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St. Paul has a number of young peo
ple just in the midst of
Their Courting Days.
Rev. E. J. Hardy, the celebrated
preacher, will t !l them in the Sunday
Globe when to n ~ry.
VOI,. XXII.— NO. 322.
IS HARD PRESSED
BOMBARDMENT OF LADYSMITH BY
BOERS CONTINUED NIGHT
A\D DAY
ATTEMPTED ASSAULT REFUSED
|OSB FORCES CREPT NEAR THE
TOWN Dl RING THE NIGHT, BIT
WERE DRIVEN BACK
NEW TROOPS GO FORWARD
Reinforcements Are How Sufficient
ly Strong to Assume the AggreH
tilvi 1 ' — Boer Commandant Semis
Four Thousand Men Toward Est
court to Intercept Britons Going;
to Relief of I.adysinlth.
LONDON, Nov. 18.— Special dispatches
from I'ieiermaiitzburg and Lourenzo
Marques say thai l.auysmith is bombard
ed night and day and hard pressed.
On Nov. 9. having during the nig-ht
placed men clos^ to the town, the Boers,
after a heavy bombardment, began an as
sault, but were repulsed at every point
with heavy los
The P.oers have destroyed one of the
bridges over the Tugela river.
The absence of news from Ladysmith
peems to show that the Boers are repeat
ing the strategy adopted by them at
Dundee, when they appeared, in front and
endeavored to effect a surrounding move
ment. This seems to have been their ob
ject regarding Estcourt, and, since it is
impossible that relief should reach for
some days to come, it is not unlikely that
a further retiring movement on Mooi
river will be made.
TO INTERCEPT BRITISH.
A dispatch from Lourenzo Marques
E"ys:
"A Pretoria n-ewspaper announced last
Wednesday that 4,<j00 burghers had left
Gen. Jouberfs force around Ladysmith
to j.-in Commandant Eothna's force, near
Estcourt, with a view to assisting to in
tercept the British advance to the relief
of Ladysmith.
"Gen. Lucas Meyer, the Free State
nommander, has asserted in the course of
{in interview that he is convinced that the
battle of Elandslaagte will be the first
pnd last Boer defeat of the year."
BULLERS PLANS CHANGED.
From the difficulty experienced in con
centrating divisions at the original points
it seems clear that the plans of Gen.
Buller have been entirely changed. Not
the slightest word regarding the new
plans have been allowed to escape. The
first object Was supposed to be the send
ing of a British column to relieve Kim
berley, but this seems Incorrect, all the
accounts regarding the movement at
present In the light of a reconnoissance.
It seems, however, that arrangements far
an advance from Durban are in a for
ward state, if an advance has not already
commenced. Kimberley was all right on
Friday, Nov. 10.
The burghers at Aliwal North have
hoisted the flag of the Orange Free State !
and declared the town in the possession !
Of «£e Free State.
Conditions would seem to point to the
necessity of protecting the column ;
marching to the relief of Kimberley from j
attack from this direction, or from
Bloemfonteln. Owing to the reticence of
Gen. Buller it is almost useless to speak
of the likelihood of the reported move- j
ment to relieve Kimberley. It can only
be intended to withdraw the Boers, if
possible, from Natal.
BASUTOS ARE RESTLESS.
A.lviees from Maseru, Basutoland,
dated Wednesday. Nov. 8, pay that Chief
JtH-t, terrorized by false Boer assertions,
that the British have been beaten in
every engagement and are being driven
out of South Africa, is preparing to join
the Boers, believing theirs the winning
side. The Boers are said to have sup
plied him with guns, which they have
accompanied with specious promises.
Those who are aware of the Basuto his
tory know that Chief Joet and Chief Jon
athan had a quarrel in their earlier years
and have never been on the same side,
<'hief Jonathan having committed him- i
self to British interests.
Sir Godfrey Layden, resident British
cnimissioner in Basutoland, according to
thtse advices, left Maseru on Nov. 7 in
order to meet Chief Torthodi, the prin
cipal chief of the Basutos, who is ill and
unable to travel. Sir Gpdfrey was ex-
Dected to use every effort to prevent
Chief Joet taking an adverse step. The
advices go on to say:
"The country is full or reports of won
derful Boer successes, and color is lent
to these by the absence of reliable In
formation of British victories, but the
chiefs rely on the word of the govern
ment officials, who declare that a day of
reckoning is coming, and disloyalty will
be punished. It is possible that the Boers
will proclaim a strip of Basuto territory
to the north to be their own."
BRITISH REINFORCEMENTS.
The admiralty announced this evening
the arrival at Cape Town today of the
troopship Aurania, with a battery of ar
tillery and the Scots Highlanders (Prin
i Louise's) regiment, bring the re
inforcements up to 13,500, of which 7,400
have already disembarked at Durban
with eighteen field guns, a number of
machine guns, engineers and hospital
troops, as well as 700 mules. This force
with that already between Estcourt and
Durban, is considered sufficient to enab; e
Gen. Hildyard to advance and to take
the agreesive against the Boers south of
Ladysmith.
. According to the latest advices, Lady.
smith is holding out satisfactorily, every
thing having been well up to Wednes
day. In view of the Boer destruction of
bridges, the war office has issued orders
for the shipment of a quantity of bridge
work between this and the end of the
year.
