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Garrison There, Though Still Strong, Suffering From Confinement, Restricted Diet, and Increasingly Effective Boer Artillery, Practice. Jonbert Reported Indisposed at Volksrust-Schalkburger in Command. LONDON, Dec. 7.A budget of news from Ladysmith which has just arrived brings the history of the beleagured garrison up to Nov. 29. In spite of the rumors of a. retrogade movement upon the part of the Boers, the stories just received show that the garrison, al though still strong, was suffering from confinement, restricted diet and the in creasing volume of the artillery fire, especially that of an additional heavy calibre gun placed in position 5,000 yards from the western defenses. The dispatches relate that the Boers had discovered the most vulnerable points of the garrison and that shelling was becoming disagreeably offective. The rations had been reduced and there was a great deal of sickness. Nevertheless, the troops of the garrison were in every way preparing to meet the assault which it was anticipated the Boers would carry out in a Final effort to Reduce the City. The belief was current in Ladysmith that the Boers were preparing for a ret rograde movemement after another at tack. Several bodies of burghers were reported to have been seen Nov. 38, moving in the direction of the Drakens burg range, while, Nov. 29, detach ments were observed journeying north ward with the wagons. Discord be tween the Transvaalers and Free Staters was also reported. There was no indi cation, however, that the Boers were preparing to dismantle their gun posi tions, but the idea was prevalent in some quarters of Ladysmith that the continued shelling of the place was in tended to cover the retirement of other Boer forces towards the Transvaal frontiers. The Pretoria dispatch (of Saturday, Dec. 2, via Lorenzo Marques, Monday, Dec. 4) however, announced that a Boer council of war Dec. 2, was planning a renewed assault on Ladysmith. A dispatch from Frere, dated Sun day, Dec. b, reported that in Colonel Lord Dundonald's reconnaisance near Colenso, 15 Boers were killed and a number injured. The road bridge across the Tugela river is intact. The same message reports that Presi dent Kxuger is anxious that the burgh ers leave Ladysmith in order to oppose the British marching in the direction of Pretoria from the west. Advices from Putter's Kraal, the headquarters of General Gatacre's di vision, dated Saturday, Dec. 2, say the Boers entered Bordonecht that mom ing. This, it is added, is probably Groebler's force of 1,500 men from Stormburg. JOUBERT INDISPOSED. Uoer oinwander at Volksrust for Med ical Attention. PRETORIA., Saturday. Dec. 2.(via Lorenzo Marques, Monday, Dec. 4.) General Joubert is indisposed and has arrived at Volksrust, across the Trans vaal border, for medical treatment. A dispatch from the head laager, where General Schalkburger is in su preme command during the absence of General Joubert, announces that a coun cil of war will be held Dec. 2, with ref erence to assaulting Ladysmith. The state attorney has arrived at the camp to advise the Boer commanders. Every thing is quiet at Ladysmith. Dispatches from the west report that there was a heavy artillery duel at Mafeking during the morning of Dec. 2. All is quiet at Kimberley. Comfortable wooden and iron houses have been erected at Waterfall, a few miles from Pretoria for the rank and file of the British prisoners. Count Deville le Blois, a colonel in the French army, has joined the Trans vaal forces as an authorized miltary at tache. FIRING HIGH EXPLOSIVES. Boers Evidently Have Secured a Better Brand of Shells. N EW YORK, Dec- 7.A dispatch to The Tribune from London says: While the war office has received intelligence that Mafeking was safe on Nov. 23, it was admitted that the investment there was closer than ever. This was con firmed by the Pall Mall Gazette corre spondent, but Router's dispatch one day later showed that the Boers are using new shells, filled with a high explosive, fired from a 10-ton gun, and that the Situation is serious. General Yule In Broken Health. LONDON, Dec. 7.The Daily Mail an nounces that Colonel W. A. Yule, who succeeded General Sir William Symons in command of the British troops in Natal, is on his way to England, being in broken health. Heavy Snow at Buffalo. BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 7.Fully 12 inches of snow has fallen here. Street ear traffic, which was practically aban doned has been fully resumed. Mails from the east and west are from a half hour to one hour late. The railroads, however, are rapidly getting into shape. Next Reunion in ChioafO. CHICAGO, Dec. 7.The national coun cil of the Grand Army of the Republic decided that the next reunion will be held during the last week of August, 1990, in Chicago. Dairy Commissloosr Howler Bod over CrsarastftM. ST. PAUL, Dec. 7.The state dairy and food department is setuUng put blanks to the creameries |or their an nual statistical reports, due NxVl but usually made at the end of the y8arai most of ttfe creameries have* their" an nual meetings then. 1 