The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 29, 1900, Page 2

(&) THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1900 LONDON STANDS AGHAST AT NEWS OF DEFEAT FA EXCITING SCENES AT THE WAR OFFICE Settled Belief That There Is No Longer a Chance That the Relief of Ladysmith When the mist which shrouded the height morning cleared away a terrific contest, of which in reports to Pretoria. ted, refer to the sur- of the British garri- rhich there began ne & be n sbted.y will be a t the British left | It is suggested covers the wounded as Will Be we us BULLER'S EXPLANATION REGARDED AS WEAK 29.—London received | ws of Buller's defeat Club members who had nds in the War Office brought news first. It gave a shock, not been felt since the of the war. BSpecials, ou cried, began to come out, and then | the Dafly Telegraph boards started telling the tale | | | | hiers Sanell At el The General Buller had b st panifested old position A e Der Aobs the | P : Tugela. It is quite Imposst- | mpression wi lly talk who have com- ke of the news and s In subdued voice fon, let me tell you, has been | awful. Since the com- | T nt of the war there has been no such scene in the War Office. You sim- ¥ not get in at the doors. Lines | cabs stood outside and there were black of surging, anxious people. They 1 tried to pass inside at once and, once baving got to the boards, they ng telegram which t the at General Buller had had to re- that weeks of hard work, of fight- of loss of life and prestige had merely in, to use the general's own n spite of our cumbersome trans- | rts, we retired without loss, which shows the respect held for British arms.” Naturally, opinions by the thousands but while the impres- sion made here is beyond measure pain- no opinions that I have heard are the continent. men in ca the Beer via Lou- British dead numter ded. The Buller had 1 recovered > be accepted, : Kop wes due f the British to resist the Box ying the other than for & further continuation of the campaign. That reflects most abso- the British sentiment to-day. rilfament meets on Tuesday. Thers | be all kinds of questions asked, per- inent, and perhaps impertinent, but the vents of to-day fortify the position of the | Ministry. That Ministry will say, “This | is not the moment at which we can an- swer any questions as to details. Either | you have or you don't have confidence in | us. Take & vote and the Government will | have an overwheiming majority.” What is more striking is that not a CHEER TO THE BOERS | voice is heard against Buller or his gen- | | erals. Open talk is heard of the absolute S | necessity of abandoning Ladysmith to its Jan. 22.—A pro-Boer | fate, while Lord Roberts returns to the of citizens was held at the | originel plan of an advance over the this afternoon, whichk was at- | Orange River upon Bloemfontein. | 4000 people, despite the| To Ladysmith the disappointment must | mometer stood below | be very bitter. A dispatch from the Boer | abee, & Minneapolis law- | laager near the town, dated January 24, | addresses were deliv- | describes the garrison as “very evidently | John Lind, Mayor | preparing & desperate coup In order to J. M. Cleary, pastor |effect a junction with General Buller's Church, and Judge Wil- | advancing army.” It may be regarded as f Chicago. & certanity that, in the confldent hope of | significant feature of the 0o | eariy relief, Sir George White has lately the absence of Republicans. | Leen Issuing extra rations, gnd this fact | week forty-two promi-|hgs given rise to an exaggerated idea as | political faith were | to the length of time the provisions would irmen, i flk&;xmed. | last. Even should it be decided to send wever, was not from lack of sym- | > cause of the Boers, but | ng would MINNEAPOLIS SENDS t as yeneral Buller reinforcements and to at- nt tempt to reach Ladysmith by a movem ! through the still more difficult countr east of Colenso, it is extremely doubtful whether the garrison could hoid out long , as such a movement would oc- v at least a month, says: “The most carefully | planned and executed movement of the whole campalgn has entirely failed, and it rdly be necessary to dwell upon the extreme probabllity that we shall learn, a little sooner or a little later, of a catastrophe almost without precedent in our military history, a catastrophe, in- , without a parallel except