The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 30, 1899, Page 1

ting aBa5 GESEGR5 S32 Pr s ee 77e078 = “i $¢eeceeeseos | i e oeetesasnees POSOSOSOHO SOO SOHO OOO SOE TOOCOOEOOOO TRIER RENIN eR TPT 25 wera PAR Se Ss A BIG BATTLE AT LADYSMITH The Boers Engage the British Troops in a Desperate Combat. DEATH IN THE GANNON’S ROAR It Is Evident That Both Sides Are Engaged in a History-Making Event—The Boers Prove Surprisingly Strong. LADYSMITH, Get, 90.—The battle of Ladyemith bas begun. © ‘The Boers opened with artillery fire on the British camp, After @ seven shots had been fired, the British fre silenced the Boer guns, © The Boers are advancing on the Britian left flank. z Y eee CAPERTOWN, Cet, 2. «A British prisoner who has escaped, re- @ ports that the Boers gave a “smoker” in honor of their prisoners, @ and joined them in singing “God Save. the Queen.” oe A @iepeteh from Ladysnrith sent before the Aghting began. © gives definite information regarding the position ef the Boers and @ the British trope. Gen. White ts at Ladysmith with the main @ body of the Hritieh, while Gen, French is at Fulw a tow Miles to the cant, with five battalions of infantry x battalians of artillery, and consiferable cavalry The Mritieh « have struck out to the southeast and southwest to deflect Boers sent to cut off the Writioh retreat southward French's force is the Boer Gen. Lucas Meyer. with 2,000 men. ae Matawans Kogt, to the north and west on Harrie Smith road. are @ 7,000 Free State troops with guna. Gen. Joubert, with the main © eoluma of £000 Boers, was advancing from the northeast down @ the railroad when the dispatch was sent. The Boers were evident. @ ly awaiting Joubert’s arrival tere bestaning an attack e e cede «gag Oct. @—Ladyemith o in a bard position. London @ fe slarmed. The Geers have « wuperior force and a longer of artillery. defensive nse @ The press censorship i# rigorous, No reports as to conditions out. e Kruger mt with the Boers. His forces have cap- @ tured 1.500 mutes acar Ladyemith. Symons hag been buried, with military honors, capture of Dundee was a bad reverse to the Eng- © sh. Nearty sil of Gen. Symons’ staff were wounded. The war @ balloon arrived at Ladysmith, and the Kaffirs worshipped it as a @ ° c- Sir George @ The foere @ | On the western frontier things are practically unchanged cul Rhodes has equipped a town guard at Kimberley. White's position excites alarm in England ‘The fighting near Dundes last Friday was warm lost heavily. The Boers shelled their adversaries’ entrenchments, @ and the English retired to a new position a mile in the rear, A @ +@ large Britian torce marched from Dundee to Ladysmith The @ Boers bombarded Mafeking, byt did little damage They got @ possession of the waterwor e oo — ° pare aa a Ware Dace} Having ascertained the numbers of the the council tonight Eugene lay « packed ¢ the _SBATTLE, c V. Debe spoke last Bal ning to an audience (iat Hin subset: wi ne Armory. Labor and Liberty.” standpoint of a remarks were, for conservative, @it! Ih, say, can you see, By the dawn’s How your Uncle Sam smiles CUGENE DEBS SPE ON WODERN WASHINGTON, MOND ‘of centratiaed capital, his anewer to) market.” EVENIN early light, with which with panice for midat | from now there will be over-produc- tion again in every department, and another panic will follaw. The pres- indurtrial system is gradually extinguishing the middle classes. 11 in dividing the people into two class *. the exploiters and the exploited. There will soon only be the working man, and the capitalist Monopoltes cannot be abolished by leaisiation The trust the natural outgrowth of competition The t in not a creation of the law = trust is the creation of ab he trust i# simply the en arged tool of production. The trust ® not in fan evil, The evil exinte in t tvate ownersh t uate, Th is but a #ingle link a 1 nic va vations ne priv ate trust m ginin t but it preta n of , We not oming to destroy the t we so to take pos ean tt @ name of the ing t craliem ay; it npe urse dually until a njustice that organ- ined * to labor, is to fix the f and fix the price The laborer has to acquies He works permins loyer, and therefor nly permisaton The instant bh is discharged his er 1 takes his means of support H n ® fe and keeps him in slavery devel ciTy NEWS. & : Fanaapasanaaaaannaans At the day bank $260,424.67 02: Seattic clearing house to srances amount le balances were $71,- A $1,400,000 mortgage i# on file at office. The stampa ex of the King county property. The Tacoma Land & In vestment company are mortgngers. » Colonial Trust company, of New | York the auditor's }eeed the value are mortgagees. Bennington & today be state's Angell are on trial Judge Jaco The evidence in in. Defense de- | murred and moved dismiased, the Britieh were or- & question for a remedy was: “If my dered to retire to Tuli fort, about 9 mi th. British casual wateh en stolen, I will not ties in the encounters at Rhojes Drift include Capt. Blackburn hink w to get it peacefully @ and two troopers killed and five missing. The Boers lost 12 killed alk AS gt: pron 3 oo t, I wilt ¢ tak son. his KIMBERL Oct. 30.