Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 21, 1899, Page 2

A GREAT OVATION),.... The Bevali--Review. GRAND RAPIDS - MINNESOTA, No woman is a heroine to her dress- maker, Business with the busy little bee is always humming. The successful sprinter is seldom successful in the long run. A woman’s idea of a lovable man is one who é a good listener. A man loses confidence in his friends when they refuse to lend him money. Some politicians take more pride in their influence than in their integrity. The man who gets a hearing in court is apt to hear something he doesn’t like. No wonder we hear of the angry sea when so many people persist in cross- ing it. A man’s reputation often depends upon the things that are not found out about him. The man who takes care of his pen- nies will have dollars to blow In cn the other man’s scheme. The man who considers himself all wool and a yard wide evidently wants to make himself felt. It’s all well enough to call things by their right name, but there are times when it should be done in a whisper. It's simply impossible for a man to Jove his neighbor as himself if he has a garden and his neighbor has chickens, Representatives of window-glass plants have been meeting at Muncie, Ind. Even Muncie can see through their motives. Public men speak of their unworthi- ness, but very few of them would be willing to be taken at their publicly ex- pressed estimation of themselves, It would be quite a relief to people who are compelled to do business with the Chicago river if there were a little more water poured on the troubled oils. Experiments at the Connecticut agri- cultural station at New Haven show that the greater part of the flavoring sirups used in soda water are made from salicylic acid colored with pois- onous dyes. The information comes a trifle late to be of much service to the young man’s pocketbook depleted by the soda-water campaign of the past summer, and by next season the girls |. will have forgotten all about it. When the Spanish war broke out, the son of a Mississippian volunteered in spite of parental protest. The father went to the colonel of the reg- iment and begged that the company might at least wear the confederate gray. That could not be granted. “When my boy was brought home,” said that father recently, “with the stars and stripes wrapped about him, my feelings changed. Henceforth that is my uniform, that my flag, and the country for which he fought is my country.” President Kruger quotes the Bible as bearing upon the Transvaal crisis, and the cable announces the fact to the world. He remarked that he con- sidered the Boer position best defined by a certain chapter of scripture, and forthwith more people than. in any av- erage twenty-four hours read the psalm beginning, “Keep not thou si- lence, O God.” Since Cromwell's day, when hearty praying and hard fight- ing went hand in hand,rulers and com- manders who get inspiration from the Bible are said to be twice armed. No marching orders of a Boer general could so fire the courage of his sol- diers as will the words of the p3alm,. which have stirred ‘and strengthened the hearts of myriads of men for many generations, The influx of American commercial men is a constant surprise to English- men, who are just beginning to realize what American business rivalry means. Entire sections of streets here are now lined with the signs of American firms} in every line of trade. A prominent Manchester iron man said to a corre- spondent of the Associated Press: “The main significance of this inpouring of manufacturing firms is that the Amer-| fcans are now not only underselling us here, but they are making their agen-~ cies bases from which they are grad- ually reaching out into every country in Europe. I know of an immense Cleveland firm which established an _ agent here who for a year did not un- dertake an English order, wholly con- | fining himself to Germany, France and Russia. Now the concern has more or- ders from England alone than it can supply.” More horses were sold at the Chi- eago stock yards market during the past year than for many previous $2a- sons. The bicycle and the automobile may hold full sway, but as long as there are men who admire the noblest of animals the horse will be in no danger of extinction. ———— Nearly all the great universities of the natton have now opened their doors for the fall term and the con- eatenated throbbing of the collegians’ mighty brains can almost be heard above the din of football practice, PITH OF THE NEWS DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. A Comprehensive Review of* the Important Hapgenings of Past Week Culled From the Tel-: egraph Reports — The Notable Events at Home and Abroad That Have Attracted Attention. From Washington. