Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 13, 1900, Page 4

i } ; y . GALLANT SORTIE BRITISH ATTACK A STRONGLY DE- FENDED BOER WORK. Fe veces of Baden-Powell Go Against * ~ Strony Position of the Boers at Sametree, Near Mafeking— Brit- Ash Wound the Position Stronger Vhan They Supposed—Boers Swept the With Martini ~ Mauser Bullets, Plain and Causing Consid- erable Loss of Life—Boers Rob the Wounded. 7. — The Times pub- dispateh from - 26: to-day Col. Baden-Powell zed an attack upon a strong po- f the enemy at Gametree, two n Mafeking, from which the had been maintaining a desul- and rifle fire for several he railroad had recently red between Mafeking and where the Boers had de- the being made in ie. During the urmored train with Maxims hkiss guns, under Capt. nd troops took up positions from two place Dapt. Bentinck and a squadron » upon the right, while i s occupied by ry urder Maj. n, and a gal- Maxim of the Cape police, the fishes the sition miles i it being under Col. Hore. Em- p smenis were thrown up during the at da and the artillery fire to desist upen the ar- mored prolonged tootin; At daybreak the guns und rapidly drew a reply our shells bursting e. Capt. Vernon ase firing and to n leading off. As engaged the position with fie fire it was soon found that of the fort was greater supposed. The enemy such an exceedingly hot ance of Capt. Vernon but by remark ptains Sanders and Patton Scout e squadrons, a rhed the sand no guided actually 1 few bags of the fort. within 300 yards of 1 of the fort. men the he: ing could Bui sothing liv- st there Swept r bullets. The ed through its zone of suffered rribly, and in an at- tempt to capture the fort twenty men lost th lives. Capt ders was the first to fail, and Capt. non, already tw unded, and Lieut. Patton “1 at the fort. These two of- mbing the ditch that sur- ded the fort, pressed their revol- through the enemy’s loopholes, to be shot themselves the next Gametree surrounded Db; 1ich contained many Boers, and thei eur: of fire testified to by the » who fell on th dvance. Capt. Vernon’s men being driven back at one p attempted to scale the fort They found the position rs almost impregnable. e under cover of the ar- so many men had been that there w a under flags of that our ‘lose up to the walls of 1d the fort not been so ex- yell protected we she'd Some of vhe accused the money, rings FS We had great ting permission to use train to remove our ssion. the armored wounded. We believe that spies car- ried the news of our contemplated sortie to the Boers. The field cornet ied that he was reinforced dur- by 100 indunted men and d withdrawing his guns.” h Secure No Substantial Gains. Jan, 7.—No decisive opera- ca. this adn Briti Lendon, mo inilita operations being cor to point ibsidiary im- por In the contrel theater of ions the British have apparently secured no subsiantial gains. The on- ly dispatch of dramatic interest is the narrative of gallantry at the sortie at Mafeking, when the sortiere threw themselves hopelessly against a strongly defended Boer work. The question of contrabsnd scizures takes almost paramount importance in the thoughts of the public,’ through the vague possibility that these may be made the pretext for continental inter- vention. The government’s undevi- ating purpos to maintain the right to *h resulted in the dispatch yes- ay by the admiralty to their com- ders in Seuth African waters, of weighty warning to uphold the gov- erpment orders with regard to the shipment of contraband of war by way of Delagoa bay. Firing at Ladysmith. Tondon, Jan. 7.—A dispatch to the ily Telegraph from Frere Camp, . 5, says: af » has been firing Ladysmith and at Cole: reconnaissance, er Lord 1, proceeded westward this toward Springfield, where There is a re- to-day at so. <A strong morning firing is progressing. vival of the report that the Boers are short of provisions. Gen. Buller's army is eager for the advance.” Anti-Britigh Feeling Growing. B , Jan. 7. — The seizure of the Bundesrath remains the dominant ¢opicof the German press. Influential papers like the Berliner Tageblatt, ©ologae Volks Zeitung, Berliner Nach- richten, Hamburger Correspondenz and the semi-official Berliner Post, strongly hint at the possibility of Ger- many ming an an ritish coalition with Russia and France.. The anti- British feeling is ¢ y growing. A series of anti-British demonsirations in the various cities is being organized ‘by the Pan-Germanic league. A prom- §nent official of the German foreign of- fice, %vbo was