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VOL. XXIII.-J\O. 351.
11120 HB
BOERS WOHSTED A PARTY OF ITII
, BAXT'S HORSE XEAR KASTROX,
ORAXGE COLOM
CAPS BOERS TO RELOCATE
PARTY WILL SETTLE OX GERMAX
POSSRSSIOXS IX SOI TII
AVKST AFRICA
HAY NOT COME TO AMERICA
Oom Pan] so States on Receding
an Invitation From Friends
in Grand Ranlda,
>lfch.
ALIWAL NORTH, Cape Colony, Dec.
I.*;.—A party of Brabant's horse, consisting
mainly of raw recruits, engaged a su
perlor force of Boers Dec. 13, near Zas
tron, Orange River Colony, losing fou.
killed, sixteen wounded ami 120 taken
prisoners.
* REPORT FROM LORD KITCHENER.
LOXDON, Dec. IT.—The following dis
p:it<li has been rec ived by the war office
iron, I .orti KitcJn ncr:
"Pr< toria, Dec. 15. —Five officers and HIS
men, Magaliesburg prisoners, have been
«■ released.
"The Boers eurroundpd and captured
120 of Prabant's horse in a defile in the
Zastron district.
"001. Eoinflelol, moving en Vryhtid. de
feated the Boers with heavy loss, driv-
Ing them from Schepers Nek ar.d captur
ing a quantity of arms. The Sehepera
N« k movement occurred Dec. 13.
"The Boers who attacked Vryheid, Dec.
10, lost 100 killed and wounded in the
riyht. The figfhting lasted all day, the
enemy drawing <.ff at 7:30 p. m. The
British loss was G killed, 19 wounded and
30.,'- missing. Our casualties include two
officers who d!< d of their wounds." .
■ "Wiring- from Pretoria yesterday (Sun
day) Lord Kitchener, after announcing
that the released Magaliesburg prisoners
had arrived at Rustenburg, says that the
Boer forces divided into two portions,
one moving south and the other west.
STORY OF MAGALIESBERG.,
The Magali< affair is described as
follows in a dispatch to the Standard
from Rietfonteln:
-v^The scene of the engagement was a
horseshore-shaped - depi'ession. The
Northumberlands occupied the center.
Gen.- Clements' camp was. pitched one
; thousand yards lower down at the east
ern part of the horseshoe, . ani ; Col.
Legge's camp was about three hundred
yards distant. •" ' -• : /
: "Gen. Delarrey's I'.OOO men. - against
whom Genl Clements'had fought repeated
actions, were, unknown to Gen. Clements,
suddenly, reinforced by 3,000 men from
Warmbaths. under Commandant BoyeTS.
At daybreak Col. Legge's picket descried
wtiat seemed a fresh force of. British
troops thirty yards distant. The stran
• gn?rs were challenged. The replied with
it ■volley, revealing 400 Boers in khaki.
The' firing became heavy and the noise
aroused Col. Legge's troops, who arrived
just in time to save the outposts from
capture.
"A furious engagement ensued. Artil
lery was brought up and it compelled the
Boer.-- "to retire. Col. Legge, following up
the withdrawal, was shot dead by a
bullet through his head. r;"\
.'/"Gen.',. .-Clements and..his staff, soon ar
rived. The staff suffered severely, but
Gen. Clements appeared to have a
charmed life. •;: [■ '" ■
•"While mounted men were driving the
enemy back along a slope covered thickly
with Boer dead, a deafening rifle fire sud
flonly broke out on the plateau above." The
.signalers heliographed that the North
umberlands wire being attacked. Gen.
Clements, convinced that they would
easily hold their own, disposed the re
mainder of his forces on the flanks and
' rear of his two!'camps.
FUSILIJSRS AT CLOSE QI'ARTERS.
"At -1:30 p. m. a heliograph • from the
western peak announced that the Boers
were about to overwhelm the fusiliers.
Gen. Clements was unable to send ade
quate help, but dispatched yeomanry to
climb the precipitous hillside and create a
diversion. Before the yeomanry could'
.come into action the Boers had overlap
ped the Northumberlands and were in
possession of the entire horseshoe, firing
down mi the yeomanry, entangled in the
tr.ish« js and boulders.
"The Northumberlands made a mag-
nificent defense, as long as their ammuni
tion lasted. According to Boer accounts,
many, even when resistance was hopeless,
died fighting
Gen. Clements, now left with 700 men,
made almost superhuman efforts against
the bullets from the Boors pouring over
the peaks, and managed to save his guns
and camp equipage. lie retired in splen-
did order, and ai ■» p. m. started to march
" t<> Rietfontcln, lighting a ivar guard ac
tloil al! the way, and arriving the m-xt
<i:iy at 4 a. in.
METHUEN TOOK A LAAGER.
Liord fitethuen, according to another
dispatch from Lord Kitchener, dated yes
terday, attacked and raptured a Boer
laager m-r Lichtenburg, Transvaal, Dee.
14, securing large supplies of cattle and
Bheep and a considerable quantity of
ammunition.
A further dispatch from Lord Kitche
ner, dated Pretoria, Dec. 16, pays that
Lord Met linen lias official confirmation of
the report of the death of Gen. Lemner,
the Boer commander.
WAR OFFICE OPEN AGAIN.
"* A grim irony now attaches to Lord
Roberts' description of the war as
"over." Yesterdaj, the war office, for
11)'-- first time In many months, remained
open throughout a Sunday in response
iio Hit* demand of puoiic anxiety to learn
the hit esc )i<
KITCHENER CALLS FOR AID.