MISSING BRITONS.
An official dispatch confirms the state
ment that Capt. J. A. Haldane of the
Gordon Highlanders, attached to the
Dublin Fusiliers, and Lieut. T. H. Frank
land and thirty-seven non-commissioned
officers and men of the Dublin Fusiliers
are missing. Capt. Haldane distinguished
himself by his services in India, for which
he received the D. S. O. (Companion of
the Distinguished Service Order). He was
also wounded at Elandslaagte.
ZULUS GROW INSOLENT.
Advices from Zululand testify to the
growing uneasiness of British residents
whose stores are looted by the Boors'
with the result that th e Zulus themselves
are growing insolent, giving rise to a fear
that they may attack the unarmed Brit
ieh population.
PRISONERS WELL TREATED.
DURBAN, Nov. 16.-A gentleman who
was arrested at Johannesburg, taken to
The St. Paul Globe
Pretoria and released, has arrived here
via Delagoa bay. While at Pretoria, ho
was confined on the race course with
the military prisoners, comprising fifty
two officers and 1,705 non-commissioned
officers and men from Natal; ten officer*
and twenty-five non-commlssloned officers
and men from Mafeking, and four men
from Fort Tuli. The prisoners' guards
were almost exclusively Germans, and
the artillerymen manning the forts were
also mostly Germans. The prisoners were
well fed and were shown every consid
eration. Most of the officers were re
moved to more comfortable quarters in
the town.
BOERS NEAR ESTCOURT.
ESTCOURT, Nov. 17.— The Elmelo Boer
force has taken up a position near Enner
dale, a few miles north of here. They
have eight seven-pounders and two
French guns. Their strength is 2,000 men.
They, have looted Henderson's store. All
is quiet here and ready for the enemy, if
it attacks. There is no anxiety.
COMMUNICATION DIFFICULT.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.— The state de
partment has been obliged to address all
communications to United States Consul
Macrum, at Johannesburg, and the sub
consular officers in that section of
Africa, through the Ponugueso town of
Lourenzo Marques, on Delagoa bay. ' This
round-about course has been adopted
owing to the overcrowding of the tele
graphic and mail facilities of Cape Col
ony. No code or cipher messages are
permitted, even by the Portuguese route.
MOVING FORWARD.
ORANGE RIVER, Cape Colony, Sun
day, Nov. 12.— Gen. Lord Methuen, com
mander of the First division, has arrived
here with his staff from Cape Town.
POVERTY TO WEALTH.
Inmate of a Poorhoue Falls Heir
to a Fortune.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Nov. 17.— Maurice
Meehan, who is an inmate of the Morgan
county poorhouse, has fallen heir to $20,
--000, which was bequeathed to him by his
son, William Meehan, who went to the
Black Hills in 1879 from Louisiana, Mo.,
where he was then living, and who was
very successful in prospecting. Since,
that time nothing lias been heard of him
until a few days ago, when San Fran
cisco attorney;*, who had the case in
hand, ascertained that he had been killed
by hostile Indians last May. In addiion
to the $20,000, Maurice Meehan falls heir
to his son's interests in three minins
claims, which are said to be valuable, and
a largo transportation company in Alas
ka. He went to the poorfarm in oppo
sition to the wishes of his wife and son
John, who live in East St. Louis.
LABOR WAR DECLARED.
Big Fight in Chicago Is Finally On
in Earnest.
CHICAGO, Nov. 17.— Chicago contract- 3
ors and builders made an open declara
tion of war tonight on the trades unions,
charging them with causing the present
apathy in building operations in the
city and crippling municipal growth. An
ultimatum, setting forth the employers"
views of the situation, and stating the
terms on which labor must meet capital
after Jan. 1, 1900, was drawn up and pre
sented to the building trades council. The
council referred the resolution to its arbi
tration committee. There was no discus
sion. The communication from the em
ployers is thought to foreshadow tha
greatest struggle in which purely local
labor organizations have become in
volved.
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WILL MAKE INQUIRY.
Canada May Have to Surrender
Marlin Everett.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Nov. 17.-Col. Ed
win Durley, United States consul at Van
couver, has received instructions from
Washington to investigate thoroughly the
case of Martin Everett, the man now
held by the Canadian authorities at Kam
loods. It is not unlikely that the out
come of the case will be a demand made
on the Canadian authorities for the ex
tradition of Everett, as it is alleged that
he was brought over from the American
side in Canadian territory without tha
proper hearing on the southern side of
the boundary line.
HE USED DYNAMITE.
How Fred O'Brien Sought to Settle
Domestic Difficulties.
JANESVILLE. Wis., Nov. 17.— Fred
! O'Brien today placed a ten-pound stick
of dynamite beneath his wife's bed
room. A terrific explosion followed, part
ly wrecking the house, which is a one
story frame building. In the two small
bedrooms were Mr. and Mrs. Frank
I O'Brien and two small children, and Mrs.
j Fred O'Brien and child. O'Brien's act ia
said to have been because his wife re
fused to live with him, she alleging cruel
treatment. All the persons in the house !
escaped injury. O'Brien is now in jail,
and has confessed, implicating two oth;-r
men.
