TRANSVAAL WAR. British Forces Soom to Bo Losing Ground. They lluitlril tile Hurjtliera at Klaiwla la«i!lr, but Were Compelled He treat Iroiu t.leiicoe ami lliiti- Uee llocra < a|»ture Ilna •ari - t.on. Syntona Itlea. Pretoria Oct. 24.—The Transvaal government has received this dispatch from Commandant Jonbert: "Com mandant Lucas Mver has had an en gagement at Dundee. lie made a plan of campaign with Commandant Erasmus by messenger. Erasmus, however, failed to appear. It is es timated that the British lost heavily. Our forces suffered, but it has been impossible to get all the details. it is reported that ten of our force were ! killed and 25 wounded." London, Oct. :.'4. —The Telegraph has received the following from Lady smith. dated Sunday at 2:10 p. m : \ "'1 he l'oers, reported to be 9,000 strong and under the command of Joubert and President Kruger in person, are to-day again attacking Glencoe. tieu. i Yule, commanding our troops, has | moved his camp back into a better j defensive position.'' London, Oct. 2.*..—The following- dis- | patch from Gen. White to the .Mar- i quis of Lansdowne, secretary ot war, j received last evening at 11 o'clock, was posted at the war office soon after midnight: "Ladysniith, Oct. 24, 9 p. m.—lnfor mation rcceivt d yesterday showed that the Boers had established themselves in considerable numbers in an exceed ingly strong position west ol the main road leading from Ladysniith to Dun dee. 1 also had information that tlie Dundee force, formerly commanded by Gen. Symons and since his wounding commanded by- Gen. Yule, was falling back on Ladysniith by way of the llelpmakaar road, Beith and the valleys of the Wasehbank and Sunday rivers and was expected to reach Sunday Kiver val ley to-day. I therefore moved out with a strong force to cover the move ment of Yule's column. The enemy was discovered about seven miles out of Ladysniith in a position of great natural strength, west of the road. When lie saw that preparations were being made against him, he opened fire with one gun with great accuracy. Our artillery soon got into position and the gun was silenced. Our troops were ordered to occupy a strong ridge, parallel to the enemy's position, but nearer to the road. I confined my ef forts to occupying him and hitting him hard enough to prevent his tak ing action against Yule's column. Numbers oft *e enemy fled to the west arid the firing had practically ceased at 2 o'clock." The war office dispatch seems to realize the worst fears. Gen. Yule has abandoned not only Dundee but Glencoe also, and, so far as present news would indicate, he has neither joined Gen. White nor reached Lady smith. (ien. White's "successful ac tion" announced in parliament by Mr. Wyndham. seems to resolve itself into a mere engagement of the attention ] of the I-'ree State troops, while Gen. Yule is slipping southward. It is evi dent from tin official dispatches that both Commandant .Toubert's column on the north and the Orange Free State troops on the west now occupy strong positions and lhat njtliing hin ders the lioers from following up Gen. Yule's retirement and getting around I.adysmith from the southeast. I'ntil reinforcements arrive it seems that Gen. White is obliged to concentrate on Ladysniith. It is believed that the government has other dispatches that have not been published. The colonial office has received a cablegram stating that President Steyn, of the Orange Free State, has issued a proclamation annexing that part of Cape Colony which is north of the Yaal river. This means Griqua land west and Beehuamiland and is apparently in consequence of the Free State forces having seized the railway and all stations north of Kimberly ex cept Mafeking. London, Oct. 26. —With unconscious humor a ( ape Town correspondent telegraphed yesterday:"The censor ship. which is always a delicate mat ter. is working smoothly and without a hitch." This exactly hits off the slate of affairs. An ominous veil is still drawn over the movements of Gen. White and Gen. Yule. Beyond belated Ladysniith dispatches concern ing the Klandslaagte fight, which are still filtering in, the British public is left ill complete darkness and to con jecture over "cooked" war office dis patches. The officials of the war of fice last evening said that very few dispatches had arrived and that noth ing further was to be expected until morning. Since it is practically certain that Gen. Yule has now effected a junction with Gen. White although this was not brought about Tuesday night as announced by the Mail, but some time on Wednesday—and as both are now in a position of safety, conjecture con cerns itself chiefly with the manner of (ien. Yule's retreat. That it was hasty is evident. Was it disorderly 7 Was any considerable camp equipment abandoned? Was there any fighting on the way? Such questions and oth ers like them, the public Is anxiously asking. Since the receipt of (ien. White's curious first description of the Ladysniith fight, in which the liritish lost 100 men. little reliance can be placed on ihe official disparelies. While the