interviewed by the cor- respordent of the Associated Press gaid that Great Britain had not yet an- swered Germany’s request for an ex- planatior. of the seizure, but that the reply was expected in the course of a few days. The foreign office, accord- ing to this official. has not yet con- cinded that Great Britain is trying te vide rough shed over German. Reconnoissance in Force. Frere Camp, Natal, Jan. 7. — There was a reconnaissance in force from Chieveley yesterday forenoon with 2,000 horses and two guns, the object being to locate the enemy on a hill south of Hlangwano hill. Several shells were fired, supplemented by the naval gun. The enemy replied at long range, but did not touch the British. Lord Dundonald, perceiving a strong mounted force issuing beyond the British guns with the evident in- tention of coming round on our flank, directed the forces to retire to Chieve- levy. The Boers’ heliograph can be seen working north of Colenso to the Boer camp at Umbdowan. During the cannon fire farmers in the-valley can be seen plowing complacently. GILMORE RESCUED. American Prisoners in the Hannds of Friends. Washington, Jan. 7.—After a silence of several days Gen. Otis is able to notify the war department of the com- plete success of the military operations in Northwest Luzon, the main object of which was the rescue of the Ameri- can prisoners whom the insurgents took with them in their flight. Al- though Gen. Otis does not specify Lieut. Gilmore, U. S. N., by name, the wording of his message is taken to mean that that officer was among the list of rescued prisoners. Gen. Otis’ message is as follows: “Colonels Hare and Howze just ar- rived at Vigan, Northwest Luzon, with all American prisoners. Their success- ful pursuit is a remarkable achieve- ment. Generals Schwan and Wheaton, now with separate columns in Cavite province. Affairs in Luzon, north of Manila, wreatly improved.” ANOTHER ISLAND OURS. The American Flag Is Raised Over Sibutu, Near Borneo. Washington, Jan. ‘The United States has taken possession of another island in the t. The news of the seizure was contained in the following dispatch: “Cavite, Jan. 5.—On Dec. 21, Wentz- baugh, commanding the Albay (a_little gunboat), hoisted the flag on Sibutu island, and the chief dato provided and Natives and North Bor- neo authorities pleased. —Watson.” The island lies the southwestern angle of the boundary line of the quad- rangle inclosing the Philippine group. It is probably, but not. nositively, outside of the line, and lies very near the coast of Borneo, commanding the principal chan- nel between that island and the Philip- pines. The sultan of Jolo, whose group is close to this island, is believed to claim jurisdiction of it. and. as his authority is recognized by the native tribes on the north coast of Borneo and Vicinity, it is believed that his claim is well founded. It was probably at his instance that the naval officer commanding the gunbcat moved. ‘ised the pole. ELEVATOR FELL. Cable Broke When Near the Top, and Three Men Were Killed. Chicago, Jan. 7.—An elevator in the furnace room of the brass foundry in the Illinois Steel company’s branch works at Thirty-first street and Ash- land avenue fell, instantly killing two workmen and injuring another so bad- ly that he died a few minutes after being removed to the hospital. The men re using the elevator for car- rying ore and blocks of iron to the up- per roo When near the top the elevater cable parted and the car fell to the bottom of the shaft. WON A INST THE UNION, No Right to Force a Man Out of His Position. 7. — Edward Wunch, a t formerly employed in the composing room of the Evening Buffalo, Jar linotype machi News. who brought suit several ment ago against David Shankland, as president of Typographical Union No. 9 of this city, to recover damages for alleged con: acy, in forcing him out of his position because he refused to take out d in the typographical unicn, got a verdict of $650 in the su- preme court. HER TITLE CLEAR. Estate Now Clear Courts and Lawyers. San Francisco, Jan. 7.—Having sat- isfied the claims of her attorneys and secured the dismissal of suits against | her, Mrs. Florence Blythe-Hinckley- Moore is now sole owner of the vast estate left by the late Thomas Blythe. That her title is acknowledged as good is shown by the fact that the Mutual; Savings bank has purchased from her ; for about $300,000 a portion of the, well known Blythe block on Market , street. Blythe From Secret Railroad Conference. New York, Jan. 7. — An important railroad conference has been in pro- gress at the Waldorf-Astoria during the last twenty-four hours and may result in the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Norfolk & Western joining the Baltimore & Ohio in the Pennsylvania Central agreement, which is to do away with competition. Dividends on Telephone Stock. Fairmont, Minn., Jan. 7.