REVOLUTION IN SPAIN.
It Is Predicted as One of the Cer
tainties of the Future.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Nov. 17.— Carlos
Yensen, of Balboa, Spain, United States
consular agent, and now in this country
at the Instance of Spanish commercial
interests to make a study of American
manufactures, i? here. He says he looks
for a revolution in Spain in a few y"ears.
'The Republicans are too much divided
now," said he, "to bring about a revolu
tion, but they will get together, and then
there will be an upheaval. Spain will
see a new era dawning in the near fu
ture. The bitterness of the war is dying
out, and American industries are being
welcomed."
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FAREWELL TO METEORS.
Yale Astronomers to Abandon
Further Observations.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 17.— The
Yale astronomers this afternoon decided
to give up further observations on the
shower of Leonids. Dr. L. W. Chase, of
the observatory, said:
"We have made several pictures during
our observation of the meteors, but are
not sure we will be able to photograph
any meteors whatever. We think that th»
shower must be over, and we shall tako
no more observations at present. We
have observed a large number of sporadic
meteors, but have apparently caught no
glimpse of the Leonids."
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Xotable Gathering at Detroit.
DETROIT. Mich., Nov. 17.-The fourth
annual banquet of the University of
Michigan Association of Detroit Sroiwht
out a notable gathering at the Russell
house tonight. Among the guests were-
Ex-Secretary Alger. ex-Minister to the
Netherlands William E. Quinby ex- Am
bassador to Germany Edwin F. Uhl " *>v-
Minister to Korea J. M. B. Sill ex-Post
master General Don M. Dickinson Oov
Pinsrree. ex-Minister to Turkey Anec-.ll'
members of the supreme court and othl
era. There were no 6et speeches.
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Fire at Essexville, Mich.
BAY CITY. Mich.. Nov. 17—The -aw
mill. Salt block, docks and tram* Jf
Jonathan Boyce, In Essexville. were
wholly destroyed by fire tonight, lnvolv
ne a loss of $50,000. The faropertv wL
insured for $33,000. The fire also con
sumed half a million feet 6f lumber be
longing to Handy Bros., valued at $7 500
SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18, 1899.
SO BAYONET VOTE
KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS MOVE FOR
THE THROWING OUT OF THE
L.OI ISVILIxE VOTE
WAS HOT A CIVIL ELECTION
COUNSEL. FOR DEMOCRATIC CAN
DIDATES GIVE NOTICE OF IN
TENDED ACTION
REPUBLICANS ARE ALARMED
Proposition of Mr.*Goebel'» Lawyers
Wast No Surprise at Frankfort —
Senator Reboe'a \ i>:i There Was
for the Purpone of Ascertaining
How Far Gov. Bradley Will Go
In Effort to Place Taylor In Office
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 17.— A ques
tion which is likely to have an important,
if not a deciding influence on the contest
for the governorship of Kentucky was
brought up today before the canvassing
board of Jefferson county, which includes
Louisville. Counsel for the Democratic
candidates gave notice of a motion to
throw out the vote of the city because of
the presence of militia at the polling
places on Nov. 7. The notice served on
the commissioners follows:
For the Democratic candidates we now
give notice that at the close of the
count and before any certificates be is
sued we will move the board, and all
other authorities that may consider this
election, to declare null and void the elec
tion held In the city of Louisville on
the 7th day of November, 1899.
First— Because of the usurpation of
"\Yiliiam O. Bradley in calling out and
illegally using the militia and overawing
and intimidating the voters and officers
of and at said election, and interfering
with the progress of said election, and
with the duties of officers of said election.
Second— Because S. B. Toney unlawful
ly usurpated power in requesting said
William O. Bradley to call out and use
said militia for said purpose, when said
call was entirely unnecessary, and the
civil authorities were able and willing to
execute any order made by said court.
Third— Because said militia was used
for the unlawful purposes aforesaid.
Fourth — Because said election was not
a civil election, but a military election.
Fifth — Because the said use of said
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 mil
itary power, and an overt act of a trea
sonable nature against the constitution
of the state of Kentucky was committed.
This action has been expected ever
since the official count began. It was
freely reported on election day that if
the militia was called out it would result
in some such step. "With Louisville
thrown out, Goebel would have a safe
plurality in the remainder of the state.
This dispute will prolong and aggravate
the fight, for the Republicans will make
every effort In their power to retain
Taylor's plurality.
The official count was received tonight
from Floyd and Knott counties. Floyd
gives Goebel 156 and Knott gives him
459 plurality. In the last tabulated re
turns printed Wednesday morning, from
Democratic sources, Goebel's plurality in
the state was figured at one vote. In
this table Floyd, unofficial, gave Goebel
4CO plurality and Knott 435) plurality. Tha
official returns from these two counties
show a net loss of 224 from the unoffi
cial.
EXPECTED AT FRANKFORT.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Nov. 17. — The
proposition today from Goebel's lawyers
to throw out the entire vote of Jefferson
county, which Includes Louisville, was
not wholly unlooked for by the Repub
lican leaders here. It is now said Sen
ator Deboe's visit here last night was
for the purpose of ascertaining definitely
to what extent Gov. Bradley will support
Taylor, in the event that Goebel is given
the certificate of election, based on this
proceeding. Senator Deboe and Gov.
