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THE TOLMINGTOlSr 21, 1899. 5 ACTIVITY OF THE B0ER8. AN UNSUCCESSFUL NIGHT ASSAULT ON LADYSMITH. CITY SHELLED DAY AND NIGHT. Firing From Every Point of the Compass-Gallant Conduct of British Sol diers During the Armored Train Battle -New Entrenchments About Klmbcrley-The British Prisoners at Pretoria -The Boers Nearlng Est court -British Force nt Hand. Estcourt, Natal, Thursday, Novem ber lG.-The Red Cross train has again returned, but without bringing in the dead and wounded. The Boers declin ed to give any information as to the names of either killed or injured, re ferring the inquirers to the Pretoria Press for all information. All that they would disclose was the fact that three of the British were dead and nine wounded. A correspondent who has Just visit ed the sanatarium hospital says all the armored train wounded are doing well. Captain Wylie, in an interview, said Sergeant Tod deserves special mention for having surrounded him with bould ers to protect him from the rifle fire, when lying helpless and wounded. Tod even lay down beside the officer to cheer him up. A shell landed among the protecting boulders, spattering them with earth, but Captain Wylie sustained no further injury. But for Tod, he would have been killed. Several men escaped marvelously. When Winston Churchill requested Captain Wylie to call for volunteers to remove the upset truck, bullets, it is said, were dropping on the train "like rain." The men, throughout, stuck to their work, responding to the noble example set by Churchill and Lieutenant Franklin, until the line was cleared. Churchill actually left with the engine, but he got out at the next station, Frere, took a rifle from a soldier, saying he could not leave the wounded, and walked away in the direction of the Boers. Sergeant Ilasset, of the Dublin fusi leers, behaved with the greatest gal lantry. He took charge of the firing party, and stood up unflinchingly dur ing the Boers' hot fire. His example electrified the fusileers, who kept the Boers at bay by volleying. Captain Haldane fell early in the engagement, shot 'through the shoul der. Lieutenant Franklin's conduct is highly praised. He exhibited great dewiness during the critical period. He is reported missing. Copeland, of the Durban volunteers, was crushed to deaith by 'the derailed truck, and Godfrey, a plate layer, was shot through the head, but is doinz well. Lieutenant Alexander had an excit ing experience. A fusileer who had been wounded in 'the arm by a slhell which shattered ithe limb, swung round anid hit Alexander in the neck, almiost smothering him' with blood. The shell burslt in front of the lieuten ant on a level wfith his face and blind ed him for ia moment. The nexit instant he saw his comrade lying dead at his feet, while he himself was unharmed. Private Kavanaugh, of the Dublins, performed splendid work. When, ithe Briltish firing line fell back he, time after ;tiime, rallied the men, volleyed and prevented the horsieshoe line of the oBers from enveloping 'the train. LADYSMITH COMPLETELY SUR ROUNDED. Pretoria, November 9. The following diispalteh has been received from the Boer camp ait Elansslaagte, under to day's date: "Ladysmith has been completely en circled by 'the Boer forces. Our sec ond big gun was successfully placed in position on Bulwan hill, 1n front of Ladysmith. The firing 'of heavy guns commenced early this morniJig, with no casualties to ithe burghers up to the present. "Botha has heliographed from the siouth of Ladysmith that the British batteries opened a heavy fire with big guns and continuously dropped shells Into the Works around Ladysmith. The Pretoria force was In a tight place, having taken up a position commanded by the British fire, which was so hot that the position became untenable. The big gun, however, saved the situ ation." BRITISH ACCOUNT OF ARMORED TRAIN FIGHT. London, November 17. The war of fice has received the following dispatch from General Buller: "Cape Town, November 16. "I have received from Hildyard, Peietermaritzburg, a telegram, dated November 15th, of wbich the foillowing is the purport: " The officer commanding the troops at Estcourt reports, at midday, that an armored train left Estcourt this morning with a company of the Dub lin Fusiliers and a company of Durban Volunteers. North of Frere they en countered a party of Boers and began to withdraw. While retiring, some of the