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DETROIT, Jan. 18.——The disposition
of th annual contract given by‘the Lak.
Carri rs’ association for the handling on
grain at Buflfalo is in the hands of a spe-
cial committee which is receiving bids
and considering the showing of-the long-
shorcmen’s union, which is fighting to
prevent \V: J. Connors of Buffalo or any
of- his agents from securing it. The com-
mittee is composed of 11 members of the
association, and after hearing all the bids
and the representatives of the union it
will report its recommendations to an ex-
ecutive session of the association. W'. C.
Farr-ington of Bul'faloawas. elected presi-.
dent of the association for the year and
Captain J. C. Keith of Chicago vice pres-
ident. ‘.
Heir to Millions. ,
CHICAGO, Jan. 18.—Patrick O’Don-
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the Hotel Grace, Jacksowboulevard and
Clark street, has received positive assur-
ance. from Philadelphia that his claim to
being, enact the principal heirs of the
$6,000,000 Ball estate of that city had
been recognized and that within a few
days his share of the estate, estimated at
$2,500,000, will he turned-over to him un-
der an order of the probate court. The
estate has been under court management
for. eight years. «
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NEARINCLADYSMITH:
Warren Meets Boers Seven-
teen Miles Away.
A' TERRlFlC iBATTLE lllll'lNENT.
Boers Surprised at Su'd'clen' Appear-
ance of British—General Bull-er
Tells His Followers 'l‘here \Vill
Be No'Turnlng Baek.‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
LONDON, Jan. 19.7Military circles in
afliliation with the war office considel
that the expected battle along the wide
arc south and west of Ladysmith can
hardly be delayed beyond today. From
Durban it is reported
already begun.»
General Buller’s forces engaged in the
flanking operation across the Tugela are
some 13,000 or 14,000 ba'yonets, 1,200
horses and 40 guns. The disposition of
his other'15,000 or 20,000 men is no}
known, although,the assumptionis that
the whole army Will be. in action when the
hour for combined movement arrives.
British re-cnforcements are-moving to-
ward. Genera-lsFrench' at Rensbnrg. \Vith’
these-he is expected to advance. General
Gatacre’s men occupy Lopesburg,.a slight
advance.
The war ‘oflice announces ,that next
week will be‘embarked 72 guns, 3,710
men and 2,210 herses. This is the largest
consignment of artillery ever sent abroad.
The war office invites 500 volunteers to
form a sharpshooters’ battalion of yeo-
manry. ‘ .
' Sir “’illiam MacCormac, in The Lan-
cet, says that of the 309 wounded in the
hospitalsvisitcd by him only eight had
been hit by shells.
The British losses in killed, wounded
and captured up to date are 7.987 officers
and men.
A special dispatch from Durban, dated
Wednesday, says:
“Advices from Potgicter's drift. dated
yesterday, say that Sir Charles \Varren
has arrived within 17 miles of Ladysmith
and that British wounded are arriving at
Mooi River field hospital by every train
from the front, indicating that there has
already been severe fighting.
“Neither report has yet been confirm-
ed.”
A dispatch from Spearman’s farm, Na-
tal, dated Jan. 18, says: “General Lyttle-
ton’s brigade, with a howitzer battery,
crossed the Tugela river at Potgieter’s
drift on Tuesday. Jan. 16. The water
rose above the waists of the men. The
Boers fired two shots and (hen recalled
their forces to the trenches, the passage
being uninterrupted.
“The British advanced in skirmishing
order, and the small kopjes on the sum-
mits were occupied by 6:30 p. 111. During
the night it rained heavily.
“YeSterday the Boer trenches were vig-
orously shelled in front of Mount Alice.
while the British remained in possessionof
the kopjes and plain. Heavy mistsenvclop-
ed the hills, but the naval guns and the
howitzer battery made good practice,thor-
oughly searching the trenches. On the
Boer right a breach was made in a sand
bag emplacement, where it is supposed
Boer guns had been placed.
