BUD BY tMUllS GUIDES.
HEAVY BRITISH LOSS.
Gen. Gatacrt Surrounded by the Boert il
Stormberg Lost 600 Men and
Abandoned Equipment.
The London war office publishes the
following dispatch from Gen. Forcsticr
Walkcr at Cape Town:
"Gatacre reports: Deeply regret to in
form you that I met with a serious re
verse in the attack on Stormberg. I was
misled as to the enemy's position by the
guides and found impracticable ground.
The war office has received the follow
!nR dispatch from Cape Town dated Sat
urday night:
"The position of the enemy in Storm
berg district last night was the foltow-
"At Stormberg. six laagers, nt Dor
drecht, 800 men; 23 miles south of
Sterkstroom, 2JO men.
"The railway bridge nt Modder river
mas completed December 7. Mcthncn
reports that he made a demonstration up
the line of the railway at daylight with
artillery. The enemy did not respond.
Methurn is receiving the remainder of
his reinforcements and supplies. He has
established detached posts on his line
of communication.
The Times publishes the following
dispatch from Moltcno:
"Gen. Gatacrc attempted to assault the
Boer position at Stonnberg at dawn to
day (Sunday). The guides led us wrong
and we were surprised while in fours and
after a very trying night march. Our
retirement was effected in excellent or
der, there being no hurry even at the
most critical time. The Northumber
lands and Irish rifles behaved as if on
review day. I fear our losses arc heavy.
One of our guns we had to abandon.'
It is hardly too much to regard Gen.
Gatacre's repulse near Stormberg as the
most serious defeat British arms have
yet sustained in the whole campaign.
Already the official advances show that
2 men were killed, 9 officers and 17 men
were wounded and q officers and 596
men are missing. But it is evident that
the worst is not yet known. The pro
portion of wounded and killed is so
small, when compared with the missing
who are undoubtedly prisoners in the
hands of the Boers that the supplemen
tary list of casualties is awaited with se
rious misgiving.
It is also feared that there were seri
ous losses of guns and equipment.
The most serious aspect o the affair
is the effect it is likely to have on the
Dutch in Cape Colony, who have been
wavering as to whether to throw in their
lot with the Boers. Hosts of the north
ern farmers are now likely to join the
rebellion. The defeat is also serious be
cause it will delay the function of Gen.
Gatacre and Gen. French at Naauw
poort. The plan was for their combined
forces to relieve the pressure on Lord
Mcthucn's column.
The disclosure of such a strong force
at Stormberg was quite unexpected.
Doubtless Gen. Gatacre was the victim
of treacherous guides. But the result
points also to the absence of proper cav
alry scouting.
Some interesting light is thrown on
the position of affairs along the western
frontier in South Africa by a dispatch
issued by a Boer agency in Berlin,
which says: "Commandant Frins Loos'
force is near Jacobsdal, between Mod
der river and Kiel river. General Cronje
is still on the north bank of Modder
river, his rear being protected by forti
fied positions at Spytfontein. The hills
between Modder river and Spytfontein
and those between Jacobsdal and Riet
river are occupied by Boers. Command
ant Delarey's force is stationed between
Gras Pan and Honey Nest kloof."
If this Berlin dispatch be correct
and it is especially significant when
judged in connection with General For-estier-Walker's
advices to the war of
fice there must be some 15,000 Boers
around Lord Mcthucn, who is believed
to have 11,000 men. Kimberlcy, how
ever, possessing an armored train, can
materially assist Mcthucn by harrassing
the Boers from the rear.
According to a special dipatrh from
Lourenzo Marqttcz the Moducr river
battle is described by a Boer corre
spondent with General Cronje as "one
of the fiercest the Boers ever experi
enced." The correspondent goes on to
say:
"General Cronjc's wing sustained al
most solely the fearful attack of the
British right throughout the day. The
Transvaalcrs tenaciously held their po
sition until 7 in the evening, when the
Free State burghers were forced to re
tire by the heavy British shell fire. Gen
eral Cronje then retired under cover of
darkness, after facing the concentrated
fire of all the British batteries.
