IT WAS TOO HOT. Boers' Fire Repulsed an At tack Upon a Fort. SORTIE FROM MAFEKING. Britons Could Not Endure tho Hail of Boers' Bullets. SEVERAL OFFICERS KILLED. A Correspondent oft li<• London Tlmi'ii WIIO U Kni sM'il the Fray A**ert* that tlir llucru I *ed Ki|iloi)lvr llnllet*, ('milling Frightful Wouiidn. London, Jan. 0, —The Times pub lishes the following dispatch from Mafeking, dated December 20: "At •dawn to-day Col. I'owell organized an unsuccessful attack upon a strong po sition of the enemy at <la me tree, two miles from Mafeking, from which the Boers have been maintaining a desul tory tire for several weeks. The rail way has recently been reconstructed between the town and Gamctree, where the Boers had destroyed it, the final repairs being made in prepara tion for the sortie. During the night the armored train with Maxim and Hotchkiss guns and troops took up po sitions for attack from two sides. "Emplacements were thrown up dur ing the night, the orders being to at tack at dawn and the artillery fire to desist upon prolonged tooting from the armored train. At daybreak the gnns opened fire and rapidly drew the reply of the enemy, our shells burst ing within effective range. Capt. Vernon gave the signal to cease firing and to advance, his squadron leading off. As our men engaged the position with their rille fire, it was soon found that the strength of the fort was greater than we had supposed. The enemy concentrated such an ex ceedingly hot fire that the advance of Capt. Vernon was almost impossible, but with remarkable heroism Capts. Sanford and Vernon, Lieut. I'atton and iicout Cook, who guided the squad rons. and a few men reached the sandbags of the fort within 300 yards of the fort. Hut nothing living could exist there, since the ground was swept by Mauser and Martini bullets. •'The men who charged through this zone of fire suffered terribly and in following their officers to capture the fort 20 men lost their lives. Capt. San ford was the first to fall and Capt. Vernon, already twice wounded, and Lieut. Pat ton were killed at the foot of the fort. These two officers, climb iffg a ditch which surrounded the fort, thrust their revolvers through the enemy's loopholes only to be shot themselves the next minute, Gametree is surrounded with scrub which con tained many sharpshooters, and their accuracy of tire confused the men. "Being without commanders they were driven off at one point, but they endeavored to scale the fort at others. They found the position of the lioers, however, almost impregnable. When we retired under cover of the armored train so many men had been wounded that a suspension of hostilities oc curred. We had almost completely surrounded the fort, and had it not been so well protected we would now be in possession. The fort is circular in form, with a wide interior and nar row frontage, between 0 and 7 feet* high, pierced with triple tiers of loop noles and surrounded by a ditch. "1 was permitted to assist in dress lng tho wounds, a majority of which appeared to have been caused by ex plosive bullets, the point of entry be ing small, but the area of injury cov ering a wide region. While the wound ed were being attended numbers of Boers left their intrenchments and gathered around. They referred mo to the field cornet, who denied the use of explosive bullets, lie admitted that at one time explosive bullets had been served out, but he said he was certain they had all been previously expended and none could have been used on this occasion.'" No decisive operation is reported from South Africa this morning, the militaiy activity being confined to points of subsidiary importance. In the central theater of operations tho British apparently have secured no substantial gains. The question of contraband seizures takes the paramount place in the thoughts of the public, the possibility that these may lie made a pretext for continental intervention disturbing official and private observers. The government's purpose to enforce tho right of search has been set forth in instructions sent yesterday by the ad miralty to the British naval com manders in South African waters, giv ing them warnings to uphold the gov ernment measures for suppressing the importation of contraband by way of Delagoa bay. A Oaring Da*la for Liberty. Chicago, Jan. 6.—Thomas Downs, sentenced from here to the Joliet penitentiary, escaped from his custo dian Thursday night by jumping from a passenger train jfoing at full speed about ten miles frein Green Castle, Ind. A HI;; Smoke, Richmond, Va., Jan. o.—Richmond last night suffered the severest tire loss it «as had for years. The fire broke out in the Merchants and Plant ers' Tobacco Co. warehouse, in which was stored 3,(500 hogsheads of tobacco, and the building and contents were destroyed. Loss $-100,000; insurance #350,000. Kobert* Argue* In If IN Own It.-hair. Washington, Jan. o.—The Roberts investigating committee continued its session yesterday and Mr. Roberts argued fiis side of the case for almost live hours. BUBONIC PLAGUE. The Olveanc A|>|>rurn at Honolulu and .Maniln Hi c Deutli* In Ibe Ha waiian City. Manila, Jan. 4.