trucks were derailed. The Dublins turned out and advanced toward the enemy, while the rest of the train ap pears to have returned without them, to Estcourt. ' 'The officer commanding tlhe troops reports that he was sending mounted troops in order to cover their -withdrawal, but that about one hundred are missing.' " NEW ENTRENCHMENTS AROUND KIMBERLEY. Kimberley, November 9, via Hope town, November 12. The Boers were busy yesterday in throwing up fresh earthworks. There has been no fur ther bombardment., The deBeers mines are practically closed. Thou sands of the employes are now domi ciled in the center of the town and are being provisioned by the mayor's re lief found. The military authorities have ordered all civilians to give up their arms and ammunition, with the view of preventing irresponsible firing at the Boers, in contravention of the laws of civilized warfare. , Natives re port that the Boers cheered each shell as it was fired yesterday, believing it meant the destruction of Kimberley. The Boers are now wearing khaki uniforms and blue pugarees, making it difficult to distinguish them from the British. Locusts are appearing. A NIGHT BOMBARDMENT. London, November 17. The following censored dispatch from Pretoria gives details of the engagement referred to in the Associated Press dispatch from Pretoria of Wednesday, November 15'The Free Staters had taken up a ull v 0n a sma11 hm whe an Eng iisn Dattery advanced and attacked thenv. sending a hail of shells on the nm for an hour, when the Transvaal cannon put some shells right in the midst of the batt : lish to cover behind the hill. Two ' burghers were killed and six wounded. ! When the British fell back on Lady : smith several shells exploded among ; them, but the execution done could not ' be seen. At midnight all the Afrikander can- non on the hills surrounding the town j opened fire simultaneously on Lady- smith, turning the quiet and darkness ; of night into a lurid inferno of Whisk ) tling, shrieking shells, speeding from all points of the compass to the doom ed city. Several buildings on fire were seen from Bulwan hill. During the day the troops left the city deserted and sought shelter on the edge of the hill to escape our death-dealing shells." THE PRISONERS AT PRETORIA. The dispatch from Pretoria also says that the prisoners at that place in clude: The Eighteenth hussars, 4 of ficers and 91 non-commissioned officers and men; the Dublin fusileers, 4 offi cers and 12 non-commissioned officers and men; the Irish fusileers, 10 officers and 533 non-commissioned officers and men; the Gloucesters, 14 officers and 305 non-commissioned officers and men; the artillery, 5 officers and GO non-commissioned officers and men; the rifles, 2 officers and 89 non-commissioned officers and men; the Leices ter, no officers and 6 non-commissioned officers and men; the dragoons, 1 man; the Natal police, 1 man; politi cal, 62 men; sick, 38 men. The dispatch adds: "Trains are working excellently from Pretoria to Ladysmith. The Boers have ample ) food, but are short of clothes, boots and mackintoshes." Pretoria, .November 15. In an en gagement yesterday morning south of Ladysmith tne British advanced with thirteen guns, attacking 380 burghers of the Transvaal. A big gun was fired on the troops, who retired at 3 o'clock to a kloof, near Ladysmith. The Bit ish loss is unknown. The Boers had one man killed and three wounded. In addition, they had thirteen horses kill ed and seven wounded. BOERS NEAR ESTCOURT. Estcourt, November 17.' The Elmelo Boer force has taken a position near Ennerdale, a few miles north of here. They have eight 7-pounders and two French guns. Their strength is 200 men. They have looted Henderson's store. All is quiet here and ready for the enemy if he attacks. There is no anxiety. BRITISH FORCES IN SOUTH AF RICA. The admiralty announced this even ing "the arrival at Cape Town today of the troopship Arcana, with a battalion of the Argyle and Southerland High landers: (the Princess Louise's regi ment) bringing Ithe reinforcements up t'o 23,500, of Which 7,290 have already disembarked alt Durban, with eighteen field guns, a number of machine guns, engineers and hospital troops, as well as 700 mules. This force, with that already be tween Estcourt and Durban, is consid ered sufficient to enable General Hild yard to advance and ito take aggressive action against the Boers south of Ladysmith. According to the latest ad vices, Ladysmith