law"
Britons Gross Little Tugela River
to Believe Ladysmith.
THE BOER8' 8UPEBI0B FOBOE.
H la La rarer Than the Combined Ar
mies af Bnller and White Free
tat Calls Out All Able Bodied
Ilea President Kroner's Chart.
London. Jan. 16. The Standard
gives prominence to the following dis
patch, dated Saturday. Jan. 13, from
Durban: A man who has just arrived
hare from Springfield says that a
British column, proceeding to the re
lief of Ladysmith, has crossed the Lit
tle Tugela. When he left it was facing
the Boer position on the Big Tugela.
and a howitzer was shelling the Boer
trenches. He says also that 270 wag
one, laden with commissariat stores
for Ladysmith, had left Frere, and It
waa expected that the column would
join hands with General White Mon
day evening. The traction engines
have been doing excellent work in
hauling heavy wagons out of holes and
swamps. This they accomplish wltn
the greatest ease. British patrols have
discovered parties of Boers In the di
rection of Ennersdalc, between Frere
and Eastcourt.
General Buller's latest authentic
word aa to what he and his 30.000 men
are doing was wired from Springfield
after his first forward step. Striving
to think out the unknown, Ixjndon is
confused by surmise and rumor and
disquiet by suspense. Spencer Wilkin
son, the lucid military expert of The
Morning Post, asserts that the Boer
force in northern Natal is larger than
General Buller's and Sir George
White's together, so that the Boers
are able to leave a force around Lady
smith larger than that within the town
and yet to oppose General Buller with
a force superior to his own.
Reports from the Boec camps affirm
that the circle of Investment has been
drawn closer by the occupation of
some hills nearer the town, thus liber
ating reinforcements to oppose Gen
eral Buller.
The correspondent of The Times at
Lourenzo Marquos, telegraphing last
Saturday, says: The Free State has
now called out every available man,
Including the leading merchants who
had expected to enjoy Immunity.
J. B. Robinson, the South African
millionaire, In a signed article In The
Dally News this morning, relates con
versations he haa had with President
Kruger, and describes several Inter
views in which the Jameson raid was
talked over. On one of these occasions
President Kruger said:
"Do you mean to tell me that you do
not know that the men who organized
and engineered the raid organized it
(Or their own benefit? They had de
cided how they would divide the
Transvaal and how each of the par
tita was ts- have certain interests in
this country. Many reformers who
were ant in Jail were perfectly inno
cent. They were ignorant of the
sehemea of the men In the inner circle.
There were only 12 men In that Inner
circle, and they were to divide the
Transvaal among themselves. They
and their companions found the money
(or the raid. Do you think we are so
Innocent aa not to know that Rhodes,
metaphorically speaking, held a pis
tol at the heads of certain men In Eng
land and said to them: 'If you do
not support me I shall denounce you
and your complicity in the raid.' "
French War Material For the Boers.
London, Jan. 16. The Dally Mail
publishes the following from a special
correspondent at Le Creuzot, France:
"After two days' inquiry I do not hesi
tate to assert that the Schneider com
pany is not only working night and
day in the manufacture of guns and
ammunition for the Boers, but that it
has already packed, ready for ship
ment to the Transvaal, six heavy guns
of large caliber. The workmen told
me that ere long 30 additional guns
would be dispatched to the Boers."
UNKNOWN VESSEL WRECKED.
Ashore Off New Fonndlaad'a Coast
and Probably SUty Lost.
Bt. Johns, N. F., Jan. 16. The gale
has not yet blown itself out and the
sea is still too rough to allow boats to
get near the wreck In St. Mary's bay.
As yet there is nothing to show the
name of the vessel. Ten bodies have
been located among the rocks, and
others can be seen floating about.
Plans have been made for recovering
these as soon as the weather permits,
and it may be possible to get at the
name of the steamer from pieces of
boats wedged in the clefts of the rocks.
The vessel ran on a reef live miles
from shore before daylight last Thurs
day morning. When seen from shore
she was on fire aft, and by the aid of
glasses three men were seen on board.
Two who were on the bridge were
washed away. The survivor soon af
ter left the rigging, swam to the rocks
and twice endeavored to get a footing.