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson says this year’s corn crop in the United States will be close to 2,500,000,000 bushels. if Acting Secretary Allen has disap- proved the action of Rear Admiral Watson in the court-martial case of Naval Cadet George Van Orden, at- tached to the Helena, who was tried and sentenced at Cavite Aug. 25 last, to dismissal from the service for leay- ing his station without being regularly | relieved. Mr. Tracewell, the controller of the currency, has decided in the case of Assistant Naval Constructor Gillmer, that any officer of the navy, whether of the line, medical or pay corps, when detailed for duty beyond tke seas is entitled to the same pay and allow- ances an army officer would receive un- der the same circumstances, including mijeage for travel. Accidental Happenings. The Goodrich block, a_ three-story structure at Nashua, N. H., was burned; loss, $50,000. At Lafayette, Ind., the Lafayette bridge works were destroyed by fire. Loss, $75,000; insurance, -$25,000. Seventeen business houses of Man- kana, a small town seven miles south of Carbondale, Ill, were destroyed by fire wiih a loss of over $60,000. Fire at Huntsville, Ala., destroyed alncst the whole block bounded by Washington, Clinton, Green and Ran- dolph streets. It started in a livery stable. The loss will be about $75,000. The barkentine Uncle John, bound from Hanolulu to Puget sound, went ashore on the west coast of Vancouver island and is a total loss. All the offi- cers and men escaped by taking to boats. The crew of a large three-masted schooner, which went ashore near Calhoons Hollow life saving station, near Highland Light, Mass., was res- cued through the united efforts of the men of \the Calhoon Hollow and the Hamel river life saving stations. The vessel is the Thomas W. Holden of Boston, bound from Liverpool, N. S., for New York with a cargo of pulp wood. Personal. Thomas Lord Kimball, one of the prominent railroad men of the West, died suddenly at his home im Omaha, Neb., aged sixty-nine. William R. Smith, well known as the man who first refined petroleum, died at his home at Eureka, Mass., agéd seventy-two years. Col. Andrew Schwarz, a well known Grand Army man and for many years proprietor of the Grand Central hotel of Columbus, Ohio, is dead, aged fifty- three years, Rey. Henry Parrish, D. D., who, for the past seven years, has been pastor of the Pilgrim Baptist church in Phil- adelphia, accepted a call to the First Baptist church at Youngstown, Ohio. Officials of the internal revenue service from all parts of the country tendered a banquet at the’ Union League club at Chicago in honor of Commissioner of Internal Revenue G. W. Wilson. Baron ‘Thomas Henry Farrer of Abinger Hall, ene of the most dis- tinguished Eritish authorities on trade and finance, and at one time perma- nent secretary of the board of trade, is dead in his eighty-first year, James Monroe Heiskell, great grand- son of President. James Morroe, is dead at his home in New York, aged fifty-five years. In 1883 he ran for m. of. Baltimore against William Pinkney White, but was defeated. George Trich, the millionaire hard- ware dealer of Denver, Colo., and owner of the largest establishment of its kind in Colorado, died of kidney trouble, aged seventy. He leaves a wife and nine children. Mr. Trich came to Colorado in 1860. He was born in Baden, Germany. Criminal Record. New Crleans néwspaper men mortal- ly wound each other in a street duel. Judge Basil Laplace, member of the senate, was killed by a mob at his plantation, near New Orleans. Sberiff Gecrge Kilchen of Denver has killed John Carter, alias Kid Adams, one of the outlaws who held up the Sheffels stage a few days ago. A’ New York man has been arrested, charged with defrauding the govern- ment by selling war revenue stamps chemically restored after cancellation, Djarid Bey, son of Halil Rifat Pasha, the grand vizier, was assassinated by an Albanian who fired four shots from he The murderer was arrest- Rev. L. W. Woodward, a prominent minister of Oak Harbor, Ohio, com- mitted suicide after preaching to his congregation. No cause is known for the act. Adolph