BOERS CAPTURE GENERAL METHUEN Orange River Colony Scene of Big South African Battle, DELAREY LED THE BOER FORCES. The British Were Defeated With Heavy Loss, and Their Guns and Baggage Fell lato the Hands of the Enemy This Is One of the Most Brilliant Strokes on the Part of the Boers Since the Outbreak of the War. London, (By Cable).—The Boers have South Africa, General Lord Methuen, who, until his defeat at Maagersfontein, had been considered greatest military strategists, one of has been der Commander Delarey, one of their star generals. The battle was fought just before day- break March 7, between Winburg and Lichtenburg, Orange River Colony The Boers captured four guns. The British casualties were: Killed—Three officers and 38 men. Wounded—Five officers and 72 men. Missing—One officer and 200 men. Delarey, who has proved himself the most able of all the Boer generals, has within a fortnight gained a second de- cisive victory. His first victory was the capture of Von Donop’s convoy, when the British casualties, in killed, wounded and men made prisoners, totaled 632, and he has now added to his laurels by the capture, for the first time throughout the cam- paign, of a prominent British general, and by inflicting what is generally admitted to be one of the worst reverses the British have suffered throughout the whole war. It is supposed that Lord Methuen was marching with intention to avenge the capture of the Von Donop convoy. The news of the disaster came like a thunderbolt to London. The extra edi- tions of the cvening papers giving an ac- count of the disaster were eagerly bought up, and their readers hurried through the sjreets with anxious faces, and bitter remarks were passed on the subject of the government's declaration that the war in South Africa was over The news came too late to affect busi ness on the Stock Exchange, but exc curb dealings ¢ ly followed th Ing, in : Africans heavily. ited Children Die ia Fire. Matane, Quebec which originated in the kit of of Arthur Bouchs Mrs Bouchard fire was immediately 1 iwchard residence the death children. The a servant, who alarm. Mr. Bo: jumped from an upper window, and was about to be fol- iowed by his wife, but she failed in her attempt, and perished, together with her nine children—six boys and three giris The eldest was a boy of 14 years, and the other children aged as follows: Girl 12 years, four boys aged 10, 9, 8 and » years, two 6 and 4 and years, discove gave an oy or 5 sel _ i » ir a DOYy Fire Caused by Sparks. New York (Special) The coroner's which jury has been the Park February ing that the | 3 first Regiment Armory, . The al stroyed by fire hotel was not safety of guests and there was no standpipe provided investigating Avenue Hotel City y wtel by sparks 2 Pr < 4Fmor was use of the fire departm were no ropes or ent ane fire escape Powder Mill Blown Up. Keokuk, Iowa (Special). ~The E Dupont de & Co's powder plant, five miles west of here, was badly damaged by an explosion. Two men were killed outright, a third will die. and three others are seriously injured The men killed and two of the mjured were working in the building. The un- known man was injured by a falling rock. He was employed about the grounds. The damage amounts to $72 000 The mill in which the explosion occurred was totally demolished Nemours $1.50 an Ounce for Silver. New Haven, i Conn., (Special) dollar and a half at once and tions ask ar i C George Hare Ford to broke into his home and stole a quanti- ty of silver articles valued at $i.300 Many of them are family pieces and much more valuable to the owner than to anyone clse. Among the goods stolen from General Ford were a collection of loving cups, a Russian snuffbox, inlaid with precious stones, and silver spoons that had been in the family since 1740. no ques * ofter made by (yen the thieves who Murder In Richmond. Richmond, Va. Clayton, a well-known contracting paint- er, was murdered here in a manner that thus far baffles the police. He found on the street in a residential tion of the city frightfully beaten, died without having regained conscious- ness. His head was crushed and one of his eyes almost pinched out. Clayton left three grown daughters and two sons. Evidence Against Bulgarians, sec- has been made upon Turkey in connee- tion with Miss Stone's case. It is said the whole trend of evidence so far is strongly against the Bulgarians, and not against