lilt. hLVtrai.
About six thousand men employed In the
(trim I to qunrrbwof New Kngliind tin ve struck
for 3 ixt dsy and an eight-hour day. At
Burr, V(., irhore two tliuuaud tnenae em
ployed, a Oomproml-e has been off. -etc, I.
The biifn of J.'H. Whet sell, near Martin
burg, W. Vs., wns destroyed by an luoen
diary flr. Farming Implo.nout und stock
were uIho lost.
Id IllrlinioiKl William Miller, convicted of
the inurdnr ot Beverly Cur s.hin, was sen
tenced to eighteen years In the pHiiltentl.iry.
llev. F. J. Brooke, of Ktnuiitori, Vii., Iiim
accepted n mil to the Second Presbyteilan
Church of Alexandria.
A passenger train was wrecked nu Plain
ville, Ut. Two tr.iliiuion wiTj killed und
nine passengers injured.
John K. Mnhrer, olio of the pioneers of At
lantic City, died on rallroud truln near
Niagara.
Charles H. I.iiIr, of Chicago, shot his bro
th fr and fain s stcr-iu-liiw while Intox untod.
Another shipyard luny b established la
llii.'hmoud, Vs.
I'nusuiilly heavy und 'deep snow storms
were reported In nil parts of the Wmt. BuH
road truffle was vnry mueh Impeded, t.t.f
oago, HI. Louis and Kansas City suffered.
Miss Km ma Sehrnldlapp died at Kansas
City, Mo., making thn third fatality that ro.
suited from the collision on tlie Missouri l'n.
-Ill (! Ballrond, near Independence, Mo.
Wilbur H. Stewart, proprietor of a paper
at Mullan, Idalio, gave evidence of tbu hor
rors of th "bull-pen" before the House In
vestigating nommittee.
In a row lb it follotvel a Washington's
Birthday celebration ut Pllaros de Tlerra,
Mexico, tbrno Americans und five Mexicans
were killed.
.Seventeen universities have formed an or
ganization whose purpose la to establish a
uniform grado for the decree of l'b. 11.
Frederick Kali lor, n I'hlladelphla book
seller, waarsant to nrleon for one year for
selling copies of laudet's novel, '-Sapho."
John Glean, a farmer, near Bluofleld, W,
Va., killed his daughter and her lover, Al
bert Marsh, and then killed himself.
I. OQ Curry, thn train robber, was killed by
ofllcers at liodeoo, Ho.
Kdward Ooxon and Hnrry Henderson, two
boys from Manchester, Va., who had started
out to be road agent, were caught In n car
at Don Air, near Hlchimmd, and gent to the
Reformatory.
The passengers wero taken off the Allan
Line strainer Cfllifornlnn, which went on the
rocks on the Maine coast. It la thought thu
teamer will be a total loss.
Judge Jenkins, In tho United Htatea Court,
In Milwaukee, appointed a receiver for the
United States Milling Company, other wine
known as the Flour Trust.
Vice Chancellor Pitney, la Jersey City, di
rected the payment of a. thirty-Ave per cent,
dividend to the creditors of the Middlesex
County Bank.
Emmet SauBderg, from N'ansemond county,
Va., drank throe ounces of laudanum at
Newport New, fie may recover.
Frlnea Pouiatowskl, of Han Francisco, Li
reported to nave bought the Ialand of ltosllan,
In the Philippines, for 500,000.
Thn fine residence of Robert Johnson, on
the Hudson, at Mt. Ht. Vincent, was burning
while be slept In an armchair.
Peter Wllbelm, a veteran, died In York,
and, In accordance with but requost, will
have four negroes as pallbearers.
George Wooley Allen, of tho Philadelphia
Evening Telegraph, died at bis home in
Phllauolphla.
Wilson Waknlln, a prominent farmer ol
Brock, Nnb., killed his wife and then coin
inltted siilnide.
T. C. Fell and Lis wife were nearly burned
to death in their homo in Portsmouth, Va.
President IT. M. Comer, of the Central Jtii.il
roud of Georgia, died in Savannah.
Four men were killed by the falling of a:i
elevator in a mine arScrantou, Pa.
II. L. Grubb, a lunatic In Portsmouth ( Va.)
jail, tot fire to his cell.
The firm of Simpson & Co., glover?, ol
Boston, made on assignment.
Iir. Scliurmnn, former head of the Philip
pine Commission, in nn address In Chicago,
ays that tho form of government find con
Htilutlon to be givon thu Filipinos is thosiimc
as that outlined by educated Filipinos.
Cas'ilor Vdentlne, of tho Middlesex
County (N. J.) Bunk, now serving u term,
was drralgued on additional Indictments.
Ho was remanded to await tho expiration ol
his present sentence.
The American Ncyspnpor Publishers' As
soolatlou, tu convention In New York,
adopted resolutions asking Congress to in
quire luto thu unjuslillod increase iu tin1
prlco of paper.
James Bowling, while cutting wood iu the
Mountain View neighborhood, near Fred
ericksburg. Va.. was struck by a falling true,
and died from the injuries received.
L. I). Newell A Sou's llry goods house, at
Frovldono, lt. I., was burned, Aiiumburol
girls narrowly escapud, Loss HOO.O K),
George li. lOvans, stamp clerk nt the New
port News (Va.) Postofllce, was released on
ball on the charge of Intercepting letters.
The Masonic Temple, the Opera House and
other buildings at LondonOnt., were de
stroyed by Ore. Losses uggreguto 200,M 0.
One life was lost, several persons Injured,
and property valued at tS '0,000 was burne.l
in the millinery district of Philadelphia.
Michael Hullivan, Jr., who robbed hlr
aged father In Philadelphia, returned to the
house and committed suicide.
Walter Wood, accused of the murder ol
Jack Oloyou in Newport News, Va.. was ac
quitted on his second trial,
The Metropolitan Hotel, at lilrmingham,
Ala., was burned, together with other pro
erty.
Three persons were Injured by the fall ol
platform at Karl's factory, In Norfolk, Va.
Mrs. F P. ITayes, the wife of JJr. K. 1'.
