BRITISHIIRMY PRESSINGONWRRD-
BLAZED BY BLOOD.
Route le .Ladysmith Marked by Dead and
Wounded Three Hundred Killed Sat
urday Boer Losses Great
"After 10 hour of continuous nnd ter
rible fire Sunday, Gen. Hart and
Clery advanced t.ooo yards. The Boers
maintained an irregular tire during the
night, but the British outposts did not
reply. This morning at daybreak the
Boers opened a stiff fire. The British
stood to the guns where they had sle
and the engagement was renewed vig
orously. The field artillery poured
shrapnel into the enemy's trenches. A
rumor that l.advsmith hail been relieved
enlivened the British, who sent us a
ringing cheer. This was taken for an
advance. The first kopje was earned at
the point of the bayonet, nnd the Boers
retreated to the next kopje, which, like
most others, was strewn with immense
houlders, surmounted by mounds on the
summit. The British advanced sjeadilv
nnd the Boers relaxed slightly. The lat
ter did not show such tenacity as pre
viously. Their Nordcnfcldls fired at
long intervals, and their cannon tired
but seldom. Apparently the Boers were
short of big ammunition. All day tlic
roar of musketry fire continued. 1 he
British took three Boer positi on the
mountain and found shelter behind the
boulders."
It is reported that the Boers, opposite
Colenso. on finding that General BulUr
had outmancuvcrcd them, crossed to
the smith of the Tugela, nnd set fire to
nil the houses in the village,. As the
force from C'hieveley advanced the Bo
ers retired before them to trenches on
a bill in line with Colenso. Our in
fantry advanced to the attack in skir
mishing order, followed by supports and
reserves, our cavalry scouting on the
right close up to the river.
Every hour that Gen. Bitller delays
his combined attack makes his position
stronger. Transports continue to ar
rive at Durban and fresh troops are be
ing sent up the line to Veinforcc those
in front of Colenso. Bullcr's troops
north of the Tugela number at least
2,000 and possibly 25.000 with 50 cms.
His total forces, forming a great outer
curve south and west of Ladysmith,
probably number 40.000. While Bullcr's
forward operations, develop rather leis
urely, the Boers appear to be fully
aware that they must meet a strenuous
assault. Balloon observers have rough
ly estimated that 10.000 Boers are using
spade and pick in artificially strength
ening positions which nature has ren
dered easy of defense.
Military critics in touch with the war
office think that news that general fight
ing has begun may be expected at any
hour. It is not thought that one day's
fighting will settle the fate of Lndy
smith, but rather that there will be two
or three days of continuous fighting.
The Boers are fortifying positions
north nnd west of Ladysmith, doubt
les with a view of securing a safe line
of retreat should their opposition to
Gen. Buller's advance fail. They still
surround Ladysmith in large numbers
and may be contemplating another at
tack. It is known, however, that they
are greatly depressed by their heavy
losses. Prior to Saturday they were
perfectly confident of their ability to de
feat the garrison and to take possession
of the town.
Refugees from- Swaziland, living in
the Lebombo district, recently brought
news to Lourenzo Mara lies that the
3uecn of Swaziland was dead. Her
cath, following so soon Upon that of
King Runu. was looked upon with sus
picion. According to their story, how
ever, not the queen mother, but Neco
co, Bonn's brother, was acting as head
of the Swazi nation, and he, in conjunc
tion with Tccuba, Umhandinc's old
prime minister, was carrying on a reign
of terror, killing off whole kraals all
over the country.
"The Swazi Queen mother, since the
death of King Buiui, has killed all the
chiefs who were ever in England or
Cape Town, nnd is now plotting with
the Boers. The situation may fairly be
considered grave; and it would ne well
to send regiments of Gurkhas to Swazi-
"The Delagoa bay correspondent of
the Natal Times asserts that six big
Creusot guns and 50 tons of shells were
landed from the French steamer
Girondo about the middle of last month
under the noses of two British war
ships and were dispatched to Pretoria
causing much rejoicing at the ease with
which contraband of war con run the
blockade.
GREATEST ON RECORD.
