A RAIN OF IRON
POURED BY LIBERALS
Alban’s Troops Beaten Off by Terrific
Rifle Fire at Perequete,
EASY TARGET FOR THE LIBERALS.
A Number of His Men on the Gunboat Boyaca |
Wounded—Two Schoomers Sent Ahead of |
the Gunboat Go Aground—The Liberals |
Claim That Three Hundred of General |
Alban’s Force Were Captured.
Cable)
Colon, Colombia. (By
H biased In
fav
where
Alban's ex-
versions are current, a
er
sro velive the
garding the
of the Liberals, re
abouts f Gener
pedition,
last. ¢
tic and plausible:
quete, distant
ama, and 10 mile
the crow flies, General
Joyaca, sent
ich ground
FETE
gunboat |
sche YONers,
on
rifle
rrals
terrible fire upon
causing much havoc on
Alban then ordered the
to go to the assistance of the sch
The crew of the Boyaca complied,
the result that many of them .
wounded, and the boats returned to the
Boyaca. When ordered for the
time to go to the assistance
schooners the boats’ crews refu
the ground that it was useless to do so
that that such a step meant sure death to
them. Hence, the Boyaca retu
Panama, taking many wounde
with | Liberals claim tl
(General
Boyaca's boat
with
irned to
her. The
men of General Alban’s force
tured in this way, and tl
strengthen the
RATHBUN IS INDICTED.
Body of Victim of Conspiracy im Charge
tke Coroaer.
Jeffersonvi
special grand jury
the Rathburs
murder
against Newell
him with n
supposed to b : 1arles Good hy
arrived from Littl and was taken
in charge by Coroner Coots
Fath}
a LE
NS
TT:
nunist
adr
ed lauda
ministeri
Gooc
male person
poison to Charles G
istering an at
known $
g an anesthetic
to an un
FOUR BOYS WOUND TEACHER.
They Slip Up Behind Him in School and Stab
Him in the Back
Savannah, Mo
Montgomer;
Cawood,
was
pupils.
ust before the
back
whom
up behind Montgomery
blow with a fe
head. He was then
ged to the floor, ane hree other
wotnas In the neck, one In
shoulder and another in the back.
The boys are all 1 families, and
turned, fou
1s
was
18 over years
i Te
—One the
of good f
have previously borne a good reputation
The
and
boys were brought to Savannah
lodged in jail.
Verdict Under a New Law.
Sioux Falls, S. D., (Special) .—A jury
awarded Mary Garrigan a verdict for
$1,800 damages against Samuel Kenne-
dy, a Dell Rapids saloonkeeper, for sll
ing her husband liquor
mtroduced to show that
came mtoxicated on |
Kennedy, and that he committed
suicide. This the first conviction
Evidence was
Carrigan be
quor
later
is
under the new license law prohibiting
the sale of liquor to inebriates.
Bars Women Lawyers.
Baltimore, Md, (Special). Chief
Justice McSherry decided in the case of
Miss Etta Maddox that a woman could
not take the examination to be admitted
to the bar of Maryland. The Court says
that there is at present no law author-
izing such examination, but that it is |
within the province of the Legislature |
to pass an act authorizing women to be |
admitted to the bar of Maryland.
A Record Breaker.
Tipton, Ind, (§pecial).~A 50,000,000
foot gaz well came in on the Hobbs
Farm, four miles south of this city, The |
flow came in at 4 o'clock, and when the |
tools were thrown out the drillers had |
to run for their lives. The well is equal |
to if not larger than the celebrated Wal- |
lace well, which was discovered near |
Fostoria, O.,, several years ago, and |
: ) sa i
which was at that time said to be the |
bigsest gusher on record.
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS,
Domestic,
A contract has been closed by the Wil-
liam R. Trigg Shipbuilding Company,
of Richmond, Va, with the Standard
Oil Company for the construction of a
tank steamer to carry 1,500,00 gallons
of oil and to cost $439,000.
The U ited States Court to Spring:
field, 11. =fused an injunction restrain
ing the (
ation from assessing the stock of the
traction companies.
Caballos, the insurgent leader in the
Philippines, has 500 fully armed men in
command, and it is reported contem
ce
Bollin, principal
Lexington,
{tO compel vaccination
The grand jury
indicted Newell
fe ssed 1ns
con
murder
urance for
in the first degree
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will spend $25,000,000 next year for roll
ing $10,000,000 for cars
000.000 for locomotives
Fire Commissioner J Scannell,
y York, and Willlam Marks, a
or, were accused of conspiracy
I'he Louisville and Nashville Railroa«
advanced the wages of all
in Louisville 10 per cen
Larken, ag
Boston he
stock
hn J
its
years, died
he effects of
- '
na Po a $
Charies Age
eryita
y one of the furs
Prieta hinee
ills, in
a rail
[enn
Foreign.
hrough the dish
nsactions of a bookkeeper t
Avery loses $8
A
vy was discovered in Jo
hannesburg and a number of suspected
parties arrested
Unite
ool SO.000
States officers at
t there. It 1s said that no im
mediate attack upon Panama is contem-
The government is still build:
sort ay
¥ bog
plated
%
erty i
a for
fect tra
nsit
taxes to the Chinese.
to submi
ministers.