—The health officers have found a native with all the symp toms of bubonic plague in a house in the walled city, where two suspicious deaths have occurred. The patient has been isolated and every precaution has been taken to prevent a spread of the disease. Washington, Jan. 4.—Surgeon Gen eral Wyman has no confirmation of the report that three suspected cases of bubonic plague have been discov ered within the walled city of Manila, but no attempt is made to conceal the gravity of the situation should the re port prove true. Still it is said that a few sporadic cases need not necessarily result in an epidemic in the islands. The methods of fighting it are isola tion, disinfection and sanitation. The greatest danger is due to its possible introduction into new localities through walking cases which defy the surveillance of the authorities. One feature of the disease which is gratify ing in view of the possible outbreak of an epidemic in the Philippines, is the fact that it does not attack Europeans as readily as natives. Surgeon General Wyman has re ceived a long report from Surgeon Carinichael, at Honolulu, bearing on the condition of affairs there regard ing the bubonic plague. Under date of December IX, the report says that five eases and five deaths from what is pronounced to lie bubonic plague have occurred in Honolulu. Dr. Carinichael says the presence of the disease was not suspected until the 12th, when a Chinese patient died. The duration of illness in two of the cases was three days and from three to four in the other cases. Strained prep arations from juice expressed from the enlarged glands showed the presence in large numbers of short bacillus rounded at both ends and closely re sembling that of bubonic plague. Cul tures from the first case showed the bacillus of bubonic plagufe. The bodies of the deceased have been cremated. All the places where the deaths occurred have been quaran tined and disinfected. The Hawaiian board of health surrounded Chinatown by a sanitary cordon, the district was divided into sections and a house to house inspection at once begun. The state council appropriated 525.000 to begin the necessary sanitary work. Communication with the other islands except under quarantine restrictions have been prohibited and all vessels plying between island ports must undergo a detention period of at least seven days before proceeding to their destination. WAS FILLED WITH GAS. Coroner'* ln<|ulry Into Hie Itra/nel .Mine Horror Ilrlui;x4>iil Sen*atlonal Testimony. Uniontown, Pa., Jan. 4. —The first day's inquiry by the coroner's jury into the Braznel mine horror in which 19 lives were lost, developed some sur prising testimony and revealed the fact that there had been gas in explo sive quantities in the mine at various times before the explosion. The most important witness yesterday was James lladcliffe, the fire boss, whose duty it was to examine the mine every morning before the men went to work. His explanation of how he measured the amount of gas was a revelation to mine inspectors present, and they quickly wanted to know how he could report only four inches of gas when the flame of his safety lamp was 12 inches from the roof and they called that 12 inches of gas instead of four, making three times the amount he re ported finding. It was also shown tliat at various times he had found several feet of gas covering a large area in rooms close to the main passageway, and the in spectors declared that this was suffi cient to cause as disastrous an explo sion as the one now being investi gated. It was also shown that men were allowed to work with the mine in this condition, and the fire boss told how he had posted the danger signal in gaseous portions of the mine while safety lamps were being used, which sign was changed to a notice prohibit ing any one from entering that section of the mine on the day open lamps were allowed to be used. PRISON DOORS OPENED. tien. Wood Order* the Iteleuwc of 41} Fri*oner* in Santa Clara I'rovlnec. Havana, Jan. 4. —Gen. Wood issued an important order yesterday giving freedom to 40 men in the province of Santa Clara. Some of them had been detained without trial and others were suffering excessive punishment. All had been released ten months before by an order issued by Gen. Bates, but they were immediately rearrested by orders from division headquarters, on the ground that a department com mander did not have the power to par don. After looking carefully into the cases, Gen. Wood decided that the judgment of Gen. Bates regarding their release was wise and conse quently an order setting them at lib erty was promulgated. Reports from other departments are daily expected, and it is believed that before the end of the month a large number will be released, especially in the province of Havana. The cases of those who have been held for a long time in detention without trial will be the first to be investigated. A New Itutcb of tieueralx Named. Washington, Jan. 4.