GOES BACKWARD.
GOll. Buller Again Rotroats Be
yond Tugela River.
Adlfr Two Day*' l tlie l ii^li»li
Commander I'liklk iilh Position
I lltcllable uii<l A halidoll* III*
.Mm fell Tuuard l.ad > »ml 111.
London. Feb. B.—The British col
umns are putting themselves in mo
tion in all parts of the South African
war field. A combined attack upon
the Boers appears to be in progress.
Cen. Buller has gained a footing on
the plateau north of the Tugela after
two days' hard fighting.
On the far western border Lord
Methuen has begun a turning move
ment against the Itoer right, while
Gen. Mac Donald threatens the Boer
flank, thus relieving the pressure on
Lord Methuen's front.
Lord Roberts, who is in the middlu
of the theater of war, has begun the
march on Bloeinfontein.
The Standard has the following
from Spearman's Camp, dated Febru
ary 7:
"The force under Gen. Buller is
again advancing to the relief of Lady
smith, and after two days of severe
fighting it. may fairly be said to have
made a good first step on the road lo
the besieged town.
"The movement was begun at an
early hour on Monday morning by
way of I'otgieters Drift. The Elev
enth brigade, forming a part of the
Fifth division under Gen. Warren,
made a feint attack unon the kopjes
immediately 011 our front.
"The infantry advanced steadily to
ward the Boer entrenched position at
Brakfontein and kept the enemy bus
ily employed. While this diversion
■was being made the remainder of the
infantry told off for the attack, who
had bivouacked Sunday night under
Mount Alice, moved along at the foot
of Swartz's Kop in the direction of
our right.
"A pontoon bridge was thrown
across the Tugela by the engineers
under the fire of the enemy. The first
battalion to move across in the fore
noon was the Durham infantry.
They advanced against Vaal Krantz,
which lies on the most direct road to
Ladysinith, and after two hours'
splendid work they gor within charg
ing distance of the Boers.
"The first of the kopjes was carried
by them at the point of the bayonet
with the utmost gallantry. Almost
simultaneously the First battalion's
rifle brigade cleared the second kopje
and, after moving across the long
ridge, they bivouacked on the spot.
"The feint attack at I'otgieters
Drift having served its purpose in pre
venting' the concentration of the en
emy at the critical point, the Elev
enth brigade fell back to the river.
"In the course of the operation both
the infantry and the artillery were
subjected to a severe shell tire.
"Tuesday at 4 in the afternoon the
enemy, encouraged doubtless by their
success at Spion Kop, endeavored to
recapture the position taken by us at
Vaal Krantz. They were beaten back,
however, with loss."
A special dispatch from Spearman's
Camp, dated February 7, says: "Our
further advance is at the moment pre
vented, as the Boers enfilade us from
their positions on Spion Kop and
Doortn Kloof. Our casualties, al
though estimated at 230, are trifling,
considering the great importance of
the movement just concluded."
London. Feb. 10.—London accepts
as true the Boer statement that (ien.
Buller has failed again. These state
ments were passed by the British cen
sor at Aden and are read in the light
of Mr. Balfour's announcement in the
house of commons that (ien. Buller is
not pressing his advance.
Winston Churchill wires that Vaal
Krantz was impracticable for the guns
■\vhich were needed to support a fur
ther advance. His cablegram leaves
(jen. Buller oil Tuesday night sending
a fresh brigade to relieve the tired
holders of Vaal Krantz.
A special dispatch from Spearman's
Camp, dated Friday noon, says that
owing to the Boer cross lire and the
impossibility of intrenching Vaal
Krantz, Ben. Buller's force withdrew.
iieliograms from Ladysinith, dated
Monday, describe the effect (ien. Bul
ler's cannonade had on the garrison.
Hope ran high that the period of in
activity and tedium was drawing to
close. The crash of guns was almost
continuous for ten hours, and at times
it seemed as if 20 -hells burst in a
minute. The Boers, preparing always
for the possibility of defeat, were
driving herds and sending long wag
on trains towards the Drakensberg
passes. Intense darkness and silence
followed, broken only by frogs croak
ills' and tlie occasional blaze of star
shells, surrounding the town, with a
circle of light to prevent the unob
served approach of Hie enemy. \
series of British mines, laid for the
Boers, exploded accidentally, shaking
arid alarming the city and camp.