concealment of the facts regarding (ien. Yule's retreat can be amply justified on the ground of keep ing the intelligence from ihe Boers, the hiding of the news respecting the hussars and fusileers. who were ap parently captured in the battle at Glencoe, is severely criticized, no inti mation having been given that the offi cers were missing. A squadron of hussars usually con sists of three troops of 23 men each, so about SO officers and men of the Eighteenth Hussars are supposed to be captured. The war office returns show that the total British casualties since the be ginning of hostilities reach 597. Is offi cers having been killed and 55 wound ed, and 70 privates killed and 435 wounded. Then* are 13 unaccounted for. This total, however, does not include tin" squadron of the Eighteenth hussars, which went astray near Dun dee. and the officers of the Dublin fusi leers. The report of the lieav.v loss sent from Bietfontein came as an un pleasant surprise, as (ien. White's tele gram to the war office gave the im pression that there was merely a brush. London. Oct. 27.—The official an nouncement of the joining of Gen. White's forces has come as a great re lief. and all the more so in view of the fact that later dispatches have shown that only the incapacity of the intelli gence department of the Doers saved (ien. \ ule's column from a great disas ter. It. seems that on Friday night Dundee was full of alarms. Heavy firing was heard at 1 o'clock and again at 4. A severe thunder storm soon after stopped the Boer c-annonade. Saturday passed in the same anxious manner, in momentary expectation of an attack. The British finally evac uated, taking all they could, hilt leav ing plenty behind for the Boers to loot. The appointments of the Boer hospital at Dundee arc described as very inadequate and primitive. Ihe lioers themselves, in the absence of a nursing st:if, get only scant atten tion. It is reported that Gen. Symons died on Wednesday, not yesterday, and was buried at Dundee yesterday. (ien. Yule's column had a very exhausting march, chiefly by night. The reason for a night march is not given, but. it wis probably a fear yf Boer surprises. The heavy rain and mist hampered the march, but was perhaps the means of saving Yule from molestation. It took the column 24 hours to cover the last 10 miles. The only news this morn ing consists of more detailed accounts of the battles already reported. London, Oct. 2H.—The war situation presents no new features. It is pre sumed in Natal that the Boers are re constructing their plans and that the English are resting, but. telegrams from Ladysniith still occupy 4s hours in transmission to London, and there fore it is not impossible that some thing is happening. The special dispatches assert that Col. Powell, the British commander at Ma fckinir, is aware that Pretoria has given (ien. Cronje orders to stay his hand, as already there is quite enough to employ the Boers in Natal. News comes from the western bor der. which temporarily shifts the scene of chief interest to the belea guered British force at Kimberly. The sharp struggle there on Tuesday ap pears to have been the result of a sortie, with the view of breaking the cordon surrounding the place. The British, apparently 500 strong, met 700 lioers. and routed them after severe fighting, where the armored trains appear to have done valuable service. The Boers were entrenched strongly seven miles northward, and the British carried the enemy's posi tion without serious kiss. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. Tlie >u vy Department Tent* Jlarconl'a Syatem—liJtperluieiila ( oiidueted on \\ nralll;>t). New York, Oct. 28.—The navy de partment yesterday continued its tests of the .Marconi system of wireless telegraphy. The demonstrations are being made on the flagship New \orl£ and the battleship Massachusetts, in the Hudson river. The ships lay 44s yards ajwtrt and the demonstration v.-as one of speed and accuracy. Code messages, using both the navy and the international Morse codes, were sent besides numbers and letters se« lected at random. I'he longest con tinuous message was a newspaper article of 00 words. In all there were si\ demonstrations ami the work con tinned for about two hours. Signor Marconi said he paid no attention to the speed attained, as the navy depart ment was more particular as to the accuracy. The equipment overhead consisted only of wires strung from the cross beams of both vessels. On the New- York the apparatus was in the after *7-1111 room and here Marconi did hi.t work. On the Massachusetts the re ceiving and sending was done ill the captain's office where one of Marconi's assistants was stationed. The click ing of the instruments is vibrant and could be heard throughout either ship. Of the naval board which is super vising ihe tests. Lieut. Commander Newton and Lieut. Hill watched the ! work on the flagship and Lieut. Bliss was on the Massachusetts. When the tots were concluded they held a con ference on the New York and com pared notes. They will make a final report to the chief of the