Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 29, 1900, Page 2

The Hevald--Beview. E. C, Kiley T J. Austed, KILEY & AUSTED, Editors and Publishers. RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA, GRAND The powers that be—Love, money, ambition and a good dinner. bread-eating world requires of The more than 2,300,000,000 busheis wheat every 12 months. The sultan of Turkey will this sum- mer celebrate the twenty-fifth anni- versary of his accession to the throne. Introduction of the trolley in the French Riviera has resulted in injury to the telephone lines, which are of the grounded pattern. If there is any truth in the axiom: “The better the day the better the deed,” then all real-estate transfers should be made on Sunday. The government of Queensland, Aus- tralia, has engaged Dr. Maxwell, the famous sugar expert, of Honolulu, for five years, at a salary of $20,000 a year. The late Duke of Edinburgh’s life was insured for £300,000, and scarcely a single English insurance company without some interest in Prince d’s life. Ww Alf. The queen of Spain has announced that in the event of the marriage of the princess of the Asturias to Prince Charles of Bourbon, no dowry will be asked for from parliament. The coloring on the new English halfpenny stamp consists of a mix- ture of Prussian blue and chrome, without any lead, arsenic, or other ir- ritant. The gum is obtained from starch, It is now claimed that the Duke of Saxe-Coburg had a premonition of sudden death. His ideas on the sub- ject went so far that he expressed the opinion that he would die in a land outside of England. A German surgeon recently cut off a patient’s toe and sewed it to the stump of a missing forefinger. It proved a very good substitute, and can be moved by the owner, as an arti- ficial finger could not be. Sion R. Bostwick, the man who cap- tured Santa Anna during the Mexican war, is stili alive. He lives in San Saba, Tex., and, although eight-one years old, is healthy and hardy and as straight as an arrow. Aluminum has just been employed for the construction of a new fireproof curtain to be used in theaters. The curtain is 60 feet wide by 54 feet high, is composed of aluminum sheets one- twelfth of an inch thick, and weighs 4,000 pounds. The Victoria Cross has been con- ferred upon Corporal F. McKay, Gor- don Highlanders, for conspicuous ‘brav- ery on May 29 during the action on Crow’s Nest Hill, near Johannesburg. He repeatedly rushed forward under a withering fire at short range to at- tend to wounded comrades, dressing their wounds while ‘the himself was without shelter, and in one instance carrying a wounded man from the open under a heavy fire to the shelter of a boulder, The well-known Spanish painter, Joaquin Sarolla, has been awarded a first-class medal in the Paris exposi- tion, and all those who admire his works are pleased at his suecess. The Medrilenos call Serolla “the painter of the sun,” becauge no one can sur- pass him in those wonderful scenes ef outdoor life painted in full sun- shine, brilliant light everywhere, daz- zling to the eyes, with heavy shadows lying where the light cannot pene trate. So far as dining is concerned in Par- is, the prices have not been put up as much as people expected; indeed, at the best restaurants it is doubtful if they have risen at all and Paris today is an infinitely cheaper place to dine well in than London is. But a great sameness has come over the menu at all the restaurants, which is owing, probably, to the multitidue of strang- ers who are in Paris and who expect certain dishes at a French restaurant, and order those only. An interesting experiment in tobac- co culture is being tried in the fields ef Connecticut Tobacco Experiment Company at Poquonock, Conn. Nine rows, 500 feet long, of tobacco plants are being grown under a covering of thin cheesecloth, the object being to keep the temperature in which the plants are growing comparatively even, and tg protect the plants from insects and the elements. Already the suc- cess of the éxperiment is said to be assured. Success means the obtaining of leaves so perfect that they Will sell for a higher price than ordinary Con- nuecticut tobacco. A It is a singular fact about Count Tolstoi, the celebrated Russian writer and socialist, that he possesses an enormous power of self-deception, which is not only highly remarkable put convenient. It is one of his favor- ite tenets that all property is wrong, and that the holding of any unneces- sary