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NORTHWARD ADVANCE.
English Army Invades the Transvaal and Beers
Flee Burpheri Made but Little Opro
tition to Imperial Forcei.
Telegrams from Lord Rohe-ts. dated
Vcrecniging, Sunday, say: We crossed
the Vaal this morning, ami arc now en
camped mi the in trtli bank. The advance
troop, w'liich crossed Saturday, were
only j its t in time to save the coat mines
on both this and the other side of the
liver from being destroyed. Our cas
ualties were four.
Hadcn-Powell reports that the rail
way between Mafcking and Buluwayo
has bu ll ri Holed, and that supplies are
being brought into Mafcking. lie says
the Canadian artillery joined Col. Plu
nur iv ui P.eira, with incredible rapid
itv. Lord Roberts' northern advance f rre
steadily continues, and the Transvaal
hills w.rc sighted, (fit. French has
secn-ed an cxeilknt tlankin;? position
on slu- noiiliweU. There is something
irresistible about this advance. The
troops have been splendidly handled
ami the Poers, completely oiitiuancuv
ered. have been forced to abandon their
position! at the first appearince of the
British thinking force, whi.ili has made
a dcternyncd resistance at the vaal mi
possible. Many Transvaal burghers arc now
trekking homeward, anil it is safe to
(ay ahat the most irreconsilable Tr.ms
aalcr nt last recognizes the hopeless
ness of the struggle. Most of tile farms
in the northern pnrt of the Free State,
where the ties of blood with the Trans
vaal are strongest, have been deserted.
This section has been tlooded with false
tales of I'.ritish cruelty, reports of the
burning of farm houses and the eviction
of women and I'hililreti, in the hope of
inducing the burghers to remain with
the commandoes, but the evidence all
points now to the existence of a perma
nent feeling of enmity between the
Transvaalers and the Free Staters, each
accusing the other of treachery and
cowardice.
According to reports Friday the
Boers were quarreling among thein
selves. Transvaal paper money was cir
culating at So per cent, discount. Heck
ett's linn was giving ti in gold for
in papir. K rouse ami Klinke, the en
gineers who opposed the blowing up of
the mines, have been dismissed. Com
mandant Sehulto had both oppointed to
defend Johannesburg, and nil the Brit
ish sub'ects had been turned out.
The Transvaalers fear that the Brit
ish will blow up the bridge at Komati
poort. thus cutting off their supplies
from Dclagoa bay. and a cointnamlo of
too is guarding the bridge against any
such attempt by liriti-h raiders.
It is reported that President Kruger
will retire to Lydenhurg when fighting
is imminent at Johannesburg and Pre
toria. Concern is expressed at Pre
toria with reference to the possibility
that Gen. Carrington may come down
from Rhodesia with 5.000 men, to co
operate with as many more cnterim? the
Transvaal by way of Mafcking. Horse
sickness is said to have broken out
among den. Carrington's animals.
BARRED STARS AND STRIPES.
Daughters of the Confederacy Meeting Broko
Up In a Row Over Use cf Flag.
" The Albert Sidney Johnston chapter,
Daughters of the Confederacy, !t
Louisville, Ky., broke up in a row be
cause one member moved that the
stars and stripes be used jointly with
the Confederate flag in decorating their
headquarters. The chapter expects to
take a prominent part in entertaining
southern',? at the coming Confederate
reunion and lias one of the largest
buildings in the business portion of the
city.
One of the members suggested that
one American (lag be used with each
hundred of Confederate flags, ami the
women hooted. Then a suggestion
was made that the American llag be
used as the background of the decora
tions, and that it be concealed with
Confederate Hags. The women then
mounted chairs and yelled their protests
against anything like this.
The meeting broke up in the wildest
disorder, but the sentiment against us
ing the American tlag was so manifest
that a search warrant will not discover
one in the mas of Haps which will be
used in decorating the headquarters.
AFTER AGUINALDO.
Major March Thinks Ho Is cn the Trail of tho
Filipino Leader.