Bradley are not on speaking terms, and
a third party acted as a go-between. De
boe says he is satisfied Bradley will stand
by Taylor and will vigorously resist Goe
bel. Senator Lindsay will be asked to
act as one of the attorneys for the anti-
Goebel side before the state election com
mission.
The Republicans have found a prece
dent established by the state election
commission last year, in which the board
by a unanimous vote decided it was
merely a canvassing board and had no
power to pass on contests. This was the
case of Mordecal Williams (Dem.), who
filed a contest for the certificate of elec
tion as congressman in the Ninth district,
on the ground that fraudulent votes had
been cast for Congressman Pugh in sev
eral counties. The board declined to
hear the contest on the ground of lack
of jurisdiction, and awarded the certifi
cate of election to Pugh on the face of
the returns.
Taylors lawyers now claim that under
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 this ruling
on the Jefferson county case.
If Jefferson county is thrown out the
political complexion of the legislature
will be affected, as one senator and sev
eral representatives will have to b«
elected under a special election, to be
called by the governor.
SUSPICIOUS OF SOLDIERS.
LEXINGTON, Ky., Nov. 17.-There is
something going on in state guard circles,
as Col. Williama, of the Second Ken
tucky, has been called from the National
fox hunt to confer with Gov. Bradley, at
Frankfort. He mado the trip from E^till
Sprinps last night, in a buggy. He ar
rived here at noon today, but declined to
give anything to the public.
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Fnneral of Late Congressman Settle.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.-The sergeant
at-arms of the house of representatives
has been notified that the funeral of the
late Congressman Settle will take place
at Owenton, Ky., next Sunday at 2 p m
The following committee of senators and
members of the house has been designat
ed to attend the ceremonies and will
leave here tomorrow, In charge of As
sistant Sergeant-at-Arms Pearce: Sen
ators Lindsey, Beveridge, Berry Fora
ker, Turley, Elkins and Daniel; Repre
sentatives Rhea. of Kentucky; Eddy of
M nnesota; Pueh, of Kentucky; Clark of
Missouri; Hepburn, of Iowa; Miner' 6t
Wisconsin; Davis, of Florida; Kleebery,
of Indiana; Boyd, of Missouri; Brownlow
of Tennessee, and Bromwell, of Ohio.
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Reciprocity With Italy.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 17.-The Italian
ambassador, Bar6n Fava, and Reciproci
ty Commissioner Kasson are exchanging
notes concerning a new commercial ax-
rangement between the United States and
Italy, and the negotiations are proceed
ing so satisfactorily that hopes are ex
pressed of a final conclusion at an early
day.
EVANGELIST MQODY ILL.
Wai* Compelled to Abandon His
Kit it niis City Meeting.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 17.— Dwight L.
Moody, the evangelist, who has been
preaching here to thousands nightly, In
Convention hall, was stricken with heart
trouble today. His engagement here was
cut short, and tonight tie Is en route for
his home at Northneld, Mass., in the care
of Dr. Schauffler, of this city, and Mr.
C. M. Vining, teller of the t T nion National
bank. They are traveling in a special
car provided by the committee of church
men who brought Mr. Moody to Kansas
City, and are going over the Wabash by
way of Chicago and Buffalo.
It is admitted that Mr. Moody's condi
tion is serious, though when the evan
gelist was seen at his home, shortly be
fore being taken to the railroad station
he expressed the belief that his condi
tion was not serious. He stated that he
was feeling very weak, and added:
"I have had trouble with my heart for
a good many years, but I never felt weak
as I do now. There is nothing alarming
about my condition, I believe."
Since last Sunday night the evangelist
has been preaching In Convention hall,
where the audience on several occa
sions has numbered cloße to 15,000. Sev
eral times he has spoken with difficulty,
and has been compelled at times to sit
all night, as he could not breathe while
lying down. Today he was too ill to go
to the hall this afternoon, and a large
audience which had gathered was turned
away.
Evangelist R. E. Torre, of Chicago will
come here to finish the series of meet-
Ings.
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MOIINEUX JURY.
One-Third of the Number Needed
Now Secured.
NEW YORK, Nov. 17. -The trial of
Poland B. Molinc-ux was interrupted this
afternoon by the sudden illness of one of
the jurors, Daniel Fraad. He was assist
ed from the court, end physicians found
that he was suffering- from acute Indi
gestion. Recorder Goff declared Mr
Fraads seat in the jury box vacant. Two
more jurors were accepted this morning
and they took their places in the Jury
box.
After examining twelve talesmen the
thirteenth, Daniel Fraad, manager of a
window cleaning establishment, was ac
cepted as th~ third juror His illneps fol
fowed and he wap excused. A few min
utes after Air. Fraad'e acceptance the
fourth juror was accepted. Ht is.Herbert
Gordon Thomson, an iron manufacturer.
His father was one of the medical experts
at the trial of Dr. Buchanan. The next
juror selected was Albert Altmeir a re
tired real estate dealer.
This Js the fourth "d.ay o f Molineux'a
triai. arc! thus far rrore than 100 talesman
have been examined. The net reflOlts of
today's trial, therefore, is the selection
oMwo jurors, making four in all.