the Turks, £30,000 for a Portrait. New York, (Special). ~<A Paris ca- blegram to the New York World says: Charles T. Yerkes, who is promoting rapid transit in London, recently sent to Benjamin Constant, the artist, a check for $30,000, probably the highest price ever paid by anybody for his own por- trait. An original feature of this pay- ment is that the price demanded and Breed fpon was $0000, but Mrs, erkes was so pleased with her hus- band’s likencss that the railway magnate added $10,000, THE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD. Domestic. Judge Jones gave instructions to the grand jury convened in the County Court at Elizabeth City, N. C., which will investigate the charges against Jas. Wilcox, suspected of the murder of Nel- lie Cropsey. If a true bill is found, trial of the case will begin this week. Governor Beckham, of Kentucky, has refused to grant a request to issue a requisition for Lee Turnen, who is in Tennessee. The army transport Warren put back to Honolulu with a disabled propeller. The soldiers on board were taken off, Two men were killed and a third fa- James Webster, a traveling salesman of Rochester, N. Y., who was wanted in that city on the charge of forgery, com mitted suicide in a New York he sumed name. I'he Central Labor Union of Norfolk, Va., adopted resolutions Governor Montague and the civil author ities of Norfolk for having militia sent to the scene of the street car strike. Fhe Virginia Senate reported favora- transportation between the cities of Nor and ad Charles Hudspeth, of Richmond, Va, who was for some time at the head of transatlantic transportation company, 1s missing and 1s believed to have com mitted suicide. ; Christopher Garrison, an employe of the Winchester (Va) City Hall, was sentenced to six months in jail for let ting a female prisoner escape from police headquarters. The burned body of Mrs. James M Howard was found hanging in ihe cel- lar of her hom t ad me, in Barakhamstead, Ct, with no traces of fire around it, and the police are mystified more or less injured by a wreck caused by a broken rail on the Southern Pa cific Railroad near Sanderson, Tex. The coroner's jury in Lowell, Mich decided that Mrs. William Klump died from strychnine mailed in a package labeled headache powder Three men looted the house of aged retired farmer named Saxonburg, Pa., murdered and tortured his wife Gen. Julius S. Estey, Estey Organ Company, di an im Brattleb * (ret miners nent Railr for $75.000,000 vad on i Ohio 0rtgages previo ; operated by the Baltimos Ohio and office of [innipeg, been vices received the Hudson Bay Company Man, declare that evider found of the killinig of Ex; iree and his companions by an Eskimo tribe view of the President the orney General, utive ¢ the Western » at a meeting in Chicago br pooling fhe main Western New Yo Pe ficials voted to agreements fh of Noriolk moved § the be tlad yecause elphia bec srt erect rs #4000 Heres ow ora mw pract government rita hina, the for- agree to the reductions of Tiertsin and the of that city to the I. Yerkes has concluded a deal giving him control of four different underground railways in London The Sultan of Turkey has condemned the Lutfullah and Sabahaddin to perpetual imprisonment at ese Princes Queen Alexandra w the launching of the battleship Queen, and King Eds ficiated at the laying of the k of the first-class battle VII. at Plymouth. METin ney A * $4 s publish reports t spapers 1 Commandant Kritzinger captured by the British, 1 by court-martial and Ig his mitted to banishment for I'he British st Harmonides, which was in coll the steamer Waesland off Holyhead. was towed into Liverpool with a great hole in her bows She brought the passengers of the Waes land, which went down hat who been the Boer had sentenced to been tet trie i death, 1t entence com- ie $ with eamsh isl S100 The French Minister of Finance stated in the Chamber of Deputies, in answer to a query, that all sugar bounties would be In the City Temple, in London, Rev. English rumor, may succeed Pauncefote as British Ambassador at Washington. King Edward laid the foundation for a new royal naval college for cadets at Dartmouth. The White Star liner Celtic. with American tourists on board, arrived at Jaffa, The refusal of the Bankers’ Commis- sion to accept the February installment of the Chinese indemnity owing to the foreign governments being unable to agree to