Major Teyton C. March, with a bat
talion of the Thirty-third infantry, and
Colonel Luther R. Hare, with another
part of the Thirty-third regiment, while
scouring the country northeast of Bcn
puer, report that they have struck the
trail of a party of riiilippinos traveling
in the mountains, and believe they are
escorting Aguinaldo. Major March is
continuing the pursuit across an exceed
ingly. difficult country beyond the tele
graph lines.
Sergeant Barry and four privates of
Company B, of tlie Twenty-sevenUh
regiment, have rescued the daughter of
the president of San Mateo from some
Ladrones, who abducted her. After
ward 12 Ladrones ambushed them, kill
inn' the sergeant. Three privates stood
off the band while the other secured re
inforcements. Seven Ladrones were
killed.
Lieutenant W. P. F.lliott, of the Unit
ed States cruiser New Orleans, died re
cently at Cavite of apoplexy, resulting
from sunstroke.
Priest Plunged Into the Rapids.
An unknown priest, supposedly from
New York, committed suicide Friday
night at the Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara
Falls. He descended the elevator, and
after having his picture taken walked
out on a rock, threw his liat and cane
hack of him, and waving his right fraud
dramatically, shouted "Goodby" and
leaped into the rushing waters. lie
ordered the pictures sent to M. J.
O'Donnell, New York City, who is
said to be pastor of St. Andrew's
Church. The dead priest was about
&9 years old.
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
Fire nt Ap:?achicola, ITa., caused
$500,000 damage.
Five nu n were killed by n boiler ex
plosion ten miles west of Covington,
Ky.
Louis Krtiger, alleged chief' of a
counterfeiting gang, is in jail at Tow
andn, Pa.
Washington will be the first county
in Pennsylvania to have a traveling
postollice.
Robert Wizardc, n young nuthor mid
composer, committed suicide at St. Jo
seph, Mo.
The Peninsular bank at Williamsburg,
Vn., was entered by robbers, who got
away with $in,ooo.
The tenth annual reunion of the
United Confederate veterans will begin
in Louisville Wednesday.
1'irc nt Washington Court House, ().,
destroyed the Washington Chair Com
pany laetory, entailing $50,000 loss.
London papers are "exposing" the
invasion of American millionaires,
ranking Andrew Carnegie "among the
best."
Herbert Noyes, a Cleveland broker,
was mysteriously shot on F.ticlid ave
nue, and died without regaining con
sciousness. Richard Crol.er, head of Tammany
hall, declared that he is loyal to V.
J. liryan. ami predicted the hitter's elec
tion this fall.
Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachu
setts, was decided on as chairman of the
Republican National convention at
Philadelphia.
Fire damaged the bank note depart
ment of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing at Washington, Sunday, to the
extent of $1,500.
Twenty car loads of corn, given by
Kansas people to the (amine sufferers
in India, reached Chicago tin the way
to the seaboard.
While tapping a main of the Colum
bia Company at Lancaster. Pa., John
Welsh, ageit (. was overcome by gas
and death resulted.
The body of a woman found in a
box at Cambridge Springs, Pa., was
identilied as that of Mrs. Leland, for
merly of Ashtabula, ().
'I he report of Insurance Commission
er Durham shows that losses from tire
in Pennsylvania during the past year
aggregate" about $10,000,000.
San F'rancisco Chinese have made ap
plication for an injunction to restrain
the health authorities front enforcing
inoculation as a plague preventive.
Samuel S. Wright, a prominent Sus
quehanna county ( Pa.) Republican, is
the latest aspirant for the vacant posi
tion of dairy and food commissioner.
Missouri Democratic State convention
will be held in a tent on Shelley square,
in Kansas City. June 5, owing to the
destruction of the convention hall by
fire.
William Waldorf Astor has sent a
check for 10.000 to the' Maidenhead
Cottage hospital, England, in celebra
tion of the coining of age of bis oldest
son.