Lord Kitchen* r Is reported to have sent
n fiesh and urgent request to the govern
ment to sena out every available mount
ed man.- With Gen. Do Wet again es
caped through iho British cordon in tha
li Ightoorhood of Thaba N'Chu, the seri
ous affairs ai: Vryheid and Zastron. and
the Magaliesbc-rg disaster confronting the
British people, they are beginning to ask
why Lord Roberts is allowed to come
home.
WILL ENLI6T 1.000 MEN.
Tin- colonial office announces its decision
to enlist 6,000 men instead of 3.000, prev
iously asked lo be recruited in Great
Britain for Gen. Baden-Powell's con
stabulary, which shows that recruiting; In
South Africa is less active than had been
anticipated.
Dispatches from Lourenzo Marques as
si-'! that :<ll the Hoer forces are plenti
fully supplied with ammunition, but ter
ribly in want of food and clothing.
Mr. Kruger, at The Hague, received
Mr. William T. Stead yesterday. Mr.
Stead urged him to continue his tour of
Europe and to go to America. The Boer
statesman listened attentively, but de
clined to commit himself by any definite
statement. It is reported that he is about
to remove from his hotel to a private
residence, as though contemplating a Pro
longed stay at The Hague.
M 8 I I X jmS^& £i^^Bnt. RHttfe Hi wL-^^HHL^ .iiSk .^An^/ JK I I # ~^M^^. VI I
MAJ. GEN. R. A. P. CLEMENTS.
■■:■■-,.■ _
One of Kitchener's Division Leaders
CrushingJy defeated by the Boers.
no in m k
BOARDERS IX A NEW ESTAB
USHMESTDIE IXDER PKlt-
M.VR COMI[TIO\S ....
ONE LEFT A GAS ; COCK OPEN
And the (jas I.eaketl '.'Tliro^jgli a
Faulty Partition So jix to
Asi>lis-xiate tlie '
Two.""
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-=-MileS Novotny,
thirty-three years old, believed to have
l>een a stenographer ' employed in the
government service, was found do.ul in,
bed this morning at his boarding hou?e,
on "West Seventeentja sti\eet>. . H.-te be
lieved that he had accidentally o; ened
the stop-cock to a small heating s-rtove
and gone to sleep without noticing; that
the gas was esc&pfhg.*lS IJett?i*s tdtirid in
the room bore his name, with the address
613 Oxford buildingT'Sl La Salle stree!,
Chicago. . '
He had been in New York for about a
year and is believed' previous to that
time to have practiced law in Chicago.
The physician who was summoned in
the case noticed that there were some
large cracks in a wooden partition which
separated Novotny's room from the next
one. He advised that the occupant of
this room be summoned to inquire wheth
er he had noticed the escaping gas. The
door, however, was found locked, and on
being broken in the occupant of the i oom,
Henry B. Gibbons, sixty-three years of
age, was found dying from the fumes.
All efforts to revive him proved unavail
ing. Gibbons had only been in the house
for a week, and his antecedents are un
known. • -.
HE TOOK HIS SON HOME
IRATE FATHER IVf.ERRI PTS A
(I,A\DESTIXE HOSEYMOOX.
BOSTON, Dec. 15.—1t ..was discovered
tonight Umt Gerard S. Foster, of* Ytrca,
N. V., a Harvard student in the second
year class of the "Lawrence Scientif <j
school, was married on Nov. ?(S to M!sd
Jessie Jordan, a chorus girl in the Cadet
Girl company, then running at a local
theater. The ceremony xva& performed in
the "Little Church Around the Corner'
in New York, and was kept a profound
secret until early in the week, the young
bride In the meantime keeping up with
her work and ihe youthful husband with
hi?.
Then Foster's father, who ha a wealthy
manufacturer, came to Bcston, having
learned of the marriage, and carried his
son home with him, both in a very angry
mood.
The bride is still here and is heart
broken over the !c'ss:fil' her••lntsbarid. She
is ;i very pretty girl, and declares that
the marriage was one of mutual love.
BOTH SIDES LOST HEAVILY
COLOMBIAX REBELS GAVE GOVERN-
MEST FORCES A HARD FIGHT.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Dec. 18.—Advices
received from $.\ilon. Colombia, today, re
garding the recent fighting between the
government trews' and the insurgents at
Tumaeo, the iwl stronghold, which be
gan Dec. I, and lasted three days, tho in
surgents then evacuating the town, say
that the withdrawing insurgent force
was not dispersed.
<^i the contrary, fears are entertained
at Colon that this body of rebel:- wi'.l ef
feet a junction with the force operating
around Buena Ventura. Telegraphic
communication with the interior has been
suspended by government, order and
fighting; is proceeding at various points,
although without important results.
Both sides lost heavily in the batt:e at
Tu?naco. When the government forces
destroyed the rebel steamer Oaitan. they
nlso destroyed a lnrge quantity of amniu
nition. Gen. Alban, governor-of the stat*
of Panama, v.ho was in command of
the government troops, left for Bogota
after the evacuation of Tumaeo ard th«
destruction of the Gaitan.
FOR VALLEY FORGE PARK.