(ien. Mac Donald's retirement puz
zles the military commentators. The
theory that finds acceptance is that it
was ordered by Lord Boberts and tint
both (ien. Buller's and Gen. MacDon
ald's'operations were, by the direction
of the commander-in-chief, in order to
occupy the Boers at widely separated
points, so they would be unable to
transfer any portion of their forces to
oppose the projected central advance.
Pretoria. Feb. 10.—Col. Plumer's
force on February 2 attacked the Boer
position near Banionsta and after
heavy fighting, including an endeavor
to take Km* place by storm, the Brit
ish were repulsed. Their loss is un
known. No Boers were injured.
The KIIMII (O Cape Nome,
Washington, Feb. 7.—The Cape
Nome excitement continues unabated,
according to a report to the state de
partment from Ronald Morrison, vice
consul at Dawson City, lie writes
that many people are making prepara
tions to get to Cape .Nome from Skag
"way via Dawson, over the ice, a jour
ney of 2,000 miles. He says if all who
are contemplating it make the trip
this winter there will be one continu
ous line of people from Bennett to Sr.
Michaels. The transportation com
panies have already arranged to han
dle 3,000 passengers.
AT REST IN ARLINGTON.
Itemalii* ol lluj. lieu. Luivlon are
Hurled in this National Cemetery
Near Washington.
Washington, Feb. 10. —Maj. Gen.
Lawton was buried Friday in the na
tional cemetery at Arlington. It was
a nation's tribute to a national hero.
The burial service at Arlington was
preceded by services in the Church of
the Covenant, at which every depart
ment of the government was repre
sented.
Lawton to the great bulk of Ameri
cans had been the incarnation of the
American soldier, lie had made his
mark in the civil war. and in the in
terval of peace it was he who had
beaten at his own game Geronimo, the
greatest master of desert craft and
mountain fighting that the west, had
ever known, and who in the problems
of a tropic war had proved the most
daring of all the generals in the field.
For a day and a night the body of
the soldier lay instate in the Church
of the Covenant. So it lay yesterday
when the doors were opened, troop
ers from his old command with sabres
drawn keeping vigil at the head and
feet. Beneath the lights of the altar
rose a tropical jungle of palms, and
higher than the flag-draped coffin rose
banks of flowers, tributes from every
quarter of the land. At his head
hung the dingy battle flag from San
Mateo, still on its bamboo staff and
supported by one of the men who was
near him wlii'n he fell. From the
ceiling hung the flag of the Eighth
corps, under which he had won per
petual fame in two Island wars.
About him as the pipes of the organ
trembled with the opening anthem,
stood grouped his superiors and his
brother officers.
President Strvker, of Hamilton col
lege. New York, delivered the oration.
11c had been selected bv the secretary
of war. who knew liis fitness for the
task. The choice was amply justified.
Seldom has any ceremony called forth
a tribute more scholarly and eloquent.
A dozen troopers as the doctor clos
ed lifted the flower-laden coffin and
bore it to the door, where .'i,ooo sol
diers, and citizens in greater num
bers, waited to honor the soldier in
his last march to hi.? final resting
place on the Virginia hillside beyond
the Potomac.
Ahead of the carriages was the flag
draped caisson, and behind it was led
the officer's charger in a shroud of
black, with the boots reversed in tin;
stirrups, a picturesque remnant of
superstition in this materialistic day
of machine guns and smokeless powder.
It was a drear wait, on the cold,
wind-swept slopes of Arlington, for
the hundreds who had made the pil
grimage early in the day. But close
on sunset the boom of the Sylph's
guns on the Potomac was answered
by the crash of minute guns from
Fort Myer and then the solemn notes
of the dirge were born down the wind
as the procession moved through the
city of the dead.
The grave was in the open space
just south of the amphitheater, (ien.
Merritt and his mounted staff deploy
ed on the south road while dismount
ed troopers held back the crowd on
every side. Cavalrymen bore the cof
fin to the open grave while the presi
dent and cabinet, with the gray-hair
ed generals stood silent as the chap
lain pronounced the words that con
signed the honored dust to the dust
whence it came.