"The Boers freely acknowledge the
herculean assaults o( the British and
the death-dispensing fire of the attack
ing infantry, but they held their po
sition for 13 hours against the flower
of the British army, replying solely
with their Mausers and maintaining an
uninterrupted rifle fire. The Boer ar
tillery was silenced early in the battle
through the overwhelming number of
the British artillery."
Modder river dispatches say that the
Boers are encamped amid the hills half
way to Kimberlcy, but it is also asserted
that a 'large body of the enemy has gone
in the direction of Jacobsdal. It is pos
sible therefore that Lord Methuen may
endeavor to clear his right flank as far
as Jacobsdal before continuing his ad
vance. He is still waiting at Modder
river for stores, guns and ammunition.
A dispatch from Frere camp, dated
December 5, says: "The Boers are
firing into Ladysmith entertaining the
gravest fears as to the safety of their
own country."
The hottest bombardment of the
siege at Ladysmith took place last
Thursday. The Boers got a new big
gun in position on Lombards Kop,
completely commanding the town, and
shelled the English camp, planting
shells with great accuracy in the camp
of the Gordon Highlanders and the
Manchester regiment, where there were
many narrow escapes.
Two Russian colonels and a French
general and colonel have engaged with
the Boers.
General Joubert has been forced by
sickness to relinquish command of the
iioer army.
Americans in Pretoria complain that
the Boers do not respect American
passports or flags. ... :
A Chicago firm has shipped 750,000
pounds of canned beef to the British
Army in Alrica.
LATE 81 NEWS NOTES.
Tvnhold fever is nrevnlent In FiltS-
bttrg.
A Kansas firm has sold t.000 mules
to the British government.
Paine'a firework company, of New
York, has made an assignment.
A revolutionary outbreak in Guate
mala near the Mexican line is reported.
Henry C. Frick has resigned as chair
man ol the board of managers of the
Carnegie Steel Company.
The Canadian steamer Niagara foun
dered on Lake Eric last week and her
crew of 16 men were drowned.
Robbers stole J-'s'.ooo from the safe
of the Pacific Express Company at
Cheyenne, Wyo., last Sunday.
John S. Chase, the socialist mayor of
Haverhill, Mass., yvas re-elected by a
plurality of 223 in a total of 7,000.
The American Window Glass Co. lias
reduced the price of single strength
glass ,1.1 l-.l per cent and double
strength 40 per cent.
Thieves stole $1,400 worth of jewelry
from the home of K. J. Coiner, of Alle
gheny. Pa., last Sunday.
Add Mine Explosion.
Lieutenant Augustus C. Ledyard, son
of Henry B. Ledyard, president of the
Michigan Central railroad, was killed
in the Philippines last Friday.
An earthquake shock was plainly felt
at Faulkton, S. D., Thursday morning.
The seismic vibration was very per
ceptible, but only lasted an instant.
C. Reis, while attempting to sing
tenor, cracked his voice in reaching
high C and he fell over unconscious.
Physicians say he burst a blood vessel.
Governor Barnes, of Oklahoma, in his
annual report, says it is best to wait
for statehood a reasonable time until
a union of Oklahoma and the Indian
territory can be effected.
An industrial school for young men is
about to be established by the Catholic
diocese of Pittsburg, it having been cn
downcd with $60,000 bv the late James
L. Toner, of Westmoreland county.
A cargo of coffee on board the
steamer Taylor from Brazil will not be
unloaded in this country if the New
York health authorities have their way.
The ship had bubonic plague on board.
General Gregorio del Pilar, brother of
Pio del Pilar and commanding Aguin
aldo's bodyguard, was killed in battle
December 3, near Cervantes, by Major
P. C. March's battalion of the Thirty
third infantry.
A fire which had its origin in a dry
goods store at Augusta, Ga., Monday,
burned four hours and laid waste a solid
block in the center of the business por
tion of the city. The damage will ap
proximate $1,000,000.
Muskrats have caused a break in the
bank of the Delaware canal near Tren
ton, N. J., which makes necessary the
emptying of the canal in order to re
pair. In the meantime all navigation
on the canal must cease.
The State canvassing board of Ken
tucky has decided to give the guber
natorial commission to Taylor. The
Goebel men have given up and have ac
cepted the decision as final. The board
was unanimously composed of Goebel
men.