Failing in this he made his way back
to the rigging, where he died of ex
posure during the night. The vessel
was a two masted steamer of nearly
8,000 tons, and probably carried a crew
of 60. It is believed that not a soul
escaped.
Poison la a Wedding; Dinner.
Chicago, Jan. 16. Nearly a hundred
guests who assembled at No. 669 Canal
street to witness the marriage of Mor
ris Pnllark and Annie Schan were poi
soned at the wedding dinner. In less
than half an hour nearly every one in
the hall was in a helpless condition.
tv mmi hallaf Is that the chicken.
1IW ' " - '
which had been prepared in a copper
kettle, contained the poison. So far
nn deaths have been reported, but
many are seriously ill, including the
bride and groom.
i
Mar Permit All Priests to Marry
Rome, Jan. 16. It is asserted in
some quarters that the pope is contem
plating an order permitting the priests
ml Iks nathnllr church tn marry. The
first step has already been taken in the
easyeUcal to the bishops of South
Muffins in which permission is given
4e the priests there to take wires unto
EMINENT BOVCOTTERS
a aid Hadley Favor Oitrielilt
For Trust Promoters.
i
8t Louie, Jan. 16. Colonel William
J. Bryan and President Arthur T. Had-.
ley, of Vale university, were Interview
ed yesterday relative to the latter s
proposal to oatraclze trust magnates.
Both are agreed on the lu. that social
recognition should be den. ' to any
man engaged in a trust or ot. er busi
ness enterprise inimical to the public
welfare, and that public mind should
be educated to see those evils that ;
exist in the trust system. President
Hadley said:
"When people have clearly made up
their minds as to what are great so
cial evils ostracism is an effective
remedy. The trouble is that the public
mind is not clear CD the matter. My
opinion Is that many of the evils com
monly attributed to trusts do not prop
erly belong there. This Is where the
public needs education. I do not mean
that every man who Is Interested in a
trust should be cancelled from the list 1
of our acquaintances."
Colonel Bryan said:
"The idea is a good one and should
be encouraged. A man who tries to !
rob the public by means of a trust or
by wrecking a bank or a railroad
should no more be countenanced by
society than a plain highwayman.
When the people understand the harm
that there really is in trusts they will
be ready to apply a remedy."
CONSCIENCELESS PHYSICIANS '
limited n So nertn lendcnt In KIIIkx
nnil I Mf'il n t'nditver.
New York. Jan. 16. Commissioner
of Charities Keller yesterday dismissed
from the Metropolitan hospital on
Black well's Island 12 physicians who,
because of differences with Superin
tendent Cooil'c T. Stewart, of the In
stitution, on Sunday hanged him In I
efligy In the morgue, using a cadaver
I for the purpose. Tinned to the breast
of the corpse, which was suspended
I from the ceiling by means of a rope,
! was a placard bearing an opprobrious
reference to the superintendent. ( om
mlssioner Keller, when aBked about
the matter, said:
"It was a most disgraceful and out
rageous affair, and I dismissed every
mother's son of them. When men are
hanged In effigy an artificial thing Is
generally used, and the use of n cad
aver goes beyond the limits nf de
cency. There are always a number of
young men on the eligible list to step
right In, and we found enough compe
tent men to take the places nf those
dismissed wlthoutthesllghtest trouble."
Oave Her Life l or Her Children.
Corona, L. I., Jan. 15. Three peo
ple were burned to death in a Ore Sat
urday night in a two story frame
dwelling on Pine street. The dead are:
Elizabeth Campbell, 49 years old; Jen
nie, aged 24, and Archie, aged 10, her
daughter and her son. The house was
occupied by Thomas Campbell and his
family. Campbell escaped at the first
alarm and Mrs. Campbell followed
him. She reached the road In front of
the house and then learning that her
four children were all in the burning
house, dashed into the flames and was
seen no more until her charred body
was found. Campbell's back was badly
burned and Orace and Nellie were
burned about the face and neck.
Three Drowned In Sudden Klood.
