WERE MARRED BY INS1186ENIS A Plot to Wipe Oat Another Ameri-

can Garrison.

WOMAN REVEALED THE SCHEME The Armt •! the Leiden of the Cos•piracy Followed and a Number ot Incrlmioaiior Paper* Were Selied — The People oo the Utaod -oa Leyte Are FeeHoj the ElfecH ot the Blockade. Manila (By Cable).—A plot to massacre the American garrison at Moncada. Province of Tariac. Island of Luzon, has been revealed by the wife of one of the

conspirators.

Several of the town official? are implioated in the murderous scheme. The woman who revealed the plot hid a deJectivc beneath a house in which the leaders of the conspiracy were meeting. Attests followed and many .incriminating

papers were "seized.

The plan was to set fire to a house dose to the barracks, after dark, and when the soldiers came out to assist in

cced to mass Advices fr Island of Le dentes of va

kave waited upon and complained to

came out to assist in flames. 150 conspira-

K)los, were to : their arms a c the garrison.

Tadoban, capital of the

extinguishing the. flames. 150 c tors, armed with bolos, were to rush the guard, capture, their arms and pro-

of Leyte, reported that the presi-'

jwns in the island _rig.-General Smith

nplaincd to him that the people

table to

were unable to procure food, because of the blockade that is maintained along' the Strait of San Juanica. General Smith replied that the strictest kind of blockade would be continued until the people of ’ ‘ *“

blockade would be continued until tne people of Leyte brought in their guns and gav* the authorities full information concerning the insurgents who infest the •ountry. All the arguments of the officials of f* (gir

of the Samar revolutiomsts. wife of General Lukban was the 1 te of the refusal of the Sar— : -

gents to surrender. S pal men who have 1 willing that their wive

'’ h ! y

he princi-

arc

hos-

ior the

latives to

• been captu rives be held as

s while they go into the field fo purpose of persuading their rdativi

surrender.

■Four native police officers were killed and their horses captured at Raybay. Isl-

and of Leyte.

Lieut. Julian H Gaujot. with a detachment of scouts, encountered albody •f insurgents southeast of Catbalogan. x Island, and in the fight which fol-

■ ' : killed.

‘ Samar 1< l»wcd .2|

NEGRO BURNED AT STAKE

Gulf Port, Miss. (Special).—A negro,

hose nam<

negro was burped was committed early

.t yet

——tained, was burned a: the stake in Perry cottoty, Miss. The crime for which the

Saturday morning. Sirs. Fortenberi.. the wife of a prominent country resident. was the victim. She was attacked. beaten into unconsciousness arid criminally assaulted by the negro. Alter recovering consciousness, arid while yet almost too weak to move, she bef^n •eying for help. Within a short time assistance reached her and the told the story of the crime. The negro was described. and a posse organized and

givei

and

xibed. and a posse organiz ■arch began for the criminal.

A negro answering the description

lught

negro answering t :n by Mrs. Fonenbci

tgd the deed,

*i Tnfoi

n informal court was organized by members' of the posse and the trial ilted in a decision to burn the negro. ~~ J ‘ •he house to the

acsui He 1

she stake.

A Pallbearers' Union.

Chicago. 111. (Special).—Tbe ntfwest labor organization in Chicago is the

:e of undertakers. The new ablish a minimum scale of

prescribe other regulations which its members hope to enforce. The undertakers' association is said to look upon tiic new organization with favor. Theodore Muckmann and Anthony Apple-

gate came from Wi '' "

lee the union, and

o the Am

Jny^ili

apply to the American Federation of Habor for a "

fix-d*;

A Caste nine to Rgkt a Dad.