Last year nearly 50 percent Afailedjtc comply with the law.faCd nothing 1#j$ Bone on the ground that the $HK Were due under the outgoing* 0mi tration. This year', Mai or Boiler the reportsrill be insiStfc'uTon. The law provides a penalljjF $L$& TO |100 fine and 80 to 90 days in&rjjy>nm*n failure to report, making^'it a misd kneanor. Commissioner Bowler says that the majority of creameries in the state are well managed and cleanly, but that some are not. These latter are warned to mend their ways under penalty of publication of the reports of inspectors. EFFECTIVE AT LONG RANGE. Boer Fire at Modder River the Hottest on Beoord. LONDON, Dec. 7. The censorship continues to be of the strictest charac ter. Virtually no news is allowed to pass except the details of events in the beleaguered garrisons and nearby points. From all accounts the Boer fire at Modder River was the hottest on rec ord and will revolutionize existing the ories. It was effective up to 1,000 yards, but the casualties among the prostrate troops was trifling. It was found impossible to bring the British ammunition reserves to the firing line. Many Boers wearing red cross badges were actually employed in serving out ammunition. The Morning Post learns there are plenty of cavalrymen available at home, but that parsimony prevents their being sent to South Africa, where they are urgently needed. CANVASS COMPLETED. ROT. win Kentnoky Election Commissioners Now Try Contests. FRANKFORT, Ky., Dec. 7.The state board of election commissioners, sitting as a canvassing board, has finished its work and will now sit as a canvassing board to hear arguments in the cases of 11 contested counties. The first great fight will come up on the question of whether or not the board has the right to go behind the certified returns filed with the secretary of state by the dif ferent counties. On the face of the re turns now on file with the secretary of state Mr. Taylor has a plurality of 2,883. If the board decides that it has the power to go behind the returns, there is no telling who will receive the certificate. WORK OF BURGLARS. D. B. Cheney and Wife of Racine Probably Fatally Shot. RACINE, Wis., Dec. 7.Rev. D. B. Cheney and his wife were shot and probably fatally injured by a burglar who entered their home at 1 o'clock a. m. At the point of a revolver they were compelled to turn over money and jewelry and then thinking they were endeavoring to conceal some val uables, the burglars shot them both and escaped. Rev. Cheney is the pastor of the First Baptist church and was for many years at the head of the Wisconsin A. P. A. He came here from Superior five years ago. LONDON COMMENT. President's Message a Topic of Consider able Interest. LONDON, Dec. 7.The amount of space devoted here to President Mc Kinley's message to congress evidences the widespread interest in the docu ment. The afternoon papers, in long editorials on the subject, particularly refer to the currency declarations and solace themselves with the idea that good relations between the United States and Great Britain are so well known as not to have required empha sis, as in the case of Germany. The Pall Mall Gazette sees in the message an unmistakable reproof of Mr. Chamberlain's Leicester speech. Germans Approre the Messege. BERLIN, Dec. 7. The message sent to congress by President McKinley has been most sympathetically received by newspaper and government circles in Germany. This is especially true of the foreign office, one Of the highest officials of which told the Associated Press rep resentative that the document has made a splendid impression. Bad Blase at MayTllle. MAYVILLE. N. D., Dec. 7.Fire broke out in the department store of P. T. Johns & Co. at 9:30 p. m., and totally destroyed the entire building and stock valued at $20,000. The flames quickly spread and the furniture store of O. B. Lura, Hanson & Hanson's drugstore, A. H. Johnson's hardware store, the jew elry store and restaurant of A. jp. Thompson, and Mrs. Baker's millinery store were also destroyed. Total loss about $50,000. Waleott a Pronounced FaYorlte, N EW YORK, Dec. 7.Bobby Dobbs, formerly of Minneapolis, lasted only a few seconds more than five rounds in his bout with Joe Waleott before the Broadway Athletic club. There was very little betting on the result, as Waleott was a pronounced favorite at 4 to 1. Another Lake Bloekade. DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 7.There is another blockade of lake navigation, this time at the mouth of the St. Clair flats ship canal. The big Bessemer barge John Fritz went aground and the gale swung her around so that she completely blockades the channel. Earthquake in South Dakota. MILLER, 8. D., Dec. 7.Ah earth quake shock was felt here at 6 o'clock a. m. It was the first ever noticed in this section. Canvass'Made Friends Reveals an Apparent Majority4a His Favor*' Petition of Pennsylvania Legisla tors to Be Vigorously Used Against Him. Chairman Tayler Calls a Meeting to Consider the Case of Roberts. NEW YORK, Pec. 7. A special to The Herald from Washington says: As a result of a canvass made by Mr. Quay's friends, since