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WEAK SHOWING BY
ST. LOUIS JOBBERS
Witnesses Admit That They Are
Simply Fighting to Get More
Coast Business.
ST. LOI ! 14.— At the resumption of the hearing before the Tnter
■ tsion this morning ex-Governor Fifer of Illinois, re
■ ■ d W. .T. Calhoun, resigned, appeared and took the
: S thing occurred to-day to disturb the representatives from
st. Examinations of the tariffs on local shipments westward
\i w York*, Chicago. SC Louis and other Eastern and middle West jobbing
examination developed the fact that the i I these
iterially larger percentage of differentials between carload
irload shipments than those which they complain the Jobbers
Iving.
• quickly became apparent, namely, that It ls» a
the jobbers of the middle West and those of the coast, the
nly an Incidei I This was frankly admitted by the
nplainant to-day, who Bald that their clients were after
■ tilers of the coast, and th< railroads must be the means to
r : - Itude for the welfare of the Pacific Coast retailer waa
: shown in Its tru- light when a Chicago jobber, under
■ attorney Pillsbury. counsel for the Pacific Coast Job
• Association, admitted that were the prayer of the
ted he would not sell his poods to the coast retailers any
• would keep what !;>• saved In a reduction of less-than-carload
tional profit for himself.
sensus of opinion seems to be That two days more will be con
irther evidence tor the complainant and the case of the
ids. A continuance will then be asked for and doubtless
ntlniß a date when it will sit at some Pacific
point, pr B T " hear the evidence of the coast
I xnanui icturers.
Is without doubt the most Imp irtant and far reaching in its ef
the Interstate Commission, and this is
ted by th<- lar; ■ if distinguished attorneys pr. sent to watch the
?ts of thi ns. '.he people of the Pacific Coast cannot
■
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 14.— The Interstate ,
Commission resumed its session this j
morning. Fifer, the new Commissioner,
sat with the commission, making a full
hoard. Ex-Commissioner Calhoun con
ducted the rxamination of -witnesses for
the complainant.
A telegram from the Merchants' and j
Manufacturers' Association of Stockton, |
signed by President Henderson and pro- i
testing against the relief asked for by the !
: merchants of St. Lbutsj was presented to i
the commission and filed in the case.
Traffic Manager Van . - ndingham
showed his want of knowledge of the sit
uation by claiming that there -was no
water competition as to most of the arti- I
cles covered by the complaint, as the clip
per ships had disappeared. He seemed
greatly surprised when told that eleven
dipper ships from Eastern ports were
due in San Francisco during October, and j
that the manifest of one of these ships i
covered nearly all the articles which he j
t [aimed were no longer carried by water.
It also came out during his cross-exam
ination that this proeieding before the
commission was taken by order of the ;
board of six managers or the St. Louis
Traffic Bureau; live of whom were jobbers j
in this city. He was asked to name the
manufacturers of St. Louis who had con
sented to the complaint, and could men
tion only one small concern.
Van -Landingham finally admitted that j
it was "a right of the jobbers to get more j
business on the Pacific Coast; '• the •
manufacturers were not taking a hand in ;
it; as they sold largely to the Pacific
< :iast merchants, and naturally would not
like to. do anything to offend them.
The next witness called for the com
plainant was one Allen, the traffic man
ager of the Meyer Bros.' Drug Company,
tine -of the largest wholesale houses in
drug's and chemicals In the whole West. ;
it seems that each of the biggest Western ■
jobbing house." has a man known as j
traffic manager, whose sole business is to
li«.ik after shipments, rind over what
lines merchandise may be shipped to the ;
best advantage and obtain any rate off
which the railroads will give. The comp
laint of this witness was that Ms house j
could not sell to retailers on he Pacific
Coast 0:1 such favorable terms as the ;
jobbers there, because it could not ship !
small lots to advantage. He admitted j
that the jobbers of the Middle West '
usually got a freight allowance from the •
manufacturer? on goods shipped t<> St.
Louis and similar places, which in many
instances gave them a lower rate to Pa
cif.c terminals for large quantities than
"those shipping from New York and other
Atlantic ports.