The Home of the Good Shepherd at
Peoria, III., was destroyed by tire, entail
ing a loss of $30,000. Fourteen sisters
and Ho girls narrowly escaped crema
tion. Powers of attorney have been used
so extensively in the Cape Nome gold
fields that it is said landing prospectors
will find little favorabc land on which
to work. 1
The industrial commission has com
pleted its report on general labor laws
ami will give it to Congress. It recom
mends that labor laws be made uniform
in the Stales.
The strike' at the Butlonwood mine,
Wilkcsbarrc, w'liich was once declared
olT and then resumed again, was again
declared olT. and the men will go to
work Monday.
The $500 bail of David S. Ogden, a
Philadelphia grocer, charged with vio
lating laws regulating the sale of oleo.
was forfeited in the I'nited States Court
in the CJuakcr City.
Ingrain carpet loom fixers and weav
ers in Philadelphia have decided not to
press their demands for a 7 per cent, ad
vance in wages ami a strike of 8,000
men is thus avoided.
Julia Ward Howe, one of fhe fore
most women of the country, celebrated
her 81st birthday in Boston, Sundav,
being the recipient of profuse floral o'f
fcrings from friends.
The Presbyterian general assembly
at St. Louis adjourned to meet next
year at Philadelphia, and 06 commis
sioners were assorted to Pennsylvania
under the Peoria law.
A dispatch from Georgetown, Brit
ish Guiana, says that a steamer with
three convoys has been carried over a
cataract in flic Potara river, British
Guiana, 40 lives being lost.
Contractor J. F. McCabe. who is
building part of the New York tunnel,
says he will not pay laborers more than
$1.50 per day and that if they strike lie
can get 100,01x1 at that price.
James Coogan, president of the bor
ough of Manhattan, contributed $100,
000 to the Democratic National com
mittee, with the proviso that it is to be
returned if W. J. Bryan is not re-non:i-nated.
At Harrisbtirg. Ta.. Judge Weiss lias
handed down an opinion that private
individuals engaged in the banking
business must pay the Slate tax of 4
mills upon notes discounted by their
banks.
In a New York police court Magis
trate Zellcr held the seven officers and
directors of the American Ice Company
in $2,000 bail for the action of thegrand
jury on the charge of violating the law
against monopoly.
A warrant has been issued, but not
served, for the arrest of James A. Mor
rison, at West Chester. Pa., charging
liim with the murder of his son's wife,
Stella Brown Morrison, who was found
dead in her home recently.
, At Athens, O., Thursday night a mob
attacked the jail for the purpose of
lynching Richard Gardner, a negro
prisoner confined there, but the nt
tempt was foiled my the sheriff, who
spirited the prisoner away in a car
riage, Klondike's output this spring is plac
ed at fjo.ooj.ooo. Atlin will produce
between $5,000,000 and $6,000,000. A
rich find of ouartz carrying gold and
silver worth $70 to the ton has been
made at Luke Bom.;, six miles from the
head of the hike.
10 PROBE GOBI! POSTAL FRAUDS.
CONGRESS TO ACT.
The Sonnlo Commlttco Will Make an Account
ing of Every Dollar Spent on the Island
by United States Official.
The Cuban postal system will be sub
jected to a congressional investigation.
This investigation will be conducted by
the Senate committee on relations with
Cuba, and while it has been directed
with especial reference to the postal
irregularities, it will be extended so as
to include every branch of the Cuban
service. Every dollar that has been
collected and disbursed in Cuba, by
agents of the United States since this
government assumed control of the isl
and must be accounted for, and the
necessity and propriety for each of these
expenditures must be satisfactorily ex
plained. The result of this investiga
tion will be reported to the Senate
when that body reconvenes next De
cember. Tiie committee is also authorized to
iold sessions during the recess of Con
gress, to employ clerks nnd to summon
and examine witnesses under oath.
Senator Piatt, chairman of the commit
tee on relations w ith Cuba, said the com
mittee at a meeting next week would
decide upon the course that would be
pursued in conducting the investigation.