The revolt against the proposal
translate the Gospels into modern Greek
continues in Athens. Marines were
landed to co-operate with the troops in
guarding the palace
Col. Arthur Lynch, who fought as a
colonel in the Boer Army, defeated Hor-
Parliament from Galway, Ireland.
It is reported that Germany and Rus-
sia are preparing a joint circular note
“Floancial
The New York Subtreasury statement
shows that the banks lost $2,882,000 last
week. i
It is said a $2,000,000 car wheel com.
of New Jersey.
One report has it that the rise in Jer-
sev Central is due to a supplementary
offer by Reading interests for outstand-
ing stock of the company.
Lee, Higginson & Co., of Boston, were
awarded the $1.000000 Boston & Maine
Railroad 314 per cent. twenty-year
bonds at Sio20a.
FOR REPRESSION
OF ANARCHISTS
United States Soliciter General Richards
Tells How to Do It,
Unnecessary, Says Mr. Richards, to Amend
the Constitution to Obtain the Power to
Suppress Anarchism Congress Can Intrust
to the President the Power to Exclude
Alien Anarchists,
Pa.
or General of
$1
notable
{ Special Ee
4
id Mr, ]
1 oath
office
States’
tha
0
and
\ -
the Con
This
defend
States.’
take
executed.’
1n0sed
he d
withot
dd In exe
reason
safe
ev
uting that office. And for this
of the nation she
pro
5 i
power wuld
and
1
ywihere
alurand and
AAWaAYS anda
ATTEMPT TO BURN STEAMER?
Match Heads and Camncam Crackers Fousd
in Her Cargo
Fla.
W. CT. UL APPROPRIATIONS.
Over $14,000 is Set Aside for Work of the
Organization
for
speaking
Island,
scientific
soldiers
anti-narcotics, $200;
on, purity, $200;
medication, $350; fran-
total appropriations for the
®
$250;
non-aleohe
chise, $i;
Captain Jumped Overboard.
Mobile, Ala., (Special. )—The British
in charge of Mate Poe, arrived here and
reports that on November 18, the cap-
tain, named Morris, killed the vessel's
steward. The body was buried at
sea. The captain kept in his cabin, pac-
When informed that
Sand Island light was sighted Novem-
picked up a sea lead, jumped overboard
and was drowned.
Big Fire at Murfreesboro.
Murfreesboro, Tenn, (Special) —
Fire started in the warehouse of J. L.
Rather & Co. here and soon spread until
the entire Depot Hill district was in
flames. About $80,000 worth of property
is in ashes.
Immense Baok Swindle.
Liverpool, (By Cable ~~Announcement
was made here that the Bank of Liver-
pool had been victimized by a trusted
bookkeper for a large sum. What the
losses amount to is not yet exactly
known, but an official statement issued
by the bank says that through the dis-
honesty and betting transactions of a
bookkeeper the institution may lose
£170000 (shout J8se000). The bank's
shares fell £1 (about $5) on the Stock ex-
change. The defaulter has not yet been
arrested,
TREACHERY CHECKED IN LUZON
American Negroes Sald to Have United With
Filipinos to Attack Maulau.
Manila, (By Cable.)—It has been
officially reported to Gen. Chaffee,
that the insurgent leader Caballos has
of
mand in Laguna province, Luzon.
American negroes,
tured carrying papers dated
by Caballos
The prisoner admits that
1000 men him and
attacking Mauban
The
Caballos has
with
gunboats along
$20,000 in
altro
ptured
1
i
i
mg an act to compel everyone to be vi
cinated,
MILLIONS FOR ROLLING STOCK.
the Peanpsylvania Said to
Be Unprecedented.
{ Soecis
“3
be made by
vania Railroad Company
1 } il agg:
{to
FAMILY A BURGLAR GANG
Well Thought of in Church and Social
Circles Lived by Thieving.
HORRIBLE coUGH CURE
New (ginea Massacr: Those
They Blame.
Natives of
Bought by the B. & 0.
Marietta, Ohio,
and
this city and Zanesville, which
{ Special) ~The Ohio
Little Kanawha Railway between
was sup-
posed to have been sold some
Both
were anxious to acquire
its line
The latter wants
timore and Ohio connections with its
own line both at Marietta and Zanes-
ville.