Hayes, a dentist, formerly of Chicago, but
now wtu , offices at the, Hotel Kndleott, In
New York, was shot and killed In her apart
ments In that hotel by l)r. Frank 1). Con
well, nn assistant of I'r. Hayes. Conwull
then shot and killed himself.
The United Htates transport MuPherson.
with a broken shaft, was towed Into Norfolk
by the fruit steamer Admiral Hampson.
John brashmau tilled Miss Jlessie Millet
In Mobile, Ala., and had a narrow escape
from bulug lynahed.
An orgnul.ntlon was formed of twenty
three unions of the bulldlug-trude employer
tu Philadelphia.
Daniel Audel was arrested In Petersburg
Va., ou the charge of attempting to pass u
bogus check.
Machinists employed by Frs.er A Chal
mers and Crosby A. Co., in Chicago, went
tin a strike.
An liivei.tlKiilion Is being made of tin'
trouble among tho olllcers of thu Lulled
Mlatfs hospital ship Missouri. i
Gabriel lllshop is ou trial lu li ith, N. V,,
OU the charge of having murdered F.verttt
Ausllu with dynamite.
F.lgbt business Arms were burned out In
the destruction by lire of a building ou Jef
ferson street, Chicago.
Ernest Mllller, of Savannah, Us., deserted
by his wife, nud sk-k, tried to commit sui
cide lu l'hlludulphln.
Dr. J. M Hanger, n prominent phys'clau
ot Htuuutou, Va., dropped dead In his stable.
Five persons were seriously Injured lu a
street ear wreck at Atlauta, Utt.
I.ittl Mildred Itonwlck was nearly killed
by rats while lying lu a crib la her home iu
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Edgar Burr Bsrtrnm took three poi
sons on the street la (ireenwlcb, Ct., but her
titn was savvd
XIX MCrjEAiH.
I AKKO W1N1 TltAOICDY IN LOIXJl'.O
IIOIXK UltK.
rWO OTHERS BADLY HURT.
lullillng If ad I3'l Small ltnoms -Ninety
Were Occupied - lllaze DUenvered From
the Ontslde Ilerole HT.irts of Police anil
Firemen to Have Llves-tlouno Little
tHiiiurtj,
New York, (Hpeclal.) Hlx persons were
turned to death and two were Injured iu a
Ire which occurred In a soven-story lodg
inuse at 4 to4H Bowery.
Kkiiphuu Carney, 73 years oh), was burned
ibout tho body, face and hands and removed
0 a hospital, where he dlid. Martin Galln
rber, 63 years old, was burued about the
a-'e and hands and also removed to a hos
ltal. Edward Walker, 47 years old, was
nirned, but iiTter having bis wounds dressed
vmalued nt tho lodging house.
The lire was first discovered shortly nftei
1 o'clock. Hmoke wns pouring from the
vlndows of the llfth floor, nnd the flames
vere making rnpld progress.
Tlie lodging house was cut up Into 132
ooins, and 90 of these small plaues were oc
cupied when tbe Are broke out. Policemen
nt lu nn nlarm and burst Into the plnce to
irouse the inmates. They nolllbsl tlienight
h'rk, who Immediately rang the alarms nil
ver the house.
Tho hallways wero instantly filled with a
rrowd of excited people. The policemen
orced their way to the upper floors In an
ffort to rescue some of tho helpless, or any
vho might bo overcome with smoke. They
rarrled out Thomas Harper, n one-legged
nan, and Kdward Walker, who had been
mi rued and partially overcomo by the smoke,
ttepheu Carney wns found lying on the flooi
li bis room. The flames had already burued
he old man's hands, face nud body, but n
)olIcoman picked him up and carried him
ut of the building.
The firemen succeeded In extinguishing
lie (lames without great loss to the build
ug. After tho fire was out thoy began u
ivarch. Tho bodies of all live of the vlctiuit
rero found on the fifth floor, where tho flr
lid most damage. Buttle was suffocated In
lis bed. John Clark was found on the flooi
t bis room, dead, as was also Edward
Doyle.
Tho colored man was found dead at a win
low and the uuldeutlfled man had been
vereome Just as he was dragging nlmsell
!rom the window to the fire-escape. All the
bodies wero taken to the morgue.
The damage to the building amounted
:o about 2,H0'. The place was conducted
jy Domluluo Mllano, and was a cheap Bow
9ry lodging house,
SHKLUON KDITION IIOOM.
Fondest Mopes of Originators Surpassed -Postmaster
Culls for Help.
Topekn; Kan., CHpecial,) At the close ol
ouslness In the Capitol counting-room Hun
lay night the subscriptions fur the Hheldon
sdltlon, beginning with the Issue of March
13, passed the 100,000 mark, with a bushel
basket full of letters unopened.
An express wagon hauled to the Capitol
.'f)lce a load of letters which will require
the services of a dozen extra clerks to open
:tud put ou the mailing list.
It is thought tho rush has only com
menced. Tuis unique venture, In a business
way, Is surpassing the fondest dreams of the
originators, and to handle It the Capitol
ueeds the facilities of the largest metropoli
tan dull y newspaper iu tho United Htates.
Hubscrlptlous are coining from every civil
l.od quurter ot the globe. The Topeka
Postolllce Is already clogged, and Postmastel
Guthricr has telegraphed to Washington
twl.e for additional help.
tilVKS AWAY till MALAItV.
Congressman Sibley Uivdes It Among Five
Iluspituls In His District.
Franklin, Pu (Hpeclal.) Hhortly aftei
the election of Joseph Hlbley as Cougrets
man from the Twenty-seventh district he
announced that he would divide bis salary
for his two years' term among tho live hos
pitals in his district.
Iu fulfillment of this promise, the ofllclals
ot the projected hospital lu this city have
received u check for 1,000 from Congress
man Sibley, audacheck lorthesame amount
was received by each of tho hospitals lit Ull
City, Warreu, Bradford nud Kane. At the
end of his term euch hospital will have re
ceived fc'-'.OUO.
While Mr. Klblpy represented the Erlo
Cruwford district ho took similar action
with his salary, dividing it among the lubor
organizations ot the district.
TOItfc DOWN TIIK I'l.Ati.
Mayor of Omiilia M as .Surprised to l lad
u Ited ilag lu Its l'luee.