property is an even worse crime. Therefore he has handed over all of his property but a bare pittance to— not to his poorer neighbors or to char- ity, or to some socialistic committee for the equalizing of everything—but te his wife and children. TROOPS QUIT CHINA INSTRUCTIONS TO WITHDRAW SENT TO GEN, CHAFFEE. American Army Will Be Reduced to the Proportions of a Legation Guard—Great Britain Sides With the United States on the German Demands — Events Rapidly Drift- ing in the Direction of War Be- China and Germany — France Will Berlin Receives Alarming News tween Support Germany— From China. Washington, Sept. 26. — The United States government yesterday t ok the first steps toward the redemption of its pledge made to the Russian govern- ment Aug. 28 last, by cablegram in- struction to Gen. Chaffee to reduce the American forces in China to the pro- portions of a legation guard. Nearly a month ago the Russian government was told through M. De Wollant, in charge here, that if the Russian forces and ministry were withdrawn from Peking “we shall give instructions to the commander of the American forces in China to withdraw our forces from Pekin after dfe conference with the other commanders at to the time and manner of withdrawal.” That time has now come, and yesterday’s action marks the beginning of the disappear- ance of The American Army from China, for, although some mili- tary force is te remain, it will not be of the character of an army, but under the conditions laid down in the order to Gen. Chaffee, and especially under its official designation as a legation guard, will be rather of the nature of a civil guard. This small force will not be included in any military operations which may be conducted by the allied armies. The reported adhesion of the British government to the position as- sumed by the United States govern- ment respecting the proposition to make the surrender of the Chinese ringleaders a condition precedent te negotiations has given the greatest satisfaction in official circlés here. ENGLAND SIDES WITH AMERICA. Rejects the Proposals Made by Ger- many. London, Sept.‘26.—Only through the Associated Press advices from New York, published in this morning’s pa- pers, does the British public learn that the United States and Great Britain are once again ranged together in op- position to the continental powers. Apparently such a grouping was en- tirely unexpected in both Berlin and London, and until an official statement is made, comment will be withheld. The Daily Chronicle, however, devotes a brief editorial to the matter this morning, expressing the hope that the report is erroneous, and saying that the “only way Great Britain can reap the fruit of her exertions in China is by standing Shoulder to Shoulder with Germany and Japan as a coun- terpoise to Russo-Franco manipula- tions and the weak-kneed policy of America.” Advices from China indicate that events are rapidly drifting in the di- rection of war between China and Germany. ‘There is the best of reason for believing,” says the Shanghai cor- respondent of the Morning Post, “that Count von Waldersee, on arriving at Pekin, will present an ultimatum de- manding the surrender of five leaders of the anti-foreign uprising. After a few hours grace he will formally de- clare war, and taking advantage of Germany’s position as a belligerent, he will proceed to assembble the available German forces and fleet. France Supports Germany. “The French will suppert Germany. This is not rumor, but reliable infor- mation, and will probably be con- firmed at the foreign office. Prompt action is necessary to prevent a coup which will constitute a serious menace to British interests. Russia has hand- ed over the Taku-Pekin railway to Germany.” \ The Shanghai correspondent of the Standard, telegraphing Monday, says: “Chinese officials report that Prince Tuan has issued a secret edict in the name of the empress dowager to the effect that the imperial court has de- cided to continue the war against the powers at whatever cost. The edict threatens that any official failing to support the Manchus will be beheaded as a traitor, his whole family executed and the tombs of his ancestors de- molished.” ALARMING NEWS the German Government From China. Berlin, Sept. 26.