terms concerning its division will, it is feared, render collection of fu- ture installments more difficult. Financial, The New York Subtreasury statement shows that the banks lost $4,338,000 last week. The “Monthly Supplement” in Ant werp shows that the losses in the dia- mond market have been over $1,600,000. W. E. Small & Co., stockbrokers and members of the New York Cotton Ex- change, with aeadguartery in Macon, Ga., have suspended. The Baldwin Locomotive Works’ has received contracts for fifty oil-burning locomotives and coal-burning en- gines from the Atchison Railroad. SECRETARY LONG HAS RESIGNED The Third Change in President Roose- velt's Cabinet. | WILL'AM HENRY MOODY SELECTED. The Change Had Already Been Anticipated —Mr, Moody is a Man of Superior Abil'ty ~He Is a More Forceful Man Tham Is Mr. Long, and Possesses Many of Mr. Long's Best Qualities. Washington, D. C, The third change in the cabinet of President (Special) Roosevelt occurred Monday, when Sec | retary Long submitted his resignation in a graceful letter, it being accepted in one { equally felicitous by the President. The | change was made complete by the selec tion of Representative Willlam Henry | Moody, of the Sixth Congressional dis trict of Massachuse as Mr. Long's successor mn the Navy Department correspondence exchanged is as follow Secretary's Letter. “Navy Department, March 10—~My Dear Will you accept this as my the aryship of the navy, to take effect on the 1st day of May next, or sooner, of course, if you shall at any time so wish? It has been a delightful I leave the official circle of your cabinet, in which my ; ion with you and its members has been so happy, with high appreciation of vour admin istration and with most cordial good for its success and for you per- Very truly vours, “JOHN D President.” President's Reply. “White House, Washington, Mar My Dear Mr. Secretary: [It is regret that I accept your resignation. 1 shall always count it a privilege not only to h served with you during the last six months, but to have served under you at the outset of President McKinley's adm I have seen you in both relations, and it has never been good fortune to be sociated with am { ¢ man Washington, President : resignation of secret )y me ssocCiat wishes LONG 10 wi very sincere ave istration a single 1 intere more 1 in hig devo the pub $ hic har relatio been not friend *M ly deserve attend Sincerely yours, ‘THEODORE the Hon Ie hn of the Navy.” v ROOSEVELT MOTHER'S FATAL MISTAKE A New York Woman Gives Her Young Babe Carbolic Acid { Special) he Henrietta of fatal who gave the child carbolic acid tead of hing medicine the doctor In great agony Elsie Tins, t 16-months-old child of Mrs Tins, died here the mistake of her tA iH as result a SOE prescribed s. Tins is so prostrated with grief he is herself under a doctor's care, she discovered her h doctors worked hours, the effect of be overcome been suffering with an ab of her neck for sician had prescr and an internal were in ex Mrs. T se ihed ins Tragedy in West Virginia, W. Va, miles above Charleston, Crescent, 2% { Special) here on Kanawha River, George Conway William Anderson became involved a quarrel, which terminated in Conway woting Anderson through the right mple, the ball coming out the eve and g his death. Conway escaped and has not yet been apprehended Both men are unmarried and Conway is quite yOUng \ of and in causin use d Anderson Colon, { Special) ~The States squadron, sing the Massa command Higginson, will probably United States United mpri Kearsarge, Indiana, Alab under Rear- Admiral s J ered eTeq ttleship setts and ama tadron and pas miral Higginson Over Hundred Villages Shaken Up ! By Ca The official report of the commit Baku, Russian Transcaucasia, cent earthquake at Shamaka shows that 126 villages, with a total of 9.084 houses, were included in the area of the disturb ance; that 31.406 houses were destroyed ings, 4.163 farm buildings, 11 churches, mosques, 11 factories and schoolhouses were seriously damaged. To Prosecute Railroads. Chicago, (Special). — The United structions from Washington to prose- mission's hearing. Similar action will be taken in other States. Charlottesville's New Building Washington, (Special) ~The Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds authorized a favorable report on a new public building for Charlottes- ville, Va., to cost $100,000. Scouts Discover Boer