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Friday, Apr.i
The lots offered are all correct Spring
styles, right In weight, fabric and color
ings, while the reductions 111 price are
the heaviest we huve ever. made at this
euson of the year.
3d) Pieces,
Assorted, 12 l-2c
These comprise the balance of five
different cloths thut sold nt 25c. The
effects are mostly of the tweed or
Uer.and the colorings are all the lat
est of Spring's favorites.
Sale Price, 12c
taw n
Beige Mixtures, 2Sc
These are strictly wool, full width
and Include anions them the choic
est effects of the Benson.
Plain mixture or figures In Grays,
Browns, Greens. Hluets, etc., and
not a yard worth less than 42c. or
450.
Sale Price, 28c
25 Pieces
Beige Hamiics, 39c
This has been one of our leading
60c. Spring cloths. It is Btrlctly
wool, 44 inches wide, has a lovely
soft finish and Includes all the
Spring shades that are most sought
for.
Sale Price, 39c
Ceverly Suitings, 58c
These are fine 46-lnch Imported
goods that have sold right along for
75c. The shadings are exceptionally
fine and they are a great bargain at
the
Sale Price, 53c
Boude Suitings, 3? l-2c
These sultlnga are strictly all
wool, have light grounds In Spring
Bhades, with darker tufted ef
fects. We are selling them today
at COc. Tomorrow's
Sale Price, 37ltc
Bicycle Suitings. 3? l-2c
Smart, all wool Bicycle Suitings,
36 Inches wide.ln the popular Scotch
Tweed suiting check effects. This
' is a genuine new GOe. cloth.
Sale Price, 3iy3c
S.
'OPENING DAY,
Friday, Apr. 17
GLOBE
WAREHOUSE
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MAJOR ilil'S ARMY
General firosveaor Announces the
Situation I'p to Date.
PREDICTIONS AND KESILTS
List of Delegates Sccured-Indlcatlons
That Estimates Will be Exceeded
When Returns Are All la.
Situation Improving.
Washington, April 1. The following
Is the statement given out by General
ilrosvenor tonight, pursuant to the cus
tom which has prevailed to announce
the proceedings for the MeKlnley cam
paign for the press each Monday.
He said: "Hefore giving you the sit
uation us it stands today. I want to
call your attention to my first bulletin,
which was issued before any delegates
had been elected. At that time 1 pre
dicted thut the vote for MeKlnley on
the first ballot would be as stated be
low. I place now in the first column my
piedictiim at that early date, and in
the second column 1 place the results
In all of the same states In whic h the
lull complement of delegates have been
chosen :
Alabama g
Arkansas ; u
t'allt'iirnia pi
hiorkla s x
Georgia is Hi
Idaho a
Illinois aj
Indiana it 311
Kansas . p; ;u
Kentucky JO Jl
Louisiana , J &
Maryland it)
Mlehigilll iu
Mississippi is is
Missouri
Nebraska ); Hi
New Jersey pi
New Mexico ! r.
North Carolina 14
Nurtli Dakota :t li
Ohio 4ii -ill
Oklahoma 3 4
OreMon 8 D
South Carolina X 17
South Dakota II S
Tennessee 15
Texas H
1'tah 1
Virginia IS
V ashiiiKton IK
West Virginia 12
Wisconsin 211 24
Wyoming 2
Total tti ay
STATICS HELOW PREDICTION.
It will be seen that Kentucky. New
Mexico und 1'ath have fallen below my
estimate, rive in Kentucky, one in New
Alexi ami one in I tah: while Geor
gia. Indiana. Kansas, Illinois. North
Dakota. Oklahoma, South Carolina
and Wisconsin have all gained. This
comparison of the original estimates,
which aggregate 433, with the actual
results from elections In eighteen
states show very clearly that the esti
mate was too low.
There have been elected In states that
I did not claim In that estimate Min
nesota, IS; New York, 4; and Pennsyl
vania, 2. And It will thus be seen that
If the same ratio of gain Is maintained
to the end of the states forming my
original prediction there will not only
be the 43S! ielecates claimed, but there
will be a clear majority of the conven
tion In those states alone and those In
which we claimed nothing In my ori
ginal esltmate.