Paris (By Cable).—An article ridiculing the Castellar.e family, entitled “Bar- - num, Castellane & 'Co.,” recently published in the newspaper the Nouvelliste at Murat, excited the wrath of Count

Stanislas Castellane, who recently married Mile. Terry, daughter of a Cuban millionaire. Count Stanislas has challengejGie proprietor, M. Peschaud, a St member of .(he Chamber of Deputies, to Ft

fight a duel. ''Count Stanislas is a broth- Ft

er of Count .Boni Castellane, who

ried Miss Gould.

For a $l,539,#00 Memorial.

Washington (Special).—Tbe executive , committee of the William McKinley National Memorial Arch Association decided to fix definitely the wm of $1,500,000 as the amount to be raised for the erection of an arch in Washington cotnitnx of the public, service of the

the gen-

was

Batipoli.s. Mexico* former Governor of the. District of Columbia, was uuaninjously chosen national vice-president.

nil ting hite wi

ed. On the scaffcdd Cotmril was asked if he wws guilty^. He replied: "Before God . and mat; f Innocent," and the priest, taking tbe cross from Coundl's hands, dechrcd him innocent. When the trap wa* sprung the rope broke and the negro's Lody fdl to tBe floor. Another

negro's Lody rapt was * walked on

SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.

The union cigarmakers of -Havana tried to prevent 40 workmen sailing for Tampa to take the placet of strikers, but the ixilicc protected non-union men. A freight on the Philadelphia. Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad ran into a w reck near Clayton. Del. One man was kilted and two were injured. Bishop Kozlowski. of the Independent Catholic»ChUrch. in Chicago, had five men arrested on the charge of conspiring

against him.

E. C. Anderson, a naval contractor, was scntencc.d to one year in Sing Sing for attempting to bribe Lieut. Wilfred

Powel son.

The Methodist Bishops, in session in Cincinnati, elected Dr. Manley S. Hard assistant secretary of the Church Exten-

sion Society.

The retuainv' of W. Carroll Moore, principal of Drummondtown Academy, at Accomac Courthouse, were buried in

Lexington, v -

l John Gat

county. wife, w:

a farmer, of Grayson irginia. while maltreating his shot and killed by hi* son.

Icpner. a witness in the Lonas murder case, died at his home, near

Mount Jackson. Va.

The American Cigar Company, with a capital of $10,000,000, qualified to do

business in Ohio.

Mrs. William Mayer tried to commit suicide by fire in her home, in St. Paul. Nicaragua has given notice of the termination of the Treaty of 1867. granting the United States authority to build a canal across that country; also, the

Treaty of 187a

Lieut William C Hariee. U. S. M. C. was severely reprimanded for thrashing a Filipino boy who did not want to carry

his gripsack.

Philippine Commissioner Luke E Wright was appointed vice governor of the Philippines, to ,act in the absence of

Governor Taft.

District Attorney Holmes, of Barnstable county.! Massachusetts, who ordered the arrest of Miss Jane Tappan on the of poisoning, says there have been

nurse.

Edward S. Stokes, who. on January 6, 1872. shot and k.llcd Jim Fisk in the Grand Central Hotel. New York, died at the home of his sister. Mrs. McNutt,

In that city.

Rev. Jeremiah Crowley, who was excommunicated and expelled from the Catholic Church, sued Ref. F. J. Barry, chancellor of the Archdiocese Chicago,

for, $50,000.

The International Conference of the Young Women's Christian Association re-elected Mrs. William S. Stewart, of Philadelphia, president. The experts who examined Czolgosz during his life submitted' a report declaring that he was a product of anarchy, but sane and responsible. Ed Simpson and Francis Wiles, who blew up a place near Roanoke, Va., died from the injuries they sustained. Gus and John Hall, brothers, were seriously injured in a football game at

Rock Island, 111.

Samuel Oliver was arrested in Newport News, Va., on the charge of smuggling tobacco. \ . Mmc. Nordica. the singer, arrived on the St. iJouis, at New Yofc. The Methodist Bishops, in session at Cincinnati, decided to hold the next semi-annual conference at Chattanooga, at which closer relations and the final union of the Churches North and South

will be considered.

