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Local News.
James Lester of Cedar street. has re-
turned from California.
A son has born to Mr. and Mrs. H. R.
Bulkley of Gerard place.
Miss Edna Sweet of Newark. N.” J.,
is visiting Miss Bessie Sims.
Miss Viola DeVoe of Stamford spent
Sunday with My. L. J. Reynolds.
Miss Irma Dibble of South Main
street spent Sunday in Stamford. ‘
Catherine Toner has sold seven acres
ofland at Dry Hillso Joseph Toner.
Dr. and Mrs. T. K. Noble will leave
this week for a visit in Boston, Mass. -
Mr. and Mrs; A. M. Gurry, of Balti-
more, Md.,'are spending a few days in
town. 2
Rev. D. M. Seward preached in the
Green’s Farm’s Congregational church
Sunday.
Miss'Albina La Prise of Waterbury
is visiting Miss Minnie Henry of Leon. .
ard street. -
Mr. and Mrs. John Spencer of this
city will spend the Christmas holidays
in Florida; ~ - 2
Mr. and Mrs. Christian Swartz of
Haviland v street 1 spent Thanksgiving
in Scranton, Pa. ,
George L \Voodward of the National
Bank of Norwalk is spending a week in‘
Washington, D. C. ‘
Mrs. Newton G. Graves of Orange,
N. J., has been spending a few ~ days
with relatives in town.
Miss Lillian Keith of North Main
street has returned from a viSlt to
relatives in Elizabeth, N. J.
The Wesleyan Glee & Banjo club
will give a concert in the First M. E.
church Friday evening, Dec. 1st.
M rs. William Saunders of Ann street
has returned from a three weeks’ visit
to Mrs. E. K. Thackery of Stamford.
Lester Finch of VanZandt avenue,
who broke his collar bone some time
ago is not improving very rapidly.
‘ George W. Palmer of Ann street,
who has been ill with nervous prostra-
tion for six weeks is still seriously ill.
Miss Beulah Carpenter of South Or-
ange N. J., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas I. Raymond of West street.
Miss Frederica Beard of New Haven
has been visiting her brother. Rev.
Gerald B. Beard of Golden Hill street.
M iss'Gertrude Homer of Roseville,
N. J., spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene M. Tolles of South Main street.
C. Burchard-of Darien,22who was the
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W. Stow has secured and rent fiedli‘t'to
his store in Darien. - ;., 7‘ ;
Andrew J. Hutchinson and his‘dhuglfs'i ._ ~-
ter, Miss K. Olive Hutchinson Will
leave soon for J acksonville, Fla., to
spend the winter.
The next meeting of the Hospital
Whist club will be held with Mrs.
Annie R. Baker of West street Friday
afternoon, December 82th.
Lester and Maud Wood of Stamford
visited their grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Fox of Henry street
East Norwalk, Sunday.
Mrs. Clara Fleet, Miss Millie Fleet
Miss Street report their safe arrival at
Los Angeles, California, where they
have gone to reside.
Mrs. Charles H. Wheeler of Norwalk
has safely arrived at San Diego, Cal.,
where she will spend the winter with
her daughter, Mrs. S. W. Haines.
Mrs. Mary Burr, a daughter of the
late Betsy Byxbee, diéd in New York
on Sunday. The deceased was a twin
sister of Mrs. Martha Onderdonk,
C. Utzinger asSisted at the musical
services at the Y. M. C. A. Sunday with
his violin. J. C. Snifiin of Westport
led the singing. The services were
well attended.
The officers and teachers of the
Graniteville Chapel have commenced
to prepare for a Christmas entertain-
ment which, this year, promises to
eclipse any previously held there.
The Norwalk Hospital is in need of
11nd erelothing and felt slippers for both
women and men. Persons having arti-
cles to contribute can leave them with'
Mrs. Ira Cole, Mrs. Robert Van Buren
or Mrs. John H. Ferris. /”
The South Norwalk city schools, in
response to the appeal for funds to erect
a suitable tablet for Nathan Hale’s'
memory, have donated, to be forward-
ed to Norwalk Chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution, the sum of
515.10. .
The funeral of Mrs. Harriet Hill,
who died Friday evening at her home
311 Pine street, South Nn.-wa1k, was
held from the Baptist church Sunday
afterndon at 3 o'clock, Rev.W.H. Hub-
bard of’ficiating. (The interment was
it Pine Island cemetery.