Wagner, a printer, was shot and fatally wounded at Louisville, Ky., by his wife after a quarrel in which the woman gays Wagner at- tacked her violently. Rey. W. L. Woodward, a prominent ; minister of Oak Harbor, Ohio, commit- ted suicide after preaching to his con- gregation, W. H. McGinnis, the train robber, member of Black Jack’s gang, was convicted at Santa Fe, N. Mex., of the murder of Sheriff Farr of Colorado and sentenced to imprisonment for life. One of the boldest robberies which ever occurred in San I*rancisco was accomplished recently, when $4,000 in gold was taken from the United States paymaster’s wagon. The robber had he appearance of being a working- ! fine library bunlding. t man. The Paris Matin is authority for the statement that the Dreyfus family will shortly go to, Egypt for the winter. It is reported that the postmaster general cf England is considering the feasibility of introducing the pennly telegrams. Lord Charles Stewart Reginald, sec- the/ ond son of the Marquis of Londonder- ry, is dead of consumption, aged twen- ty years. The Spanish government has sold the toating dock at Havana for $600,- 000 to a syndicate of Vera Cruz mer- chants. It is announced at Madrid that the Filipino government has given full power to Agonciilo to treat for the re- lease of the Spanish prisoners now held by the insurgents. Count Egloffstein, a prominent mem- ber of the Club der Hamlerhosen, the trial of certain members of which for ! gambling at the club began Oct. 3, was sentenced to nine months’ impris- onment for cheating at cards. George FE. Fitzgerald of El Paso has received an offer from an English syn- dicate of £150,000 for a vast tract of land owned by him and two brothers within the present boundary limits of Venezuela. Lord Curzon of Keddlestone, viceroy of India, telegraphs that no further rains have fallen in India and that the weather is prejudicial to the standing crops and the cold season softening. The agricultural outlook shows no im- provement. A musical festival in honor of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and her mother, the queen dowager, was given in the new palace. Sir Frank C. Lascélles, the British ambassador, and Gen. Benjamin Harrison and Mrs. Har- rison were present. A German cotton spinners’ trust has been formed by Rhenish, Westphalian, Saxon and Silesian firms, comprising 95 per cent of the cotton spinning es- tablishments of the empire. The Asso- ciation of Cotton Yarns’ Consumers has issued a circular stating that the trust’s terms are such that henceforth ‘ore go spiaiers will be able to g:« German yarns 15 per cent cheaper than they can be gotten by Germans. General. A knit underwear trust is in process of formation at Albany. The Kansas volunteers were given an ovation by the people of San Fran- cisco, The street railway men at San An- tonio, Tex., have struck for shorter hours. A movement has been started in A Madison (Wis. boy enlists, learns for the first time who his real mother is, and will not go to war. The National Salt company, by ab- sorbing the United company, now con- trols the salt industry of the country. The Chicago will start on her cruise on the 25th inst. Meanwhile Admiral Sehley will visit with friends in Gcor- éia. The International Commercial con- which will open in Philadelphia eek, promises to yield important results, + The trustees of the University of Vermont have voted to confer the de- gree of doctor of laws on Admiral Dewey. The Peoria Packing and Provision company, idle for two years, will soon be running full capacity and giving employment to 125 men. The committee for reproducing the D “vy victory arch in marble have r ceived pledges of $100,000 tov rying out the purpose. Considerable anxiety is felt at Glou- cester, Mass., over the rcport that an American schooner has been seized at Skibboreen, Treland, for fishing within the three-mile limit. The United States transport Neyzport arrived at San Francisco, thirty-three days from Manila, with 464 members of the volunteer signal corps aboard and thirteen civilians. The executive committee of the strik- ers at Cramps’ shipyard, at Philadel- phia, have decided to bring charges against the cfticials of the company for violation of the contract labor law. Four hundred Wayne county farmers have brought suit at Omaha against the Grain Growers’ Mutual Association of Nebraska, alleging gross misman- agement in the conduct of its affairs. ‘Thousands of Tennesseeans