Two of the tatesmen failed to comply
with the proper requirements, four were
opposed to circumstantial evider.ee, and
eight to capital punishment.
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UNKNOWN CONTINENT.
Walter Wellman Irjres Amerieftn*
to A*k for Its ExnlOrtffßrh.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.— 1n the course
of a lecture before the National Geo
graphical society tdhight, Waiter Well
man, leader of the Weltman expedition to
the Arctic regions in IS9B-'99, suggested
that the geographic an.l other scientific
societies of the national capital should
memorialize congress to make an appro
priation for an American Antarctic ex
pedition. Mr. Wellman said $150,000 would
be sufficient for such an expedition, and
that In his own opinion it should co-oper
ate with the parties which are to be sent
out from England and Germany, though
remaining under American control.
Mr. Wellman showed maps of his dis
coveries in Franz Josefland, and declared
that not much geogiaphic work- beyond
the discovery of the North po'.e itself re
mained to be done in the Arctic regions,
while in the Antarctics there was a vast
unknown continent to be explor«d.
NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL DEAD.
Edward Staffelback Dies in the
Leavenworlh Penitentiary.
L HAVEN WORTH, Kan., Nov. 17.—Ed
ward Staffelback, a member of the no
torious family of Cherokee county crim
inals, died in toe penitentiary today, of
consumption, while under sentence of
death. The family, consisting of mother,
daughter and two sons, were accused of
having committed several murders in
their neighborhood. The daughter, Cora
Staffelback, turned state's evidence, and
the three others were sent to the peni
tentiary. The mother was sentenced for
twenty-one years, and George ana Ed
ward to be hanged, which meant life im
prisonment.
SCHLEY HOME FUND.
Contributions Have Started and
f Sneeess Seem* AHsnred.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17— At a meeting
tonight of the Schley home fund commit
tee of 100, pans were ad ptel which, whe.i
put into operation, will give friends of the
admiral an opportunity to contribute to
the fund. A number of subscriptions were
made and several, others announced, in
cluding one of $250 by Gen. Felix Angus,
of Baltimore. Col. James G. Berrett was !
appointed chairm&n of the executive cm. i
mittee to have charge of the matter. As
soon as practicable a committee of twen
ty-five persons in each state will be nam-'
ed to receive subscriptions, and In addi
tion the newspapers will be asked to as
sist in the work.
INDICTMENTS FOUND.
Atlanta Grand Jnry Actoi in Rail
way Shortage Case.
ATLANTA. Ga.. Nov. 17.-Three indict
ments were found by the grand Jury to
day in the Atlanta & West Point railway
shortage case. Two are against Thomas
J. Hunter, the former auditor of the com- i
pany, and the third is against Albert
Howell Sr.. who was until recently the
union ticket agent. President George C
Smith, of the Altanta & West Point ap
pears as prosecutor, the indictments a^e
based on a shortage of about $21,000 re
cently discovered in' the union ticket of
fice. The charge is embezzlement The
whereabouts of Mr. Hunter are not
known.
Mr. Woodford Kftnrnlng Home.
LONDON, Nov. 18— The American line
steamer St. Paul,, whioh is to sail from
Southampton tomorrow for Now York
will have among her. passengers Gen'
S"' 1 '- Woodford the former minuter
to Spain and James Taylor, the president
of the American society in London. Mr
Uoodford is returning^, to the United
af * te l a "^'-orfeveral months in
purope, taken oft. account of the poo"
health pf his daughter. She accompanies
him, being now qujle recovered. " iJames
Chrlßtidn YTorh:er»~
MEMPHIS, Terni'., Nov. 17.-Today's ses
sion of the international board of the
Women's and Yodng Women's Christ an
association was devoted- to committee
BRYAN Al SCHLEY
TICKET FOR 1000 SAID TO DE
TALKED OP SERIOUSLY BY
INDIANA DEMOCRATS
CONVENTION DITE UNCERTAIN
SENATOR JONES DENIES HAVING
STATED THAT COMMITTEE
MEETING IS ARRANGED
WILL KNOW NEXT WEEK
Chairman Jones Now on His Way to
Chicago, Where He Goei to At
tend the Meeting: of the Executive
Wing: of the National Committee
— Speaker-to-Be Hendernon of the
House Arrives in Washington.
LA PORTE, Ind., Nov. 17— Hon. James
Murdock, of Lafayette, one of the best
known Democrats in the state, says in an
interview that the sentiment of the In
diana Democrats Is favorable to the nom
ination of Admiral Schley as vice pres
ident on a ticket with Bryan. Mr. Mur
dock is credited with being a candidate
for the Democratic state central com
mittee ehairmanihip and is also spoken
of for national committeeman from In
diana, and his utterance is accepted as a
significant movement to start a Bryan
and Schley boom in the state
ELECTION FRAIDS.
Charge Upon Which Three Phlla
delphinns Are Held.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 17.-Samuel
Salter, deputy coroner of this city; Joseph
G. Rodgers, lieutenant of the capitol po
lice, "Washington, D. C. and Clarence
Mecser, employed in the copying division
of the congressional library, have been
held in $1,700 bail for trial on the charge
of conspiring to make fraudulent elrciion
returns in this city. The arrest of the
three men was the outcome of testimony
adduced at the hearing last week, of sev
eral residents of Washington, who had
been arrested here on a similar charge.