The West Virginia State Miners' Convention, at Huntington, adjourned after issuing a call for a meeting Now 27. to which the operators of Virginia and_ West Virginia will be invited. 1 Wiseman, who was pardoned

Henry Wiseman, who was pardi for the balance of the term be was ! ing fbr theft in Jackson, Mich., was released. and then rearrested on the

chai

on th Huss.

then rcarrestei

large of murdering Mrs. Ell

Foreign.

In reply to an interpellation in the Chamber of Deputies M. Delcasse, the

(French foreign minister, said, in refer-

ence to the action taken agrilist Turkey:

‘ "Our rights are certain, and nobody will

dispute them; as pur patience has been long, so our action\tnust be moieresolute.” By 1 vote of 305 to 77 tbe Chamber sustained the government's action. * Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, chancellor of the British Exchequer, in a speech a ‘ Bristol intimated that next year the taxc ould be ’ ' --

would be increased, as the cost of the war

at enormous.

The Colombians attacked the Venezuelans at Rubio. A rope bridge on which Venezuelans were crossing a river broke, and a number of than were drowned.

id a number of thi

Tbe Netherlands have accepted Great

Britain's terms for settling

t of the

•eat

1 (if in-*

it}’ on account of the expulsion of •utch subjects from South Africa. , The Aero Qub in Paris proclaimed M. Santos-Dumont, the brilliant aeronaut, the winner of the prize of 100,000 ffanes

for a dirigjbltballoon. ,

A detachment"'oLBcfigal Lancers was attacked aqd 13 were killed by Mashuds. A dispatch from Rome says that an Italian squadron Jus started for Turbtfji waters, wijh the object, it is said, of counterbalancing the French naval demonstration. This is hardly true, aa the ultan. alarmed at the approach of the rench fleet, has already informed the

rides of his acceptance of‘

French authorit all the French claims.

An- anarchist named Hoffman fired a revolver,among those attending a-con-in Munich, and then killed himself, oyd Carpenter Griscom was married

Lloyd Carpenter in London before a fashionable gathering to.Miss Elizabeth Drier Bronson. King Edward's physicians have prohibited him from smoking and tbe use of

alcoholics.

A man claiming to be a son of a “Lord Sackvifle” has applied to the Spanish courts to recognize his legitimacy. stating that his mother was a Spanish dancer, who married Lord Sackville. The present Lor'd Sackville, of England, however, did.oot succeed to

the tine until 1888.

Chicago. Burlington & Qtnncy earnings showed an increase of $108,000 in gross in September and a slight decrease in net. A The aggregate capitalization of c panics incorporated last month (p Eastern States was $164x00,000, comparing with $54»45o.oco in August and $66,£00.000 in September. The'British Gorircment is expected to ask for authority to raise $300.not early next year. $125,000,000 by the of new consols and $75X00X00 .by in-

ELEVEN STATES HELDJLECTIONS

Low’* Pfnrallfy la Greater New York

Estimated at Fully 30,000.

GOV. NASH, OF OHIO. RE-ELECTED. Virglala's Democratic Plurality Ortr 35,030— Maryland Legislature PrctuMy Democratic —Baltimore City Carried by tbe RepuMIcaus —Kentucky Democrats Sure ot Elecllag u United Suits Scnalor^rTbe Other SUtes. Elections were held Tuesday in II states, in 6 of whkh, Iowa, b^ssaebusetts. New Jersey, Ohio, Rhqde Island and Virginia, governors wen/chosen. Seth Low, Fusionist. was chosen Mayt of Greater New York W fully 30.000

plurality. Justice William T. Jerome, Fusionist, was chosen District Attorney. Mayor Robert A. VarTwyck, Democrat,

was defeated for Judge.

