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on Philippine (Enos-.1011.
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Senator From 3.2:: :ehtsctts Says
Courts. Schocfs. 1.-..1'clics. Peace
and Order V‘Verc Maintained
by the Filipinos.
W'ASIIINGTON, Jan. 10.—“That man
little knows the common people of 'the re
public, little understands the instincts of
01'11 race, who thinks we VV1ll not hold it
(the Philippine aichipela '0) fast and hold
it forever, administmning just government
by simplest methods.”
This sentence was the keynote of the
speech delivered in the stu 1te vesterday
by \Ir. bev eridge, the junior senator from
Indiana. It was the maiden speech in
the senate of about the youngest member
of the body. The announcement that he
would deliver an address embodying his
observations in the Philippines attracted
:111 unusually large number of auditors
to the gallciies. 011 the floor of the sen-
ate eV erv member in the city was in his
seat, and scores of representatives came
over from the house. The occasion was
inspiring, and Mr. Beveiidge rose to it
His oration—for properly it
was an oration—was deeply interesting.
It was replete with striking sentences
ind well arranged information. He. spoke
with all the earnestness, vigor and elo-
quencc. of a fine orator enthusiastic in his
subject'who' rose at times to his subject
with the power of passionate dramatic
utterance. The speech created a pro-
found impression upon all who heard it.
Mr. Beveridge is scholarly and refined
in appearance, with :1.st1iki11g face and
figure. Throughout his speech he was
easy and natural and entirely free from
mannerisms. He sookcl rapidly and with
great earnestness. “When he declared
with deep solemuity to those "whose
voices in America have cheered those
misguided nativ es on to shoot our soldiers
down that the blood of those dead and
wounded bo’y sot ours is on their hands,
and the flood of years can never wash
that stain away,” there was :1 deep al-
though suppressed .e 1s.1t1on among his
auditors.
At the conclusion of the speech trc-
mendous and unrestrained applause swept
over the galleries. and it was notable that
Secretary of the ’I‘rcasury Gage, who 0c-
cupied a seat in the senators‘: gallery, was
a participant in it.
Mr. Hoar (Republican of Massachu-
setts) replied briefly to M'. 113:.2V'e1'idge.
Although 11c did not enter fully into the
merits of the question under discussion,
he did not feel that son: 12 of the Indi-
ana senator' s statements ought to go to
the country unchallenged. lIe declared
that not the American (imposition to the
war. but the. president's proclamation to
the Filipinos, was responsible for the hos-
tilities. He ridiculed Mr. Beveridge’s
statement that the Filipinos were i11—
capable of ' if government and quoted
General Otis’ reports to show that they
were.- '
He thought it would be necessary to re-
vise the constitution before these Filipi-
nos could be bought and sold. 1112 did not
believe Mr. l-lcveridge would advise the
American people to do this thing or to do
auvthing so base as to strike down the
infant F ilipino republic.
The \Iassachusetts senator made fre-
quent references to and quotations from
the reports of General Otis and Admiral
Dewey and other officers in the Philip-
pines. These showed that when Aguinal-
do arrived in Luzon from Hongkong the
insurgents had an army of 30,000, in the
island of Luzon the Filipinos maintained
courts, schools, municipal governments
and churches and that peace and order
prevailed pretty generally. Spanish pris-
oners were kindly treated. “This,” de—
clared Mr. Hoar, “is the condition of
things which it is proposed to crush un-
And that,” he commented,
“you call glory.”
Mr. Hoar declared that practically ev-
ery statement of fact in the speech was
refuted by government reports received
from Admiral Dewey, General Otis and
from other official sources. Where did
Spain get the right to sell her rights in
the Philippines? Mr. Hoar asked. Where
did the United States get the right to
buv and sell people like sheep‘. He was
certain that for all the wealth and com-
merce and glory which he had eloquently
depicted the senator from Indiana would
not have a great injustice done.
Newfoundland Legislature.
ST. JOHN’S, N. F., Jan. 10.—The gov-
ernor, Sir Hugh McCallum, by proclama-
tion has prorogued the Newfoundland
legislature until Feb. 1. This means that
the negotiations with the British cabinet
over the French shore modus vivendi
have not yet been completed. but that
they are likely to cuhninate very soon.
Otherwise the prorogation Vvonld have
been for a longer period. Should the mat-
ter be amicably arranged by the end of
next week the governor will then issue a
further proclamation summoning the leg-‘
islature to meet on Feb. the dis-
l for
patch of business. '
A Collector Kil—led.
KANSAS CITY, .lan. lO.——W’ood E.
