LATEST NEWS NOTES. ENGLISH DEFENTED AND DRNEN.| a is at La Guayra, Venezuela. The Pittsburg Cigar Machine Com- pany, capital $151,000, has been charter- ed at Harrisburg. The official census gives San Juan 32,- s00 inhabitants; Ponce, 56.000, and the whole island 057.000. Gen. Bernardo Reyes has been sworn A recent dispatch from Tugela river, Minister of War of Mexico. to suc . : : Soe | ceed the late General Felipe Berriozabal. says: Some Vryhelid Burghers from {**" : : I : the highest hills of the | Montreal police deny that they know the outposts on the tughe { the whereabouts of Miller, the fugitive Spion kop groug rushed into the er ‘ranklin syndicate manager of New saying that the kop was lost and that the | York. English had taken it. Yong co | Continued warm weather has resulted | BULLER 1S BLOCKED. Spion Kopje Sirewn With 1,500 British. Dead. Boers Administer a Crushing Defeat lo Troops Under Buller. were o-lered up. but nothing could be disasously 2 the roe Sen ia Tadh ] . ana. and farmers predic : p 3 done for some time, the hill being en-}p oa ! veloped in thick mist. x s vag ; : ~ : dozen skeletons were unearthed v He erk a olina T , : Al dawn the Melteine ® ne Wednesday at Bre yoklyn Navy y ard, gon pngents, SUPP emented So ng tie supported to be bones ol Revolutionary commandoes, began the ascent of the hyo hill. Three spurs, precipitous projec- tions, faced the Boer positions. Up these the advance was made. The horses were left under the first terrace of rocks. | Sealing the steep hill, the Boers found | « that the English had improved the op T portunity and entrenched heavily. Be- tween the line of trenches was an open | veldt, which had to be rushed under a| heavy fire, not only from rifles but of | lyddite and shrapnel from field guns. | Three forces ascended the three spurs | ’ co-ordinately, under cover of fire ron the Free State Krupps, a Creusot and a big Maxim. The English tried to rush the Boers with the bayonet, but their infantry went down before the Boer rifle fire as before a scythe. | The Boer investing party advanced | step by step until 2 in the afternoon, when a white flag went up and 150 men in the front trenches surrendered, being sent as prisoners to the head laager. | The Boer advance continued on the | two kopjes east of Sion kop. Boers were shot. but so numerous were the burghers that the gaps filled auto- matically. Toward twilight they reach- ed the summit of the second kopje, but did not get further. The British Maxims belched flame, but a wall of fire from the Mausers held the English back. Their center, under this pressure, gradually gave way and broke, abandoning the position. The prisoners speak highly of the bravery of the burghers, who, despising cover, stood against the skyline edges of the summit to shoot the Dublin Fusiliers, sheltered in the trenches. Firing continued for some time, and then the Fusiliers and the Light Horse, serving as infantry, threw up their arms and rushed out of the trenches. _ The effect of the abandonment of Spion kop by the English can hardly be gauged as yet, but it must prove to be immense. The British dead left on the battlefield numbered 1.500. CHAPLAIN SHIELDS DISMISSED. « Use of Intoxicating Liquor and Ungentlemanly Conduct Ended His Army Career. Post Chaplain David H. Shields has been dismissed from the army of the United States to take effect February 1, and Rev. Edmund E. Eastbrook, of New York, has been selected for ap- pointment to the vacancy. The action in the case of Chaplain Shields was the result of court-martial proceedings. He was tried at San Francisco for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman in consequence of the alleged use of in- toxicating liquor, and was convicted and sentenced to be dismissed. The case came before the president in the usual course of procedure and he approved the sentence yesterday. - Chaplain Shields is a native .of Penn- sylvania and has been in the military service since August 16, 1897. is al- leged transgressions occurred while en route to San Francisco in compliance with orders to join the army in the Philippines. Counterfeiters Active States have afforded a most ample field for counterfeiting. The recent arrest of a notorious counterfeiter in Havana, and the capture of a half-dozen plates, for bills of different denominations, is said to be only an incident. The war depart- r ment and the secret service bureau are now investigating a report from Cuba that the country is being flooded with spurious coins. These are said to be so perfect as to defy detection except by experts. In addition to this, the work of confederate notes of the vintage of 1863 is still being made. In the Philippines the American monetary promoter has not been behind and. According to reports and com- plaints received here, there has been a considerable amount of bogus money floated. The reports also state that numerous written orders for money have been passed on the ignorant na tives mn exchange for goods. These or- ders are said to be addressed to Presi- dent McKinley and are for amounts ranging from $5 to $50. Nearly 50,000,000 Starving. — = uncil at Calcutta have ed the famine situation. T! i Loh TL LPR v that