Kendrlck. Idaho, Jan. 15. As a re
sult of the sudden flood in the Potlatch
ilver three lives are known to have
been lost and fears are expressed for
others. Twenty houses here have been
swept away, stores are flooded and
railroad tracks and bridges have been
swept away, and many people have
field to adjacent hills. Street Commis
sioner Hamblln and family tried to es
cape from the flooded district In a
buggy. The vehicle was overturned
and three children were drowned. Mr.
Hamblln was brought to the bank af
ter a daring rescue by John Long, Mrs.
Hamblln being found later on the top
of a dwelling, half dead from exposure
and anguish.
Tried to Mnrder Judu-e l.oehren.
St. Paul, Jan. 16. James Welch
made a desperate attempt yesterday to
assassinate Judge William l.oehren, of
the federal court. Welch had a dam
age suit against the Northern Pacific
for being thrown off a train at Man
dan, N. D. After a trial lasting three
days Judge Lochren last Friday .took
the case from the Jury and delivered
a verdict for the defendant. Welch
appeared at Judge Ixichren's chambers
and leveled a revolver at the judge's
head. Court Crier Conway Jumped on
Welch and bore him to the floor.
Welch was then overpowered and dis
armed. He is a partial paralytic, 33
years old.
Comfort Kor Filipinos.
Chicago. Jan. 15. John Barrett, ex
Unlted States minister to Slam, for the
first time publicly named Senator Hoar
Saturday night, at Lake Forest Univer
sity, as the United States senator
whose anti-expansion speecn was ca
bled to Hong Kong and subsequently
put Into the hands of the Filipino sol
diers, causing, as Mr. Barrett believed,
the open insurrection. It appeared fur
ther from the ex-minister's speech that
the government has olscovered pri
vately the stages by which the anti
expantlon address reached Luzon.
Governor of Mississippi Kor a Day.
Jackson, Miss., Jan. 16. Lieutenant
Governor Harrison took the oath yes
terday and immediately assumed the
duties of the office of governor, made
necess.ry by the illness of Governor
McLauVin. Lieutenant Governor Har-
rison sciea as governor unui toaay. i
unangta in tne program ior tne in
auguration of Governor-elect Longlno
were necessary, owing to the Inability
of Governor McLaurin to participate.
Lieutenant Governor Jones was his
Official representative during the cere
monies
Ree Released From Custody.
8t. Liuia, Jan. J 6. Judge Thayer, in
the United States court of appeals, yes
terday granted an application for a
writ of labeas corpus, and ordered the
release if John P. Reese, a member of
the executive board of the United Mine
Workers of America, who waa found
guilty oflcontempt of court in violating
an Injunction of the United States dis
trict court of Kansas. Reese, who was
out on Ihll pending appeal, la at the
miners' Convention ln Indianapolis.
THE MARCH OF MARCH.
gi nf thn TAttin WWa Filininn
01017 01 lDe flawle "nere tUSgOO
General Pilar Fell.
CLIMBED A STEEP M0UKTAIN.
Filipinos, I'roin (he Summit. Ponred
a Deadly l-'lre the American
Troon, lint Our Soldiers Persisted
and Put Them to I'lla-hl.
San Francisco, Jan. 16. United
States transports Olympla and Penn
sylvania arrived yesterday from Man
ila. Both vessels brought a number
of passengers. On board the Olympia
was Colonel C. D. VIele, of the Fourth
cavalry, who is to be made brigadier
general. Colonel Viele was forced to
return to this country owing to ill
health. A number of men from our
warships returned on the Olympia.
The Olympia brings from a press
correspondent an interesting story of
the pursuit of Aguinaldo by the force
under Major P, C. March. The cor
respondent accompanied the force, lie
writes as follows:
The entire march of March's bat
; talion of the Thirty-third infantry
; from ('.union to Cervantes has been a
, remarkable exploit. With four de-
plcted companies und Cunningham s
handful of scouts, the command left
I Young's headquarters at Candon on
j the afternoon of Nov. 30. The men had
I only 11 rounds of ammunition, no ra-
tions, and had to live on the country.
The four companies were command
ad by Captains Jenkinson and Davis
i and Lieutenants Tomklni and White.
MAJOR P. C. MARCH.