in the sur- render at Yorktown. e war, con- n flour and | "o gare checked at every point of the | he United | campaign. In fact, the campaign is still "‘"i"‘; ¢ | to begin. We wish we had clearer proofs | end tha Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. by James Gordon Bennett. | Effected. Copyright, 1909, b that even now the Government has any adequate comprehension of the situation. The utterances of responsible Ministers have done nothing to reassure the country on this point. “Heavy or light, the thing has to be done, and the Government ought to pre- pare for the immedlate dispatch of 50,000 men and take steps to send yet another 50,000 if these should be needed. The hope- less atempts to carry on the campaign with four widely separated columns, each unequal to its task, must be abandoned or a concentration of force and of pur- All the editorials this morning breathe spirit of calm determination. Not one | allow that any reverse could deter the country from the object it has set itself to attain, whatever the crifice which may be involved. Very frank criticism of the Government, however, s beginning to be heard, even | in quarters that have hitherto refrained. The Dally Mail boldly throws all the blame upon Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Lord Lansdowne and Lord Wolseley. It points to President Lincoln's dismissal of Simon Cameron from the post of Secre- tary of War as a precedent for ‘“getting rid of incompetent Ministers.” The Morning Post dwells upon the dan- ger of further rebellion at the Cape and of possible European complications. It urges that the navy be prepared for “any emergency.” The Standard and other papers reflect the anxiety of the public to learn how much truth there is in the Boer accounts of the fighting at Splon Kop. General Buller's obscurity in hisdispatch israther bitterly criticized, as well as the evident fact that the censor is not only heavily elaying, but is striking all important matters from the newspaper dispatches. To judge with any accuracy of the ex- tent of the disaster is virtually impos- sible. It appears tuat Genera! Buller had al- together five brigades wholly or partly engaged—General Cooke's, General Hild- yard's, General Hart's, General Wood- gate's and General Lyttelton's—and the 270 casualties already announced in Lyt- telton's brigade are thus explained. Much mystery still surrounds the retreat. It is possible that General Buller has with- drawn his whole forces, but it is generally assumed that Lyttelton’s brigade and Lord Dundonald’s cavalry and other troops are still on the north side of the Tugela. General Buller’'s confidence that the Boers did not molest his retreat because they had been taught to respect the fight- ing powers of the British soldier is not shared in London. It is thought, rather, that the Boers had some other plan in store or did not wish to waste their men. Large arrivals of troops are due at Cape Town during the week. There has been great activity in military quarters in all parts of Engiand since Saturday morning. The War Office, anticipating a great crush at the opening of Parliament, has placed new restrictions upon visitors during the session. The situation at other points is un- changed, but Indications that Lord Roberts s preparing plans for an advance across the Orange River come in a dis- patch to the Dalily Chronicle from Sterk- stroom, dated January 25, which says that Thibets, an important position near | Steelberg, on the Stormberg-Rosemead line, is now occupled by the British, who are repalring the railway and bridges. The correspondent observes that this will facilitate communication between General Gatacre and General Kelly- Kenny. | reception by Count von Bulow no politl- | cal matters were mentioned. - LYTTELTON'S BRIGADE CAPTURED SPION KOP LONDON, Jan..20.