— Alarming news from China has reached the German government, but it will not be pub- lished now, as’ Germany intends to use it during the conferences in Pekin. Field Marshal Count von Waldersee has cabled to Emperor William direct that he has found the general situation much more dangerous than he had ex- pected, as it has grown worse during the last fortnight, and the consuls in Eastern and Southeastern China are expecting a general upheaval. Ad- vices from Dr. Mumm von Schwartzen- stein, the German minister in China, are of a similar tenor. Rear Admiral von Bendemann has repeatedly cabled that the situation along the Yang-tse kiang is very critical, and also ex- pressing fears concerning the safety of Kiao Chou. Reaches FATAL STORM AT NOME. Five Hundred People Homeless and Damage Will Amount to 500,000. Seattle, Sept. 26.—From Nome comes. the information of a disastrous storm which raged two days prior to the 13th. All along the shore the wind leveled tents and mining machinery. One man is known to have been drowned and several seamen and captains of small tugs are thought to have been lost. Five hundred people are homeless and the property joss will reach half a million. : GEN. JOHN M. PALMER DEAD. Distinguighed Statesman and Soldier Passes Away. 2: Springfield, Ill., Sept. 26.—Gen. John M. Palmer, former governor of Illinois and United States senator and one of the great generals during the Civil} war, died at his home here at 7 o'clock yesterday morning. Monday Gen. Palmer was in his usual health and spirits and during the day went down John M. Palmer, Gen. town and mingled with his associates. In the evening, with his wife and other members of his family, he went down town again, but after returning home complained of intense shooting pains in the region of the heart. About 7 o’clock in the morning he passed peacefully away. ; John McCauley Palmer was born in Scott county, Ky., Sept. 13, 1817. He removed to Illinois in 1839 and settled at Carlinville. He practiced law, was elected to the state senate, entered the army as a colonel and came out as a major general of volunteers, being pro- moted for bravery. From 1869 to i871 he was Republican governor of Illinois and later represented the state in the United States senate as a Democrat. In 1896 he was nominated for the presidency by the Gold Democrats. THE TEXAS FOOD. of Damage Caused Were Greatly Exaggerated. Houston, Tex., Sept. 26. — The flood presents no alarming features. Th» rise in the Colorado has done no great damage save to crops and _bridgés. There are no reports of a further rise coming down. The bulk of the water has passed Austin and the worst of it is past Bastrop. The reports sent out from Austin of the washing away of towns prove to be without foundatior. Stories The first Trinity river rise is now get- ting into the lower Colorado, but a3 the people had been warned there is no loss of life reported. Another ris? is reported at Denton, which is yet reach Dallas and Fort Worth. Th> Brazos is still swelling as far down a3 Bryan and Navasota, but the wate? has not reached the overflow stage and is falling below these points. Ther? have been no local rains along the low- er portion of any of the rivers, als» there is nc great volume of water to bs carried off and the water from the up- per rivers will pass into the gulf with- out doing much damage. The damage to crops has been heavy in only a por- tion of the valleys, as much’ bottom land has not been put in cultiyation this year owing to the flood of last year having driven the negroes|from the bottcems. CAUSES A BAD WRECK, An Engine Jumps the Track and Strikes Another Engine on Fnral- lel Track. ? Springfield, Ill, Sept. 26.—Yestirday afternoon the Chicago, Peoria St. Louis and Chicago & Alton) fair grounds trains were running t) the fair grounds on parallel tracks ajd at a high rate of speed when the Cheago, Peoria & St. Louis locomotive let the tracks. reared up and struck the Chi- cago & Alton locomotive and fell over a complete wreck. The body of pngt- neer John Ryan was found und¢ the cylinder of his locomotive and his fire- man, Jerry Hall, under the tucks. Both had been instantly killed. Niither of the other engine crew were inured. Not more than a dozen passegers were on the train and all escaped: COURAGEOUS BRAKEMAN. Frustrates an Attempt to Rib a Train. Denver, Sept. 26.