After two days' hard climbing the
command reached a point two miles
beyond the village of Lingai, where the
fight occurred. There was a snakeltke
trail leading up the precipitous moun
tain side, and half way up the insur
gents had constructed trenchee from
which they could pour a. deadly- fir?
down on the troops advancing up the
lower reaches of the trail or ta the
valley below. Cunningham's scouts,
with Davis' company, were fired upon
first. Jenklnson's company went to
their support, and after exchanging a
few shots these troops waited on the
shelter of a hill. The enemy killed
their Are and Jenkinson ordered a
charge around a bend in the trail.
Captain Cunningham and Lieutenant
McClelland led the charge, and as the
men rushed around the bend they
came into full view of the insurgents
200 yards above, who opened a well
directed fire from trenches and from
behind rocks and trees.
Half a dozen of JenkinBon's men
fell, killed or wounded, within a few
feet of each other, some hit In sev
eral places. Their comrades dragged
them behind a shelter, and March
with the remainder of the battalioi
coming up, the troops sought what
shelter they could, while March sent
12 sharpshooters to the top of the
knoll on the opposite side of the val
ley overlooking the trenches.
These men made the ascent of thi
knoll under heavy fire, but when the;,
reached the top their well directed
shots soon had the effect of making
the insurgents careful not to expose
themselves. March then directed Tom
kins to execute a flank movement with
his company by climbing the side of a
hill a thousand feet high, on the in
surgents' left. Tomklns, with Lieu
tenant True and 50 men, made the
ascent of the hill by dragging them
selves up with the aid of bushes and
bunches of grass, and, reaching the
rocks above, found several Insurgents
there, who flred on them, but were
soon put to flight. Tomklns then took
a position overlooking the entire rebel
force and took them completely by
surprise. The company on the hill
and the sharpshooters on the knoll
poured in a murderous Are, and at the
same time March, with three com
panies, charged up the hill, shooting
and yelling. The insurgents broke
from behind the rocks and trenches
and fled up the trail and into the thick
underbrush, and the fight was over.
Their forces were not large, prob
ablly not over 200, but only 25 passed
in retreat over the trail through Auga
gui to Ceventes. The remainder were
killed and wounded or escaped into the
bushes. General Pllar's body was
found in the road, where his men had
been compelled to aeandon It. The
Aniercan iOS8 wa8 two killed and nine
woundcd Part Qf the battle was
fougnt ln tne clouds, as a heavy mist
gettleu over tne mountains, concealing
jne trail.
Insurgents Retreating; South.
Manila, Jan. 16. Part of General J.
C. Bates' troops are operating about
Lake Taal. The Insurgents continue
to retreat south. Colonel Hayes, with
the Fourth cavalry, is supposed to
have reached Llpa, where many Span
ish prisoners are held. Colonel Ander
son, with the Thirty-eighth infantry,
took Talis Sunday, on the north shore
of the lake, with but little opposition.
Major Cheatham, with a battalion of
the Thirty-seventh, on his way to San
Pablo, dispersed 400 Insurgents, whom
the cavalry are pursuing toward Al
mlnos. A troop of the Third cavalry
lost two men killed and three wound
ed ln an encounter with the insurgents
Mar San Fernando de la Union Jan. IS.
A. WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED
Wednesday, Jaa. 10.
Cornelius Shew and James J. Eatran,
tho murderers of Jack Pepper, were
hani.ed at Montrose, Pa., yesterday, i
Louise Masset, a French governess,
who murdered her illegitimate child,
WSJ hanged at Newgate, London, yes- ;
tcrday.
lna prize fight at New York Terry Mc
Oovern, of Brooklyn, defeated fleorge
Dixon, featherweight champion for
nine years.
The handsome New York residence
of Joseph Pulitzer, of the New York
World, was gutted by Are. Mrs. Jel
lctt, housekeeper, and Miss Montgom
ery, nurse, were suffocated.
The refusal of the Transvaal gov
ernment to allow the United States
consul ;:t Pretoria to represent British
interests is regarded at Washington as
a violation of civilized custom.
Tlinnilit) , .Inn. 1 1.
General Felipe Uerrlozalv.il, Mex
ico's minister of war. Is dead.
fcyeral new cases of yellow fever
have broken out at Vera Cruz, Mex.