The election certificate of William S.
Taylor was Monday morning signed by
the election commissioners, and he was
declared to be govcrnor-cicct of Ken
tucky. The official figures of the vote
filed with Secretary of State Finley are:
Taylor, 103,714; Goebel, 191,331. Tay
lor's plurality, 2,383.
George Horton, a former police of
ficer of Washington, was hanged Fri
day. He had murdered a Mrs. Nichol
son with whom he was intimate. He
cut her throat, then reached into the
wound, drew out the jugular vein and
severed it with his knife.
The Trinidad government withheld
its final approval of the reciprocity
treaty with the United States concluded
last summer by Kir. Kasson, because
under it the total receipts of the island
would fall below the necessities of the
government of Trinidad.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Huntington
Thursday gave $50,000 toward the en
dowment fund of the Tuskcgce institute
in Georgia. A conditional subscription
of $25,000 toward the endowment fund
has also been made by a woman in the
West, through Grover Cleveland.
A duel was fouaht at Greenville,
Miss., Saturday, which resulted in the
instant death of J. C. Conncrly, a law
yer of Lakevillage, Ark., and Alfred B.
Duncan, general manager of the Red
Leaf plantation and stores, who lived
near Sunnysidc, Ark.
Add Mine Disaster
While walking to his home in Phila
delphia recently, William Ilarherson be
came benumbed with the cold and fell
down a railroad embankment into a
small stream which was frozen over.
Harherson's head went through the ice,
which formed a collar about his neck
and strangled him to death.
The feature of the municipal election
in 15 of the 32 cities in the State of
Massachusetts Tuesday, was the added
triumphs of the Socialists. Last year
the Social Democrats captured Haver
hill, and this year Brockton was added
to the column. Candidates in other
cities made remarkable showings.
Six hundred and odd Scandinavians
sailed away on the St. Paul Thursday
morning, homeward bound, to spend
Christmas with relatives. Nearly all are
bachelor farmers gone to marry their
sweethearts and bring them back.
Admits England's Power.
The Figaro, of Paris, publishes an in
terview with M. Lockroy, former
French Minister of Marine, in the
course df which he says:
"The British navy is twice as strong
as ours. It is able to oppose simulta
neously the navies of France and the
triple alliance. Everywhere French
fleets are stationed they are confronted
by twice or thrice their strength.
"France must have cables. Great
Britain's bases of support are all con
nected and the British are ready for war
to-morrow, 11 necessary, with every na
tion on the globe."
Message Plealtd In Germans..
The German government and press
almost unanimously welcome President
McKinley's message to Congress. Even
the agrarian papers, always opposed to
things American, grudgingly admit that
the message is fair and honest. . The
drift of private comment is virtually
the same. In the lobby of the reichatag
inursday similar sentiments were ex.
oressed without reserve by members
CAUGHT IN A MINE.
An Explosion of Firedamp Causes Terrible
Lost ot Lifo at Carbondale, Wash.
Soma Herolo Rescues.
In a mine explosion at Carbonado,
Wash., last Saturday. .12 miners were
killed. The theory of Superintendent
Davies is that a small pocket of gas was
opened, became ignited and caused the
terrific explosion of dust which resulted
in all the damage and loss of life.
The explosion occurred at it a. m.,
and shook the mine from the water
level to the surface, nearly t.ooo feet
above. Nearly a hundred miners were
at work, and between 30 and 40 of them
were killed outright Of the 20 or 30
miners who were in the upper levels and
who escaped unhurt, several immedi
ately started down again to rescue their
unfortunate companions, but at the
lower levels were overcome by the after-damp,
which killed a number.
The noise of the explosion brought
the entire population of the town to the
mouth ot the tunnel, wives and cnii
dren of the doomed men were wild with
Brief. Governor Rogers arrived in the
evening and took charge of the mine.
He began an investigation to determine
the responsibility for the accident.
Miners who were brought to tue sur
face alive were nuiflledd in sacking to
protect their burns until they could be
carried to the hospital.
Many instances of heroism were re
corded. Rescuers would continue at
work until overcome by the gas. They
would be carried to the upper air to re
vive them and then descend again.