attended the presentation of a handsome sword to Lieut. Valentine Sevier Nelson of Knoxville, Tenn., who was with Dew- ey on the Olympia at the battle of Ma- nila bay. The Mlinois Central Railroad com- pany has subscribed $50,000 towaril the 100.000 stock fund of the St. Louis world’s fair, the celebration of the Lcuisiana purchase, ‘to be held in 1903. One of the most serious car famines ever recorded exists among the big railroads terminal in Chicago. Seyeral of the roads report that the congestion éf business has assumed the propor- tions of a blockade. ‘ * The Midland Terminal and Cripple Creek & Florence railroads will con- solidate about Noy. 1 and form a new railread which will bear the name of the Denver & Southwestern. ‘The coi- pany is capitalized at $4,923,000. A report from Jeffexson, Ohio says Andrew Carnegie has made public his plans to give the citizens of Conneaut and the dock laborers at the harbor a The drawings have been approved by him. At a public meeting at Worcester to ratify the Republican state ticket, Sen- ator George F. Hoar pledged the can- didates his loyal support and approved. of the platform on which they were nominated. The forest fire. which has raged for two days on the slopes of Mount Tamalpais, threatening the towns of Mill Valley and Lockspur, Cal., and many country residences, has been ex- tinguished by a timely rain. The propeser combination or trust of chair manufacturers with a capital of $3,000,000 will not be formed. It is said the promoters of the scheme are-. not meeting with the success that they | expected, and that a number of com- panies cwning plants are hesitating to enter a combine fearing prosecution, MARKS THE PRESIDENT’S TRIP THROUGH THE NORTHWEST. North Dakota’s Volunteers, Recently Returned From the Philippines, Receive a Cordial Word of Greet- ing From the Chief Magistrate of the Nation—Short Stops Made at Minnesota Towns Where the Whole Population Turned Out to Do Honor to the Prestdent. — Fargo, N. D., Oct. 15.—Over ten thou- sand people greeted President McKin- ley and party when they arrived here last night at 7:35 o’clock. Entering carriages, the party was driven to a re- viewing stand through lines of the First North Dakota volunteers who re- cently returned from the Philippines. The president was received with wild demonstrations. In his address he re- ferred repeatedly to the situation in the Philippines. When he declared that the United States government would send 65,000 men to the Philip- pines to uphold the United States flag where the volunteers had placed it. the crowd approved the declaration with wild applause. Attorney General Griggs, Secretary Long. Secretary Gage. Secretary Hitch- cock and Secretary Wilson, and Sena- tors Hansbrough and McConiber spoke briefly. The exercises were limited to speaking and the review of the First North Dakota volunteers, owing to the lateness of the train. At 9:30 o'clock the presidential train transferred from the Northern Pacific line to the Mil- eer railway and left for Aberdeen, The journey of the presidential party across Minnesota from the head of the lakes was a continuation of the ova- tion which has been tendered the pres- ident everywhere he has appeared dur- ing his trip through the Northwest. Short stops were mace at Aitkin, Brainerd, Staples. Wadena and other towns along the line. At each place the entire population turned out to do homage to the nation’s chief executive, and at each place he acknowledged these greetings in a short address. The members of the cabinet also made short speeches at several of the towns. AT WEST SUPERIOR. School Children Present the Presi- dent a Neat Souvenir. West Superior, Wis.. Oct. 15.—Presi- dent McKinley and party arrived in this city from St. Paul one and one-half hours late. Eight thousand people and seven thousand school children re- ceived the party at the city hall. A committee of children presented-the president and party with a neat print- ed souvenir purchased from a penny contribution from the school children. The president thanked the children very graciously. Mayor Dietrich in- troduced the president. who delivered a short address. Secretaries Gage and Long also spoke. WELCOMED TO DULUTIX. The President Greeted by a Throng at the Zenith City. Duluth, Oct. 15.