A conference of anti-Imperialists
will be held in Philadelphia on Feb. 22.
The trial of the legislative bribery
eases at I larrisburg has been postpon
ed until March 23.
Rev. Aloyslus Schyns. head of the
Order of Alexian Brothers In t his
country, is dend In Chicago.
Tokio, Japan, Is undergoing a thor
ough house cleaning, in view of the
threatened Invasion of the plague,
Julia Morrison James, the in tress
who Willed Frank Letdenhelmer on the
stage at Chattanooga, Sept. 2H. was ac
quitted by the jury. She will lecture.
l-'rlln. Jim. 12.
In a itom and tidal wave which
swept the Japanese coast Dec. 21
neatly (lot) lives were lost.
State Senator William Ooohol, nf
Kentucky. Is tn marry a daughter of
United states Senator Blackburn,
Both Secretary Root and ex-Secre
tary Bliss announce that they are not
candidates for the vice presidency.
William ltrown. colored, who killed
his wife In Philadelphia over a year
iigo. was hanged In Moyamenslng
prison yesterday.
Colonel Milliard's Thirty-ninth In
fantry, in a light with Filipinos near
Calambta, killed M nnd captured 60.
American loss, one killed and two
wounded.
Saturday, .Inn. I.'t.
The fund for the relief of General
Lawton's family has reached over $80,
000. Prof. James Martineau, the eminent
Unitarian theologian, died In London
yesterday, agd 95.
Frederick Kratter, the absconder who
was arrested in this country, tried to
commit suicide after reaching Cracow,
Poland.
Mr. W. W. Ogllvle, the millionaire
miller of Canada, fell dead on the
street In Montreal after attending a
meeting of the directors of the Bank of
Montreal.
Mrs. B. A. Price, the mother-in-law
of Attorney Oraoral Griggs died ft Mr.
Griggs' home In Peterson, N. J., yester
day afternoon, aged 66. She came from
Ohio to visit her daughter some months
ago, and was taken ill.
Monday, Jlin. IS.
The United Mine Worker! conven
tion at Indianapolis will demand In
creased wages.
Our agricultural exports from 1R94
to 1898, Inclusive, had an annual value
of $663.5.16,201.
Frank Dora, who killed his wife and
a girl near Murphysboro, Ills., got 45
years In the penitentiary.
Dread of hydrophobia drove Frank
Conrlck, secretary of the Builders' and
Trades' Exchange, ut Chicago, to com
mit suicide by shooting.
Louis August, the soldier of Fort
Monroe, Va., who killed Annie Bene
dict, his sweetheart, was sentenced to
18 years in the penitentiary at Norfolk.
James House, of Blua Mound, Ills.,
while being treated for alcoholism at
St. Louis, nearly killed Albert Dehrln,
his nurse, and leaped two stories to
death.
Tuesday, Jan. 10.
John J. Albright, of Buffalo, will
present to the city a $300,000 art gal
lery. The condition of Governor Mc
Laurin, of Mississippi, 111 with penti
monla, Is critical.
Between Jan. 1 and 9 there were 9
new cases of bubonic plague ln Hono
lulu, a total of 22.
Thomas Egleston, professor of min
eralogy In Columbia university, died
In New York, aged 68.
An ordinance in Chicago's council
offers $200 reward for every highway
man or housebreaker killed in the act.
Marion Manola Mason, the comic
opera singer, has filed suit for divorce
from her husband, John Mason, the
actor, on statutory grounds.
Charles E. Macrum, formerly United
States consul at Pretoria, left Port
Said for Naples on board the steamer
Koenlg yesterday on his way home.
THE PRODUCE MARKETS.
Philadelphia, Jan. 15. Flour weak: win
ter superfine, l2.2Stii2.40: Pennsylvania
roller, clear. $3.10)3.20; city mills, extra.
t2.504j2.70. Rye flour quiet and steady at
J:: kv.i per barrel. Wheat dull: Nn. 2
red, spot, In elevator, 69070c. Corn quiet;
No. 2 mixed, spot, in elevator, :tT a' :7;V .