the cost of «Nov portul "Hl Je about 40,000, - er $14,000,000. About © 00" persons are now affected in J “British territory and about 27,000,000 in Re the native States. The Viceroy, Lord Curzon, said that the famine area had expanded, surpassing the worst fears, and they were now suffering a cattle, water and food scarcity of a terrible character. About 3,250,000 persons were already receiving relief. While in 1807 the world . shared India’s sorrow an contributed hundreds of thousands of pounds toward the relief fund, the Vice- roy pointed out that India now would have to struggle alone, for the thoughts of every Englishman were centered on South Africa. It would be the duty of the government to pursue the task of saving its last rupee of necessary to do sO. ¥ KT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. The State Department has been ad- vised that G. Jenner, the British Minis- ter at Guatemala City, has accepted the post of arbitrator of the claim of Mr. Mays, all American railroad contractor, against the Government of Guatemala for $100,000 damages sustained through the forfeiture of his contract to build a railroad. . Captain R. P. Leary, U. S. navy, gov- ernor of Guam, ‘says in a report just re- ceived: “It is a pleasure to report in that more than 200 pecple have already enlisted in the ranks of domestic and civil reformation, a small army of chil- dren are jubilant, and the wedding bells are still ringing.” Rev. Paul Ronaldo, of St. Matthew's Catholic church,” Washington, has been chosen by the President to succeed Fa- ther Parks, navy chaplain, resigned. Consul Worman, at Munich, reports to the State department the creation of a gigantic metal paper trust in Bavaria, embodying the entire industry in that country. The Secretary of the Interior calcu- lates the cost of topographical and geo- logical surveys, badly needed, will be as follows: uerto Rico, $16,000; Ha- waii, $22,000; Cuba, $36,000, and Phil- ippines, $50,000. The Holland submarine oat, being offered to the Government for $165,000, or, with improvements, $170,000, a ma jority of the Naval Board of Construc- tion favors rejecting the offer. C. C. Morrow, for a long time one of the executive clerks of the United States Senate, died Sunday, aged 58. The French Premier has demanded explanation from Cardinal Richard, Archbishop of Paris, because of sym- {or less than 13 per cent, in that > The new possessions of the United | response to my general order No. 3.! According to the West Virginia State Board of Agriculture only 7.000 tate | are encumbered. Rev. C. M. Des Islets, professor of languages in the Western University, Pittsburg. sued his wife for divorce, al- leging infidelity. W. C. McCarthy, ma) a.. during the railroad riots of 1877, jed at Dixmont asylum, aged 80 years, { { | yr of Pittsburg, > die | of senile debility. | The sanitary district board of Chi- | cago has sold $1.011.750 worth of its 4 per cent. bonds, dated January 2, 00 | to a Chicago syndicate. 1 The late Prof. David Edward Hughes, | the English electrician and inventor, who died last Tuesday, left £80,000 to the four leading 1.ondon hospitals. The Tippecanoe club of Chicago erases Senator Mason's name from its list of honorary members, and asks him Many | resign from the United State Senate. The Ohio Attorney General declared public school funds could not be law- fully used for the teaching of the cate- chism and Bible history of any religious sech. Bourke Cockran is out with an open letter offering to support W. J. Bryan for the presidency if the latter will make imperialism the great issue of the cam- paign. Gov. Stone has appointed Col. Rob- ert H. Thomas. of Mechanicsburg, Pa, a member of the State board of agri- culture, vice Leonard Rhone, of Center Hall. The bodies of forty-four soldiers. who died of vellow fever at Santiago last spring. were interred in Arlington cem- etery Wednesday: All but fifteen were identified Mexican capitalists are said to have secured land near the Pacific coast bear- ing oil deposits not good for illuminat- i but all right for making lubricants. 1d fuel. Judge Ricks, oi Cleveland, has ap- pointed Attorney Charles M. Wilkins, of Warren, O.. United States commis- sioner to succeed the late Robert Fol- ger, of Massillon. The United States Minister at The Hague states that a royal order has been issued exempting from duty sulphuric ether required in the preparation of al- bumen from milk. A Mason and Dixey line boundary survey bill, like that which passed the Pennsylvania assembly, is now before the Maryland legislature. The work will be undertaken jointly by the two States. H. C. Frick. late chairman of the Car- negie Steel Company, is reported to have sccured an interest in the New York Shipbuilding Company at Cam- J.. which is intended to rival the g Governor Roosevelt announces that he will send to the Senate the nomina- tion of former Senator Francis Hen- dricks, of Syracuse, to succeed Louis F. Payne, as State Superintendent of Insurance. Details have been received from Syd- ney oi the killing of the captain and crew of the steamer Kikamarra, on one of the islands of the Admiralty group, by the natives. It is said all the victims were