—The Fair- mont Telephone company held its an- nual meeting on the 2d inst. and re- ported a prosperous state of affairs, declared a 12 per cent cash dividend, and elected the old board of directors, / Prominent Banker Dead. Neenah, Wis., Jan. 7.—Hiram Smith, president of the Manufacturers’ bank and well known throughout the state, is dead. Mr. Smith, with his brother, started and operated the first paper mill in the Fox river valley forty-six years ago. He was seventy years old. Last Act Was Best. Vineville, Or.. Jan. 7. — As a result ot a drunken quarrel at a Piute In- dian camp Matthew Wewa killed his wife, fatally wounded his brother and two squaws and finally killed himself, Bank Teller Sentenced. Boston, Jan. 7.—Joer G. Tyler, late teller of thé Safety National Bank of Yitehburg, has been sentenced to five years in Worcester jail for embezzling the funds of the bank, . Dews of the Northwest MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARS. Excitemént at Kenosha, Wis., Over the Disappearance of an Episcopal | Sister. Kenosha, Wis., Jan. 6. — Much ex- citement was created in Kenosha yes- terday morning when it was an- nounced that Sister Augusta, one of the Episcopal Sisterhood of St. Mary, in charge of the home for the poor, 209 and 211 Washington boulevard, Chi- cago, had disappeared mysteriously from Kemper hall in this city. Sis- ter Augusta was last seen at 5 o’clock on Tuesday afternoon. Since that time no trace of her could be found, She was formerly Miss Augusta Hen- derson of St. Louis, where her family is said to be prominent socially. Sis- ter Augusta came to Kenosha to at- tend ¢he annual retreat of the Sisters, of St. Mary at the Kemper hall chapel. WOODWARD FREE. Pleads Guilty of Petit Larceny and Is Fined. . Jamestown, N. D., Jan. 6. — In the district court the grand jury returned two indicaments against Dr. K. W. Woodward of this city for grand lar- eeny and burglary. Woodward was arraigned and pleaded guilty te petit larceny and was fined $100. He imme- diately paid the fine and is again a free man. Joe Miller, who, a short time ago is alleged to have stabbed and seriously injured Adam Brucker and skipped the town, has been ar- |. rested and held at Ipswich, 8. D. Last evening Deputy Sheriff Dewey left for Ipswich to bring Miller back for trial. FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT. Mayor and Aldermen of Milwaukee Must Answer the Charge. Milwaukee, Jan, 6. — Judge Ludwig, of the superior court, late yesterday ordered that the mayor and aldermen who yoted for the passage of the street railway ordinance show cause before him why they should not be punished for contempt of court. The order of the court was made upon motion of Attorney W. H. ‘Timlin, who is conducting the case for opponents of the street railway measure. The hearing on the injunction will be sus pended during the settlement of con- tempt proceedings. Atni-Saloon Fight Abandoned. Des Moines, Lowa, Jan. 4.—The anti- saloon fight in Des Moines is practi- cally abandoned. ‘The pro-saloon. pe- tition has been filed with about 1,500 more signatures than the law de- mands. The minisierial association, however, claims that fully 1,500 legal yoters refused to sign a petition either for or against saloons and, therefore, that the saloon petition is worthless, They will insist on a rigid examination of the saloon petition, Reformatory Labor. : Madison, Wis., Jan. 6. — The state board of control has decided to trans- CHILDREN CREMATED. Four Lives Lost by the’ Burning of a Minnesota Home. Little Falls, Minn., Jan. 9.