None of the bodies so far recovered
were crushed. Timbering and excavat
ing are being carried on as rapidly as
possible. Nearly all the men killed were
smothered by the gas ana altcr-uamp.
As to the cause of the explosion, even
the miners rescued cannot give the
slightest explanation. (July safety
lamps are worn when at work. If, how
ever, a man carelessly opens his lamp
the coal gas quickly explodes. The only
open light known was that irom the
small locomotive used to haul the cars
in and out the cannon on the main level.
When the first rescuing party reach
ed the mine workings they found that
timber and coal pillars had been ground
into an inextricable mass. By the dim
lights of their safety lamps they found
charred and twisted bodies behind piles
of timbers and tons of coal.
Whenever a live man was found a
rope was placed about his body, under
his arms. With tliTs he was dragged 400
feet, to a point beneath the nearest tim
ber chute running to the surface. From
the surface the maimed men were car
ried a mile or more to the foot of the
big incline, running too feet up to the
top of Carbonado. On this journey the
wounded men were carried on stretch
ers and on horseback.
The mine belongs to the Southern Pa
cific Railroad Company. The coal is a
soft, bituminous variety, productive of
a large proportion of gas. and has been
much used in gas manufacture.
The total number of men in the unfor
tunate shaft was 76, of whom 44 arc
alive, having escaped or been rescued.
Immense Cotton Yields.
The final report of the department of
agriculture on the acreage and produc
tion of cotton in the United States for
the year ended August 31, 1899, shows a
total acreage of 11,189,205 bales, an in
crease of 291,349 bales over the preced
ing year. The average production per
acre was .448 of a bale. The total value
of the crop was $305,467,041. The tele
graphic report to be issued on Monday,
December it, at noon will relate to the
present year, 1809-1000, and will com
prise an estimate of the ncreage by
States and the indicated yield of lint
cotton per acre.
Aged Couple Burned.
A fire at Gloucester, N. J., Monday
morning cost two lives and destroyed
the Green Tree hotel and stables and the
Clifton house. The dead are David
Young, a laborer, and his wife, Bessie.
They were about 60 years of age and
lived at the Clifton house. Two sons
survive them, one of whom is with the
army in the Philippines.
Suicide First Called His Wife.
Lewis Hcin, a glass decorator of
Teanncttc, Pa., shot himself three times
Thursday morning, falling dead at the
feet of his wife, whom he had called to
the door of their bed room. No rca
son is given for the deed. He and his
wife, to whom he had been married 10
months, came from leannette last Mon
day to visit his brother. Hcin told his
brother some time a no some one was
following him and gave his revolver to
his brother and asked him to keep it for
him. But he secured it later. The dead
man was 36 years old.
Mistaken for English.
Lieutenant Stacker and seven mem
bers of the First Tennessee volunteers
arrived at New York Sunday on the
steamer St. Louis from Southampton,
on their way to their homes in Clarks
ville, Tenn., after having seen some
months' of active service in the Philip
pines. They came home via Europe in
order to see the sights. They received
the best ot treatment at every nort visit
ed, except at Paris, where, they say.
they were mistaken for English and
were hissed on the streets.
An Osteopath Indicted.
Under instructions from the trial
judge at Lincoln, Neb., a jury in the
district court tound Dr. Charles W. Lit
tie, a practitioner -of osteopathy, guilty
of violation of the medical laws of the
state. The jury was instructed that if
one professes to heal or operate for a
enumeration by manipulation and rub'
bing, such fact would come within the
purview of the law, whether or not med
icines were used. Dr. Little will at
once appeal to the Supreme Court.
Buralar Shoots Preacher.
While Rev. David B. Cheney, of the
first Baptist Church ot Kaciue, Wis.,
was sitting in his library Thursday.
he heard his wife scream. At the door
he was met by a young man who placed
a revolver against the clergyman's ab
domen and fired. A second bullet en
tered the center of the breast. The man
fled.
Mr. Cheney crawled to his wife's
room and found her wounded. The
burglar bad entered her bed room, de
manded money and fired at her.
POLYGAMY IN UTAH.