is holding out suffi ciently, everything having been well up to Wednesday. In view of the Boer distraction of bridges, the war office has issued or ders for Ithe shipment of a quantity of bridge work between this and the end of the year. GERMANS IN THE BOER ARMY. Durban, Thursday, November 16. A gentleman who was arrested at Johannesburg, taken to Pretoria and released, has arrived here, via Delagoa bay. While at Pretoria he was confin ed on the race course wDth Ithe mili tary prisoners, comprising 52 officers and 1,275 non- commissioned officers and men from Naita.1, 10 officers and 25 non-oommissdoned officers and men from Mafeking, and four men from Fort TuTi. The prisoners' guards were almost exclusively Germans and 'the artillerymen manning the forts were also mostly Germans. The prisoners were we'll fed and were shown every consideration. Moat of the officers were removed' to more comfortable quarters in 'the town, London, November 17. It is report ed that tbe Brfitish government has purchased the Cruesot guns ordered by tone Transvaal, but not delivered. An official dispatch confirms 'the statement thatt Captain J. A. Haldane, of the Gordon Highlanders, ai'Jtached to the Dublin fusileers, and Lieutenant T. H. Frankland( not Franklin) and thrity-seven non-commissioned officers and men of the Dublin Fusileers are missing. Captain Haldane distinguished him self by his services in India, for which he received the D. S. O. (champion of ithe distinguished service order.) He was also wounded at Elandslaagte. TO INTERCEPT BRITISH ADVANCE London, November 17. A dispatch from Lourenzo says: "A Pretoria newspaper announced last Wednesday thatt 4,000 burghers had left General Joubert's force around Ladysmith to join Commandant Botha's force near Estcourt, with a View of assisting to intercept the British advance to the re lief of Ladysmith. "General Lucas Meyer, the State commander, has asserted in the course of an interview that he is convinced that the battle of Elandsgaate will be 'the 'first and last Boer defeat of ithe year."" BOMBARDED NIGHT AND DAY. London, November 18. Special dis patches from Pietermaritzburg and Lourenzo Marques say that Lady smith is bombarded night and day and hard pressed. On November 9th having during 'the nigbit placed men close to the town, the Boers, after a heavy bombardment, began an assault but were repulsed alt every point with heavy losses. The Boers have destroy ed one of the bridges over the Tugela river. VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Petersburg, Va., November 17. The third day's session of the Virginia Methodist conference was devoted to the discussion of several interesting subjects. On a question of law sub mitted by the joint board of finance, Bishop Wilson ruled that it had been decided sometime ago that when a traveling preacher dies in active work the claim of the widow and orphans on the conference fund begins at the time of his death. The board of education reported contributions aggregating $30,281.37. Of this sum $6,000 was contributed by preachers and their families. HOMICIDE OVER POLITICS. Middlesboro, Ky., November 17. John M. Tate, of Lee county, Virginia, was shot and killed today by Deputy Sheriff Evan Bledsoe, of the same county. Tate was a leading democratic politician and Bledsoe a leader among the republicans. Trouble over politics 9 led to the killing. DEMOCRATS PROTEST ! AGAINST THE COUNTING OF THE VOTE i OF LOUISVILLE MILITARY INTIMIDATION At the Polls on Election Day Ground of the Protest Rejection of This Vote Would Elect Goebel Bradley to Stand by Taylor Precedent for State Board Refusing to Go Behind the Re turnsDemocratic Election Officers Indicted. Lou isville, Ky., November 17. At torneys for "William Goebel today filed notice with the local election board asking that the vote of the city of Louisville be thrown out. Thy claim that the election officers .and voters were intimidated by the militia, order ed out by Governor Bradley on No vember 7th. If the election board throws out the vote of Louisville Goe bel will have a safe plurality. The notice served on the commission ers follows: "For the democratic candidates we now give notice that, at the close of the count and before any certificates are issued, we will move the board and all other authorities that may consider this election, to declare null and void, the election held in the city of Louis ville on the Seventh day of November 