The annual meeting of the South
NorwalkFire Department, for the e-
lection of a board of engineers, secre-
Lary and physician, and the transaction
)f other business, will be held in Old
Well Hook and Ladder Company’s
quarters, Friday night, December lst.
Joseph W. Pennell entertained the
Jennings club of the South Norwalk
Congregational church at his home in
Brookside Tuesday evening. William
Jesse played violin solos; E. B. Man-
ville rendered piano selections ’ and
dancing and games were enjoyed. The
arty brbke up about 1:30 o’clock.
g‘here were fOrty preach}
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”CUUNEILMEETING.
Angadjourned meeting of the South
Norvivalk Council was held in the
Council chamber Monday evening.
Mayor Coburn called the meeting to
order and all the councilmen were pre-
sent. The Clerk’s report was read and
approved.
The hearing on the report of the
Board of Freeholders on the layout ( of
North {Water street was .then opened
and Judge Henry W. Gregory appear-
ed for the Raymond estate and Senator
Ferris for Mrs. Rose Raymond. '
A resolution that the I repOrt of the
committee of freeholders on the lay-
out, widening,'and alteration of North.
Water street, and the assessments bf
benefits and ‘ damages made to the :
council be accepted and that the dam-
. ages appraiSedby said committeebe
paid to the persons to whom they are
appraiser, was passed and the hearing
Was-”declared closed. . 2 t _.
.A communicatiOn “from the Norwalk
Tramway 00., asking for premission to
eleCtrically connect its tracks with
those cf the Connecticut Lighting -&
Power Co. at the corner of So. Main
and Washington streets, by means of a
tie rail laid under the pavement, was
read and went over to the next meeting,
December 4.
The Board of Street Commissioners
petitioned for $500, the balance of the
extra appropriation for the street de-
partment and also 8500 of the special
appropriation for paving North Water
street, 'and the council voted the
amounts. 2
A petitiOn from the R. & G. Corset
Co. was presented which asked for per-
mission 10 erect a one story carriage
shed 16x20 feet on the1r premises in
-Ann street to be covered with corrugat-
ed roof._ George Buckmaster present-
ed a petition for permission to build a
hen coop 7x12 feet in the rear of 19
Washington street. Both were refer-
red to the committee on fire depart-
ment, with power:
A communication from Edwin Adams
wasread and - received amid much
laughter. The 'council ordered the
~ciw£le§ketcdcaw an .Ql'fie I“, ferfiégfitg,
a"; "Vrs for the God-
“Tilébommitte-fn - 4ireDepartment re~
ported on the A. J. Collins petition un-
favorably, and on motion the report
was accepted and the petition was de-
nied.
The committee on Water reported
on the petition for water supply in Ely
avenue that same would be ordered af-
ter the report of the committee on lay-
out had been accepted.
On motion a long list of taxes were
abated.
The council then adjourned to Dec. 4.
Fell Down Stairs.
D. S. Curtis of Knight street is re-
covering from the effects of falling
down stairs one night recently. Mr.
Curtis had a lighted lamp in his hand
at the time and started down stairs with
it, but before he had taken two steps
he placed his foot on the cat, which
(was sleeping on one of the steps, and
which slipped from under him, causing
him to slide. Fortunately his shoe
caught and saved him from falling very
far. His ankle was sprained, however,
though not seriously. The lamp broke
and the light went out in the fall.
First Methodist Church-
Rev. A. B. Sanford, D. D., of New
York city, one of the editors of the
Methodist Review, preached at both
the. morning and evening services of
the South Norwalk Methodist Episco-
pal Church, Sunday. Mrs. S. H. Hunt-
ington sang a solo at the morning ser-
vice, “Light in Darkness.” In the
evening Frank Comstock .sang “The
Day is Done."
Going to the Philippines.
Dr. C. R. Hexamer, of Stamford has
received orders from Surgeon General
Sternberg at Washington, to hold him-
self in readiness to start for the Philip-
pines where he will be stationed as an
army surgeon.
Dr. Hexamer applied a month ago
for an assignment in the far east. He
is 39 years of age.
2_ Surprise Party.