It is likely that a sub-committee will be
appointed to go to Cuba nt an early
date and that t lie investigation will not
be started until after Congress has ad
journed. The investigating committee is ex
pected to turn the light on every of
ficial act involving Cuban funds. Post
master General Smith said the postof
ticc department would co-operate in
every possible way with the Senate
committee. There is no reason to
doubt Mr. Smith's earnestness in ex
posing the irregularities in the island
so far ns they alfect the postal service
there. He h is stated with emphasis that
his policy ns to Cuba would be unmis
takably vigorous. His instructions to
Mr. liristow are clear and emphatic.
There is to be no covering up of
frauds, no shielding of guilty officials.
The investigation by the postofficc de
partment supplemented by the investiga
tion by the Senate committee will
doubtless disclose every fraudulent
transaction of the Cuban service.
TO USE THE BALLOT.
Chicago Lahor'e Fight Against Manufacturers
to be Carried Into Elections.
Organized labor of Chicago has de
termined to carry its fight to the ballot
box and preparations have already been
m.-fde to insist on the nomination of a
State's attorney friendly to organized
labor at the Democratic county con
vention, June 22. Bitterness between la
bor leaders ami State's Attorney Denen
as the result of delay of bringing the
t'narges of labor against employers and
manufacturers of building materials to
an issue developed Saturday.
A possibility that the great strike
may be adjusted in some manner before
the actual investigation before the grand
jury opens also came out, Widespread
fear of the results of the the investiga
tion has been the principal factor in
opening this possibility, and disintegra
tion of several bosses' organizations
with a peace clement is said to be indi
cated. CRITICAL CONDITION AT PEKING.
Necessity ot Foreign Troops to Protect Lega
tion! A State ol Anarchy.
Reports received indicate that affairs
around Peking, China, are extremely
critical, owing to the defeat of the gov
ernment troops by the Boxers. It is
now regarded as certain that foreign
troops must be sent to Peking to pro
tect the legations, "while the withdrawal
of missionaries from the interior is con
sidered imperative.
Large portions of the provinces of
Pc C'ni Li and Shan Tung arc in a state
little better than absolute anarchy, and
disorder is spreading in the province of
Shan Si in, consequence of the encour
agement received from the empress
dowager.
The government is making some at
tempts to check the movement of the
"Boxers." The streets arc quiet, but
the routry is in a slate of terror so far
as the native Christians arc concerned.
Manv Protestants and Catholic refugees
are fleeing to Shanghai for protection.
CHINA WARNED BY UNCLE SAM.
Colcstialt Notified That They Are Expected to
Suppress tho Boxers.
The United States government has
taken a hand in the suppression of the
"Boxers," the Chinese secret society
which is engaged in the massacre of na
tive Christians in China. United States
Minister Conger has been instructed
bv the state department to inform the
Chinese government that fhe govern
ment of the United States expects it
to promptly nnd thoroughly stamp out
Ibis society and to provide proper guar
antees for the maintenance of peace and
order and the protection of life and
property of Americans in China, all
now threatened by the operations of the
"Boxers."
A special dispatch from Shanghai
says advices from Sztichuan, province
of Hu Peh. report that "Boxers" have
destroyed two villages and massacred
many converts of the French missionary
stations. The general commanding at
Shi Nan Fu, it is added, sent a regi
ment to the scene of the disturbances.
The soldiers were ambushed by the
malcontents and lost 26 men killed.
Reinforcements have been dispatched
from Ichang.
Sultan G)'t Another Note.
A Constantinople dispatch says that
the United States charge d'affaires,
Lloyd C. Griscom. has handed another
note to the Turkish foreign minister
r-gnrding the settlement of the1 indem
nity claim. The note is reported to be
couched in strong terms and to demand
a prompt compliance with the Ameri
can demands. The last note relative to
the American claims against Turkey
was presented to the sultan about a
month ago. No reply to it was receiv
PALONOY IS CAPTURED.
American Troops Landed Under the Enemy's
Fire Occupy Town In Holf an Hour.
Scouting, small engagements nnd the
capture of arms and prisoners continue
daily in Northern Luzon. Last week's
operations by tf!ie Ninth, Twelfth, Thir-
ty-fiird, Thirty-fourth and Thirty-sixth
regiments resulted in the killing of 40
of the enemy, the taking of iXo pris
oners and the capture of .too rilles and
a quantity of ammunition.