—The president yesterday sent tho following nomina tions to the senate: Brig. Hen. J. C. Bates to bo major general of volun teers; Brig. Gen. Lloyd Wheaton, to be major genera) of volunteers by brevet. To be brigadier generals: Col. S. B. M. Voijng, Lieut. Col. Arthur Mac- Arthur, Lieut. Col. William Ludlow. IfJan and Wife Asphyxiated. Austin, l*a., Jan. 4.—Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Southwell were found dead in bed yesterday. Th:s house is heated and lighted by natural gas and it is believed death was*caused by asphys' ation. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY n, 1900 LAWMAKERS' LOTTERY. Kentueky Demoerat* Secure a Major ity of Member* on the < ominl ttee* Wlileli Will Hear Content* tor Slate Olllee*. Frankfort, Ky., Jan. s.—The joint legislative committees which will sit in the contests for governor and lieu tenant governor were yesterday drawn by lot, as provided by law. The democrats were lucky, as the drawing gave them ten out of the 11 members of the committee on the governor's contest and nine out of 11 on the lieu tenant governor's contest. The house members of these two committees were sworn in last night and it is probable that the joint com mittees will organize and begin tak ing evidence to-day. In the drawing over the formation of the legislative contested election committees the results were somewhat more evenly divided. In the case of the two senatorial contests the repub licans got only one member out of nine on each committee, but in the house they got majorities on ten out of the 18 committees which try con tests. The house was occupied until late in the evening with the drawing of the legislative committees and there was nothing noteworthy in the proceed ings until after the governorship committees had been announced and just before the drawing of tho com mittee on lieutenant governor's con test. Representative llaswell, leader of the republican minority, charged Chief Clerk Kd O. Leigh with manipu lating the ballots so as to give the democrats the advantage. Haswell and Representative Berry, represent ing the republicans, stood at the clerk's desk as the names of tho mem bers were placed in the box, and when the last name was placed in it, Haswell walked to his seat and addressed the house, charging that Leigh had, in placing the names in the box, system atically thrown the names of the dem ocrat members on the right side of the box and in like manner had thrown the names of the republicans to the left. Ho said he did not know how it hap pened that the democrats got such a majority on the governor's contest committee, drawn a few minutes be fore, but he did know how the ballots had been putin the box for the draw ing now on, and he asked that tho clerk lie required to at least shake the box thoroughly, soas to mix the names as contemplated by law. Speaker Trimble invited Haswell or any other republican member to shake tho box, but they declined to do this, saying this was the duty of the clerk. Mr. Berry, republican, asked the speaker to allow members to inspect the box in order to verify the charge made by him and llaswell, mention ing the alleged manner in which the names had been placed in the box, but Mr. Cantrill, democrat, said the charges made by Haswell and Berry were serious and that as long as they had waited until the drawing was practically complete, he thought they should be compelled to file them in tho proper way and not make them verbally as they were doing. Speaker Trimble finally ordered the box thor oughly shaken and this was done, with the result that six democrat and two republican names were drawn out. It is unofficially announced that the Franklin county grand jury lias found indictments against John 11. Whallen and Charles Ryan, who. it is alleged, attempted to bribe Senator Harrell in the governorship contest. The indict ments are based on conspiracy and will be similar to those returned against W, G. Hunter, John 11. Wilson, E. T. Franks and others in tho Hunter alleged bribery cases growing out of the Hunter-Blackburn senatorial eon test in 1 s*.»T. The safety deposit box which Harrell designated as holding the money was turned over to the grand jury. It was found to contain four SI,OOO bills and five SIOO bills. The money was sealed up in a plain white envelope without writing. This in part corroborates llarrell's story. ALASKAN TRAGEDIES. Four Men freeze to llealli During a liiizy.artl that Swept Over the Wlitle Pa**. Seattle. Wash., Jan. . r >. —The steamer City of Topeka, from Alaskan ports, brings information of five recent tragic deaths in the north, four of which were due to freezing. The bodies of two men were found frozen on the day tho Topeka sailed. They died on the summit of White I'ass, apparently overcome by a blizzard. In a belt tied around the body of one man was found a check on the Alaska Commer cial Co. for Ss.ooo, dated November 7. The check was issued in favor of R. C. Jennings. His residence was not given. The bodies were discovered by a party of snow shovelers. The men are be lieved to have been returning Klon dikers. Another mail, I). R. Ritchter, of San Francisco, was reported frozen in his cabin near White Pass. William Somerville, a well-known Dawsonite, was picked up by a squad of the northwest mounted police just below White llorse. lie had been frozen during the night. Somerville was superintendent of the British- American corporation's extensive cop per mines back of White Horse Rapids. He left White Horse about December 20. Andrew Andochwitz, a ladorer on the \\ bite Pass and Yukon extension to White Horse, was killed by a stone from a Wast last week. A Sii!!iir lieet I'liint. Chicago, Jan. s.