Meetine of Original Thirteen ..States
at Philadelphia Wnlnemdrj-,
) PHILADELPHIA, Dec. -16.—Wednesday
the Valley Forgr National, Park.agg'ocia
tion will hold its first convention lv In
dependence hall. !: Dorte-giites: the
thirteen, original states will be in.attend
ance, representing the vp\k'iVibtic
societies: Colonial . Dame=,_ Daughters of
the American ReVbiutibn,^oclet'y v of the
War of 3812, Daughters .of. the Jjteff"l"
-tion. Society of Colonial "Wars, ■ Brother
hood of the .Unktn > ;ii&se.w England so
ciety, Junior Order of .American Me
chanics, Montgtmiery vOourity Historical
society, Chester County Historical so
ciety and a number -a "'"'other orgah'za
tions. ■ .. : ; :.w«&x.;,,v::,v- :
The purpose of ihe association i< : to
arouse public sentiment- for the preser
vation of Valley Forge, the historic c»mp
ing ground of Gen. Washington;and the
Continental arm; during the winter of
1777-78. A bill : is- now ■"before"'" ongres
which provides for the acquisition of
Valley Forge' by the government and its
preservation as a^mj.Uta.EK; u#rk under
the control of the war department.
One ot tlie Kioters Convicted.
AKRON, O.,Dm.- iC— 'Walter Viall, a
prominent farmer of this country was to
day convicted of participating., in the
riot of August 22 last. It was the hard
est fought of any. ..of. the. fifteen cas£s
the that have been tried. Dp to date
twenty-two of the cases have been dis
posed of. seven of the rioters having
pleaded guilty and convictions have teen
secured In the fifteen cases tried. Four
teen cases remain to be. disposed of at
the next term of the court.
MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1900.
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.... ; ....-:.....- ....... .S '
HAVE XOT QUIT WORK. AS WAS
EXPECTED BY SAXTA FE
OPERATORS
BUT OPERATORS LOOK TO TflEI
r '' ;' ■■-■.•. •: ■.
AXD PR EDICT. THAT TODAY WILL
SEE THEIR FORCES AIG
i MEXTED GREATLY .
OFFICIALS CONTINUE LOCKOUT
Say"; That tlie Striking - Telegra
phers <:in Xot Come Back to
"Work on the San
ta Fe.
WICHITA, Kan., Dec. 16. — Opinions
tonight on the likelihood of the Santa
Fe trainmen going out oh a sympathetic
strike differ.
Supt. Scott, of the Oklahoma division
of the road, says such talk is nonsense.
Operators here are still hopeful of win
ning their strike, and they laugh at the
statement of Supt. Tice that he has op
erators at every station on his division
save two. Something will happen to
morrow, they assert.
Supt. Tlce pays: "No one knows better
than the trainmen that there Is nothing
in the operators' strike—not even the
semblance of justification. I am in close
touch with the trainmen of the division,
and the. claim that they are seriously in
sympathy with the O. R. T. strikers is
absurd. 1' He continued:
"Two small stations are without opera
tors, but not because we cannot get men
to supply them. We have agents there
that are sufficient for all the purposes of
the stations. Our trains are coming m
and going out in better shape than bs
fore the strike. Many of our old opera
tors, say 90 per cent of them, would like
to come back, and a great many hav e
asked to come ba»ck, but it is out of the
question.
THINKS DOLPHIN BLUNDERED.
Yardmaster Thomas Peters, of New
ton, speaking to an Associated Press cor
respondent, said tonight:
"I am a member of the Switchmen's
and"* Trainmen's union. This morning 1
received a dispatch from the switch
men's general office stating that they are
not interested in the O. R. T. strike and
are not considering the question of a
sympathetic strike. I had a similar mes
sage from the general office of the Train
men's union. 1 like Dolphin-personally.
but I think he has taken about 2,<r,0 op
erators out on a limb and can never get
th<{m back."
CONFERENCE HELD LAST NIGHT.
Representatives of the trainmen, con
ductors, engineers and firemen, held a
conference this evening w rith General
Manager Mudge, of the Santa Fe rail
way, lor the purpose of attempting to
mediate the trouble' between the railway
and the Order of Railway Telegraphers.
While no agreement was reached, the
board of mediation was encouraged by
Mr. Mudge to hold a conference with
Third Vice President Barr. The board
it is said, seek this conference at Chi
cago tomorrow or Tuesday.
"Representatives of the various rail
way orders," said Mr. Mudge tonight,
"held a short conference with myself and
Mr. Resseguie this evening. They stated
that they had no~ grievance against the
Santa Fe, bat at the request of the tel
egraphers, desired to offer their offices
to mediate the differences between the
O. R. T. and the company.
"They expressed a desire to act for the
entire system an-d include the trouble on
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe. As my
authority extends simply over the Santa
Fe proper, I could not deal with them.
They will probably hold a meeting with
Mr. Barr and attempt to reach a settle
ment on the best possible basis to be
obtained for the telegraphers."
L.ittle information about the conference
could be obtained from the members
of the board of mediation. They inii
mated that there would be something to
give out in a day or two.
The telegraphers' headquarters at the
National hotel presented a lively appear
ance all day. The representatives of the
different orders held a lengthy conference
in the afternoon before they .decided to
take any action in the matter.
When shown-a telegram from Wichita,
stating that telegraphers on the Okla
homa division were petitioning Superin
tendent Tice for reinstatement, Mr. Dol
phin said:
"There is nothing in the story. The
telegraphers all over the system are
standing firm and will stay out until
this matter is definitely settled.
"As a matter of fact, the strike is
spreading. Only today I have received
information that old men who did not go
out on the first call are throwing up their
positions, and new men have been induc
ed to quit."'
Mr. Dolph'n refused to talk of the in
terview between the board of mediation
and .Mr. Mudge.
ATTACKED THE DEPOT.