He was followed by F. W. Hurly, sec
retary of the hardware hmise of • Lrwell. ;
O?mdn, Kirk & Co. of St. Paul, who .
said that his company was still doing a ;
i-irge business with . . ■ Hers in Oregon \
;\nd Washington; but wanted the rule as |
to' mixed lots moditied so they could not '
cVily ship on more favorable terms In less
than carload lots, but pack various arti
cles, such as rosin, shoe blacking, toilet |
paper, twine, razors, pocket knives and ;
the like, in one box at lower rates, so they |
could go more directly to the retailers and j
jr^t ns much profit as the Pacific Coast I
jobber, who gets his goods In larger quan- \
titles and 13 satisfied with the present \
programmes. He said distinctly that the ;
present rate« wrre fair to the shippers so i
i'ar as their earnings were concerned, but
wanted a change in the rates to facilitate
the Middle West jobber In getting his
merchandise to the Pacific Coast In small
lots.
The star witness of the day was B. B.
Putton. freight manager for the ■in of
Kelly. Maus A- Co. . dealers in heavy
hardware, at Chicago. He frequently !
safrl. that this w:i« a fight between the |
Chicago and Pacific Coast jobbers for the j
"Western trade: that the Pacific Const I
man nnwlmd the advantage as he bought
his merchandise In carloads and so s-ot
better rat'-s. H>» made a good deal of fun
by saying that in sntn" cn.«es there was j
ARE YOUR
BERYESOISffIDIB?
/— TAKE
■14 HUDYAN,
/ I r ( IT CURES.
4^^ When your ner\'ou.«
I becomes weak-
l \ ened and the vital ■■
1.1 .' ... . \ forces Impaired then '
\ V \ exhaustion results
\ / "Xervous Kxhaustion"
\/ is a dansrerous itsorder.
I / for It often leads to !
/ / compleie Prostration,
/ / r- Apoplexy nr Heart Ols-
I A / O ease.
I) ~ Guard against K. for I
// V 3 ); ''P 's at han.l. HUD-
if VAX In the he!p. The \
'/ I mind lg tally fir-t to
/ ; »how evidence of a let-
I / ling down of the nerves.
j / Your memory becomes
V J lmpairvd, your intellect
\ I Clouded. You become
I / d-si'onJent and in-lan-
. * I :', / olioly; you shun society,
I / you become morose, ir-
I / rltaWe and unable to
/' apply yourself to busi-
] / nfs.«. You will have
/ / Uadarhes 1), hol-
I / low\eyea (fig. 2), a pale
I 1 face ifijf. 3), coated
/ A '' «>Stt« ""'B. T), bloatlrtß
I I \ o: stomach (fIR. 3), tor-
I / \ Pld llvr (fl(t. 6). weak-
/ 1 r.ees of limbs 'fig. 4).
I " A 1 oil as a result of weak
\ /\ \ nervo?. HUDYAN cures
\ I \ I fr.e vi all these .lis-
I I \ \ tressful • conditions, for
I V i L? HUDYAN rtrenpthens
/ n;\_^-~ the n<rv?s and allays
I > — i liervouA excitability.
~- v HtTDTAN cum, and
, i.erman-'ntly. too.
If you are pale, weak, nervous and *r»-ni»ra!ly
run doivn in heiUth. then you need Hudyan.
Don't wait— get Hudyan now. All druggists
sell Hudyan— .',iV a package, -i packages for
S2 ."0 If your drrifrelst does not ktep Hudyan
V^r.d direct tc tr.e I ;.VAN REWEDT CO.,
corner Stockton, Kills and Market -•;-, San
Francisco. Cal. .
CONSULT HI'DTAN DOCTORS-FREE OF
CHARGE. CALL OR WRITE.
a l"wer rate from the East to St. I>uiU
than to Chicago, and he wanted that
regulated. When asked by Attorney Cal
houn what advantage it would be to the
A\s! to s»-ll his merchandise there,
- lid ihat the retailer ajid consumer
the Pacific Coast would be benefited.