Col. Edward IC. Hardin, with three
companies of the Twenty-ninth regi
ment nnd blue jackets from the gun
boat Helena, landed nt Pnlonog, Mas
bate island, under the enemy's fire, rout
ed the insurgents, and, niter nn en
gagement lasting half nn hour, occupied
the town, wit-hunt casualties.
The insurgent commander, with 20
officers nnd a.to men, surrendered on
May 20, giving up 1110 ritles. An im
pressive scene occurred on the plaza
when the prisoners were disarmed and
liberated. The islanders were found
suffering from lack of food, owing to
the bloe.kade and the American authori
ties are endeavoring to relieve flieiu.
Peace reigns ami no trouble is ex
pected in Manila, although the city is
crowded with people from the prov
inces, who arc leaving unprotected ham
lets in order to avoid the conscription
which the insurgent leaders are inforc
ing, ns well as robbery and outrage at
the hands of roving insurgents and ban
dits. The investigation of the charges
against Brig. Gen. Frederick F"unston
of having .summarily executed two na
tives in the province of Zauibnlcs has
resulted in a discontinuance of flic pro
ceedings. It developed that (Jen. Funs
ton caught the natives in the very act
of murdering bound Macabebe scouts,
his action in view of the circumstances
being regarded as justifiable.
ALLEGED PLOT AGAINST TURKEY.
Three Balkan States. Supported by Russia,
Said to be Preparing for War.
Jovan Tauschanovics, said to be a se
cret emissary of the Servian govern
ment, is in Boston, Mass. At a secret
meeting of the "hiintchag." an Armen
ian revolutionary society, w'liich has its
headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, it
is saiil the Servian agent disclosed, un
der the veil of the strictest secrecy, a
plan which Bulgaria, with the co-operation
of two other Balkan states, has
perfected for the declaration of war
against Turkey. M. Tansrlianovies
gave it to be understood that the move
ment has the moral and material back
ing of the Russian government.
Tauschanovics has been sent to
America to thwart the plan of Ahmed
Pasha, the high Turkish oilicer who ar
rived recently in New York and who,
flic Servian government ascertained
from its secret service agent, came to
this country for the express purpose of
placing large contracts for ritles and
ammunition with American manufactur
ers. Tauschanovics laughed when he
was asked if lie thought that Ahmed
Pasha had come to New York to ef
fect some plan of compromise for the
payment of indemnity which the Unit
ed Stales has demanded from Turkey.
"Not n bit of it," he said. "I tiavc the
most positive knowledge that Ahmed
Pasha, who is one of the most promi
nent ordnance experts in the Turkish
forces, although nominally an admiral
in the navy, last week made a definite
offer to an American ordnance firm in
Massachusetts for the purchase of 200,
000 rilles, with nearly 1,000,0110 rounds
of ammunition."
TaiiscJianovics arrived on the Lueania
in New York on Saturday. It is his in
tention to return to his country at the
earliest possible moment in order to
join the Servian army.
PLAGUE AT MANILLA.
Four Suspected Cases Among Toanstcrs.
Coastwise Steamers Demand Protection.
The government corral at Manila Ins
been quarantined. There arc four sus
pected cases of bubonic plague among
the teamsters, who are living in filthy
dwellings, which will be burned.
Since the murders on board the
steamer LI Cano by the native crew
coastwise captains have been fearful of
repetition of the tragedy, and have re
quested the authorities to furnish sol
dier guards for their steamers, which
has been declined. Three commercial
steamers are now in the bay. their
Spanish captains refusing to sail until
protected, nnd others intend imitating
them. '1'he authorities have returned
to the captains their revolvers, of w'liich
they were recently deprived.
Colonel Padilla. the rebel governor
of Nueva Eriia. was captured during
be recent f"-'uing at Xcuva lCcija an 1
is now in jail.
Time Limit Removed.