While Horse Coppsr Deal is
Value.
ef Immense
It is reported that one of the biggest
mining deals on record in Hntish Co
lunibia has been made in the transfer
of the White Horse copper claims to the
Kothscliilds syndicate lor S2.000.000.
The deal was put through by Manager
Bowker, of the British American syn
dicate which owns the Lcori mine at
Rossland.
Several experts were sent out from
England to examine these claims. All
agreed thnt they make, the mest wonder
ful copper showing found anywhere.
One of them reported that on a single
claim $.000,000 worth of ore had been
exposed by a creek washing away the
formation. The properties are situated
160 miles down the Yukon from Skag
way and will be reached next summer
by an extension of White Pass railroad
now being built.
Charles W. Pfinder, a Greene county,
Pa., Tenth Regiment soldier, is now on
his way to Honolulu to wed the daugh
ter of a wealthy sugar planter, whom he
met while, the troops were in Hawaii.
His future home will probably be Hon
olulu. Bold Work ol Rcbb;rs.
Burglars broke into the Tygart Val
ley bank at Philippi, W. Va., Wednes
day night and stole between $5,000 and
$6,000. They broke a window in the
- front of the bank, and thus gaining en
trance. Then they blew open the saic,
in which the money was, with nitro-gly-ceritie.
Four men were seen on a hand
car going toward Grafton who, it is sup
posed, committed the deed. The bank
was ready for business next morning.
Every effqrt is being auadc to capture
the robbers.
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
The Lawton fund is now $80,101.
Diphtheria has rlosrd six Scranton.
ra., schools.
Figures show the Boers' losses ut to
date are 6,415 men.
An estimate of Pittsburs't census
gives it a population of .120,000.
Andrew Carnegie has offered $50,000
libraries to York, Pa., and East Orange,
.. J.
An effort is being made in Chicago
to prevent women from laboring in fac
tories. k
Robbers blew onen the McGinniss
bank in Owensvillc, Md., and got away
with $15,000.
Robbers dynamited the bank at F.l-
letsvillc, Ind., and csooped with $1,500
on a handcar.
Newton Myers lost the sight of both
eyes at Morgantow, W. Va., by lime
i.uiiug into mem.
Lieutenant J. W. Smith, collector ol
customs at Gibara, Cuba, was shot by a
Pintail editor and died.
Conuani" A. B. C. D. I. K. L nnd
M. of the Fifteenth Infantry, arc home
ward bound from Cuba.
A dynamite factory in Italy exploded
Tuesday, killing ten workmen and de
molishing five buildings.
London is 12 miles broad one way nnd
17 the other, and every year sees about
20 miles ot new streets added to it.
The Commercial Bank, of Silver
Lake. Ind., was entered by burglars, the
vault blown open and $.1,000 secured.
The gold output nt Dawson for lfloo
is estimated at $15,000,000, which is $3,-
000,000 more than the preceding year.
At Parson. W. Va.. two daughters of
Rev. G. N. Dav were drowned while
their father made vain efforts to save
I'lcni.
At Belgrade, Mont. Frank Rogers
shot and killed Mrs. Etta Davis and
ronimilted suicide. He was drunk and
jealous.
The Ouccn Cilv irl.iss works, at Cum
berland, Md., closed down Tuesday, the
carry-out boys striking for nn ad
vance. Austin K. Wheeler, treasurer of the
hholesalc irracerv house of Lemon &
Wheeler, at Grand Rapids, Mich, com-
mined suicide.
R C. M. Des Islets, professor of
languages in the Western University,
1 iltslinrg, sued his wife for divorce, al
leging infidelity.
Arthur Moore, clerk of the Torrcy
Manufacturing Comnanv. of Bridgeport.
Conn., has disappeared, leaving a short
age of $3,030 in his accounts.
Two daring robbers entered the of
fice of the Prudential Life Insurance
Company, at Long Island City, Thurs
day evening and took $808 from the
safe.