Magazine. London, (By Cable) —~Lord Kiteh- ener, in a dispatch from Pretoria, re- ports the discovery of a Boer magazine in a cave northeastward of Rietz, Or. ange River Colony, containing 310.000 rounds of rifle ammunition, hundreds of shells and fuses, 200 nds of powder a maxim gun, helios, field telegraphs an quantities of stores. Thirty five Boers have been captured in the same neigh- borhood since March : The magazine was discovered by nadian scouts, commanded by Colonel Ross. | NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS, Vast Area of Arid Lands. The Newlands Irrigation bill was re- ported to the House by Representative Mondell, of Wyoming, for the Irrigation Committee, The report says that the territory af- fected by the bill is nearly one-half the area of the United States and that in the 16 arid land States there are over 535.000,000 acres, or more than one-sixth of the area of the country of public land subject to entry. Of this vast tract only 10,000,000 acres will produce crops with- out irrigation, showing the wide extent of the arid districts. Mr. Mondell points out that with such a vast domain no agency other than the government can deal adec uately with the problem of “irrigation. He also that irrigation long ago passed the ex perimental stage and that its great ad vantages have been established in this | country and abroad. The bill, he says, | Proposes no taxation to carry out the { project, the entire expense being derived from the sale of public lands i the States to be irrigated i ” nn To Bar Federal Officers. McLaurin, of Rave notice of an amendment he will of- fer to the Ship Subsidy bill intended to | prevent the high officials of the United States government from receiving any benefit from the enactment of the pro posed law. The names Senator amendment the requires that I of all members of firms or of mcorporators and stockholders of all corporations, whether owners subsi dized ships or comtractors to build same, shall be made public ceeds 1 Of as follows: No Senator or Representative or Pres ident of the United States or judge of any court of the United States shall be directly contract or indirectly interested in any under this act, or in any cor- poration having a contract under this act, directly or indirectly receive any noney or thing of value or worth er the provisions of this act, or be directly indirectly interested in any corpora- tion or der this or veyed una OF ve 1 3 ” vessel which is a beneficiary un act Transfer of Reins to Cuba Secretary Root has ordered Governor Leonard Wo at Havas this city at carhest cor purpose of conferring with the it and the Secretary of VW io the 111 t wings g tual ot government and the time of the drawal of American troops which wil posed confe are determined after th General Spanish Treaties I'he Spanish treaties mu upon the accession to the throne young Spanish Kmg before y can be ratified, owing to internal political co ditions in Spain and the reluctance the existing government to assume 3 measure of resp ity pending the ex- piration of the regency and the corona tion of the King Th event will May, and, as it cabinet, and stalled new occur some ume In a new one will be in the brief 1s expected that stronger I th the del will treaty negots we Very Dairy Trade Doubled. The census cheese § “ rogucts, « te preliminary report on but er shows the 10900, 1800 : Number of establishments Crease 00 per cent increase 10 per average number. with percentages 9.35% in $36,508. 01%, cent Wage earners, 128635, increase 2 per cent. Total wages, $6.1706700, increase 40 per cent. Miscellaneous expenses, $1. 500.700, increase Bz per cent. Cost materials used, $100.151,208, increase 11 per cent. Value of products, $81131.100 317, increase 100 per cent Roosevelt Will Give Out News. At the last Cabinet meeting President Roosevelt requested the members not talk to newspaper correspondents about matters under at the scmi-weekly meetings It was thought best for the President himself to make public such matters as he deemed proper be given out. Hereafter the President do this Manila Wishes Coolie Labor. 5 Yad O i ! 