No. 2 yellow, for local trade, 384c Oats
steady; No. 2 white, clipped. SMiOUtsO.!
lower grades. 2Hff30c. Hay steady ; choice
timothy, I1616.50 for Ifrge bales. Beef
steady; beef hams, $22 22.50. Pork firm;
family, $14014.(0. Lard firm; western
steamed, tfi.40. Butter steady at a de
cline; western creamery, 21625c: factory,
17022c. ; June creamery, 200234c. : Imita
tion creamery, 19023c.; New York dairy,
19024c. ; do. creamery, 21025c; fancy
Pennsylvania prints jobbing St 29032c;
do. wholesale, 28c. Cheese firm; fall
made, fancy, large and small, 1244013e. ;
large, late mads, IF, " ' 2r : small do. dn..
120124c. Eggs steady; New York and
Pennsylvania, 20c; weste-n ungraded, at
mark, 14018c. ; western, .
New York, Jan. 16. Beeves higher; all
sold; steers, f4.SO05.6O; no choice cattle
here; oxen and stags. It 4004.75; bulls.
304; cows, 11.9004; cables .united Ameri
can cattle easy. Calves steady to firm;
all sold; veals, S50S.26; topi, t 50; little
calves. $404.50; barnyard calves, $2,500
$.25. Good sheep steady; common weak;
iambs 10015c. lower; sheep. $3(4 75; one
car choice, $5; culls, $202.75; lambs, $6.50
0C6O; Canada lambs, aj.l5ge.50. culls, $40
4.50. Hogs slow and weak; good to choice
hoes. $4.7504.66; western pigs. $4.7004.75.
The Evils in New York as Seen by
the In instigators' Majority.
THE MAN BEHIND THE MAYOR.
Without Mentioning C'rourr the Ma
jority SneaUs of Ills Arliltrnry
Power In Mtinlelpnl Affairs Minor
ity, In Turn, Pay ll.-xneets to Piatt.
Albany, Jan. 16. The reports of the
majority nnd minority members of the
Mazet investigating committee were
presented last night to tho assembly.
The majority report says:
"In many of the offices and depart
ments in New York city grave evils
were disclosed. For such as were ad
ministrative in their nature the
remedy must lie nought at the ballot
box. and not at the hands of the legis
lature. Tho one clear nnd distinct
fact brought out by this Investigation
is that we have in this great city th
most perfect Instance of centralized
party government yet known.
"We see the central power, not the
man who sits in the mayor's chair,
but the man who stands behind it. We
see the same arbitrary power dictating
appointments, directing officials, con
trolling boards, lecturing members ot
the legislature and the municipal as
sembly. We see an enormous and
ever Increasing crowd of office holders,
with ever increasing salaries. We see
the powers of government prostituted
to protect criminals, to demoralize
the police, to debauch the public con
science and to turn governmental
functions Into channels for private
gain. The proof is conclusive, not
that the public treasury ruts been di
rectly robbed, but that great oppor
tunities have been given, by manipula
tion of public Offices, tO enable favored
individuals to work for their own per
sonal benefit.
"The present mayor has not con
ceived his duties to be as contemplated
by the charter commission, it is a
fair inference, from all the evidence,
that he has practically abdicated bis
powers and exercises merely a regis
tering function of the determination
of the leaders of the party which elect
ed him. We are strongly of the opin
ion that the mayor's term Is too Ion;-,
and advise that It should be shortened
to two years, to take effect with the
next Incumbent.
"The conduct of tho present poller
department of the city of Now York
Is unqualifiedly bad. Not only are the
laws against poolrooms, gaming
houses, policy shops, excise violations,
dance halls and wicked resorts of all
kinds not enforced, or enforced In
such a way as to be ridiculously Inef
fective, but the general discipline is
lax, grave offensoa of personal derelic
tion ln the way of drunkenness, ab
sence from post, Inattention to ditty,
, go unpunished or are visited wltli
such small fines as almost to be an en
couragement and not a deterrent for
wrong doing.
"Robberies, bunco games, deceits,
frauds, thefts, have increased In an
alarming degree, and the detection of
these crimes and the recovery of prop
erty has steadily decreased during the
last two years.