1899. "1st, Because of the usurpation of William Bradley in calling out and ille ' gaily using the militia and overawing and intimidating the voters and officers of and at said election, and interfering ': with tihe progress of said election and ' wiith the duties of the officers of said ' election. ' "2nd, Because S. B. Toney urilawful- ly usurped power in requesting said ; William O. Bradley to call out the mil . itia for said purpose, when said call ! was entirely unneces-rry and thw civil authorities were able ard willing to ex ; ecute any order made by said court. j "3rd, Because said militia was used ; for the unlawful purposes aforesaid. ! '"'ith, Because said election was not ' a civil election, but a military election. ' "5th, Because the said use of (the said J militia was unlawful in every respect and a criminal usurpation of power by said named persons and thereby the . civil power was subordinated to the i military power, and an overt act of a treasonable natuie against the consti tution of the state of Kentucky was ; committed." ; This action had been expected ever siince the official count began. It was j freely reported on election day that if ; the militia was called out it would re- suit in some such step, i This dispute will prolong and aggra- vate the fight, lor tlhe republicans will make every effort in their powrejr to re tain Taylor's plurality. Buford S. Williams, Coleman Carr ' and Wingate Thompson, democratic : election officers of Franklin county, ! were today indicted! by the Federal ' grand jury on charges of conspiracy and intimidation agarost colored voters, j Frankfort, Ky., November 17. The proposition today from Goebefl s law yers to throw out the entire vote of Jefferson county, which includes Louis villle, was not wholly unlooked for by the republican leaders. It is now said Senator Deboe's visit here last night : was for tihe purpose oT (ascertaining ; definitely to what extent Governor Bradley will support Taylor in the i event that Goebel is given the certifl ' cate of election, based on this proceed- ing. Senator Beboe and Governor Bradley axe not on speaking terms and j a third party acted as a "go between." i Deboe says he is satisfied Bradley will stand by Taylor vnd will vigorous- ly resist Goebel. 'Seniatoi Lindsay will ; be asked to axrt as one of the attorneys for the anti-Goebel side before tlhe . state election, :omm'ission. ! The republicans have found a prece I dent established by the state election j commission last year, in which the ; board by a unanimous vote, decided ; it wras merely a canvassing board and I had no power to pass on contests. This i was the case of Mcidecal Williams, j democrat, who filed a contest for tlhe i certificate of election as congressman i in the Ninth district on the ground that fraudulent votes had been oast for Congressman Pugh, in several counties. The board declined to hear the contest, on the ground of lack of jurisdiction and awarded tJhe certifi cate of election to Pugih on the face of the returns. Taylor's lawyers now claim that un der this decision the vote of Johnson and Knox counties, at least must be counted as certified. They have not ; given an opinion as to the bearing of i this ruling on the Jefferson county case. If Jefferson county ds thrown out the political complexion of tlhe legislature will be affected, as one senator and seven representatives will have to be elected under a special election called j by the governor. j Louisville, Ky., November 17. The ' official count was received today from ' Floyd and Knott counties. Floyd gives Goebel 156 and Knott gives him 459 ; plurality. j In the last tabulated returns, printed ! Wednesday morning, from democratic Bources, Goebel's plurality in the state was figured at one vote. In this table ) Floyd (unofficial) gave Goebel 400 plu- rality and Knott 439 plurality. The ! official returns from these two counties show a net loss of 224 from the unoffi ! cial count. HOBART RALLIES. j Paterson, N. J., November 17. Vice President Hobarir. retired tonight feel ing much better than yesterday, and Dr. Newton said there is every pros pect that the patient will pass a fa vorable night. His condition this morning was unfavorable, but the marked improvement tonight has agaiu raised the hopes of (the members of the family. Dr. Newton said tonight that notwithstanding the cheerfulness of the patient and the increased nopes of the family, the