By a vote of 43.1 to 2t8 the Methodist
General Conference has abolished the
time limit of pastorates, thus finally
disposing of one of the most important
questions before the body and doing
away with one of the fundamental fea
ture's of the denomination. Hereafter
preachers will be appointed annually
by the bishops, with no limit on the
number of years a pastor may serve one
congregation. The vote on this prop
osition was taken after a spirited debate,
and the time limit was abolished by 433
to 238.
Hard Fighting In Ashantl.
It is reported that three European
oificers were killed and Capt. Aplih and
loo Hausers were wounded in a recent
effort by the Lagos Hausers to break
the investing lines of tribesmen at Ku
massi. The Ashanti loss is reported to
have been great, as the Hausers had
three Maxims engaged, although them
selves greatly outnumbered.. Three
hundred Ashantis are said to have been
killed in a previous action. The rising
is still spreading.
Nine People ShoL
An accidental shooting in which nine
persons were painfully hurt and sev
eral more slightly injured, took place
at Tcrre Haute. Ind., Wednesday near
the close of a performance given by the
the Buckskin Bill Wild West Company.
The accident was caused by the acci
dental discharge of a Winchester shot
gun in the hands of Elmer Menden
Fall. oi.e of the performers, who was
engaged in fancy shooting. Mendcnhall
was immediatelv placed under arrest
nnd is now in jail in default of $j,ooo
bonds.
METHODISTS ELECT II BISHOPS.
SEVENTEEN 'BALLOTS.
Dr. David H. Moore and Dr. John W. Hamil
ton Are (he Two Men Thus Honored
at Conference.
On the seventeenth ballot Tuesday,
at Chicago, the Methodist Episcopal
General Conference succeeded in elect
ing two bishops. Rev. Dr. J. V. Ham
ilton, of New England Conference,
general secretary of the Frccdmen's
Aid nnd Southern I'ducntion Society,
and Rev. Dr. David II. Moore, of Cin
cinnati, editor of the Western Christian
Advocate, nre the men who were ele
vated to the episcopacy, each receiving
many more Own the necessary two
thirds vote.
The newly elected bishops may both
be called Ohio men. Dr. Moore was
born and raised in Ohio, and Dr. Ham
ilton was educated nnd began his min
isterial work in that State.
John Williams Hamilton was born
in Lewis county, Virginia. March 3,
K5. He was graduated from Mount
Union College, at Alliance, O., in
I'?, with the degree of A. B., and
from the Boston University in
with the degree of D. D. During his
career he has been financial agent of
Mount Union College, pastor of
churches at Newport. O., nnd at Mai
den, Mass. For 25 years he has been
a prominent prraclicr in nnd near Bos
ton. In i&m he was elected corre
sponding secretary of the F'reedmen's
Aid nnd Southern Education Society
and has held that position ever since.
He is the nuthor of the following
works: "Jesse Lee and the Old Elm."
"People's Church Pulpit." "Lives of the
Methodist Church Bishops." "Fraternal
Greetings" nnd "The Church in Ire
land and England."
David H. Moore, of Cincinnati, editor
of the Western Christian Advocate, was
born near Athens, O., September 4.
iS.tR. He was appointed to the Bain
bridge circuit ns junior preacher in
ioo. having been graduated from the
Ohio University.
In lSY)i he w.is stationed at Marietta.
O., but a year later entered the Union
ranks ns a private soldier. He was
elected Captain of Company A. F.ightv
seventh Ohio volunteer infantry. He
was made prisoner nt Harpers Terry,
but was exchanged nnd later assisted
in forming the One Hundred nnd Twenty-fifth
Ohio volunteers, in which he
rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
He followed Sherman on the march to
the sea ami at the conclusion of the
war returned to lib ministerial duties.
During bis career later he served as
president of the Weslcyan College for
Women nt Cincinnati: as chancellor
president of the Colorado Seminary, ns
chancellor of the University of Denver,
and as editor of the Western Christian
Advocate, to which he was elected in
lP34. He is recognised as one of the
greatest pulpit orators of the church,
and in the present conference came out
as a champion of the rights of women
in the General Conference.
A NEW SOLDIERS MONUMENT.