—lt was announced Thursday at Santa I'e railroad head quarters that the American B 'etSug.ir Co. had contracted for the i .ttablisii ment of a suifar beet plant at Koeky ford, Col. The plant will be .iext to the largest in the world, will cost $1,500,000 and will have an annual ca pacity of is,ooo tons of refined sugar, using 10.1,000 tons of beets. Farmers in the valley adjacent to Rocky ford have arrange ! to plant 00,000 acres of beets tile coming season, from which it is expected a prolit of SIJ an acre will be derived. AN EVIDENCE OF PROSPERITY. Hallway Heeelver*hl|>* Were Fewer During INUU than for Many Year* Plat. Chicago, Jan. s.—The Railway Age says: The best evidence that the year 1899 was one of general prosperity is found in the fact that it was a year ali most without any railway bankrupt cies. In only two years since ISS7S have the roads for which receivers were ap pointed been so few—and in only three of those years were the mileage and capital involved so small. Only one road of importance is found in the list, the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf, which defaulted in its obligations be fore it had time to demonstrate its earning capacity, and was placed in the charge of receivers early in the year. Of the nine others in the list two are short logging roads, belonging to pri vate companies, one is an old narrow gauge road that has never been profit able, and is owned by a great railway company which now proposes to straighten out its title by foreclosure, and the others are short local lines, mostly in the experimental stage. The totals, covering all these conditions, represent ten companies, with 1,019 miles of road and a capitalization of a little over §52,000,000. The long, dark era of railway bank ruptcies which culminated in 1893, when 74 companies, with nearly 30,000 miles of lines were handed over to re ceivers, has ended and the new year starts with the railways of the United States, with very few exceptions, in a solvent condition. The record of foreclosure sales also shows a large decrease in number of roads and mileage over immediately preceding years, indicating that the supply of bankrupt companies is being steadily reduced. Nevertheless the foreclosures for the year included 32 roads, with 4,294 miles of line and §207,000,000 of capital, of which $155,- was represented by bonds. While most of these roads are small, there are several very important prop erties in the list, including Central Vermont, Baltimore & Ohio South western, Wisconsin Central, Wheeling »fc Lake Erie, Cleveland, Canton & Southern, Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo and Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West. These seven roads have 3,300 miles of lino and represented an apparent investment of over $220,- 000,000. An appalling proportion of our rail ways have now gone through the cost ly experience of foreclosure sale. For the past 24 years the foreclosure sales have averaged more than 34 a year, the largest number in one year being (55 and the smallest 15. In the last six years 273 roads have been sold, not counting a number of insolvent com panies that have been reorganized without sale. ALL GERMANY IS AROUSED. Second Seizure of a Sliip by ICcil i*li— men Fans the Flame* of Hatred for Itrltoii* to White Heat. Berlin, Jan. s.—The German steamer General lias been detained at Aden and occupied by British troops, with the object of searching her cargo, which is to be discharged. The General is owned by the German East African Line, the owners of the Bundesrath, previously captured by the British cruiser Magicicnne off Delagoa bay. The seizure of the steamer General has considerably aggravated the situa tion here and the indignation against Fngland is intensified. The govern ment is still endeavoring to preserve correct official relations, but England will do well to hasten to make the amende honorable to Germany. Em peror William is thoroughly aroused by tho repeated seizures of vessels, not one of which, lie has been assured, is guilty of carrying contraband. He regards the seizures as high-handed proceedings which England would not have dared to undertake if the German navy was more powerful than it is. He instructed Count Buelow, the foreign secretary, to demand full reparation for the outrages. Significant of the intensity of Ger many's indignation against England in this matter is a declaration pul>- lislied by the German Colonial society, among whose so, ooo members are a number of reigning German princes, which says: "England's recent pro ceedings against German vessels arc an outrage. The small respect which the English people feel for Germany because of her deficiency in naval power has taken such deep root that the commanders of English warships hasten to commit breaches of interna tional rights so long as only Germany is thereby touched. Oti* to Have (>5,0()0 Soldier*. Washington, Jan. s.