—A speclal dispatch from Spearmans Camp, dated Friday and ng additional details of the opera- | says: a most successful packed with ent t the Boers' ns strong After de- s defined tions of Wednesday, by {llustrious Abralfam “The British made 1 upon the President of | movement to-d They deployed to Gen- | the United States use his good of- | eral Warren's right flank and reinforced | to br quick ending of the | the troops possession of Tabanyama. | uggle een the republic and | They were subjected to a heavy Boer . i ater events tend | shell fire, but stood their ground nobly. s ate v )f Great | Part of General Lyttelton’s brigade ex- to = nd” that | tended on the piain in front of Mount be so ask the | Alice and within two hours scaled the t of ed States to at once | height of Spion Kop under a heavy fire. L s of the Transvaa] | One rifleman who reached the summu; :ge Free State offictally. . he res- | before his comrades proudly stood on | € are to be sent to the Congr enting in W TRANSVAAL WILL NOT BE FIRST TC SEEK PEACE | MAFEKING UNCGNFIRMED to The Call and New York Her- a Copyrighted, 1909, by James Gordon SN Bernett BERLIN, J 28 —The Deutsche { gz . hes an inteieene Tages | 1 ONDON, Jan. 20—Nothing has been . o ot l“’ received confirming/ the reports that » ts him | yateking has been relleved. There is| r will certainly last a | every reason to believe that Colonel st long time. | pyynmer, who is a fine commander of fr- | e | regulars, as the Matabele war proved, will make, if he has not already dgne so, | ONDON, Jan o B _|a determined attempt to relieve ‘Mafe- | spdibont of the S R COTTe- | king. Should Colonel Plummer and Col- | e <3 pular lom here. Tie 1o wer: | onel Baden-Poweil be free, they may | comed with an enthusiasm erdingrily cy. | T2id the North Transvaal, and it is pos- | tended only to the most favored envoys, | S0/ they may even threaten Pretoria. 1 have information from unimpeachable e anthority that he s trying to indace Ger | STORY OF THE BRITISH many to mediate on the basis of a guar- | | antee of the independence of the Boer ASCENT OF SPION KOP| republics, which would be granted some gt o territorial concessions, but not a Jan. 3M-—The. - Dafly News this latter being left for future ain power having dispatch dated Spearmans LONDON ishes a jes in 8o ica | Camp, Wednesday afternoon, but held Leyds is o & Germany commer. | Pack, presumably by the censor, until Fri- , rallway and mining monopolies, as| 43y, January 26, 6:40 p. m. The corre- well as other inducements. If he fafls| sPondent s “Having gallantly taken a portion of | Tebanyama Mountain during last night, General Warren’s troops are finding con- siderable difficulty in holding it. There has been heavy fighting to-day. The Boer shells are eplendidly directed, and in the face of the enemy’s heavy fire the further advance of our forces has been checked. “Again and again attempts had been made to dislodge the enemy, and things bad begun to look serious. Determincd as had been their attacks, however, the Boers had not succeeded in dislodging them. Meanwhile the King’s Royal Rifles, approaching from the Potgleters Drift side of the mountain range, began the arduous ascent of Spion Kop. The heights at the place where they advanced were precipit- ous and their task was no light one. They advanced, however, and apparently at first without the knowledge of the Boers, but before reaching the top they became exposed to a flank fire from the enemy. ““The last part of the hill was even more precipitous than the road along which they had come, but the brave fellows scrambied up little by little, sometimes on here he will try Washington through ex- Consul Macrum and Montague White, and | Bt Petersburg by an envoy to Russia. It | is not lkely that he will obtain an -um-” i | ence with Emperor Willlam. During his Pears’ was the first maker of sticks of soap for shav- ing. Pears’ Soap es- tablished over 100 years, yt-n their knees, until, panting and their hands and feet, sometimes crawling usted, they reached the top and threw themselves down on the ground wita a cheer. It was grandly accomplished. important point without artillery. therefore, IS now that the on Kop at the east end of the range. They also hold the west end. The Boers are intrenched in the interme- diate part, besides holding other {n- trenched positions on the adjolning kopjes, which command the British positions.” - FRENCHMEN PERMITTED TO JOIN THE BOERS B LONDON, Jan. 20.