bureau ot equipment of the navy department. It is expected that on Monday the \"ew York and Massachusetts will i cruise off Sandy Hook in order to | make a long distance test of the sys | tem. They may be away from the l anchorage for several days. At times jllie vessels will be i(> miles from each | other and this will be the crucial i demonstration. If successful it will j prove how valuable the sy stem would ;be during a naval engagement, or j while a fleet is blockading an enemy's I coast. During the long distance tests ihe jrreat guns of the warships will be discharged as a further test. None of the members of the naval board would give an opinion of the work done by Marconi. Admiral Farquhar ■ watched the demonstrations for a time and seemed greatly interested. I« "l'oriiinat" (tie Canal. Chicago. Oct. 26. — President Taylor, of the commission appointed by Gov. ' Tanner to pass upon the capacity anil condition of the Chicago drainage canal, declares that the body of which lie is the head will report against the opening of the channel and he adds | that the Chicago river is inadequate to furnish the required amount of j water with the velocity of current, i fixed by the drainage board. I rgeil to Oflier Mediation. The Hague, Oct. 2s.— At Friday's meeting ot the committee of the sec ond chamber on the foreign budget a resolution was adopted urging the gov ernment to offer to mediate between Transvaal and England. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1899 REVIEW OF TRADE. ICngland'a Furcliaaeaof War tlaterlala Heuelit the I lilted Slate* Money Market to liaaier. New York, O-it. 28.—1L G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Keview of Trade says: Fears and not facts made a war in South Africa seem a menace to pros perity here, and a week of conflict has cleared away the fear. British markets for securities have been helped by the belief that mining shares would be worth more with no Boer control of mining regions, and large purchases here of ammunition and army food have swelled the bal ance due this country. Money mar kets have grown less embarrassing, stocks have gradually advanced and the industries are still supported by a volume of demand for which no pre cedent can be found. The heaviest transactions in steel rails ever made cover ovt r 1,500.000 tons for next year's delivery, or two thirds of the entire annual capacity of the works. The Pennsylvania is said to have taken 105,000 tons at $33, but all the leading railroads made large purchases and the price was then ad vanced to $35 per ton, the same works having delivered during the past year at SIS to $lO. Great contracts for material follow, one concern having bought 100.000 tons of Bessemer pig at Pittsburg. While shipments of boots and shoes in four weeks of October have been 3,50,51(9 cases, against 343,51 I last year, reluctance of buyers to pay as much as manufacturers ask renders spring orders much below t he average. Buying of wool has been heavy. Many mills are now buying which re cently started after long idleness. I'lifc demand for goods improves and a great season is confidently expected. The advance in cotton goods does not stop, for the demand is heavy, and standard print cloths have been raised an eighth. But the operatives have demanded higher wages and some works may be stopped. Failures for the week have been 190 in the United States, against 22(5 last year, and 23 in Canada, against 24 last year. HUGE ORDER FOR CARS. Tlie Peimaylvaulu and Jiew York Cen tral It all road a Will Have 15,000 Freight ( arrlera Constructed. Pittsburg, Oct. 28.—The Commercial Gazette prints a story to the effect that the Pennsylvania and the New York Central railroad companies have just placed orders for coal and freight ears to the number of 15,000, the ag gregate cost of which will aggregate about 812,000,000. Both companies en deavored to get steel cars, but as their orders could not be filled within a year, they were compelled to take wooden cars with steel equipments. The order placed by the Pennsyl vania company with the Pressed Steel Car Co. calls for the equipment of 4,000 box ears ami 1,500 gondolas of 80,000 pounds capacity each. The order of the New York Central is for the equip ment of 4.000 coal ears of 80,000 pounds capacity, 5,000 box cars and 500 Hat cars of 00,000 pounds capacity each. The money value of the orders thus given the Pressed Steel Car Co. is 82,- 500,000. The orders for the wooden cars will be distributed between the Pullman Co., the Baltimore Car Co., the Erie Car Co., and the American Car and Foundry Co. HIS FRIENDSHIP WAS FALSE. Arretl of a Wealthy l-'lllplno Wlio la Aecuaed ot Orsaiilzlnsa Devolution ary Conapiraey. Manila, (Jet. 28. —Buperto Santiago, one of the wealthiest Visaynns, who had taken the oath of allegiance to the United States, and who posed as a friend of \inerica. has been arrested lit lloilo, while other Yisayans are be ing watched. The prisoner is charged with organizing a revolutionary junta. It is asserted that a council of ten and the junta met daily at Santiago's office for the purpose of engineering an ex tensive scheme of collections for an in surrection. One of Santiago's steam ers was captured while carrying sup plies to the rebels. His arrest caused rumors of an outbreak of the natives of lloilo and precautions have been taken to prevent trouble. A battalion of the Eighteenth regi )Tient, of the marines of the gunboat Concord from an expedition to Concep tion, northern Palaya, which is search ing for the Concord's coxswain, who ivas lured ashore by a white flag and who is supposed to be a prisoner. They found the place deserted and burned every house as a punishment. Simply A ■■■ a I sia in a ted. New York. Oct. 28.