—With the ar rival at Manila of the transport Grant, whith left San Francisco on the 21st ult. with the Forty-eighth volunteer infantry (colored), Gen. Otis will have command of about 05,000 men. The army now in the Philippines aggre gates 02,500 men, of which 31,000 are regular troops and 31,500 are volun teers. With the arrival of the Grant the entire volunteer strength of 34,00.) men will be in the Philippines. Will Flulil the Drainage Canal. Jefferson City, Mo.. Jan. s.—Attorney General Crow is preparing to institute proceedings in the supreme court of the United States to stop the people of Chicago from alleged polluting of the waters of the Mississippi river by means of the sewage of the Chicago drainage canal. Arguing the Itobert* Ca*e. Washington, Jan. 5. —The Roberts investigating committee yesterday re sumed its session for tho purpose of hearing arguments. Mr. Schroeder, head of the Gentile delegation here to oppose Roberts, opened the argument against Roberts. The afternoon hear ing was enlivened when Senator Raw lins. of Utah, was drawn into a discus sion of polygamy. Mrs. J. Ellen Fos ter addressed the committee iu behalf of the great number of women inter ested iu tho case and who were not represented before the committee. T.-.is concluded the day's proceedings. FRANCIS W. CUSHMAN. " I«wi|inper Correspondents Have Al ready Untied lu Calling lllui Ihu ■lumorlil uf Congress. A new star has appeared In the house. He shone out suddenly and brilliantly the other afternoon in the midst of a dull debate on the currency bilL lie may prove a fixed star of the first magnitude or a comet shooting with brief brilliance athwart the leaden skies of monotonous talk. Who may say? Dropping metaphor, wheth er mixed or straight, it is a fact worthy of other than congressional notice that Francis VV. Cushman, of FRANCIS W. CUSHMAN. (Congressman at Large from the State of Washington.) Washington, made the first hit of the season by a new member. Cushman is only 32 years old, yet he has lived in four states. Born and educated in lowa, he was a cowboy at 16 in Wyo ming, a lawyer 111 Nebraska at 21, re moving to Tacoma, in Washington, at 24. At 31 lie beat James Hamilton Lewis, the democratic shooting star af the last congress, on a gold stand ard platform. Ilence he is a repub lican of purest ray serene. He came to Washington heralded as the Abra ham Lincoln of the Pacific slope. And 'ie looks the part. That is, he looks as Lincoln probably did at Cushman's age. lie is tall, lank and as homely as a rail fence. He is fluent and forci ble of speech and humorous withal. Without this latter quality he would be a dismal failure as a Lincoln re sembler. Isut he has the saving grace of humor. BISHOP HENRY TURNER. DlntlnH'iilnlied Colored Divine Who WUM llefnxed n Ucrtli In A Ueor lil'ia Sileeiilni; Car. Bishop Henry M. Turner, who was refused a berth in a sleeping car on the Georgia Central railroad because of his color, is one of the most famous negroes in the United States. He was born in South Carolina in 1534, av.d from his earliest childhood showed un usual talent. Before he was 11 years old he had, entirely by his own ef forts, learned to read, and at 15 se cured employment in a law office at Abbeville. His emplo3 - ers quickly rec ognized that the young negro had un usual powers of intellect and assisted him in his studies, so that he ac ' (Colored Divine Who Was Refused a Sleep ing Car Berth. quired a good common school educa tion. His memory was so remarkable that in the course of a single evening he could memorize three or four chap ters of the Bible. He was licensed to preach when he was 20 years of age, and soon afterwards studied Latin, Hebrew and Greek, becoming profi cient in all. In 18(12 he became pastor of the largest colored church in Wash ington, 1). C., and in ISG3 was appoint ed chaplain in the army by Presi dent Lincoln, being the first colored man appointed to such a position. In ISSO he was elected bishop of the Methodist, church. Bishop Turner, who had been given the titles of LL. 1). and I). I), by universities of the highest standing, is one of the prin cipal agitators for the return of his race to Africa. lie thinks their pros pects in this country are poor. Where Simp l» Unpopular. In spite of liritish rule, India is vir tually a soapless country. Throughout the villages of Hindustan soap is, in 3eed. regarded as a natural curiosity, and it is rarely if ever kept in stock by the native shopkeeper. In the towns it is now sold to a certain extent, but how small this is may be gathered from the fact that the yearly consumption of soiip in India is about 100.000 hun dredweight; that is to say, every 2,500 persons use on. an average only 112 pounds of soap among thern; or, in other words, considerably less than an ounce is the average consumption of a person. Pretty Ancient Ceremony. One part of the wedding ceremony among the Babylonians was very sig nificant. The priest took a thread from the garment of the bride, and another from the garment of the bridegroom, and tied them into a knot, which he gave to the bride. This is probably th* origin of the modern saying about ty- Ir.g the knot in regard to marriage. 