Omithn, Neb., (Hpeclal,) Una of the inci
dents of the healed municipal campaign
Just closed was tho tearing down and de
itroylug of an Aiuerlcnu Ilag and the sub
stituting therefor a red rag ou a flagpole in
Mayor Moore's yard. Ho wns astounded
to see the red cloth tlyiug where, erstwhile,
the Htars uiid Hirlpes Quitted. As the rope
was cut, his Honor had to call on the lire
department to ruu up a ladder and take
down the red cloth. He then ran up a
brand-new American ling to the top of the
mast and says ho does not propose to let any
one pull It dowu. The work Is thought to
have becu done by political opponents.
Secretary Hoot's Cnbau Journey.
Tampa, Fla., (Special.) Secretary of Wai
Boot and his wife and General Ludlow and
party have not yet departed for Cuba. Thoy
loft i'ort Tampa aud went to Egmont Key,
where they expected to meet the transport
Hedgwlck, and proceed to Havana. The
transport fulled to arrive, however, and the
party returned to I'ort Tampa.
To Hunt Down (joebel' Murderer.
Frankfort, Ky., (Hpeclal.) The Uenio
latle Hcniitu passed the bill for the appoint
cnont of a committee to hunt down the per
ion or persons who assassliiated Gov. Goebel
and appropriating f 1011,00(1 to carry on tht
work. The bill has previously passed tht
House, and uow goes to Governor Bccknuir
for approval.
The Uepiiblli.'iiii Senate, sitting in the saint
lua'l, took no part iu the proceedings,
SK NT Til hTATK I'ltlSOV.
Walter r'uniNMurtli, It Is Maid, Hum I'ort)
Wives.
Chicago, i Special.) Waiter L. Faras
worth, I IgamlHt, was sentenced to the pen!
I. mllary by J udge Baker, lli'ls said to bavi
forty wives In various purls of the country
He was Indicted ou four charges and ac
kiioivh dged ho had boon married four timet
without the formality of a divorce from any
ono of the four wives, all of whom are 11 v
mg. Farusworth was known us Bradford
ui.l by ether mimes, ills reul name is said
to bo Urtou. He has relatives In Baltimoru.
where ho once lived.
May Get u Port from Portugal.
London, (By Cable.) The (Standard says
We believe that negotiations for England'
acquisition of it port III Portuguese East
Africa, giving easy access to Ithodeslu, urt
3ii foot and are likely to succuud, lu vlow ol
Ihu turn tho war bits takeu."
A Dangerous Lunatic.
Birmingham, Ala., (Special.) bborlfl
Cooley, of Chilton county, was struck on the
head by a crazy prisoner named Campbell,
In the Clinton Jul!, aud fatully wounded
Campbell killed Dan Jenkins, colored, whe
bad been placed to watch him. Campbell
weaned.
f riUlYl WASHINGTON.
Miss Lllllau Pauncefote, daughter of tho
British ambassador, Was married In Rt.
John's Church to ltofcort Bromley, ot Htoke
Hull, England.
The consideration In the Senate of the
Hawaiian Government bill furnished the oc
casion for an attack by Mr. Tillman on Hon
ator Morgan,
Iepresei.tatlv8 Mudd Is preparing to de
feat the annual attack of the New England
members on tba Naval Academy appropria
tion. Commander Hodges, of the Nero, submit
ted his report upon the survey he made of
the cable route to our Fnclllo possessions.
Tho House committed henrd additional
evldenco In the charges agninst tho military
officials at the Coucr d'Aiene mines.
A number of civilians were appointed to
lieutenancies.
The Navy Department accepted the Wag
ner typewriters.
The defense In the Montana bribery
charges considered Its testimony, nnd At
torney General Nolan, the llrst witness In
rebuttal, was placed on the stand.
Ex-Senator Gorman, It Is reported, will
prepare the Democratic national platform,
Bud may name tho vice presidential candi
date. Vice presidents were elected by the Daugh
ters of the Amerlcnn Itevolutlon. Iu the
afternoon they were received by Mrs. Dewey.
The Commltte on Commerce favorably re
ported a bill for the appointment of a com
mission to visit Asia in the Interest of trade.
The Bopubllcnn conferees of the two
houses ngreeS upon a compromise fluauce
mil, wntca wns presented In the Senate.
Mr. Minefield, of Maine, made the chief
speech In the House, bitterly denouncing the
proposed Puerto Blcnn tariff.
John McNultH, of, Chicago, died suddenly
nt the Hamilton House. Mr. MoNulta was
In the city in connetlon with tho reorlvershlr.
of a national bank, nud at one time was
Identified in u similar capacity for the Whis
key Trust.
(Senntor Clark's son and Bev. Alport B
Martin wero witnesses before the Benats
comililtte Investigating the Montana briber)
charges.
Tho rigid meat Inspection law adopted by
tho German Beichstag Is an obstacle to the
proposed reciprocity law with this oountry.
The Htate Department has decided to dc
mand nn Indemnity for tba killing of the
young American Pears by a sentinel la Hon
duras. Speeches wero made In the House on the
Fuerto Blco Tariff bill by Representatives
McCaull, Uroavouur, Money and others.
Itepresoutntlve Blohardson Introduced a
resolution directed against tba Tin pi ate
Trust.
F1VK OV A FAMILY KII.LKD.
Oevupants of a Carriage Struck by an -press
Near Itochester.
Geneva, N. I., (Special.) Shortly aftei
midnight Saturday night the midnight ex
press on the Lehigh Valley Bullroad struok
a carriage containing seven persons ut Tut
tie's crossing, about twenty-Ova miles east
from Rochester, Instantly killing five of the
occupants, fatally Injuring another, and
badly bruising the other.
The family had spent tho evening nt a
friend's house near Tuttle's crossing and
started home a little before midnight. The
carriage In which they rode was a three
seated affair. Porter Smith nud his son
Gardner occupied the front seat.
Before reaching the crossing, tho carriage
was stopped, and Mr.jmlth listened for the
train, but did not hear It in the howling
gale. The horses bad Just crossed the track
lu safety, when the engine of the expresi
train crashed down upon tbo carriage und
Its occupants. Gardner Smith, who wa
least Injured, crawled to a station near by
and secured assistance.