Following Is the present condition of
the MeKlnley vote, including as usual
the full vote of Ohio and Indiana:
Alabama , 12
Arkansas IB
Florida 8
Georgia 19
Illinois i 10
Indiana
Ksnsas 20
Kentucky 11
Louisiana 8
.Minnesota 1H
Mississippi Ill
Missouri 14
Oregon : 8
Pennsylvania 2
South Carolina 17
South Dakota 8
Texas 12
Virginia U
Went Virginia 2
Wisconsin 24
I tah 1
North Carolina 2
North Dakota
New Jersey Hi
New Mexico .i.rs 4
New York 4
Ohio 4!
Oklahoma ' 4
Total
TRIBUNE'S ESTIMATE.
The New York Tribune of this morn
ing elves MeKlnley 318 practically un
contested and Instructed votes. In my
report I exclude doubtful votes, and
have failed to claim a number known
to be for MeKlnley. I point to the vin
dication of my original estimate with
some degree of satisfaction, and I state
now that my present estimate of safe
votes for MeKlnley on the first ballot
Is below these actual facts.
The most significant feature of the
last week s oloctlnnn in the great num
ber of second choice instructions for
MeKlnley. In this category may be
classed New Hampshire, Kentucky,
Pennsylvania and New York, and it Is
safe to say that there are now of well
defined second choice delegates thor
oughly committed to MeKlnley as such
not less than 125. During the remaind
er ut April there will be elections In
Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia, Penn
sylvania, Indian Territory, Alabama,
Georgia, Illinois, Vermont and Arizona.
In all S4 votes. Out of this number it
Is a very low and conservative esti
mate to claim for MeKlnley 50 dele
gates. Then will follow in the month
of May conventions in the following
states: California, Indiana, Michigan,
Nevada, West Vlrglula, Montana, Mis
souri, Delaware, Colorado, Washington, -Idaho,
Wyoming and North Carolina
with 152 delegates elected. It will be
seen that the MeKlnley situation has
not only constantly improved, but Is
rapidly approaching a triumphant t on
elusion." MR. KELP'S BULLETIN.
The Man From Molno Allow His Friends
to Furnish a Fow Figures,
Washington, April 19. The weekly
bulletin furnished by Representative J.
Frank Aldiich, of Illinois, giving the
results of the Republican presidential
canvass from the standpoint of a friend
of Mr. Reed, Issued tonight is as fol
lows: The developments of the past week
In the Republican presidential contest
have resulted In no material change
in the relative standing of the leading
candidates, notwithstanding the pre
diction made by General Orosvenor
seven days ago that "during the com
ing week McKlnley's strength will grow
rapidly by the conventions In Ken
tucky, Nebraska and New Jersey."
Of the twenty votes confidently
counted upon by him In Kentucky,
Governor Bradley has captured six
teen, and the failure to Instruct for
MeKlnley the fourteen delegates elect
ed from New Jersey 'wail a great dis
appointment. My last statement gave
to Mr. Reed 111, delegates to Mr. Mc
Klnley's 189, and to all other candi
date! 166, and 48 doubtful. In that
table I credited Mr. Reed with two un
instructed delegates, which upon later
Information, I deem it fair to- place In
the doubtful column. With this single
exception my figures of last week can
not be seriously disputed.
The figures herewith presented have
been carefully compiled from reports
received from day to day and verified
by replies received from telegrams sent
to various states yesterday. 1 have
placed sixteen additional delegates In
the doubtful column, twelve of which
are from New Jersey. Of the 4 dele
gates elected to date, MeKlnley has Just
about 3'Vi per cent. If he continues at
this rate to the end he will have 325
votes out of a total of 918 when the
convention assembles, exactly the num
ber that the friends of Mr. Reed and
the other candidates have conceded to
him from the active commencement of
the campaign.
1 reserve the right to change this
estimate for Tennessee upon further
information from that state.
The table by states follows:
State. Reed. MeKlnley.
Alabama ,' :t
Arkansas
hicirida.
ieurgia
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Massachusetts ....
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
New Hampshire ,
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina ...
yarth Dukata
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania ....
ithutle Island
ii
12
12
hi
8
I
111
14
14
.14
8
8
Sbuth Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas 20
Virginia -
Wisconsin
Oklahoma 6
District of Columbia... 1
8
8
3
4
24
Totals 128 214
All other candidates, l'.'S: doubtful, M;
total, "Jul.
SPAIN'S HOPELESS CAISE.
Kn In Stares Her People In tho Face If
War (iocs On-Had Better Abandon
Cuba is the Prevailing Sentiment at
Home.