—Hoers’ losses tn recent skirmishes tm t . ta @ about town are estimated at 12 killed and 45 wounded Rg og the ° oe ieee’ tres to * BERLAN, Oct. %.—According to a report received here from te 'ous "wets @ Transvaal sources in Holland, the entire British fores at Lady- well ur power ndered hi t nie abor te by #ide with * employer, with stual ay thy. Me considered the tram; ~ a natural ¢ » f th ang r nv act y th r wag ny porth to t produ . 1 div | 1 2 “fF He Only Wants to Build a Seattle =" y S$ to Build a oeattle Say a A lay.” "1 t Depot as an Accommodation T ! + “I sald everything I care to make public, to the Star at Tacoma & fom 4 x 4 one aw . ® last Saturdey Presid e {t Nor rn Pacific, made @ " { its uct At ® the foregoing remark t f local reporters who were on ® | ont rate of action, ® hand to meet him on h ty this morning. He then # wimuch w . & went over the ground of nterview which was published * an . afa ® Saturday evening's Star oe faster “ “ * * “The Northern Pacifi t anxious to build a passeng lo * t sw ed and hu ® pot in Seatic. We do it to aty pu nion If citizens do ® af th is w r ® not want the station, we « n y letting the matter ® f emy Th shoring ® drop. * | ple will n not beca they * Yes; we have an agreement with the Geattle & San Fran & |do neotr bu aus ® cieco railway, by which they yur tracks mw the er a ® off. and we have an equal right with them in their ae — ® als. I do not care to say whether we will ever contre * % ed with this a» a falsehood in the future. * * Mr. McHenry ts to nwult today with your city * ® After they have looked over the plans, Mr. MceMicken * FROM THE Pp .| ® them before the council, I hardly think they will be in shape t * ‘ . ® day. They may * * | mphasize the point that we are not begging from the *& # city. We would just as soon not erect a depot. Our property & The Post-Intellgencer last night & brings good returns & | ave out the following statement + Mr. Hill should butld a depot on the tide flats, we might #& p Associatell Press, in pone ®@ some day unite with him That would be a matte urown « macast from Spokane ®% cho Mr. Hill, however, holds no land there. Private parties & er had been sold ® hold it * 29.—The Post-Intel * “The Northern Pacific has negotiations on with Eastern par- & |ligencer authorizes the statement | ® thes for the le of Washington timber lands. These negotiations & | that the story sent out from Sp # are not complete # | kane, that it has been sold to Mark * ‘T have nothing to state as to the Clearwater country. There & | Hanna and Henry C. Payne, has no ® is no trouble there. Agreements have been lived up to. These ® foundation whatever in fact, nor has ® agreements do not expir 1 February, and that is a long time ® t been sold to anybody else. So far ® yet.” #% | 48 known here, neither Mr. Hanna * During the morning @ party of railroad men and City Engineer & | OF Mr. Payne ever had the lightest | & Thompson went over the ground with the piota of the proposed & | idea of buying the Pont-Intelligenc ® freight sheds and tracks, It is © that the matter may bein & | ¢T. even If It were for male, and the ® shape for Mr. MoMicken, the « ny's attorney, to present it to ® | Management says it is not in the * * * « * rs * * * * Mr. Mellen and party leave tomorrow for the Kast. ‘They will - a Aes stop on their way back at the seat of the Clearwater trouble Zr Peey ever? eoees) ef eager me “yt aigtigd pn Jin the city e is not in i r tt hh te tet te te tee tte tet tet tte te te tet tt th hth o LONDON, Oct. 20.—Mall ad @)| Wilcox, the Portiand flour mill man @ vices tell of « big battle @/ together with his party, occupy the = 2|@ fought in the Congo between @|conch. They have made a tour of WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 00 PATTERSON, N. J., Oct. 90.