II Is Still Practice! by the Highest Cttldcrs In
(ho Mormon Church.
Jndae C. C. Goodwin of the Salt Lake
Tribune says regarding Scnntor Raw
lins' resolutions to investigate polyg
amy:
KcBardma the Rawlins resolutions
congress and the country should not be
deceived. If the resolutions are amend
ed so as not to carry nn implication
against the president, nnd if the presi
dent of the Senate will appoint some
other senator rather than Kawlins as
chairman of the committee, and then if
the order be to the committee to have
the hearing here with open doors, the
committee will be most heartily wel
comed. "And it will be shown that every
guarantee was given that polygamy
should cease in Utah, both the marry
ing of new wives ami living with old
ones; that this was affirmed by the pres
ident of the dominant church under
oath, by one of his counselors, Joseph
f. smith; by Apostle (now President)
Snow, by the petition for amnesty, by
every o-4lvard evidence of sincerity.
further, that it was fully understood and
made clear by the act of the first state
legislature, which legitimized polyga
mous children born up to a certain date.
further, it will be shown that sev
eral of the very highest officers of the
dominant church have taken new po
lygamous wives, and that the state is
being filled with children born of po-
lygamous parents.
"Rawlins does not want any commis
sion sent here; his resolutions were but
a diversion in the hope of helping Rob
erts." COINAGE OF THE MINTS.
The Production of Gold Coin Last Year the
Greatest In History.
George F.. Roberts, the Director of
the Mint, in his annual report, says:
the mints and assay offices operated
upon more bullion in the aggregate,
and a greater coinage was executed dur
ing the last fiscal year than in any pre
vious year. Original deposits of gold
w;erc slightly less than during the pre
vious year, amounting in value to $14.1,-
497.t9", against $147,093,104 in the fiscal
year ended June 30. 180a. Domestic
deposits were the largest in our history,
amounting to $76,252,487 against $69,
881,120 in the preceding year, but there
was a falling on in foreign coin and
bars.
"The coinage of gold was the greatest
in our history, amounting to $108,177,
180, against $64,634,865 in the preceding
year, and might have been considerably
larger if the capacity of the mints had
been greater, the stock of gold bul
lion on hand increased from $1)6.688,
582 on July 1, 1898 to $119,882,772 on
July 1, 1899.
"The coinage of silver dollars from
bullion purchased under the act of July
14, 1890, was $18,254,709 against $10,
022,780 in the preceding year, and the
coinage of subsidiary silver, $9,406,877.
65 against $6,482,804.
CERVERA'S BOOK.
The Defeated Admiral Writes About the Santi
ago Battle.
Another contribution of the naval lit
erature of the Spanish war has been
published by the Bureau of Naval In
telligence. It is a history by Admiral
Ccrvera of the fleet under his command
which was destroyed by the American
squadron off Santiago. The oriental
publication was autfiorized by the Queen
Regent of Spain, on the petition of Ad
miral Ccrvera, who wished to vindicate
himself for the loss of his squadron, nf
tcr having been sent to Cuba against his
earnest protest.
The document is of historical value,
as it is made up entirely of official let
ters and dispatches, and includes the re
port of Admiral Ccrvera and his fleet
commanders on the action of Santiago
bay. There is nothing of news value in
the compilation which has not already
been printed from time to time.
Admits England's Power.
Three Hundred Armenians Murdered.
Advices received at Constantinople
report that the Kurds have avenged the
recent incursion of Russian Armenians
into the Alashgerd district, in Turkish
Armenia, by pillaging the Armenian
village of Kostur and massacrcing 300
of its inhabitants.
Birmingham Wants a Waterway.
Birmingham, Ala., wants waterway
communication with the Gulf of Mexi
co at Mobile. For the purpose of en
listing aid in the project ex-Mayor J. A.
Van IIoosc, of Birmingham, is in Pitts
burg. He represents the Commercial
club, of Birmingham, and has been mak
ing a tour of the country for the pur
pose of securing congressional support
for a measure which will come before
the present session of Congress. They
ask the nation to give $8,500,000 for this
enterprise.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Eight hundred bills and resolutions
were introduced in the Senate last
Wednesday.