Then the firing squad wheeled into
line. The volleys of the carbines
scarcely echoed among the trees, but
the wail of the bugle as it sounded
taps, lingered long in the gray of the
winter twilight and echoed faintly
from the distant hills. As it died
away the coffin sank from view.
SHOWS NO DECREASE.
Output of tlie <>rent Iml usi rlew Sur
paMMCH All Previous lleeord*.
New York, Feb. 10.— R. (i. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
The industries are still surpassing ia
actual output the work of any pre
vious year. Tlie.iv new business is not
correspondingly large, nor could such
orders be accepted by most industries
if offered, but enough are coming lo
prevent stoppage of works or much
decline in prices. In woolen goods
new business of remarkable volume
sustains a marked advance in prices,
and in other lines of importance, as in
machinery, orders indicate a surpris
ing foreign demand.
Cotton followed its rise from 8 to
Sy 4 cents last- week by a further rise
to S.sf> cents, with growing belief that
the crop will prove short enough and
the consumption large enough to give
holders their own way.
The weekly output of nig iron Feb
ruary Ist was 298,014 tons, but stocks
unsold rose 20,390 tons in January, in
dicating a consumption slightly small
er than the output when the month
began. The decline of prices for some
weeks in bars, plates and sheets has
been checked. Large orders have been
taken for these and other products.
Failures for the week were 245 In
the I'nited States, against 217 for the
same period last year, and .'S3 in Can
ada, against 35 last year.
Coiiftolidation Story Denied.
New York. Feb. 10. —The ICvening
Post says: The rumors of a joint alli
ance of the National Steel Co., the
American Steel Hoop Co. and the
American Tin Plate Co., which took
shape in the publication of a story to
the effect that the offices of the three
companies were to be brought under
one control with a capital of $141,000,-
000, were denied Friday by a director
of the Tin Plate Co., who said: "There
is not the slightest truth in such a
proposition."
Declared I ncoiistltiitional.
St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 10. —An im
portant decision was rendered Friday
iby Judge Lochren in the case if
Frank A. Dix, as agent of a brand of
baking powder, who had been convict
ed in the municipal court of a viola
tion of the baking powder law of 1*9:).
Lochren decided that the act cotiid
not be regarded .as an inspection
measure, was an unreasonable exercise
of the police power and, if orSer state
legislatures should adopt measures of
a similar kind, it would amount to a
burdensome restriction of commerce
and the law was unconstitutional.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1900
IN A DEADLOCK.
Kentucky's Gubernatorial Dispute
Is Still Unsettled.
(io». Taylor Hcl'iimcm to Nljjii an Ajjee"
mem to step llou II hihl Out Ttvo
III Scxhloii, One
at L,oul»vlllc, tlie Otb« r
at London.
Louisville, K.v., Feb. 6.—A conference
between accredited representatives of
the two state governments was held at
the Gait house last night as a -step to
ward bringing about a peaceful settle
ment of the disturbed political condi
tions now existing.
The agree mint was reached shortly
after midnight. The democrats gain
ed nearly every point they contended
for and the republican renresei fa fives
gave assurances that the agreement
would be accepted by Gov. Taylor to
day. The agreement provides that in
order to leave no question as to the
title of William Goebel and J. C. W.
Beckham to the offices of governor
and lieutenant governor respectively,
the general assembly shall pass a res
olution in joint assembly validating
the acts on that subject since tie leg
islature has been prevented by roops
from holding its regular sessions at
Frankfort. As soon as the legislature
does this Beckham's title to the office
of governor is not to be questioned.
The democrats grant immunity to
Gov. Taylor and his associates from
prosecution for treason, usurpation of
office or contempt of court for what
has been done since the shooting of
Goebel. These matters tire to be held
in abeyance until next Monday.
London, K.v., Feb. 7.—The little two
story brick Laurel county seminary
building, which litis stood upon a knoll
in the outskirts of London for almost
50 years, yesterday added another
page to its history when a brief ses
sion of the Kentucky legislature was
held within its walls.