—What is regirded as an attempt to rob Denver Rio Grande passenger train No. 16)was frustrated early yesterday by the jour- age of Brakeman Ross Miller. hen the train stopped at the point ere the Rio Grande crosses the Sant} Fe road near Florence, Miller was orered by a man who had a revolver lejeled at him to hold up his hands. Intead of complying Miller struck the filow on the head with the lantern. |The would-be robber shot at the brakman just as he jumped back into the|car. Miller then procured a revolverjand fired several shots at the desperad as he disappeared in the high weds which lined the track. KILLED BY A WATERSPOUT Four Persons Lose Their Lives ana Several Others Are Injured. Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 26. — Jour persons were killed and several otjers injured in a waterspout at Fergson last evening. The Milwaukee rad’s agent and the telegraph operator yere badly injured. The railway staion was badly wrecked, several cars yere blown from the track and more or jess damage done and many houses wre destroyed. Wire connections ith Ferguson are interrupted and it yas impossible at 1 o’clock to learn the names of all those killed and injurd. ae EES. AFTER THE BANDITS, Fresh Chase After the tnion Pactc Train Robbers. Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept. 26—The seach for ‘the four men who held up nd dynamited the Union Pacific expiiss train at Table Rock last month hs been resumed. Officials of the Unpn Pacific road have received word the bandits were seen a few days 4 in the mountains south of Rawili and a pesse under United States Mr-. shal Hadsell left the railroad last niat for the scene~ * a JOIN THE STRIKERS MANY MEN ARE INDUCED TO QUIT WworRK. Marching Strikers Quite Successful in Getting Men to Join Their Cause—No Overt Acts Committed | and Men Obey the Sheriff When Ordered to Disperse—Entire !Coal Region From Disorder— Fewer Mines Worked and Strik- ers’ Ranks Suffered No Defections. Free Philadeiphia, Sept. 26.—The march- ing strikers in Luzerna county before daybreak yesterday morning were quite successful in getting men to quit work and join the strike. No overt acts were committed by them, however, and when met by the sheriff and his deputies and ordered ti disperse they obeyed the order. They did so, how- ever, in rather a sullen manner, and some of them somewhat angrily dis- puted the sheriff's authority to prevent their moving along the highway. Four of their number were placed under ar. rest on the charge of breach of peace. Rioting in previous miners’ strikes usually resulted from the acts of marching bodies of strikers and the sheriff being apprehensive, is endeay~ oring to break up that style of Strike Campaigning. Beyond the incident of the sheriff's dispersing the marchers the entire coas region was free from disorder during the day and last night. Few mines were worked yesterday, the strikers’ ranks were increased and no defec- tions were reported. The answer of Markle & Co. to the pill of grievances of their miners has complicated the situation in the Lehigh valley. While concessions were made to the men the belief was general at Hazleton that the refusal of increase in pay would not suit the men and that they would decide to join the strikers’ ranks. : ssa ae TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. Engines Blows Up Killing the En- gineer and Fireman. Marion, Iil., Sept. 26, — Yesterday morning at 7:30 o’clock at Johnson city, five miles north of here on the C. & E. I. railroad, one of the most fearful ex- plosions ever known in this country oc- curred. <A freigh train pulled by en- gine 232, one of the C. & I. heavy en- gines on the Southern division, with A. F. Padgett of Chicago, engineer, and Hardin Rains of West Frankfort, fireman, left this place at 6:30 o'clock, and after switching at Johnson City for a short time pulled out on its ex- tended run, but proceeded only a few hundred yards when the explosion oc- curred, killing the engineer and fire- man. The boiler was blown seventy or eighty feet forward and above the telegraph wire to the edge of the right of way. Engineer Padgett was blown about eighty feet high, passing above the telegraph poles, falling several feet beyond the right of way. His neck and arms were broken. Fireman Rains was blown back into the tender and covered with coal, where he was found with both arms and both legs broken. Frem his chin down'the body was so badly scalded that the skin slipped in handling him. Notwith- standing his fearful condition he sur- vived about an hour, the last half of the time conscious. His wife, a few miles away, was sent for, reaching him a short time before he died. He recog- nized her and passed away. The force of the explosion threw scraps of iron in every direction, one piece being picked up in a street a quarter of a mile away. The cause of the accident will probably never be known. Mr. Padgett was an engineer of thirty years’ experience and recognized as a very careful man. LEVI RUOT’S NOTABLE FAMILY. Seventy-Nine Grandchildren and One Hundred and Eight Great Grandchildren, Newman, IIl., Sept. 26.