the senate con vened, it is asserted that 46 of the 85 senators will vote to seat him as sena tor from Pennsylvania. These figures are obtained by counting the 30 senators now in the senate who voted either for Corbett or Mantle and 16 others from whom it is asserted promis.es have been obtained favorable to Mr. Quay. Senator Chandler has called a special meeting of the committee on elections to consider the case of Mr. Quay. As a vacancy exists on the committee, however, and the two parties are ar ranging for the reorganization of all the committees, it is not believed the Quay case will be disposed of until the committee has been reorganized. The fact that a majority of the Penn sylvania legislature, Republicans and Democrats, have petitioned th senate against the seating of Mr. Quay will be used for all its worth by his opponents, and the contest will be bitter and long. HEARING FOR ROBERTS. Representative Taylor Calls a Meeting off His Committee. WASHINGTON, Deo. 7.Representa tive Tayler of Ohio, chairman of a spe cial committee to investigate the case of Mr. Roberts of Utah, has called a meeting for the committee at 11 o'clock. Mr. Tayler says the initial meeting will be to determine upon a general line of action. He could not say how soon the committee would be ready to report. While the chairman would not speak for the committee, he said he had no doubt that Mr. Roberts could be al lowed to be present with counsel if he desired and would be afforded the full est facilities to have his side presented. Mr. Roberts was about the house during the day. There was no session and he was engaged most of the time in chatting with groups of members and visitors who showed a friendly dis position toward him. OPPOSED TO FREE SUGAR. Manufacturers of the Beat Article Adopt Emphatic Resolutions. OMAHA, Dec. 7.Delegates from beet sugar factories in California, pregon, Washington, Nebraska, Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio and "New York attended the annual meeting of the American Beet Sugar Manufacturers' association. The industry was reported as having flourished during the past few years, but that just now it is greatly disturbed over the prospect of free sugar from the insular dependencies. The association took strong grounds against President McKinley's recom mendation of free sugar and adopted emphatic resolutions against such a policy and provided for a vigorous cam paign in behalf of their desires. PERRY HEATH'S DECISION. Female Resign Postomce Clerk Most When She Marries. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.First Assist ant Postmaster General Perry Heath, in a decision in the case of Mrs. Jennie Drown of Modus, Conn., announces that the department has decided it would be incompatible with the best interests of the service to retain mar ried women as postoffice clerks. The department has, therefore/ruled that when a female postoffice clerk marries it will be necessary for her to resign from the service. Postmasters under this ruling hereafter will have to call for the resignations of such employes and recommend their successors to the department. Railroads Ask More Time. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.The interstate commission has given a hearing to the representatives of the several railroad companies asking for further extension of the time allowed the railroads to equip their lines with safety appliances under the act. of March 2, 1893. Two years ago the commission granted an extension until Jan. 1,1900. The further extension asked for at the present time is one year. Customs Laws for Cuba and Forto Bioo. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.Senator Chan dler introduced bills applying the cus toms and internal revenue laws to the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico, after Jan. 1,1900. Goods between the islands and the United States ate to be ex changed as between the states. Convicted of Larceny. CHICAGO, Dec. 7.Mrs. Sol Van Praag has been found guilty of larceny in stealing, with the aid of other women, $1,450 from William C. Duncan of Portland, Or. The theft is alleged to have been committed in a room on State street. Mrs. Van Praag is the. wife of a well known politician. Conyicted Banker Gets a Kaw Trial. KANSAS CITY, pec. 7.J. C. Darragh, former president of the Kansas City Safe Deposit and Savings bank, who was convicted in '97 of wrecking that institution and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary, has been granted another trial by ids* supreme court* Hants trof Cars Handled I*s Tear eeeds All Previous' Record* r. PAUL, Dec. 7.The fourteenth annual report of the state grain inspect tlon department for the year ending Aug.JIM, ha& "been transmitted to1 the railroad artd warehouse commissidn by Chief Inspector Reishus. The report shows that more wheat, corn and fuw seed was received than during any jpre jvious year. There is a considerable falling off \n oats, rye and barley, a jfact ^hich is dne largely to the diver sion of this traffic to Chicago, Milwatu kee and St. Louis, where the largo brewing establishments are located. Agents