Ohio Vent Republican by a plurality estimated at fully 60.000. Both branches of the Legislature will be Republican. Maryland's returns indicate that I

Democrats have probably elected*a majority of the Legislature and their Stlt ticket in the coun'ics. though the figure

:ic State and cily tickets feated in Baltimore, al-

cspcci

giving >0 God.

"This Thanksgiving finds the still bowed with sorrow for the d

a great and good President. We mourn President McKinley because we so loved and honored him. and the manner of ^his death should awaken in the breasts «f our people a keen anxiety for the country and at the same time a resolute purpose not to be driven by any calamity from the path of strong, orderly, popular liberty, which, as a na-

Gtm. we have thus far safely trod. "Yet, in spite of this great disaster,

it is nevertheless true that no people on earth have such abundant cause for thanksgiving as wc h-

in particular has beet

counties, though the figures

.re meager-aihd late. The Democratic St

are probably defeated in Baltimore, although Davis. Republican, for Sheriff, may be beaten by Warfield, Democrat. The Republicans carried the First and Third Legislative districts, while the

Second is in doubt.

The Democrats swept Virginia, electing the State ticket by a majority estimated at 25.00a and carried both branches of the Legislature by large majorities. With the exception of a few localities, the colored vote was very

light

Pennsylvania has elected the Republican State ticket by a reduced plurality. In Philadelphia the defeat of the Fusionists is conceded, but they made gains. Nebraska has probably gone Republican by from 6000 to 10,000. New Jersey elected Franklin Murphy (Rep.) Governor by from 6000 to JO,000 plurality. The Democrats have made gains in Kentucky. In Mississippi all the candidates were Democrats. Carlisle and Powers were probably elected State Treasurer xnd Secretary of State respectively. The Republicans of Massachusetts reelected W. Murray Crane Governor by about 65,000 plurality. In Connecticut the Republicans elected large majority of delegates to the com-

Governor rality.

MBS STONE AND COMPANION ALIVE

C*ual General Dick la son Alia Reports That They Are Being Well Treated. Sofia. Bulgaria (By Cable).—United States Consol General Dickinson, of Constantinople, returned here from Samakov. He authorizes the statement that he is satisfied that both Miss Ellen M. Stone and her companion, Madame Tsilka, are alive and well treated. Mr. Dickinson’s r**~” ■* * n

imr — -

any interruption in the exchange of communications with the brigands, which is still going on. It has been ascertained, that the band intended to kidnap Mr. House, a missionary at Saloniki at the tame time as’ Miss Stone, but the derign failed. Two days before Miss Stone was abducted brigands fired five shots at a gendarme, near Basolg. and the local authorities, knowing there were bandits in the neighborhood, should have supplied an escort. PAN-AMERICAN LIGHTS OUT. The lapresslre Closing Scene at Mldalgbt aa “Taps" Sounded. Buffalo, N. Y. (Special).—The PanAmerican Exposition ended at 12 o'clock Saturday night. At midnight G. Milbum pressed an and the lights in the rcnous electric tower grew dim for the latt time. .Slowly, one by one, the lights on post and pinnacle and tower faded away. "A corps of buglers standing in the tower sounded "taps." and one of the greatest glories of the Exposition—the electrical illuminationpassed away jtnd the Exposition was

ended.

The Exposition has not been a financial success, but it is believed thtTbenefits derived from it will be of great value to tbe commercial interests of the country. The financial loss will be in the neighborhood of $3,oooxoa Fo.gkt at Christ's Tsa.tr:

guinary affray Monday last between

Franciscans and ''

were a nm sides. The

ranciscans and Greeks, during which

imber of casualties on

tte arose on the

there

both sides. The disput

question as to. which community the right to sweep the church. Tn had been, posted in the vicinity’for several days previous to the outbreak in order to prevent the anticipated colli-

order to prevent the anticipat

sion, but they were suddenly outnumbered and overpowered by the contend-

ing parries.

Httces Ysqais Killed.