The Supreme Lodge of the fraternal
insurance order known as the Knights
and Ladies of the Fireside, made a vol
untary assignment at Kansas City Sat
urday. Charles L. Foote formerly Postmas
ter and City Treasurer of Fall River,
Mass., charged with the embezzlement
of $6,000, was arrested in Chicago Sat
urday. A magnificent new hospital to cost
$500,000 will be erected nt St. Clair and
Mellon streets, East End. Pittsburg,
and will be conducted by the Sisters of
Mercy.
Foirst Davos nnd Walter Zimmerman,
freshmen at Thicl College, Greenville,
Pa., arc in serious condition as the re
sult of a midnight hazing by other stu
dents. A San Francisco court decision
awards $7,000,000 of the estate of Lloyd
Tiers to Mrs. Susan Tiers, his wife, but
she is required to make provisions for
their children.
Two murderers. Georee Silbee and
Ed. Mecks, half brothers, were lynched
at Fort Scott, Kan. Both were defi
ant ami Silbec placed the noose around
nis own neck.
Canadian exports for the first six
months of the present financial year
show an increase 01 925,000.000 over last
year, nnd the imports have increased
about $5,000,000.
Col. James E. Barrett, State treas
urer elect ol Pennsylvania, has been ap
pointed senior vice department com
mander of Pennsylvania Spanish-American
war veterans.
Elmer Barncr shot and instantly kill
ed his brother-in-law, Isaac Miller, nt
Halifax, Dauphin county. Pa.. Monday
night, the murderer and .Miller quar
relcd a year ago.
Rev. Dr. Francis E. Clark, founder
and president of the United Society oi
Christian Endeavor, accompanied by his
wife, has started on his third missionary
tour of the world.
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. ... -
The Duke of Marlborough, husband
of Consuelo Vandcrbilt, started for
South Africa as a captain of yeomanry,
taking two valets, a wagon, five horses
and other luxuries.
Commander Crutchley, a British naval
expert, predicted that the greatest naval
battle of modern times will be fought
between the United States and Germany
over the latter s aggressive policy in
South America.
E. B. Mack, of the National Safe and
Lock Company, Chicago, was crushed
to death at Benton Harbor, Mich., while
overseeing the placing of a ncv vault in
the Citizens bank. The vault door,
weighing 3,000 pounds, fell on him.
Samuel Snyder, a justice of the peace
of Paint township, O., has received a
cable dispatch from the United States
minister in Holland, saying his claim as
one of the heirs to an estate said to be
worth $46,000,000, is well established.
E. B. Mack, of the National Safe and
Lock Company, Chicago, was crushed
to death while overseeing the placing of
a new vault in the Citizens' State Bank
at Benton Harbor, Mich.
In the investigation of the charges of
bribery in the election Of Senator Clark,
of Montana, Attorney Gason, a witness,
testified that Clark told him he was wil
ling to give $1,000,000 for a scat in the
Senate,
Lcroy W. Secor, charged with having
embezzled $17,000 from the Goodrich
Transportation Company, of Milwaukee,
was arrested in New York.
SOLDIERS RMBUSHED Blf FILIPINOS.
TWO AMERICANS KILLED.
Five Wounded and Pack Train Captured
The Kegros Revolt Hospital Attend
ants ,to be Increased.
A pack train of 22 horses, escorted by
Lieut Ralston nnd 50 men of the 13th
regiment, convalescents from the hospit
al, who were going to rejoin their reg
iments were ambushed by rebels on Fri
day near Lipa, on the road between
Santo Thomas and San Tablo, Laguna
province. Two men were killed, five
wounded and nine are missing. The in
surgents hid in the bushes along the
road and opened fire upon the pack train
from throe sides. The Americans, in
addition to their casualties, were com
pelled to abandon the train. The horses,
with their packs, fell into the hands li
the insurgents, who pursued the retreat-
ng escort for three miles along the
road, until the Americans were rein
forced. Doret, of tlic Forty-fifth infantry,
struck insurgents in Batangas moun
tains, prepared in ambush to meet .him.
lie Killed eight, wounded three and cap
tured 17, one Spaniard and six rilles.
Mis casualties were two men slightly
wounded.
Mail advices from Necros bring par
ticulars of the uprising in the southern
part of the island in which Lieut. A. C.
l.cdyard. Sixth infantry, was killed.