The secretary of the treasury has or
dered the purchase of silver bullion for
the special mintage of the Lafayette
souvenir dollar.
The commissioner of internal revenue
has decided that aerated distilled water
is entitled to exemption from tax even
if advertised as a remedy or comctic.
The President has appointed Peter
Lieber, of Indiana, to be consul of the
United States at Dusseldorf, Germany,
vice George P. Pettit, deceased.
It is believed that Consul Macrum is
returning to Washington from Pretoria
with peace proposals from President
Kruger, for the state department.
John Wanamaker, testifying before
the industrial commission in Washing
ton, defended the department store as
beneficial to consumer and producer.
The transport Sherman with two bat
talions of the Forty-ninth regiment
sailed from San Francisco for Manila
Thursday. Apostolic Delegate Chapelle
was on board.
The Democratic caucus committee of
the Senate shows a disposition to resist
the demand of the Republican Senators
for increased representation on the lead
ing committees.
The packet post between the United
States and Germany is a success. Dur
ing the month of October 3,000 pack
ages went from Germany, and during
ilia month of November 5,000, as against
11,909 during the whole of 1897.
GEN. Yi
HARD-FOUGHT BATTLE.
Enemy Had Planned Pitfalls and Used Artillery
Police Lead an Uprising
In Negro.
There was considerable relief in Ma
nila when the news was received Satur
day that General Young's small force
had arrived safely nt Vigatl, province of
South Iloeos, December 6. Anxiety
had been felt for General Young and
the garrison at Vigan since it was
known that General Tino had a large
aggressive body of insurgents operating
in the vicinity. General Tino made a
stand in the mountain pass between
Narvacan ami San Quinto. The natural
strength of the position was augment
ed by trenches and pitfalls.
General Young had three companies
of the Thirty-fourth infantry, under
Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Howze,
and two troops of the Third cavalry.
Captain Swigart commanding, and one
troop under Captain Chase. He was
reinforced during the fight by Colonel
Luther R. Hare, with a battalion of the
Thirty-third, en route to Vigan. Gen
eral Young ended the fight by charging
and routing the enemy, who left 25 dead,
several ritles and thousands of rounds of
ammunition in the trenches. The enemy
employed artillery. Only one American
was seriously wounded.
The uprising in the island of Ncgros
was led by the police of La Corlata dis
trict, where there is a small American
garrison. The police inspired false re
ports of insurgent victories in Luzon
and Panay. There are 250 native police
in Ncgros, uniformed and armed with
Springfield ritles.
General Otis Thursday cabled the war
department that he has had no word
of General Young for a week. This is
taken to indicate that Young is con
tinuing his hot pursuit of Aguinaldo,
and is probably in a country where he
regards it as unsafe to use couriers.
General Otis' dispatch, which follows,
gives an official account of Lieutenant
Colonel Parkers engagement nt Vigan:
"Insurgents, 800 strong, made attack
on Colonel Parker's force at Vigan,
consisting B company and 153 sick
and footsore men Thirty-third infantry,
4 o'clock morning 4th, entering city in
darkness; severe street fight ensued;
continued four hours; enemy driven out,
leaving behind 40 dead, .12 prisoners, in
cluding many officers, nnd 84 ritles; now
on outskirts entrenching. Parker says
can hold out indefinitely; plenty rations
and ammunition. His loss 8 enlisted
men killed, 3 wounded. One hundred
and sixty men now being transported
from San Fabian to his relief; Young
must be in vicinity with large force."
A force of 100 insurgents Monday at
tacked, near Baliuag, a wagon train es
corted by 30 men of the Sixteenth in
fantry. A sharp engagement followed.
The Filipinos lost 18 in killed and nine
in capture.
THE DEATH OF LOGAN.
A Slory Which Says He Was Shot by His Own
Men.
If stories told by men who returned
on the transport Sheridan, which carried
the Thirty-third infantry to the Philip
pines, are true. Mai. John A. Logan, Jr.,
may not have met his death at the hands
of Filipino sharp-shooters, as reported.