The bodies of Mrs. Smith nnd her daugh
ter Miranda wero carried for a ratio on the
cowentchor of the euglue. The bodies ol
the littlo girl and her two brothers werr
found near the scene of tho accldeut.
7,000 UIOH SCHOOL UL'H.NKD.
llerryvllle's line Structure Completely
Destroyed.
Berryvllle, Va., (Hpeclal.) The BerryvHle
high school building, with all its contents,
was destroyed by Are. It Is supposed that
the 11 ro originated iu tho bnseiuent, where
the furnace was located. Tho wind was
blowing a hurricauo, aud sparks and burn
lug fragments woru curried to a distance ol
over half a mile over tho town, and the
neighboring buildings wero only saved from
destruction by being couted with u sheet ol
Ice and snow.
The school building was ono of tbu finest
In tho Htate. It wits a large two-story brick
structure, equipped with nil modem lin
provemeUts, and was erected Ave years ngo
at a cost of 7,0J0. Building and couteuta
were Insured for l,60.i.
Just six years ago the school building
standing on the sumo spot was destroyed by
lire, the origin ot which was never known.
There will be no Interruption In the school
session, the several departments having been
located In buildings lu town.
FIELD OF LABOR.
Japau has a labor paper.
Dallas has a labor temple.
Artlflclul cork gains favor.
Connellsvllle bus 20,073 coke ovens.
There ure 30,000 union Iron inolders.
Kansas City is to have a labor temple.
Tokyo, Japan, has many labor unions.
Atlanta Is to have a tl,0U0,003 cotton mill.
Unoki Ham buys 10,000 typewriters a year.
Umaha Is to haw a chambermaids' unlou.
Kansas City has a dance prompters' unlou.
New Orleans has the largest floating dry
dock.
Brooklyn Paperhangers' Union was organ
ized in im.
Cleveland wood-carvers were eonceded the
eight-hour day.
Cincinnati wood-carvers were conceded an
udvance ot 10 per cent,
Clnulnmiti barbers want shavers to puss an
examination as to ability.
The State ot Washington furnished over
500,000 tons of coal to California last year.
A number of uulons lu Georgia have be
gun preparations for the next Labor Day
celebration.
Anderson (Iud.) carpenters have been con
ceded tlie eight-hour day und !)0 cents per
hour.
Work performed by New York cabinet
makers ou Lincoln's Birthday must be paid
for at double rules.
The park laborers ot Brooklyn have been
organized Into a local assembly of the
Knights of Labor.
Fifty-eight per oeut. of tho 7,125 employes
ot the Pullman works Were boru outside of
the United Htates.
Cincinnati Building Trades Council de
clares that one of tho deputies of tho build
ing inspector's office should bo a pruotlcal
plasterer.
Iu China there are no native factories, In
dustries bulug still In the cottage stage, aud
agriculture employes more people thun any
sort of trade,
Sun Franelsoo, Dearer, and Chicago all
have trolley funeral services, ami now Mil
waukee U considering the proposition.
The United Garment Workers of America
have forwarded to Paris, for the social uud
euonomlu section ot the exposition,, two large
V iures Illustrating the ooutrast between a
weatshop and a model clothing faotory lu
.tie Viid -Jwt
UilUNJt UAflUKbl).
LIO.V or MOUTH AKItICA FOHCKD OUT
lOF A HOPKI.liSS POSITION.
HIS GALLANT STRUGGLE.
Assured of a Sale Conduct to Capo Town
and Kind Treatment-All Ills Artillery
Captured -Lnd of the Ten-day Siege on
Moilder Itlver Gen. Hobs" tho Hero of
ths Uour In London and tha Colonies.
General JlgJierts has f orced tho surrender
of Cronje, and he Is a prisoner In the Field
Marshal's hands.
With him were captured his wlfo, personal
itafTand about 4,000 raeu, with all their
srtlllery and armp.
Sate conduct for the captive has been
guaranteed by tho Field Marshal, and they
will bo sent to Cape Town nnd delivered to
the Commnuding General there. Thoy iu
sssured of kind treatment.
There is tinlvnr.iil ..l,.l,.i,... i irnnin.i
.-w.u.ub ... U , ......
nd throughout tho colonies at the news of
ni" cupuuiuuon.
The novt nu.vo ia n r. ........ i A t nn ro
fouteln, but It is expected that ltoberts will
"" miunier army to meet.
General Itullei
Is one of great difficulty.
lu his recent ndvnnce ho met with heavy
losses under thn n ln,,.,i,... n-... ,.i n. n. .......
Both sides wero under a terrific ballot metal,
and an armistice bus boon agreed upon for
lUo burial of tho dead.
Hunnllca Iiuva riianhmi t t..i..un.iiii ... ...
burghurr suout tho Idea of being obliged to
raise tho siege,
Tho gurrlson la the city Is so hemmed tu
that It cun do little to aid the rescuing force.
SlllllKMlFK OF IKONJK.
How the Moo or South Africa Wi Obliged
to Abandon Ills Poult Ion.
London, (By Cablo.) The War Office has
received the following dlsputch from Lord
ltoberts:
"Paardeborg. General Cronje and all of
his force capitulated unconditionally at day
light and la now a prisoner In my camp. The
strength of his force will be communicated
later. I hope that Her Majesty's Govern
ment will consider this event satisfactory,
occurring as it does on the anniversary of
Majuba."
The War Offlce also received the following
additional dispatch from Lord Boberts:
"From Information furnished dully to me
by the Intelligence Department it became
apparent that General Cronje's force was be
coming more depressed and that the discon
tent of the troops and the discord among the
leaders Were rapidly Increasing."
"This .feeling was doubtless accentuated
by the disappointment caused when the
Boer reinforcements, which tried to relieve
General Cronje, were defeated by our troops
on February 113. 1 resolved, therefore, to
bring pressure to bear on tho enemy. Euch
night the trenches wero pushed forward to
ward the enemy's laager so as to gradually
contract h's position, aud at the same tin e
I bombarded It heavily with artillery, which
was materially aided by the arrival ot four
six-Inch howitzers which I had ordered up
from Do Aiir.