eaten. Mrs. John D. Rich, the Chicago wom- an surrendered to Mexico, to be tried for the murder of her husband in Jua- rez last May, was adjudged guilty by the Mexican Court and sentenced to serve 14 years in prison. Nearly all the business buildings in both Ward and Lafayette, Col, were burned Wednesday and about 50 fami- lies in Lafayette are homeless, there be- ing no place in the town to afford them shelter, There are several thousand cases of influenza in Rome. The Lycee Cavour at Turin is closed. There are 10,000 in- | luenza cases in that city, and many thousands are reported all over ltaly. In his controversy with Cardinal Vaughan, Dr. St. George Mivart de- clared that the bible stories "of Jonah, the tower of Babel and the creation of fie-world in six days are but “puerile tales.” The Afghan ameer, according to a dis- patch from St. Petersburg, has ordered all roads leading from Herat to Kutschk, in Transcaspia, to be guarded, and at the same time the frontier garri- sons have been geinforced. Bertha Beilstein, the pretty Allegheny girl who murdered her mother and at- tempted suicide while insane, is again at- tracting attention through a petition fil- ed by her brother-in-law, asking for an inquiry into her mental condition. She is confined at Dixmont insane asylum. Sixty-three women of the Deers, the ladies” auxiliary of Allegheny Lodge. No. 330. B. P. O. E., were sued by the American China Company, of Toronto, O.. to recover $1,035.76, alleged to be due for the china souvenirs sold at the Elks’ street fair in Allegheny, Pa. last July. In compliance with the revised stat- utes of the State of Utah Governor Wells has issued a proclamation calling an election to be held on Monday, April 2, for the purpose of: electing a Repre- sentative in the Fiity-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy now existing by reason of Brigham Roberts’ exclusion. W. Howe. editor of the Atchison an.) “Globe,” will take the place of Rev. Charles M. Sheldon in the pulpit of the Congregational Church, at Tope- | ka, during the week the minister is run- | ning the Topeka “Capital” as a Chris- | tian newspaper. The editor maintains there is a Jack of common sense in the | average sermon. Shot Whites and Blacks. Two negroes shot to death and two white men desperately wounded were the casualties in an attempt to arrest a negro at Macon, Ga, Monday. J. H. Butler, who did most of the shooting, was himself shot to death. His victims were: Armstread Bryant, colored, shot through the heart and instantly killed; B. Seltman. white, shot through the stomach, will probably die, and John Reed, white, shot in the neck, in a pre- carious condition. Butler threatened to kill a negro wo- man, and when a policeman attempted to arrest him the negro began to shoot. He ran up Fourth street, one of the bus- jest streets in Macon, pistol in hand, firing at everybody in sight. The shoot- ing attracted a number of policemen and citizens. When Butler fell mortally wounded, five policemen and fifteen cit- izens were firing at him. Stabbed His Family. A. J. Honeycutt, aged sixty, a farmer living near Center, Tex., attacked his wife with a knife. Their children ran to the assistance of the mother, when Honeycutt stabbed Rosa, aged sixteen, killing her instantly. The wife and two sons, aged twelve and ten, were so bad- ly wounded that they may die. Honeycutt is in jail and precautions pathy shown the Assumptionist Fathers. have been taken to prevent a lynching. NA OST OF PLAGUE BH LAOS IS ANNEXATION MADE. Statement from Dr. W. H. Daly on the Situa- tion in the Philippines—Says Cuba is a Rich Island. “I am of the opinion that we are cer- tainly annexing leprosy. pestilence, the plague and possibly other evils that may cause sorrow. vexation, expense and complications, for which we as a nation | will have an uncertain compensation in | any possible commercial or territorial advantage.” This was the startling state- ment made by Major W. H. Daly. who was chief surgeon of the staff of General Mics during the recent war, and the man whose report on embalmed beef used by our troops during the war caus- ed such general comment, in response to a question as to his opinion regard- ing the annexation of the Philippines. “The islands to my mind have very little commercial vale,” said he, “while American labor can nfver compete with labor there. In regard to Cuba, Puerto Rico and the other islands of the West Indies group, 1 think it is the duty of the United States to give them a stable government at once and live up to the promises made in behalf of the people oi these islands, and the purposes for which the Spanish-American War was fought. “We have i111 our own great country sufficient undeveloped land to take care of without seeking to annex other against the will of its rightful owners. The Island of Cuba is rich in its natural resources and taken by itseli would be of value to us. but Puerto Rico is prac- tically valueless. Having been all through the country, I know whereof 1 speak.” NORWAY MAY USE FORCE. Warships Going to Nicaragua to Sieze a Por! and Collect Damages. The trouble between Norway and Nic- aragua growing out of the Reyes rebel- lion last spring will reach an