnormal number of hideous crimes. Corporal Herbert Chase. Twenty ninth infantry, was mistaken for a Fili pino and killed by a sentry. In a lecture at Ann Arbor. Mich., ex President Harrison says Filipinos are citizen of the United States. Three children were cremated in a burning house at Golinza. Pa.. Wednes day, during the mother's absence. A scheme is on foot to establish a new government in the heart of South America under French protection. Kruger has been formally notified by the Holland government that it will not interfere on behalf of the Boers. Great Britain has objected to one fea ture of the China agreement, caoisuitf further delay in Peking negotiations. A fourteen-year-old boy of New York city ha been sentenced to 20 ycars'im prisonment for murdering a playmate. Queen Margaret of Italy has pur chased a palace, and will devote her time and fortune to charities and art. Senator who were turned down at the November election seem determined to talk the ship subsidy bill to death. Miss Mary McCready. a demented woman near New Wilmington, Pa., jv,-u burned to death at home when left alone. Fire destroyed the A. T. Siewart plow works at Fast Carnegie, Fa., causing a loss estimated at $75,ooo, partially in sured. Citizens of Patcrson, N. J., are en deavoring to raise $200,000 to prevent the closing of the Rogers locomotive work. Rev. Dr. Dickie, pastor of the Amer ican church in Berlin, has arrived in this country to solicit $150,000 for the church building. At an Anarchist meeting in New York Tuesday evening Emma Gold man threatened the assassination of Richard Crokcr. The chateau in Belgium of the Prince of Ligny, dating from 1 146, wa burned, but the paintings and most of the art works were saved. A mine workman near Conncllsvillc, Pa., missed his footing and plunged 300 feet down a mine shait. J lis body was crushed to a pulp. Diphtheria is epidemic at Claysburg, Blair county. Pa., and the mortality is heavy, rour deaths in one tamuy nave occurred in 10 days. A fatal collision on the Santa Fe rail road in Kansas is attributed to incapable telegraph operators. One person killed and several injured. The Zschistfhe tannery at Sheboygan, is., was destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $180,000 and throwing 200 mon out of employment. It is now asserted that Emperor Kwang Hsu is a convert to Christianity and that this is the cause of the empress dowagers hatred for him. The yellow fever situation at Havana shows general improvement. Twenty tight cases are now under treatment, including only one American. Committees of the Cuban constitu tional convention are drafting an instru mcnt which will effect radical changes 111 the government of the island. Lappc Bros.,' of Allegheny, Pa., have purchased the Gondola works at Jeai- nette and will remodel it preparatory to opening a patent leather tannery. Waynesburg, Pa., is to have a busi ncss college, to be under the manage ment of Prof. Lewis Van Orden, of the Business college of Washington, Pa Because she quarreled when he came home Annelo Barclga, 111 New York, threw his wife out of a window 30 feet high, but she was not seriously injured. The stone canopy over Plymouth Rock, at Plymouth, Mass.. has been partly shattered by vandals and the whole structure may have to be rebuilt. Dr. Matzen. professor of law at the University of Copenhagen, has been ap pointed to represent Denmark in the in ternational court of arbitration at The Haeue, In a tail-end collision on the Pennsyl vania road at Kittanning Point, Pa., William Pritchard, of Gallitzin, was killed, 14 persons hurt and one reported missing. An explosion destroyed the fine tip ples at the J. W. Ellsworth shaft No. 1 mines near Monongahela, Pa., too men who were inside escaping through shaft No. a. i The Taft commission has passed nn act authorizing General MacArthur to establish police in Philippine cities and towns and appropriating $150,000 for their maintenance. MIIIM AGTiViTY II NUT ISLE. CROWDING THE REBELS. American Troops Have Lost Only Three Killed and Five Wounded Commission Work ing on Tariff Bill. Advices from Iloilo, Island of Tanay, report that the American troops have been moving northward and westward for several days, and that detachments of the Sixth. Eighteenth and Twenty- sixth regiments have been active near their station. The insurgent losses during the last to days there have been five killed, several wounded and 40 taken prisoner. The Americans have lost two killed and three wounded. Large number of the native are swear ing allegiance to the United State. In recent attack nnd expedition in South ern Ltirnn the insurgents have lost eight killed, seven wounded nnd about 20 captured. The American have lost one killed and two wounded. Gen. Wheaton report that 4.10 natives have entered Cabman for registration. Most of the time of the Philippine commission is now devoted to the taritt ill. Judge Taft says that the new rates would be about 40 per cent, of the existing rates. "It will be essentially a tariff for revenue," lie remarked, "hut some industries that are already es tablished will be given protection. The commission is not considering the ques tion of the constitutionality of taxing; United State product. 