—The correspondent of the Times at Lourenzo Marquez, tele- graphing Thursday, January 25, says: “Over thirty Frenchmen who arrived here by the French steamer Girondo and were prohibited from proceeding tp the Transvaal, appealed to the French Con- sul, who protested that they had pass- ports by the Transvaal Consul and who declared he would hold the Portuguese Government liable in damages for a breach in international law in the event of continued refusal to allow them to go forward. As the Portuguese General had previously signed the pass- ports he was compelled to admit the va- lidity of the Freuch Consul's contention. The result was that n_le Frenchmen were |on the New Zealand brigantine Kthel in allowed to proceed. Eighty more foreign- | the Straits Settlement. ers are expected by a German steamer | Broome, Western Australia, about the next week.” LADYSMITH GARRISON MAY TRY TO ESCAPE Special Dispatch to The Call. BOER HEADQUARTERS, LADY- SMITH, Jan. 24.—There are signs that the | besieged British are preparing to make a desperate coup in order to attempt to form a junction with General Buller's relief forces on the river. They nightly display rockets and searchlights. There is feverigh activity in the outer forts. In Ladysmith there is bugling at all hours. The Boers think White will make a serlous attempt to escape from the fever st Bamare ricken city on DR. JAMESON SAID TO HAVE BEEN WOUNDED BOERS' HEAD LAAGER, near Lady- smith, Thursday, Jan. 2%, via Lourenzo Marquez, Jan. 26.—It s reported here that as the result of “Long Tem's” practice on Monday Dr. Jameson was wounded in the leg. President Steyn has visited this laager. —_—— John Churchill to Fight. CAPE TOWN, Jan. 26.—John Churehill, second son of Lady Randolph Churchill, who accompanied her In the Maine, has received from Lord Roberts his commis- sion in the South African Lighthorse. gt Flour Seizure 3 CAPE TOWN, Thursday, Jan. 2%.—The prize court has fixed Monday, January | Have Varied Between 5 1-4 Per Cent 29, for the hearing of the charges with re- spect to the American flour said to be in- tended for the Boers, which was on board the steamer Mashona when she was cap- tured by the British gunboat Partridge last month. The overdue transport Man- chester Corporation has arrived there. ot To Welcome Maude Gonne. NEW YORK, Jan. 28.—The steamer George Starr, flylng the Transvaal and Orange Free State flag, with a committee of prominent Irishmen on board, dropped down at quarantine at 11 a. m. to-day to meet the French line steamer La Nor- mandie, on which Miss Maude Gonne is a passenger from Havre. Owing to the prevalence of heavy weather at sea the La Normandfe {s ‘hardly expected to ar- rive before to-morrow morning. —_ Lord Roberts Visits the Maine. CAPE TOWN, Thursday, Jan. 2%5.—Lord Roberts, after visiting the hospital ship Maine, over which he was conducted by Lady Randolph Churchill, expressed his | entire satisfaction with the arrangements. | The Maine will sail for Durban lo«mut—; Tow. [ S e S S i ek e MOUS GHOST OF MARIN JAIL FINALLY CAPTURED Spook That Frightened Many Lawbreakers Proves to Be Kappemann's Thomas Cat. Special Dispatch to The Call SAN RAFABL, Jan. 28.—The tide of modern ideas has swept away almost every ghost that once flourished in this State, but up to yesterday thers was one that managed to keep his head above the flood of progress and cast terror broadeast in the good old way. But now even this one has vanished. The ghost of Marin's jall has been laid. The mysterious shape that once flitted along the whitewashed corridor walls and with clanking of chains and strange cries disappered into a large tank, to the consternation of more than one stout-hearted lawbreaker, has taken its last fit, that is, as a ghost. As “.;gu it {s, an exceptionally fine cat, {ts owner hopes it may flourish to a green old age. e Kappemann's cat is one of the best-known felines in the county. It is & cat with a character of its own, and among its most favored haunts is the County Jall. Some years since, when it was just emerging from kittenhood ADVERTISEMENTS. TELEPHONE GRANT 33, BENBALN !;Eg cnsE" 222-224 SUTJER STREET ° L #0490 Free delivery to Alameda, Oakland and Berkeley wheth- er your order be large or small. SPECIAL MONDAY—TUESDAY—-WEDNESDAY Canned Fruits 3-Ib can 25¢ doz $2.85 Our “New Era.'* [Extra special packed the finest quality fruit ery heavy syrup. Reg. 30c: 33.35. Home Brand Pickies, soria™ ™ % pint Regular iSe Speclal 10¢ Appetit Sild tin 12 I-2¢ into a rat-catching maturity, it became the pet of a Chinese prisoner, wWho SHACKLES WO HIM FREEDOM e O, Criminal Escapes From His Guard. T Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Ja 28.