“The cannonade was heavy and con—
tinuous, and the Boers were observed
leaving the trenches in small parties. The
hill facing the British position was shell-
ed next.
“General Warren has forced a passage
of the Tugela seven miles to the left.”
A dispatch from Mount Alice, near
Potgietcr’s drift, Natal, dated Jan. 15,
says that the forward movement for the
relief of Ladysmith began on Wednes-
day, Jan. 10, from Frere and Chicveley.
Lord Dundonald's mounted brigade, with
the Fifth brigade under General Hart,
comprising the Dublins, the Connaughts,
the lnniskillcns and the border regi-
ment, proceeded northwestcrly to Spring-
field.
thm'oughly reconnoitcred.
A few miles outside of Frcrc Lord
Dundonald passed targets erected by the
Boers to represent a force. advancing in
skirmish order. Evidently the. Boers had
been firing at these from the adjacent
hills.
Lord Dundonald pushed on, and as the
main column advanced it was notified
that Springfield was not occupied by
Boers and that the Fifth brigade had
taken possession. The British transport
extended for several miles and comprised
some 5,000 vehicles.
The mounted brigade advanced rapidly,
not meeting with any opposition. The
British scouts had minutely searched all
suspicious country to Mount Alice, facing
the enemy‘s mountain fortress.
The Boers had- been at Potgicter’s drift
the previous day, but a body of South
African horse swam the stream under
fire and brought over the pout from the
Boers' side.
The Boers were evidently surprised at
the appearance of the BritiSh on the
scene. A large camp could be seen on
Tugcla heights,’facing Mount Alice, but.
the. enemy quickly struck camp and clear.
ed off into the mountains. A buggy was
seen leaving for the hills on the right,
presumably with General Joubcrt or
some other commandant.
General Buller tookzup his quarters in
a pleasantly situated farmhouse belong-
ing to Martinius Pretorius, who had dis
appeared.
On Friday a loud explosion was heard.
Subsequently it wasfound that the Boers
had destroyed a bridge under construc-
tion seven miles above Potgieter’s drift.
General Buller has issued a spirited {111'
pea! and instruction to the forces, begin-
ning:
“We are going to the relief of our com-
rades in Ladysmith. There will be. in
turning back.”
Mr. Rudyard Kipling and his family
will sail for Cape Town tomorrow.
Kruger Asks Mediation!
NAPLES, Jan. 19.—-Mr. Charles E.
Macrum, former United States consul at
Pretoria, who left Lourenco Marques on
Dec. 18, bound for New York-landed
here yesterday. It is reported that he
hears a letter from President Kruger to
President McKinley, asking the latter tc
mediate between the Transvaal and
Great Britain.
Boers Take an Orange River Town.
' CRADDOCK, Cape Colony, Jan. 19.—
On Saturday, Jan. 13, the Boers, with 2
commando of colonial rebels, ocenpiee
Prieska, a village on the Orange rive!
abOut.;107 miles ,northwest of De Aar.
Boers Blow Up Culverts.
STERKSTROOM, Jan. 19.~—‘Vednes~
day the Boers blew’ up three culverts on
the .Dordrecht line, livemiles beyOnd an
outpost of the policecamp. The com-
mando at Dordrecht numbers 1,000.
that fighting has
The position had previously been .
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‘ grow-erect. North Carolina-in. state hon;
PUBLIC PRINTER WINS.
Fight In the House Over Census Re-
port Printing.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—The home"
yesterday passed the senate bill to extend
the powers of the director of the census
after striking out the committee amend-
ment to agthorizc the director to contract
for extra printing with private contract-
ors. The whole fight was upon that
amendment. The influence of the public
printer and the labor organizations of the
country was employed against it, and
after a lively debate of several hours it
was overwhelmingly defeated. The pub-
lication of the reports-of the twelfth cen-
sus therefore will be made by the public
printer, as in the past.