"In carrying out these measures a captive
balloon gave great assistance by keeping us
informed of the dispositions and movements
of tbo enemy. At 8 A. M. a most daehiua
ndvauce was Inude by the Canadian Begb
meut and some ouirlneers, supported by the
First Gordon Highlanders und Second
Shropshlres, resulting la our gaining a poiut
some 6 :0 yards nearer the enemy and within
about W0 yards ot his trenches, whero oui
men lntrenahcd thoiuselves and maintained
their positions till morning, n gallant deed
worthy otour colonial comrades, aud which,
I am glad to say, was attetidcd by compara
tively slight loss.
"This apparently clinched matters, for, ut
daylight, a letter signed by General Cronje.
In wbli h he stated that lm surrendered tin
conditionally, was brought to our outposts
uudur a Hug of truce.
"In my reply I tald Geuernl Cronjo ho
must present himself nt my camp, aud that
his forcomust come out of their laagor after
laying down their nrins. By 7 A, M. 1 re
ceived General Cronje nnd dispatched u
telegram to you announcing tho fact. In
the course ol conversation he asked lor kind
troutmeut ut our hands, and nlso asked Dial
his wife, griiudson, private secretary, adju
tant nnd servants might accompany him
wherever he might be sent. I reassured hi in
and told him his request would be complied
with. I Informed him that a general officer
would bo sent with him to Cupo Town, to
Insure his being treated with proper respect
ou route. He will start Immediately uuder
charge of Major-General Pruttyiuaii, who
will blind him over to thegeuerul command
ing at Cape Towu.
"The prisoners, who uurnber about 3,0i,0,
Will be formed Into commaudos uuder our
own olllcers. They will bo railed to Cupo
Town in detachments."
l'OH COM I DLK VTK MONI MKM.
fcoutti Carolina to Kreet a Granite Shaft
at 1'hlckiiiuauga.
Columbia, 8. C, (Hpeclal.) Tho Legisla
ture has made an appropriation of tio 000
tor erectlug a monument ut Chlckamauga.
A haudsomo shaft of South Carolina
graultu will be set up, surmounted with u
bron.o palmetto tree. The commission con
sists of Governor MoSweeuey, Adjutant
General Floyd, General C. I. Walker, Coin
mauder South Carolina Division Uullud Con
federato Veterans.
The monument will be ereotod on Shod
grass Iilll, slid there will be markers for
Kershaw's, G hit's and Muulguult's Brigades,
aud Culpepor's Battery. '
Killed 11 y Explosions.
Marietta, O., (Hpeclal.) Three men wors
klltud In the oil llelds near this city by ex
plosions of nltroglyoeriu. Harvey Benedict
uud Chester Campbell, -of Wllllamstown,
were blown lo atoms while preparing to
shoot n well. A few minutes later, near the
scene of the first accident, a loud of nitro
glycerin exploded annihilating Samuel
Fleming, his team and wagon, aud shaking
tho country for miles around.
F.xpouses of One Commission.
Washington, (Hpeclal.) The secretary of
the Industrial Commission submitted to Cou
gress a report showing the work performed
by tho commission, Its method.!, tto. The
uurnber of wltuosses examined up to Do
comber 81, lH'J'J, was B73 und tbo expenses ol
tho commission to the sumo date SU,77.
Carter's Last Chance Gone.
Washington, (Speclul.)-The United Htutes
Supreme Court denied the applien lon of
t'aptalu Oberliu M. Carter to bring his case
Into that court. There wus no written
opinion. -
TltANsl'Oltl' HANCOCK' DI.AI.
Slie Brought 03 Hollies From the Phil,
ipplue Islands,
Hau Francisco, Cala., (Hpeclal.) The
work of moving the dead front tho trans
port Huuccck commenced Tuesduy. Tho
Hancock brought 503 bodies from tbu Phil
ippines, which, with those thut have been
returned on other transports, makes a total
ot 1,180 bodies received from thu Islands.
Tt e bodies will be iu it nt tho Presidio
whan by a detachment from Buttery O
Third Artillery, which will escort them to
tho buildings, where they will await tho dU
poti&l ot relatives.
LUUli bltUL LNULL).
Entry or British Troops Inta Laitysmlth
The Garrison was Living on Half a
I'niind of Meal Per Man.
London, (By Cable.) Tho War Office hat
received tho following despatch from Own.
Buller:
"Gen. Dundonnld, with thn Nnlnl Carbln
eors and a composite regiment, entered
L'tdysmltli Wednesday night. The country
between me nn 1 Ladysmlth Is reported cleat
of the enemy. I am moving on Nelthorpe."
Subsequently Gen. Buller wired as fullows:
"I have Just returned from Ladysmlth.
Except a small guard north of Hurprlse Hill,
the whole of the enemy lately besieging the
town have retired In hot haste, and to the
south ot thu towu the country Is quite clear
of them, ,
"The garrison wero on half a pound of menl
per man a day, and were supplementing the
meat ration by horses and mules.
"The men will want a Utile nursing before
being fit for the Held."
A FT Lit TIIK NUItUKNDF.lt.
What Was Seen In the Camp-Hours Did
Not Show Drooping Spirits.
London, (By t'ublo.) With such detor
mined enemies, says a special correspondent,
telegraphing from Faurdeberg, under date
of February 27, ono would suppose that the
Boers would have destroyed their guns,
small arms nnd ammunition before sur
rendering. The only thing injured, however,
was a Viokers-Maxlm piece, which had boen
hit by a British shell.
A British officer and nine British soldiers,
who wero prisoners, had been provided with
deep holes by tho Boers and kindly trented.
Tho Boors Inquired anxiously whether
Bloetnfoiitolii wus lu possession of the Brit
ish. When tho order came for tho Boer prison
ers to cross the river to the British enmp they
took all that they conld carry of such thlugs
as pots, pans and blaukets, throwlug their
rifles In two heaps that gradually Increased
to huge proportions. As tho ford had been
swollen by a heavy rain, the Boers took off
their trousers and waded across. Tho sceno
looked like play rather than war. The men
laughed nnd splashed euch other In the wa
ter, but amoug them were some grim faces,
which looked with disfavor upon such
sportlveness.
KENTI CKV S lYll'DDLK.