Tucson. Arix. (Special).—A-desperati

«'-lnesday be

lean cavalry or wonndol

and a number of troopers were wounded. The fight was at close ra

u^tes. The

battle took place^^i Wednesday be-

tween Yaquis ana 300 Mexican cat Fifteen Yaquis were killed t umber of troopers wi ic fight was at close range and.

lasted twenty minutes. The troops rode upon the indiaris, killing them with

their six-shooters.

B Is Ha* Cal la Tn Detroit. Mich. (Special).--A special to the News from St. Joseph, Mich., says: "Albert Wagner. 4ged 17 rears, an employee at the Hack sawmill plant, near New Buffalo, was working near a large circular saw. when his foot suddenly slipped and he fell fae*d /nr*«w,«. on the saw. His.hesa half. During the excite:

DAY OF THANKSGIVING. FitsMtat Theodors Roosevelt Flits Thar*-

dsy, November ZA.

Washington, D. C. (Special).—President Roosevelt Saturday issued his proclamation fixing Thursday. November 28. as a day of national thanksgiv-

ing. It follows:

"A PROCLAMATION.

"The season is nigh when, according to the time-hallowed custom of our people. the President appoints a day as the especial occasion for praise and thanks-

int c

have. The past year

in particular has been one of peace and plenty. We have prospered in things material and have been able to work for our own uplifting in things intellt

tual and spiritual. Let us that, as much has been givet

" be expected from us. and that true

well

lec-

reroember

- — B ..^j'us. much

will be expected from us. and homage comes from the heart as v

. and shows itself in

’e can best prove our thank-

homage comes fn as from the lips.

deeds. We can b— fulness to the Almighty by the way in which on this earth and at this time each of us does his duty to his fellow-

men.

reeled Admiral Gaillard to proceed to : Virginia. North Carolina. South Ca ‘the Island of Mitylene. where he will ; nn and Louisiana, the colored clct seize the customs at Midilli and at an- j of voting age shows a decreased

n *.hcr port. ■ portion.

The Foreign Office here has not yet ' Foreign white males of voting age tccived the Sultan's reply to the note j showing an increased proportion in all

"Not

_ day. the 21 present November, and do recommend that throughout the land the people cease from their wonted occqpations and at their several homes and places of worship reverently thank the Giver of all good for the countless blettings of our national life. “In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. "Done at the City pf Washington this second day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one and of the independence of the Uked States the one hundred and twen-

ty-sixth.

•THEODORE ROOSEVELT. “By the President. “JOHN HAY. Secretary of State.” CROPS AND THE WEATHER. Tbe Month af October Was Mild and Drier

Than Usual

Washington. D. C (Special).—The Weather Bureau just issued a bulletin showing the weather conditions for the past month throughout the country. That part of the bulletin relating particularly

1 crops follows:

“The month has been very mild, and •r the most part direr than usual, the eather conditions being generally fav cable for farming operations. Rain is very generally needed, however, over the Middle and South Atlantic and Gulf Coast Districts and also in the central valleys and middle Rocky Mountain region. drought being very Severe in westm Texas and in the upper Ohio Valley, 'cry Httle damage by frost has occurred. In the Pacific Coast the month has been favorable except in California, where

rating operate y needed, howi

n the Pacific Coast tl

has

rains caused some damage. "The conditions have been very able for gathering corn and huskii made favorable progress. "In Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa Fall grain has made vigorous growth, but needs rain over limited areas in the two last-named States. In •MissOtm, Illinois. Ohio and Kentucky germination and growth of Fall-sown grain has been checked by absence of moisture. In Indiana and Michigan the condition of the crop is very promising. “Practically the whole month has beep .favorable for cotton picking.” SHOT FROM AMBUSH. Maa aai Wife Killed While Fishing la Broios River—Bay Hart Waco. Tex. ( Special).—J. W.McDonald and his wife Susan were shot from ambush from the bank of the Brazos river, near the Galls comity line, and both were

killed.