For an hour Mr. Wellington (Rep) of
Maryland occupied the attention of the
senate, continuing the debate on the
Philippine question. He took as his text
the resolution he introduced last Tuesday.
declaring that the United States should
take permanent possession of the archi-
pelago, but aftersubduingthe insurrec-
tion, which .he sincerely deplored, should
confer-7 upon the Filipinos the right to
govern themselves, afiording them such
protection as they might need. .
Mr. ’Teller (Silver Rep.) of Colorado re-
sumed his speech on the financial bill, in
the course of which he arraigned Secre-
tary Gage for his negotiations with the
NationalCitybank of New" York. He
had not concluded his remarks when he
suspended them for the day.
CANAL' TOUGHS IN DICTED.
Men Who Caused Costly Breaks at
Forestport, f. Y.
ALBANY, Jan. 19.—Colonel John N.
Partridge, state superintendent of public
works. is greatly gratified at the procur-
ing of 13 indictments by the grand jury of
Oneida county of persons presumed to
have been implicatedin the breaks in the
canal feeder at Forestport. Colonel Par-
tridge, when he assumed charge of his
department. was suspicious of the condi—
tions surrounding the breaks at this feed-
er in 1897 and 1898, and while investigat-
ing them was confronted by the break of
1899. Speaking of this matter last night,
he said: 1
“I consulted Attorney General Davies
when I learned of these events, and we
resolved to call the Pinkerton detective
agency into service. It was employed,
and the evidence it has collected has re-
sulted in the indictment of 13 men, some
of whom are connected with the breaks in
the three years and some with only one
or two of them. \Vhen the break of 1.899
occurred, I visited it and satisfied myself
that it had been brought about by design.
The state has lost over $130,000 in the
payment of labor and for materials to re-
pair these breaks. In ]897 $02,781 was
expended, in 1898 $50,764 and in 1899
$17,000. The men if convicted can be
sentenced for terms as high as seven
years and fined as much as $130,000.”
Forty Thousand Miners to Strike.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 19.-News has
reached here that about 40,000 miners in
the anthracite district of Pennsylvania,
near Scranton and Shamokin, who have
been in a restless state for some time,
have decided to strike. Delegate T. D.
Hayes of the Ninth district, with head-
quarters at Scranton, Pa., says a strike
is unavoidable, as the men have been
restive for some time and entertain a
who have declined to recognize them.
They have nothing to expect from this
convontion. they say, as'none of the oper—
ators from that field will be present at
the joint conference to be held here next
week. Miles Daugherty, president of the
First district, which adjoins the Ninth,
says that the miners in the First will fol—
low those in the Ninth, which means the
calling out of all of the men in the an—
thracite districts in Pennsylvania.
“Webster Statue Unveiled.
\VASI‘IINGTON. Jan. 19.—.-\ distin-
guished gathering of public officials, in-
cluding President McKinley and his en-
tire cabinet. members of the senate
and house of representativcs, the ju-
diciary of the United States supreme
court and other branches of public life,
participated yesterday in exercises at-
tending the unveiling of the colossal stat-
no of Daniel “"ebster executed by the
Italian sculptor ’I'rcntanove and present-
nd' to the United States by Mr. Stilson
Ilutchins of the city of “'ashington.
The statue occupies a position on Scott
circle. but prior to the actual unveiling
the ceremonies of presentation and ac-
ceptance were held at the Lafayette Op-
t-ra Ilousc.
Stin- Route Carriers to .Hundle Mull.
\VASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—It has been
decided by the postoflice department to
permit the star route system in a measure
to supplement the system of rural free
delivery. Second Assistant Postmaster
General Shallcnberger has found that it
is feasible to permit carriers on star
routes to deposit mail in proper recepta-
cles placed along their line of travel.
This plan will be started in South Caro-
Iina,‘.. beginning July 1, and will be ex-
tended to other parts of the country as
rapidly as possible.