On that occasion, it was testified that a
parly of allegod repeaters, numbering
about fourteen, had been brought to this
city from Washington by Lieut. Rodg
ers. Two of these, George Kirkland and
W. H. Cook, impersonated election of
fi^rs in the thirteenth division of the
Seventh ward, and assisted in the al
leged falsifying of the returns, and the
stuffing of the ballots, while the others,
it was testified, were employed as repeat
ers. Kirkland testified against his com
panions, saying that he came here at ths
instigation of a newspaper to participate
in and expose the fraud.
AN ANTI-EXPANSIONIST.
Member Spreckels, of Republican
National Committee. Talks Plainly.
CHICAGO, Nov. 17.— John D. Spreckels i
of San Francisco, a member of the Re- ;
publican national committee, passed j
through Chicago last r.ight on his way |
East. Mr. Spreckels will attend the meet- j
Ins of the national committee at Wash- ;
ington, D. C, Dec. 11.
"[ am an anti-expansionist." said he,
"and as I came through the great prairtes !
of the West, on this trip, I could not help I
but think of the great good that might !
have been done in our own country with '
the money which we are now spending ''■
to maintain the army in the Philippines, i
If that money had been spent in irriga- i
tion in the Western countries, I believe i
the United States would have reaped \
greater benefits from it than it ever will
by the retention of the Philippines."
Mr. Spreckols said that he thought it \
was very probable that the national com- !
mittee would select Chicago as the place ■
for holding the next national eonvenion !
j
PREMATURE ANNOUNCEMENT.
Chairman Jones Hm Not Fixed Date
of Democratic Committee Meeting:.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov. 17.— Chair- I
man James K. Jones, of the Democratic
national committee denies the statement
in a Washington dispatch that he has j
settled upon either Jan. 8 or Feb. 11 as !
the time for the national committee meet- J
ing. He says he has no idea yet as to
when the meeting will be called, and does
not know whether the custom of meetin»
Feb. 22 will be departed from. Senator j
Jones leaves tomorrow night for Chicago ;
to attend the executive committee meet- I
ing Monday.
READY FOR WORK.
Hon. David B. Henderson Arrive* in
WaMhlngrton.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.-llon. David
B. Henderson, of lowa, who is slate 1 to
be speaker of the next house of repre
sentatives, armed in Washington this j
afternoon, and has established himself at '
the Normandie hotel. Col. Henderson is
accompanied b\ his wife and daughter, i
He looks the picture of health and says j
he is ready for tl-e work of the coming
session of congress. Concerning public j
questions, nnd the formation of com
mittees, the prospective speaker has noth
ing to say for publication.
NAVAJO .INDIANS QUIET.
No Fear of Further Trouble With i
Them Entertained.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.— 0n instruc
tions to watch for any signs of trouble I
from the Navajo Indians in Arizona, Col. j
Hayglett today telegraphed the Indi m
burefiu that he had just returned from
Flagstaff, tha scene of the lat*> Indian i
arrests, and that he docs not apprehend i
any further trouble. The Indians of the '
tribe expect to counsel on ihe return of
those who have been away, and their
movements and temper will be carefully
watched.
FINE AND IMPRISONMENT.
Christian Scientists Who Refused to
He Vaccinated Sentenced.
■AMERICI'S, Ga., Nov. 17.— The cases
of the Christian Scientists who refused to
be vaccinated wen? settled today, so far
as the mayor's court is concerned, by
the sentencing of E. J. McMath to im
prisonment at the city jail for thirty days
and a fine of $15. Five ladles of the con
gregation were given fifteen days confine
ment 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 congregation
as may refuse to obey the vaccination
orders. Mr. McMath is a leading mer
chant of Americus, and the ladies in
volved belong to the best families In the
city. Counsel has been employed to rep
resent the Christian Scientists and their
cases will be taken to the superior court.
PRICE TWO CENTS-lgfvff-^v.
BUIaLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for St. Paul.
Fair and Cooler.
I— Louisville Vote Contested.
Lull In War New*.
Ticket for liWJO.
Agulnaldo Is Elusive.
2— Two Sadden Deaths.
Insurance Company Tangle.
3— Minneapolis Matters.
.Northwest News.
Cubans Cannot Agree.
4— Editorial.
Weekly Trade Reviews.
State Political Gossip.
5— Sporting News.
6— Markets of the World
Bar Silver, B8 J-20.
Chicago Dec. Wheat, 67-07 1-Se.
Stocks Irregular.
7— Xewi of the Railroads.
B— St. Paul Social News.
In the Field of Labor.
OCEAJV LINERS.
NEW YORK— Arrived: Oldenberg, from
Bremen.
TODAY IN ST. PAUL.
METROPOLITAN-Prlmrose and Dook
stader's minstrels, 2:30 and 8:15 p. m.
GRAND-"The King of the Opium Ring-,"
2:30 and 8:15 p. m.
Palm Garden— Vaudeville, 2 and 8 p. m.
Olympic Theater— Vaudeville,2 and Bp. m.
St. Michael's church bazaar, Paul Mar
tin's hall, South Wabasha and Colorado
streets.