The movement was started by the chief
officials of the autonomous government,
who were elected and inaugurated last
November. Eleven oflicials, including
the president and several councillors,
were lodged in jail on charge of plot-
ng treason, den. Smith had evidence
that the revolting police were following
the orders of the autonomous govern
ment, which designed to use the forces
tinder its control to overpower the
Americans. 1 he plot failed through be
ing started prematurely.
1 he ar Department has arranged to
send 150 hospital corps men to the Phil
ippines, on the hospital ship Missouri,
which is to sail from San Francisco
some time next month. To secure this
number of men it will be necessary to
withdraw recruits from instruction at
either the Washington Barracks or at
Angel Island, Cal.
Acting Hospital Steward Cleaveland
Hilson, Jr., nnd 4t privates of the hos
pital corps, now nt the Washington
Harracks, J). C. will start for San rran-
cisco in a few days.
KILLED HIS WIFE'S LOVER.
Telegraph Operator Quits His Work 20 Min
utes to Commit lha Deed.
Enraged bv the persistent attention of
John O'Xeil to his wife, Charles Rob
inson, a telegraph operator at Spruce
Creek, Pa., Wednesday, sent seven 38
calihrr hnlbt intr, 0'NT,ir hnHv nnd
the latter died instantly. Robinson then
picked up the body and hurled it out
the front door. Robinson suspected
that O'Ncit, who was a boarder in his
house, was unduly intimate with his
wife, and he forced his unwelcome guest
out on January 6. From Mckees
Rocks and Grccivsburg. O'Ncil address
ed endearing letters to Mrs. Robinson.
She also wrote letters of the same char
acter to O'Ncil. Robinson intercepted
the letters to his wife, and prepared to
kill O'Ncil, upon his visit to Mrs. Rob
inson, arranged to take place Wednes
day morning. After a call of several
hours to the Robinson household,
O'Neil and Mrs. Robinson sat down to
breakfast. The husband suddenly ap
peared. Without saying a word he be
gan firing at O'Ncil, and when his re
volver was emptied seven bullets had
pierced O'Ncil's body. Mrs. Robin
son mourns the loss of O'Neil more
than she docs the sorry plight of her
husband.
After killing O'Ncil, Robinson re
turned cooly to his work, and remained
in the telegraph office under police sur
veillance nearly all day, until he was
relieved by another operator.
Cas al Ch: u auqua.
A strong vein of gas has been struck
on the Chautauqua Assembly grounds
at a depth of 600 feet. The Chautauqua
association was drilling a deep water
well when the gas vein was tapped. It
was impossible to plug the well and the
roar of the escaping gas could be heard
for a long distance. The pressure is es
timated at 1,000 pounds to the square
inch. .
STEPS OUT OF THE PULPIT.
A Minister Finds That the Prolesslo is Too
Restraining Upon His Personal L bjrty.
Rev. James C. Maclnncs, pastor of
the Oakleaf Congregational chapel,
Oakland, Cal., has announced his retire
ment from the ministry. Said he: "I
believe in dancing and a long list of
other things that are tabooed by church
goers when indulged in by ministers.
If a man needs a drink, he has the right
to take it. When I meet a man on the
street I like to slap him on the back
and say 'Hello there. Bill,' in a good
hearted voice. I believe in God and
Christianity, but the church is burdened
with false ideas and full of sinful hypo
crites and some of my friends who
might be called 'lushers' are infinitely
better than these frauds of piety. The
ministry is no place for a young man
who wants his personal liberty. He
must use too much hypocrisy himself
and overlook too much hypocrisy in
others."
A Pittsburg, Pa., firm has secured a
contract for 3,000 ice boxes for the
United States new cold storage house
at Manila. The ice-making machinery
will be furnished by a Chicago firm.
(ABLE FLASHES.
Over 20,000 drivers of all kinds of
vehicles went on strike at Rio Janeiro,
Tuesday. A small faction of monar
chists, headed by Ouro Preto. a brother
of Carlos A (Ton so, and Malvino Reis,
attempted to take advantage of the sit
nation.