1 he precedent have been established in the case i.f Puerto Rico nnd by the military govern ment of the Philippines. The bill re quires the washing of cotton good so a to eliminate the clav used by F.un- pean manufacturer, which increases the weight. I In will incidentally favor American pood. The rate on kerosene will be reduced from It cent a gallon to 4. Sonic American good will be ad mitted free, nnd almost all will come in at reduced figure." BRINGING VOLUNTEERS HOME. General MacArthur Instructed to Begin the Movement. The war department has begun the movement homeward of the volunteers from the Philippines, so that they may be discharged in this country by June .10. Adit. Gen. Corbin cabled the fol lowing instructions to Gen. MacArthur: Send volunteers convalescent to the capacity of the next transport return ing and a volunteer regiment by trans port following. As you report 69,000 now, the secretary of war directs that you start home the volunteer regiments until the force is reduced to 60,000, the number fixed before beginning rein forcement by regulars. Will send you tegular regiments to further relieve the volunteers. Gen. MacArthur replied as follows: "The Thirty-seventh infantry regiment sails on transport Sheridan, January 1, and the Eleventh regiment cavalry on January 15. The movement will con tinue as directed until completed. The 1 hirty-sixth regiment infantry is in the field; cannot leave at present. Trans port Sherman left December 15 with about 500 volunteers convalescents and the transport Warren will leave Decem ber 22, with the same number. Any remaining will go on transport Sheri dan, January It. The war department has taken this ac tion in anticipation of the authorization by Congress of the enlistment of regular regiments to replace the recalled troop. Officers of volunteer regiments in the Philippines have reported a general dis inclination on the part of the volunteers to prolong their foreign service. PANIC AT A FUNERAL Floor Gave Way and Sixty Men Fell In Collar Many Injured. During the services over the remains of ex-County Commissioner Wilmcr Worthington at Forest Grove, Pa., the floor of an adjoining room gave way and about 60 men, mostly members of secret organizations, were precipitated to the cellar. Everybody was hurt, u dozen quite seriously. Tlie accident was followed by screams of terror and panic among the women mourners who sur rounded the corpse. The services were abruptly ended by everybody rushing from the place. All the mourners who were not hurt turned in to rescue the injurf d. Many were burned nnd scalded, a stove containing a kettle of hot water having fallen on the men. TRAMPS TURN BURGLARS. Locked up Town Marshal and Then Dyna mited Several Safos. Five men, posing as tramps, were per mitted to lodge in the, lockup at Brigh' ton, III., Saturday evening. During the night they overpowered the town mar shal, locked in a cell, and broke into the private bank of Blodctt Brothers, Several charges of dynamite were ex ploded but the vault, which contained a large sum, was only partially wrecked, and the men gave up trying to secure it. The general store of Edward But ler wanext visited. Here the safe was blown open and several hundred dollars secured, lite men were entering an other store when an alarm of fire was soundctl from Butler's. Meantime the robbers escaped. A posse with blood hounds is in pursuit. Locusts Devastating Peru. Locusts are devastating the depart ment of Ayacucho, Peru, which includes several fertile valleys in the Cordilleras, southeast of the capital. The department has a large population, and the losses due to the pest have been enormous. It is probable that public subscriptions will be asked to aid the sufferers. One Hundred Cadets Drowned. The German training frigate Gnelse nau has foundered off Malaga, 6s miles noriheast of Gibraltar. The captain and many of the cadets have been drowned. It is believed that 40 who left in one of the ship', boats and have not been seen since are also lost. The totat loss is now thought to bo no less than 100. Some dispatches say 140. Forty of those saved are badly hurt. ' t WASHINGTON, D. C. The Chief City of the Republic Celebrated Its Centenary In Fitting Manner Wednesday. With imposing ceremonies the Na tional capital Wednesday celebrated the centennial anniversary of the founding of the seat of the federal government in Washington. The exercises combined a brilliant military parade, a review by the President from the east front of the Capitol and orations in the hall of the house of representatives, where a bril liant audience was assembled. By act of Congress the day was made a Na tional holiday in the District of Colum bia, the government departments being closed. President McKinley and the members of bis cabinet took prominent parts in all the exercise, and with them were the chief executive of a large number of the States and Territories of , the union, including Gov. Stone, of Penn sylvania, the senators and representa tives in Congress, the ambassadors and minister from foreign courts, the heads of the army nnd