On cross-examination he was asked if.
i the rates be chunged to suit him,
lower his price to the retailer
and he replied hi- would not When asked
further if that was the way he proposed
the consumer he said It was,
and so retired amidst a general laugh
The Peters Cartridge Factory, located
near Cincinnati, Ohio, was represented
oj one McKlbbin, who complained be
cause the Pacific Coast Jobbers did not
buy from his factory Instead of going
further Bast, and ht- wanted it adjusted
so as to help him in selling to the Pacific
■ retailers, though he admitted that
he sold to jobbers only in the middle west
and hud never tried to sell to retailers
in that section. He did not pretend that
he had ever offered the pacific jobbers
lower prices than the Eastern factoiies
or ever solicited their trade otherwise
th;ui to :<end them letters inclosing his
Ist and requesting their urd> rs.
last witness whs J. R. Hickman,
• manager for two iron jobbers of
vis. His chief grievance seemed to
be that the shippers weighed their mer
idlse in California and often made
them pay more than the scales of St.
Louis called for, claiming that the scales
In California were always correct, which
he considered a reflection on St. Louis.
He said that the people out there claim. d
that the sun set In California, and he
»sed it had gone down and left them
In eternal darkness, and the scales would
never fall from their eyes.
The who], proceeding ha.s simmered
to h fight for the markets
complainants are all careful to say that
they do not think the railroads an ■
■> much money; that they have no
complaim against them in thi
Ing to pacify the shippers
so that they may reach the Pacific Jobber
smore easily.
Last evening Governor Francis invited
ist merchants and their at
torneys to dine with him at the St. Ixniis
g with Interstate ('ommission
era Knapp,) Clements and Feomans, the
:■ and sev< ral representative men of
Si Louis.
It was a very enjoyable affair. Speeches
were made all around and the bf-st of
feeling prevailed. Governor Francis out
lined ills plan for a centennial exposition
■ Louis in 1903 to eelehrate the Louisi
ana purchase. The Pacific Coast men
promised to hHp him out, and it was
1 that th* two sections would unite
In the enterprise even if they could not
•:r trade relations. Gover
nor Francis was a member of President
Cleveland's Cabinet during his first term.
and is one of the Democrats of the South
west who had the courage to stand for
sound money. His courtesy and hospital
• ■ the Pacific ('oast representatives
was heartily appreciated and mad.- a
very pleasing incident In their trip, which
they will never forget.
BOLDLY SOLD
HUMAN BODIES
The City Undertaker of
Memphis Arrested.
SrxH-la! 1 'isr.atrh to The Call.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 14.— Four zinc-lined
L 8 art- used by traveling
men to carry samples, each containing a
corpse, were taken from the bag]
room at the Union Btation to-day, and
Prank Thompson, city undertake] of
Memphis. TVnn., is under arrest. Charges
against Thompson are being fonnulat i
For some time the police have been
aware that a traffic In human bodies has
been going on through this city, and they
have been on the watch for the guilty
ones. Recently a shipment of four bodii a
In trunks was made to vv. H. Ham sen, at
;k. lowa, for whom those captured
to-day were also Intended. The express
man who hauled the trunks from the
Keokuk depot told the station master
there that he believed they contained
bodies. An Investigation was started,
arii! this city was notified to look out mr
any other shipments, with the result
mentioned.
When taken to police headquarters
Thompson made a clean breast of the
whole affair. He said he had the con-,
tract for burying the city dead of Mem-'
phis. For some time he had lie.-n Hr-iin.g
the bodies to medliTil colleges throughout
this part of the country- "i s method was
k them with excelsior in drum-!
rner-' sinc-Uned trunks and tak< them
with him as baggage a* far as St. Louis.
From here be Bhipped the trunks to th..ir
destination by express. Thompson s ; ,jd
that he had been paid all the way from
$50 to Si.* 1 "! per body. He said the name .
\v. H Hamsen, to whom the trunks were
addressed in Keokuk, Is a fictitious
bur refused to state who his consignee is.
In the trunks are the bodies of three
negpo.y. two men and a boy, and a white
woman, Mrs. .Jennie EL McGulre, who
died in the Shelby County Insane Asylum
last Fridaj of cancer of the stomach.