—Four of the children of Mike Kerrich of Pierz, fifteen miles east ef Little Falls, were hurned to a crisp last night. The chil- dren had gone to bed up stairs, and as the parents, who were both sick, were retiring for the night they noticed the top of the kitchen was on fire. They promptly tried to rescue the children from their peril, but the flames spread so rapidly that their efforts were of no avail. One child, a girl of seven- teen, while wandering around in the smoke, fell through the stairway and was saved. The parenis were quite badly burned in trying to rescue the children. The children burned were all girls, ranging in age from seven to fifteen. GHOST OF NELSON APPEARED, Statement Made by a Witness in the Bueli Murder Trial. Astland, Wis., Jan. 9. — Tlie details of finding the supposed skeleton of Peter F. Nelson, leading to the arrest of Eugene J. Buell for murder, were related by Buell’s father-in-law, R. D. Boardman, on the witness stand. Mr. Boardman testified that three weeks after Nelson’s disappearance in Sep- tember, 1896, the ghost of Nelson ap- peared to him and said: “I am killed,” and then vanished. He thereupon en- aged expérienced Indian woodsmen to search for Nelson’s body, and it was fourd nine month's later. The case will last another week. DEATH IN A RESTAURANT. Minnesota Man Dies Suddenly in Chicago. Chicago, Jan. 9. — After ordering a meal in a restaurant last night a well dressed man, supposed to be Harmon Lee of Hibbing, Minn., suddenly fell forward on a table and died before medical aid could be summoned. ‘The police were notified and the body was removed to the morgue. Letters ad- dressed from Hibbing indicate that the deceased was engaged in business there and was in Chicago receiving A physician gave death was due to ‘medi-al treatment. his cpinion that heart fail ec. Gen, Stanton Critically M1. Omaha, Jan. 9.—Gen. 'T. H, Stanton, U.S. A., retired, is critically ill at his residence in this city. Gen. Stanton, who for some time served in the pos- sition of paymaster at Washington and was later promoted to brigadier gen- eral, came to his home here last fall ill with affection of the liver. He has retained his bed ever since and the case has not yielded to treatment. While the life of the veteran officer is not considered to be immediately in danger his condition is critical. - fer the tailor department of the state prison to the reformatory at Green Bay in order to give the younger pris- oners an opportunity to learn a trade. There are about fifty in this depart- ment, and it is the intention as soon as possible to have the clothing of the inmates of the state prison made by the prisoners at Green Bay. Mill Managers Cannot Agree. Stillwater, Minn., Jan. 6.—The Ideal flour mill was shut-down this morning owing to a disagreement among the managers. It was built last summer and has a daily capacity ef 200 barrels of flour. It has advance orders for 4,000 barrels of flour. The mill is likely to change hands. ‘The annual meeting of the stockholders will be\ held Monday, when the future of the mill will be decided upon. yp pea ali it Oks SS Body Held for Identification. Hastings, Minn., Jan. 6. — The un- known man found dead near Mendota on the Omaha tracks was brought here by Coroner Gillen and placed in thé vault at Lakeside for identifica- tion. He ‘was about forty years old, dressed as a laborer. He was of sandy complexion, with brown hair and tcustache, and was about five feet six inches in height. Minneapolis Minister Chasen. Fargo, N. D., Jan. 5. — Rev. J. Morely of Minneapclis has been elect- ed president of the Fargo college to succeed H. C. Simmons, who recently dropped dead. Morely has been super- interdent of home missions for the Congregational church in Minnesota for fifteen years. Pardoned by the President. Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 6.—President McKinley. according to dispatches from Washington to the people of Krexville, Iowa, has pardoned E. R. Cassatt, former president of a national bank at Pella, Iowa, woh was sen- tenced to nine years in the peniten- tiary for looting the institution. Failures at La Crosse. La Crosse, Wis Bartz, a building contractor, filed a petition in bankruptcy. Liabilities are $31,850, and assets schedule nearly that sum. A. 8. JIarrison, a cigar- Nevised Board of Health. St. Paul, Jan. 9.—Six members of the state board of health were appointed by Goy. Lind, including Dr. Staples of Winona, who is now the president, and Dr. Reynolds of St. Anthony Park, di- rector of the veterinary department. The four new men named by Gov. Lind ave Dr. 8. M. Stocker of Duluth, Dr. Charles H. Mayo of Rochester, Dr. R. F. Whitestone of Argyle and Dr. Edward Shumpik of Minneapolis, College Boys Will Orate. Fargo, N. D., Jan. 9. — Representa- tives of the Agricultural college, Far- ‘argo college, Fargo; University orth Dakota, Grand Forks; Red River Valley university, Wahpeton, met here and agreed upon Feb, 28 and Fargo as the time and place for hold- ing the intercollegiate contest. The winning speaker and the alternate will contest with South Dakota in an in- terstate meeting a little later. ) —_—_——— Warehouse Destroyed by Fire. Butte, Mont. Jan. 9. — The large warehouse of the Hennessy Mercan- tile company opposite the Great North- ern depot was destroyed by fire at an early hour yesterday morning. Loss on building, $12,000, fully insured; loss ‘on stcek, between $40,000 and $45,000, insured for $20,000. Cause unknown, but believed to have been from a de- fective wire or spontaneous combus- tion. ‘ ‘ pass sear mei ESSE An Aged Blind Pigser. Fargo, N. D.. Jan. 9.