Concert and ball by oVncordia society,
Mozart hall. Franklin street, near
Sixth, 8 p. m.
Football, Minnesota vs. Wisconsin, Min
nesota Campus, 2:30.
MUNICIPAL LEAGUE.
Milwaukee Selected as the Next
Place of Meeting.
COLUMBUS, 0., Nov. 17.— The execu
tive committee of the National Municipal
league selected Milwaukee as the place
of the next meeting. Boston was a prom
inent candidate, but the Western senti
ment was stronger.
The meeting of the league today opened
with an address by Prof. L. S. Rowe, of
the University of Pennsylvania, on "Pub
lic Accounting Under the Proposed Mu
nicipal Programme."
The discussion of the topic was opened
by Dr. E. W. Hartwell, secretary of the
Boston municipal statistical commission,
who spoke on "The Financial Reports of
Municipalities, With Special Reference to
the Requirement of Uniformity."
Dr. Samuel E. Sparling, secretary of
the Wisconsin League of Municipalities,
discussed the same phase of the subject.
"The Financial Control Over Receipts and
Expenditures" ' was the theme of A. L.
Crosby, former deputy auditor of the city
of Cleveland.
The afternoon was devoted to a general
discussion of the report of the committee
on municipal programme, looking to the
final adoption of the model charter, which
completed the work of the league for this
session.
BUYING OF BONDS.
Russell Sage Says Action of Treas
ury Prevented a Panic.
NEW YORK, Nov. 17.— Russell Sage is
quoted today as saying- to a newspaper
interviewer, who asked him what he
thought of the United States treasury's
offer to buy $25,000,000 of bonds.:
"I believe Secretary Gage's action has
j saved the financial world from a disas
trous panic. No one who has been in
I touch with business enterprises during
, the past few months can fail to have
, realized the stringency of the money mar
i ket. Ready money appeared to be ex
: traordinarily scarce, and those who had
it held It high and demanded the highest
class of securities before they let It go.
; I know of banks in different parts of th e
i country which had the hardest kind of
i a time in realizing money. And yet they
; held securities that ordinarily would have
| been negotiable anywhere. The sharp
i stock brokers took advantage of the sit
uation. They are making a rich harvest
of it, but the government has stopped
their game."
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -The bonds of
fered to the government today at the
several sub-treasuries under Secretary
i Game's offer of last Tuesday amounted
' to $2,341,350, as follows: New York, $1,859,
--i 150; Philadelphia, $475,000; Cincinnati
; $4,000; Baltimore. $200.
PROTESTED INNOCENCE.
Wife Murderer Rolllnger Hanged in
the Chicago Juil.
CHICAGO. Nov. 17. -Michael Emll Rol
linger, v/ho murdered his wife lust De
cember, and then set fire to the house in
an endeavor to hide hi« crime, was
hanged in tin? county jail today. The
drop fell at 12.20 p. m. Rollingw's neck
was broken b> the fall and he was pro
nounced doacl fifteen minutes later. In
an impassioned speech frcm the gallows,
Rollinger protested his innocence. He
seid ho had beon deceived and wronged.
All his money had been taken from him
to carry the case to the supreme court,
whioh was not done.
"I say before my mother and my chil
dren," he concluded, "that 1 am an in
nocent man."
THEY LET HIM STAY. *
Juror In an liiMuritnce Case Creates
a Mild Sensation.
LEAVEN WORTH, Kan., Nov. 17.— Ex-
State Senator P. G. Lowe, who for the
past five weeks has been sitting as a
juryman in the sixth trial of the famous
Hillson Insurance case, created a mild
Bens&tion when he arose In the Jury box
today and asked United States Judge
Hook if it were proper for him to longer
remain in the box. stating that he held
a policy in one of the defendant com
panies. Judge Isham had been making
an airaignment of the companies, stat
ing that the defendants were mutual In
surance companies and that a policy hold
er was not competent to act in the trial.
After recovering from their astonishment,
the attorneys on both sides waived their
objection and Judge Hook decided that
Lowe was a proper juror.
LOOTED A BANK.
Four Robber* Secure a Neat Sum In
Missouri.
JOPLTN, Mo., Nov. 17.— Four robbers
blew open the cafe of the Bank of Carl
Junction, ten miles north of here, last
night, and secured between $3,000 and
f 4.000 in cash. .They were put sued but
escaped.
— —
American Capital In Venezuela.
NEW YORK, Nov. 17.-American capital
to the amount of $3,000,000 has become in
terested Jn Venezuelan banking, a con
cession having been granted to George W
Upton, of Ohio, for the organization of a
national banking system, which will prac
tically control the finances of the coun
trr. •
In the next issue of the Sunday Globe
there will be an article on
When to Marry,
written by one of the best known authors'
of the day,
REV. E. J. HARDY.
BIRD IS FLOWN
BELIEVED THAT AGUIffALDO HAS
▲GAIN ESCAPED THE VIGIL*-
ANCE OF AMERICANS
HIS WHEREABOUTS 1 [MYSTERY
NO ONE KNOWS WHERE THE?
CRAFTY CHIEF IS ABIDING
AT PRESEM
TEOOPS HEARING BAYOMBONG
Gen. Mac Arthur's Command Has Be*
Van the Northward March From
Tarlac— Rain* Are AJmoat Ince*.