MEMPHIS, Nov. 14. Frank Thompson
who Is under arrest In St. LoulS, is well
known iri .Memphis, being the county un- i
dertaker. His brother, ;■:. I). Thompson,
has been twice Indicted on charges or Im
proper burial of pauper d«ad. On both I
occasions, however, Thompson gave a sat
isfactory explanation and was released.
The detective force of the city is at work
on reports from St. Louis, and develop
ments are expected later.
Miner's Sudden Death.
T.OS ANGELES. Nov. H— At an early
hour this morning the dead body of C R.
Bugbee, a Colorado mining man. was found I
on the sidewalk on Broadway, between !
First and Second streets. There wa - a
pool of blood under his head, and it was j
at tirst supposed the man had been as- ■
i, but Investigation shows that he \
died of heart disease and must have in- I
jured his head by falling on the side
walk. He was about 40 years of age and
well to do. apparently, though little is
known of him here. He came from Den
ver a month ago.
THE SAN FRANCTSCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1899.
PLANNED TO
FIRE A STORE
Goidsworthy Arrested
in Stockton.
DISCOVERED JUST IN TIME
— ♦
PROMINENT IN POLITICAL AND
BUSINESS CIRCLES.
♦
Had He Succeeded in His Plot at
Least a Block Would Have Been
Destroyed and Many Lives
Endangered.
Special Dispatrtfi to The Call.
STOCKTON, Nov. I.4— W. J. Golds
worthy, a prominent politician and pro
prtetor i if i he American cash store, a
large grocery, is in jail here and the Dis
trict Attorney has charged him with
burglary, hxing ball at $5000. C. C.
Anderson, a colored porter in the
employ of Adkins & Co.. wholesale liquor
dealers, had occasion ty go to the store
last evening about 8 o'clock. Hearing a
noise in the basement, he entered and
struck a light, and there found Golds
worthy In tne act of rleelng. He had re
movea with a jackscrew tne supports of
the floor utider the barrels of alcoholic
liquor and substituted boxes, which he
had saturated with coal oil, after which
he had piled other boxes ami straw
around, and paper, straw and boxes led
to the outside of the building through a
hole in the basement. on discovering
Goldsworthy Anderson grasped the iron
of the lackscrew and told Goldsworthy he
would brain him if he tried to get away,
to which the man replied, "You have got
me."
Goldswortby's grocery store adjoins the
liquor house, an. I his plan was evidently
to cause the destruction of both buildings,
so as to avert suspicion. His Stock was
Insured for 110,000. Anderson procured a
■ah and drove Goldsworthy to the resi
dence of Hugh Adkins, proprietor of the
liquor store, where Goldsworthy requested
that Irving Martin, publisher of the Dally
Record, be sent tor. Martin is his
brother-in-law, and he also brought Mrs.
Goldsworthy with him. Goldsworthy made
a piteous appeal to Adkins and Anderson,
tor mercy and begged them on his knees
and with tears In nis eyes not to inform
upon him. Both men were obdurate, how
ever, and District Attorney Ashley was
sent for by telephone about ?, o'clock in
the morning, when Goldsworthy was
turned over to the officers and placed in
jail.
He ha? engaged an attorney to defend
him. and to-day refused to be Interviewed.
Goldsworthy had always been regarded
here as a law-abiding citizen and was
one of the leading members of the Mer
chants' and Manufacturers' Association,
besides being a member of several fra
ternal orders. His ag»»d mother and his
wife are nearly prostrated with grief ami
shame, and the affair has created quite
ation here.
The offlfers who have investigated the
case declare thnt the plans of Golds
worthy were m«>s? complete, and that the
tire would not only have destroyed the
entire block but endangered the lives of
i the people who were occupying rooms on
; the upper floor. The falling of the spirit
uous liquors would have made a fire with
which the Fire Department could have
hardly hoped to cope with successfully.
i}'. Ids worthy was defeated four years ago
for Assemblyman on the A. P. A. ticket.