They were fishing and were near their

tent when some one fired upon them. McDonald was about 50 yards from the tent when he was shot twice in the head.

The wife was 100 yards awaj

iwasevr

lan’s cl

“The

„ vay and t rridenfly very dose, for the w hing took fire and her body w

o a crisp, nurderer

shot? _

man’s doth!

1 to a

snnrder .

money, for it was known that McDbnah

evidently after 1 that McDonald

had some in his tent A .son 9 years old was found near the place and brought to this city. His head was bad|y lacerated and he was in a dazed condition.

Ameer Make* Overtires.

Simla (By Cable).—The Ameer of Afghanistan. Habib Ullih Khan, has caused to be spread broadcast a proclamaton informing all Afghans who have fled from their country because of extortion, oppression or fear of arrest on false charges that they can return safdy and that lands confiscated from them will be restored, that loans wall be advanced for improvements and that a year's taxes will

be remitted.

Warships hr Charkstoa. Washington (Spedal).—It is announced In- the Bureau of Navigation that the North Atlantic squadron, consisting of the flagship Kcarsarge and the

l&rrOit Fate

patch from Antwerp say# that a detachment of black troops recently sent by the Congo authorities lo quell a revolt at Balmgis, in Kassai, was captured. Negro Lyached. e, Gi. (Special).—A negro } to assault the wife of

NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS

Scttoal, Vatin* and Fi*b!la* Population. The census report on school,

and torii

bool, militia is and Terri-

ages for all States

shows the (ollowipjf summary lot

TURKISH PORTS OCCUPJED BY FRENCH Admiral Gaillard and Fleet at Island

of Mitylene.

CLOSE TO THE PORT OP SMYRNA. The French Foreign Olfiw Has Not Yet Re- ., ,

celved the Saltan's Reply te the Note Prc- I .f*"** of m 0 ,l,!l * *^.16.360.563. ol Legation it CnnstsntlBople—Why the Ad-| Males of voting age, 21.329,819. of mlral Did Not Seize the Port at Smyrna. j ( ,6 w 7-'8s are^native born, and r.ri. is, mm | l^Srnk4” l riS!,sv has occupied the three principal ports , Oi the 16.227.285 native born maler of the Island of Mitylene. not a great ' « year* of age arid over

from the 1

census repot 'ting ages for shows the folio

the country as a whol..

Persons of school age. 5 to 20 years, 36.110.788, of whom 24.897.130 are native born. 22.490.211 arc white and 13,-

086.160 are males. Males of militia

distance ft

quadron arrived

Jitylcm >00 of

.. 1 born r

1 great 1 ft years of age 3hd over. 1:706.293-an L The ! j|*' tera i C ' * n< ^ ° ! , ^ ,e f‘ rcigi

oT,hJ fzn. £

lag 0 ) Tuesday and de- | are of foreign parentage shoi

port of Syra and recei telegraph station a batch containing definite instructi

French Government regardii

entered I increase in their proportion since 1890.

(Grecian Archipelago) Tuesday

tached a dispatch boat, which entered I increase in thtir proportion since 1890, the port of Syra and received from the , while the colored males of voting age

dispatches j have increased throughout the Northern

ing out handed

; is' Jsit, w,

arding carry- ; tion* like California, where

regarding carry- j lions like California, where 1 orders which were been a large decrease in Cfcim

liral previous to his ; Jatior

ew excepthere has

the Admiral previous to his lation.

zlon. These dispatches di- ] In many Southern States, 'especially liral Gaillard to proceed to ! Virginia, North Carolina. Sraith Caroh- - .I.... U.,. K- j — T .t.. j _ T .