~The 3 ae ly pony bere etna : Sane sy eee eset Orneee The remains of the late Gen. Gu ndition of Vice-Pi , pony Barer s se rit al ten an cape pasting Ny } C08 . m of Vice-President Hobart,|@ Mohun, former United Mates @| Fire broke out in the grocery store y DK n full my who has been ill for several weeks,|@ consul at Zanaibar, assisted @| of W Haskins, 409 Yesler way, itary honors at Arlington this morn. | to a serious turn Inst night. |@ by three companies of Bel- @, this morning at 2 o'clock, and ing. High officers of the army ana| Physicians were hastily summoned |@ troops and a strong force of @|about $100 was down to Mra. Kelly's mavy and high government officials, | ore Bue bored with the patient all|@ native cannibal Repeating @| living apartments and $160 to th Were present nigh The family remained at the|@ rifles did fearful execution. @| building, No insurance . nn F | bedside until this morning, when the|@ The losses of the enemy are @ cele patient was hiightly better @ estima at led and 600 @| A telegram from San Francis PARIS, Oct. 20.—The Rappel, a one an —e |@ wounde The Belgians lost @| finttely settles the fact that th Newspaper, says that King Menelik,| WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 20. | nine killed and 47 wounded @) unt re will arrive here next M ay with 40,000 followers, is marching to- | a ny ¢e @/ morning. The pions for the recep The Navy department has n not! ; ward the Tigre district of Aby ., ‘ ; “| OOOOH OOO OOHHSHOH SESS ton in the Denny hotel have met and is contemplating rations in| "64 that the preliminary trial at ea - with a hitch, owing to the trouble in $a territory Deyond the Aby 1 | Of the new battleship Kentucky will| KIRK@VILLE, Mo, O« ‘The | lighting. President Rinehart, of the frontier be made tomorrow. If her perfrom-| Charlton Hills and all the timbered | city counci), says the electric com _— - ance 1s as successful ae that of her | It is n ethwest of this. ity are on | pany cannot trite the wires, an it 4 ? hed dds she Mendiee Gan mene re and the people are fighting o}has no franchise Me reception MANILA, Oct. % apita . wandaps4 A MONtH | prevent the destruction of property. | committee will meet onsider this ship Relief arrived wi up she will go to Cape Anne in a| A great deal of young timber will be| matter in the chamber of commerce piles. w weeks for an official speed test, einai Hbchase tte a “ | liled in consequence of the fire, at 6 o'clock this afternoon, 30, » OCTOBER BOATS MAKE LAST TRIP Yukon River Is Now Closed for the Wintér. BKAGWAY, Ovt. 24.—Navigation on the Yukon is practically closed The last steamers to get from Daw gon to White Horse have arrived and the river is beginning to trees over and to become blocked with floating ice. Navigation on the lakes at the head of the river will not close for two or three wee the meantime steamers and will continue to carry freight \ Hennett to the river, or as fa they t before the ice clones around them on the last trip The last steamers are bringing hundre of parsengers, taking the lant unity to get out with out walking After thin, travel be tween the interior and the coast w be light The great rush of freight to Daw fon, which has been on the last few weeks by the way of the lakes, clos es after several travic and dinas trous experiences. Beows have been wrecked by wind, lives have been loat, and many scows have been grounded on bare. Steamers have $260 to $600 the past few days wiling grounded scows off bars * work requires only an hour or but too valuable for p and take the rink in between ports | without compensation | Wood has been in along the river, and have been of the skippers ¢ have fuel that they have taken the first wood sighted, whether it belong ed to them or not. Wood-chopper have demanded and received $12.0 & cord for all wood they have sold during the rush In rome instances steamers have had to put ashore and walt for wood to be cut. The 4 time ts , great demand determined sengere, in order to help burry| Through before the freeze-up, have all gone ashore and helped cut the wood is mated that 30 to 60 scows will mot get through to Dawson Their cargoes will have to be left with the craft or taken over the ice to destination To Meet in February. SALEM, Or, Oct. %.