—A noisy welcome was given the presidential party on its arrival in this city. Hundreds of tug boats and grain steamers were chored under the bridge across the St. Louis river. and as the special train passed overhead the screaming sirens beneath the bridge produced a hair- raising sensation to those aboard the cars. An escort committee of prominent Duluthians, headed b yMayor Truel- sen and Congressman Peg Morris, boarded the train at West Sunerior. Entering carriages at the Great North- ern depot the presidential party w: driven through blocks of cheering hn- manity to the high school building. At the head of the procession marched a battalion of Minnesota volunteers. The square around the high school was packed with peenle, who cheered wildly as president McKinley entered the speakers’ stand. The president made a short speech. in which he ex- pressed his appreciation of the splen- did welcome tendered him. Yaquis Gathering in Forie. Austin. Tex., Oct. 15. — A dispatch from Ortiz, State of Sonora, Mex., says scouting parties of the Mexican troops have returned to Torin and report that the Yaqui Indians are gathering in strong force a short distance west of Sabuilpa in expectation of the attack by the government troops commanded by Gen. Torres. A large quantity of food supplies which was being taken from Hermosello to the Yaqui country was se’zed a few days ago by a small force of trocps. Little Hope for MiClernand. Springfield, IIL, Oct. 15—Dr. C. M. Bowecek, the attending physician of Gen. John A. McClernand, stated last night that the condition of his dis- tinguished patient was very precari- ous, and that there was little hope for his recovery. His son, Col. Edward McClernand, = Forty-fourth United States infantry “ vo‘unteers, now at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., has been summoned by telegraph. Murderers Sentenced. Anaconda, Mont., Oct. 15.—Clinton Dolson has been found guilty of mur- der in the second degree. His punish- ment is fixed at ninety-nine years in the penitentiary. He is charged, with two others, with murdering Eugene Cullinane at American Gulch Aug. 8. Found Dead in Bed. Northfield, Minn., Oct. 14—Mrs. J. C. Collins was found dead in bed by her eight-year-old son, who tried to awaken her. It is thought an overdose of morphine caused her death New Opera House in Sight. Yankton, 8. D., Oct. 15. — It is pro posed that a stock company be formed here to erect an opera honse in the central portion of the business part of Yankton. J. N. Poling of Stanwood, lowa, is back of the scheme. New Ocean Steamer. Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 15. — The ocean steamer Porto Rico will be launched to-day at Crag’s ship yard and will at once start for New York to enter the coast trade between that city and Porto Rico. BOLD TRAIN HOLD-UP. ry western Limited at the Mercy of Robbers. Chicago, Ott. 15.—The Northwestern limited train; leaving Chicago at 10:30 p. m. last night was held up not far from Dekalb, IR, and robbed. The train is due at Dekalb at 12:20 and the hold-up occurred at Tower, three miles from Maple Park, Ill. It is not known whether the robbers secured any great amount of booty. A special train containing a number of armed men and detectives left the North- western station in Chicago last night bound for the scene of the robbery. It is said there were five masked men engaged in the operation. The train was, flagged, and, while two of the men compelled the engineer and fireman to run the engine ahead the balance of them robbed the train. The train dispatcher of the Northwestern road in this city admitted the truth of the story to the central police officials. The robbery was evidently carefully planned. Twenty minutes before the train was due at Maple Park the rob- bers burst into the station house and compelled the station agent to remain quiet while they bound him. After tying him fast to a chair they forced a gag into his mouth and left him ut- terly helpless. The signals were then changed so that the train would be fs Compelled to Stop before reaching the depot. The rob- bers went down the track to the point where the train would stop and wait- ed for it. As soon as it came to a halt two of the men covered the en- gineer and fireman with revolvers, and, after uncoupling the engine, com- pelled the engineer to run it down the track two miles. They then blew up the express car with dynamite, practi- cally demolishing it and blocking the track. They then blew open the safe and rifled it. It is not known how much money was secured. Immediate- ly after grabbing what they could from the safe the robbers fled into the