'&"v“

presented by M. Bapst, councilor of the ! New England States cxcej French Legation at Constantinople, fol- I There has been a relative decre lowing out the instructions of M. Del- ! orlhc remaining States and T< casse. the Foreign Minister. j except New Jersey. When the French Government de- j A little over 28 per 0 cided to send a squadron to Turkish , alien population of the waters it debated whether to seize the crate This is notably customs at Salonica. Beirut or Smyrna, j where they constitute n

as it was realized that the receipts of '

of these three big ports would be , lired to produce a sufficient sum to pay off the French claims without a long occupation, which was considered j inadvisable. The occupation of Salon- j ica was at once dismissed, because it !

rre they constitule'neariy ^“haff'^i The satisfies show that the average imber ot persons to each potential

bout a 1 voter range from 3.1 to 3.5 in the North idered ] Atlantic States. 3.4 to 3.6 in the North

1 ^ ’ 4 to 4.4 persons to each

• in the South Central

in qu

rut was also French positit

where the population looks France at its protector. Thi c

tion of Beirt create effervi

protector.

. therefore, w iccbcc. and. p ic choice of

fell on St

occuparrtain to

1 even which

sequemiy, fell on Smyrna, which rs equal advantages to the other :s without having their political vbacks. Saturday, however, ca

ern States, a

Hawaii.

Railway Mail Service.

The annual report of General Supcrinendent White, of the Railway Mail Scr-

--*ie fiscal yea '

at the full rai mem 1 and 1

XQOl shows

there 1

of the year t

I way postofficc lines. 1x02 apartir lines. 19 electric and cable lines

iboat lines in operation.

steamboat.

w-T is & from M. Bapst announcing electric and cable lines covered by the issuance of the Sultan's irade ac- way postofficc service was 182.154 ccpting the Lorando claim in ' ~ * ” * '

tircty, as France demanded.

BOER LOSS WAS HEAVY. CasaalUes la Recent Eagagcmcnt Wert Over Three Hnndred. Pretoria, Nov. 3.—Further details have been received regarding the attack by the Boers under Commandant General Louis Botha last week upon ColoneIJSenson’s column, near Braken11 Transvaal.

Dtha, who big com-

mando aggregating a thousand men. attacked Colonel Benson's rear guard October 30 on the march, and captured two guns, but was unable to retain

them.

Colonel Benson fell mo-ially wounded early in the fight.

laagte. Eastern T

It appears that General E •had been joined by another

Major Wools-Sampson took .

! collected the convoy and 1 Ttion for defense about

tnchmet

by the

£mi

the Boers,

situs

:00k

made desperate efforts t (he whole British fore

_v. .1 n.:

tuated

touch them. The Boers

overwhelm i__charging repeatedly right un to the British lines and being driven back each time with heavy loss. The defense was stubbornly j?nd successfully maintained through the whole of the following day and the succeeding night, trtittl Colond Barter, who had marched all night from Bushman’s Kop. brought relief in the

morning oi November 1.

The Boers then retired. Their losses are estimated at between 300 and 40a Colonel Benson did not long survive. Not only did General Botha direct the stuck, as already cabled, but he personally shared in the-fighting.

Two Blocks Destroyed.

Uniontown. Pa. (Special).—A firp which started in Friedman's livery stable, near Pittsburg street, -destroyed ten buildings, covering two blocks. One life is said to have been lost and the property damage is estimated at $250,000. At to o'clock the fire was believed to be under control, although h was breaking out at intervals with more or less intensity. The extent of the firt is attributed to the :»-i .u:. Yicjm-

Flrt Sweeps Town in OH Region. New Orleans. La. (Special)!—Fire broke out at Jennings, a town •' here an oil gusher was brought in a few weeks ago. and which is now crowded with prospectors from all over the world. The fire was finally controlled, the brick walls of the Me Faria ne Hotel arresting its further progress. The hotel was saved. About 30 business houses were burned, but Some of them, were small

in as Trsls Robber.

daugh, , private detective burea Fall* searching fpr the supposed companions of Annie Rogers, who is now under arrest at Nashville, Tcnn., suspected of complicity in tbe Great Northern train robbery at Malta. Mont., July 3 last. Rindaugh says he has secured important information, and developments are expected.