"We believe that tho groat mass of
the rank and file of the department
under proper leadership would exe
cute all the laws with courage and
vigilance, but It is not In the nature of
things that subordinates dependent
upon their superiors for continuance
and promotion In rank should conduct
themselves In direct opposition to the
clearly known views of superiors."
The minority report says:
"As to the report of the majority in
general we fool justified in claiming
that It is grossly unfair, conspicuously
partisan, coarse in language, vituper
ative in temper and absolutely unjus
tified except by the reckless disorgard
and perversion of the proof adduced
before your committee. The commit
tee was from the beginning discredited
before the people. The partisan pur
pose of its creation was universally
recognized. A most striking illustra
tion of the partisan arrogance and
hypocrisy which has dominated the
committee from its very inception Is
to be found in the paragraphs of the
report wherein the majority give ex
pression of the Pharisaical indignation
with which their souls are filled upon
discovering that there is a Doss sys
tem associated with our politics.
"But even In this the majority lack
both the courage and the candor to
point at the typical, though 'easy,'
boss. They may try to mask and con
ceal him in quite the same subservient
manner that they protected him from
the subpoena of the committee, and re
fused our insistent demand that he
should be called to the stand as a most
unique, .necessary and desirable ex
hibit. The people demanded, In a
spirit of fair piay, that the boss of
our state politics should be questioned
as to the source and sanction of the
authority which ho admittedly exor
cises, as to his Identification with tho
'family law firm' und his personal
profits therefrom, as to his accumula
tions by reason of his political con
nections and political domination, as
to whether the signing of the Ilamapo
water bill increased his income, as to
whether the failure of the Astoria gas
grab had disappointed his financial ex
pectations. The people's call for the
production and examination of the
state boss was both loud and long, but
without effect. '
To Protect Cuban Forests.
Havana, Jan. 16 General Rlus Ri
vera, secretary of agriculture, Industry
and commerce, has addressed a com
munication to General Wood advising
that steps be taken immediately to pro
tect the Cuban forests belonging to the
public domain. He urges that he be
empowered to appoint six inspectors,
at a salary of f 2,000 each, with instruc
tions to locate public property and to
consult with the officers of the rural
guard ln the various provinces as to
the best methods of preserving the
trees, which are now being used at
the pleasure of the first person who
desires to cut them, the result being
in many parts of the island a whole
sale destruction of young trees.
ITEMS OF STATE llEno,
Allentown, Pa., Jan. 13 Allen Riots,
aged 25 years, and a boy. aged 17 years
old. known as "Philadelphia Johnnie,"
went to sleep Thursday night In the
office of John Biery & Son, lime burn
ers, in East Allentown, and were found
dead In the morning. They v.re as
phyxiated by the gas from the kilns.
Dubois, Pa.. Jan. 13. Robert K-Mie.
20 years of age, shot and Instantly kill
ed Steve Carrt, about tho same ago, In
the Hotel Lafayette, at Driftwood.
Carn was sitting in the hotel office
when Kane came in Intoxicated. A
dispute arose and Kane drew -vol-
vor and fired, the ball taking
Carrl'S head, and he fell to t!i
I in
loor
dead. Kane was arrested.
Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 16. An examin
ation by IS. M. Ranch, an expert em
ployed by the state veterinary board,
disclosed tuberCUlocil In the cattle
owned by Davd and John F. Wenger
at Weaverland, this county, and yes
terday the entire herd of 11 valuable
cows were killed to prevent the spread
of tho dread disease. The COWS bad
the appearance of perfect health
Farmers are greatly alarmed.
Philadelphia, Jan. 16. A special to
Tho Press from Columbia, Pa., say
w. J. Btrickler, assistant freight as la
ter of the Pennsylvania rallro tl, re
celved notice yesterday thai '' 1
men had been granted an ad. nee In
wages from the first of the year. About
600 men will be benefited by (ho In
crease, The advance In wages la 'he
result of numerous conference i be
tween the beads of the dlfforc rail
road organizations and the offl lals of
the company.
Pittsburg, Jnn. IB. A cons vatlve
estimate of the coal In the harbor
awaiting shipment south yesterday
morning placed the amount at 8 UOO,
0(H) bushels, Of this amount 1,396.000
bushels wi re started down the river
yesterday, every available kowboat here
being pressed into the service, The
majority of the coal Is Aesttnod for
Louisville and New Orleans, The
strike of marine Bremen, Inaugurated
Saturday, does nut seem to have in
convenienced tho owners In any ap
preciable degree.