ARDMORE, T. T., Dec. 1(5. —At Dough
erty, I. T., tonight, unknown persons
smashed the Santa Fe station windows
with stones and lired on the new oper
ator. Marshals, who were protecting the
building, exchanged several shots with
the miscreants. No one was hurt.
GkET THE TAKU HEROES
EMPEROR AND BERLIN" WEtXOME
CONTINGENT FROM CHINA.
BERLIN. Dec. 16.—A portion of the
German contingent that recently arrived
from China was publicly received here
tod.iy in accordance with the express de
sire of Emperor William, great enthusi
asm being displayed by the crowds that
lined the route from Liehter railway
station, which was beautifully decorated.
The troops bore the shot-riddled Ger
man flags which were taken in action
at the storming of the Taku forts, to
gether with several captured Chinese
nags and guns.
The procession went to the arsenal,
where the Chinese colors were deposited.
Everywhere the men were greeted with
trmendous cheering.
In front of the arsenal were Emperor
William, the empress, Prince Henry of
Prussia, Prince Ripprecht of Bavaria,
Count yon Buelow, imperial chancellor;
members of the general staff, and other
persons of high rank.
After saluting the troops the kaiser in
spected them, speaking to those who had
been wounded, or had received decora
tions, and theu addressing all formally.
TAKING UNCLE SAMS TIP.
Great Britain Demands Indemnity
From tl»e Porte.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. R—Owing
to the success of the United States in
pressing claims for compensation in con
nection with the Armenian disorders,
Great Britain is now urging the Ottoman
government to pay similar claims put
forward by British subjects. It is ex
pec*ed that energetic means will he taken
to obtain a settlement.
HENRY C. FAYNE.
j : :■ j j*, ■■ ■■■'■:*'■■■ ■' : y .■■::•:■:■•■:..■■■ :::;v;:i
Milwaukee Man Is a Cabinet ProbabPity
and Seeks Potmaster Generalship.
1111 I! IN
! BRITISH MIMSTER HAS DEMANDED
AX IMPORTANT CHANGE IX
::''. POWERS* \JOIXT>»OTE "
WASHII^GTON ; IS i MYSTIFIED
OfßelnlK There Can _;'A Tot Figure
Out What tfce Dlffl
- cnlty ' C«.'•-. Be
AVith It.
PT3RTN, Dec. lf\—Definite instructions
supplementing yesterday's eorrununka-
tion from I^ondon have (been received by
Sir Ernest Mason "■ * Ssto yr, the. British
minister, and he now d^mar-ds a modifi
cation of a point in the 'joint note,.wl;ich
file foreign envoys generally regard- as
important. This means fnrther delay a3
all the ministers must communicate anew
with their respective governments. Just
what is the nature of th<6 objection raised
by Great Britain the- mii>iste4js decline to
say. but they aflmit; that the new demand
will involve a -good deal: more diplomatic
procedure. r--. ... , j .
SEIZED SOME CHINESE GUNS.
Yesterday., while a private of the Ninth
United Stales infantry was searching for
two stray mules near Ifo-Si-Wu, he ar
rived at a town where he found a rapid
fire machine pun. wiHh 5,f100 rounds of
ammunition, of whichf He took charge.
He went back to the' mall station for
the night, but on rctfftbmg in the morn
ing, he found two loJid^d "Winchesters,
tv-o other magazine rifles and 1,100 rounds
of ammunition. When leaving the town
he was fired upon, but he did not return
the fire. A village five miles southeast of
Ho-Si-Wu has been fired upon by Chinese
twice, within half a miFc of the mail sta»
tion. : :••• ;.<;
PUZZLED AT THE CAPITOL. •
WASHINGTON, Dec. .^.-Officials here
are at a loss to understand the /reasons
for the important, modification in the
joint Chinese :note-'v. thi.e^i'"jt is reported,
the British minister to F'ekin ,i*s to 'de
mand before signing ■:■». document pre
paratory to its preseuUs.tj^fii.tQ the Chi
nese plenipotentiaries., have no In
formation on the . subject raa nothing his
be?n. heard from Mr. G^ngfer on the mat
ter for some days. The vm<Jorsta,h4ins!
here has been th*»t the Joint note as
agreed upon bj' the envoys was in the
main satisfactory to the British govern
ment. It simply desired a slight
amendment, said to be in the nature of a.
mere change in style of language to be
used rather than any amendment to the
scope of the agreement. This did not
conflict with any of th< principles held
out for by this government. Such being
the case it was confidently expected the
signature of the Fritish minister wou'd
be promptly affixed to the agreement and
the note presented to the Chinese at ah
early day.
RUSSIA CLATMS THB RIGHT.
ST,^PETERSBURG, Dec. 16.— Of
ficial Messenger published^ an .inspired
•st.'iternent us to the view^.of; the Russian
government concerning^ the -Yang"^Tsan
■ Shan Hal Kwan railroad, repudiating the
charge that the -Ri'.sasiaisi- have acted
; illegally" in holding the line, contending
that Russia's action was 'necessitated by
military consiuerations/i ■ 'lec'.ihirig* 'to
recognize the British 'owners of the
line s but admitting tiiat- they have the
preponderating financial* interest and
finally promising to restore it to the
former administration 'after t.ie foreign
troops have evacuated-;the province of
Chi Li, T - ' ■
— ■ ,•■ ' ■
IS PRETTY, BUT V DESPERATE.
Clilcngo Shoplifter Tvie-d Twice to
End Her'liife. .