attending physicians felt the same anxiety for the patient that they did three weeks ago. A BRYAN AND SCHLEY BOOM. LaPorte, Ind., November 17. Hon. James Murdock, of LaFayette, one of the best known democrats in the state, says in an interview that the sentiment of the Indiana democrats is favorable to the nomination of Ad miral Schley - as vice "president on a ticket with Bryan. Mr. Murdock is credited with being a candidate for the democratic state central committee chairmanship, and is also spoken of for national commit teeman from Indiana, and his ut terance is accepted as a significant movement to start a Bryan and Schley boom ln the state. EVANGELIST MOODY ILL. Stricken With Heart Affection and f Tol-Dll tri TTIo TTnma " Kansas City, Mo., November 17. j Dwigfrt L,. Moody, the evangelist, who ; has been preaching here to thousands nisrhftiv in rv.nvt-rttr.n -haii w.-s stT-irk. hea. treub.; ty. His en- gagement was cut short, and tonight he is en route or his home at Northfield. Mass., In the care of Dr. Schauf fier, of j this cirty, and Mr. G. M. Vining. the i teller of the Union national bank. They are traveling in a special car provided by the committee of church men who brought Mr. Moody to Kan- sas City. . It is admitted that Mr. Moody's cor,- J dltion is serious, though when the ; evangelist was seen at his hotel short- ; ly before being taken no the ranwav . w - -'-v V fer-.4A. W t , his condition was not serious. He stated that he was feeling very wtak and added- "I have had trouble wt;n my htart for a good many years, but , I never felSt as weak as I do now. There is ndihing alarming about my condition, i believe. t The reports as to the seriousness of ; Mr. Moody's condition are conflicting. : Several of h!s intimate frends stated ' tonight that, while his condition was . serious, it was not critical. These , friends, however, reluctantly admitted , that they believe his career as a great , public speaker, was nearing the end. Dr. bcnauiner said m hi on n h ? evangelist's condition was not cssen- j uauy worse Iran ror some time past. and that he was simply exhausted from his Tccent exertions before the big crowds that have been gathering to hear him. Dr. Schauffler added, how ever, rthait Mr. Moody must have quiet and rest. THE GEORGIA FRANCHISE BILL. Macon, Ga., November 17. Bishop II. M. Turner, of the African M. E. church, delivered a sensational ad dress this morning to the Georgia con . ference of the African Methodist church. He urged every possible op position by Georgia negroes to the Un.1n'i'nU V.S11 1 1 i 1 now before the lesis ature lie said ' ln lhe fax ,hat department-. P Tpr!S5 hak1n"naetUsteumpHn.mSsae TJ'fhe Sal 2225 free slave and that conditions would . be worse than before the war. It ' would outlaw every black man and woman. He said the author was mere ly seeking notoriety and was backed by the "poor white" element. "Not one negro in thirty ever thinks of vot ing," the bishop declared. "They do not sell their votes. Three votes are sold for every negro ballot purchased." The bishop denounced the supreme away the negroes' civil rights, but T...,r. 1 . excepted justice nanan, wno was me tC' frinH t To cq iri th rr had no army, but that the God of na- tions was on their side. He urged that every minister assist in getting signatures to the petition to congress for an appropriation of $105,000,000 to be used in sending 7,000, 000 of the race to Africa, so that there would be an end of race conflicts in this country. He said the legislature would have to fight the negro of Geor gia on his knee, as he prays night and day to God "to blight and curse the promoters of this unrighteous meas ure." THE NEW CRUISERS. Washington, Novemfber 17. The board on naval construction today agreed upon a report, recommending that the navy department award the contracts for constructing 'the six new protected cruisers authorized by con gress to the following concerns: Union Iron Works, of San Francisco; Louis Nixon, of the Crescent Shipbuilding Works, Elizabethport, N. J.; The Bath Iron Works, of Bath, Me.; The Trigg Shipbuilding Company, of Richmond, Va.; The Fore River Company, of Mas sachusetts; Neafie & Levy, of Phila delphia, Pa, The recommendations will be made in a report to be submitted to acting Secretary Allen, by Admiral O'Neil, president of the construction board, and the awards are not final until the board's findings are approved by the secretary. The lowest