“for Seem'u Certain.
CHICAGO, Jan. 19.—“\Var between
Russia and Japan is looked for as inev-
itable by the naval ofiicers of those couna
tries who have been nearest theprobabh
scene of future operations,” said Lieuteno
ant W. Romanoff of the imperial Russian
navy, who arrived in Chicago yesterday.
The lieutenant has just completed 'a
threeyears’ cruise in Asiatic waters on
the Russian battleship Sissoi Veliky and
is on his way to St. Petersburg.
Reduction For Conductors.
CHICAGO. Jan. 19—11)
which has been posted on the walls of the
Pullman subotfice at the Union depot a
reduction in the wages of sleeping cal
conductors is announced. The amount 01
the cut is said to be in m¢ny cases as
much as 20 per cent. It is claimed that
”this reduction will place the wages 01
many of the oldest conductors back to the
schedule at which they started.
Naval Movements.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 19.——The VVil
mington has sailed from Buenos Ayree
for La Plata, the New York from Barba
dos for Trinidad, the Eagle from Gibar:
for Nuevitas and the Vixen from Norfoll
for San Juan. The Dolphin has been or
dered to \Vashington. She arrived at Por-
of Spain \Vedncsday. The Iris has arriv
ed at 'Hongkong.
Fight American Tobacco Company
{ALEIGI-I, Jan. Ill—The tobacct
vention have adopted a contract whereb:
they are not to sell the American Tohac
co company a pound of their leaf tobacca
.probable a lively legal battle
. place. .
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES,
A bank at Philippi, W. Va., was robbed
of $100,000 by cracksmen. ' '
. Nineteen men. were killed and 68 in-
)ured in the collapse of a church in Bus-
sm.
The condition of the Dowager Duchess
of Sleswick-Holstein, who is very ill at
Dresden, was worse.
The Paris foreign office has been in-
formed that the trouble with Santo Do-
mingo has been settled in a manner com-
pletely satisfactory to France.
A Caracas dispatch published in Paris
said that anarchy prevailed in Venezuela.
Bank directors, including foreigners, have
been imprisoned for refusing to lend the
government money.
.. _‘ A large increase is shown in the sales
‘of postage stamps andstampedcnvelopes
during the three monthscnded Dec. 31,.
1899, as compared with a‘Similar period
of thepreceding year;
, The Clark Investigation.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—William J.
Cook and William .F. ‘Rector were before
the senate committee on privileges and
elections in the Clark investigation yes-
terday. Mr. Cook is an 'oiiicim connected
with the Thomas Cruse Savings bank of
Helena, and his testimony related solely
to the deposit of‘mon‘ey'in the bank by .
persons who were regarded as represent»;
atives 'of- Mr. Clark in his-icon‘test-for the-
senate. Mr. Rector proved to be some-
what. an irrepressible witness, volunteer-
.ing more information than. he-was asked
He thus brought the Lewis and
for.
Clark county grand jury investigation
into the committee inquiry, contrary to
the intentions of the committee, which
Were not to take it up at all. The intru-
sion of the matter caused the defense to
raise the point, as to whether the charges
in connection with the grand jury should
be entered upon, and the committee ad.
journed until Friday next without decid
ing it. To take up that phase of the
question would naturally extend the in
quiry.
Forging One’s Own Name.
CHICAGO, J an. ISL—By the finding of
a jury in Judge Hutchinson’s court yes-
terday the precedent has been established
that a man may forge his own name. The
case was that of James H. Bird, who
was charged with having signed and re-
ceived the money on a check for $1,900
due on some. board of trade dealings to
another man of the same name living in
New York. Later the real owner of the
money turned up, and Bird. who had re-
ceived the notice that the money'was due '
him, admitted that he had received the-
money, but that he had not. forged either
the receipt or the indorscment on the
check, as his name was also James H.