—Andrew Ma- son, who was recently convicted in Sun | Francisco of petty larceny, second of- fense, and who was sentenced to five| years' imprisonment in Folsom, to-night escaped from Deputy Sheriff Whelan, who was taking him to the penitentiary. After alighting from the train Mason, who is said to be one of the most desperate criminals in the country, begged the dep- uty sheriff to relieve him of the handcuffs, | claiming that they were hurting him Whelan examined the handcuffs, and find- | ing_that they were not doing any injucy to Mason’'s wrists started with him to the County Jail, While walking along I street Mason tripped up Whelan, and as he was about to fall to the sidewalk the desperate man | struck him on the head with the hand- cuffs, rendering him insensible. Mason then ran down I street and entering a house occupied by Japanese ordered one of the occupants to get a hammer and break the handcuffs which stil adorned his wrists. The Japanese, realizing that Mason wgs an escaped criminal, fied in terror, and meeting a policeman hurriedly informed him of what had happened. The officer lost no time in reaching the scene, and with Whelan, who had just recoveres from the effects of the blow dellvered by Mason, started in pursuit of the fleeing criminal, They visited a number of houses in the vicinity, but were unable to get a trace of him. According to a citizen who witnessed the assault on the deputy sheriff, Mason, | after rendering his keeper hors de com- | bat, attempted to unfasten the handcuffs by 'striking them against a lamp post. After leaving the house tenanted by the Japanese he ran down I street and disap- peared along. Front street. As soon as his escape was reported to Chief Sullivan he detailed several of his | best men to round him up. At 1 o'clock | this morning they had not succeeded in | getting a clew to his whereabouts. Mason | is wexf knewn to the police of San Fran- cisco as a desperate crook. He has al- ready served one term in San Quentin, and frequently boasted that Iif caught again in the act of taking other peopla's | property he would resort to murder rather than spend another term within the walls of a penitentiary. ! REMARKABLE RISE OF STANDARD OIL DIVIDENDS i in 1882 and 33 Per Cent Per Annum in 1897. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—8tandard OIl | Company dividends have varied between 5% per cent per annum in 1882 and 33 per cent in 1897. This was brought out in a | statement made by 8. C. T. Dodd, solicitor of the Standard Oil Company, in reply to inquiries prepared by Professor Jenks, trust expert of the Industrial Commission. Dodd says the quarterly dividends of the ‘“There is still the difficulty of keeping |1593 and 1894 th 53 Governor | company aggregated 54 per cent in 1882; | er cent in 1883 and 1834; 101?4;3:- cent in | 1885; 10 per cent in 1856 and IS87; 11i» per cent In 1888; 12 per cent in 1889, 1890 and 1891; 12.21 per cent in 1892; 12 per cent in ;17 per cent in'15%5; 31 per cent n 1866; er cent in 1897, and 30 per cent in 1898, and that a stock dividend of 20 per | cent was made in May, 1887. | In reply to a general question as to the | work of organization and its effects, Dodd reviews the history of the Standard com- | bination and summarizes the results ac- complished by cheapening transportation | by pipe lines and tank cars, by purchas- | ing terminal facilities, acquiring steamers and other vessels, and by empluf'ing in foreign countries the same special meth- ods of storing and transporting ofl in bulk, by which the markets of Europe are held for American oil against Russian competition. | Dodd says the manufacture of ofl has been much cheapened and improved by | uniting capital, skill and acts and pro- cesses and patents of several persons, by butlding up improved manufactories on a more extensive and perfect scale in centers of trade, and by improved busi- ness methods generally. CAPTAIN MURDERED AND SHIP SCUTTLED Mutiny Aboard the Brigantine Ethel, Which Results in Seven Deaths | and Arrest of Mutineers. VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 28.