Frankfort, Ky.. Feb. 9.—Unless some
action regarding the Louisville agree
ment is taken by Gov. Taylor to-dav
or to-morrow, or some word is seat
to them concerning his intentions, the
democrats will proceed upon the hypo
thesis that he does not intend to take
any action and will go ahead with the
organization of their state govern
ment at Louisville. A conference wis
held last evening in the Capital hotel
at which Gov. Beckham. Senator
Blackburn, S. J. Shackelford and John
K. Hendrlck were present. The delay
of Gov. Taylor in declaring himself
regarding the Louisville agreement
was discussed and it was agreed by
till present that the democrats had
waited long enough.
Cincinnati, Feb. 9.—Judge William
11. Taft yesterday gave notice to coun
sel that on next Monday he would
hear arguments on the petition of the
state officers of Kentucky other than
governor and lieutenant governor for
a restraining order against the three
members of the Kentucky state board
of election commissioners and the con
testants for state offices other than
governor and lieutenant governor.
The legislature in Kentucky decides
contests for governor and lieutenant
governor, but the contests for other
state officers come before the state
board of election commissioners sit
ting as a contest board, and which
board has final jurisdiction. This pe
tition for an injunction against the
present state board of election com
missioners and the democratic con
testants for minor state offices is
therefore not one affecting Gov. Tay
lor and Lieut. Gov. Marshall, and will
not conflict with the conferences for
an agreement that "were begun at Lou
isville last Monday and which are still
in progress.
Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 10. —Gov. Tay
lor did not sign the peace
agreement yesterday. He announced
that he had no intention of doing so
for some time and did not know
whether he would sNgn it at all. On
the other hand, the democrats were
confident that he would sign the doc
ument.
Friday was a day; of conferences in
Frankfort. They were full swing
from 10:30 in the morning until 5:30
at and outwardly nothing tangi
ble resulted from them. The situa
tion is to II appearances exactly
where it when the peace agree
ment was it'st submitted to Gov. Tay
lor.
Louisville, Ky., Feb. 10. — The demo
cratic legislature met here Friday,
having present in each house a
quorum of the total membership. Gov.
Beckham announced that he is pre
pared to protect the legislators from
arrest.
These developments mark the first
steps toward carrying out the plans
announced Sunday last by the demo
crats to set up a «»tate government
here that have been taken since those
plans were interrupted by the peace
negotiations.
London, Ky., Feb. 10. —-The follow
ing message from Gov. Taylor was re
ceived Friday by a member: "Have
warrants issued for members of the
house and put ia the hands of ser
geant-at-arms to serve."
The warrants Here made out late
in the day a.nd given to Sergeant-at-
Arms Creil, of the house.
Diamond Kobbern .Make a Haul.
Louisville. Ky., Feb. 10.—Rodgers .?■
Krull, jewelers, were robbed last night
of $3,000 worth of diamonds. Two
men entered the store and while one
engaged Mr. IJodgers in conversation
the other secreted a tray of diamonds.
The robbery was not discovered until
au hour after the men left the store.
Combined With the Trust.
Chicago, Feb. s.—Banana jobbers
from most of the central states have
adopted a constitution for the newly
organized National Banana Jobbers'
association. It was expected that a
strong tight would be made on the
Fruit Dispatch Co., known as the ba
nana trust, which controls the impor
tation of most of the bananas to this
country. All the speeches made were
peaceable, however, and the first
clause of the constitution reads: "It
is-not the intention of this associa
tion to antagonize banana importer*
but to work in harmony with them.''
NAVAL LESSONS OF A WAR.
Ileoultw ol' tlie Santiago and Manila
Fliflitft I pnet Some < berixhed The
orle*.
Now York, Feb. 10.—The Naval An
nual, jtnt issued from the office of the
naval intelligence bureau, is of excep
tional interest. The leading feature
is an article entitled "Recent tenden
cies of foreign naval development and
the effect thereon on the recent war
with Spain," by Lieut. Commander
George 11. Peters. This article pre
sents many of the lessons taught by
the Spanish war and utilized by for
eign nations.