bidders did not receive the preference in all cases, and it is to be presumed that the board was influenced in its selections by consid erations of meritorious design ard un questionable ability of the concerns to perform the work they will be called upon to undertake. j THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR. Boston, November 17. It was busi- ness all day and a dance in the eve ' ning at the general assembly of the Knights of Labor today. General Mas ter Workman John I. Parsons, of New York, presided at the business session. The proposition of the United Mine Workers of America to turn over that body t othe Knights of Labor, 12,000 miners, provided John Flannery, edi tor of The Trade Journal, WS dropped from the order, was received coolly, as the assembly seemed to doubt the ability of the officials to make such a stupendous transfer without the 12, 000 men having anything to say about it. INDICTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT Atlanta, Ga., November 17. Three in dictments were found by the grand Jury today in the Atlanta and West Point railroad shortage case. Two are against Thomas J. Hunter, the former auditor of the company and the third is against Albert Howell, . Sr., who was ; until recently, the union ticket agent. ' President George C. Smith, of the At- lanta and West Point road, appeared ' as prosecutor. The indictments are based on a shortage of about $21,000 recently discovered in the union ticket office. The charge is embezzlement. The whereabouts of Mr. Hunter is not known. Charlotte News: The first shipment of gold this month from Charlotte as- t say office was made today. The bar j amounted to $15,000. This office makes two shipments each month. r A QUICK CURE FOR COUGHS and COLDS 4 IPyiiyftctoral I The Canadian Remedy for all Throat and Lg Affections. .Large Bottles, 25 cents. DAVIS & LAV,TIZ:;CC CO., limited. Prop's rT7j Is.t 1 filii-KUkT. 2few York. HcntreaL 1 III iimIII j i4.uxt ji LETTER FROM MR. HYDE I REGARDING THE LEAKAGE AS TO THE COTTON CROP REPORT. j i tiit nrninTiiriiT urtT AT mill T j ,nC UtrAIUMCTII HU I HI rnULI The It-sport Given to UqUi Telojrraph Companies Western Unloa Admits Its Culpability in lelar ta Transmis sion to New York Kscbanee The Postal Office at Wtthlnrton fUvesIt toother PersousWhn Not Callet! For Dy Exchange Operator After Notice. New York, November 17.- The board of managers of the New York cotton exchange is investigating the reports exchanges have received advance in formation from the government's latest estimate of the cotton crop. Superin tendent King, of the exchange, today made public a letter from John Hyde, statistician of the department of agri culture at Washington dated Novem ber 16th, in whiaa he says: "I replied at once to your telegram I of the 14th instant, to the effect that he supplementary statement issued that day with regard to the cotton crop was given to the two telegraph companies at 11:53 o'clock a. m. I might have added that they were in formed of its coming at least an hour in advance. If, therefore, it did not reach the cotton exchange until 2:43 o'clock p. m.. nearly three hours had elapsed between its being given to tho telegraph companies and its reaching your olfice, and nearly four hours be- ' tween the telegraph companies being informed ttiat the statement was to be . made and such deliveiy. "The reason for making the statement : is found, as 6tated in the circular itself. ""- - ing every precaution against its recur rence. Had the department contented itself with letting the statement appear in the course of a few days, in its printed report it might either have fail ed to attract attention or have given some persons an advantage over others, by reason of the fact that Che printed report is issued in so large an edition , that its distribution extends over sev- i eral days. By handing it, therefore. 