Bird. The jury, however, found him
guilty, and Bird was sentenced to an in-
definite term in the penitentiary.
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Gale’s Public Bequests.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Jan. 18.—The
foreign will of Napoleon B. Gale, late of
Laconia, N. II, has been probated by
Judge Long. Mr. Gale left a large estate,
and among the public bequests are the
following: Town of Belmont, N. H., $10,-
000, to be used in reducing the. town
debt; town of Laconia, $10,000, for the
erection of a new town hall. $10,000 for
a new public library, $1,000 for books to;
said library and $5,000 for a public park;
Home For the Aged at Concord, N. H.,
$1,000: Orphans’ home at Franklin, N.
IL, $500; Union Cemetery association of
Laconia, $1,000 for concreting two ave-
nues. The income of the residue of the
estate also goes for public improvements
in the town of Laconia.
Naval Movements.
. “’ASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—The navy
department is informed that the gunboat
Machias has left Santo Domingo for San
Juan, a settlement of the French and
Santo Domingan differences having made
her presence at the island no longer nec-
essary. The cruiser Baltimore and the
\Vheeling have arrived at Hongkong, and
the hospital ship Solace has left the same
point for Manila. The Alliance left New-
port Tucsday for Barbados, and the Po-
tomac arrived at the League Island navy
yard with the Dorothea in tow. The col-
lier Marcellus has been commissioned.
A New President I‘Gr'flolyoke.
SPRING HELD. Mass, Jan. 18.-
Miss Mary Emma W'oollcy, M. A., pro
fessor in the \Velleslcy college, has been
unanimously chosen by the trustees 01
Mount IIolyol-c.‘ college to succeed Mrs
Elizabeth Storrs Mead as president 01
that institution. Miss “’oollcy has ac-
cepted the post and will enter upon her
duties next July, at which time Mrs.
Mead’s resignation takes effect. Miss
\Voolley has been a member of the Wel-
lesley faculty for five years and is at the
head of the department of Biblical histo-
’ry and literature. She also has an im
portant part in the administrative duties
of the college.
An Objection to Chicago Sevvng‘e.
CHICAGO, Jan. 18.—Attorneys repre-
senting the city of St. Louis yesterday
made application before Judge Kohlsaal
of the United States district court for at
injunction‘to restrain the board of trus
toes of the sanitary district from turning
the sewage of the Chicago river into the
Des Plaines river. Judge Kohlsaat sel
Saturday, Jan. 20, as the date for hear-
ing arguments on the question, when-it i:
will take
“Puts” and"“Calln" Ban-ed.
CHICAGO, Jan. 18. — Trading in
“puts” and “calls” on the board of trade
has been finally 'and‘absolutely prohibited '
'by the directors of the board, and the
rule to that effect passed Tuesday by the
directors was read from the gallery by
Secretary Stone. At a meeting of the di-
rectors so called privilege trading was de-
fined as dishonorable conduct.
The Explosion Was Deadly.
TUBIN, Jan. 18.—It is now announced
that 1.3 persons altogether were killed
and 40 others were wounded by the ex-
plosion Tuesday of the dynamite factory
at Avigliano, 14 miles from here. The
Count of Turin and the Duke of Aosta
have visited the‘ injured in the hospital.
Another Southern Cotton Mill.
CHARLOTTE, N. 0., Jan. 18.—Ground
has been broken in Rutherford county for
a cotton mill to operate 40,000 or 50,000
spindles. The mill is being erected by R.
It. Names, Dr. T. B. Lovelace and Colo-
:iel Frank Coxe: The location is on See
and Broad river. .
Murder In Second Degree.
WOODSTOCK, Vt., Jan. ~18.-—-Selin
M. Bngbee, whose trial on the charge 03
~ killing Robert Emerton ' at Norwich on
Nov. 18 last has occupied the attention 01
the court for this county during the pawl
eight days, has been found guilty of-‘mur
ie'r ihrhe second degree.
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