acute stage in the next few days, when a Norwegian man-of-war will appear before Bluefields to compel the payment of the damage claimed because of ill treatment of Not- wegians by the Nicaraguan government during the rebellion. At that time the rebels seized the Condor, a Norwegian vessel, and used her to transport troops irom Bluefields to Cape Gracias. later, after the suppression of the rebellion, the Condor was boarded by the govern- ment troops in spite of the protest of the Norwegian Consul, and an American taken from her and carried to the Blue- fields jail. This outrage was brought to the notice of the Norwegian authorities. The government of Norway informed the minister at Managua that at the first opportunity the matter would be taken up in a suitable way. A claim for dam- ages was filed with the government of Nicaragua, and a Norwegian man-oi- { war will call at Bluefields in a few days. It is understood that the Norwegian government intends to collect the amount of the damages demanded in the same manner that the English collected 3.000 during the year 1895 at the port of Corinto on the Pacific coast—that is, to seize a port and collect the customs until the amount of the claim is paid. Blueflelds is the port that will probably be seized, and as Bluefields is mainly owned by Americans, it may lead to some diplomatic negotiations with this country. CABLE FLASHES The pig iron production of Germany for 1800 was over 8,000,000 tons, being an increase of 8 per cent. King Oscar, of Sweden, has asked al- most 150,000,000 kroner for 46 new bat- teries and 190,000 Mausers. The creditors of the Earl of Yar- mouth have resolved to place his es in bankruptcy, suffered a relapse. The birthday of Emperor William of Germany was celebrated quietly, owing to the recent death of the empress’ mother. The Shah of Persia, Mouzaffer-ed- Din, with his eldest son, Prince Mo- hammed Ali Mirza, intends to visit Ber- lin next April. Proi. Max Muller, corpus professor of comparative philology at Oxford, who was supposed to be recovering from a long illness, has died. There are fears in France that Eng- land will attempt to regain her lost pres- tige in South Africa by an attack on the French colony of Madagascar. Herr Vaze, the German Polar ex- plorer, announces that he will lead an expedition next summer into Arctic re- gions in the hope of finding Andree. Frewch troops are alleged to have en- +_red Pekin, the capital of China, imme- diately on the publication of.the: edict of the late emperor's abdication. M. Turpin, the Parisian inventor of an explosive, which he asserts is more violent than melinite, has gone to the Transvaal to manufacture the new pow- der for use of the Boers. A wharf laborer, of Sydney, has been stricken with the bubonic plague and the attending doctors are of the opinion that he was inoculated with the disease through the bite of a flea. Brazilian gunboats Juruema, Jutahy, Timbira and Tocantins, besides a force of troops, have been ordered to proceed to Acre to enforce the protocol agreed upon between Bolivia and Brazil to protect all citizens. a o Good Times in America. Reviewing the business of 1899, the London Times says: ‘‘The fact that in the United States the expansion of busi- ness commenced about a year later than elsewhere seems to explain the fact, which must be admitted, that Americ expansion is not so far advanced, rela- tively, as that of the United Kingdom and Germany, and may, consequently, be expected to continue for a while after the business of the two laiter countries shows signs of contracting. That ad- vantage, however, may be conceivably nullified by the occurrence this year of another Presidential election.” ale Miller Located William F. Miller, who conducted the 520 per cent. Franklin syndicate in Brooklyn, has been located in Canada, and is under surveillance. The police decline to state in what city or town Miller is stopping. Miller was indict- ed on November 24 for conspiracy in obtaining money through fraud and misrepresentation. This offense is not extraditable, and to-day a new indict- ment was found against Miller for em- bezzlement. The new indictment will be presented in the county court on Friday, when extradition papers will be ready. EE la Chinese Minister Spoke. Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister to the United States, was the guest of honor at the monthly dinner of the Presbyterian Social Jnion, at Philadel- phia, Pa., Tuesday evening. The Chi- nese minister did not make any extend- ed remarks and spoke entirely on the Chinese exclusion laws. He deplored that such laws are in force against his countrymen, and said they are contrary to the maxim of the law that a man 1s innocent until he is proved otherwise. Carpenters Strike in Paris. Five thousand carpenters employed on the exposition buildings have struck for an increase in wages from 18 sou franc an hour. All the work guarded by strong forces of police. The bridges are also guarded, but there is no danger unless other workmen join in a sympathetic movement, which does not seem probable. The strike is not con- sidered serious by the officials, who be- | tween WEARS A BURGHER BUTTON. New Reason Why Ccnsul