roner** if antitoxin which, it it

Tests of Deadly Sera*. St. Louts (Special).—The inquiry into the infection of scrum with tetanus germs, w! alleged, caused tbe death of 10 children and the serious condition of others, was concluded after the teitimony of Dr. Charic* Ellis, health department veterinarian, Dr. E W. Saunders and Dr. : H. L. Nchcrt. superintendent of the’ City Hospital, had beeu taken. Deputy Coroner Boogher said the ytedict would be postponed until the three ex-, perti who are making bacteriological testa of the scrum have made report.

way posti

pieces of mail maiter h if registered mail) we. n increase of 2.81 per

rail-

: was 182.I54. The handled (exclusive

I (exclusiv

: 14.181.234-420.

cent 1

ightly inju her of cay

—ir in the

indalions

over last

„ -'ar.

There were during the year 825 casualties. in which 7 clerks were killed. 63 seriously injured and 229 slightly injur-

ed. This is the largest nun ' allies ever reported in one history of the service. Reco

are made for the relief of the injured and disabled employes of railway mail service by withholding two per centum from the salaries of the Clerks and with it creating a fond to provide for disabled

and superannuated clerks.

Public Debt Statement.

The monthly statement of the public -debt shows that at the close of business October 31, 1901. 'the net cash in the Treasury amounted to $1,022,032,957. a decrease from last month of $9,563,408. The debt is recapitulated as follows: Interest-bearing debt. $961,023,100: debt on which interest has ceased since maturity, $1^41419; debt bearing no interest. $385,324,244: total $1447.688 This amonnLhowever. dees not-in-clude $803,897,689 in certificates and treasury notes outstanding which arc offset by an equal amount of cash in the Treasury held forgheir redemption. The cash in {he Treasury is classified

as follows:

Gold resave fund. $150,000,000: trust. funds. 803.897.0S9; general fund. $148.310.584: tn national bank depositaries $110,840^38; total. $1,213,048,111. Against this there are demaad liabilities outstanding amounting to $887.-393-412. which leaves a cash balance on hand of $325,655,697 Valae of Rhode Island's Farar. The Census Bureau report on agriculure in Rhode Island shows that the ' ' ns of the State it

L reprelings and 58 per cent, the land and improvements exclusive of buildings. The average of land pa acre, exclusive of buildings, is ova & S Growth of tha SHk Indnstry.

The shipbuilt ed States, exclt

navy yards, accordin report of the Census

states, just issued, shows that the capital invested aggregates $814182.201. an increase of 59 P*r cent, since 1890, and that the value of silk prodtrced in 1900 was $107,256,258. an increase of almost 23 per cent. There arc 483 establishments, against 472 in 189a

MHU001 la Ship Yards

Iding industry- the Unitlustre of.the United States ccording to a preliminary

Zensus Bureau, had a total invested capital of $76,699,651 in 1900. This is an irttrease of 181 per cent, since 1890. There were 1083 establishments and 46.121 wage-earners, with total

wages of $34488,109. SK2.1AI.2M hr Peosioas.

The estimates for tbe cxhediturcs of the Interior Department during the fiscal year beginning next July aggregate $i7o,ooaooo, of which $143,161,200 is ask- • ed for pensions and the administrative work ot the pension bureau, $1,964,720 being for salaries of the bureau personnel and $310000 for the investigation by special examiners of pension cases. •

lore Ingalls, of Louisville, Ky.. a appointed chief of the mail ions division of the Postoffico Department. He succeeds Emanuel Spckh, transferred to another branch of the service. v

Theodore has been depredati

Harder Is 0«t tain West Polat.

Kurd of th

■d the standard of

hat institution by the a subjects of algebra, plat " ' composition and li

The academic board ol the Military

"as raised the standard of adthat institution by the addi-

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