—Mail advices received here tell of a wholesale tragedy She sailed from | eud of November with a cargo of lumber, | and has been posted as missing. A tele- | gram was received by the Governor of the | Btraits Settiement from the British Con- | sul at Batavia to the effect that the ves- | sel had been scuttled by part of her crew, who had mutinied and murdered the cap- tain and owner, John Alfred Riddle, to- gether win his son, the mate, the carpen- ter and three of the crew. The mutineers, who numbered thir- teen, after they had landed at Adult, had a quarrel among themselves, as a result of which, when they reached Maccassar, | one of them Informed the Dutch authori: | ties, who arrested the mutineers and seized the valuables and other property they had stolen. | ture of five officers of a Dutch malil | steamer who imprudently went ashore and were attacked by the savages of New Guinea. A relief party next day found ashes of bonfires and traces which led them to believe that all five had been killed and eaten by the savages. The New Gh‘:m" authoritles have sent for a war- ship. SNl TE MURDERED 'BY A MANIAC Father Kills His Wife, His Little Son and Baby Daughter. CINCINNATI, Jan. 28.—In an *“over the Rhine’" tenement to-day Charles Barlruft, a tanner, killed his wife, his son Carl, aged 6, his daughter, aged 3, and then tried to set the house on fire. He re- mained in the burning room until arrested by the police. Barlruff’s intellect is said to be of the lowest type and he suffered from dementia, which he seems to have inherited from his father, who died by 40 ¢0¢040404040404040¢0404040404040404040406040404040 NATIONALISTS ROUTED | |ing Generals Prex and Laveuve, in the | dency of the general council of the de- News has also reached here of the cap- | had noticed the animal's frequent expeditions to the prison in search of the large rats with which it abounds. The Chinaman was found one morning dead by his own hand, drowned in a large tank of water which stands at one end of the corridor. Two months later a hobo spending a night in the county’s free lodging- house was scared nearly to death by the apparition of a shapeless shadow which glided along the wall and disapperaed, apparently, into the tank with hideous clanking of chains and blood-curdling screams. The same sepulchral experience being undergone by many other prisoners, the community began to think there was ‘‘something in {t,” and even the most skeptical shunned the thought of a night in the haunted corridor. A week ago Antone Jason, a boy of 15, sentenced to sixty days, was found by the jailer half dead with fright and declaring he had seen a spirit. The boy, so sincere did he seem in his fear, was removed to another cell. Then an investigation was made by two newspaper men, and the watchers were rewarded by the sight of the shadow and all sound of all the other ghostly properties. When the shadow dived Into the tank one of the investi- gators ran round behind it and sure enough it was Kappemann's cat. The gas jets in the corridor are so placed that any object moving on the op- posite wall tc the one on which the shadow was seen is magnified to gigantic proportions and assumes a fantastic aspect, which to a credulous mind cer- tainly looks uncommonly llke a ghost. When the feline dived behind the tank the shadow appeared to enter the water, and a large chain which is connected with the side of the tank for some forgotten purpose accounts for the spectral clanking. A cat's voice when on the hunt is ghostly enough for any spook. And so the last lingering spirit has been swept from San Ra- fael, and citizens can no more point with pride to the jail and tell the summer visitor blood-curdling tales of the dead Chinaman’'s ghostly esca- pades. The cat which is responsible for the spiritual manifestations is one of the “lions” of the place, and only two weeks ago saved the life of Miss Ber- tha Kappemann by attracting her attention to a fire which had ignited her dress and threatened to envelop her In flames while she slept. ©4040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040+@ @404040 406040404 040404040 404040+ 040404040+ 0+0+040+ IN FRENCH ELECTIONS 0f Their Thirty Candidates in the City’ of Paris Only Three Are Chosen \ for the Senate. | necessary. The final result modified the | figures of the first balloung, so that the Benators elected yesterday show the fol- lowing party divisions: Republicans i, Liberal Republicans 6, Radicals 18, Soctal- ists 7, Monarchists 4, Nationalists 3. The general result leaves the composition of the Senate virtually unchanged. | The Figaro says: “We have gained noth- ‘ {ng and lost nothing. If to-morcow a Min- isiry came before the Senais tenaing towurd elfher unintelligent reaction or | Socialist adventure the Senate would re- eat if> treatment of the Ministry of M | o\ et end would force o resigation.” | The National press is slated at the suoc- cess of General Mercisr and the defeat of the Dreyfusard publicist, M, Rum“fi'hc el regret at | leading part throughout th QDx-cryf\.he fod campaigh. . | There was a scene of excitement outside Dreyfusard organs express th. the Hotel de Ville when M. Ranc’s defeat PARIS, Jan. 28.