—There seems no age limit to blind piggers in this state, Hfecently at Minto a man was arrested who gave his age at ninety, and the officers claimed he looked it. He had been conducting a blind pig, and as- serted it was the only manner in which he could earn a livelikood. Prosperity at Huron, Heron, §. D., Jan. 8—The year 1899 was an exceptionally prosperous one for this city and Beadle county. The population has materially increased and there is not a vi cant house in the city, and tenement houses are in daily demand. Several new residences were Jan. 6.—Charles A. | puilt during the year. Century of Life. Winona, Minn., Jan. 9Jacob Johns bof the town of Heart, this county, has maker, has declared himself bankrupt } reached the age of 100 years, and the with $1,500 liabilities and nominal as- sets. Live Stock Delegates. Pierre, S. D., Jan. 6.—Goy. Lee has appointed as delegates to the National Live Stock association meeting at Fort Worth. Tex., Jan. 16-19, Alfred Newton, Centerville; J. K. Seckler, Leslie; L. S. Bullard, Pierre. Lutheran Conference, Black River Falls, Wis., Jan. 6.— A occasion was celebrated in an appro- priate manner. He is hale and hearty. He was born in Breslau. Rodewald Discharged. New Ulm, Minn., Jan, 9. — Dietrich Rodewald, held to the gra jury for the alleged murder. of Thomas Chute, near Sleepy Eye last fall, was dis- charged from custody, no indictment being found. ‘i Blaze at Bluffton. Bluffton, Minn., Jan, 9.—At midnight i district conference of the Norwegian | fire destroyed the store of Kloppenbach Lutheran chvreh began here this fore- neon and will continue over Sunday. The meetings are all devotional, three each day. Disastrous Runaway. & Co., general merchandis' . A Man sleeping in the buildittg narrowly es- caped. Loss, $4,000; no insurance, Killed by Falling Slate. Beeford, Ind., Jan. 9.—Willizm Buck, Glencoe, Minn., Jan. 6—Messrs, p,| 2 miner at PF. M. Dugger's Summit P. Hoenen and J. Rostberg, Jr., of | Mine No. 2, was killed by falling slate. Bergen township were seriously, in- | The men jured in a runaway accident. were sitting around the en- trance of the mine eating dinner when fell in on them. pas ' the slate suddenly and just before Christmas was taken " MINNESOTA ITEMS The building improvements for the year in Mankato amount to $338,000. Gen, Lambert has issued preliminary orders for reorganization of the First regiment. Mrs. Hosmer, Minneapolis’ fasting woman, is dead after persisting in self- starvation two months. Goy. Lind referred to the Hennepin county grand jury the charges against Register of Deeds Metcalf. The production of iron ore in North- ern Minnesota for 1899 shows a great increase over previous years. Gus Beaulieu says the Indians are likely to make trouble unless there is a change in the timber matter. The insurance patrol estimates the year’s loss by fire at St. Paul at nearly a quarter of a million more than in 1898. Leyi Ardner was awarded the con- tract for the construction of a new wagon bridge across the Snake river at Pine City at $2,715. Marray & Avery of North Branch have secured the franchise for a local telephone exchange at Pine City, with thirty ‘phones to start with, Gebbard Otto, the murderer of Math- ias Klein of New Troy, sentenced to the state’s prison on the reformatory plan, has been released on parole. Charles Mitchell of Negaunee, Mick., was found dead in his bed at the St. Louis hotel, Duluth, He was forty-cight years old, and was there on land busi- ness. Minneapolis received $7,961,630 bush- els of wheat in 1899. This is 8,300,000 bushels more than ever received here in the calendar year, but 4,500,000 less than was received in the last crop year ending Aug. 31. At a special term of the district court at Waseca, Judge Buckham pre- *| siding, C. W. H. Heideman, who plead- ed guilty to grand larceny in the sec- ond degree, was fined $250. The People’s Bank of Wabasha was closed recently by the public examiner. The bank had been losing money for some time. It is believed that the de- positors will