Mitchell, a collector for a furniture com-
pany, tried to foreclose :1 mortgage on
some stock on the farm of C. D. French,
near Grandview, south of this city, when
Thomas \Vestlakc, :1 hired hand, emptied
the contents of a shotgun into Mitchell’s
breast, killing him instantly. W'estlake
had ordered Mitchell to leave theta: m.
but the latter refused. when “’estlake
procured a gun and delibc'ately fired.
Westlake surrendered.
A State Bank Closed.
MITCHELL, S. 1)..
State bank of Plankintou, owned by ,D,
1). Stevens. failed to open its doors yes-
terday owing to Stevens’ absence. Ste-
vens went east Saturday, presumably to
secure assistance, and wired his cashier
not to open the bank. Stevens owned :1
drug store, which he tiwansfeiied to his
head clerk. It being the only bank here,
nearly cvcrv business man was caught in
the failure.
Electricity Fires u. Building.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 10.—-—The
three story brick dye house of O. J. Mein-
hart’s Sons in the northeastern section
of the city was destroyed by fire, entail-
ing a loss of $15, 000. An uninsulated
u-lcctric light wire is supposed to have
tauscd the blaze.
A Gift For Oberlin.
CI EVELAND, Jan. 10. —L. H. Sever-
once, formerly treasurer of the Standard
Oil company, has given $00, 000 to Ober-
lin college laboratory.
Lieutenant G-illmorc Tells the
Story of His Cc.ptiv;ty.
TERRIBLE SUll-El’: ZiEL ill) CEEIILTI
Filipinos Hard Pressed by Relief
Party Abandoned... Prisoners to
Starve—Found TVvo DaysLntcr
In a Destitutc Condition.
MANILA, Jun. 8.—Lieutenant J. C.
Gillmore of the United Statescruiser
Yorktown, who V as captured by the in-
surgents last April near Baler, on the
' east coast of Luzon, and rescued a few
1 the apartment of his sister, Mrs.
Jan: 10. ——The ,
i
days ago by Colonel Luther R. Hare ot
the Thirtv -tl1ird volunteer infantr ' ,.',at in
Major
Price, at the Hotel Oriente, in Manila.
and told a remarkable story of his eight
months in captivity, ending with his dra-
matic deliverance from a death that
seemed inevitable.
The steamer \ enus came into the bar-
bor Saturday ever. ing from Vigan, prov—
ince of South Ilocos, with Lieutenant
Gillmore and 19 other American prison-
including seven of his sailors from
ers,
the Yorktown. Lieutenant Gillmore, aft-
er reporting, came ashore and hobbled
along with the aid of a cane to the Hotel
()riente, where American officers and
ladies were v. alt/1111r through the halls to
the strains of ‘Ag11inaldo’s1March.”
Although tanned and ruddy from expo
sure, he is w. ak and nervous, showing
the results of long hardships. He speaks
warmly of Aguinaldo and very bitterly
against General Tine, declaiing that
while in the formers jurisdiction he was
treated splendidly. but that after he fell
into Tino’ s hands he suffered everything.
Colonel Hare and Lieutenant Colonel
: ter esting
Howze, the latter of the Thirty- -f0urth‘
volunteer infantry.
party on Dec. 18 near the headw atels of
the Abulat rivpr after the'v had been
abandoned by the I2 ilipinos and were ex-
pecting death from the -sav.1ge tribes
around them. When the rescuing force
reached them, they w ere near'ly starved,
but were building rafts in the hope of
getting down the river to the coast.
Lieutenant Gillmore made the following
statement for publication:
" "I‘he Filipinos abandoned 11s on the
night of Dec 10. We had reached the
Abulat river near its source that morn-
ing, and the Filipinos rafted us over. “’12
then went do“ 11 the stieam along a rough
trail. guarded by a company of Filipinos.
That night: we were separated from this
guard, and another company, armed with
Mausers, was put in chaige of us. I sus-
pected something and questioned the lien-
tenant in command. He said: ‘I have or-
ders from General Tino to shoot you all,
but my conscience foibids. I shall leave
1' 011 here
" 'I begged him for two rifles to protect
rescued Gillmor’es .
us from savages, adding that I would.
give him letters to the Americans, who
would pay him w ell and keep him from
all har.m IIe 1efused this, however, s' 1y-
mg that he would not dare to comply.
Soon alit'w aid he left with his company.
‘ “'0 had seen some savages in w ar- -
paint around us. and we prepared to fight
them with cobblestones, the only weapons
that w ere available 10.115. The next morn.
ing we follow ed the trail of the Filipino.
soldiers, feeling that it was better to stick
to them than to be murdered by savages,
but we could not catch up with them.
the hope of floating down the river. It
was a forlorn hope. but I knew the river
must empty into the sea somewlmtcte I
was so we nk myself that I did not expect
to get out, but I thought some of the men
could.