Ilavuna, April 19. A great sensation
has been produced here by a letter
from Madrid, written by Senor Goros
tegui, a deputy in the Cortes, a promi
nent man In Spanish politics, and some
years ago governor of the provinces
of Havana and Matanzns. Senor Go
roztegul writes to one of his friends,
who is a high olliciul in the Spanish ad
ministration here:
"Cuba will surely be ruined by the
war, but what the Spaniards must know
in Havana is that Spain will come also,
and very soon, to helpless bankruptcy.
The 1511.000 men sent to Cuba represent
a standing army of S00.0OO, as they had
to be replaced In Spain by the reseryes.
They are all laborers, and the country
Is deprived of their work, and agricul
ture is practically abandoned. Their
families are now supported by the mu
nicipalities in Spain, and the resources
of the municipalities are exhausted.
"We have no credit In foreign coun
tries, and we can only afford with our
own money to pay the expenses of the
war until next August. From August
to December we will support the opera
tions In Cuba by means of paper money.
But after that time, what shall we do?
"Public opinion here is very much
alarmed. Nobody understands how it
is possible that the Insurgents, fighting
against our 150.000 regular troops and
nearly the same number of Spanish
volunteers, can run from one end to
the other of the Island, ston sugar
grinding, and even win In hard fights.
It looks as though even the stones In
the Island are against Spain.
"Our effort In the past year to crush
the revolution has been a failure. We
have no resources to stand against the
Insurgents for two years more. Our
Intelligent political leaders think that
we will be obliged soon to abandon Cuba
nr: we abandoned San Domingo In 1864.
The circumstances are the same.
"Only the merchants of Barcelona,
who would be deprived by this step of
the Cuban markets In which they have
enjoyed such a great monopoly, would
seriously complain of such a step. Kven
other sensible Spaniards would rejoice,
and It would delight the Spanish moth
ers who now weep for their unfortunate
sons who are engaged in Cuba in a
hopeless struggle."
Private copies of this letter have cir
culated largely in Havana, but no news
paper dures to publish It, nor even to
consult the press censor about the mat
ter. It Is said that General Weyler
has called to his palace the official
who received the letter from Senor
Goroztegul and accused him of lack of
patriotlmn In circulating such a docu
ment. ON THE ISLAND.
Havana. April 19. Nothing Is known
here to the movements of Gomez and
Maceo, the rebel "leaders! Aji official
report has been issued of an engage
ment of the troops with Mirabel's com
mand at Guanabo, province of Havana,
and the killing of ten of the Insur
gents. Another report gives the details
of a fight with the rebels command by
Laeret and Collazo on the Jesus Maria
estate near .lovellanos. province ot
Matanzus. The rebel loss was three
killed and a number wounded. The
Spaniards, according to the reports,
sustained no losses in either engage
ment. Aside from the above fights,
war news Is scarce, and the official
reports are insignificant.
It is said that Jose Maceo, with a
strong force, is near La Salud, province
of 'Havana and that Mayla Rodriguez,
'rum CamugJiey, has entered the pro
luce of Matanzus.
MORE PRISONERS SHOT.
The Work of Slaughter Behind Prison
Walls Is Continued.
Cincinnati, April 19. A special de
spatch dated Havanu, April 18, and
published here today, says: Ten men
were shot at Morro Castle on last Sat
urday morning, and tills morning ten
more shots rang out on the early morn
ing air. Of all that occurs behind those
walls the greatest part must be a mat
ter ot conjecture. Only a few Span
lards know and they do not tell. It is
said thut a subterranean passage leads
under the waters of the bay from Mor
ro Castle to the strong fortifications
Just across In Havana and this Is made
use of In the disposition of prisoners
All political prisoners, however, who
are accorded triul, and condemned to
die, are publicly executed. These pub
lie executions are made great occa
slons and before sunrise, the bay Is
fairly swarming with little craft, carry
ing visitors to the bloody scene. Wo
men take their children and go and all
otner business is ror the . time sus
pended.
Quay Captures F.rle ,
Erie, Pa., April 19. Complete returns
from Erie county show that the Oimv no.
tlonal delegates are elected by about 1,100
majority, a large party win leave here
Tuesday ror Hanisuurg to boom f. A
Davenport, of Krie, for congressman-at
large.
DR. SAVAGE PROGRESSIVE
He Believes in Bodies in Future
Life.
CLAIMED BY SPIRITUALISTS
Souls of the Departed Occupy Space, Bat
We Cannot See Thcm-Theoi y of
Dr. Collyer'e Assistant He
ardlng Spirit Land.