1 NEW DREIBDND. Germany, Russia and Franco May Join Hands. ANTI-BRITISH FEELING. It Grows Steadily in the Kaiser's Dominions. HER ANSWER IS DELAYED. EnKlar.d'ii Itrplf to Germany's lle quf«t lor ICxplajiallon of (lit- Selznro of the Hiindenratli lias Not Beta Given. Berlin, .Jan. o.—The seizure of the Bundesrath remains the dominant topic of the German press. Influential papers strongly hint at the possibility of Germany farming an anti-British coalition with Russia and France. The anti-Jiritisli feeling is clearly growing. A series of anti-British demonstrations in the various cities is being organized by the Pan-Germanic league. A prominent official of the German foreign office, who was interviewed last evening, said England had not yet answered Germany's request for an explanation of the seizure, but that the reply was expected in the course of a few days. The foreign office, ac cording to this official, has not yet con cluded that England is trying to ride rough shod over Germany. The correspondent asked what posi tion Germany takes regarding En gland's right to search German ships on the high seas. The official an swered that nothing could be divulged at this stage of the negotiations, but he pointed out that the Bundesrath was sailing for a Portuguese port. On being asked what Germany would do should it turn out that the Uundes rath was carrying contraband, he con veyed the impression that such a dis covery would seriously damage Ger many's case. The correspondent then asked wheth er Germany had taken steps to be rep resented at Durban during the investi gation of the cargo. To this inquiry an evasive answer was given, but the official implied that Germany would undoubtedly take this course if the British report sheuld be adverse. Referring to the rumor that the Swiss commission had decided to award damages to England in the Delagoa bay arbitration, the foreign office official intimated that such a de cision might not mean that England would secure Delagoa bay, inasmuch as France might advance to Portugal the money to pay the award and thus England might be shut out, with no choice but to accept the situatiou, The Hanover Courier, confirming earlier reports regarding the shipment of arms and ammunition from Ger many, asserts that German rifles have been sent to Transvaal since the out break of the war. It says: "We know from a trustworthy source that 40,000 German rifles of the newest and best construction have arrived at Pretoria in good condition." The Leipsic Neueste Nachrichten asserts that Ilerr Krupp is making steel shells for England at Essen. An other newspaper makes a similar state ment, alleging that 45,000 shrapnel shells are in preparation for lyddite filling. The Berliner Tageblatt has a dis patch from l'apenburg, Honover, the horn-; of Capt. Muhlmann, of the Ger man bark llans Wagner, of Hamburg, which was seized by the British at Delagoa bay on December 31, saying that the bark had powder and dyna mite in her cargo. IVmisy ItujM (', A O. Stock, Philadelphia, Jan. 6.—The Press says:"lt was reported in railroad and financial circles yesterday that the Pennsylvania railroad has completed negotiations for a large block of Chesapeake «V Ohio railroad stock. It was stated further that other railroad companies have also secureiLinte rests in the Chesapeake «fc Ohio. A few weeks ago it was announced that the Pennsylvania had investsd several millions of dollars in the stock of the B. O. and the purchasing of stock of the Chesapeake & Ohio is in line with a plan mapped out by the leading trunk lines to prevent cutting of freight rates." Is a Great SIKCPM. Pittsburg, Jan. 5. —The world's first aluminum telephone system is in oper ation between this city and New Ken sington, a distance of 18 miles, and is so much of a success that it is .-laid the Pennsylvania company, operating lines west of Pittsburg, has ordered a simi lar system to be used in connection with the heavy copper system now in use. Anotlu'r Itoom li: llroom I'ricen. Chicago, Jan. o.—At yesterday's ses sion of the Broom Manufacturers' as sociation of the United States and Canada resolutions were adopted en dorsing the action of the Union Broom Corn Supply Co. in advancing the cost of the raw material. It was decided to advance all grades of brooms '25 cents a dozen. Death of Or, Hammond. Washington, Jan. o.—Dr. William A. Hammond, ex-surgeon genera" of the army, died here last night. l!>r. Ham mond conducted a sanitarium here for some years, lie had a notable and somewhat checkered career. He was on the retired list at the time of his death. Ri'llmik Teller Sentenced. Boston, Jan. 6. —Joel Tyler, late teller of the National bank of Fitch burg, was *rn Friday sentenced in the United States court to serve five years iu Worcester jail for embczzliug the (uuds of the bank. 3
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