Philadelphia. Jan. 16. Three of the
eight men recently Indicted for ballot
box frauds in the Twelfth division of
the Fifth ward will bo arraigned in the
quarter sessions court tomorrow, The
three men were In court yesterday and
were to have pleaded, but on applica
tion of counsel the arraignment was
postponed on the plea t lint counsel did
not have sufficient time to examine the
indictments. Tho other five men con
nected with the Fifth ward frauds, In
bltlding ox-Deputy Coroner Salter,
have not yet been apprehended. It 1?
said ihoy have fled to Mexico.
Slii;:aokln, Pa., Jan. 15. A branch
of the llrothernood of Railroad Train
men wa.s organized here yesterday
afternoon by Valentine Fltzpatrick, of
Cleveland, third vice grand master of
the organisation, A large number of
men from different railroads became
members. Including Si from the Phila
delphia and Reading IU.il way company.
Last week a number of employes of the
railroad were discharged for attempt
ing to organize the lodge here. Mr.
Fltzpatrick will recommend that a boy
cott be Instituted against the company
unless the men are reinstated.
Philadelphia. Jan. 13 Bishop Ozl
W. Whitaker, of the Protestant Epis
copal diocese of Pennsylvania, left
here yesterday for New York, whence
he will sail today for Havana. He r
accompanied by hia wife and tho Kev
Dr. Powers, of the general church mis
sionary board. Bishop Whittakor has
under his control the missionary
schools of the Protestant Episcopal
church established on that island, and
he intends to make a thorough survey
of the ground already gone over and
that yet to bo covered. The bishop
intends to spend a month or more on
the Island.
Wllmerdlng, Pa, Jnn. 18. A mons
ter freight wreck occurred here last
evening on tho Pennsylvania road.
Freight No. 80S, eastbound, with 75
cars, broke In two just when It reach
ed this point, and 30 cars were derail
ed and piled high at the side of the
track. The whole freight was made up
of merchandise cars, and the wrecked
cars are piled 7F foot high. All of the
train crew has reported safe, and It It
not known yet whether any one is
under tho wreck, but it is thought not.
The accident occurred on but a slight
grade, which probably saved it from
being more complete.
Philadelphia. Jan. 18. Chairman
Mark A. Hanna and Joseph H, Manley
of Maine, H. C. Payne of Wisconsin
and United States Senator N. B. Scott
of West Virginia, who constitute the
sub-commlttoe of tho national Repub
lican committee having in charge the
arrangements for holding tho national
convention here in June, arrived In
this city Inst night. They wore ac
companied by National Committeeman
R. C. Kerens of Missouri and Charles
Dick of Ohio, the secretary of the na
tional committee. The visitors today
inspected the auditorium of the recpnt
National Export exposition, In West
Philadelphia, where the convention
will be held, and pronounced It emi
nently satisfactory.
Deserted Wife Pleads Kor Union ml
Washington, Jan. 16. Senator McEn
ery and Representative Meyers, of Iyiu
isiana, called at the White Hons, yes
terday and presented the petition of
Mrs. Homer Bird, of Louisiana, for the
commutation of the death sentence ol
her husband, who was convicted ol
murdering two mining companions In
Alaska. Bird, It is said, deserted his
wife ln New Orleans, and ln company
with another woman and a number of
men went to Alaska. A quarrel fol
lowed, resulting in the shooting of both
men. The deserted wife went to Alas
ka on learning of the trouble her re
creant husband was in, and then came
to Washington to try to secure the
commutation of bis sentence on the
ground that he acted in self defense.
Brntal London Hrokera.
London, Jan. 16. A disgraceful scene
occurred on the Stock Exchange yes
terday. When Maurice Hertfelder, ot
the big stock broking Arm of Kahn ft
Herzfelder, doing considerable New
York business, appeared on the ex
change be waa mobbed, knocked down
and kicked because, as alleged, he had
refused to keep open the place of a
clerk employed by him who had vol
unteered for service in South Africa.
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