New York, April 19. A Boston dis
patch to the Sun gives the following
regarding a clergyman who has pecu
liar theories regarding the hereafter:
The Rev. Mlnut J. Savage, who next
fall will begin his services us assistant
to the Rev. Dr. Collyer In New York
city, gave utterance to some remark
ably broad Ideas in his Kaster sermon.
One of these was that souls after death
occupy space as really us do bodies In
the present life. He furthermore said
that he believed the souls of those we
call dead "possess bodies not as real
us these, but unspeakably epre real."
During the period that Mr. Savage
has been pastor at the Church of the
Unity he apparently has exemplified a
statement which- he made during the
past winter. The occasion of the ut
terance referred to was when he
preached the sermon at the Installation
of Mrs. Helen Van Anderson at the
Church of the Higher Life, on St. Bot
olph street. He was speaking of creeds
and what he said was this:
"1 do not promise not to have an ad
ditional clause to my creed tomorrow;
If during the day my knowledge has
been added to, 1 see no reason for not
making use of such knowledge."
Mr. Savage has no more than one
occasion given utterance to Ideas that
have placed him among the leaders of
advanced thinkers and liberal teachers.
Some cf these utterances have been of
such a nature as to cause Spiritualists
to claim him us a believer In their
philosophy, if not an advocate of it.
Mr. Savage will have but about six
mure discourses as the regular pastor
of the Boston church. Whether he
wished to give utterance to his views
on the after life In no uncertain sound
in his Easter sermon, he ot course,
knows best. He did, at all events, ex
press himself In terms that were un
mistakable. The subject was "Helief
in Immortality Since Christ." Begin
ning with the resurrection, he took up
the subsequent periods, touching upon
the Reformation, and so on to the pres
ent period. As a close to his remarks
he expressed himself In these words,
as reprinted from the I'nlty Pulpit:
"I will only outline a few simple
ideas, for which I alone am responsible,
such as appeal to me as being rational
and in accord with all the best science
we know.
"I do not believe that death came
Into the world as the result of any In
vasion of evil from outside. I do not
believe that death Is the result of hu
man sin. I do not believe that it is any
token of God's anger. I do not believe
It Is an afterthought, something that
God did not originally intend. I be
lieve ratber that it is a part of the di
vine, the universal order, that It Is as
natural as being born, and that it is as
much an Indication of the love of God
as Is being born.
"Death Is simply a natural phase of
llfe.JTor, though I cannot stop to give
my reasons, I believe there are reasons,
adequate reasons, for believing that
what we call death Is not the end of
Individual existence. I believe we pass
through it and out and tip and on. What
are we? Where do we go? We do not
go- Into any underworld. We do not
ascend Into any heaven Just above the
dome of blue; for we know that this
dome of blue Is only an optical illusion.
It was once believed to be a solid dome
which might be a fitting foundation for
a celestial courr.
"Do we go out as disembodied
thoughts? That I cannot believe. A
disembodied thought Is something to
me utterly Inconceivable.
"I believe that those who have passed
through the experience called death
live in space und occupy space as much
as I do. Are they then material? Yes,
in one sense they are.
"I believe that the souls of those that
we call dead are not unclothed, but, In
the language of which Paul used, are
clothed upon.
'I believe that they possess bodies
not as real as these, but unspeakably
more real, thrilling with an intensity
of life of which at present we are per
haps utterly unable to conceive. Is
there anything unscientific about it?
No. There Is no scientific knowledge
able to discredit a belief like this. It is
perfectly rational.
'We know perfectly well that the
greatest, the mightiest forces of what
we call the material universe are botli
Invisible and Intangible. We know that
It Is the very smallest, tiniest part of
the real world that we can see with our
present eyes. We know that It Is only
the Btnnllput tiniest pnrt nf thn Infinite
vibrations of the universe that produce
In us the sense of hearing. If we had
ears more acute, even Mr. Huxley tells
us, the silence of the opening flowers
in the gurden would seem to us as loud
as a thunderstorm. It is not that there
are m vibrations, only that our ears
are not adapted to take them up.
"So of the vibrations which produce
the sense of sight, there Is an infinity
of them throughout the universe, only
our eyes at present are not adapted to
being affected by them. That Is all
We are too commonly the fools of our
eyes and ears.