Court of Appeals Tos'panes Argument
Docket I'ntll the Spring.
Frankfort, Ky., (Spcclal.)-Tho Court of
Appeals entered an order postponing the ar
gument docket till the spring term, which
begins In April. The order of the Chief
Justice does not glvo tho reason for this ac
tion, but merely states thnt tho judges will
hold their consultations, at which cases will
be decided as usual, nud thnt the court will
convene on tho bench whenever the occasion
demands it.
Iu Democrutlo circles It is said this action
was taken on account of stories that the
lives of two ot the Judges had been threat
ened. The agreed case Involving contests
for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor will
be argued at Louisville beforo Judge Fluid
on a demurrer, filed by Bopubllonn Gover
nor Taylor's attorneys to tho petition of
Democratic Goveruor Beckham.
Tho two faatlons of the Htnto government
are proceeding eaoh In full operation, but
with nothing approaching a clash pending
the litigation over the offices. The treasury
of the Democratic faction of the State gov
ernment was replenished by payment Into it
of about $25,000 from officials of Jefferson
county. The Democratic officials think thai
the example set by tho Jefferson county
officers will be followed by Democratic offi
cers in a majority of counties whero they are
In control, nud that In u few days they will
uavo enough money to pay current ex
penses. ItKIIKI.S CAI'Tl UH THAIN.
Escort of Cavalrymen Caught lu nil Am
bush Prisoners ou u Trnnsport.
Manila, (By Cable.) A hundred Insur
gents seven miles from Hau Fernando de la
Union ambushed ten men of the Third Cav
alry who wore escorting a provision train.
The Americans scattered, and while return
ing to camp one man was killed. The in
surgents captured four horses nnd a quantity
ot provisions. A subsequent reconnaissance
of tho locality developed the fact that there
wero entrenchments there and a force of
Filipinos, estimated to number HOJincu. The
Third Cavalry is propuriug to drive the In
surgents out.
The recently-purchased naval transport
A lava, sent to Biigay, In the Gulf of Liber
ate, for Hpunlsh prisoners, has returned hero
bringing 500 persons, Including priests, offi
cers, soldiers and civilians uud ten Ameri
cans. The navy officials being Informed thut the
prisoners wero carelessly guarded, hurried
the Alava to Bngiiy, manned t y twenty blue
jackets. Six officers from the Brooklyn and
llfty murines accompiiulcd thu transport.
IN A LIVING TOHU.
t wo Miners Ilruught Out Dead, One I'utnl
ly Hurt, and One Will Iteeuvur.
Bedding, Cnl., (Special.) All through the
night the resellers worked In two-hour shlfls
to save the eight mu imprisoned by the
cuve-iu at the Iron Mountain mine, so far
only four mon buve been taken out, two
dead. Una has succumbed to his Injuries
nud the fourth will probably live. '
But slight hopes ure holdout for tho safety
of tbo other Imprisoned men, as the air
pump Is broken.
A second cave-In occurred iu the copper
level of the mine, Injurlug four rescuers, but
none very bndly.
Murder Done While Drunk.
Chicago, (Special.) Charles IJ. Lute snot
nud seriously wounded his brother, 1). Luu,
ut the latter's art store, 506 West Mudlson
treot. He then llred two shots at his si t r-lu-law.
killing her instantly. Charles l.ut:
was formerly employed by .Mr. aud Sirs.
Luu us muniiger. He was discharged lust
rail. Ho entered the atora lutoxlcated, and
a quarrel ensued Immediately, which ro
iulted In the shooting. Tho murderer mudo
uo attempt to escape.
Killed by Burglars.
Wheeling, W. Vn., (Hpoclnl.)-Two masked
men burst in tho door of James Horvey's
residence, near Klin Grove, evidently bent
on robbery, llcrvey, who was sixty-live and
supposed lo have money lu the house, grap
pled with them, when a shot was llred, kill
ing Hervey instantly. It passed through his
head. Thure Is no cluo to the murderers
Virginians After New Building.
Washlugtoti, (Special.) -A delegation from
Norfolk mid Portsmouth visited Washington
lu the Interest of a new public building iu
Portsmouth.
Miners and Puinturs Strike.
Wheeling, W. Va., (Special.) Two hiin
dred meu employed by the Pittsburg Blitck
Coal Company mid liosu A Morgan's ml.ues
at Bullalre went on a strike because the
mauugemeut refused to recognize the eight
hour sculo for outside labor. '
U iiou painters lu this city struck for an
advance iu wages from ti.VJ for eight hourf
to t8. An effort will bo mudo by tlie liosao
to 1111 their places. ,
Hank Chartered.
Washlllirton. iHnnelnl Th. f li
cit the Currency bus imitwrlil ihu i'iii-y.Jr,u'
Nntloual Bank of Covington, Va,, to Wglo
ousuiusa wttn a ospltul of 150.00 J.
t-LUnucU lU ucHlrl.
Fonr Men Meet nn Awful Fate In tht
Shaft of the lu lur t eal
Company.
Hertuitoil, Pa., (Special.)-Four men were
killed by being thrown from a descending
carriage In tho Mount' Pieasant shaft of the
Fuller Coal Company, In West Scruuton.
The victims iiroi
Frank Woodward, aged 24 years, of 517
Forest court, drill machine operator! mar
ried. John Began, ngtd 85 years, of 251 Ball
foad avenue, laborer; leaves widow and three
ihlldren.
Thomas Williams, aged 83 years, of 1807
Liifayctto street, laborer; loaves widow nud
.Wo children.
William Gilbert, aged 41) years, of 219
Korth 1'ilmoro avenue, driver) leaves widow
soil six children.
Ten workmen hnd entered tho enrrlnge to
bo lowered luto the different mine workings,
tlx of whom got off nt tho Dunmorn vein.
When the carriage began Its further descent
toward tho foot of the shart It struck one of
tho faus ntthe Chirk vein, which are used to
hold the onrrlngo when cars aro bolug run In
nd out of the opening.
There wns a crash, and the floor of the
:nrrlngo Was separated Trom Its holdings on
one side, throwing the occupants into the
shaft, ull of them fulling headlong to the
bottom.
Began and Gilbert wero instantly killed,
their bodies being horribly mangled.