—A reunion of Levi Root’s family was held yesterday in this city. There were present 12 children, ranging in ages from 36 to 70 years, 79 grandchildren, 108 great grandchildren and 5 great great grand- children. There neyer has been a natural death in the family, but a son was killed during the Rebellion, fight- ing for his country. The remarkable part about the gathering is that it was the first time all the twelve children had been tcgether, and some of them had not met for twenty-eight years. Besides the direct descendants 98 col- lateral relatives were present. GALVESTON WANTS MONEY. Mayor Jones Issues an Appeal to the American People. Galveston, Tex., Sept. 26. — Mayor Jones yesterday issued an appear to the American people. The appeal gives the latest estimate of the loss of life and destruction of property. It places the dead at at least 6,000 in Gal- veston and 2,000 at other points. The property damage will amount to thirty million dollars. Mayor Jones ex- presses the gratitude of the people of Galveston for the prompt and substan- tial value of the relief tendered. He states that supplies are not needed and requests that all future contributions be made in money. TOUR BY ZELAYA. Nicaragua’s President to Visit the City of Granada. Managua, Nic., Sept. 26.—President Zelaya, accompanied by his cabinet ministers and honorary committees from different towns, has started on a visit of several days to the city of Granada, Nic. : Nearly Killed by Hix Team. Escanaba, Mich., Sept. 26.—Gus An- derson, a farmer near Chatham, Mich., pought a team here and while standing in the street holding the animals he was jerked from his feet, his face striking the pavement with such force as to cause concussion of the brain and render him unconscious. It is feared that his injuries may prove fatal. Stee Bled to Death. Doon, Iowa, Sept. 26.—J. A. Byerly of Doon, who was accidentally shot in the j left thigh with shotgun, bled to death. * escaped. THE MARKETS. bepress ‘ Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stack Centers. St. Paul, Sept. 26. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern,80 1-4@80 3-4c; No. 2 Northern, 781-2 @ 791-4c. Corn-— No. 3 yellow, 39 1-2@40c; No. 3, 29@391-2c. Oats—No. 3 white, 243-4 @ 251-4e; No. 3, 241-4@ 24 3-4c. — Timothy, $1.65@1.90; clover, $4.75@; flax, $1.55@1.56. Minneapolis, Sept. 26—Wheat—No. 1 hard, 83c; No. 1 Northern, . 811-4c; No. 2 Northern, 79 3-4c. Corn — No. 3 yellow, 38 1-2@39c; No. 3, 88@38 1-2c. Oats—No. 3 white, 221-2 @ 24c; No. 3, 221-4923 1-4c. Rye—No. 1, 49@51c; No. 2, 48@50c. Barley—Feed grades, S8@ 4ic; malting grades, 41946c. Duluth, Sept. 26—Wheat—No. 1 hard. 85c; No. 1 Northern, S3c; No. 2 Nort! ern, 78c; No. 3 spring, 75c; to arrive, No. 1 hard, 85c; No. 1 Northern, 83¢; September, No. 1 Northern, 88¢; De- cember, No. 1 Northern, 821-2c; May, No. 1 Northern, 85 3-8e; oats, 231-2@ 23 3-4e; rye, 58¢c; bark 45@55e; flax, ; to arrive, 2; September, October, $1.52; November, $1.51 1-2; December, $1.49; May, $1. Chicago, Sept. 26.—Cash Wheat--No. 2 red, 77 1-2@791-2c; No. 3 red, 731-2@ 78c; No. 2 hard winter, 73@75 1-2c; No. 3 hard winter, 711-2 @ 741-2c; No, 1 Northern spring, @80c; No. 2 North- ern spring, 77@80c; No. 3 spring, 71@ 79c. Corn—No. 2, 403-4@41c; No. 3, 401-2c. Oats—No. 2, 22@221-4c; No. 3, 21 3-4@22c. Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 26. — Flour is firm. Wheat higher; No. 1 Northern, 81@811-2c; No. 2 Northern, 783-4 @ 79c. Rye higher; No. 1, 56c. Bar- ley higher; No. 2, 57c; sample, 37@56c. Oats higher; No. 2 white, 25 3-4@26c. Sioux City, Iowa, Sept: 26.—Cattle— Beeves, .