"We assume that we can see and hear
and feel everything that really Is; while
every poorest scientific man on earth
will tell you that there may be an Infin
ity of life In every direction witli which
our present senses do not bring us Into
any conscious contract.
"I believe, then, as the result of our
thinking and. our feeling and our lov
ing and our liutlng that what may be
called a psychical body is being built
up in us, organized duy by day. In the
process of death we are released from
this outward shell very much as the
butterfly is released from its chrysalis.
There has been going on through the
whole length of life of the cocoon the
organization of another, and to us in
visible, form within. By and by it
breaks open, and the life comes forth
and enters upon another stage of its
career. It Is transformed, lifted, goes
on to something finer and higher. I
use this only as a crude Illustration.
"I believe something akin to this Is
going on within us, and that death
meant the breaking open of the chrysa
lis und the escaping out into this larger
life, and that we enter on that life
and here is the tremendous moral power
of a belief like this Just the kind of
men and women that we have made
ourselves by our thoughts, our emo
tions, our actions here, only that there.
as here, Is Infinite opportunity through
suffering, if need be, through whatever
experience Is necessary,, for study, for
growiu, iui urn-em ium hi u me uigncst.
Steamship Arrival.
New York, April 19. Arrived: ' La Gas
cogne, from JIavre. Arrived out: La
Rourgoyne, at Havre. Sailed for New
York: I'mbrla, from Queeustowil. Sight
ed I Virginia, from Stettin, etc., for New
York, passed Lewis Island,
THE SEWS THIS MORNING.
Weather Indications Today i
Shower; Cooler Weather.
1 McKlnley's Army of Delegates.
The South African War.
Dr. Savage on Future State.
Forecast of Week in Coneress.
Spain's Financial Outlook.
t The Sporting World.
All Kinds of Industries.
3 (Local! Arson Case Near Its 'End.
Sermon by Hev. K. L. Miller.
Meeting of Prohibitionists.
4 Editorial.
For American Bimetallism.
5 (Loiall-Killed by Ills Friends.
Fuur I.Ives Lost at Kddy Creek Mine.
After Christening His Child He Kills
Himself.
Dangerously Wounded at Johnson's
Patch.
6 (Storv "The Cost of Tils Head."
Fiftieth Anulversary of the Lehigh Val
ley. 7 Suburban News.
Market and Stock Reports.
Injured In a Runaway. ,.t
8 News l'p and Down the Valley.
CONGRESSIONAL F0KCAST.
Peffer's Resolution to Investigate the
llond Purchase Schemes Will Meet
Opposition in the Senate-Business Be.
fore the Uouse.
Washington. April 19. Tomorrow Is
"suspension day" In the house that Is
to say n day on which It Is in order
to take up bills for immediate passage
t'uder suspension of the rules. Thut
inler will be followed byVhe general
pension bill reported on Friday last.
I'y the terms of this bill, discontin
uances or reductions of pensions, ex
cept lor fraud, or error or recovery
from disabilities, are made unlawful.
Chairman Pickler estimates that the
restorations of pensions and additional
expenditure authorized by the bill will
amount to two or three million dollars
a year.
Mr. Cannon wilt afterwards call up
the general deficiency bill. Wednes
day nnl Thursday have been set aside
for a discussion of the bankruptcy bill
upon which a vote is to be taken by the
house on Friday.
In the senate an effort will probably
be made to antagonize Mr. Peffer's
pending bond purchase investigation
resolution, by calling up the Indian
appropriation bill.
V t: nnvnl appropriation bill has been
mndy for discussion for ten days and
Mr. Hale Is very anxious to dispose of
It. Mr. Gorman is credited with an In
tention of attacking the provisions for
four new battleships. He proposes to
reduce this number to two and substi
tute for the battleships stricken out,
small sized gunboats for use in riv
ers and shallow waters.
WAS JOHN EVANS' BODY.
Remains of Man Found at Avnca Identl'
fled by Mrs. Hughes, nf Providence.
The dead and partly decomposed body
found In Independence creek, near
Avoca Friday, proves to be that of
John Evans, whoso mysterious disap
pearance from his boarding house In
Providence In February fcist was writ
ten of In The Tribune at the time.
On Saturday Mrs. James Hughes.
with whom he boarded, accompanied by
Thomas jehu and w. D. Jenkins, went
to Avoca and Identified the remains by
the clothes.