"On the morning of Dec. 18, while we
1v ere Working on the: ra fts, the Americans ‘
One. of my men i
came toward us yelling.
shouted, ‘They are on us.’ He was lash.
ing :1 raft of bamboos. I, however knew
it w as not the yell ol' savages, but the yell
of Americans. The rescuing troops.
thought we had I'1l1p1no guards and call-
ed to 11s in English to lie down so that
That was 1
they could shoot the I' ilipiuos.
the finest body of officers and men I evcl
\. :l "V
Lieutenant Gillmore could not speak on-
thusiastically enough about the l—IO pick-
-d men who had rescued him and his par-
)The (-101111 mud spent the day in making
:'at'.ts Colonel Hare thought Lieutenant
(liilmore too w 0: 1k to live through the trip.
but there was no alternative. They shot
2.12.:111y1 rapids. the men lashing all their cf
:12: Is :' 21d Lies. tenant Gillmore some valu
1 I0 1..2 peis Only 14 out of 37 rafts sur-
.ivcd the first 11i'2'l1t' s e:"]1(2li(2nccs, and SC
211121: w'eie practically unable to walk
.2l2.:211 \ man was 1'eac.hed
112mm 1112' the. flight from Benguct
.'.'.cu the -\illt21i('nlls :1pp1oa1hcd, Lieu
;c:111ut t‘..ll1no1'e said:
”'l he Filipinos co11'1plctely terrihed,lef1
i;c11:.".utt on Dec. 7. Thev hurried the.
prisoneis from town to town, often re-
1: '.-:cing the trail. not k1i'owing where the
A111c2icz1ns would attack. After being :11
most without food for three days they
L:Illcd several horses. and we lived on
horseticsh for several days. I did not
have :1 full meal from Dec. 7 until I
12":111011 \"1§":111.Iudeed the 11's: 11in par
..v lived l:11':__;'elv upon rice without salt
-'l1:2re. 111s one day 11111211 I was reduced
1 (hr-1v in: grass and bark.
“W bile we 11 ere in the hands of Gener-
1l 'l"inos men he issued an or'dei that any
{10.31111 aiding an Amen: :111 by food or
noucy should D12 tr:e1ted as a criminal
£11112 citizen of \igan. Senor \era, was
probably killed for befriending us. “'1
would have starved but for the kindness
of some of the presidents of the towns
and some of the Filipino colohels, but
otheis treated us brutally. W'hereve:
them was a piison we were kept there
‘V'hen there was no prison, they would
1.11.2212 us in :1_'.ConVent W'e su'll'ercu
"112.1tlv from want of exercise as well a:
1111 k of food.”
For weeks Lieutenant Gillmore was
coveled with boils and in great pain
When the Filipinos found the Americans
11 me approaching, the treatment became
better. T here was a sign painter in the
party, and he painted advertisements or
the webs throughout the retreat with
other emblems, like a skull and the word
“vengeance,” by means of which the
Ameiic' ans were able to follow.
"The I‘ilipino treatment of the S an-'
D
iards,” said Lieutenant Gilhnore, “was
brutal in the extreme. The insurgents
bad old grudges to wipe out agitins:
them. Many talk about the reconcentm
dos in Cuba, but I have seen Spaniard,
dying at the rate of two or three per day
of starvation in the hospitals at 'V" 1gan_ 1
have seen Tagalog officers strike Span
iards in the face with whips and rcvolv
ers.”
Lieutenant Gillmore declined to speal
regarding political conditions, except t1
.. .~ I.
i
say. he “thought the insurrection would'
first as long as there were any Tagaloga
I'll.
..1mong the prisoners ..arriving with
Lieutenant Gillmore were F. J. Hubert
i. dw'aid Burke and J. J. F'mley, sailors
1 mm the Urdaneta; Von Galen of the
Baltimore, A. H. Gordon and Georg
.~‘..':(kett of the Third "infantry. Leland
Smith and F: ank Stone of the signal
corps, Harry Huber of the hospital corps,
'William Bruce and Edward IIoneyman
of the Nevada cavalry, Martin Brennan
and James Curran of the Sixteenth in-
f:111try,dAlhert Bishop of the Third artil-
lery and John O’Brien and David Brown,
civiliinS. "’
Charles Baker of the Third artillery
as formerly one of the prisoners. but he
became too weak to travel, and the Filio
pine guards bayoneted him during the
last flight through the mountains.
The prisoners of Lieutenant Gillmore’s
party who escaped after leaving Vigan
were MacDonald of the Twenty-first in-
fant‘iy, Von Galen of the Baltimore and
Farley of the Oregon. They were cap-g
tured by savages, recaptured by the in.
surgents, who had stripped and prepared
to beat them, and ultimately rescued by
the Americans.