He was also a socialist, and it was dis
covered in the basement that the Social
ist Labor party had been holding meet-
Inns there, using empty boxes for Chairs.
An attachment was placed on Golds
worthy's store this evening by San Fran
cisco creditors for $790. and the place is In
the hands of the Sheriff.
MOLINEAUX'S TRIAL
FOR MURDER BEGINS
Prosecution Will Attempt to Prove
That the General's Son Sent Poi
son Through the Mails.
NEW YORK. Nov. 14.— Roland B. Mol
ineatix was put on trial fur hi? life to
day in rh.' t'.nirr of General Sessions be
fore Recorder Goff, chargM with the
death of Mrs. Kathertn J. Adams on De
cember 2?,. 1898. Mrs. Aflams died after
swallowing what was believed to be a
headache powder that had been Bent to
her through the mail in a silver match
holder as a Christmas present to iiar
;•. Cornish, physical director of the
Knickerbocker Athletic Club, nn<l by him
administered to Mrs. Adams, with whom
he resided. A ■•hernioal analysis devel
oped the fact that the powder contained
a deadly combination <>f cyanide of mer
cury. The Investigation which f"! : wed
resulted In developing that Henry (J. Bar
mother prominent member of the
Knickerbocker Athletic Club, who had
recently died, had received a similar pow
der and that it contained cyanide of mer
cury also.
Roland H. Mollneux was among the
witnesses put on the stand at the Coro
ner's Inquiry, where the testimony went
to show that Molieux bore enmity
toward both Cornish and Barnet. He was
ted after considerable delay, and
has be.-n in the Tombs ever Btnce. Three
Grand Juries considered his case, and the
third brought in the present indictment
-t him. Both sides have fought
bitterly ever since Molineux'a arrest, and
to-day, after several hours were occupied
In an attempt to select a Jury, not one
man had been found suitable to occupy
a chair In the jurybox.
When the case was called this morning
Barlow s. Weeks, counsel for Molineux,
made a final and desperate effort to have
it transferred to the Supreme Court, but
The Recorder ordered the trial to pro
ceed.
Mr. Weeks also made a lengthy argu
ment on a motion to dismiss the indi«-t
--ment, but Recorder Coff several tin.es
told him that his talk was trivial and that
he was wasting words.
Molineux'a father, (Jeneral Molineux,
..side him throughout the day. Har
ry Cornish was present, and the court
room was crowded with people. The pris
oner displayed the sam» air of confidence
that has marked every public appearance
of him since hifl arrest, and after ad
journment he was permitted to remain
in the courtroom for some time, where he
talked pleasantly with his counsel and
the court attendants. The case will be.
continued to-morrow.
OPENING OF THE
GRIFFIN WILL CONTEST
SAN RAFAEL. Nov. 14— The prollmin
nry skirmish in the Griffin will contest be
gan to-day before a Jury in the Superior
t'ourt. Attorney James W. Keyes and
„! < *obb appeared for Patrick Mul
vany ami his twn children. John and Gen
evieve, the plaintiffs In the case, and At
torneya Jones & O'Donnell, Mullany and
James W. Cocjbrane for the defendant,
Mrs. Kate O'Connor. Bach side will pn--
Beni the testimony of about twenty-five
witnesses.
Mrs Ellen Griffin died last April and
left a fortune "f i^.'M), the bulk of which
was beqiieathed ;<> Mrs. O'Connor, her I
daughter. To Mulvany, her son-in-law,
.md his two children only $.7xj was be
queathed. A contest wa.s tiled in the fol
lowing month, and It was alleged in the
complaint that Mrs. Griffin was of un- '
sound mind prior to her death. and had
been unduly influenced.
The plaintiff testified to-day that shortly
prior to her drath Mrs. Griffin frequently
came into town dressed so carelessly as
to present an immodest appearance. To
morrow Rev. Father Rogers nnd Cashier
Bostick of the Torr.ales Hank will be the
Chief Witnesses. Many objections were
made by opposing counsel to Mulvany's
testimony, but Attorney Keyes' questions
wero generally favored by Judge Ang.-l
lottL
Brakenian Killed.