The German bark Marie, from Aus
tralia, with a cargo of flour for the
Transvaal Government, has been taken
as a price by the British third-class
cruiser Pelorus. near the Island of In-
yak, Delagoa Bay, and has been seat to
uuruan wun a pmc crew on ooara.
VALUE OF CROPS.
Interesting Statistics en Aereags and Amount
ol Last Year's Farm Output
The statistician of the Department of
Agriculture has made public his final
estimate of the acreage production and
value of the crops of 1890. The values
are based on the average from prices
December I, in accordance with the
practice of the department..
The wheat ncrenge was 44.592,516, t'Jie
production 347.303.846 bushels and the
value $319,545,250, the average yield per
acre being 12.3 bushels and the average
farm price per bushel on December 1,
58.4 cents. The corn acreage was 82,
108.5.17, the production 2.078,143,9.13
bushels, and the value $629,219,119, the
average yield per acre being 25.3 busltcjs
and the average farm price per bushel
on December I. 30.3 cents.
The acreage in bats was 26.341, 380,
the production 70fi.177.713 bushels and
the value $f)8,i 67,97.5, the average yield
per acre being 30.2 bushels nnd the av
erage farm price per bushel on Decem
ber 1, 24.9 cents.
The barley crop is cstima'cd st 73,
.181,563 bushels, the rye crop at 23,961,
741 bushels, the bud wheat crop nt 11,
094.47.1 bushels, the potato crop at 228,
783,232 bushels and the hay crop at 56,
655.756 tons.
CANNOT Bf. STARVED.
The Eoers Said to l!av 1 tn Abundance of Food
and Ammunition.
Exporters in New York, who make a
specialty of the South African trade, be
lieve that the Boers arc remarkably well
provisioned, and that any attempt to
starve them out is hardly likely to suc
ceed soon. The United States is the
source of the cereal supplies of the fight
ing republics. As to canned meats and
jointed beef practically all of the im
mense quantity consumed in South Af
rica is supplied by American firms, ship
ping through this port.
"The British Government has shown
a remarkable lack of foresight," said a
large food exporter in forming a just
estimate of the preparedness of the Bo
ers for war. As a matter of fact, the
Boers have not only been laying up an
almost inexhaustible supply of powder
and cartridges, but an abundant supply
of food as well.
The steamer Doric, which arrived
Sunday from the Orient, landed 700
Japanese at Honolulu. This completed
a list of 2.000 inside of four days. The
records of the immigration bureau at
Honolulu shows that since June 15,
17,800 Japanese have been landed there.
TEXAS FEUD ENDS IN MURDER.
Ons Man Shot Dead and Two Olhers Mortally
Wounncd.
Tuesday evening, nt Bastrop, Tex.,
Arthur Burford. son of Sheriff Burford,
of Colorado county, was instantly killed
and Deputy Sheriff Clements and nn
unknown man mortally wounded. J. C.
Townsend was in court charged with the
murder of his uncle, ex-Sheriff Kcesc.
at Columbus, both being members of
the feud factions. The iudge announc
ed the case would be laid over. Arthur
Burford and Clements left the room.
and while passing a saloon a volley of
shots trom pistols was tired into them,
and they fell in the street. Walter
Reese, James Coleman and Thomas
Darnels were arrested for the shooting.
The origin of the old Townscnd
Recse feud was an unbranded vagrant
steer. Lawsuits had eaten up thousands
of dollars on the nucstion of ownership
and more than 200 men have lost their
lives in various affrays in the last 20
years.
Nearly 60,000,000 Starving.
The Indian council at Calcutta have
met and considered the famine situation
Official estimates show that the cost of
that government will be about 40,000,-
000 rupees, or over $14,000,000. About
22,000.000 persons are now attectcd in
British territory and about 27,000,000 in
the native States. The Viceroy, Lord
Curzon, said that the famine area had
expanded, surpassing the worst fears.
and they were now sintering a cattle,
water and food scarcity of a terrible
character. About 3.250,000 persons were
already receiving relict. hue in 1897
the world shared India's sorrow and
contributed hundreds of thousands ot
nnunrtfi tnurarrl the relief fund, the Vice
rov 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 ol
the government to pursue the task of
saving its last rupee of necessary to do
so.