About thirty-five friends surprised
George Sheppard at his home in Union
street Tuesday night. Mrs. Lee Trip
Miss Libbie Stenson, J. F. Fitzmaurice
and James Cole sang. A. Miller gave
piano sellectious and ThomasMcGarry,
Miss McGarry, Thomas Welsh, and
Edith Crofut did a cake walk. Danc-
ing was enjoyed. A ring was present-'
ed to Mr. Sheppard by his friends.
Some one poigmed Va valuable dog
belonging to E. R. Sherwood, the other
. evening. ‘(,The dog has slammed,
_ tarrange'thclflair.
TONIC BEER TAXABLE.
Revenue Commissioner-Makes a Ruling Which
Will Affect Grumman’s Root Beer.
Another revenue decision that will
interest most cities of this country, is
the decision of the commissioner of .in-
ternal revenue that the so-called tonic
beer turned out by the mineral con
cerns. has tonic properties, from which
the government must receive a tax.
The edict went forth last week, and'
manufacturers of tonic beer, one- of the
most common bev rages turned outfrom
the factories‘of so-called mineral waters
must now step up to the counter and
settle (for alittle revenue stamp on each
bottle. ' ‘ . 2 '
- The decision making the ‘ trouble
says: “Any beverage, whether intoxi-
cating or otherwise, may be rendered
taxable as a medicinal ”preparation by
designating it as a tonic, if sold under
a trademark-or other claim of proprie-
torship.” This has been previously
affirmed, but an appeal from the de-
cision was made by one 'manufacturer,
and pending that appeal the tax was
'not collected.
The application for consideration
is based on the contention {that tonic
beer is not prepared from any private
formula, secret or occult method; that
no claims are made for the exclusive
right to manufacture this tonic beer;
that it is not represented to the public
3 a proprietary article or preparation,
or as a remedy or specific for any dis-‘
ease. Counsel contends 1.11" g’ 1
“tonic” applied to this beer is an. arbi-
trary term by which the. article is
known to the trade and to customers.
It is further contended, in order to
render this tonic beer taxable, it "must
be a tonic or held out and sold ,«as a
tonic. Further, that because a paepa-
ration bears the name tonic, it should
not be held to' be taxable, when, in
fact, it is not such. ‘
The whole question, the decision
says hinges on the question whether
“tonic beer” is a "tonic” as contem
plated by the act. It is admitted by
the commissioner that if tonic beer is
not a tonic, as contemplated by the
act, then the fact that it is sold under
a trademark becomes immaterial. The
acting commissioner holds that under
the definition of the word tonic as ap
plied to beer, as defined by Webster,
is ascribed to the preparation of medic-
inal qualities. Affidavits filed in this
case show that there is no secret in
the preparation of the beer, and the
the component parts are usually sas-
safras, Wintergreen, anise and gentian
.omuassia- The Unified,Stagesdispene: .
sary ascribes to each of these ingredi-
ents medicinal qualities, and in the
case of the latter two, valuable medici-
nal qualities. Under this the acting
commissioner decides.
“The fact that tonic beer is prepared
with well knowu medicines, authorita-
tively stated to have valuable tonic
prOperities, is sufficient in itself to ren-
der the preparation taxable under the
statute when considered with the fact
that it is put up under an acknowl—
edged trademark.”
Central Club Card.
The Central Club has annbunced this
program for December.
Saturday, December 2, at 3.30 p. m.,
an “Afternoon of Magic.” All enter-
tainments under charge. of Mrs. F. S.
Lyon, chairman.
Tuesday, 5th, at 3 p. m., regular
quarterly meeting of the club, followed
by a lecture upon “The American In-
dian and his Present Condition,” by
Mrs.‘C. W. Shelton, recording secre-
tary of the Connecticut Federation.
Refreshments.
The remaining Tuesdays, beginning
the 12th, at 2.30, club members inter-
ested in Philanthropy will please come
ready to Work and prepared with thim-
his and scissors. Direction of Dr. E.
V. D. Pardee, chairman.
Wednesday of each week, German
taught by Fraulein Marquardt. Hours
as in November.
Saturday, 9th, at 3:30 p. m., program
given by Miss Agnes Littlejohn, Miss
Chasmarand Miss Gertrude Lyon.
Monday, 11th, at 8:15 p. m., Young
People’s Dance. Directibn of l\’ll“. H.