.Reconnoissances out of Imus, Cavitc,
province, Sunday morning resulted in the
loss of three Americans killed and 20
wounded. The enemy’s loss is estimated
at 00 killed and 80 wounded.
Colonel Birkhimer, with a battalion of
the Twenty-eighth volunteer infantry,
advanced toward Novaleta. Major Tag-.-
gart, .with two battalions of the same
regiment, moved toward Perez das Ma-
rinas. A part of the Fourth infantry
was engaged south of Imus.
CAPTAIN LEARY REPORTS.
Tells _of His (Work In Civilizing I
' E ' ' ‘ Guam. "
WASHIN ‘TON, Jan. e. S—Jl‘he secre-
tary of the navy has received a most in-
report from Captain Leary,
'abandoned
governor .of Guam, recording his achieve— ;
ments in‘ the matter of civilizing the na— ;
.'tives and cleaning :11) the island. The re-
'port'begins with the statement that three 1
of the marine guard, PriV ates D.
Chourke, Paul Schoemig and W7illia1n ,
P. Brown,- attached to the Guam bat?
talion, have died and been buried with‘
military honors. Captain Leary says
there are other cases of sickness, but ev-
ery possible care and attention is given
them, and all precautions are being taken
to improve the sanitary condition of the
stat-ion. '
"After issuing my
ting aside thanksgiving day,” says Cap- ;
tain Leary, “according to our national
custom, the native priest at Agana in-
formed me that he’would on that day
proclamation set- '
..celebrate a special thanksgiving service,
in which our station band will partici-
pate.
“The high esteem in which Padre Jose
I’alomo, the native priest, is held by
every one in the island seems to be justly
merited by him, as he has on all occa-
sions shown himself to be a man of ex-
traordinary moral qualities, and it is a
pleasure to state that in my various local
duties and decrees as governor he has
promptly and energetically indorsed the
government‘s action, thereby strengthen-
ing 0111' influence with the people for
good.”
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Mrs. Langtry arrived in New York 011
'thc Lucania.
Julia Marlowe Taber, the actress, has
E been granted a divorce from her husband,
. This order
Then I ordered the men to build rafts in ' I.obe1t Taber.
Andrew Carnegie has promised the Col‘
lege of Emporia, Kan, $50,000 for a li—
brary building.
Major John S. Clark, the noted turf-
man and horse breeder, died of heart dis-
ease at Lexington, Ky: He was 59 years
old. ,
Fred A. Newton, paying teller of the
Fidelity Tr 11st and Guaranty company,
Buffalo, is an embezzler to the amount of
$48,000. ‘
Three Boys Drowned.
RALEIGH, Jan. 8.7Ab0ut noon at
Hinton’s pond, eight miles northwest of
this city, three boys, sons of prominent
citizens, were drowned. They were Mial
VV'illiamson, aged 15, son of Captain B.
‘P. Williamson, treasurer of W' ake coun-
ty; Edwin Lee, aged 14, only son of Mr.
Lee, a prominent leaf tobacco dealer, and
James I'Iiutou, aged 15, only son of Mr.
Charles Hinton, formerly executive clerk
of Governor Cars. The boys .had planned
to spend the day hunting on Mr. Hinton’s
farm. Hinton’ s pond being frozen over,
they placed their guns on the bank and
went out on the ice, but they had not
gone far' before it broke, and all three
went under together. Four 'hours later
' they were found frozen and lifeless under
the ice.
Diphtheria Builles Christian Science.
PITTSBURG, Jan. S.—The Dispatch
today says: “Diphtheria and Christian
Science have had :1 bitter battle'in a New
Brighton family for the past two weeks.
Diphtheria has \V'on so far. Two chil-
dren are dead, while a third child and the
father are dangerously ill with the same
disease. Frank Martsolf and his wife
have been believers in Christian Science
for three years, and so confirmed in the
doctrine are they that they have seen
their two little ones die of malignant
diphtheria and were willing to sye their
remaining child perish rather than take
her case ‘out of the hands of the Lord.’
Not until forced to do so by the health
authorities would the parents permit a
physician in the house. " ..
Dewey to Get His Cup.
\VASIIINGTON. Jan. S—Th . 22'mal
presentation or tle Dewey loving cup,
secured through The Journal by 70,000
persons, each of whom contributed a
dime. will occur at the admiral‘s house
tomorrow morning at half past .10 o'clock.
.A committee of public olficials and naval
officers will act for The Journal and the
numerous donors. Among .mose 4th.
will be present are Senator Depew, who
will present the cup to the admiral; Sec-
retary Long, Senator Perkins of Califor-
nia, Rear Admiral Charles O'Neil, Rear
Admiral IL'B. Bradford and Rear Ad-
miral M. T. Endicott.