Macrum Could No Longer Actas American Represent. alive at Pretoria. The most astonishing tale yet told CAPE NOME THE GOAL. Re FOR ALASKAN GOLD HELDS Fifteen Thousand Men Waiting for Navigation about Charles Macrum, recently American Consul at Pretoria, and Mon- rE White, diplomatic agent of the] tivity in Alaska. ansvaal of hostili State Dep: nesday. It renounced States, South Afr here to ask for recognition as the Min- s. was in circulation at the an that Mr. Macrum has allegiance to the United become a citizen of the ister Plenipotentiary or diplomatic agent | of that Government. The other part of the narrative is that Mr. White is to remain here as the un official representative of President Kruger, charged with the duty of cre- ating sentiment, both in and out oi Con- gress, in favor oi the Boers. In searching for evidence that might corroborate the report it was remem bered that before Macrum asked to be relieved, President Kruger sent for him and they had a long talk. Immediately thereafter it was reported that the Con- sul had been asked to procure the friendly intervention of President Mc Kinley. That was just before the war recalled now that Macrum ig- nored dispatches asking him to look af ter British interests, which would be natural had he change his allegiance, tis as alleged. But the incident that is regarded as most significant is that Macrum asked to be relieved, he said he had something to say that could not be put in his « patches. It is regarded as quite prob: ble that if he had renounced his allegi- ance he would not like to state that fact on cables controlled by Great Britain before starting on a journey he could not finish without touching at ports con- trolled by the British Government. That may also explain why he traveled a roundabout route on a German ship. in- stead of taking a British vessel over the usual course. Cable dispatches from rope have also furnished what is regarded as cor- roboration. They have noted the fact that Macrum wears a Transvaal flag button on the lapel of his coat, which would be a peculiar thing for an Ameri- can consular officer to do. BiG GAS AND OIL DEAL. Over 3,000 Acres Sold—Consideration Was Over $135,000. Deeds have been recorded at Eatler, Pa, from the Apollo Oil and Gas Com- pany to the American Natural Gas Com- pany for 841 acres of oil and gas leases, the consideration being $30.000, and from the West Penn Gas Company to the American Natural Gas Company for 1.485 acres of gas rights and- 806 acres of oil and gas leases, cons $103,000. The property is Kiskime- tas township, Armstrong county, and Washington, Upper Burrell, Allegheny. and Franklin townships, Westmoreland county. A mortgage covering the ter- ritory was given by the American Nat- ural Gas Company to F. M. Hoffstatt, of Pittsburg, for $140,000. The land has been held under option for several years, and many efforts were made to sell it but without success. Last November the farmers owning the land organized a co-operative compa- ny and have tested the whole field. The result was most satisfactory and had not the rights been sold the co-operative company would have developed the ter- ritorv. It is accessible by the West Penn and Allegheny Valley railroads. $5,000 for a Dog Frank J. Gould is an enthusiastic col- lector of aristocratic canines. i timated that the kennel at Mr. Gould's country seat in Lyndhurst cost him be- 000 and $100,000. He is wili- ing to pay almost any price for a dog if he fancies the animal, and its pedigree 1: clear. Not long ago while walking on a New York thoroughfare he saw two huge St. Bernards approaching. The closer they came the more he admired them. There followed a few minutes of ques- tioning of the owner, the payment of $10,000, and Mr. Gould owned two more dogs. This week another $3.000 St. Bernard has been added to the Lyndhurst ken- nel in the person of Kinstonian Gold, an English prize winner, weighing 250 pounds, making $20 his value per pound. Terrible Floods in Japan. Official reports just completed give details of terrible inundations which de- stroyed property valued at over 6,000,000 yen in Hakkaldo province, northern Ja- pan, in December. hirty-five towns in the district of Ishikari were devasta- ted. Since September no less than 17,- 188 houses have been submerged or washed away in the Hakkaldo alone while the total damage is placed at 13,- 000,000 yen. Complete returns show that about 100 fishing schooners and other craft were destroyed or sunk, during the severe storm that swept over the Japanese coas December 23 to 25. The total number of lives lost is placed at 189. Fi s! Official Data. The value of imports at Manila for July, August and September was $5,- 802,581. In addition there was $52,520 in gold coin and $255,204 in silver coin from British India and $332,707 in silver coin from China, bringing the aggregate of imports up to $6,443,102 or at the rate of more than $25,300,000 a year for Ma- nila alone. For all Philippine ports for the 1: ars ending with 1804, the aver- age yearly imports of the archapelago only amounted to $17,039,044. The val- ues of importations of merchandise are given as follows: China, $2,454,103; United Kingdom, $916,501; Spain, $663 