1 P5 i egraph Companies, it was expected t ,v, ,l ' . , ; ( that th most prompt and general pub- "city would be given to it through cotton exchanges. "The two companies were notified not later than 11 o'clock tihat a state menc would be given to them, and at 11:55 o'clock their representatives were in possession of it. "The local manager of the Western Union informs the department that the transmission of the statement was de layed by an oversight which seems to have been in the nature of a misun derstanding between two operators, while the Postal Telegraph Comiany state that they asked their operator at the New York cotton exchange of he wanted it and receiving no answer they gave it out elsewhere. "The department does not take 9,000,000 bales as the possible maxi mum, as some of its critics have charg ed. It merely states that while pres ent indications do not exceed those figures, yet in view of the experience of the past the crop may turn out to be as large as 9.500.O00 bales. "In view of the failure of the state ment of Tuesday to reach you prompt ly, I certainly will advise you In fu ture when any statement is to be is sued aside from the regular statement on the 10th of the month and the print ed statement which follows it, but In handing Tuesday's statement simul taneously to the two rival companies whose service on the 10th of the month is usually so satisfactory it was cer tainly felt that everything was done to insure prompt and general publica tion of the statement to every one In terested." The cotton exchange has received a report from the Washington branch of the Western Union Company, which practically assumes responsibility for the delay in sending out the state ment. The cotton exchange manager of the Postal Telegraph Company, de nies that their representative at Wash ington Inquired whether the report was wanted at this end. The telegraph companies, It is believed, are con ducting examinations on their own ac count. THE VACCINATION CASES. Americus, Ga., November 17. The cases of the Christian Scientists who refused to be vaccinated, were settled today, so far as the mayor's court can settle them, by the sentencing of E. J. McMath to imprisonment at the city hall for thirty days and a line of $15. Five ladies of the congregation were sentenced to fifteen days' confinement at some place to be designated by the chief of police and to pay a fine of $3 each. The same sentences of fine and imprisonment will be assessed against such other members of the congrega tion as may refuse to obey the vacci nation ordinance. Mr. McMath is a leading merchant of Americus and the ladies involved belong to the best families in the city. Counsel has been employed to repre sent the Christian Scientists and their cases will be certioraried to the su perior court and will ultimately be car ried to the supreme court of the state, if necessary. The cases have caused a great deal of talk" throughout this immediate section, and there has been no small amount of feeling aroused by the vigorous enforcement of the law. VIRGINIA BAPTISTS. Richmond. Va.. November 17. The Baptist general association of Vlr- I ginia convened here tonight. Dr. A. S. ' Ow.en, of Berkley, as president, called the Dody to oraer, ana jQ delegates answered the roll call. At least fifty more are expected. There will be two sessions a day, the convention extend ing through to Monday. TWENTY BUILDINGS BURNED. Magnolia, Ark., November 17. After a hard fight by the citizens the cot ton compress and warehouse, in which were stored 8,000 bales of cotton, and which was seriously threatened by fire last night, was saved. Soma twenty stores and buildings were destroyed, entailing a loss of $75,000. The amount of Insurance and the cause of the Ore Is not knewn. i INSURGENT MASSING. Preparing for Making Ualds-MacAr-thur Start After Ajrnlnaldo -Letter From a Prisoner. Manila, November 17. Generals Mac Arthur's and Lawton's commands aro now near each other. General MacAp- j thur la getting supplies In Tarlac over the railroad from Bamban with an en- glno w&ich was raised from the river tr tho rttnth Infantry. Colonel Howcf, who occupied Victoria with six troops of the Third cavalry, has advanced to A letter was found at Victoria from Private Desmond, of the sltmal con. ' f tb t-nv-. vm,H,,n oners heM there. These prisoners, the letter said, were expecting to bo taken to the mountains before the army ar rived. Two thousand Iryjurgents aro report ed to be mousing at Gtrona, above Tar lac, and General MacArdo is aM to be in the mountains west of Angelea with a 1,0W men, proposing to make raids. Itain has been falling through out the month and for the past week there has been a heavy downpour. The whoo country Is in as lad condition as at any time this season. MAJOR LOGAN UURIKI IN MANILA. "Washington. November. 