Cars For Europe. I
PITTSBURG, Jan. 8.~—Lucien Mare-
(-,hal chief cng ineer of the Paris, Lyons
.and Mediterranean 1ailroad of France,
who is in this country on a tour of in-
spection, placed an order with'the Press-
ed Steel Car company of this city for 500 ‘
steel gondola cars of a- special design.
marks the first introduction 01
American steel cars on the European con-
tinent and may be considered a new
epoch in railway equipment in the old
world.
Weather Probabilities“. ,
Fair; colder; southwest gales, shifting
rations. The greatest difficulty is proper
accommodation for the wounded and
sick.”
. greater numbers, when they surrendered
to northwesterly and diminishing. 1."
THE EIGHT DEEPENS
Boers Repulsed With Cold
Steel atKLadysmith.
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impenal Troops Retreat From Dord~ i
rechtbFightiug Continues Around
Colesberg—Gurrison at 11111211-
luau Surrender! to Boers.
LONDON, Jan. 8,—The Blitish public
is at last face to face with a critical mo-
ment in the campaign. It may safely be
said that at no pieVious time have there
been such anxious hours of suspense as
will be passed through until the arrival
of further news regarding the fate of
Ladysmith. E l ‘
The Week opens with only fresh addi-
tions to the disasters that have befallen
British arms, and there is no longer any
sustaining confidence to buoy up public
opinion. The editorials this morning
fully reflect the extreme gravity of the
situation, with a painful undercurrent of.
ominous foreboding, mainly caused by
the fact that, while the Boers have now
changed their tactics and assumed the
offensive, General Buller is apparently
unable- to do more to. assist General
White than to make a demonstration.
The \Iornin’g Post says, "He might as
w ell have ordered a di'splay of fir cw orks.”
As the heliograph ceased working yes-
terday'- it is presumed that Géneral
W7hite’s last message was sent by :1 pi-
geon or runner. Its purport is serious
enough.
The Times publishes a' dispatch from
Ladysmith, dated Jan. 1, iecording tWo
night movements on the part of the Boers
to assault the town. These had to be
when the Biitish defenses
were reached, but the correspondent says
it was? appalent that the great attack
would not be long delayed. He adds:
“Loyally supported by the civilians the
garrison can hold out for :1 considerable
period. We are not yet reduced to half
A special dispatch from Frere camp,
dated Jan. 0 at 7:20 p. m., says:
“Genet .11 W'hite heliographs that he de-
feated the Boers this morning. They
crept 11p so close to the defending forces
that the Gordon highlandcrs and the
\Ianchesters actually repulsed them at
the point. of the bavonet.”
A dispatch to The Daily Chronicle from
F1 e1e camp says:
"Satur’day s bombardment of Lady-
smith was the heaviest yet r'.e001ded All
the heavy guns w ere working, and the.
Be ers seemed to be pouring in shell from
every available lighter gun.’
The war eflice publishes the following
dispatch from General F orestier -W alker,
commanding at Cape Town:
“General French reports, under date 01
Jan. 0: 'The situation is much the sameI
as yesterday, but I regret to report that:
a serious accident has happened to theI
First battalion of-the Suffolk regiment.
"From news just come to hand from
them I gather that, with the authority
and with the knowledge of General
French, four companies of the First bat-
talion advanced by night against a low
hill one mile from their camp. They at-
tacked at dawn. Lieutenant Colonel
’2Vatson, commanding, gave orders to
charge. He was at once wounded. 01'-
ders for retirement were given.
“Three-quarters of the force retreatet.
to camp. The remainder held their
ground until thcv were overpowered by
Seventy were taken prisoners, including
seven ofiicers. 2
“General French reports that the Boer
commando which made the attack on.
Jan. 4 lost 50 killed. besides wounded and '
prisoners. The commando was dispersed.”
Geneial Buller he s wired the war office
the following, dated Jan. 6, from Frere
camp:
"The following’ message was received
from General W'hite at 1 p. 111. today.
‘Jan. 6, 11 a. 1n.—Attack continues, and
enemy has been re-enforced from the
south.’ ’
"The following was also received from
General W'hite: ‘Jan. 6, 12:45 p. m.—
Have beaten enemy off at present, but
they are still around me in great num-
bers, especially to the south, and I think.
renewed attack very probable.’
“The sun has failed, and I cannot get
further information from Ladysmith un-
til tomorrow.” _
General Bullcr sends the 10llowing-
from Frere camp. dated Jan. 7: i
“This from ‘ W’hite, dated Saturday:
3 1'5 p. m. : ‘Attack renewed. Very hard
pressed.’