W. Gregory, chairman.
Thursdays, 14th and 28th, at 3 p. m.,
Whist. Direction of Mrs. Gregory.
The club house will also be open for
any who wish to play duplicate whist,
every Wednesday evening. Gentlemen
invited.
Saturday, 16th, at 3:30 p. m.,
“Thimble and Story Tea.” Members
who are doing work for Christmas are
invited to bring it and while they sew
Miss Pinneo will read two original
stories. 1 “The Post Office that Ran
Away.” 2. “A Modern Ghost.”
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Weds—Jennings.
l‘he marriage of Miss Florence J en-
nings, daughter of Mr. aners. James
O. Jennings of West street, and David
S. Werts will take place at the” bride's
home at an‘early date. Mr. and Mrs.
Werts will reside in New Haven, in
which place Mr. Werts is employed in
the drug business.
, To Have alDance. ‘
The Libraryclub are seen to have a
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dance atthe Central club house. The -
patroness is Miss Matthews of Elmen-_f
worth, who will furnish the favors and"
BHUKE HVE mas.
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John Belford slipped and slid off of
the roof ofahouse near the Norwalk
cemetery on Monday and fractured
five ribs. _ 2
The house is owned by Noah Wood,
and Belford was at work repairing the
In attempting to walk on the
steepincline his foot slipped and al-
thoughhe made frantic efforts to save
himself he was unsuccessful and went
off the” roof.
He fell a distance of nearly thirty
feet and struck the ground below on
his side, breaking five of his ribs.» He
was picked up and carried to his home
on the Rocks Road, where he now lies
under medical attendance. .2
It was a narrow escape, for bad he
struck upon‘his head his neck would
surely have been broken.
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The Oyster Business.
There have been a number of indica-
tions of unusual activity .in the oyster
business oflate, and the export trade
of N orwalk is booming, while there is
considerable doing elsewhere along the
western Connecticut shore. The fol-
10' ng from the New Haven Palladium
sh” s howtbe business is booming over
thereand is undoubtedly a fair pointer
2 (2,811 reference thereto:—
Henry C. Rowe and cbmpany, the
oygter‘ dealers in this city, made an
enormous shipment of oysters, yester-
dag. By steamboat and rail they sent
outlof’gjthis‘ city 1,918 gallons of opened
oysteif‘s. This dges not include the local
tradeion the shell oysters sold by the
bushel or barrel which shipment was
The amount of opened
oysters that were sent out was sufficieu
to feed 31,000 persons at an oyster sup-
per. The firm believes that the ship-
ment was the largest ever made by any
concern in this city.
The oysters are being taken from
Narragansett Bay.
there about a year ago and were then
four or five years old. The three steam-
ers used in dredging for the oysters
pick up in a single day 5,200 bushels of
oysters. .
Theopeners in the oyster houses of
H. C. Rowe and company are profiting
by the rush season. One woman yes-
terday opened 171 quarts, realizing
$5.13 for the work.
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.. _ APoIifical Fake Nailed.
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Jamil n newspapers, With'a purpose
thinly veiled but perfectly well under-
stood, have published reports purport-
ing to emanate from thefriends of Speak
er Brandegee, to the effect that that
gentleman and his friends were indign-
ant at what was termed “the teachery
of Mr. Samuel Fessendeu,” and that
this was one of the reasons why Mr.
Brandegee had declined to allow the
use of his name for the governorship.
The Day is authorized ‘to State that
all such reports are without the shadow.
of foundation or truth, and that they
bearupon their face the ear-marks both
of their origin and their mendacity.
The relations of Mr. Brandegee with
Mr. Fessendeu are, as they always have
been, of the most cordial and friendly
character. Nothing has occurred, and
nothing is likely to occur, to impair
them in the slightest degree.
The origin of the attempt to create
such an impression, and the motive
which inspires it, are well understood,
and are as despicable as they are false
and malicious.——New London Day.
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Navy Yard Improvements.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—Tlle report
of Rear Admiral Endicott, chief of the
bureau of navy yards and docks, submits
estimates for improvements amounting
to $14,756,439. The recommendations
are made with a view to so improving
the various stations that. the entire navy,
including the portion in 1 gserve, may be
put into immediate service and kept there
continuously. Among the main items
recommended are a new stone and con-
crete drydock at the New York navy
yard, to cost $1.000,000, and one at Nor-
folk, to cost $1,200,000.