General Bultorflcld's Generous Gift at Fred
ericksburg, Virginia.
On the very ground over which the
old Fifth Corps charged nt Fredericks
burg, Va.. President McKinley, his
cabinet and General Miles, Friday, wit
nessed the laying of a comer stone for
a' shaft which will perpetuate in bronze
and granite the heroism of the Army of
the Potomac. It was an impressive
ceremony and rendered the more so by
the fact that among the hundreds who
witnessed the event were noted leaders
of both the F'cderal and the Confederate
forces.
The monument was the personal gift
of General Daniel B'lttcrlield to the
National Memorial Association. This
in itself was a unique feature, ns the
battlefield monuments heretofore have
been mostly the gifts oi corporated so
cieties or furnished by popular sub
scriptions. The ceremony was with due
Masonic rites, and at its completion the
secretary of war accepted the gift in the
name of the American people.
The corner 'tone was laid by Gen
eral Daniel E. Bntterfield. He had pre
pared for the occasion a handsome sil
ver trowel, appropriately inscribed, and
after the ceremony this was presented
to the Masonic lodge of Fredericks
burg. CELEBRATED WITH FERVOR.
trilors M:ki a Nafonal Festival of lha
Quven't Birthday.
Under the stimulus of the relief of
Mafeking nnd Gen. Roberts' rapid and
successful progress, the Queen's eighty
second birthday has been celebrated
throughout the empire with almost un
precedented rejoicings Thursday. In
London every private house was deco
rated with miniature Union Jacks and a
picturesque carnival procession a mile
long, of cars emblematic of the war,
paraded the northern suburbs of Lon
don. Torchlight processions and re
views in the garrison towns, etc., were
witnessed throughout the country.
The school children hid a holiday and
at most places -there was a partial sus
pension of business. West End of
London was brilliantly illuminated anil
thousands crowded the streets, wearing
patriotic favors.
In the house of commons the govern
ment leader. A. J. Balfour, announced
that Lord Salisbury would consider a
proposal to anpoint a national thanks
giving day. with a suitable form of pray
er, in acknowledgment of God's vouch
safing victory to the British arms.
CABLE FLASHES.
The Mansion House fund for the re
lief of the victims of the Ottawa tire
has reached 50.000.
Port Said, Sunday, reported one new
case of bubonic plague and one death
from the disease, both Arabs.
Saturday the Paris Socialists celebrat
ed the anniversary of the commune by
a parade to Pere la Chaise cemetery,
against the walls of which the com
munards of 1871 were shot, but there
was no serious disturbance.
COLORADO LYNCHING BEE.
Fueblo Mob of 3,000 Quickly Av;ngs i
Fiendish Murd:r.
Calvin Kimblern. the colored mur
derer, reached Pueblo, from Denver,
where he was captured, on a Denver
and Rio Grande train, shortly before
a o'clock Wednesday morning, and five
minutes later his almost naked corpse
w;,. being dragged throtigh tlhe streets
by as many men as could lay hands on ,
the rope around his neck, followed by
a howling mob of at least 3,000 people.
The six officers in charge of the pris
oner made no attempt to resist the
mob.
As the train pulled Into the Eighth
street dipot. Kimblern was pushed out
of the front end of the smoking car,
and into the bands of the mob. A
noose was east about his neck. Many
hands at once seized it. Kimblern
made but slight resistance. Heavy steel
manacles bound his wrists, and he was
helpless. He was dragged fare down
ward oyer the railroad tracks. The
iifiose tightened about his neck, and he
was undoubtedly dead before he was
hanged to n telegraph pole, two blocks
from the depot.
Twice the rope broke nfter the body
had been hauled up, but the third at
tempt nt hanging was successful. After
the body had been allowed to dangle
in the air a few minutes, the rope was
cut. and the corpse was dragged half
a block further, the crowd clamoring
for n fire to burn the corpse.
''The body is not that of a human
being. Of course I won't hold an in
quest." Thus the coroner spoke when
the subject of taking down the body of
Kimblern was mentioned.