“1 haVe absolutely no more news, and
there is no sun. There is a camp rumox.
that W'hite defeated the enemy at 5 this
afternoon and took 400 prisoners.
“I sent all available troops yesterday tc,,
make a demonstration at Colenso. The
tlenches were all occupied by the ene-
my.’
A dispatch from Lourenco Marques
dated J.:1n 4, gives the follow 111g:
“A dispatch from the Boer headquar-
ters near Dordrecht says '
“ ‘The lritish have been compelled tc
retreat from Dordrecht. Fighting con-
tinues around (.‘olesberg, where the Brit-
ish occupy some of the outside- kopjes
Bullets are dropping inside the town.’ ”
A special dispatch. from Frere camp
dated Saturday, Jan. 0. 7 p. 111., says:
“At 2 o’clock this afternoon the whole
of General Clery’s division marched out
of camp to attack Colenso. General Hild-
yard’s brigade was 011 the left and Gen-
eral Barton’s on the right, with the env-
alry on the extreme left.
"The attack was slowlv developed. and
at 4. 30 the British field guns advancec
on the center and comment-12d shelling tlu
Boer positions on the flat land betweer
Hlangwane hill and Fort W'ylie. About
this time :1 heavy thunderstorm raged
over the enemy’s positions.
“At 5:30 our troops were still advanc
ing and had reached a point very nea:
Colenso. The naval 4.7 and field guns
were busily dropping shells. into the en
emy's trenches along the river. and the
forts of the enemy had made no reply.”
General Forestie1-\Valker, telegraph
ing from Cape Town, says:
‘ “There is no chanve in the situation a:
regards Lord Mex'huen and Geueial Gat
acre. '
“Referring to my earlier dispatch to
day, I have to report that Genera
French reports, under date of Jan. .6
that a medical oflicer has been sent on:
to collect all the woundedto the north
east of Colesberg. The exact list of per
sons missing French has not yet ascer
tained. Probably about 70. The Firs
battalion of the Essex regiment has bee:
sent to replace the First battalion of flu
Sulolk.
1 station for Hilo harbor
"The position of adults, tactical and
strategic; is without alteration. A Boer
medical officer admits it was intended to
leave Colesberg. The enemy’s loss day
by do y from our fire has been heavy.”
BRITISH GARRISON CAPTURED.
The Town of Knrumau Yields to n
Boer Attack.
PRETORIA, Jan. 8. —- Field Cornet
V" Isser, under date of Tuesday, Jan.” ., re~
ports as follows frOm Kuruman, British
Bechuanaland:
“I commenced a bombardment of Kuru-
man yesterday morning, aiming at the
police barracks. The fight lasted until 6
in the evening, when the garrison Sill ten-
flared, issuing‘from the forts and yielding
up arms. "
“We took 120 prisoners, including Cap-
tain Bates and Captain Dennison, Mr.
Hilliard, the magistrate, and eight other
ofiicers. W’e also captured 70 natives, to-
gether with a number of rifles and revolv-
ers and a quantity of ammunition.
“Fifteen. British were wounded. They
are being attended by us with the help of
Dr. Bearne, an English physician.
“The horses, oxen, mealies and flour
taken from the prisoners have been sent
to Pretoria by way of Vryburg. ”
A LONG WAR.
Boers \Vlll Fight to the Last Ditch
For Their Freedom.
CHICAGO, Jan. S.—Daniel J. Wessels,
a brother of General Cornelius Wessels,
the commander of the Boer forces besieg-
ing Kimberley, and consin of President
Steyn of the Orange Free State, said in
an interview in Chicago:
“I expect to get back in time to have
plenty of fighting. I am convinced the
Vvar will last at least another year, and
while the Boers will probably be crushed,
provided there is no foreign intervention,
there is certain to be a protracted period
of guerrilla warfare, for the Boers will
fight to the last extremity.
“I think the present war might have
been avoided but for England’s oppress-
ive demands, yet it would have been
merely the postponement of an inevitable
conflict, for the time would have com!
when the Boers and the English would
have battled for supremacy in South
Africa.
“One who has not personal knowledge
of the fact cannot understand the bitter,
undying hatred which the Boers have for
the English. After the Jameson raid I
met numbers of old men who prayed they
might not die until they had first killed
an Englishman 111 battle, and the children
have become imbued with the same senti-
ment. Such a people will not be con-
quered easily."
A. W.’ GREELY ASSAULTED.
Mun Pitches the General
From Doorstep.
\VASHINGTON, Jan. 8.— General A.
W . Grecly,- the chief signal officer of the
army and the well known arctic explor'ei,
lies in a se1ious condition at his home,
014 G street, northwest, as the result of
an assault committed on him about half
past 8 o’clock last night by Joseph C.
Furnace, a messenger in the employ of
the Adams Express company.