$5 @ 5.55; cows, bulls and mixed, $2 @ 3.75; ‘stockers and feeders, $3.50@4.25; calves and yearlings, $2.40@ 4.25. Hogs, $5.02 1-2@5.10; bulk, $5.05. Chicago, Sept. 26—Cattle — Good to prime steers, $5.40 @ 6; poor to medi- um, $4.50@5.60; stockers and feeders, $2.75@4.60; cows and heifers, $2.80 @ 5; Texas-fed steers, $4.35 @ 5. Hogs — Mixed and butchers, $5.30@5.55; good to choice heavy, $5.05 @ 5.50; rough heavy, $4.90@5.05; light, $5.20@5.65; bulk of sales, $5.15@5.40. lambs, $4.75@5. : South St. Paul, Sept. 26. — Cattle — Good to choice butcher steers, $4.75 @5.25; fair to good butcher steers, $4.25 @4,75; common to fair butcher steers, $4@4.25; good to choice butcher cows and heifers, $3.50@4.25; fair to good butcher cows and heifers,$2.75@3.50; thin cows and canners, $1.75@2.65; choice corn-fed bulls, $3.50@4; fair to good butcher-fed bulls, $3@3.40; bologna bulls, $2.50@2.90; good to choi¢e veals, $5@6; fair to good veals, $4@5; good to choice feeders, $3.75@4.25; fair to good feeders, $3.40 @ 3.75; good to choice stock. steers, $3.40@3.75; fair to good stock steers, $3.10@3.40; common steer stuff, $2.50@3; good to choice stock cows and heifers, $2.75@3.25; fair to good cows and heifer stuff, $2.50 @2.75; common cow and heifer stuff, $2@2.40; good to choice steer calves, $4@4.25; fair to good steer calves, $3.50 @4; good to choice heifer calves, $3@ 3.25; fair to good heifer calves, $2.50@ 3; stock and feeding bulls, $2.50@3; good to choice milkers. and springers, Sheep, $2.30@4.05; $35@40; fair to good milkers and springers, $30 @ 35; common, $20@28. Westerns — Good to choice butcher steers, $4.25@4.75; fair to good butcher steers,. $3,75@4.25; good to choice butch- er cows, $3.50@4; fair to good butcher cows, $3@3.50; good to choice feeders, $4@4.40; choice stock cows and heifers, $2.75@3.25; fair to good stock cows and heifers, 2.50@2.75. Hogs — Mixed and butchers, $5.30 @ 5.40; light, $5.40@5.50; heavy, $4.85@5.20; rough packers, $4.75. Sheep—Good to choice butcher lambs, $4.85@5; fair to good butcher lambs, $4.50@4.75; good to choice fat wethers, $3.25@3.40; good to choice fat ewes, $3.25@3.50; fair to good fat ewes, $3.10@ 3.25; good to choice stock feeding lambs, $4@4.25; fair to good lambs, $3.50@4; feeding wethers, $3.25@3.50; stock and feeding ewes, $3.15@3.35; thin sheep, $2@3; buck lambs, $2.75@3.25; killing bucks, $2@2.50. RICH BOOTY AT HANCOCK. Postoflice Thieves Get $700 in Cash and Stamps. Houghton, Mich., Sept. 26.—Burglars robbed the postoffice at Hancock. They secured $700 in cash and stamps, be- sides taking a number of deeds and other valuable papers. belonging to Postmaster George W. Emery. This is the third postoffice burglarized in Houghton county within thirty days, and about the twentieth burglary in the copper district within a month. TO BLOCKADE LUZON. Real. Purpose in Increasing the Asintic Fleet. Chicago, Sept. 26. — A Washington special to the Chronicle says that the real purpose in increasing the naval force in Asiatic waters is to strongly blockade Luzon during the winter cam- paign and assist in bringing the war in the Philippines to a close. RAILWAY SHOPS BURNED. Loss Will Amount to $250.000 and 400 Men Are Thrown Out of Work. Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 26.—Fire de- stroyed the shops of the Iron Mountain railway at Baring Cross. The build- ings covered an acre of ground and the loss will aggregate $256,000. Four hundred men are thrown out of em- ployment. | Howard Jury Disagrees. Frankfort, Ky., Sept. 26.—The jury in the Howard case reported at 5:13 yes- terday afternoon that the jurors had been unable to make a verdict. The jury took the case at 2:30 and nearly three hours were spent in the jury room in an effort to reach an agree- ment.- A hung jury had been general- ly predicted. Judge Cantrill did not discharge the jury and it will report again at 9 o'clock to-day. Heavy Snowfall in Colorado. Denver, Colo., Sept. 26.—-Dispatches from various points in the Rocky mountains show that there has been a heavy snowfall. At Red Mountain it is reported three feet deep. At Leadville there are about two inches of snow. Killed by a Train. Muncie, Ind., Sept. 26.—Mr. and Mrs. William Driscoll, aged 60 and 54 re- spectively, were instantly killed by the Big Four express while driving across the Grant street crossing. The horse WILL NOT GIVE iw. KRUGER WILL CONTINUE A PROP 4- GANDA IN EUROPE. - He Will Attempt to Interest the Eu- ropean Powers in the Cause of the Boers—Holland Will Welcome Him as a Hero—Gen. Paget Cap- tures the Langer ef Commandant Grobler—Cunnningham’s Brigade After a Returns Pretoria Seven - Hundred - Mile to March — Heavy Fighting Reported. London, Sept. 26.—‘Holland will wel come ex-President Kruger as a hero,” ssid Baron Schimmelpenninck, counsel of the Netherland legation in London. He said that the ex-president of the Transvaal purposes continuing a pro- paganda in Europe. “You will see,” said the baron. “It seems hardly fair to speak of him as running away. So long as he is not deprived of his liberty the Boers will consider that there is at least a pretext for asserting that their government has not collapsed.” Netherlands Chuiser for Kruger. The Hague, Sept. 26.