CHICAGO. Dec. 16.-7-After confessing to
the theft of nearly $2,000 "v.ortii of silks
and other valuables from twelve down
town department stores; Ainrlia Meyer, a
pretty young woman, drew a knife from
her dress at the Harrison street police
station annex, where she was. confined,
and attempted to cut her throat. Her
efforts were unsuccessful. . however,
owing to the promptness ot: Detective-
Sergeants Walsh, Broderick, Kane and
Meskell, of'Capt. Colktran's o lMce, who
saTv her and a/ter a •struggle, took the
knife from her. This was not accom
plished, though, until s-in- hr.d severely,
lacerated her mouth with : the keen edge
I of the blade. •'.•;."".".;f: \tS- f-~: ■
- She was arrested -^n \:.\ Schlesinger ' &
Mayer's department aitnre and wlu-n
searched silks vaiue&E.at $20, wi«c3i she
had appropriated from various counters,
were found on her person.
She was then takeii' tothe police sta
tion, and the detectives, learning: that she
lived. at 24 Aberdeen street, visited j tns
nrcmises.ViOpon opening the door leading
to their prisoner's .apaTrtinents they found
a miscellaneous '. collection of articles
pik-.l In every, corner <sftlie room. •■-'• -
'A " : patrol wagon;.was ceiled "and loaded
.with various articles of Vclpthing. . Later
when Miss "Meyer'" w£i iaken from " the
Harrison street p.oli«^tation.'to detective
headquarters - and tjltere viewed the
plunder she became h^stferical and draw
inj; ;a: hat pin from 4iet hat again | at
ten.pted to do herself injury. "
Again the. detectives came to the rescue
and the. piri'.was taken trom her. The
prisoner is twenty-four j years.; old and
boarded at the'.Xberdeeji Street residence.
Late Friday ; night ivr^sf M. McCready,
err.ployed as house detective :by Schles
inger & Mayer, notice*<irhtr:wa"king from
counter to counter anti acting suspicious
ly..The detective follow^! her about a.rd
on several occasions sa»; her. take'goods
from the counters " wHehl the clerk's ; , at
teiition ras. called to ai|Mth*r part of the
hcuse and hide them ijiihe fo'.ds of her
dress.' The woman wit* "< aiiout to \ leave
the establishment when she felt' a' liaji-l
placed upon her shouldtr and the an
nouncement made that she was under
arrest. At first she denied her guilt, but
later when taken to the ojn*e of the storo
and searched the goods? were found in
her possession.
The police are now searching for a man
with whom it is. said the prisoner had
been seen on various occasions.
an is m
IMMENSE TAXXERY OF ZSCHET
ZCHE & SOX MAS TOTALLY'
DESTROYED BY FIRE
IT COVESEO I CITf SOUARE
AXD THE LOSS WILL BE IX THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OF
$200,000
OTHER PROPERTY DAMAGED
'MilrranUee and Manitovfoe Fire De
jusrfMM'iits Were Calleil on for
Aid, but Fire Wax Snltdaed.
Withont Them.
SHEBOYGAN, Wis., Dec. 16.—The im
mense plant of Zschetzche & Son, tan
ners, was totally destroyed by flre this
moaning. The cause of lire is unknown.
Loss $ISO,OOO, fully covered by insurance.
The flames fanned by a high wind scorcb
ed the big furniture plant of the Mal
colm Manufacturing- company adjoining,
whose loss will be several thousand
dollars.
Mayor Born wired Milwaukee and Man
itowoc fire departments' to hold them
selves in readjne^s, a general conflagra
tion in the manufacturing department be
ing feared. The fire corps o£ a dozen
factories lent aid and finally controlled
the lire. Nearly 200 men will be thrown
out of employment, and the plant may
not be rebuilt.- The plant was one of
the largest in the state, covering an en
tire block of ground.
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NOTED LAWYER IS DEAD
CHARLES; C. BKEMAX, (iKVKRAI,
COUXSELi WISCOXJSIX CEXTRAL.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—Charles C. Bee
man, of the law firm of Evarts, Choate
&. Beeman, is dead at his residence in
this city. He died suddenly of heart dis
ease, and had been ill for only three days.
Mr. Beeman was born in Iloulton, Me.,
in IS4O. When a young man he was pri
vate secretary to Charles Sumner, and
in 1574 married the daughter of William
M. Evarts.
. Mr. Beeman was consulting attorney
to many corporations, a director in some
and was gehefarcouhsel of the Wisconsin
Central railway. ; . '■.'■'
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AT WORK ON A TARIFF.
Plifllpiilne Coininlssion Fixing,' I p a
. Rev«»iiiie Scheme.
MANILA, Dee. Advices from Iloilo,
Island of Pa'nay, . that. the American
troops have been moving northward and
westward. for several days, and .that de
tachments of the Sixth, Eighteenth and
Twenty-sixth regiments have been active
near their stations. The insurgent losses
during.the.last; ten days : there have been
5 killed and 40 taken prisoners. The
| Americans have lost 2 killed ; and 3
,frpimde<3. Large ;. numbers o£ the nativos,
however, are swearing alligearice to the
United States.: : 1 ..-,--,^— s
In.several recent attacks and expedi
tions in Southern Luzon the insurgents
have lost S killed and 7 wounded and
about 20 captured.
The Americans have lost 1 killed and 2
wounded. .
Gen. Wheaton reports that 43 natives
have entered Calanao for registration.
Most of the time of the Philippine com
mission is now devoted to the tariff bill.
Judge Taft said today that generally
speaking the new rates would be about
40 per cent of the existing rates.