Evans left his home on Feb. 7. after
drawing his pay, with the Intention of
mailing a part of it to his Wife, whom
he left behind him in Wales eight years
ago. iso tidings nave been heard of
him from that time till this and the
manner in which he reached and met
nis Heath in that distant and Isolated
piuce win uouuiiessiy ever remain a
matter of conjecture.
COOL WAVE COMING.
Mercury Will Drop Ten Degrees Before
Night.
Washington, April 19. The weather
bureau furnished a speclnl bulletin to
the press tonight In which It is stated
that the warm wave which has pre
vailed over the regions east of the Mis
sissippi during the past week, has been
broken by a decided fall In temperas-
lure, having fallen from 10 to 30 de
grees In the past twenty-four hours In
western New York, western Pennsyl
vania and in the states north of the
Ohio river. The maximum temperature
In eastern New York and southern
New England are about 10 degrees low
er than yesterday.
T nusually high temperature contin
ues, however, in the southern portion
of the Middle Atlantic- States, which
will be followed on Monday In this sec
tion by about 10 degrees fall In temper
ature,
RESULT OF DUCK SHOOTING.
i
The .Man Who Desired to Assist the Presi
dent Commits Suicide.
Washington. April 19. On Friday
last a man giving his name as Henry
A. Anderson, of Chicago, called ut the
executive mansion and endeavored to
have ail interview with President
Cleveland. Anderson claimed to have
a number of inventions suitable for
hunters' use thut he thought the presi
dent would like to have. His Inven
tions included u patent boat which had
a speed or a hundred miles per hour, a
gun that would kill forty-eight ducks
at one shot, etc.
The ollicers sent Anderson to a po
lice station to await an examination
as to Ids sanity. Today he was found
dead In his cell, having committed sui
cide by hanging himself to the bars of
the grating to his cell.
JOHN KAISKR'S CRIME.
' t
Shoots Ills Wife and Wounds O, fleers
Sent to Arrest Him.
Troy. N. Yi. April 19. George Kaiser,
a German, residing at Sand Lake, who
sepurated from his wife two months
ago, went to her house tills morning
and shot her twice. She cannot live.
After the shooting Kaiser went to the
farm house where he had been living.
A sheriff's posse of several hundred
villagers was organized and arrested
their man after a hot fight, during
which Deputy Sheriff Morton received
a bullet wound in the hand.
Kilted by the Cars.
Sharon, IJu April 19. George tinvls.
ngc'1 1:1 years, was killed by a freight
train a Sharpsvllie this ufleinoon while
trying to rescue a small dog, which was
crossing a bridge. The boy's foot became
fastened between the ties und the train
ran ilown upon him, frightfully mutllat
Ing him.
Ilnrrity Is Solid.
Plttsburit. Pa.. Anrll 19. While the Bntl
Ilarrlty Democrats still claim the Klfth
tlhoint. the returns from Saturday's Dem
ocratic primaries In this Allegheny county
indicates that the Hartity wing carried
everything and will send a solid Harrity
delegation to tne convention.
FROM SOUTH AFRICAN WAR
British Force Encounters a Band of
Natalities.
BILl'WAYO IS IN DANGER
The Chief Peril of the British Lies In
Their Small Kambers-Uordea of
Matabelcs Assembled for
an Attaek.
' Bttluwayo, April 19. A mounted Brit
ish force numbering forty, while recon
noiteiing in the outskirts yesterday,
encountered a large advance party of
Mutabeles whom it immediately en
gaged. Aftvr two hours of severe
fighting the natives were driven back
on the main body with the loss of fifty
killed. The British had only one man
wounded.
Considerable alarm was occasioned
in the evening by the sudden appear
of a number of natives in the vicinity
of town. They avowed friendliness,
but nevertheless were brought Into
town and detained. The anxiety of the
Inhabitants of Uuluwayo Increases
hourly. The relief column from Salis
bury Is now reported within forty
miles of Uuluwayo and advancing
steadily.
Cecil Rhodes, premier of the Cape
Colony, who Intended accompanying
the column. Is still at Salisbury, his
health not having Improved sufllcieut
ly to ermit his leaving tht place.
MATABELES GATHERING.
Cape Town, April 19. No official
statement Is worth considering that
does not admit that Buluwayo Is In
danger. In fact. It may be already In
the hands of the Matabeles, after a ter
rible massacre. The latest advices re
ceived here from that place have great
ly Increased the anxiety for Its safety.