General Greely was thrown down :1
flight of stone steps and received a severe
scalp wound, from which he lost a great
deal of blood. He. was stunned by the
fall and remained 1111,_.onscious for nearly
an hour. A phvsici" Edressed the wound
and applied restora es. He found no
fracture of the skull fiiiid it is not be-
lieved that the injury will prove danger-
ous. His assailant was intoxicated.
Drunken
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Money Found In a Book.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. S.—John B.
Pankey, manager of the English hotel at
English, Crawford county, while looking
through the wareroom of the hotel found
a book with the name of Philip McDon-
nough of Poughkeepsie,i N. 1'., written on
the fly leaf. Between the leaves of the
book were four $100 bills, one $500 bill
and two $1, 000 bills, making a total of
$2, 900. The book is entitled “Protestant-
ism and Catholicity Compared In Their
Effects on the Civilization of Europe.”
Mr. Pankey has no idea how the book
came to be in the wareroom of the hotel,
1101' does he recall ever having had a
guest by the name of McDonnough at his
hotel.
Ice Cream Man Takes an Island.
TACOMA, W'ash., Jan. 8.—News comes
from Honolulu that Cocoanut island, fa-
mous for its picturesque seabeach and
palm grove, has been seized by C. D.
Pringle, an ice cream merchant of Hilo,
and claimed by him on squatter sover---
eighty. The Hawaiian government lays
claim to the island as having been set
aside by the. monarchy for a quarantine
Minister of the
Interior Young has notified Pringle to
leave, but instead of doing so the ice
cream man has thrown up a fortification
I within the cocoanut grove and is pre-
pared to defend his claim by arms.
Colombia’s President Dead.
KINGSTON, J amaica. Jan. 8.——Advices
from Colombia report the death of Presi-
dent M. A. Sauclemente, which has cre—
ated a new situation and greatly compli—
cated the political outlook. The insur-
gents are making the most of the (h: 1n"ed
conditions. Additional calls for men and
loans made upon the state of Panama
will, it is thought likely, provoke an ope 11
adherence to the revolutionary mm c-
ment, as was the case in 1885, the pres-
ent situation being intolerable.
Jones For the Senate.
TOLEDO, Jan. 8.-The supporters of
“M 01 Samuel M. Jones in his nonparti-
san campaign are organizing his strength
into a party or movement which has for
its object the control of several congres-
sional districts in this corner of the state
next fall and if possible the election of
Mr. Jones to the United States senate in
1002. There will be a con ,rence in fur-
therance of the plan between the mayor
and le: ders of the nonpartisan movement
in Cincinnati and Cleveland as soon as
Mr. J ones returns from New York.
Life Sentence For/Lyncherl.
PALESTINE. Tex., Jan. (ii—Bob Ste-
vens, the second of :1 number of men to
be tried for the murder of James Hum-
phries and his two sons by lynching. has
been convicted of murder and sentenced
to prison for life. Edwin Cain was 331 ch
:1 life sentence a few days ago. The
. cases of the other alleged lyncb'fie. has
been continued by consent until next
June. .
Mansion Set on Fire.
“’AVER'LEY, Mass, Jan. 8. —'— Th1
'nmnsion on the estate of the late lawyer
Nathan Morse, in VValtham, was burned
Sunday morning with its furnishings. The
‘Ioss is cabout $10,,000 probably insm'cd.‘
The tire Was the work of an incendiary.
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Insulal' (Jammittee.
ATTEMPT AT POPULAR EUVERNMENT:
2.
' Industrial Situation Gloomy—Banana‘t
and Coffee Plantations Destroyed.
Revenues Inadequate—Means of
Education Greatly Needed.
_WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.——General Dal
vis, governor general of Porto Rico, ap's
peared before the insular affairs 001313
mittee of the house yesterday and madness"
:1 general statement regarding the Sit“
tion of affairs in that island. The p.69"
ple of Porto Rico, he said, were item
tomed to arbitrary control, control
king through ministers or some.”
charge of several departments.
believed when he came to the ail.
tration of the aflairs of the island that_
things could be bettercd by eliminating.
these intermediaries and getting closer to
the people. He had made a step in that
direction by substituting mixed boards
for these secretaries, and the result Gen-
eral Davis said, had been veiy satisfacto-
ry from his point of view.
The civil administration was now. en:
tirely in the hands of these boards-—
boards of health, charities, educatiop,
public works, etc., in all of which the na-.
tives had representation. The custonis
were collected by army oflicers, assisted
by natives. Natives VV ere ever'ywheie the
principal employees. One of the gréat
problems which had confronted him was
that of making thereceipts and expendi1
tures balance. This had been accomplish-
ed by readjustment of salaries and other"
economies.