have bought direct from the farmers. The total number of Oars re ceived at Minnesota terminals during the period of this report exceeded the highest nuifcber received in any pre vious year 0^26,807. The presen^season's crop, that for the orop year beginning Sept. 1,1899, prom-' ises to be more difficult than usual to grade, by reason of the heavy fall rains which affected a large part of the crop, and rust and blight which visited cer tain grain-growing sections. DEMORALIZING TO RATES. Or eat Northern and Other Lines Said to Have Joined In a Cut. CHICAGO, Dec. 7.A special to The Record from Sioux City, la., says: W. B. MoNader, traffic manager for the Sioux City and Northern railroad, announces that that road and the Great Northern, its northern connection, would join with the Soo line and Cana dian Pacific in making a first class rate for passengers to Ne York which would be $4 less than the rate via Chi cago and the Eastern roads. This move on the part of the Hill roads, railway men say, will so demoralize the passen ger business eastbound that a serious rate war may result. For the present the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, Illinois Central and Northwestern will not meet the cut and will continue to sell through tickets to New York for $28.75, while the Great Northern makes a rate of $24.97. JRON ORE IN IOWA. Tory Promising Dlscorery Made In Alla makee County. ES MOINES, Dec. 7.The recent an nouncement of the discovery of an im mense deposit of valuable iron ore in Northeastern Iowa has attracted much attention to the mineral possibilities of that part of the state. The state geo logical survey has long ago declared that they are of great value and in time tfrill unquestionably be developed. The Allamakee county deposit, which is now being carefully investigated by representatives of the Illinois Steel company, is believed to be one of the richest west of the Allegheny moun tains. Experts who have examined it say that there is in sight, on an area of about 350 acres of land, fully 50,000,000 tons of ore, from 30 to 50 per cent pure, and averaging considerably above 40 per cent. OAR LINES FOR HONOLULU. Tom I4. and Albert Johnson Will Hare an Electric System on Oahu. CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 7.A syndicate headed by Tom L. and Albert Johnson, the street car magnates, will build a street railway in Honolulu and on Oahu island, on which the capital of the Hawaiian islands is situated. Electric lines will not only be built within the city limits but suburban lines will be constructed leading to the different points of interest and business near the city. A route will be built to the vol cano for the convenience of tourists. The syndicate has absorbed the present horse car lines in Honolulu. TO SHUT THEM OUT. Trainmen Pnll Down an Independent Elevator. REDWOOD FALLS, Minn., Dec. 7.At Vesta, the terminal of the Minnesota and Iowa divisions of the Chicago and Northwestern railway, the local eleva tor was wrecked last Friday by an en gine and crew, with full authority, it is said, from the right of way agent. Foster & Miller, independent wheat buyers, claimed to have been given permission to build by the agent. The building was partially completed when the train men, with the aid of the engine and ropes, pulled the struc ture down. Bepeal a Prohibition. BERLIN, Dec. 7.The imperial chan cellor, Prince Hohenlohe, announced in the reichstag that the federal govern ments had assented to the repeaV of the law prohibiting workmen's association. Later the reichstag passed the first and second reading of the bill repealing this law. It was opposed by the mem bers Right. Has Started a Bate War. CHICAGO, Dec. 7.The Tribune says: The publication of the New England rate sheet, which eliminates rates to the Pacific coast via the Northwestern, Burlington, Rock Island and Milwau kee and St. Paul roads^ has started the expected differential rate war. On* Misslns Nine Injured. JOLIET. Ills. Dec. 7.The explosion of a boiler in the billet mill at the Joliet plant of the Illinois Steel com pany caused frightful injuries to nine men, with another man missing, pos sibly buried beneath the debris. All the men were burned and scalded. Another Harper Deal.' N EW YORK Tec 7i~Harper & Bros, have given out a statement that they have transferred the entire publication f their college and high school text books to the American Book company of New York and Chicago. Mrs. Amelia Sanford Found Dead. BLOOMINGTON, Ills., Dec. 7. Mrs. Amelia' E. Sanford, treasurer of the Illinois State TV. C. T, U., was found dead.at her home. It is thought she died from apoplexy Tuesday. She was StQrt The New Year Ri^tit By Subscribing for the best local paper in this section of the State, The Princeton Union. At $1. Per Year] and this with No one in Mille Lacs county, or in the neighboring towns of Sherburne, Isanti and Benton counties, can afford to be without it. A splendid telegraph page gives you the latest news up to Thursday morning The Serials #-^-----iff- Make it worth five times the price asked. 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