Gift to University of Pennsylvania.
,PHlLADELPI—IIA, Nov. 29.—The
University of Pennsylvania announces :1
subscription of $250,000 for the erection
of a laboratory of physics. The name of
the donor, :1 Philadelphian, is for the
present withheld, but in due time the
laboratory will be named after him. This
,new laboratory will be established close
by the Harrison laboratory of chemistry
and will be equipped not only as an un-
dergraduate laborafpry, but with every
facility for advanced and research work.
Manet Committee.
NEW YORK, Nov. 29.—The Mazet
investigating committee divided its at-_
tention yesterday between the district
attorney’s office and the office of the
corporation counsel. After the unsuc-
cessful attempt to have District Attor-
ney Gardiner appear before it the com~
mittee devoted a large portion of the
day to hearing witnesses in relation to
indictments that had been dismissed and
guilty persons that had been allowed to
go unpunished.
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Better Transit In Boston.
BOSTON, Nov. 28.—-—Thc transit com-
missioners had the satisfaction of throw-
ing open to the public yesterday a new
bridge over the Charles river between the
North End and Charleston, thereby com-
pleting the second great undertaking for
which thecommission was created. _.‘(It
is but littlemore than a year'ago.that
.the.subwny was completed, aud'the open-
ing or the new ,bridge marks the; seeditd‘
achapter in Bostr ’s attempt toward bet '
They were planted ’
ANOTHER CAT STORY.
Experience of Kenosia Family in Chloroforming
Felines.
Although it is not‘yet an established
fact that a cat has nine lives yet there
are many things which seem to indi-
cate that the old saw is more than half
right.
The following occurrence, the truth
of which is vouched for to a News re-
porter, by a well known business man
on Main street, adds to the weight of
the evidence in favor of the plurality
of cats lives.
A Lake Kenosia woman was the un-
fortunate possessor of two cats which
she did not want. She could not give
them away, and she could not induce
any one to take them and give them to
somebody else.
She was therefore finally compelled to
consent to a male member of the family
chloroforming the poor things, al-
though as a. general thing she does not
believe in killing cats.
“Now John,” s c said, “you be sure
that they are dead. “I’d hate to have
the poor things suffer.”
J chn said that they. were as good as
dead when he began to get to work.
He got a tub and made a tight cover
for it, then he dumped in his little bot-
tle full of chloroform, put the cats in
and covered them up perfectly tight.
A few minutes after he made an in-
vestigation, and found the two little
creatures stretched out limp and life-
less. Then he began his preparations
for their burial.
“Don’t bury them to-night,” pleaded
the woman. “Let them stay in till
morning. Then we’ll be sure that they
are dead. How awful it would be if
they should come to life under ground.”
But John was obdurate, and carried
them away.
“They’re dead all right enough,”
said he, and be buried them somewhere
in the barnyard. He thought no more
about the matter, but the woman felt
as though a crime had been commit-
ted.
In the morning, however, she had
forgotten all about the affair until
she rolled up the curtain at the hitch
en window.
the window sill, mowing to come into
the house as they usually did in the
morning.
Horror of horrors, they were cov-
ered' with dirt and were indeed pitiful
looking objects. Had they dug them-
selves out of their graves, or were they
2 only: apparitions, ghosts? The woman
fainterfandfiivhen‘ she cammon-
sciousness had to go to bed and re-
main there all day, she was so over-
come. 2
The cats were really alive' and are
living yet. They have been well
treated since their resurrection, and
have apparently no remembrance of
their terrible experience. The prob-
lem in that family is now what to do
with those two cats—Danbury News.
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Palronesses of the Dance.
The patronesses of the Catholic Club
dance are Mrs. W. J. Tracey Mrs. B.
C. Feeney, Mrs. F. A. Lane, .Mrs. J. T.
Hayes, Mrs.2Peter L. Guigue, Mrs. C.
A. Freeman, Mrs. P. E. Callahan. M rs.
Bernard McGovern, Mrs. J . L. O’Brien,
Mrs. Edward Kelly, Mrs. P. F. Burns,
Mrs. I. Wilmot, Mrs. J. J. Walsh,
Mrs. P. B. Kavanagh, Mrs. M. J. Rior-
dan, Mrs. James McGue, Mrs. John
Malone, Mrs. J. H. Magner, Mrs. J.