darkness. They are now being pur- sued, but the robbers have quite a lead over the posse that is after them- Engineer Daniel White was shot, and it is reported very seriously wounded in the breast because he refused to run his engine from the train. After shooting him one of the robbers ran the engine down the track two miles to a switch where it was “killed.” It is also reported that the station agent was badly potnded up and left uncon- scious on the depot floor when the rob- bers went out to stop the train. It is not thought his injuries are fatal, but it was two hours after being assaulted before he recovered consciousness. MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, Oct. 16. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 68@69 3-4c; No. 2 Northern, 65 @ ¢8c. Corn — No. 3. yellow, 29 1-2@30¢; No. 3, 29@291-2c. Oats— No. 3 white, 25 24¢; No. 3, 3e, Barley and Rye—Feed barley, 31@38e; No. 2 rye, 481-2@49c; No. 3 rye, 48@ 48 14c. Duiuth, Oct. 16.—Wheat—No. 1 hard, cash, 705-8c; No. 1 Northern, 69 1-8¢; No, 2 Northern, 665-8¢; No. 3 spring, 683 1-8e; to arrive, No. 1 hard, 70 5-8¢; No, 1 Northern, 691-8c; May, No. 1 Northérn, 727-8c; oats, 24@24 1-4c; rye, 551-2c; barley, 88@42c; flax, to arrive, No. 1, $1.183-4; October, $1.18 3-4; December, $1.173-4; corn, 31 14¢. Minneapolis, Oct. 16. — Wheat — De- cember opened at 68 3-4c and closed at 68 1-2¢; May opened at 72c and closed at 715-Se. On ‘Track — No, 1 hard, 70 1-4c; No. 1 Northern, 68 1-4c; No. 2 Northern, 65 1-2c. Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 16.—Flour is steady. Wheat steady; No. 1 Northern, 71 1-4@71 3-4e; No. 2 Northern, 63@6Vc. Oats easy at 24 1-4@251-4c. Rye low- er; No. 1, 58 1-2@58 3-4e. Barley firm; No. 2, 46e; sample, 38@44c. Chieago, Oct. 16.—Wheat—No. 2 red, 711-2 @ T38c; N 69 @ T2e; No. 2 hard winter, GSc; No. 3, 66@ No, 1 Northern spring, 72@78c; No. 2, 71@ c; No. 8, 65@72¢e. Corn—No, 2, 313-4 ; No. 3, 311-2@313-4e. Oats—No, 3c; No. 3, 22 1-2c. Chicago, Oct. 16. — Hogs — Mixed 1's, $4.25@4.65; good heavy, rough heavy, $3.95@4.15; 4.60. Cattle—Beeves, $4 ecws and heifers, $1L.75@5; Texas steers, $3.55@4.05; stockers and feeders, $3@4.75. Sioux City, Iowa, Oct. 16. — Cattle— Beeves, $4.50 @ 5.80; cows and bulls, mixed, $2@3.50; stockers and feeders, $3.50@4.30; calves and. yearlings, $3.50 G48. Hogs, $4@4.35; bulk. $4.10@ 4.15. , South St. Paul, Oct. 16. — Hogs — $47 Cattle — Stockers, $38@3.90; calves, $5; oxen, $3; bulls, $2.40@2.60; cows, $2.60@2.65. Sheep, $3@3.50; lambs, $4.45@4.50. IOWA LAKE BEDS. A Suit Involving Millions of Dotars’ Worth of ‘Lands. Des Moines, Oct. 15.—Attorney Gen- eral Remley announces that he will carry to the federal supreme court the question of title to the lake beds of Jowa. Many of these have been pat- ented to speculators as swamp lind. Mr. Remley contends they should not be so considered. He wili on Monday next argue for rehearing in the su- preme court the celebrated Owl lake ease, involving about $100,000 worth of property. He announces that if again defeated and the patents are sus- tained he will carry the matter to the federal supreme court. It is estimated that titles to 40,000 acres of lan would De involved and that if he should estab- lish his case.it would save the state millions of dollars’ worth of additional lake lands. ee asamp Fraternal Greeting. London, Oct. 15. — The church con- gress now in session at the Royal Al- Dert hall, London, received a message of fraternal greeting from the Ameri- can church congress at St. Paul, Minn., and returned acknowledgment. Venezuelan Armistice. Caracas, Venez., Oct.-15. — The ar- mistice between the government troops and the insurgents kas been extended until to-day. It is asserted that Pres- ident Andrade would meet the insur gent commander. 3 BATTLE 1S FOUGHT BRITISH FORCES AND BOERS CLASH IN NATAL, War Office Is Hourly Expecting Fur- ther Intelligence of the Britis From Ladysmith — Gen. White Sanguine of the Success of the British Movement—Boers Re- ported to Be Attacking Mapeking: —Generally Admitted That Vrey- burg Cannot Stand a Strong Boer Attack—Report That the Boers Have Reached Newcastle. Advance London, Oct. 15.