405; Australia, $410,452; Germany, $357,- 828; United States, $320,114. He | $1,000 for Saving a Life David Rutherford has been awarded a judgment of $1,000 in the circuit court at Kokomo, Ind., against David Hiley, for the saving of the latter’s wife from {drowning | During a flood last spring, Hiley and | his wife were swept off a bridge by a | torrent. Hiley reached land and offer- |ed $1.000 for the rescue of his wife. Rutherford, after a long struggle, brought the woman ashore. But Hiley who is a wealthy farmer, refused to pay the reward. Rutherford sued and the jury allowed him the full amount. Married a Japanese Woman. Governor George K. Nash, of Ohio, has received a letter from his step-son, David W. Deshler, announcing his.mar- riage on November 8 last in Korea to z Japanese woman o: rank. David Desh- ler has been living in Korea for nearly 10 years, having a number of conces- sions from the Korean government. His family here had no intimation of his intended wedding. The letter that Gov- ernor Nash received does not give the woman's name, but United States min- ister Allen encloses a statement that she is high born, well educated and accom- plished, speaking English fluently. Gen. Young in Action. Gen. Otis has reported to the war de- partment that the western coast of the island of Panay is now open for trade, and that the coast of Laguna de Bay and the neighboring sections of the country will also be opened to unre- stricted traffic by the end of the week. He also reports several minor engage- ments with the lipinos in which American arms meet with usual suc- C The enemy lost heavily and a large amount of arms and ammunition was captured. fo 7 A boiler explosion partly wrecked the engine room and damaged other parts of the Steubenville, O., paper mill Mon- day midnight. Fire followed the ex- plosion and increased the damage to $5,- lieve it will be settled in two or three |poo. The plant is owned by Hartje days. Bros.. of Pittsburg, Pa. 3 pe t london until the outbreak | | | to Open—Spring Will Sze Great Ac- | | tment and the Capitol Wed- | can Republic and is coming | {eration | It is es- | Estimates made by local shipping men 1ow that about 15.000 men are intend- Nome by the first $ Sound and Daw- irds of this number will go irom Tacoma, Seattle and San Francis- Cape | co and the balance will go down the | Yukon river from Dawson and other | Yukon towns. A great prospective race {1s in sight between these two contin i gents. First arrivals will secure the best part of the beach, which will be in the | greatest demand, because beach claims | may be worked without flumes or ma- chinery. According to latest advices, | over Nali of Dawson's population will head for Gape Nome as fast as the Yu- | Kon steamers wmtermg on the upper | rive can follow the outgoing ice down | stream. Dawson miners have great 1 | hopes of reaching their Mecca first and i to accomplish this are prepared to leave | the steamers below Nulato and make a | portage of 200 miles across the tundra. » steamers, ng from 300 10 1,000 passengers are scheduled to coast ports between May 10 sail from | 1 and June 1. Yully $3.000.x ol supplies have been pt hip- ment on th first steamers. Severe storms still blockade the White Pass No trains have reached Skag- Bennett in two weeks. Re- Klondikers are experiencing rossing the summit been badly frozen railroad. w from turning A New Coaling Station. Admiral Watson reports that he has taken possession of Fsabella coaling sta- tion and established a marine garrison there under command of Long. A short time ago. feeling the need of station for the use of the smaller vess in the Philippine archi- pelago in the southern islands, remote from Manila, Admiral Watson dispatch- ed a vessel to look into the conditions at Zamboanga, where the Spaniards had maintained a garrison. and a small coal- ing station for many y LER found upon investigation, however. t the harbor at that point was not suitable for naval vessels, owing to shallow wa ter, and attention being directed where, a small but perfectly protected and deep harbor was found on Basilan island, where the Spaniards had already established a coaling station. They took | possession of this, garrisoned the place and are taking steps to add to its coal a coaling else | he Solace sailed from Manila for | San Francisco and on the way she will | touch at the new coaling station, as well as at Iliolo, Cebu and Guam and thence returtiing to Yokohoma will strike across the Pacific for San Francisco. She will carry the bodies of Captain Nichols, who died while in command of the Monadnock, and Captain Ingate, of the marine corps, who died at Guam ai- ter a surgical operation. Consumers of Oleo. from the House oi Representatives the | statement of the amount of oleomarga- rine shipped into the various States. The total shipments are 79.603.744 pounds, and the main shipments to States are as follows: Colorado, 1.123.537 pounds; Illinois, 18,638,921: Indiana, 3.923.228; 3.544; Kentucky, 1.490,577; Louisana, 502: Maryland, : Massachu- setts, 2.083,000; Mic 2,002,000; Minnesota. 