O’Brien, Mrs. J. McMahon, Mrs. J. J.
Hanlon, Mrs. J. F. McMahon, Mr‘.
Thomas Hunt, Mrs. P. H. Dwyer, Mrs.
Frank Finnegan, Mrs. Bernard Natte-
ford, Mrs. J. H. Manning, Mrs. W. A.
Brown, Mrs. M. J. Burns, Mrs. Thomas
Ward, Mrs. John Madden, Mrs. T. B.
Ward, Mrs. J'. J. Ward, Mrs. P. J.
Ward, Mrs. T. J. Byrnes.
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The Domnie Acquitled.
The Rev. T. Carson Hanna, the young
clergyman of the Baptist church in Un-
ion Hill, who attracted wide attention
a year Iago from the fact that for
months his memory was entirely de-
stroyed by a fall, has been acquitted by
the Church Committee on the charge
of making love to two members of his
flock. The church council has declar-
ed that Mr. Hanna is pure and upright,
and that he is "as innocent as an angel
of God.” This means that the commit7
tee is sure that he did not kiss Miss
Ida Squires, who is timekeepe'lj in a
button factory, and asked her to shoot
him when she upbraided him, and that
he did not then transfer his affections
to Miss Etta May Simmons and kiss
her, as the young women charged.
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Monday Afternoon WhileClub. '
Mrs. E. .;M. Lockwood entertained
the Monday Afternoon VVhist club at
her home on East avenue this week.
Mrs. Herbert 'A. Mathewson won the
first prize and Mrs. Lester Hyatt the
booby trophy. The next meeting will
be with Mrs. Frank Woodward of North
avenue.
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Grace Church.
Rev. J. McClure Bellows preached
on Methodists of Today and Metho-
dists. of Yesterday in the Grace church
Sunday evening. The little church
was well filled. Mr. Pepper rendered
-"TheLoSt Chard" in (his‘ usual r'fine
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There sat the two murdered cats on-
(the hill. 2
CABLES in
London Hears Nothing of 66110
oral Buller’s .M0vement-a.
F0011 BATTLES MAY BE Rlllllifl, .
Garrison at Kimberley Reported
Well—Boerb Are Disappearing and
Cronje In Marching South—More
Ship. For the Mediterranean.
LONDON, Nov. 29.—Virtually the only
fresh news from the front is contained
in the di\fictches of General Forcstier—
Walker toxzhe war office. The cables
continue sile;('.;:. presumably because or
General Bulle1K2-fidesire to prevent leak-
age regarding inflqrtant movements now
being carried on.\‘-‘-. ‘
It seems clear, ; .fowever, that Lord
Methuen is continuting to advance rap-
idly and that, finding the railway much
damaged, has left it behind him. _ When
telegraphic communication is resumed, it
IS quite possible that news may come 6
four simultaneous bottles, at 'M‘odder
River, Arundel, Stormberg and Colenso.
General Forestier—Walker has sent‘the
following dispatch, dated Cape Town,
Nov. 28, to the war oflice':
“Kekewich reports from‘ Kimberley...
from Nov. 18 to Nov. 23, some unimpor-
tant skirmishes with the Boers. Wound-
ed, Captain Bodley, Lieutenant ‘Hawker
and three troopers, all doing well. The
health of the garrison is good and who
water Supply plentiful. .
“Native reports to Kekewich state the
the enemy’s camps to the south of Kim-
berley have been ‘ vacated and that
Cronje, with 3,000 Boers, is marching to
the south. The Boers are disappearing:
from the vicinity of Kimberley. The en-
emy seems restless. '
“Later: Gatacre occupied Bushman’s
Hock yesterday with a battalion of‘im
fantry. His main body is at Potter’s
The enemy retired toward Mol-
teno.”
A dispatch from Orange River, dated
Nov. 27 and describing the battle of
Enslin, says:
“The Boers successfully retreated. The
lancers attempted to intercept and reach-
ed them, but a severe fire opened from a
hill forced the lancers to retreat. General
Cronje was with the Boers. Among the
Boer prisoners are Alderman Jeppe and
Commandant Ressik, who led the Boer
'SlEElltg'i‘j:
force.” -3,
The transport Scot, with 33 officers a? ‘
1,086 men, and the transport Bavaria -,
with 83 officers and‘2,810 men, arrived at
Cape Town Tuesday.