—1 ti view of con flicting statements as to the primacy 'if either company in the recent Pull innn-Wagncr merger, the exact condi tions are as follows: Neithei the Pullman company has absorbed the Wagner nor the Wagner has absorbed the Pullman. The two companies have simply amalgamated retaining the Pullman organization in prefer ence to the Wagner, as the Pullman |s a stock company and the Wagner merely a business association with no c-harter. Halved tlie Hriee ot Coal. Pittsburg, Oct. 28. —Prices of coal have been advanced about 15 cents a ton. The Pittsburg Coal Co., the rail road combination, lias made this offi cial announcement to the trade It was unexpected at this time, as the rumor current several days ago that an advance was to be matte was offi cially denied ilankera Aaal^n. Lt xington," Ky., Oct. 28.—The bank ing firm of I). A. Say re & Co.. whose president, K. 1). Sayre, died Sunday, has assigned. It was the oldest bank in this city, having been founded in IS2O. Deposits are $140,000. The as signee says the bank will pay dollar for dollar. (•en. Henry la Head. New York, Oct. 28.—Brig. Gen. (iuy V. Henry, late military governor of Porto iiico, died early Friday morning ut his home in this city, of pneumonia, aged 60 vears. ARMOR PLATE QUESTION. Admiral O'Sell I'leada lor Ita Settle ment by t onsreaa Helore tlie Work ol ItiitlOiiiu Kattlealii|>a t'eaaea. Washington. Oct. 27.—The navy de part iiie-it has made public the report of Bear Admiral O'Neil, chief of ord-, nance. It shows a satisfactory con dition of affairs in the ordnance branch of the service in all depart ments save that of armor. Admiral O'Neil goes into the history of the present difficulty in obtaining armor suitable for the new battleships and cruisers. Congress last year limited the price of armor to S4OO per ton. At this price no acceptable bids were re ceived, but proposals were recently in vited for armor for the three new battleships of the Maine class, the four harbor defense monitors of the Arkansas class, and three battleships and three armored cruisers. The total amount, of armor neces sary for the seven vessels authorized by act of congress approved May 4, lt-fis. was 24.000 tons. (Jury one firm put.in a bid and that nt $450 per ton. These bidders had 110 manufacturing plant and the bid was not considered. The difference in quality and price of armor arose in the desire of the de partment to secure plates of what is generally known as the Krupp process, which is deemed much more satisfac tory than the face-hardened armor heretofore in use in American war ships. The contractors claimed that it was impossible to supply this armor for S4OO per ton. The question of a government armor factory , he says, should have no bear ing upon the supplv of armor for the Maine. Ohio and Missouri, as it would be impracticable to obtain armor in time to complete these vessels. He says in conclusion that the building of armored ships of war must soon be discontinued by this government unless the question of the supply and cost of armor can be disposed of. A new type of gun lias been com pleted for the navy this year and will be ready to test soon. It is a 4-pound, 3-inch rapid fire rilU* intended as a part of the armament of the new "de stroyers" and probably will form an important part of the secondary bat tery of future battleships and large cruisers. It is a particularly pow erful gun of its size ami is calculated to have a penetrating power of over an inch and a half of the Ilarveyized steel at 3,000 yards. Complete batteries, main and secon dary, together with ammunition and ordnance outfits have been already shipped to Hong Kong for the former Spanish vessels Isla de Luzon. Isla de Cuba and Don Juan de Austria. MUST GO TO PRISON. Sentence ot llelendanta In a I-'amotia t 'aae la Den 111 rilled. Philadelphia, Oct. 27.