According to the statement of George
Kappitz, purser of the Sheridan, sup
ported by others of the crew of the
transport, Logan was shot by some of
his own men. Maj. Logan, Kappitz de
clares, made himself offensive to the
men, and this feeling was heightened by
an incident which occurred one day at
sea, when Maj. Logan seized a soldier's
pet dog and threw him overboard. A
threat was openly made and repeated
many times that Logan would not last
alter the first battle.
CABLE FLASHES.
The whole French press is urging
war with f.ngland.
There is a strong sentiment against
the Iransvaal war in Australia.
A fund is being raised in France to
erect a statue of Rochambcau in Wash
ington.
An American has donated $250,000 to
build in Condon a hotel lor poor wo
men. Pretoria is preparing for a sienc.
Enormous quantities of food have been
stored there by the -Boers.
French statistics for the year showed
an alarming decrease in the birth rate
and increase in the death rate.
The federal governments of Germany
have assented to the repeal of the law
prohibiting workmen's associations.
Later the rcichstag passed the first and
second reading of the bill repealing this
law.
The Danish steamer Vladmir Sawin
is on its way to Philadelphia carrying
5,000 tons of heavy and light guns, am
munition, time fuses, torpedoes and
other war material for the Russian war
ships being built at Cramps shipyard.
A special dispatch from Durban says
the Boers lost 1,800 men at what has
been popularly known as the battle of
G.lcncoe. It is also said that scurvy
and dysentery are rampant among the
burghers wno are ocieagunng cauy
smith.
The "Standard and Diggers' News,"
of Pretoria, says that Wednesday last
Cecil Rhodes' dispatches, intercepted
near Kimbcrley, said the De Beers
mines were filling with water, and that
Mr. Rhodes estimated the damage' at
$50,000 per day.
In the Spanish chamber of deputies
Thursday Premier Silvela announced
that as a result of the representations
of the Bovernment of Spain, the United
States Government had instructed its
authorities in Cuba, the Philippines and
Porto Rico to recognize the nationality
of Spaniards in these places.
Montagu White, former Bo'er agent
at London, said that the Dutch women
will not permit the burghers to surren
der, even if they should wish to do so,
and that Johannesburg will be laid in
ruins before it is yielded to the English.
Main Survivor Dead.
Commander Charles P. Howell, chief
engineer of the United States battleship
Maine when that vessel was blown up in
Havana harbor, died last Thursday at
his home in Washington from an apo
plectic stroke. He was 50 years old and
I was born 10 uosnen, in. x.
HORRIBLY TORTURED.
Negro Ceiled by a Mob and Burned at Ih
Slake.
Richard Cotenmn. the nrirro who out
raged and murdered Mrs. James Lash
brook at Maysville, Ky., last August,
was burned Wednesday morning.
Coleman was bronchi to Maysville
by Deputy Sheriff James Robinson and
six deputies from the jail at Covington,
where he was taken for safety as soon as
captured a few davs after his crime. A
crowd of 7,000 citizens of Mason county,
including nearly every resident of Mays
villc, was nt the station when the Chesa
peake & Ohio express arrived with the
prisoner. The mob was headed by the
nmrrtprrrl wnmnn'a tiiinlinnrf and
brother. Hoyt Long drew a gun as
Coleman was led from the train, but he'
was overpowered and the gun
from him. The mob sursed like maT I
after the prisoner. They grabbed him J
from the officers, dragged him along r
the Chesapeake ffc Ohio, track into a
deep pit near the junction round house.
Here he was tied to a bush. Brush was
heaped at his feet, saturated with oil and
set on , fire. Blue vitrol nnd cayenne
pepper were thrown into his eyes; his
skull was crushed in with a club and his
eyes were gouged out and his body hor
ribly disfigured. In his agony the cul
prit arose to a sitting posture and
shrieked: "If you take the flames away
I want to say something," but he fell
back dead.
COST OF THE GOVERNMENT.
Secretary Gage Estimates ths Amount Neces
sary at $631,081,994.
Secretary of the Treasury Lvman I.
Gage Tuesday transmitted to the Housed
01 Representatives estimates of appro
priations required for the service ot thoj
fiscal year endiim June .10. loot. Thd
aggregate is estimated at $6.1 1. 08 1, 094,1
an increase over the estimates for the
present fiscal year of $18.0.1.1,616, and
nn increase over the appropriations for
tne present fiscal year of $.14,335,024.