The powerful battleship Canopus and
the cruisers Bellona, Scout and Euro ”'
have been ordered to Gibraltar to to}:
the
squadron. _
What this mysterious move means 'e
admiralty is keeping carefully concealé ,
but as the fleet now at Gibraltar is one
of the strongest ever assembled the in-
crease has excited widespread comment.
Boer Plan of Campaign. 1.
BERLIN, Nov. 29.—The Deutsche Ze‘
tung publishes the following dispatch
dated Pretoria, Nov. 27, received throng]
Boer diplomatic channels:
“President Kruger-r agdgmsident
have instructed General" Joubcrt and
General Cronje not to split their forces
into small detachments, but to strike vig
orous blowssfr‘ General Joubert has three
corps, oneZ.’hblding Ladysmith, the second
commanding the Tugela and the third
east of 'Estcourt in order to cutoff the
British retreat. General Cronje’s forces
are divided into three contingents—one
at Kimberley, another at Modder river
and the third in the rear of General Me-
thuen.”
Rough on the Atlantic.
ST. JOHN’S, N. F., Nov. 29.———All the
incoming vessels report terrible weather
on the Atlantic. The barkentine Peggy
had her docks swept, her rigging destroy- '
ed and her bulwarks battered while com-
ing from Pernambuco. The schooner
Zephyr met with a similar experience.
She reports sighting a floating wreck
about 150 miles off the coast. right in
the truck of the ocean steamers.~ The
schooner Margaret lost her sails and top-
masts. She reports having passed an al-
most submerged iceberg off Cape Race.
Filibnster Resigns.
“’ASHINGTON, Nov. 29.——Gustav
Theilkuhl, an employee in the patent of-
fice, who recently advertised in local
newspapers for ablebodied men of mili-
tary experience to go to the Transvaal
to enlist with the Boers, has resigned.
An investigation of Theilkuhl’s‘connec-
tion with tile filibustering expedition was
made by the commissioner of patents.
and the man, it is stated, was about to
be dismissed from the department.
'Tnmult In Austrian Congress.
VIENNA, Nov. 29,—There were tw
multuous scenes in the Austrian unter—
haus yesterday growing out of a discus-
sion of the Austro-Hungarian compro-
mise bills. Deputy Breznovsky, a Bohe-
mian member, violently attacked the So
cial Democrats, who I'ctorted with per- 2
sonal vituperation, calling him a “scoun-
drel” and a “miserable liar.” The presi-
dent of the chamber had considerable
difficulty in restoring order.
Large Internal Revenue Receipts.
\VASHINGTON. Nov. 29. ~Commis-
sioner George \V. Wilson of the internal
revenue bureau in his report to the some
fury of the treasury of the operations of
his office for the fiscal year ended June
30, 1899, shows that the receipts from all
sources aggregated $273,484,573, an in-
crease over the preceding year of‘ 8102-.
617,000 and an increase of $3,484,573
over the estimate of the commissioner
madelone year ago.
"Expressman Confesses.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 29.—-"‘-Octavo Didier,
an» cxpressman, has made a full confés- 2 _
sion to the circuit attorney, in which he
admits having hauled trunks frbm Mid-
wife Bamberger’s house for several
years.
have contained the body of Ida Zimmer-
man, which, he said, he saw'placed ill it.
The Molinen'x Jury.
NEW YORK, Nov. 29.—At the close
of yesterday’s session of the’ trial of Bo-
formidable Mediterranea'hl?
Steywflkv SW ,.; V
He hauled the trunk alleged to .
land B. Mblineux before Recorder G03 '
there were ten- jurors in the box.
Two?
jurors were secured, about 50‘talesmen
being examined. , - 2
No to Distrnnchllement Beaten.
ATLANTA, Nov. 2 29.—0verwhelminy
defeat was'met by-thé Hardwick bill:
disfranchisé negro voters ‘When'it com 2. 22.
' to a, vote in the house yesterday often ;
noon. The‘vote -'ét‘o‘o‘d 1371'to‘3flnin'l '
4-1. ..'.(
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