A Flood ol Immigrants.
Unless the immigration laws are made
more stringent lliere will soon be no
room in the country for the American,
is the belief held by some ol the gov
ernment authorities. During the last
year, despite the most heroic efforts of
the immigration oflicials to keep out the
unobjectionable class of alians, the list
of strangers of the most undesirable
kind has increased to an alarming dc
grcc. Thousands have slipped over the
borders from Canada and many have
gained entrance to the country through
other channels.
Of those that the law allowed to enter,
the increase during the last year was
49,603 over the record of the preceding
year. Assistant Secretary Taylor, of the
treasury, estimates that during the pres
ent calendar year the total will foot up
more than half a million, or an increase
of 100,000 over the year just gone. '
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
In the Spanish senate Premier Sil
vela announced that negotiations were
in progress with the United States for
the conclusion of a treaty of peace and
friendship and also a treaty providing
for extradition and the resumption of
normal relations.
The President sent to the Senate the
name 01 Kooert ni. jucwane, ot icnn
ivlvanin trt, h Consul at Pant, in rlI
na, to succeed Dr. Edwin S. Bcdloe.
nnmirlfltiin r rtM tl inr!.l,.nl I
1 III MUHIIIIUltvill mv. siii.iwi.lll ill
Dr. Bedloe's case. Mr. McWade is a
resident of Philadelphia, a member of
.1 f ;...-...--..., r-i,.t. nHj ..
per man.
President Kruger. in the course of a
stirring address just issued to the
burghers, affirms that Providence is on
their side, that their cause is just, and
that they must succeed.
PHILIPPINE COMMERCE 18
FIRST OFFICIAL DATA.
Big Increase Over Spanlth Tmjs Colton
Imports Are Valued al Ovar a
Million.
The value of imports nt Munila for
July, August and September was $.-
802,581. in addition icre was $52,520
in gold coin and $255,294 111 silver coin
from British India and $1.12.707 in silver
coin from China, bringing the aggregate
of imports up to $6,443,102 or at the rate
01 more than $23,300,000 a year for Ma
nila alone. For nil Philippine ports for
the 15 years ending with 1894, the aver
age yearly imports of the archapelago
only amounted to $17,039,044. The val
ues of importations of merchandise nrc
given as follows: China. $2,454,103;
United Kingdom, $916,501: Snnin. $663,-
405; Australia, $410,452; Germany, $357,-
82H; United States, $329,114.
TERRIBLE PRISON CONDITIONS.
Women Prisoners in Havana Have Neither Colt,
Blankets Nor Female Attendants.
Mai. Rnncie, who has been invcsttRnt-
ing the circumstances surrounding the
detention in prison of persons charged
with various offenses, to many of whom
no trial has been granted, describes the
women s prison as a den of filth and
iniquity." Hi did not find a cot, a
blanket or a female attendant in the
prison, where several hundred women
are confined. The sanitary conditions
are almost indescribable. He says he
can not understand how stall a place
could have been tolerated in n so-called
civilized community. His examination
reveals a state of affairs worse than any
thing yet written regarding Spanish
mismanagement.
hat Mai. Kuncie has already made
known seems to astonish the Cuban of
ficials. They assert that Scnor Lanu.a
is principally to blame, as, in his posi
tion ns secretary of justice in Gen.
Brooke s cabinet, lie ought to have dis
covered the existence of these enormi
ties. Gen. Wood describes the leper hos
pital, which he recently visited, as a
hlthy hog pen.
KILLED BY AN EARTHQUAKE.
Seven Dead and S xty Injured In the City ol Co-
llm?, Mexlcc.
Seven people were killed and 60 in
jured in the earthquake that occurred at
15 minutes before 12 o clock rnday
night in Mexico. At Guadalajara the
shock cracked the arches and staircase
of the State palace and the porticos of
the university and the Decallado the
ater. The churches of San Francisco
and San Jose were damaged. 1 he for
mer is known as the dohlcn Cup from
the magnificence of its interior. The
shock was felt verclv nt San Bias, on
the Pacific, and noises underground
were heard resembling the hoarse rum
bling of a heavy sea.