"Jt will be essentially a tariff for
revenue,' he remarked, "but some uf. the
industries already established will be
given protection. The commission is not
considering the question of the constitu
tionality of taxing United States pro
ducts. The precedents have been estab
lished in the case of Porto Rico and by
the military government of the Philip
pines. The bill requires the washing
of cotton goods, so as to eliminate the
clay used by European manufacturers,
which increases the weight. This will
incidentally favor American goods. The
rate on kerosene will be reduced from
lie a gallon to 4-c. Some of the American
products will be admitted free, and al
most all will come in at reduced figures."
PLAN FOR HUGE ROBBERIES.
Detectives of >'orth-Westerii Itiiil
way Claim to Incover Bis Scheme.
GRINNEL, To., Der. 16.—The private
detectives of the Northwestern *ailwa#
state that they have discovered a gigan
tic thieving plot. The scheme, which has
been in successful operation for a num
ber of years, they say, extended over a
large portion of lowa along the line of fts
road. Thefts have occurred for a num
ber of years in a systematic manner,
goods being taken from cars in transit
and in the various railway yards and
from station? and warehouses.
It is believed that the two men recent
ly sent to the penitentiary from State
Centex for burglary are members of thu
gang, and another man, who is believed
to have been the "fence," through whose
means the stolen property was dispose*!
of, has been arrested and is being held
for examination.
FIVE BODIES ARE FOUND.
Removal of the Dead From the
Ruins lit Dunkirk.
DUNKIRK, N. T., Dec. 16.—Bodies of.
five more victims of the normal school
fire were recovered today, making six
that have been taken from the ruins.
Those found today were charred beyond
recognition, as was the same one pre
viously discovered.
Workmen, while removing the debris,
found the five bodies at the foot of a
fire escape. They were piled across each
other and burned beyond recognition.
A ring upon the finger of one of the
bodies gives a hope that it may be iden
tified, but there is nothing by which the
others can possibly be distinguished. It
is proposed that all be buried in one
grave and that it be marked by one mon
ument to be placed in the Fredonia ceme
tary in memory of the victims.
District Attorney Greene and Coroner
Blood will begin a rigid investigation at
once, which will inquire into all matters
connected with the structure of the build
ing and the fire.
SAYS TONTINE IS ILLEGAL.
Attorney General of Michigan Will
Drive Out Companies.
LANSING, Mich . Deo. 13.—Attorney
General Oren has decided that the busi
ness nf various debenture, diamond con
tract and tontine companies operating, ii
Michigan is fraudulent and against public
policy and today announced that he
would begin proceedings? to drive them
from the state. He says the law pro
vides ample procedure, either by pro
ceeding criminally against the officers or
by quo warranto proceedings, and that
the business must stop.
PRICK TWO CENTS—{SfvS'HEW
' BULLETIN OP
IMPOETANT NEWS OF THE DAY
iVTeather Forecast for St. Paul:
Colder and Cloudy.
I—British Taken Prisoner*.
Santa Fe Strike Holds On.
" Fire at. Sheboyjfan. ......
Perils of the Oeenit.
Coal GaY Kills Tito.
Chlnese'-Aflalrw. -•■-•->■■•■ . —. -•
2—Annual O. R. C. Bnnrinet.
Rev. Mr. Alcott on Omfnc
Changett In I ity Boards.
Hiirt in Saloon Row.
Minneapolis Matters.
3—XorthTrest Xcws.
lovca Child Study' Society.
Forecast of .Congress*,.
4—Editorial Pngre.
s—Sportingr News.
>Ball Players Stand Firm,
Foreign Stock Markets.
«—A Poet at Home.
Popular Waut*.
7— Markets of tlie AVorld!
Odd Items of Xerrs.
SMolly'tiJEortnnciS.,^
LIYNCHED TWO NEGROES
MURDER OF 1 WHITE MAX AT ROClv-
PORT AVENGED.
OWENSBORO, Ky., Dec. 16.—Jim Hen
dersoD and Bud Rowland, negroes, were
hanged by a mob of '500 persons at S
o'clock tonight In the jail yard at Rock
port, Indiana. Henderson and Rowland
waylaid, murdered and then robbed H.
S Simmons, a wnite barber, at 1 o'clock
this morning* The two were suspected
and arrested and by the aid of a blood
hound their guilt was established. Hen
derson was shot to death in his ce'.l and
then hung. Rowland confessed before 'ne
was strung up. The bodies were riddled
with bullets after hanging.
When the clog was placed on the trail
he followed it until he reached the house
where Rowlands lived, six blocks from
the scene of the murder, and went bay
ing to the bed the negro had occupied.
This was enough for the excited citizens.
Within a few minutes a mob of a
thousand bloodthirsty citizens, with
sledge hammers, ropes and ;?uns, were
running to the jail.
Sheriff Anderson and his two deputies
attempted to protect the prisoners. The
officers were seized by the leaders of
the mob, who disarmed them. The sher
iff was then locked in a room and placed
under guard, but he stoutly refused to
give up the keys or tell where the pris
oners were hidden.
Failing to get the keys, the mob made
a determined but unsuccessful attempt to
break in- the jail door. By this time the
would-be lynchers were in a frenzy,' and,
procuring a telegraph pole, they used
it as a battering ram, and broke in the
side wall of the jail The door of Row
lands' ceil was quickly broken in with
sledges, and he was dragged from the
jail to the east side of the court -yard,
where a noose was put about his neck.
He was given time to make a statement
In which he implicated Jim Henderson
and another negro. Rowlands then beg
ged plteously for mercy, but the mob
swiftly swung him to a tree and fired
many bullets fnto his boay."