1.343, 000; Missouri, 3,133.2 000; Nebraska, 1.024.000; New Jersey 5.000: Ohio, 8 5.87: 0,000; Pennsylvaniz 11,433,000: Rhode Island, 3.594.000; Texas, 1,518,000; Virginia, 1,150,009; West Virginia, 1,120,600. Many Die From Plagu>. Chrys Moller. a bullion broker, of [ien 7, China. has just arrived at Sioux City. la. He says the bubonic plague in Honolulu is worse than re- ported, and that a dozen people are dy- ing daily. He describes the burning of Chinatown by vigilance while his ship was at Honolulu. The citizens claimed the location was un- sanitary 2nd favorable to the spread of the plague. The s embraced ten blocks in the heart of the city, which is now proposed to convert into a park. Time was given to the celestials to r move their property, and they were or- dered to live on a hilltop on the edge of the city. Devoured by Wolves. John Smith, a former resident of De- troit, Mich.. has been devoured by wolves a short distance from a logging camp where he was employed near Presque Isle, in the upper peninsula. The letter states he strayed from the camp in the early evening, as he was in the habit of doin found in the snow. That he fought des- perately for his life, is shown by the bloody snow and the carcass ofa wol that was found close to the body. Smith was a veteran of the Spanish-American war and was quite well to do. Americans She! by Mexicans. A report is current at Guaymas, Mexi- co, that six Americans, John Eldridge, George Lunt, Charles Burns, Lon Webster and Henry Wil liams, were shot by order of Gen. Tor- res, in command of the Mexican troops operating against the Yaqui Indians in the Bacatete range. It is said that the matter was brought to the attention of | the American consul at Guaymas, but | he declined to act. as the Me { troops found the Americans in friendly ! intercourse with the Yaquis. Some ol | the names are known here as those oi | | | | prospectors. Nearly a Million Pensions. Responding to an inquiry from Sena- tor Gallinger. Commissioner Evans has sent to him a statement giving the num- ber of pensioners on account of each of the wars oi the United States. number are as follows: Revolutionar Var, four widows and seven daughte War of 1812, one survivor, ows: Indian Wars, 1832 to 1842, 1.650 survivors and 3.880 widows; Mexican War, 9.204 survivors and 8,175 widow since 1861. under general law, 321.3 invalid and 92,001 widows and other de- pendents; under law of 18go, invalids 420,012; widows and dependents, 130. 226. ¢ Moie Canadians Sail- Canadian contingent to South Africa embarked on the marching through the city on their to the transport. After inspection they P. M. B. Daly, wished them Godspeed. The line ol march was crowded with people, cheered the departing troops. steamer was booked to sail o'clock Saturday. Favors Sunday Saloons The Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst, oi of Sunday opening of saloons, ,at cer- tain hours. His reason for this view is, that the opening of saloons for a part of Sunday is the lesser of two evils, the present Raines law, which he says is ig- nored. being the greater. Tr. 1820, the year of its discovery. The German cc et manufacturers have formed a pool or raising prices. ra 5 tn Sm ————r - + REBELS AGAIN DEFEATED- t : nese General at Legaspi, but Were Given a Sever2 Lesson. Gen. Otis has cabled from Manila as | follows: “Gen. Kobbe's troops occu- pied the hemp ports of Sorsogen, Dun- | | | Filipinos Make a Stubborn Fight Under a Chi- | | | i i | | | sel, Bulan, Albay and legaspi, south-| eastern Luzon, and Virac island. Catan- | duanos; will probably occupy the ports | of Calbayoc, Cathbalogan and Tacloban | on the islands of Saman and of Leyte | before to-morrow evening. No opposi- tion except at Legaspi. where 800 insur- | | gents strongly entrenched under Chi-| | nese Gen. Powah, made stubborn resist ance; troops landed under protection of | guns of Nashville, which fiercely bom- | barded fortifications at close range. En- | emy’s loss over 30 killed or mortally | wounded; 28 killed at bridgehead in al- | most hand to hand encot refusing Lieutenant | In response to a resolution of inquiry | ‘retary of the Treasury furnished a! Kansas, | committee | g, and the next morn- | ing his partially devoured body was | David Cusick, | The | 1.098 wid- | The second detachment of the second | Pomeranian | 2 were addressed by Lieutenant Governor | and Mayor Hamilton | about 4 | New York, has declared himself in favor | manufacture of quinine was be- | gun in Philadelphia by John Farr in| ie to surrender; our casualties Capt. Brad- ley Hancock, quartermaster of volun- teers, aide to Kobbe, wounded in hand: six men, including one sailor on Nash- | ville, slightly wounded. These ports | contain great quantity of hemp ready | for shipment and will be open on Jan- uary 30. It is estimated that there bales of hemp in the proving Gen. Kobbe has entered and 76.000 baies in Sorsogen and Legaspi. The Nash ville’s shells burned 80.000 bales in I. | aspi. The expedition arrived off Sorsc | gen, January 20, and the town displayed i white flags. Gen. Kobbe and Col. | i Howe, with a battalion of the Borie. | | seventh infantry landed and raised the United States flag. The insurgent force, | | numbering 300 men, evacuated the place. The natives were passive. During the morning of January 23 the Nashville and Venus, with four companies of the I regiment, under Maj. | { Shipton, approached Legaspi. Filipino flags were flying and the trenches were | Forty-seventh NAPPIES SEIS 1 PPPPN PPA PY 3 3 Dj h | Yaan in 3 4 3 Ride a Monarch and Keep in { > ee y < 3 3 > € 4 £ > € > { p é p ; < > p 4 p 4 4 : < > 4 > p y 4 4 - 4 ; ) 4 4 < 4 04 ° < 2 4 < > $ 4 < 3 3 > > ale . $ 4 < 4 > ’ : $ are recognized the world over as representing the 4 > highest type of excellence in bicycle construction. 