Regmding the political situation Gen
eral Davis 1"csc1ihed the fury with which
the natives plundered and murdered the
Spaniards after the war closed.
sought to even up old scores.
been stopped by the military, and civil
disorders had ceased. The elections in
the towns shortly after the United States
assumed military control, he said, were
farce-s. N 0 election was ordered until the
result had been previously ascertained.
General Davis said that under his discrev
tion suffrage had been limited to those
who could read 01' write or who had paid
$1.50 in taxes in two years. Under these
terms less than 5 per cent of the inhab-
itants had been able to qualify. In hall
the towns elections had been held. and
there had but 30,000 vo;.cd out of about
500.000 people. The elections had been
held under military supervision and had
given eminent satisfaction so far as their
fairness was concerned. General Davis
said be regarded the election as an educa-
tion of the people.
The industrial situation on the island,-
General Davis said. w as not satisfactory.
He sketched the discouragement VVhich
had resulted from the trade and tariff
discriminations against the products of
the island both in the United States and
Cuba before the great hurricane deva‘s
tated the island last August. when coffee
plantations had been ruined and every
banana plant on the island had been de-
stroyed. For five years preceding 1898
the average exports had reached about
10,000,000 pesos. In 1898 they were cut
in half, and this year General Davis fig-
ured that they would hardly exceed
3, 500, 000. The people were discour.aged ’
They lacked the Anglo Saxon energy to
. face a gloomy outlook.
Speaking of the need of many things In
the island, General Du vis pointed out the
fact that the island was without debt.
Unless a loan could be made, he said, the
present industrial paralysis must contin-
ue. The revenues of the islands were in-
adequate to meet its wants. For in'
stance, 300,000 pesos had been allowed in
the budget for education. That sum pro.
vidcd a very limited educatidn for 30,000
ch'ldren. There were, he said, 250,000
other children who had not the slightest
chance of receiving an education. In his
opinion 1,000,000 pesos a year should be
expended on the roads for 20 years.
Brave Seamen Rewarded.
PROVINCETOW’N, Mass, Jan. 9.-
For the daring and heroic rescue of “His
liam Forrest from the schooner F. H.
Smith in the height of the great storm of
Nov. 27, 1808, 11 of the sturdy seafaring
men of this town have been presented by
Congressman Greene with bronze medals
from the treasury department of the
United States. The recipients were Cap-
"tains B. M. Lavender, Benjamin T. Ben-
son, Charles Foster, James W’orth, Ev.
erett Horton. Antone Souze, Charles
Forrest, James Burke, Joseph Brown,
Joseph Settes and James Lopez.
To Try McGifiert For Heresy.
NEW’ YORK, Jan. l—l.——At the regular
monthly meeting of the New York pres- ‘
bytery yesterday afternoon. held in the
Old First Presbyterian church, Fifth
avenue and Eleventh street. the Rev. Dr
George \V. F Birch, stated clerk served
notice that he would prefer charges of
limes-y against the Rev. Dr. Arthur C.
:‘VIt-(iiffert. professor in the [nion Theo-
logical seminary. :1nd the prcsbytery set
next Monday at
noon as the time for, hearing the charges.
The Recent Bond Purchase- .
W'ASII-ING'I‘ON, Jan. 9.-—A statement
prepared at the treasurv department
show s that the bonds purchased under the'
ofler of the st2<r12t:'11.V of Nov. 15, 1809,.
amounted to $10 2W 1;. '20, as follow 5: I" out
per cent consols‘nt'100'. coupons, $1.2
022. 700; registered, $13237 .ti50: 5 per
cent loan of 1904, («1111111115,25001,.2:00 reg
istereal, $0,090.100. The interest antici-
:nd amounted to 95.07. 715 and the prom;
. mid $175,302. making a total 12:2
1.1.uiture of $21, 771, 867.
The Klondike Snowbound.
VICTORIA, B. C. Ja-n’." 9.—-Heav)
snow falls and slides have blocked the
“meet the W’hite Pass and Yukon rail
road, and traffic to the Klondike and oth-
er districts is susphcndcd indefinitely. The
rotarv suowplowh as broken down in en
deavox 1110' to clear :1 paSSage through the
accumulated heaps.
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French Mine Troubles Over.
ST. ETIENNE. France. Jan. 9.~—Thl
mincrs’ strike in this district is no“
practically at an end. The figures show
that virtually all the men 11 sccnded intc
the pits yesterday in accordance .with the
arrangement made by the arbitratio:
committee last Saturday.
" Engineer and Fire]: lair-Killed.
ROAN NOKE, Va, Jan. 9.—Tl1e .ves.
bound passenger train on the Norfolk and
Western was wrecked near Pulaski luj '
The engineer and fireman we- .
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