STOCKTON, Nov. 11.-The first killing !
of the Valley road In this vicinity oc
curred tins evening when George Wllcox
a brakeman on the gravel train, was run
over and killed at the pravel pit near the
Stanislaus River, twenty-seven miles
frrnn Stockton. Wlleoz tried to get on:
the train when it was in motion and fell '
under the wheels. He was 35 years of
ape and leaves a widow and child in this
city.
BOERS ARE HAMMERING AWAY
AT BELEAGUERED KIMBERLEY
British Are Rapidly Landing Troops and Their
Commander in Chief Is Reported on
a Secret Mission, i
IMMEDIATE RELIEF EXPEDITION PROMISED BY THE BRITISH WAR OFFICE
LONDON, Nov. 15, 4:30 a. m.— There I
is no additional news regarding the
progress of hostilities In South
Africa this morning except a dis
patch from Mofeking forwarded by |
a runner dated October 31, which says !
that during the afternoon General Cronje.
the Boer commander, sent an envoy to j
Colonel Baden-Powell under a flag Of
truce to declare that he did not consider
the Geneva convention authorized the
flag of the Red Cross Society to fly
from several buildings at once in the
town, and that in his opinion the employ- |
ment of natives against whites and the
use of dynamite mines were both opposed
to the rules of war.
Colonel Baden-Powell replied that the
Geneva convention did not stipulate as to ,
the number of Red Cross stations permis
sible and that the Boers were only re
quired to respect the convent the hos
pital and the women's laager, all of which
were beyond tne town limits. The British
commander aiso pointed out that mines
were recognized adjuncts of civilized war
fare, and the defenses of Pretoria were
extensively mines. Moreover, lie re
minded General Cronje that the Boers had
11 red upon natives, burned their kraals
i and released their cattle, and that the na
; tives only defended their lives and prop
er Despite three' warnings from Colonel
: Baden-Powell the Boers continued delib
■ erately to shell the hospital and the
women's laager. The sending of the
Bo™ envoy was regarded, the dispatch
fays as a mere pretext for penetrating
the British lines at Maf eking. According
to the latest reports the town is confident
■ of its ability 10 hold out until the end
° So h far l arfimberley is concerned the
mental condition of the British there must
' be good from the fact that three weddings
i have taken place since the siege began,
the last having been celebrated on No-
V * m the absence of fresh news the morn
ing papers are driven to discuss Lord
Salisoury's letter regarding misinterpre
tations of his utterances at the Lord
I Mayor's banquet and President Kruger a
threat to execute British officers now in
his hands unless Nathan Marks, a sup
posed Boer spy. is released by Sir George
White. The Premiers deliverance meets
with universal approval, although the
explanation was in no way necessary, as,
outside of the Dally Chronicle, no one
! had supposed his words could bear the
meaning which Boer sympathizers had
been endeavoring to read into them
President Kruger's threat has excited
widespread Indignation. The Dally News
demands that his friends should promptly
Inform him that his own neck and that
of Dr Reitz, the Transvaal State Secre
■ tary, 'will be held responsible for any
such violation of the elementary rules of
civilized warfare.
For once the censorship is blamed on
account of laxity. It is asserted that the
censor ought to have suppressed the story
of Father Matthews regarding the but
render at Nicholsons Nek, which while
too vague to be considered evidence,
must cause uneasiness. The feeling is
that until the facts can be ascertained it
would have beep, wiser not to circulate
mere gossip. on South African cables,
The great delay on South African cables.
• now amounting practically to five days,
and the lack of any definite news from
. l,adysmith, give rise to some apprehen
sion, which is only relieved by the fact
that no adverse tidings have come from
either British or Boer sources.
Nothing is known as to the where
abouts of General Redvers Duller. H. M.
S Powerful has arrived at Simons Bay
from Durban and begun to coal. The
cruiser will return to Durban immediately
with more guns. Lord George Hamilton.
Secretary of State for India, announced
in a speech last evening that a relief force
i would be sent to Ladysmlth Immediately,
but beyond that nothing is known of the
British campaign, and equal secrecy
shrouds the movements of the Boers.