navy nnd a great out pouring of the people. ICarly in the day the President received the governors of States and lemtone at the White House, and the model for a new and enlarged White House, to commemorate the day s exercises, was unveiled with suitable addresses. The ceremonies at the Capitol began it .1:10 p. m. and included addresses bv Senators Daniel, of Virginia, and Mc- Comas, of Maryland; Representatives Payne, of New York, and Richardson, of Tennessee, and a notable historic ora tion by Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts. A reception by the President to the governors of States at the Corcoran art gallery in the evening closed the fes tivities. TEAR'S TRADE OF CUBA. Merchandise Valued at $71,681.18? Im ported During Iwelve Months. The division of insular affairs, war de partment, makes public a statement of the. trade of Cuba for the fiscal year ended June .10 last. Merchandise to the value of S7l,0l,i7 was imported dur ing the year, composed in the greater part of food products and manufactur ed articles. Of the total importation. $.14.347,oo8 worth came from the United States. 1 he importations from PueiV Kico amount to $1,611. .1.17. and over $5.- ooo.ono worth came from Central and South America. The total importation, including gold and silver, was $76,86". 8t.i. It is set forth that since the date of American occupation, Judy !7, 1808, up to the end of the last fiscal year, im ports to the value of Si 11,846,603 have entered the ports of Cuba. the value ot exports ot merchandise from Cuba, during the last fiscal year, most of which were products of agricul ture, is set down at $4.!22,.146. The total exportations of gold nnd silver amounted to $4,25.1.206. The exports by countries show: lo the United States, $,16,012,620: to Puerto Rico, $81,580; to the Hawaiian islands, $6,426. The total exports from the island since it passed into the possession of the United States amounted to $8i,,io4,525. REBELS HOLD THEIR OWN. Were Not Dispersed In the Recent Battle in Colombia. Advices received from Colon, Colom bin, regarding the recent fighting be tweer. the government troops nnd the insurgents at 1 iimaco, the rebel strong hold, which lasted three days, the insur gents then evacuating the town, say that the withdrawing insurgent forces were not dispersed. On the contrary, fear are entertained at Colon that this body of rebels will effect a junction with the force operating around liucna ventura. Telegraphic communication with the interior has been suspended by gov ernment order, and fighting is proceed ing nt various points. Both side lost heavily in the battle at Tumaco. When the government forces destroyed the riibel steamer Gaitan they also destroy ed a large supply of ammunition. England Wants Indemnity. Owing to the success of the United States in pressing claims for competi tion in connection with the Armeniu disorders Great Britain is now urging the Ottoman Government to pay similar claims put forward by British subject. It is expected that energetic means will be taken to obtain a settlement. Starting a New Revolution. Dispatches from Hong Kong, dated Thursday, say: The city was placarded to-day with appeals to the people ami secret societies to unite and rise during January and drive out all foreigner. Crowds gathered around the placards, but no outbreak is reported. Reports come from Canton that Yeung Sung Po. the reformer, has been horribly tor tured. Though he was strung up by the thumbs and the toes, he would confess nothing. , Norfolk Navy Yard Destroyed. The building occupied by the con struction department nt the Norfolk Navy Yard was completely destroyed by fire Sunday evening. The building contained all the important papers, models and plans of the construction department. Over 7,000 . drawings and $100,000 worth of live oak timber were destroyed. The loss to the building and contents is over $200,000. The origin of the fire is unknown. Against American Shoes. The influx of American-made shoes into Germany has prompted a petition from German boot and shoe manufac turers to the national legislature for raise in the import tariff on articles of this description. Vice Cons.nl General Hanauer, at Frankfort, says that these manufacturers claim the tariff as a ne cessity to protect their industry against foreign encroachments. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL Preparations for the inauguration are in progress. Chairman Hull favors National law regulating marriage and divorce. the President Tuesday nominated George V. L. Meyer, of Boston, to be ambassador to Italy. . General Isaac Khan, the new Persian minister, was Tuesday presented to the President or secretary nay. GIRL STUDENTS MUD 10 DEATH SEVEN LIVES LOST. Fir Destroys the State Normal School at Fredonla, New York Fire Es capes Were Closed. t From the smoldering ruins of the Fredonia, N. Y., State Normal and Training School, which was destroyed by fire at 6 o'clock Friday morning, one charred body has been recovered, and revision of the list of missing makes it certain that seven persons perished 11 the fire, which also entailed a prop erty loss of $200,000. There were 75 young