•ant, and the Country In Many
Places I« ImpaMable- Body of
MaJ. JLuku-u Ordered Sent Home.
MANILA, Nov. 17.— 1t li now feared that
Agulnaldo has a«aln eluded the vigilance
of the American forces In pursuit of the
Filipino chief. There Is reason to believe
that he 1b not inside th« trap arranged
for his reception by the American gener
als. His whereabouts is still the all-ab
sorbing question. No one knows whether
he is now in the Dagupan valley or
whether he has escaped northward
through the gap between Gen. Wheatoa
and Gen. Young. Two days ago what ap
peared to be an authentic report reached
the headquarters here that the rebel lead
er was at L'rdanta, toward which town
the Americans are now converging.
Gen. Young has reached Tayug and San
Nicholas, which Is some distance north
west of Humingan. The last reporta
show that Wheaton has made little or ntf
advance from San Jacinto, so that thera
is a wide gap left through which Aguin^
aldo may slip on his way to the north
ern provinces.
Gen. Mac Arthur, with th^> Thirty-sixth
Infantry, a battalion of the Seventeenth
infantry, a troop of the Fourth cavalry,
several Gatling's and a detachment of the
signal corps, has begun his northward
advance from Tarlac, whioh will be con*
tinued to Bayombong province of Nevr
Yisoaya.
Col. Howes, who occupied Victoria with
six troops of the Third cavalry, has ad
vanced to Rosales. A letter was found at
Victoria from Private Desmond, of th«
signal corps, one of tha twanty-one Amer
ican prisoners held th^re. These prison
ers, the letter said, were expecting to be
taken to the mountains before the army
arrived.
Two thousand insurgents are reported
to be massing at Gerona. above Tarlac,
and Gen. Mascardo is said to be in the
mountains west of Angeles with 1,000
men, proposing to make raids.
Rain has been falling throughout the
month, and for the past week there has
been a heavy downpour. The whole coun
try is in as bad condition as at any time
this season.
Gen. Lawton reports that the present
rainfall is the heaviest ever known in
November. The signal corps men are
mud-bound in San Jose and are using
non-insulated wires south of that point.
This makes communication infrequent
and uncertain. The rivers are rising at
the rate of an inch an hour, and the
country east of Tarlnc 1 Id one vast l&*e.
The rainfall during the present typhoon
amounts to five inches, which is mure
than the average total for the month of
November. So far this month the precip
itation has amounted to owr eight inches.
The engineers are making heroic efforts
to repair the six-mile break in the rail
road between Mabalacat and Bamban
The conditions are such that it takes two
days to forward 150 thirty-foot rails from
Manila.
BODY OF MAJ. LOGAX
Cannot Be Sent From Manila Xott,
Si»>s Gen. Otis.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.-A dispatch
was received at the war department to
day from Gen. Otis saying that it was
impossible to send the remains of the late
Maj. John A. Logan to this country now
and therefore, the body has been "buried
at Manila. Five days elapsed before the
tody couid ba sent from the battlefield to
Manila. Gan. Otis says that th*- servant
and the effects of the major sailed for the
tnited States on the Sikh.
A fine portrait of Maj. Logan has hsen
sent to the war department by Mrs
Logan, which is tc be placed i.i the
of the transport Logan.
YOUNGSTOWN, 0., Nov. 17.— Mrs.
John A. Logan Jr. has received a tele
gram from Secretary of War Root, noti
fying her that he had advised Gen. Otis
by cable to have the body of Maj. Lo
gan exhumed and sent home.
Maj. Webb C. Hayes, a personal friend
of the late Maj. Logan, will reach Ma
nila in a few days, and orders have been
issued for him to take charge of the
body and arrange for its shipment. Mrs.
Logan received the following telegram
from Admiral Dewey today:
" Y °v have the sincere sympathy of
Mrs. Dewey and myself In your great
bereavement. —"George Dewey."
Another Philippine Victim.
SEWARD. Neb., Nov. 17.— Esbert O
Humphrey, who was a member of Com
pany M. of the First Nebraska, died here
today as a result of a wound received
in battle, complicated with stomach
trouble contracted in the Philippine"
He was 'Shot in the same engagement in
which Col. Stotzenburg was killed, but
recovered sufficiently to return home with
his regiment.
MURDERED FOR MONEY.
Probable Fate of a Kansis German
Farmer.
FOItT SCOTT, Kan., Nov. 17.— The body
of a man believed to be that of a Ger
man farmer, about thirty-three years of
age. has been found in Mill Creek, six
miles from Fort Stott. The skull was
crushed, and there "was a bullet hole In
the temple, while a chain was placed
around the neck and a sack of stones was
bound to the legs. The man was believ«d
to have been murdered for his money.
SALVE APPLIED.
One Broken Heart Mended With tta*.
Only Medicine.
PITTSBURG, Nov. 17.— The breach of
promise case brought by Ruth de Hand,
of Chicago, against Anton Lutz, the mil
lionaire brewer of this city, in which the
damages were placed at $100,000, came to
a sudden termination today, when the
counsel for the plaintiff announced to the
court that an amicable settlement had
been reached. Both sides refuse to make
known the terms of the compromise.