The Morning Post, which complains it
was unwise tactics on the part of the
British officers to leave the railway Intact
in their retirement to Ladysmlth, says:
"It is another illustration of British
contempt for the Boers that they treated
the retirement as though it were an ad
vance and preserved th.- enemy s lines of
communication as carefully as if it had
been our own." 'VQ ;"♦;.-'-, ,".:■.•. „ , „.
Dr Jameson, the hern of the raid, leu
Cape Town for England last Thursday.
ALLEGED DEMAND AND
THREAT BY THE BOERS
LONDON, Nov. 14.— Nothing [a known
either at the War Office or the Colonial
Office here regarding the alleged official
statement cabled imm Cap* Town say
ing State Secretary Reitz, In behalf of the
Transvaal Government, has demanded
thai General White Immediately release
Nathan Marks, a suppose* spy, who la
confined at Ladysmith, the dispatch
•uldlng that President Kruger threatens
if Marks Is executed to retaliate by
Bhooting <; ix British officers In th»- batids
of the Boers. It is further asserted from
Cape Town that Marks went to Lady
smith after the Investment of that piace
with the supposed object of obtaining in
formation for the Boers, and one version
of the story is that the Transvaal au
thorities have threatened to execute nix
British officers if the supposed spy is not
released 10 which General Buller is said
to have replied thai the British were en
titled to retain the man until he should
render a satisfactory account of lilm.sHf.
Both Btories it is asserted, bear the mi
urint of improbability, as then- is no reason
to think that the Boers would be guilty
«,f such a complete change from their pre
vious correct attitude and mariner of con- 1
ducting the hostilities. Nevertheless, the
sensational afternoon newspapers here
are alrea ly demanding that President
KniKer and all the members of the execu
tive council be ruthlessly handled as the
only tlttlns reprisal in the event of State
Secretary Reftz's threat being carried
out.
KIMBERLEY BOMBARDED
FROM THREE POSITIONS
HOPE TOWN. Nov. 10 (afternoon).— An I
undated dispatch received from Kimber
ley says:
"The Boers ceased shelling November 7
about 1 P- m-. having tired at intervale all
day long some seventy shells, a majority
of "them falling In d.bris heaps and open
Bpaa s. The average rang.- was 8160
yards Olie cooking pot was Injured.
There was a brisk market for fragments,
choice specimens bringing £2. The Boers
apparently were shelling at the extreme
range of their puns. Yesterday's attempt :
was regarded as ludicrous. The weather
was splendid The bombardment was- con- j
tinued briskly on the morning of Novem- i
ber B one shell narrowly missed the
1 Mitch church Ther* were no casualties, j
The shells are of a very Inferior quality
and seemingly fired by amateurs. One,
almost intact, was picked up. It weighs !
eight and a quarter pounds. The Bo.ts
have been firing from three positions. So
far the Boer activity causes little alarm."
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■l/iXDON. Nov. in.— The Daily Tele
graph publishes *these advices from its
special correspondent!
ESTCOURT, Natal, Friday, Nov. 10. —
None of my messengers sent to Lady
smith have "returned. Doubtless the in
vestment of thK- town has now become
closer, but General White communicate*
the information that the bombardment
does little damage, and that there have
been but few casualties. The beleaguered
fnn'o'has ample provisions and the- In
trenched position grows daily stronger.
A contrary wind prevents the cannonutl-
Ing from being heard here, but the smoke
indicates that the tiring is proceeding as
usual. There are no Boers nearer Est
eourt than Colenso. The Boers have tt
send a number of civil refugees from the
Transvaal into town under a flag of
rnir'p
SEIZURE OF WIRELESS
TELEGRAPHIC PLANT
LONDON. Nov. 15.— The Daily Mail has
this dispatch from its special correspond
ent:
CAPE TOWN. Thursday. Nov. 9.— Pr»p- j
arations for the reception of the army '
corps are being continued with unabated
' activity. Camps have been formed anJ
railway transportation has been thor
oughly organized.