Williams and Woodward were found, but
died si o-lly afterward. Just what caui-od
the accident is hard to determine,
but tho general supposition of the em
ployes, who are familiar with the workings,
Is that some one who got off the carriage ou
the previous trip had neglected to lock the
fan, and It slipped out of plnco, causing the
collision when tho carriage was' lowered
afterward.
DIED IN THE KI.EVTKIC CIIA1K.
Electrocution of Antonio l'. rrnro in Slug
Slng-lteeeived Five Shocks.
Now York, (Special ) Antonio Ferrnro
was electrocuted nt Sing Hiug Prison foi
tho murder of Luclane Muchio In Brooklyn
on April 4, 1H'J8.
The electric current was turned on at 8.20
A. M., and live shocks wero ndmlnlstered
before the n I tend lug physicians wero satis
fied that he was dead. Uo was pronounced
dead nt 8.2H A. M.
The murder ot Muchio was the result of a
quarrel over a fancied wrong on the part ol
Fcrraro.
A Drop to Death In a Mine.
Hcranton, Pa., (Hpeclal.) Four men were
killed lu the Mount Pleasant mine by the
trenklng of n mine carriage. Their names
are William Gilbert, Thomas Williams, John
Began nnd Frank Woodward. Tho men
were descending on the mine carrlaga to thi
sixth vein. When It reached tbo fifth volu
thn carriage, which was going down at
rapid rate, struck an adjustable shelf whlob
was left projecting, breaking the bottom o'
the carriage and dropping the men to the
pit, seventy-five feet below.
A Lady Fatally Hiirned.
Charleston, W. Va., (Special.) Mrs. Bur
glss, aged 60 years, wlfo of George Burglss
of Blchlancts, Groenbler county, was horri
bly burned by her clothes catching lire. 1'.
appears that she was lying on a rug In frou'
of the tiro In the family room, watting foi
the return ot ono of her sons, the other mem
bers of tho family having retired. Sho foi
asleep, and in u short while tho fntnlly wert
awakeuud by screams, and when they reachet
the room they found her wrapped lu flames
Killed a Young Woman.
Mobile, Ala., (Special.) Bessie Millet
aged eighteen, was shot nnd instnntly klllec
hero by John Drnshmnn. Both wero opera
tives nt a canning factory, Drnshmno
claims tho girl assnu tod his mother, and
ho shot nt her not Intending to Injure hoi
seriously. Throats of lynching were mudo
nud tho rope for tho purpose was on thi
sccuo when Driishmun was rescued.
Hllrial of S3 Demi Soldiers.
Washington. (Special.) The bodies of N
soldiers who died In Culm were burled In thf
Spiuilsh-Americiin section nt Arlington Cem
etery. Tiie burial services of tho Episcopal
and Catholic ehurehns were rend rspflelie
ly by Bev. Dr. B. II. McKIm nud Rev. Fathei
Ueuo Holland, of Georgetown. University
The cavalrymen ut Fort Myer and tho fill
band ot the garrison were present.
Found With Ills Throat Cut.
Parkersburg, W. Vn., (Special.) -Join;
Sandy, a well known citizen of IV.tcbh
county, was found with bis throat cut fron
ear to ear In tho woods near Central Station
The Indications are that Sandy committed
the deed on the railroad track, wandering
off afterward. To uinko sure of accom
plishing bis purpose hn bound tbo blade o
a rasor Into its handle tightly with n cloth
Ho loaves n widow and family In good elr
cumsUiuces.
Accidentally Shot.
Cciitrovllle, Md.. (Rpeelal.) Zell Print, ut
oystcrmuu residing ou tho John Embert farm
In the luwer part ot Qneou Anne's county
near Guy's, accidentally shot himself through
the left arm, tearing the flesh almost entirely
off about thn elbow. He had been oysterlng
and carried bis gnu with him, Ouruturulnu
it heavy breeze struck III in unawares, caus
ing a part of his bout sail lo catch in thnguu,
discharging It, the entire load piifMne.
through bis arm.
:iO,000 I.o.t In Thirty Minutes.
Lynchburg. Va., (Special.) A flro broke
out at 7 o'clock in a large brick building at
Main nnd Sixth streets, and lu less than
thirty minutes the entire structure was in
ruins. The building was occupied by lh
Lynchburg Paper Box Compnuv, tho Provi
dence hat fnctorr. and u furniture factory
Loss, about AUl.OuU
Accident u I be 1.. A V
Floinllton. Ala., (Special.)- A iiorllii'otind
passenger train on tho Louisville a' d Nash
ville Itailroiid struck nu open switch neat
this place. The etililim und baggngo cm
were overturned, but none of the other carl
left the track, l'iiuman Sam Adams, r
negro, wns crushed to death, uud Luglneei
Goings Injured. None of the pu.-scugi.-r
Were Injured.
A Montreal 1'lienlre Itiu-ned.
Montreal, Que., (Special.) Tim Theatre
Krancals uud nearly the entire block on St.
Catherine street between St. Dominique am)
Cadleux streets, wus burned. Loss, IrlOO.OOO
Itiiilroud President Dead,
(savannah, Ga., (Special.) President II
M. Coiner, of the Central llallrond of Goor
glu, died hero. Ho has I. ecu ill for some time
The Ariosto u Wreck
Cape Henry, Va., (Special.) Efforts tc
save llio steamer Ariosto, ashore at Ocra
euke, N. C., bavu been given up. Sliu U
being stripped.
Allcuod Triiiii-ltutiber Cuugliu
Ctlpplo ( reok, Col., (Special.) Bob Curry,
alius Bon Lee, alleged to be ono of the men
who robbed tbu Union Paelllu train nt Wil
cox, Wyo.. iu June, Htll, was arrested lior
by u sheriff's posse. The arrest was the re
sult ot Information received from Dodson,
Mo., where Lewis Curry, another of tlm
robbers, was killed by tho officials.
Proposed suit Mill at Suffolk.
Suffolk, Vn., (Sieclal.) A cotntnlltisa from
the Suffolk Biisliicss Men's Association wen)
to Norfolk to Inspect a silk plant uow build
ing there, nnd along whose plan It is pro
posed to construct a mill in Suffolk if (50,0011
be subscribed.