woman students in the building. of whom six perished. The other victim was the aged janitor. A search for remains is being made as rapidly a possible, but digging over the acre of debris, which is still burn ing, is slow work. Principal Palmer es timates the loss at $200,000, with $oj,ooo insurance. Nothing was saved from the magnifi cent building, not even the personal ef- lects ol the girls in the dormitory. Grief-stricken parents are arriving to assist in the search for their dead. It is stated that heavy wire screens were firmly nailed across the windows leading to the fire escapes, and the only way the lucky ones escaped wa by crawling through windows adjacent to the escapes and then creeping along the gutter of the mansard roof. Law yers say there will be damage suits in stituted against the State because of the fire escape screens. A VICTORY FOR GERMANY. The Note to China on Lines Laid Down by Von Buelow. The negotiations of the power in re gard to the joint China note have been concluded satisfactorily, nil agreeing to the conditions identically as outlined by Count von Buelow, the imperial chancellor of Germany, with the excep tion of the introductory clause saying the demands are irrevocable, which is eliminated. A committee of representatives of the powers has been chosen to regulate the conferences with the Chinese plenipo tentiaries. Count von Buelow. on the occasion of his first appearance in the reichstag as imperial chancellor, after making . a statement defining Germany's policy to ward China and outlining the Anglo- German agreement, proceeded to give the complete text of tbe demands which be representatives of the powers in Peking had at that time agreed to rec ommend to their representatives to em body in a collective note for presenta tion to the Chinese government. AGAINST LANDLORDS. Nationalist Convention Adopts Resolutions In Dublin Proposed by William O'Brien. In the Nationalist convention at Dub lin, after resolutions had been adopted amending the constitution of the Unit;d Irish League and making the National ist convention an annual fixture, Will iam O'Brien moved a strongly worded resolution in favor of the abolition of landlordism in Ireland and the transfer of the soil to the occupying proprietary. Ireland s struggle, he declared, should continue without ceasing until the land lords were forced to abandon their pres ent intolerable system of dual control. One branch of the Irish League, con tinued Mr. O'Brien, will devote its time to bringing to the doors of landlord, land grabbers and their castle allies the inconvenience of landlordism. The res olution was adopted amid the utmost enthusiasm.. Soldier's Death Penalty Commuted. Privates Benjamin Stanley and Thomas hesler. of Company G, I'orty-eighth in fantry, stationed in the Philippines, were convicted recently by court-martial t f assault and desertion nnd each was sen tenced to be hanged. The President has commuted the sentences of dishon orable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances and confinement at hard labor at Leavenworth penitentiary for jo years. Monument to Jennie Wade. The Women's Relief Corp. of Iowa ha arranged to erect a monument nt Gettysburg, Pa., in honor of Jennie Wade, the only woman killed during the battle of Gettysburg. The monument will be erected on July 3, 1901, the 3M1.I1 anniversary of the battle. American University Plans. At the meeting of the trustees of the American university Tuesday at Wash ington Bishop Hurst reported that there was between $2,000,000 and $.1,- 000,000 on hand, and urged that every effort should be ma Ic to secure st.ooo,- 000 during the coming year, as a basi lor opening 111c insiiiuuon lor instruc tion. Kverything was reported to fc in a prosperous condition. the report ot the financial secretary showed that $75,000 will soon be added to the endowment fund. A subscrip tion of $10,000 was made by a member of the board whose name was not an nounced. Bought by the Standard. The Standard Oil Company has ac quired all of the interests of the Pacific Coast Oil Company. The purchase price is said to be in the neighborhood of $1,000,000. The Pacific Coast Oil Company has been doing business in California for a quarter of a century. Its interests include valuable oil prop erties in various sections. It owns a steamer which is used in transporting oil from the southern coast to its refinery at Alameda, which has a monthly ca pacity of 25.000 barrels. The company's entire holdings are embraced in the transfer. Hot Fighting In Panama. Advices from the State of Panama say (tint aft? b ttirpf. H.ivs' nf7.iarrmfnt Tn. maco. the former stronghold of the in-J surgent movement, has been re-occupiod by the government troops. Governor Alban has returned to the city of Panama and will hand back un injured to her owners the British steam er Taboga, which was seized last month by the Colombian government to trans, port an armed expedition from Panama to the port of Buena Ventura, and was there used in the bombardment of Points Basan end Soldado. , TOOK $50,000. Confidence Same Played by Two Emooth lv divldua's Took Monoy From Sat In the Presence of Their