be paid in full. . E st Ehrig, twenty-one years old, whose home was at Oshkosh, Wis., was instantly killed recently at Stili- water, being thrown from 2 horse and suffering a fracture of the skull. The annual show of the Winona In- terstate Poultry association was held at Winona recently with nearly eight hundred birds on exhibition. Mr. Heimlich of Jacksonville, lL, is the judge. J. J. Hill has leased a large tract of the Wright & Davis lands, acquired about a year ago in connection with the e of the Duluth,. Mississipp: Northern road, to Corrigan & y of Cleveland. Andrew Myhre, an unmarried man, living in the edge of Chippewa county, south of Benson, v killed by a west- bound passenger train about a mile and a half east of Degraff. He was intox}- cated and walking in the middle of the track, Specimens of iron ore from the well of August Miller, three miles west of Harmony, have been pronounced by expert assayers to be the genuine ar cle. It is down to.a depth of nearly 800 feet and it would require heavy capital to work the mine. The total grain receipts for the year at Duluth were 78,202,347 bushe compared with 85,842,913 bushels in 1898. The 1899 receipts were as fol- lows: Wheat, 54,981,942; corn, 6,989,- 210 ; flax, $,679,913; barley, 3,378,381; oats, 3,059,208; rye 1181,696 bushels. The Winona County Medical society has gone on record as opposed to the pill now before congress to prohibit vi- visection in the District of Columbia and encouraging similar legislation in att the states. The cereal mill owned by Long & Beardsley of Wateryille, was, except- ing the engine house, destroyed by fire. A large quantity of wheat and flour burned. ‘The insurance will fully cover the loss. The owners will prob- ably rebuild. Attorney General W. B. Douglas has rendered a decision to the Winona county commissioners that there is no law that would require the county com- missioners to pay the bills for the care of a non-resident pauper who has been injured in the counfy. s, Buck, wife of Judge Daniel ck, died recently at Mankato of can- cer. She was a sister of Delos Wood of Lake Crystal, and mother of A. A. Buck of Mapleton-and Mrs. Abbott of St. Paul. Mrs. Buck had resided in Mankato for forty years. - The John Hauenstein Brewing com- pany of New Ulm has been incorpo- rated with a capital stock of $100,000. The barn and contents of H. N. Jew- ell burned at Antigo. ‘Two horses per- ished. The cause is unknown. The loss is $500, with no insurance, Frederick Heidbrink, an old soldier, sixty-three years of age, was found dead in bed at Little Falls recently. He had been ill several days from asth- ma, but was not considered danger- ously ill, His son was sleeping with him, and did not know that his father was dead until other members of his family went to his room to awaken him. A:N. James and BE. H. Pugh, deputy grain inspectors at Duluth, have been retired. James has been succeeded by Joseph Thompson of Devils Lake, N. D. The reason given for seeking a man outside of the state is that thand- ministration is seeking the best talent. and also wishes to recognize North Dakota on- account of its heavy ship- ments of graia to this state. The Duluth & Northeastern has pur. chased fifty new logging cars for use on their road, and expect to increase their cut to about 30,000,000 feet this season. Alger, Smith & Co. expect to soon increase their shipments of logs to Duluth about 100,000 feet per day, making a total of nearly 300,000 feet daily shipments to their large Duluth mill. The Seott & Halston Lumber company is now skidding about 200,000 feet per day at their five camps near Two Harbors. All this timber will be shipped to Duluth by rail. BUSHNELL’S LAST. The Ohio Governor Sends a Message to His Lawmakers. Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 5.—Goy. Bush- nell’s last message to the legislature was submitted to that body yesterday. Among other things he said the state had_suffered from the loss of capital through inducements offered by other states; that further taxation of cor- porations would not benefit, the state; that though the prosperity of the past year had been unparalleled, there was still room for benefitting the laboring classes by additional safeguards for their rights, and especially im provid- ing better sanitary conditions in places of labor. He commended the state board of arbitration for its efficient work. He closed with a recommenda- tion for better primary election laws. HANNA DON'T WANT IT. Not a Candidate for Chairman of the Republican Convention. Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 5. — Senator Tianna declared = y erday that al- thetgh he had beey urged to stand for the permanent chairmanship of the next Republican national convention, he would not do so. ‘There are other men,” said he, “who are more anxious than I and who value the honor more than I do. I will give way to them.” He also declared that he would not be one of the delegates at large from Ohio in the convertion, I greatly desire that Gen. Dick have an uncontested place as Ohio delegate-at-large,” he said, “and I am going to step out in his favor.” WHITE HOUS First Formal Dinner of the Social Season. Washington, Jan. 5.—The first of the formal dinners of the social season at the White House w given by Presi- dent and M McKinley last night, cembers of the cabinet and. their s being guests of honor. Invited to mect them were members of the senate and house and a_ few other persons. The E room and other public portions of the house were ap- propriately decorated for the occasion. The marine band furnished the music. The list of guests was unusually large, covers being laid for over seventy persons. is AVY. LOSS ‘TO THE } Carlin and ounced, The navy de- of Comman Capt. Ingate Washington, Jan. Death partment has been advised by a cable message from Admiral Watson of the death of Commander James W. Carlin on board the Culgoa, from an attack of peritonitis. Ie was on his way to the naval hospital Yokohama for treatment when he died, Dee. 30. The message also reported the death of Capt. C. L. A. Ingate, of the marine corps. at Guam, where hé was sta- tioned on Dec. 24. His death foliowed a surgical operation, © “aes Gas Wells Also at Work—The Resalt of the Earthquake. Sandiego, Cal., Jan. 5.—Reports re- ceived from the back country show that the recent earthquake was the case of a number of s ge happen- ings. The mud voleanoes on the'des- ert near the Colorado er have be- come active after a long rest, and are now spouting mud again, The vatural gas wells near Yuma are also working sinee the heavy quake. <A correspond- ent from Moosa writes that a number of fissures were mcile in the ground at that place. ROYAL YACHY CarsizeD.. Disaster Attends the Quecn’s New Boat When Being Usd » 5 London, Jan. 5.—An atiernspt made to undock the royal yacht Victoria and Albert at Pembroke proved disastrous. Immediately after she floated the yacht listed 50 degrees to port and ber starboard bilge keel became jammed. he strain was so great that shores sixteen inches square used in an at- tempt to prop her, were doubled up and snapped like matciwood. The position of tae yacht is critical. DAVIS TO RETIRE, Rumors of Friction in the Depart- ment of the Intertor. New York, Jan, 5.—A sp: 1 to the Times from Washington says: It is reported that Webster Davis, assis- tant secretary of the interior, will never resume th+ duties of his office, and his resignation is expected. He is now in South Africa, It is understood that friction lias existed in the inter- ior departient fer some time, and that Mr. Davis’ leave of absence was meant to mark the end of it. Forger Pleads Gvilty. Jamestown, N. Y., Jan. 5.—Alba M. Kent, Jr., of this city, who was re- cently arrested in Japan and extra- dited, charged with forging notes and obtaining $10,000 thereby, yesterday pleaded guilty to two indictments for forgery and was seutenced to impris- onment at Lard labor for three years and two months. Sailing of Canadian Troops. Ottawa, Ont., Jan, 5.—It is stated by the militia department that the trans- ports Laurentia and Montezuma, car- rying the second Canadian contingent to South Africa will sail from Halifax on the 18th inst ard the Pomeranian on the 20th. The Western squadrons will go by the last steamer. Sunk in Collision. Boston, Jan. 5.—The United States tug Resolute, which runs between this city and Fort Wadsworth, was sunk in a collision with the Reading Coal Compary’s tug Swatri in the harbor last night. It is believed all the men on the Resolute were saved except the engineer, who is missitg. Detroit Fire. Detroit. Mich., Jan. 5.—The $50,000 stock of Morgan, Publ & Morris, man- ufacturers of regalia and military sup- plies in the five-story building at Washington and Grand River avenues, was totally destroyed by fire; insured. Ran on a Reef. San Francisco, Jan. 5.—Advices from Honolulu of Dee. 26 state that the steamer Algoa ran on a reef while en- tering that harbor on Dee. 23, and narrowly escaped destruction, was pulled off by tugs. ’ > > acti