—The election of ninet: nine Senators yesterday resulted in a practical rout for the Nationalists, only three out of thirty of their city candi- dates being elected. The Nationalists made a great show of military men, including (ienerals Mercler, Lambert, Prex, Rebillot, Prothar, Cler- soet and Laveuve and Colonels Ravant and Montefl. Admiral Gallibert was also a Natlonalist candidate. Of these Gener- als Mercier and Lambert alone lcceed - ed, bowu commanding large majorities. General Mercier was the principal Nation- alist candjdate. The defeat of their whole list, includ- department of Sarthe, 1s tantamount to a rebuff to M. Cavaignac, Minister of War, who had backed the list. M. Ca- vaighac Immediately resigned the presi- pthe latter's rejection, becaus partment, which had opposed his nomi- | and General Mercier's election were an- nees. nounced, almost s On' the first balloting the elections wers | being grected “‘13’2‘:1‘23"5’&"3.;3{’&2;’;2 decisive in ::thy-seven cases, the results | of "vfl:e Mercier, vive la republique” being divided as follow: ublicans 54, | and “Conspuez Ranc,” but there were no Liberu\Re‘pu!flxc%.m! EMMl hl’ 15, Boolal- | disorders. ists 6, Nationalists 3, Monarchists 4. Among those elacted In twelve cases second ballotings wers | net, Bflrun%e Courcel l::? i’.‘x:?‘:mfy stream. Dawson miners have great ho; of reaching their mecca first, and to S complish this are even prepared to leave the steamers below Nurno and make a portage of 200 miles across the Tundra. Nearly thirty steamers, each carryin from 200 to 1000 passengers, are now sc! uled to sall from coast ports between May (10 and June 1. Shippiug men declare that | all steamers ‘satling this early will be com- | pelled to walt at Dutch Harbor two or three weeks for the ice to move out of | Bering Sea e White reached | Severe storms still blockade Pass Raflroad. No trains ha Skaguay from Bennett in two weeks. Re- | turning Klondikers are experiencing ter- | rible winds in crnss!ng he summit afoot. Several have heen hadly frozen. | Strikers Win a Victory. TROY, N. Y., Jan. 28.—A final effort mada to-night to settls the strike on the United Traction Company’s road here re sulted in a signal victory for the strikers, and the old men will return to work in MINERS RACING T0 CAPE NOME First | ed- | Best Claims for on the Field. SR MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 28.—A special to the Times from Tacoma, Wash., says: Estimates made by local shipping men show that about 15,000 men are intending | to reach Cape Nome by the first steamers | from Puget Sound and Dawson. Two- thirds of this number will go from Ta- & s N " N R - | the morning. The regular men wi coma, Seattle, S8an Francisco and the bal. | 52°a day, é‘! ukod,xund the (flpp;::el'fi‘;z ance will go down the Yukon River from | Dawson and other Yukon towns. A great | cim i, s rartiis Jatter being a conces- | prospective race is in sight between these it Baby Wagons on the Riss. two contingents. TOLEDO, Jan. 28.—Manufacturers of The first arrivals will secure the best part of the beach, which will be in the greatest demand, because beach claims | baby carriages and children’'s wagons will | may be worked without flumes or ma- | soon advance prices because of the in- | chinery. According to the latest advices, | creased price of iron. Representatives of a Toledo and Bt. Louls and a Troy (N. Y.) firm held secret meetings here &turdly, at which a 30 per cent Increase was agreed | upon. | over haif of Dawson's population will head for Cape Nome as fast as the Yu- kon steamers wintering on the upper river can follow the outgoing ice down- Retailing. We must discontinue retailing. Our wholesale department is increasing, requiring all our floor space, all our time and constant attention. Retail department full of clothing— men’s, boys’ and children’s—latest fabrics—swellest styles. 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