The city scavenger cut down the
body, loaded it into the cart which is
used for hauling away dead hogs, drag
ged it out to the pest house, and threw
it into a grave which had been dug be
fore the train bearing the negro pris
oner from Denver had arrived. There
was not coffin.
IH'NY MINERS KILLED.
Explosion Causes Dealh to 22 Mon In 1
Nor h Carolina Mln.
Twenty-two miners ten white men
and twelve negroes lost their lives in
the explosion at Cumnock coal mines,
Chatham county. North Carolina.
Wednesday evening. The explosion
is supposed to have been caused by a
broken gauze in a safety lamp. Forty
or fifty men were in the mine at the
time. The accident was in what is
known as the east heading. Five men
were brought out alive from the head
ing, while none of the men in the other
parts of the mine were injured.
Within an hour after the explosion
the work of rescue began, and b'' day
light all the bodies except one that of
Sii.i Mclntyre. had been bnht to
the top. AH the bodies wcrcrribly
burned 10
In the Cumnock mines, on Dcceirriber
to, iftos, an explosion of fire damp oc
curred causing the loss of 40 lives. Ex
tensive improvements were made and
the mines had since been thought free
from firedamp. Pennsylvania capitalists
own the property.
The mine has been long used in a
desultory way. but in l8)8 Samuel
Ahcnzy, of Philadelphia, organized a
company and put in modern machinery.
There are two shafts, one a small af
fair for ventilation and the other, the
main working shaft, is 8xrj feet and is
considerably more than joo feet in
depth.
EIG OIL WELLS STrtUCX
Pennsylvania Oil Dili's Cro More fo the
Front 1 493 Barrel Gujhor.
A well was struck Thursday morn
ing at Taylor, midway between East
Brady and Cliicora. Pa., which started
off at fo barrels an hour and is keeping
up at this r ite. The well is owned , by
the East Brady Oil Company, and is
located a short distance from the fa
mous Ghost well, struck in lS;8, which
started cfT at the rate of over 3,000 bar
rels per day. ( .
Some excitement in oil circles was
occasioned by the showing of Davis
Bro..' well No. 2, in the old Kaylor
district, about two miles from Karrts
City. Ta. The well opened" the p
barrels a day, but deeper drilling in
creased the production to 40 barrels
and hour, when drilling was suspended
to provide more tankage. Their No,
r. completed over a month ago, is pro
ducing 00 barrels a day.
Murdered hy Outlaws!
Saturday Sheriff Taylor, of Grand
county, Utah, and Samuel Jenkins, a
cattle owner, were shot and killed by
outlaws on Hill creek, 50 miles north
of Salt Lake. The story of the killing,
as told by Herbert Day, a deputy sher
iff, vrho was with them, is as follows:
The three men unexpectedly came
upon the canio of the outlaws. Taylor
and Jenkins dismounted and started to
walk up to them. When a short dis
tance from them the sheriff spoke, say
ing: "Hello, boys." They had left their,
puns on their horses when they dis
mounted and as they turned to go tO'
their horses they were shot in the back.
Day telegraphed Gov. Wells for assist
ance. Cau-hl in the Crash.
Trice. McCormick & Co.. one of the
largest brokerage houses in New York,
failed Thursday, with liabilities estimat
ed at $t,t.ooo.oco. The firm is a member
of the stock, cotton and produce ex
changes, and of the Chicago stock ex
change, and has branch offices in about
.10 cities throughout the United States.
The failure is ascribed to the fact that
the firm was "long" of cotton, in tho
face of a fast fulling market.
Cecil Rhodes' New Scheme.
Cecil Rhodes, Alfred Beit and Julius
Wernher, with other South African
mining millionaires, are about to de-
vi nn n mcnntie mininir enterprise in
J!C3? WIUHI Illunu 111.. Ullll, funiculi
1..1.1 l..'rf ru.pn litllllfl 1.1 fKi..,,lMti
within 400 miles of Walfisch bay. O
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111 iji usijet. 1111 u. iiiiu nidi. 11 lilt: reiiu
require tne outlay, xJ.000,000 will be
expended in constructing a railway.