Beginning with the statement that
the most striking feature is the mark
ed effort now being made by the im
portant maritime powers to increase
their naval strength, the article points
out that one result of the Spanish
war was to demonstrate beyond fur
ther argument that battleships consti
tute the real fighting strength of a
navy. Kven in France, which has long
clung to the armored cruiser, armor
ed coast defense vessels have been
practically ignored in new construc
tion.
While the war threiw no new light
on the value of torpedo boats, atten
tion was freshly directed to their vul
nerability and Germany has abandon
ed the building of any more small
boat s.
Another war lesson was that the big
guns on board ship are secondary
hereafter and dependence must be
placed upon a primary battery of rap
id fire guns of modern caliber. Al
ready the German navy has reduced
the caliber of its heaviest guns to 9.45.
Armor must be widely distributed,
and not restricted to the water line
and gun positions. Foreign navies
are securing the best armor, regard
less of cost. There is a universal ef
fort to eliminate wood and combusti
bles from naval vessels. Canvas boats
are to be tested. Water tube boilers
are now beyond discussion for naval
use, and the only question open is
that of type. Torpedo nets have been
abandoned.
Tremendous efforts are making in
foreign navies to improve gun prac
tice, and in Germany the ships goto
sea every day for target practice, even
reserve ships, while the British navy
iias largely increased its allowance of
ammunition for prize firing. Foreign
opinion criticizes American gun point
ers as showing much room for im
provement, based on their perform
ance at Manila and Santiago. Com
mander Peters, however, comments
that never before have fleets been so
utterly destroyed through gun fire.
\ comprehensive idea of the tremen
dous naval programme of the German
empire is afforded by an article con
tributed by Lieut. Kittelle, entitled
"The creation and maintenance of a
German battle fleet." lie gives from
German authorities in great detail all
of the argument which leads to the
government, demand that the navy be
increased over and above the present
building programme by 57 battleships,
15 large cruisers and 30 small cruis
ers, to cost 1,700,000,000 marks. He
quotes German technical papers as
saying that the government has elim
inated the continental powers in cal
culations based on the attitude of for
eign countries toward the German In
crease.
The discussion is said to have nar
rowed down to Gji'eat Britain, Japan
and the United States, and one pap.er
holds that Kngland and the I'nited
States will soon be checked in the in
crease of their navies bv the question
of manning ships and Japan by the
question of money, so that Germany
will be in a position to cope with them
severally or collectively. Lieut. Com
mander William 11. Driggs furnishes
an article on ordnance and armor, in
which lie draws many useful conclu
sions from a comparison of the Span
ish and American ships during the
late war. Contrary to some other
writers, he insists that the Spanish
commanders of the torpedo boat de
stroyers lacked neither dash nor dis
cretion. He holds that the boats fail
ed to do damage owing to their inabil
ity to run through the American gun
fire. Commander Driggs says that a
battleship easily can take care of two
such boats on each beam in clear
weather.
This officer attaches great value to
the automatic pistol wnlcli has been
adopted by Germany and Italy in the
army and navy, and he supplies a full
description of the details of the
weapon, which fires ten bullets by
one depression of the trigger. Tho
rite is said to have given the most
promising' results of all the high ex
plosive alreaih tested.
A PARTIAL CONFESSION.
It l» Hxpeetrd to Lead to the Arrest of
lioebePH Hurderer.
Frankfort, K.v., Feb. 10.—Two men
suspected of complicity in the murder
of Gov. Goebel were arrested here Fri
day. Their names are Silas Jones, of
Whitley county, and Gottsehalk, of
Nelson county. The men are said to
have slept in the executive luilding
for a time.
The authorities expect to obt in im
portant evidence regarding the assas
sin of Gov. Goebel from Silas Jones
Jones has already made a partial con
fession. He declares that he person
ally knows nothing of the crime, but
says that Harlan Whittaker, who was
arrested immediately after the shoot
ing while running from the executive
building, from which the shots were
fired, knows a great deal about the
crime. It is believed that Jones gave
more information than that regard
ing Whittaker and that what he fbld
the police may lead to further arrests
in the neighborhood of Kichmond,
Madison county, Ky. Gottsehalk has
been released.
950,<>(•(> llaniajic to Shipping.