Th< authorities at Cape Town r.av?
seized a complete wireless telegraphic
: plant on board a vessel. The apparatus I
' was consigned to a private rirm n Dela- j
goa Bay and was obviously destined for
! the Transvaal. The Government official's
suspicion was aroused owing to lhe i:;\
lety of certain Transvaal sympathizers to
obtain the immediate transmissi ra of this
particular package to Delagoa by boat. |
But for his official connection with a cer
tain European Government, the ai :
sympathizer would have been arrea
ADMIRAL SCHLEY'S MISSION.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.— Rear Admiral
Schley, who is about to assume command
of the South Atlantic squadron, called at
the Navy Department to-day and had a
long conference with Actfng Secretary Al- j
len concerning the genera! character of i
the trip on which he is about to embark.
It was the admiral's final call before
leaving, as he goes on Thursday to New
York, where on next Saturday he will fly
his tlag on the cruiser Chicago. The sail
ing of the ship, giving her route and des
tination, have not yet been issued, and it
is said a definite determination has not
been reached on this point.
The admiral's visit led to renewed con
jectures as to the probability of his going j
to some of the South African ports. As j
to this, however, the admiral declined to
sa> a word, and there was the same reti
cence throughout naval circles, it ir, un
del-stood, however, that the Government's
general line of policy as to the South
African war will be made known to Ad- i
miral Schley before lie sails, as there- j
after he will be the executive officer in
closest touch with that field.
SALISBURY PROTESTS.
LONDON. Nov. 15.— Lord Salisbury has
written to the Newspapers protesting
against Lord Kdmund Kltzmaiirice's mis
quotation from his recent speech at the
Guildhall banquet, and again declaring
that he does not wish to discuss "ar
rangements which, under conditions that
an- yet in the future, the Government
may think desirable/
The latter refers to the phrase, "We do
not seek gold fields or territory." and is
Intended as a disavowal of the Daily
Chronicle's interpretation that the Gov
ernment does not intend to annex the
Transvaal.
THE MAJESTIC CHARTERED.
I.ONDnN. Nov. H.— Tho Admiralty lias
chartered the White Star steamer Ma
jestlc to convey troops to South Africa
immediately after she returns from her
present trip to New York.
The Majestic sailed from Liverpool No
vember *> and frum Queenstowo Novem
ber P and is due to arrive in New Fork
to-morrow.
WOULD FIGHT FOR BOERS.
PARIS. Nov. 15.— The Gaulois says: "We
learn on good authority that Prince Louis
Napoleon, who is a colonel In the Russian
army, asked leave In order to volunteer
for service in the Transvaal army. Em
peror Nicholas refused the request, be
cause his Majesty wishes to observe the
strictest neutrality. The Prince will leave
Paris for Russia to-day.
ARRIVAL OF TROOPSHIPS.
LONDON. Nov. 14.— 1t was officially an
nounced this afternoon that the troopship
Britannic has arrived at Cape Town, and
that the troopship Lismore Castle and
Yorkshire have arrived at Durban.
SHARP ADVANCE IN
PACIFIC MAIL STOCK
Rumors of a Probable Increase in the
Dividend Rate the
Cause.
NEW YORK, Nov. 14.— Rumors of a
probable increase in the Pacific Mail's
dividend rate at a meeting of the direct
ors to-morrow were responsible for an
other sharp advance in ihai stock to-day.
President <'<>nis I*. Huntingdon's state
ment that whatever is done regarding
the dividend will be In the interests (if
the stockholders was construed as a bull
ish point on the stock. No intimation of
what is likely to be done, howeverT could
be obtained from tho Insiders, who seemed
inclined to discourage the expectations of
any definite action at this time.
PRISONER ON THE ALPHA.
John G. Unvrin Accused of Shooting
Two Men.
VICTORIA, B. C, Nov. 14.-The Alpha,
which arrived In port to-day, brougnt
from Cape Nome John G. Unwln. who \
had been givMi In charge hy the United I
States Marshal to the ship"s officers He I
is accused of shooting two men although
not fatally. On the down passage one of
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Field, died and was buried at sea. He
was unmarried, about 30 years of age
and came from Fergus Falls. Minn. He
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