17.A dis patch waa received at th war depart ment today from General Otis saying that it was impossible to send the re mains of the lato Major John A. Logan to this country now and therefore he had been buried at Manila. Five days elapsed before the body could be sent from the battlefield to Manila. General Otis says that the servant of Major Logan with the affects of the major sailed on the Sikh for the United Stales. V fine portrait of Major 1-gan haa been sent to thj war department by Mrs. Logan which is to be placed in the saloon of the transport Logan. MACARTHUR MOVES NORTH WARD. Manila, No vembT IS. S a. m.. General MacArthur, with the Thirty-sixth in fantry, a battalion of the Seventeenth infantry, a. troop of th? Fourth, cavalry, several Catlings and a detach ment of tho signal corps, has bogun his northward advance from Tarlac, which wilJ be continued to Bayombong, province of New Vizcaya. EASTERN F1ELDTRI ALS. Charlotte, N. C, November 17. A special from Newton, N. (, to The Observer, says: The twenty-flr-Ft annual m"Mting of the Eastern Field Trial Club is now' in progrts at this place. A gixni number of the members f th.' club and visitors are now n the ground and many more arv- expvtfced us the trials progress. Among thi prevent are: , ,fH President of the club. P. Lorillard, Jr., of New York; c rotary Simon C. Bradley and daughter, Greenfield Hill. Conn.; James E. Orr. Tho Stur gess, O. W. Hind, Captain McMurdo and Mr. and Mrs, James I llrivse, New York: Giirge V. Nesbktft and A. G. Nesblit. Kingston. Pa.; lr. J. 8. Brown, Monclair. N. J.; Dr. (J. G. Da vis, S. Murray Mitchell and Edwin V. Dougherty, Philadelphia; J. N. I-ewis, Jersey Cilty: R. V. Fox, Pennsylvania; F. B. Hitchcock. Eldrvd. N. Y.; Geo. Owens, Virginia: J. M. Aven, Hickory Valley, Tenn.; II. B. Duryea. Red Bank, N. J.; J. H. Johnson, Carlisle, Ind.; Oorge E. Gray, Apphnon. Minn.; C. E. Buckle, Charlottesville. Va.; W. W. Titus. West Point. MIjw.; B. Waters, reixorter for Fon-nt and Stream, New York, and several itk-s in private can par- The trkals began today with the member atake. Eight dogs were Started in the first series In the follow ing order: Joe with IkxAsles S. : Clara with Vivian; Ned B. and Jlrn Signal; Lena Belie and Peoonlc; Mollie and Jeff; Duva and St. Clair. This race will probably not be finished until tomor row. The weather Is a little too warm for pkiasant spont, and It Is very dry,' making good work a severo test on the dogs. Kills Ills ThrtH Children and Ill"ielf Chicago, November 17. Cornelius" Corcoran today shut and killed throe of his children and fatally wounded the fouth child. Corcoran then kill! himself. A few days ago Corcoran ad minis tered laudanum to his five ehildrvn. the oldest of whom was 14 y-ars of age. He claimed the poison was given them by mistake and was not mokted by the authorities. Last night one of the children. Cornelius, Jr.. 5 years of age, died. Tho others were omvaj cent. Today Corcoran purchased a revolv er and tried to finish the work of anni hilation by s-hootlng the children ami himself through the head. Richmond Wants Dwpor Water. Washington, November 17. A dele gation from Richmond called upon tho acting secretary of the navy and the secretary of war today and urged that they make a recommendation to con gress for the Improvement of tho James river. Tt was represented to Mr. Allen that the shipbuilding yards on the James river make it Important that the river be deepened, as naval vessels were being constructed there. It was shown to Secretary Root that the improvements under the present project woud require forty years for completion and even then a satisfac tory depth of water would not b ob tained. Fertilizer Trust Uwjn Another Plant. Columbus. Ga., November 17. The irginia-Carolina Chemical Company owning nearly all. the guano factories in irginia, the Carolina and (.rgia, today secured the plant of the Com mercial Guano Ompany. of thin city. The consideration is though-; to be J125.WKJ, althougn the deed stated the price was J10.000 and other valuable considerations. THE MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. Columbus, O.. November 17. The ex ecutive committee of the National Mo niclpal League today chose Milwaukee as the place of the next meeting. The meeting of the league today opened with an address by Professor lL p Rowe. of the University of Pennavl- vam on "Public Accounting under This afternoon there was a general discussion of the report of the com mittee on municipal Improvement. Joking to the final AnTtZ- V? yLt l mooti charter, which comnitM (work of the league tor ffiPSSSan m m - WW 11 111 IIH