Buffalo, N. Y.. Feb. 10. High water
and floating ice in Buffalo creek yes
terday caused about $50,000 damage
to shipping and docks along the
stream. The whalchack Thomas Wil
son was the first to break from her
moorings and rammed the Iloyt and
No. 123 at the same dock, causing
them Ao break their cables. The Wil
son struck the Cleveland Buffalo
docks, running her stern about ten
feet upon the dock, badly damaging
both. Later the f*tearners Rochester,
3. S. Jewel t. Troy, T.agonda and Curry
were swept from their moorings.
FAVORS ITS PUROHASE.
Naval Board Plratitd with ttoe miller
Coaling; System lor I'm ol (uailDg
Xhlpt la .llld-Ocoan.
The naval 'board which conducted
tho trin 1 of the Miller oooiling' system
has submitted its report to Admiral
Bradford, chief of the equipment bu
reau. The board conducted these ex
periments with the battleship Massa
chusetts and <the government collier
Marcellus, the battleship towing the
collier which supplied the former with
coal In 800-pound bag's by means of
the towing lines, which made an aerial
trolley. The tests were conducted un
der varying conditions of weather, and
iu "the opinion of the board were emi
nently successful. In weather as
heavy as it was practicable to coal
ship under any conditions, the device
transported .about 20 "tons an hour
safely. Altogether the board con
cludes that the apparatus will be of
value during war time, and conse
quently the plant with which the ex
periments have been conducted will be
paid for by the government under the
terms of the contract made last sum
mer.
Rebuke to Hypocrisy.
Sir Algernon West in his "Recollec
tions" records the rebuke given to
the Norwich Bible society by Lord
Orford. The sporting - character of
"that nobleman was well understood
and he himself was disgusted with
the incongTuiousmeis.s of the choice, as
Ihe following extract from his reply
flhows: "I have long - been addicted to
the gaming table. 1 have Lately taken
to the turf. I fear I frequently blas
pheme. But I have never distributed
religious tracts. All this was known
to you and your society, notwith
standing which yrxu think me a tit
person to be your president. God for
give your hypocrisy."—Chicago Times-
Herald.
The echo is always polite enough to re
turn a call.—Chicago Daily News.
The promises of a lover are as unreliable
as those of a politician.—Atchison Globe.
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amount of £412 10s, for which send ma
twenty-five (25) gross of Swanson's "5-
DROPS." Ship same as before in order
that there may be no delay, as this medi
cine will be greatly needed before it reaches
us. The last shipment is almost disposed of,
as the medical department of our army uses
large quantities. This order is entirely foi<
use in the army.
I have been told that our success on the
battlefield is due to a certain extent to the
use of "5-DROPS" Rheumatic Cure, which
has relieved and prevented a great deal of
suffering among our men from Rheumatism,
Neuralgia and other acute pains caused by
exposure. Your "5-DROPS" is as good aa
a Transvaal soldier! In one of the battles,
a small quantity of "5-DKOPS," together
with other medicines, was captured by the
English, which was a great loss to our men.
The Ruinecks won't do it again. I am, re
spectfully yours,
PETER HAAS.
"5-DROPS" is the most powerful specifio
known. Free from opiates and perfectly
harmless. It is a perfect cure for Rheu
matism. Sciatica, Neuralgia, Dyspepsia,
Backache, Asthma, Catarrh, La Gnppe,
Neuralgic Headache, etc. Large sized bot
tles (300 doses), SI.OO, or three (3) bottle®
for $2.50. Sample bottles 25 cents.
SWANSON RHEUMATIC CURE CO..
160 to 164 E. Lake St., Chicago, 111.
A Modest Request.
Ambition is an admirable trait, but it is
not the single qualification for success.
Among highly ambitious youths must bo
numbered a German who for several years
had been apprenticed to a cooper. The
young man felt that constant coopering was
not compatible with his hopes for the future.
Accordingtly, after deliberation, a few
months ago he addressed a letter to the heas
of the great Rothschild banking house at
Frankfort, setting forth at some length his
strong dislike for his trade, and asking to be
accepted as "an apprentice millionaire,"
promising diligence and all application la
learning the business." The young man is
still a cooper.—Youth's Companion.
The goodness of our intentions Tiever ex
cuses the badness of our actions. —Chicago
Daily News.
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