3 4 4 1899 MobEeLs $50.00 ano $35.00. | 3 Send for 1899 Catalogue. Agents wanted in open territory. $ > > MONARCH CYCLE MFG. CO, : 4 Lake, Halsted & Fuiton Streets, Chicago. ¢ > Branches— NEW YORK, LONDON, HAMBURG. 4 4 Send 20 cents in stamps for a deck of Monarch Playing Cards, illustrating Jessie Bartlett < > Davie, Lillian Rassell, Tom Cooper, Lee Richardson and Walter Jones. $ 2 “ * > 1 ALL ROADS ARE ALIKE TO A MONARCH. | men, led by Maj. Shipton, landed on | the beach about a mile north of the town, the Nashville bombarded the trenches and the enemy retreated to Al- bay, whence they were easily dispersed to the hills. About 200 insurgents, arm- ed with rifles, forced 600 unwilling vil- agers, armed with bows and arrows, to serve in the trenches in the close range street fighting before the enemy fled. | The Filipino dead were mostly villagers who were attempting to flee. | crowded. A detachment of 1350 he | RUSSIA’S HAND IN CHINA. thronement—Change Not Yet Ccmp'eted. A dispatch from Shanghai says the news of the adbication oi the Chinese Emperor has caused a tremendous sen- sation in Japan, where a strong desire is expressed to adopt string ures, as it is believed Russi ing hand in the coup d'etat. The Dowager Empress has dismissed | Jung Lu, generalisaimo, of the Chinese | forces, on account of his disapproval | ficials | | { | | | Believed to Have Caused the Empsror’s De- | | | 1 | of the coup d-etat. Other hi 0 s have been superseded. Extraordinary precautions have been taken at the vice- | regal capitals to prevent risings. The | troops have been served with ball car- tridges. The interior of China is great- | ly excited and progressive Chinese are | begging the American and Japanese | ministers to intervene and restore the | Emperor to power. An official communication from Pekin | says: “Pu Chun, who has been appoint- ed heir apparent to the throne, has been given the status of a son of the late 1- peror. The statement that a new peror has asceded the throne is prema- ture, although it is probable the present action is preparatory thereto.” KEWSY GLEANINGS. The area of Alaska is 579,800 miles. An aut has been formed in Philadel ! The lower part of Havana, Cuba, bor- {dering on the bay is to be disinfected | again. By the State Superintendent's decis- ion, the Bible m > read in the pub lig schools of Nebraska A Chicago street railway company has { rs on its lines for the | The first i the new kind postal cards in Ger- many consisted of 3,000,600 cards. | | The boundary dispute Congo Free State and » German col- | | onies has been. satis y settled. A system of preventive inoculation | against typhoid fever is under extensive trial in India and South Africa. { The Swedish Budget which 4s the argest on record, calls for forty-six new batteries of artillery by the end oi* 1903. The Dewey Arch, in New York City. lis to be covered with a paint that will | insure its presérvation for a year, at least. . ! The transports Olympia and Pennsyl- vania at San ancisco have been turn- ed over by the Government to their owners. 2 Major Thomas Taylor, of Wakefield, the oldest coroner in lngland, is dead. age of seventy-eight years. Dur- ing his career he held more than 30,000 inquests. The Mayor of Haverhill, Mass., has ded in getting cheaper gas for the inhabitants. They now pay eigh- 2 cents per thousand cubic feet instead :, with the new year, of | between the | ° . r some improvement had been made in North Capitol street, Wash- ington, D. C., it was discovered that the workmen had thoughtlessly made away | with a historic stone set in place by | George Washington. Twenty-six more bodies were cre- mated last year in Heidelberg, Germany, than during 1808, when the number was 125. 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CINCINNATI, OHIO. vo ddd section lie iinet cients. iolwestDectrmndlin P| KOWER GEREAL COFFEE 00, : £ECM, CHIC, vr a ve sn journals are ex ect that street d upon the pris pal boulevards of the French capi They say that the be of th: city § | be ruined, : 5 marid Years Age. i this century vexed pi ago just as i ie was one of iew of the mat mother in Feb Some of the P cited over the pre j will soon be operat | | | | | | a parcel of | beauty its fame will sy I have not British Government y. 84, a Tale of | three first qu rs of the 1eteenth Century’ (by the w io | (April 1 to Deceml Q r 3) increased 5,000 over 1898. 2 1c ,100,0600, was ire is only tl iteenth, but no matter that). ’ The story is excellent.’ Of Ai a iecond largest, 4.305.000. irom sta’ . \% the third la t, 53 coo, fror The German War Department is | € third Ia Sohn 0, rom & | duties. 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