—It is rumored here that the Netheriands cruiser Gelderland will convey ex-President Kruger from Lourenzo Marques to Naples. The ex-president of the South African republic has not been in good health for some time. PAGET MAKES A HAUL. He Captures the Langer mandant Grobler. Pretoria, Sept. 26—Gen. Paget, b making a forced march of twent miles east of Hammans Kraal, of Com- cap- tured the laager of Commandant Grob- ler, seizing 2,000 head of cattle and 5,000 sheep. Twenty men who had been left in charge of the laager were made prisoners. Gen. Cunningham's brigade, consisting of the Argyle Highlanders, the Berkshire regiment and _ the Scottish Borderers, has returned here from the east. Since July 27 the brig~ ade marched 700 miles. When the British occupied Komatipoort the Boers who had been occupying that place bolted across the frontier into Portuguese territory. They blew up their guns and destroyed their arms before evacuating the town. Heavy Fighting Reported. London, Sept. 26.—The daily Mail has the following dispatch from Lourenzo Marquez: “Heavy fighting is reported across the Sabier river. This means that the British are intercepting Steyn and Reitz, who, with their forces are attempting to push northward and ef- fect a junction. The commando is s: to be surrounded near Pietersbur; Says War Is Completely Ended. London, Sept. 26.—‘“‘The war is com-~ pletely ended,” says tie Lourenzo Marques correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. ‘Many guns have been de- stroyed and hundreds of wagons and thousands of tons of stores of every description have been burned. Burn- ing wreckage lies in every direction in the Hectorspruit district. Any good police force of 20,000 men can effect the complete pacification of the country. It will pe impossible for the Boers in the future to mass a force exceeding 1,500. They are sick of the war and the Irish-American and other merci- naries are clamoring for payment and threatening the Boer officials.” ROOT IS IMPROVING. But He Is Not Likely to Retarn to Washington Soon. Washington, Sept. 26. — Adjt. Gen. Corbin has received a personal letter from Secretary Root saying that his condition is improving, but giving no indication of a purpose to return to Washington in the immediate future. Secretary Root is at his summer home at Southampton, L. I., and is con- valescing from a severe operation for the removal of a carbuncle on his bbreast. I that line. ie SEATTLE’S POPULATION. 4 Late Directory Forecast Places It at . DBBS5. Seattle, Wash., Sept. 26. — Seattle's population, as shown by the new City directory, is 93,385, a gain from last year of 16,491. The new book contains about 100 more pages than the direc- tory of 1899, notwithstanding that it is printed in smaller type. The 1899 di- rectory contained 30,757 names; the present volume contains 37,354. The multiple 21-2 is used for both years. ELLIOT FOR AMBASSADOR. Long Recommends Harvard's Presi- dent for Diplomatic Corps. Washington, Sept. 26. — Secretary Long has recommended to the presi dent the appointment of President El- liott of Harvard university to be am- bassador to Italy in place of ex-Gov. Wolcott of Massachusetts, who de- clined the offer for persoual and bust- ness reasons. _ WHOLESALE LYNUHING. Reported Killing of Negroes in Swamps of Iberville Parish. New Orleans, Sept. 26.—Persons com- ing to the city state that citizens of Iberville parish who boarded the train at Whitecastle, told them of a whole- sale lynching of negroes which oc- curred in the swamp not far from that town. No definite location of the trouble has yet been received. PRINCE HENRY IN COMMAND. German Squadron Now Under the Emperor's Brother. Berlin, Sept. 26. — Prince Henry of Prussia is now commander-in-chief of the German nayal division, succeeding Vice Admiral Hoffmann,-who has been relieved from the post. Be Hanged Himself. Clarion, Iowa, Sept. 26—The coroner was called to Woolstock township to investigate the circumstances attending the death of J. M. Rosenberg. who lvanged himself. Mr. Rosenberg was an old resident of the county. Military Drill at Iowa College. Ames, Iowa, Sept. 26. — Gen. J. RL Lincoln, instructor in military tactics at the Iowa State college here, has ‘taken up target practice with the in- tention of perfecting the students in —) —_—