—En Edinburgh pa- per, the Scotsman, asserts that a bat- tle has taken place between Gen. Sir Stewart White, commanding the forces in Natal, and the Boers who entered Natal by way of Van Ren- nan’s pass. Gen. White, the Scotsman says, is very sanguine of the success of the British movement. The foregoing report is considere@ as correct as the war office has news of a British advance from Ladysmith and was hourly expecting further in- telligence. A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from its correspondent at Ladysmith, dated at noon Friday, says: strong . mobile column under Gen. George Stewart White, accompanied by Gen. Sir Archibald Hunter, proceeded be- fore daybreak this morning toward Acton Homes for the purpose of re- connoitering. Gen. White’s object was to observe what was going on and also to test the mobility and efficiency of his ferces. All the men are well and the weather is now fine.” According to a dispatch from Lady- smith to the Standard and the Daily Telegraph, dated Thursday. heavy, storms have begun and forage is scarce on the veldt. Therefcre noth- ing is expected to happen for a few days unless the Boers, who were re- ported to be advancing, should threat. en the British line of defense drawn’ from Glencoe Junction to Ladysmith. In this case apprehension is felt as to, the result.. Gen. White has twelve guns and the Boers eleven. The Daily Mail's Cape Town corre- spondent, telegraphing Friday eveuing, seys: “I learn on good authority that the Boers are attacking Mafeking. They are reported to have already; suffered several repulses. It is gener- ally admitted that Vreyburg cannot stand a strong Boer attack.” -0- London, Oct. correspondent at “Reports are circulated her Boers have reached New contirmation of either this or of re- ports of fighting at Mafeking or Lady- smith are yet arriving.” -0- 13. — (Delayed in transmission.)—The tele: ph line be- tween Karappan and Meri n, south of Mafeking, has been cut and a strong command of Boers has eccupied the Kraatan sidings. Kimberly, Oct. -0- Glencoe, Oct. 14.—(Delayed in trans- mission.)—It is reported that the Boers have crossed the border at Inggo, and that the Free State government has taken possession of the railway to Van Reenen and seized a Natal gov- ernment train. CANADA OFFERS TROOPS. Will Send Double the Number Re- quested From the Home Govern- ment. : Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 15.—At a meeting of the cabinet yesterday a decision was reached to send 1,000 Canadian soldiers to South Africa as Canada’s contribution to the British force Bow fighting the Boers. this is double the number of troops asked for by the im- perial government. At the conclusion of the cabinet meeting an official state- ment was handed to the press by the premier, Sir Wilfred Laurier, as fol- lov he government has decided to send 1,000'men to South Afric: much larger number than any other colonies have sent, and larger than the British government has sug- gested. Goed marksmen will have the preference. The department will equip the ecntingent and pay the cost of transportation to a point on the athe African coast. Enrollments will com- mence at once. The troops w:ll sail for South Africa before the 30th in- stant.” PES ten tete Se IN STORE FOR TENNESSEEANS. Rousing Welcome Being Arranged for the Returning Regiment. Nashville, Tenn., Oct, 15.—The First Tennessee regiment, now on its way from the Philippines, will be accorded ‘a rousing we.come in Nashville. Ar- rangements looking to it were formu- lated at B mass meeting of citizens last night at which enthusiasm was unbounded. A number of patriotic specches were made and a subscription list Was started. Committees on ar- rangements and finance were appoint- ed and another to invite President McKinley, Admiral Dewey, Rear Ad- miral Schley and Gen. John C. Gordon to attend the official reception. SENDING THEM FORWARD. Fortieth and_ Forty-secon ments to Proceed to M: Washington, Oct. 15.—The navy de- partment has ordered the Forty-sec- ond regiment to proceed from Fort Niagara Oct. 30 to San _ Francisco, there to embark for the Ph lippines. ‘The Fortieth regiment, at Fort Reilly, Kan., is also ordered to proceed to San Francisco ou the same gate, bound for Manila. Suicide at Nora Springs. ~ Nora Springs, lowa, Oct. 15.—What is believed to be a case of suicide by, drowning has oceurred here. Last. evening Mrs. Harriet Buck was found in the Shell Rock river and must have — been dead for some time when found. Killed With a Shovel. Burlington, Iowa, Oct. 15.—A Center- _ ville foreman, Michaels, and a rail laborer named Ogle, fought, Ogle b ing Michaels over the head with_ shovel, from the effects of which latter Gied. Ogle fled to Missouri. ™