Leaving the body of Rowlands dangling
from the limb of the tree, the mob rush
ed back to the jail and attempted to
burst open the cell occupied by Hender
son, but before the steel bars yielded
some one in the crowd fired upon the ter
rified negro as he erpuched in the corn< r
of his cell.
A'few moments more and the door of
the cell was broken in. The negro, half
dead, was dragged at a rope's end-to
the court house yard and swung from
the tree beside the body of Rowlands.
Firing a parting volley at the bodies,
the mob, eager for another victim, hur
ried away tp catch the other negro im
plicated by Rowlands in his confession.
He was found at a hotel, where he was
porter. He escaped, however, to the roof
of the building, and Manager Debrulcr
convinced the mob that the porter had
nothing to do with the crime, proving
an alibi for him. The mob then dis
persed.
The negroes' victim, Simons, was way
laid and murdered in the most brutal
manner one square from the main street
of the city as he. was going to his horr.e
from his hirber shop at 2 o'clock th's
morning. He carried- the receipt* of the
day at his place of business. The negroes
were aware of this", and evidently lad
the- plans accordingly. Crouching Le
hind a fence they awaited their victim,
and jumped from .their, ulae.es of conceal
ment and attacked him from bahind,
striking him over the head with a heavy
club with a large nail driven into the end
Of it. Although terribly beaten, Simons
made a desperate fight, and his cile*
soon attracted two boys, who went to his
assistance. bu,t they were a moment too
late, the barber was lying dead at their
feet. The murderers then drove the
would-be rescuers away, securing a ba^:
containing over $40, from the prostraie
form of their victim and made their es
cape.
Simons was terribly beaten, his sku'.l
crushed in, his head and face beaten into
a pulp. Four gaping wounds showed
where the. spike, on the club had punctur
ed his skull and penetrated his brain.
The dead man's wife is prostrated, and
it is believed she will die from the shock.
Simons came here from Winslow, Ind.,
three years ago.
6ERMAN FRIGATE IS SUNK
TRAIMXG SHIP FOIXDERS IX MED-
ITEIJRAXEAX, OFF MALAGA.
MADRTD, Dec. W —The' German train
ing frigate, Gnelsenaii, has foundered oft
Mal:-.g;a, sixty-five miles east-northeast
of Gibraltar. Private dispatches Bay
that forty persons were drowned.
According to the naval pocket book,
the Gneiseuau, built in Dantzic in 187!',
was an iron vessel sheathed with wood
and had a. displacement of 2.55G tons. Sh?
was 242 feet i* inches in length and 45 feet
11 Inches in the- beam, having a mean
draught of 19 feet 8 inches and a coal
capacity of 400 tons. Her speed was 13
knots. Her armamerft consisted of four
teen 5.9-inch Krupp breech loaders, two
si-inch quick firers, one boiler field gun
and several torpedo tubes. Her com
plement was ICj and ehe was used lor
training boys.
A large number of the cadets can be
seen from the shore, clinging to the rig
gfng. They are shouting and signalling
for help. The captain and many of the
cadets have been drowned. It is believed
that 40 who left in one of the ship's boats
and have not been seen since are also lost.
The total loss is now thought to be no
leas than ICO. Some dispatches say 140.
Forty of- those saved are badly hurt.
Settle on German Sol!.
BERL.IN, Dec. 16.—According to the
Lokal Anzeiger fifty Cape Colony Boers,
now in Amsterdam with their fam.Ke--,
have been granted permission to settle
in German Southwest Africa, the Ger
man government having just assented to
the purchase of lands by them in Dama
raland and Great Hamaiquan Land. The
Boera will leave Amsterdam Jan. 5.
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WHITE STAR LINEK CUFX€ IS Ol9*
ABLED AT SEA. IIL'T LANDS .
IX TOW . f
CHEF SFFICER IS DSOWSEB
W^HII^E TRYI\G TO REPAIR I).4M*
AGE DONE IN THE TER
RIFIC STORM
AFLOAT ON LAKE MICHIGAN
I.ialilhou.sf Keepprn IMek^ri \T&
Nearly Women With Them.
Dem! hut JLhslumJ I«i
the Bout.
QUEENSTOWX, Dec. 16.—The Whit*
Star line steamer Cuflc, Capt. Cavon,
from Liverpool, Dec. 1. for New York,
was towed to anchorage here at 1 o'clock
this morning by the British steamer
Kansas City. Cam. Lewis, which sighted!
the Cufic Dec. '.>. in latitude 51.44 north
and longitude 21.24 west, the diy the
White Star liner lost her prop* Her,
Owing to the terrific weather, it w;is im
possible to connect the hawsers until
Dec. 12. These panics In a fi- ive
gale and the Kansas City only su ceededl
in resuming towing the following day.
The hawsers broke again last night off
Kinsale, but after a short delay, towing
was resumed. Off Cork a local tug i Ided.
In one of the efforts to connect the Kan
sas City, Mr. Corsby, ehictf officer "f
the Cufic, while trying to swim to a line,
attached to a buoy, afloat from th Kan
sas City, was drowned, although a power-i
ful swimmer.
The Cuflc will await the arrival of
tugs here and will then proceed to Liver*
pool. She carries no passengers.
The Kansas City's machinery was
strained and there was a heavy istto tiif»
starboard. She will re-coal and may re
sume within a day or two her voyage
to New York, whither she was bound
from Bristol, after touching at Swansea
Dec. (>, whin she sighted the disabled
Clitic.
WOMEN 1)IKI> rilOM EXI'OSIKI..