Following is the total recapitulation by
departments, cents omitted:
Estimates, for 1001 Legislative, $0,-
936,257; executive, $257,140; state de-.
partmcnt, jj,i3.i,278; treasury depart
ment. $i62.I7I.jj : war department.
$190,112,851 ; navy department, $76,469,
690; interior department, $174,660,841;
postoflicc department, $4,581,685; de
partment of agriculture, $4,306,257; de
partment of labor. $172,080: department
of justice, $6,279,570; grand total, $631,
081.094. Appropriations for 1900 Legislative,
$10,423,152; executive, $215,708; state de
partment, j;j4,o39,0iK; treasury depart
ment, $165,891,410; war department,
$163,088,358; navy department, $51.95.
200; interior department, $167,502,515;
postoffice department, $1,539,851; de
partment, of agriculture, $3,726,094; de
partment of labor, $172,980; department
of justice, $8,322,077; grand total, $596.
846,970. ROBERTS EXCLUDED
Until an Investigating Committee Can Examin
Ihe Charges Against Him.
By an overwhelming majority the
House of Representatives Tuesday even
ing voted to exclude Brigham H. -Roberts,
of Utah, from the body until
the charges against him can be investi
gated, which means that Roberts will
never be allowed to take his scat The
yea and nay vote on the exclusion reso
lution of Mr. Taylcr, of Ohio, was 30a
to 30, while the substitute offered by
Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee, was de
feated on a rising vote, 247 to 59.
Mr. Roberts was allowed to speak in
his own behalf, and held the floor for
over half an hour. As a speaker he
made a favorable impression, having
good voice, which he uses well, and his
manner being earnest and serious. But
he did not even attempt to refute the
charge of violation of law brought
against him, nnd his efforts therefore
did no; help his case.
Tucs'.iy's action in the case is practi
cally the end of Roberts, for it" is a
foregone conclusion that the investi
gating committee will find him guilty
as charged, and that the House will,
when the committee's report is present
ed, declare that he was ineligible to '
Congress.
SUGAR PRODUCTIONS.
United States Uses One-Fourth ot ths World's
Supply.
The entire crop of sugar cane and
beet for 1899-1900 will amount to about
8,000,000 tons, about the same amount
as last year, according to carefully pre
pared statistics submitted to the state
department by United States Consul
Dicdcrich at Magdeburg, Germany. Of
this amount the United States uses
about one-fourth. The consul's figures
show that so far as beet sugar is con
rprni'd. while the beet croo in Euroni
this year is larger than last, perhaps by
250,000 tons, the sugar extracted
amounts to about the same, owing to
defective sweetness. The total product
of beet sugar is placed at 5,300,000 tons,
against 4,947,000 for last year.
The total product of cane sugar this
year is set down at 2,700,000 tons,
against 2,851,134 tons last year. In
Cuba the yield is set down at 300,000
tons, against 315,175 tons last year, and
in Porto Rico at 50,000 tons, against
55.295 'a,t year. The Sandwich Island
product is increased by 10,000 tons to
250,000, and the yield for the United
States is placed at 370,000, as compared
with 375,000 last year.
Plague and Revolution.
Passengers from the west const of
South America report an ominous out
look in connection with the spread of
the bubonic plague. There seems but
little doubt that the epidemic is slowly
but steadily working westward in South
America.
Plague and revolutionvare reacting
seriously on trade and industry. The
most significant indication is the turn
ing backward of the stream of English,
German and other European commer
cial travelers. The coast trade thus far
has suffered little, but from Chile to
Colombia internal trade is almost para
lyzed. Shot by Baby Brother.
At State Line, Miss., Edmund, the
5-year-old son of Dr. W. H. Boykin,
shot and instantly killed his brother
Roderick, aged 11, and severely wound
ed in the right arm his brother Tom,
aged 12. The older boys were playing
with an air gun, which Edmund wanted,
and when refused he declared that Tie
would shoot them if they did not giv
it to him. He went into the house, got
a small shotgun and out his threat into
execution. I ' '
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