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LATEST NEWS tiij r lb
WAYNESBORO's-i-
"tine" '
Two llutlnes. Ileu11"
ty Tenants Destr,w(indr
ters of Ten Secret ti,,sndrni
Out-Serlons Ouil,rMl",r
Vnlverslty-A MrUJtnJ-
tits ai
Between tho hour, ot err n
U., Waynesboro wasn't thrr
istrotis Are In Its lilt,Jtl ft,uG
blowing, and had it M iU ,
of tbo volunteer llrem. idrog
(ast end would Imvo ,ibnck
was the loss Is nmru th.. drn'
lie total destruction ut" t
Urenlsholts blocks, i ,
snd finest buslucs9 i,wl I.
Wolff block was 0lVw V-T:'
Wenlc t,i ,,,,,, ,. I'mrS
' , - VI, ItJ,
lock and fixtures. To,
Jurred by Wolff l',r,M
.old, to more than a)ii
:f "i0 nun nn.... .'
Smith, dry goods, ra) n,, 3.
Dr. F. 8. BrenlshoU,
f 4,000; J. If. Htlne, d,,,, I AW
lurunoo tsoa i C. w. ;v lers,'
loss 10,000, liisuran,,,,; Jmitl:
grocer, loss tlO,K), In. -.ban i
ocret orders had llieir I i tliot
building. Their p.ir:ib riy
- - .alio
Strike of Mii trl
Trouble of nn m,,,, rn 1
broken out at tho W.r.jg si
Pennsylvania. At the "i WM
siuiieniB tiackcii i ' .
they would not return.
members of tho Fresh,
libontorn elsuMea 'ri... ,
a book which wus iiUtr n?P'
of a professor. It cum., I10'
faculty assessed tho ; Lei;
for tho loss of thn , laud
wanted to buy n new Ik. ,(ing!
of tho ono stolen lay ohi. r sli
talned tho faculty n.fu C
proposition. Tho tui. Lng (
strike, and it Is wild than th(.
to remain awny from U.Lt. ,
trouble seems to be m ;" a
usually the case In eiw wa
&'t t
. " .. ke bi
irmiunil r roll! Hi
While returning honif!
U dnmrlitnp nf fl 1 .
Goshen Township, sli,p' N 1
fell twelve fuet Intu t,e
Chester Creek, which 1...,' I';
its ombankmetits by the : lakiu
sister soreamed for help, jgittf
lives in the neighborhood fe g
lng Into the chilly water .:,tt fl
effort to rescue the little Wrt
to get out. Harry Huttt,on(j
sceue at tins juncture nLJs,f
..i.n.i .1 i . SI" i
uuuu wwo urrtglfe,
child had been
' TSau
t she
T. no!
i few
the flood and narrowly
ticturii hlJJj.
god from f '
carried ai'
iir-n.u-lvi.
All
n't
Three llnllrt. in,
At Cranberry workmen-!''.,
of a man lying near a tt , ' .
borry Colliery. The nn:. .
downward lu a pool of hi iy"1''
crushed aud the Wily rid '
The Interior of the shnci irsat
terrible struggle hud t;,i-.rti u
It Is evident that morcttii:.' sb
the victim. At the corot rjld
bullets worn found in the Jyg
I V131
was well dressed. He
old, weighed 165 pound.-,
in height and has iiut.v
yea
f
mum Crtcihn1 r At
Cluno, a brut to i
itthd
ter e
lllgist rale's V j
Charles J. Fame, a ju-i (omf
St. Clair, oommlttn 1 sui jya,
bis brains with a plstul, i t
toon years lieutenant InCi011
Ilcgiment, nnd was tli,.,,qwa"
Clair Sons of Veterans. fiom
of Ht. Clair Borough Cow fade
years of ago und leaves tM si
children. .Vas
je wi
Two Persons Acclm
Near Buabklll, as Vre& 'Jhp
nmliiliig a revolver, it wi lt!
passed through his left li wh
hired the body ot his kit
othy Miller, u hid oflSyfi-jd o
lng over Townscud. Millf'fl oil
tlie llrst nud second ribs. ' juile
up, avoiding tho heart if- jyi
shoulder. 8U
i, I
Broke
Alexander
to denth while at his wr-l wo
Ho Wns riding on the en-L; )
betweeu the cab anil bp '4n
life win crushed out. n jja ,
taak
Nu hVhllilt
At II meeting of th" P'- land
Commerco the tuanulieiu' tabli
ported adversely on tin' ,r r
chamber make an exhibit 4
position. The rejiort ' '
chamber.
.', :
lu line w jt
The WoatbiTwax ""' L ,a
;uuy, whloh was started In f '
years ago, has moved its , njn
lo Boouton, N. J. .i ,i
Cyrus 8. ShaelTcr, a HWUe i
the Pennsylvania system, s; dun
for orders near Greens' ?
stepped from the tralu lw
fust express tralu and In-, m ,
Cornelius Sharp, ag12lay i
N. J., was admitted to II j' h
with both legs cut off.
U Lehigh Valley frciitlil w
uuder the wheels. Wiviami
Ostrloh Spoil"1
Anybody who Itcurtl i'r.
of Nebraska, deliver t,'
tecn-hour speech nua'to
the repeal of the Hlit 'i.
would hardly bellovc f
coud stumD him. Y" '
perlence In tho s""1
uhnwa thnt lifter till.
other mortals, nays l?f'
TWt 'T . wen I'SDID".
Btnte once," suld the f:
Uud occasion to el"""
grounds. The grand
unu tue occasion kmc
promise for an oraio' J.
I was wltU political sl hi.
bad commenced a nw"
ostrich hitched to :
know whether you e,,,:
tlug ostrich la the
ho was a great atti ly
noon aa that bird t)i'B
tho track I wasn't W'jM s
monopolized the atWisi'.,
titan, woman and ctip
bird stopped the peopK M'
but when he threw 1
again there wns a raf CK, ,'
applause which droW"M
uttered. Finally, I P"jf ,H
the trot tln ostrich W 11
hla own way." (
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Man l.A Kan l rarlhSf '
IUI1 M ,1 UUUI VI li..-
call of duty.
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