Spent Day ami v Mjiht in h YnVrl
jMA^ITOWOC, Wis,. Dec. 16. - The
steamer Manhattan arrived here today
with W. A:"Shlelds and William McAuley,
lighthouse keepers oh .Squaw island, and
the bodies of Mrs. Shields and her ni< ■■■'.■.
Mrs. Mary Davis. They were picked up
Saturday '-afternoon."in the lake, where
they were found lashed to an overturned
yawl. . They had been thus exposed since
Friday, when tHey were capsized by a
squall, while sailing .from the island to
the main land. Luclen Morden, of Moil-,
ta.gue, Mich., was also an occupant of the
boat when it capsized, and was drowned
before he could .be lashed to the over
turne<l craft.. '■.-.-'., :'.>-■■
Thetwo rescued -men.are badly" fi-,,z.-n;
and It is thought they- may have to suf
fer .amputation v»r their lower limb's.
They .were taken to th- -Holy Family ii->
--pital, where the following story (it their
: lerrihle experience - wa.4 '■■ ■ i<>l«l £ bv^Ale;
Shields: ; , :^
*Tpon reiHvir.^ orders -to / cldse : t'-.«
lfghfh'cVuse for the season.we prepared to.
'Jeave'the iighthoust> together, with on
helpers, I.ucieii'Morden; of Montagu",
Mich.; 'Sirs.- Shields aiid Mary DavLs, my.
wife and niece. . We left the Island Fri
day morning, b •" for '■ Harbor
Springs. When out but a "short dis- :
tance. a heavy wind struck the sail- of
our boat, capsizing it and throwing' .ill
into the lake. We all succeeded, after
much har.l work, to reach the boat. Mc-
Cauh-y and myself, after much labor,
finally succeeded in lashing the two wom
en to the heat, arid th"i, ourselves. Mor
•deh," the helper, in the meantime had h>..
come delirious and refused to help him
self, and soon afterwards fell off • \h>-.
boat. Mrs. Shields. Mary Davis, ■ Me-
Cauley ami myself, lashed to the bottom
of the boat, '-were swept about the lake
and the seas washed 6\i,er us. Abo;it
seven hours after ihe, accident happened
my 'Wife succumbed, being uhahle longoi*
to endure the Lefrlble conditions tKs
exposure to the wind and seas caused.
Mrs. Davis, after holding on for several
hours after.my wife's death, also suc
cumbed, and only McCauley and my,-«lf
remained alive, .with the two dead . bodies
lashed by our sides* floating around the
lake with no on»v u» : lv? se< n. Al one
time we w,ere within a short distanco of
the main land and would soon have i.'i-,i
washed oh the beach, when, to our dis
may and horror, ihe wind changed, ami
we were drifting out into tn"e lake again:
Fortunately, however, as it proved, we
were taken by th« wind into the north
passage, which is often taken by boats
coming up the htke. In this manner 'we
passed Friday night, suffering terribly
from the cold and holding on until Sat
urday, at 1 i>. m.. when we succeeded in
attracting the attention of the outfook
of the steamer Manhattan. Although
-the-weather was very rough, the captain
of the steamer, after much maneuvering,
succeeded' in rescuing us. also pic kii;^
up the bodies of my wife and niece.
"-■" The terrfbie exposure and conditions
from which we Suffered can only be im
agined by those who have h;ul similar
experience) and the only wonder Is that
we wore able to survive it. We did >uc
best to save and keep the women alive,
but our efforts were unavailing."' . !
Eoth n:t>n art- about forty years of .-:m:.
PRIEST BRAVED THE FIRE.
Risked Hit* Ltfc to Save Miit.il < i-
bnrlmu Fritin l-'lamcs.
ST. T.OUIS, Mo;; Dec. 16.—Uncons
and tightly clasping in his arms tne
cil'orium containing the consecrated ele
ment sacred to the Catholic faith .-.n-l
nearly blinded and smothered by bmoke
which filled the church.' Rev. Father
Ceasarc Spieerdi whs rescued by firem<
from th.- burning 'Italian, church. Our
Lady of Our "ifopes, at Nineteenth and
Morgan streets. . ~i',
,TJie.priest wben potifled <;f the iii- was
in his study. Hia first thought was oC
the revered sacrament. Wrapping i:is
cassock about his head, he went into th ■
church and took up the '-iboriimi. ]Je
the!) tried .to escape, but lost his way. anil
fell bewildered and nearly suffocated
from *the,.smoke' and heat. ; The fir'emeli,
learning that he was inr^ide, risked th< ir
lives to save him, a, task accomp^isheJ
with great difflculty. * . ';
Milwaukee Man Kills llliiik.ll. -^
MILWAUKEE. Wis., Dec. U6. —Frank
L.. Williams .general ;agent of i'M
Streator ■ Bottle and - Glass company ct
Strtator, 111., . committed suicide today
by shooting himself at the residence oC
hie brother-in-law. \V. S. Pieria of Wilson
street. Williams waa well-to-do at»d *\>-!i
known 'in Chicago. Deaporidencj [a E>&ld
to be'the-cause.. .' ■ ..\ V. •
C'hlfiißO < lotnler in Mrwlttu
CHICAGO. Dec. IC—Sol., Wolfe, n tail
clothier, ha> ' filed a petition in bank
ruptcy, • estimating his liabilities :u. $£&,
--000, - with assets of- Slt»,(.HK>.. Hearj L.'.
Wilson, an attorney lias been "appointed
receiver. -The largest creditors «re ,in
Chicago, Philadelphia and New York. -

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