Military men, scouts, Dutchmen, En
glishmen, ,and even government of
ficials here, concua In the statement
thut the governor of Capa Colony, Sir
Hercules Robinson, has not told the
truth If he has notified the home gov
ernment that Buluway Is in no dan
ger. The chief peril of the British at Bulu
wayo lies In their own amall numbers
and the Immensity of the hordes of
Matabeles assembled for the attack.
Large numbers of Matabeles, presumed
to be friendly, have, under one excuse
or another, succeeded In entering the
town, and are believed to have planned
to rise and strike at the British as soon
as the warriors are heard outside the
line of defenses. Most of the Mata
beles got Inside the lines by pretending
to be seeking the protection of the
whites, and are armed. It has been
stated that Buluwayo la held by 1.000
men: this is not correct. The number
of fighting men Is under 900, and of
this number 300 are reported to have
been sent to hold Mangwe Pass.
WHITES LEAVR BULUWAYO.
Other dispatches announce that a
strong force of the remaining: whites
Intended to leave Buluwayo yesterday.
to attack the famous Imbeiu Impl or
regiment, from which the native police,
who have been shown to have started
the rebellion, were recruited. These
warriors have been secretly profiting
for some time by the drill and tactics
of police deserters, and as the latter
took with them their own and all other
arms and ammunition they could lay
hands on. they may prove more than
a match for the small British force.
Th armament of Buluwayo, accord
ing to advices received yesterday, la
five seven-pounders, one twelve and
one-half pounder, three Maxim guns.
one Gardner and one Nordenfelt rapid
fire guns, the two latter having been
sent to the front by the British flag.
ship, 'St. George. There are also sev
eral old field guns of little use, and
about 350 Lee-Metford rifles, besides
the rifles of the scouts, volunteers, etc,
of all makes. There were about LOW,
000 rounds of cartridges In the town. A
supply of rifles and ammunition left
Mafeklng on March 28, under a strong
escort, and ought to reach Buluwayo
soon. The food supply Is slowl;- giving
out, but eighteen wagons loaded with
provisions are reported to have reached
a spot about sixty miles from tsulu
wayo.
HIS NOSE WAS BROKEN.
An All Day Feud Follows a Fight at a Ball
Game.
Green's lane In the Seventh ward was
the scene of lively times all day yes
terday. During the morning a ball
game took place In an adjacent field.
where a fight between two Mullarkey
boys and two Tobin boys resulted In
one of the Toblns getting his nose so
badly smashed from a list blow that It
required all of Dr. Saltry s skill to
make the organ assume anything like
Its natural proportions.
When the news of the affray reached
Green s lane, where the Mullarkevs and
looms reside, the parents of the Tob
Ins were exceeding' wroth, and they
paraded the lane daring anybody that
bore the detestable name of Mullarkey
to tread on the tail of their at or
petticoat, as the case might be,
About 8 o'clock one of the Mullarkey
boys ventured out and started up town
but hud scarcely gotten out of his
house when old man Tobin pounced
upon him. He parried the blows aimed
at hi ni and kept his assailant off until
Patrolman John Saltry, who wa keep
Ing an eye on the lane, arrived and
chased the old fellow into the house,
FELL TWENTY-FIVE FEET.
Fred Peters, of Dunmore. Seriously In
jured on tho West Side.
Fred Peterl, an Italian who resides In
Dunmore, received Injuries yesterday
afternoon thut may prove fatal.
Peterl was visiting relatives who live
In one of the elevated Nealls court ten
ements. He walked out on the ver
alula to get a whlf of fresh ulr and a
view of the city, as It lay bathed In the
golden sunlight that was struggling
through the smoky haze.
He leaned over the- veranda railing
to look into the depths below, lost his
balance and fell. His head came in
contact with a stone retaining wall,
forcing several of the stones from their
bed. Incidentally Peterl suffered con
cussion of the brain. He is at the
Luckawanna hospital
BETWEEN UKAKE AND WHEEL
Peculiar Accident bv Which a Providence
Dot Was Injured.
A very peculiar accident happened to
Frank Bell, the little son of James Hell,
of West Market street, on Saturday
afternoon.
He was riding on a gripers' wagon
and attempting to get off while the
vehicle was In motion, he slipped and
fell, his head striking on the wheel and
becoming wedged between the brake
blork and tire. His scalp was badly
lacerated and besides he sustained sev
eral painful bruises about the body by
reason of the fall.
He was carried to his parents' home,
where a physician examined him and,
found that no very serious Injuries had
resulted. .
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