Government for the Philippines.
Following is the plan of government
proposed for the Philippines by- the
rhilippinc commission, alter pease has
been established:
An American governor to control the
affairs of the entire archipelago, nnd to
be appointed by the president. An ad
visory council to the governor, com
posed of Americans and natives. A leg
islative assembly, partly appointive and
partly elective, whose acts shall Dc sub
ject to the qualified veto of the governor
and the absolute veto ot Congress.
Governors to be appointed for the prov
inces; and the subdivision of the is
lands into small sections, over which
Americans or educated natives will pre
side.
Plague Grows In Honolulu.
The steamer Dorfr. which arrived
from Asiatic ports and Honolulu Friday,
brought news that 2 deaths Irom Uu
bonic nlamie had occurred in Honolu
lu up to January 13 and that 26 cases
were in the hands of the health officials.
The Chinatown of Honolulu was being
burned to stamp out the plague.
Throe Dead, Six Hurt
A section gang of nine men was run
down on the Delaware, Lackawanna &
Western tunnel near Oxford, N. J.
Wednesday morning, and two of thi
party were instantly killed, and a third
died shortly after being struck. The
other six arc seriously hurt.
Aged Infidel Rceants.
Marshall C. Waggoner, the infidel
whose conversion to Christianity was
recently announced, has burned Ins
magnificent library, consisting of writ
ings of infidels. The ashes of the books
rest in the bottom of the furnace of the
Memorial United Brethren church of
Toledo, O.. to which he privately con
signed them. He threatened to destroy
this collection some time ago, but dc
laved doing so until the night of Janu
arv 18. With supreme satisfaction and
a feeling that he was doing tood s will
the aged lawyer watches the volumes
wither and crumble into ashes.
Many of the volumes were exceeding
ly rare. There were a large number of
manuscripts and first prints not to be
found in any other library in America,
China About Bankrupt
The latest official report upon the for
eign commerce of China shows that the
imports into that county which in 1868
were 04.943,000 Haikwan taels were in
1808 iQ.o.17.ooo I talk wan taels. the 1111
ports from the United States, which in
1808 were 74.ooo Haikwan taels, had
grown in i8y3 to 11,987,000 Haikwan
taels. (
Amcrwn Fiour Held.
Anlbassador Choate is informed thnt
the Durban prize court will not release
the American flour held there until it
finds the owner ol the consignment.
The Court rules that neither the manu
facturer nor the middleman has been
paid, and the consignee has not received
the goods, hence, all three can claim
ownership, and proof of ownership is
demanded now, to prevent tne real own
er demanding reinbursemcnt later,
Davi Linderman was blown off a
bridge at Indian creek, near Uniontown,
Pa., Thursday, dashed upon the rocks
and instantiv kiiicq.
CONCERNING CIVIL SERVICE.
The Commission's Report Shows Figures ot
Appointments and Ihe Totals ol Salaries.
The report of the Civil Service com
mission shows thnt there 75 000 classi
fied positions and 107,000 that are not
classified in the government service.
The expenditure is about $104,000,000
yearly. Ninety-eight per cent, of the
classified positions can be filled by per
sons who have had a good common
school education. During the year 47,-
956 persons were examined, of who 12,
274 failed, and 9.056 appointments were
made on the commission s recommenda
tions. The commission asks Congress 1
for power to administer oaths and com- I I
pel the attendance of witnesses on case
of violations of the law. It suggests' that ' I
serious attention should be given to the
question of a fund for retiring aged cm-.
pioyes. Kcgarding the 1'rcsident s or
der of May 29, 1K99, removing a large
number of appointments from the classi
fied list, the commission says:
the rules as revised have not been
in force n sufficient length of time to d-
crminc their practical effect on the pub
ic service, but the commission is of
opinion that some of the amendments to
these rules, as well as some of the rules
that were not amended in May, 1899,
should be modified, nnd the commis
sion has now under consideration some
changes and amendments, which it
leems advisable, and wh'ch it hopes to
be able to submit to the President at an
early date."