—The United States circuit court of appeals yester day refused a hearing in the case of Joseph Wilkins, of Washington. D. C., and Howard Butler, of this city, de fendants in the famous oleomargarine cases ot several years ago. Wilkins was an oleomargarine dealer and Hit Her was employed by him. i'iie two men were arrested in this city in December, IS9O. for removing brands and the word "oleomaragrine" from packages containing that commodity. The case attracted widespread atten tion at the lime and a vigorous light was made to prevent conviction. Wilkins and Butler were tried in the United States district court and Wil kins was sentenced to an imprison ment of six months and to pay a line of $1,500 and costs. Butler, because of his only being an employe of Wi 1- kins, received a more lenient sentence, that of four months and a fine of SSOO and costs. The ease was taken to the circuit court of appeals. They are now on bail and have 30 days iti which to surrender themselves and serve their sentences. MR. POWDERLY'S REPORT. It Itelatea to Immigration. W iiieli la Steadily Increaainir. Washington, Oct. 27. —In his annual report to the secretary of the treasury, Commissioner Powderly. of the immi gration bureau, gives the total arrivals for the year ended .lunc 30, 1 s'.l'J. as 311,715, an increase over the preceding year of 82.416. The opinion is ex pressed that at least 25.000 persons were not listed in this number through a defect in the law, as well as an in determinate number from Canada and Mexico who are not. under existing regulations, accounted for. As to illiteracy. 60,446 could neither read nor write, and 1.022 could read but were unable to write. As to the amount of money brought. 30,071 had each S3O or over, and 174.613 had each less than S3O. The total amount of money exhibited to officers was s.">.- 414,462. There were returned to their own countries, within one year after arrival. 263. In addition to 796 pau pers and 303 alien contract laborers debarred on the Canadian and Mexican borders, there were 3,798 others re fused admission. A Tax I.aw Knocked Out. Dcs Moines, la.. Oct. 27. —The su preme court yesterday handed down a decision which knocks out the present system of assessing and taxing insur ance, express, telegraph, telephone, sleeping ear and fast freight com panies. The law provides that they shall pay certain percentages of gross receipts to the state treasury. The court holds that corporations must be assessed on the same basis and for the same purposes as individuals. A cor poration paying its entire taxes to the state does not help support city and county schools, as individuals must do, hence the law is unconstitutional. A Liicky liol«l Hunt or. Yankton. S. D.. Oct. 27.—Ex-Uniled States Scnato* Moody, of Dead wood, gives a new vt rsion of the sensational gold discovery in the lilac'. Hills, by Otto Grantse. Senator Moody says: "I see the newspapers sav that G run tag took a carload of ore to mint at Den ver. He did not take any such amount. My son, who is chief engineer of th« Homestakc mines, says that Grantse had only a few sacks of ore, but thai they netted him $79,000. It is the richest native rock ever unearthed ir the bills and it»; discovery was an acc-i --*lent. lifter vears of search VANDERBILT'S MILLIONS. ConreMlonii Wade by tlio I'rlinlpal Heir Alone tvrrlril a Contest «l tlie I.air Hull way Mill. New York, Oct. 28. —The Tribune says: The provisions of the will of Cornelius Vanderbilt have excited in tense interest. it appears that this settlement alone prevented a contest that might have resulted in one of the greatest and costliest will litigations ever known. Cornelius Vandcrbilt, jr., when lie learned the provisions of his father's will, placed his interests in the hands of his counsel. Carter & I.edyard. Thev conducted negotia tions with Jlenry I>. Anderson, the attorney of Aifred (i. Vandcrbilt. While none of those interested will say inst what was done, enough has been admitted to indicate that had Alfred not made the concessions mentioned, litigation would have followed. ("or nelius Vandcrbilt was at, the Grand Central station yesterday. Alfred was :il Newport. When Cornelius was seen lie dismissed the subject by saying: "Whatever arrangements may have been made were effected through my attorneys, Carter & bed yard. I have 110 comment to make upon the settle ment. It was a family arrangement and not a irift." It is learned from a trustworthy source yesterday that Cornelius Van dcrbilt, jr.. is much disappointed by his father's wili and the attitude in which he has been placed by hi- broth er's handsome concession, and that ha will withdraw from any further par ticipation in the affaire of the Vandcr bilt property. Cornelius Vandcrbilt, jr., is descrilied by those who know him intimately as a reticent young man. lie took his disagreement with his father much to heart, and after his marriage tried in every "'av to overcome the difficulty. He entered the office of the superin tendent of motive power of the New York Central and went to work to prove his merit. He worked early and late. lie never asked more than any other employe. He did everything he could to prove to his father his serious intentions. He never com plained and never allowed an opportu nity to pass without trying to secure a re-establish ment of the former cor dial relations between himself and father. It is said further that, he hoped and believed he would succeed in gaining his father's favor. The two men did not discuss the subject, but for hours father and son talked cordially, at the Hreakers in Newport and also in this city. 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