Victim. Two men called on Father Grosso, superior of a Jesuit institute at Turin, Italy, and told him they were trustee of a rich orphan boy whose father had been killed in the Boer war. They said they wished to place the boy in the priest's care, and that they were cus todian of $200,000 belonging to the boy, which thrv desired to leave in Fa ther Grosso' s hands. The priest consented to assume charge of the boy and the funds. The men produced several bundles of what pur ported to be bank notes, which they suggested should be placed in the safe. Father Grosso opened the safe and the men placed therein the bundles. They then departed, stating they would re turn with the boy shortly. Father Grosso waited several days, and when neither the men nor the boy appeared he went to the safe. He found that bank notes aggregating $50,000 were gone and that the bundle left by the men were waste paper. The men are supposed to be on their way to this country, and the New York police are 011 the watch for them PLEADINQ FOR THE BOERS. Liberal Members of the House of Commons. Appeal for Clemency. In the house of commons Sir Robert T. Rcid and James Bryce, Liberals, sug gested general amnesty for the Boers now in arms. Rcid said that after 14 months of war, costing 5,000,000 a month, anarchy was prevalent and fam ine threatened, and may be followed by a native rising. An attempt to place the colonies under military rule, he said, would imperil the very existence of the empire. All ideas of unconditional sur render should be discarded. Mr. Bryce attacked Sir Alfred Milncr, governor of Cape Colony, who, he said, was generally distrusted. Mr. Broderich, secretary for war, de fended Milncr, and said the government was willing to offer terms for surrender, so long as it could not be interpreted as proof of weakne and thereby cause a prolongation ol the guerilla warfare. MICHIGAN'S TAX RAISING. Gov. Plngree Assembles State Legislature to Increase Corporate Property Taxes. The Michigan Legislature met in spe cial session Wednesday to consider tax ation of the railroads, telephone and telegraph companies, express companies and other forms of corporate property on the cash value of their property, in stead of upon their earnings, as -under the present law. Gov. Pingree's mes sage estimated that the proposed law would increase the Slate's revenue from the railroads alone from $1,240,845 to $2,250,000. Representative Checver will introduce the tax bill. It provides that the State tax commission shall constitute a board of assessors, and that all franchises and intangible property shall be taxed, as well as physical property. GOV. BECKHAM INAUGURATED, Promises a Clean Administration Hopes Political Strife Will Cease. Gov. Beckham, of Kentucky, was in augurated Tuesday, at Frankfort.. In his address he made no reference to the killing of William Goebel nor to any of the subsequent events. He promised a clean and honest administration in a spirit of fairness nnd tolerance, with no feeling of partisan hate or malice, but with the sincere desire to remove, ss far as possible, all friction and ill-feeling from among the people. He said that the military power shall always be in absolute subordination to the civil au-' thority and shall never be called into active service except as a last resort in carrying out the decrees of judicial tribunals. Another Ohio Bank Looted. Five masked and desperate outlaws in the early hours of Thursday morning wrecked and looted the iron vault in the John Doerschuck private bank at Shanes ville, Ohio, drove back citizens with leaden hail, fired bullets into every rais er! window within rancre nnrl fcranrrl nn a hand car into the night with currency to the amount of almost $4,000. It is the climax of all crimes in Tuscarawas county's annals. MAIL TRAIN RUBBED. Bandits Make Heavy Haul After Beating tho Postal Clerk Insonsible. A bold robbery on the Cottonbelt railway occurred Thursday at Bassetts, Tex., in which Postal Clerk John H. Dennis was almost killed and the mail pouches of his car rilled of their con tents. " Examination of the car showed that the robbers gained entrance by crawling through a small trap door in the floor of the vestibule. In the vestibule is a crank with which a person can uncou ple the car from the other, and it is be lieved it was the intention of the rob bers to disconnect and get control of both cars. It is impossible to tell what the robbers secured, but it is believed they made a good haul. Preparing Peace Protocol. . - "Reports from Chinese sources," says a Shanghai correspondent, "point to the probability that serious negotiations for peace will begv forthwith. It is be lieved that a shin preliminary is in progress ot arrangement many commercial questions conventions to be drawn iu Outlawry in Kwang-Si Tunk is increasing. 1 he to be losing their holdi and are powerless to rtt rating on the west rivif CABLE FL The legislature passeq a lemaie sunrage oiv The Irish party in the Bv of commons re-elected J oh J chairman. Ernest Brenner, vice w federal council, has beer dentof Switierlaod. r 1 f 1 of VictX V- -.AV. K
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