A 6LUUDY IhAGEuY. 1
miraculously escajied with painful
injuries, occurred al l-ranmort, ft.y
Tuesday. The principals in the tragedy
were ex-Congressman David G. Colson.
of Middlesboro, and Lieut. Ethelbcrt
scott, ot Somerset. Scott was shot six
limes by Colson nnd almost instantly
killed.
Luther W. Demarrec. assistant post
master at Shelbyvitle, an innocent by
stander, was shot three times and died
instantly. Charles Julian, another by
stander, was shot and died half an hour
later, and Capt. B. B. Golden, of Bar
lioursvillc, commonwealth's attorney of
the Twenty-seventh judicial district, was
shot in the back and is not expecttd to
survive the night. Col. Colson himself
was shot twice in the arm. Harry Mc
Ewing, of Louisville, was shot in the
toot, and .M. O. Ridpath, of Chicago,
sustained a broken leg by the lifeless
form of Scott fallmir nuainst him as it
rolled down the stairway. The tragedy
: 1 ..
is one ui 111c most sensational in inc
history of "the dark and bloody '
ground."
The killing occurred in the lobby of
the Capitol Hotel, the principal hostelry
of the State capital, the room being well
filled at the time with politicians and
others who nrc here attending the con
tests for State officers before the legis
lature.
Heir to Wealth.
An estate of nenrly $20,000 in Hun
gary is awaiting th widow of Frank
Staszcl, and her whereabouts is anxious
ly sought by Reynold Laughlin, chief
of police of New Kensington, Ta., who
settled up the affairs of Slaszel after his
death from an accident at the govern
ment dam nt Springdale on the Alle
gheny river, November 21. An ex
amination of his effects provided that
the man had monev in Hungary and in
quiry revealed the fact that not only
were the savings of Staszcl, amounting
to nearly $5,000, awaiting his widow,
but that an estate of $15,000 had been
lately left bv a dead brother. The man
had evidently lived in comparative lux
ury in the old country and his one aim
was to save $5,000 and return to his old
home with his wife. He had nearly ac
complished this when he was killed.
The strange nart of the affair is the
fact Mrs. Staszel does not know she
is a willow. She lost her health and
Staszel. in his desire to hoard his mon
ey, allowed her to be placed in the
Westmore county home, last February,
from which place she escaped soon after.
She is reported to have been seen in
Braddock uhout two months ago.
Would Search the Antaro'los.
Dr. Nordcnskicld. a cousin of Baron
Adolphc Eric Nordenskiold, the wcll
knewn Arctic cxlorcr, is endeavoring
to persuade the Swedish Geographical
society to fit out an Antarctic expedi-
lion in 1901, it is oeucvcu inai ms ci- j
forts will be successful.
A Crazy Man's Deed. i
Martin Bergen, the catcher of the 1
Boston base ball team of the National-i
league, killed his wife and two children
and committed suicide at bis home.
North Brookfield, Mass., Friday. ' An
axe was the implement used in taking
the life of Mrs. Bergen and one of the
children, while a razor was employed
to cut the throat of the other child, a
little girl, and of the man himself. '
It is thought the action was due to in- '
sanity. It has been suspected for some
time that Bergen was a victim of mental
derangement. In fact some of his ac
tions in connection with his base ball
managers last season led to the supposi
tion at that time.
Leaving States for Canadt.
The superintendent of immigration at
Toronto, Can., has received reports
from most of his agents in the United
States and estimates that nearly 1,000
settlers from the republic have become
residents of Canada during the past
year. A conservative estimate places the
wealth of these persons at $2,000,000.
The prospects for increasing the num
ber of settlers from the United States
during the season of 1900 are very en
couraging. Kansas and Arkansas sup
plied the greater part of those who
came. Claims for Damages..
The New York export and imaort
company has obtained front its M;J)ila
agency a number of claims against the
United States government for the de
struction of the property of foreiga res
idents during the bombardment of II
oilo, and other towns in the
Philippines. One secitic claim is from
the Swiss house of 1 1 oilman Co., 11
oilo, for a quarter of a million dollars.
The damage seems to have com, be
cause, some of Dewey's ships were ) lit
tle ahead of time. ,
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