10 discussion the Senate rom the American Chamber of Manila urging that the immigration of Chinese coolies into the Philippine Islands be permitted under restrictions to be imposed by the Phil ippine Commission Senator Dubois had read to 5 a memorial of Commerce “The Territory of Jefferson.” The House Committee on Territories decided to report the bill giving the In dian Territory a territorial form of gov- ernment to be known as the Territory of Jefferson, with a Legislature similar to the other Territories, a Governor and a delegate in Congress. Important Ruling on Life lasurance. The Commissioner of Internal Reve- nite has decided that the proceeds of a life insurance policy, payable to a party insured, or his legal representative, is a rt of decedent's estate. If, however, beneficiaries named in the policy, and are not subject to legacy tax. President Trp Sous. It is probable that President Roose- velt, Mrs. Roosevelt and members of the Cabinet will leave Washington for the Charleston Exposition on the evening of March 24, arriving in Charleston on the 25th. Capital News in Geaeral The United States Supreme Court de- clared the Hlinois anti-trust law uncon stitutional, because it exempted agricul tural products and live stock from its operation. The Civil-Service Commission exon- erated Postmaster Roberts, of Brooklyn, from charges of wilful violations of the Civil-Service law. The House passed the free rural dee livery service bill after having very much changed its character. The President has signed the Philip- pine Tariff Bill. # STRIKERS REJECT THE AGREENENT Arbitration Verdict in Norfolk Fails to End Trouble. DECLARED IT TO BE ONE-SIDED. In a Clash Between 8 Mob and Four Compan les of Militla Five Seldiers Were Badly In- jured—The Militia Charged the Mob With Fixed Bayonets and a Number of Persons Were Hurt Situatio 1 Reaches Grave Stage. Norfolk, Va. (S5pecial.)—The strike Norfolk, according to con opinion, situation in | servative has reached its | gravest stage | The { lutely refuse to comply with the terms street railway employees abso of settlement set for them by the arbi by which the rail officials have announced their inten- tion to abide The strikers declare that the decision is one-sided, and that agreeing work with non men they would forfeit their arter in the international union. This they positively refuse to do. The com mittee's report sets forth that the bond required by the railway company is jus. tifiable and reasonable and will work no hardship upon the mein. The company asked 138 of its former employees, who are to give the required | bond, and also to retain under like dit of the men brought here to take the strikers’ places The strikers met, and after closed - cing lasting several hours, formally aecided not to go back to work under the conditions prescribed in the decision of the committee. Hugh Gordon Miller and D. J Jr., their counsel, told them that they were bound by their letter to the Chamber of Commerce ac- cepting the a committe to by that decision. The refused accept this advice, withdrew from tration committee way ie ie io 10 remstate con- ions 15 per cent a Sir Coleman, rbitration body's 10 counsel, it id, aad Lanca Williams, of Norfolk I and r, received the resul je meetir at the Monti ster president Com g determin of the WALLER TO BE TRIED? he * A 14! isi 5. . Report says a tree and shot in the ti the arms; the ti ids of the two officers are said to their alleged und, due to uffered in the Islan Ww retary 1 attribu actions to loss of which they of Samar the privatwons i ashin Tt yond ira; station, ion of Ma mines MOODY TO SUCCEED LONG From Office. Ww D. « ashington, { Special.) —Secre one who just returned to his 2 i 2 Bag prob Capitol until he 5 Wil vey » the iy not aga | relinquishes his place to William Henry Moody, Haverhill Mass, who will almost Certainly become Secretary of the Navy about May 1 Secretary Long has long desired to re tire from office, but was unwilling to dec s0 while the Schley case was pending or Was in any way subject to appeal. Now that this matter is settled, he feels tha he can retire to private life Representative Moody, who now serving fourth term in Congress, i regarded as a great worker and a man of excellent executive 1 judicial aul Representative of is his Must Not Drive Out Chinese. Col Orman received the following telegr of State Hay “The Chinese minister me of | reported attempts by the Miners’ Union i at Ouray, Col, to drive the Chinese out of town. The Miners’ Union is alleged {to have declared a boycott against the | Chinese, who are said to be peaceable {residents. If the facts are as under [stood and represented by the Chinese | minister, the department would be | pleased if you would take such measures {as you may find appropriate to prevent | violence, and to assure the Chinese pro- | tection and unrestricted enjoyment of | treaty rights and privileges.” i n— ao Denver, (Special. ) Gover from Secretary John advises Pasic Among Factory Girls New Orleans, La., (Special). A panic occurred among the 500 girls in Horns heim’s tobacco factory, resulting from ar alarm of fire several squares away, A strike occurred some time ago in the fac- tory, and there had been a rumor for some weeks that an attempt might be made to blow up the building. When the cry of fire sounded the girls fran- tically rushed to leave the building, and many were trampled and bruised. “ tha Cantress, 17 years old, is thought to be fatally hurt, Morgan Buys Porcelains. New York, (Special) ~J. P. Morgan has purchased the Garland collection of oriental porcelains, the finest collection in the world, which has been on exhibi- tion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art here for many years. It was announced that a London dealer had purchased the collection from the Garland estate for ET Foy he els r. Morgan a 0 on should nn in America. What he paid is not known, but it is s he gave considerably more than the in avd by The Lm eatin the 8 PREPARING FOR WAR WITH JAPAN Some Startliogy Rumors Through Chisese Sources— Dispute Over Mission Land. London (By Cable).—In a dispatch dated Shanghai the correspondent of the Standard says that Chinese merchants coming from Port Arthur declare they have been ordered to remove their fami lies from Port Arthur, because prepara tions were being made there for a war with Japan officials disturbed over the conditions at Jehol {Chengte), about 100 miles northeast of Pekin, where bandit sol diery have captured a priest An offic the Foreign Office de clares that the Russians have already dis patched 500 troops to Jehol from Manchurian border The » began aims of native Chri and it re m rioting between the Christi the 1 Brigands Pekin (By Cable). —Chinese are greatly 1 ai ol th Lie over the settlement fans, won-Christians i Rus OTIS ne n gn Office 15 a Belgian Was reported from Pekin Chinese ordered the st in order IRN roop: nto the ‘ n gold mine property here wi i 1% } mn pu and America fn COnsy tween the French ths ACTes in Han two a extent he American mi stopped A Let, lisputed #1 man ere MAY BE SYSTEMATIC MURDER Four Bodies Striped of Valuables found io 8 Texas River. the ¢ WOMAN'S HORRIBLE DEATH Her Burned Body Found Cellar. { Spec Hasgiog in = Ww Higgins 5 py 2 insted ons al nsied vonn al ; vest ot Svap 19 vestigating a death which occurred in Barkhams Nei James M. How: enter i185 Pittsburg. i —— a —— A ——— 1.000.000 * tru An Ne other SR.000 000 = 50.000 $1.500.000 plant, £250 000 £1. so0.000 Total, Bishop 3 F. Spalding Dead. Pa, (Special) ments 11s bedside d the jour a severe pneumon a For Thanks of Congress to Schley. Washington, (Special). —Representa.- tive Pearre, of Maryland. introduced a resolution extending the thanks of Con- gress to Admiral W. S. Schley for his service in the battle off Santiago July 3 i808. He presented also a joint resolu- tion of the Maryland General Assembly requesting the Senators and Representa- tives in Congress to use their utmost en- deavors to secure such action. Goverament Exhibit at St. Louls. Washington, (Special). The House Committee on Industrial Arts and Ex- positions authorized Chairman Tawney io recommend to the Appropriation Com- mittee that the Sundry Civil bill con- tain provisions of 0 for the gov- ernment exhibit at the ® . Louis Exposi- tion, $40 000 for an Indian exhibit and $200 000 additiora' for the government building. Loug Wants Mere Room. 4 Washington (Special). ~~ Secretary wong will urge Congress to authorize the construction of a new building for the Navy rtment. the structure it now shares with the State and War De- partments having too small, ——— A MAA OPDS IND ENDS OF THE NEWS. Lx. Frank A. Magowan was arrested in Trenton, N. ] + as a fugitive from justice in Philadeiphia, where he was indicted for securing $14.000 under false pretenses. dd in the The su ® who are enga resurvey of on and Dixon's Line have found many of the old markers and have had some ioteresting experiences. By a gas cxplosion in the Mine, rear M Pa, h a oumber of thew *
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