Cost of Czolgosz Trial
Buffalo, N. ¥., (Special). ~The ex-
pense incurred in the trial and convie-
tion of Leon F. Czolgosz, the assassin of
President McKinley, was $1,700.50. Of
this sum $500 was gi the attorneys
who defended him; $1,000 was paid the
alienists who examined him; $144 was
paid the deputies who guarded him; $36
Czolgosz and his guards to Auburn
This bill, it is expected, the State will
pay. El ww —
Plague Havoc in Russia.
Vienna, (By Cable) ~~There has been
an alarming spread of the plague in
South Russia. According to dispatches
from Lemberg hundreds of fatal cases
are reporied mn Moscow, Odessa, Kieff,
Kherson and other towns.
King Edward's Health.
London, (By Cable) Sir Frederick
Treves, surgeon to King Edward, offer-
ing a toast to the King at a banquet at
Aberdeen, said it was pleasant to know
that the fi had never enjoyed such
excellent health as at present,
DEPARTMENT €F |
THE INTERIOR
Secretary Hitchcock Submits His Ane
nual Report,
POLICY TOWARDS THE INDIANS,
Allotment He Dwells Particularly Upon
the Necessity of Reservoirs as a Part of
a National System of
Conservation.
1 Suppo
Dy
therwice
HNCrwise
r ot
issue of ratio
port themsels
SEVEN KILLED IN A WRECK.
Three Passengers and Fourteen Trainmer
£
Badly Hurt
Cal, (Special)
the Santa Fe
of Franconia,
miles east of
n were killed, three pas
1
men injured
the
together
sibound engine is
i mediately after
to death those of the
not been killed
fies of Case and Armi-
the eastbound train, and
waiter of the opposite train,
are missing, and it is believed that they
were cremated in the flames that follow-
ed the collision
ihe ping cars, with one or two
exceptions, suffered slightly, and as a
result the passengers were afforded com-
parative immunity from injury.
tage, firemen of
LY
2DDS AND ENDS OF THE NEWS
The verdict of the cornoner’s jury in
club and society man of Richmond, who
was found horribly beaten in the door
way of a West End residence one night
last week, and who died without re-
gaining comsciousncss, was that Mr,
Scott's injuries were inflicted by a
weapon in the hands of some person un-
known.
Professor Ritchey, of the Yerkes
Observatory, Chicago, has secured pho-
tographs of the new star in the north
ern sky, from which he draws additional
proof of the nebular theory of the crea
tion of the world.
The New York Grand Jury returned
an indictment against Police Captain
Gannon, charging him with neglect of
duty.
GOVErnor van Sant, ot Minnesota, nas
invited governors of other States in the
|
resistance to the consolidation of
Railroads.
of the Knoxville Sentinel to collect 2
fund with which to defray the expense
to which the Admiral was subjected by
the court of inquiry.
A pro-Boer meeting in London was
broken up by Tories, aud Sir Patterson
Nickalls, who sided, was subjected
to a demonstration of disapproval on the
Stock Exchange.
A —————————r
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS,
Plans for Isthmian Canal
Unless the unexpected happens Con-
gress will this winter vote to construct
the Nicaraugua canal at a cost of $189,
000,000,
This is for two
great harbors—one
Brito, at the Pacific end—for a canal of
eight locks, and for an enormous dam
at Conchuda the San Juan river,
mith of the Sag
on
the nu
§
irito has
500.47
cent
Report of Philippines,
liams
11a secretary of
MK
inley Fund Pian.
$
ences between the
he delegatic
Tuesday
i will also try to §
with what they s
{vantages
the
int
each
oy
cers mn Cuba,
Goverpor Taft Convalescing
A cablegram has been received from
acting Governor Wrignt, at Manila, in
which he Taft is
improving, but probably will be inca-
pacitated for four weeks or more. At
the end of that time the physicians
think it will bs advisable for Governor
Taft to seek a change of climate for a
few weeks in which to recuperate.
says that Governor
American Victory In Samar.
Washington, D. C, (Special). -~Rear
Admiral Rodgers has cabled the Navy
Department from Cavite as follows:
“Waller reports that on November 17
able
position at Sojoton, Samar. Three
camps were destroyed, j0 men killed and
40 bamboo guns, rice and stores captur-
ed. He reports no casualties and come
mends Porter and other .”
a}
Gunners Commissioned,
Francis Martin and R. H. Soule, form-
erly gunners in the navy, have been com-
missioned ensigns and are under orders
to report to their ships, These men
were appointed ensi after a severe ex-
amination under the act of Dongress
passed at the last session. They have
the distinction of beins the first men
appointed to the line of the navy since
the War of the Rebellion who hd not
receive a course of instruction at the
Naval Academy. Their status is :
actly the same as that of all other
-