—The tive committee of the state leagu “t Republican clubs met at the Wi lamette hotel this afternoon and is sued @ call for the regular biennial meeting of the league, which will be held tn Portiand the first Tuesday in| February, Five members of the com. | milttee—-President, Claude Gatch, | Secretary H. L. Wells, 8. B. Eakin, | excep Were present at the meeting. sg EOE I: Man's Leg Sei: WHEPPLING, W. Va., Oct. »—H. | Renner, a one-legged man, who now has to go on crutches, complained to d for De the police ye fay that B. F. Sut ton, another one-legged man, had his home while he slept, and artificial limb from Benner's wife ander the pretext that he was going to remodel the socket so if would fit the atump better. The police found that Sutton, who # an agent for an artificial limb company, had obtained a judgment against Renner for repairs to the leg! and heid the leg under judicial pro vodings; also that the leg | tised for aale to pay the « charges HOP MARKET STILL SLOW The Yakima Republic has the ¢ lowing to say of the hop situation at North Yakima The local marked by no is adver- been situation has myportant change |The growers nearing the com pletion of the work of saving the crop, and at this time very little of thie year's product remains unba here is wcarcely a tr of mould r damage of any kind ¢ found in Yakima hope thie year | “The market stil! refuses to come nto being here. The growe ad ily refuse their bh euntil a market pens up. The buyers are as slow jin making s which they expect to have accept contractors their contracts on various trur grounds,” An Attempt at Wrecking WATERTOWN, 8 D., Oct An attempt was made t night to wreck the 9 lock train mn the Chicago & Northwestern by placing »betructions on the tracks, ¢ ne ng of planks «piked down and piles tied across and praced with iron bars A boy named McDowell dis covered the obstruction, secured a the train lantern and stoppe WASHINGTON, D. ¢., Oct. 30. Gen. Otis cables: “The transport Glenogie, with 29 offloers and 716 men oft Thirty-second volunteers, ar ri re today in good condition Private dward McCandless died at fea; Cause, septic peritonitus.” WASHIN ITON, D. C., Oct Gen, Otia cables that Lieut. Fer guson and Capt. French, who re cently arrived with the Thirty-sixth volunteers, were wounded at Flor ida Blanca yesterday. Six privat were also wounded, and one killed A detachment of the regiment struck a force of insurgents in newly 1 trenches and quickly drove them out killing four officers and elght men Three prisoners were taken. Frank Daly, a burglar, whom t) lice pinched with a kit of breaking tools and a goodly amount of plunder In his possession, was given the extraordinarily light sen tence of 20 4 und $100 fine b Judge Cann this afternoon hous ' ys into the night valuable “A burglar broke Seatt! Stock exchange last ried off all the of ore. and car specimens STAR. iBYV9, 1, A. Macrum and F. W. Pap The lowe aggregates over $500 } ‘HONE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO PIKE 150 212, NO. — | ALL PAPERS Estimates given on all classes of work Star Paint Co. 3200 Pike St Are three items we are strong New designs and the lowest Bet- on. figures quoted anywhere. early Go Carts, \ ( rildren’s Chairs, J ter buy Children's Uhairs. COON BROS., 1417 Second Avenue. BRUNNER & CO. DEALERS IN... Groceries, Wines and Liquors 602 Pike Street, corner Fifth, ‘Phone Gr 794, California sweet wines @ specialty. Port, Sherry, Angelica, Muncatel, by the bottle, 86e up; by the gallon, $1 up. Fine Red and White To-Kay. - DANGEROUS NEGLECT OF THE EYE THE... ACM ~ Will be found in our Suits. We are % Tailors, and can cut, fit, and make Clothes that will stay in shape. STY LE Standard Tailoring Co., 1012 Third Avenue Glasses Ground Any ‘ize, shape or strength, matter what the defect, if it can corrected with glasses, I can do it. CHAS. @C. HOLCOMB, Optician, 216-216 Burke Bid ce SOOT SCOOSSSSHOOSSSOOSCEOS “SMALL FACTORIES $ Can Secure Space and Elect and SEATTLE CATARACT co. Agents for the new Snoqualmie Light Seooeorscooeseros Walla Walla Addition Denny-Blaine Land Co. Dexter Horton Bank Building. { On Your Wheel or Walking Supon the street, your washable f { goods should always be immaculate Sand neat. There is no need of care- } leseness in this respect, when we will {launder shirts, collars, cuffs, crash } sults, shirt waists, dickies, etc. ine $ style unexcelied by any other laun- (dry in town, at such @ reasonable Mvered at these Queen City Steam Lamniry It price. joes; dhirta "1007 shirt with collar, » ie Fourth avensetetwoen Union end Pike Our call trade 2ige; shirts, 1aige collars, #e; ew a ao. “rhose Finest OUR HOLIDAY GOODS cose Are arriving and will be placed on sale about November 10+ Agents for Corona Java Coffee andB Brand Ceylon Tea, -«Commercial Importing Co-., 1008 Second Ave 222 Pike St. Life of Your | Shirts “he Depends tare iy 6 upon “the laundry. It's worth while taking a little trouble to find out which laundry does the most careful work. Those who have investigated employ the Sixth and Pike. Tel, Main 17] Palace Steam Laundry COMPANY MORAN BROS. Engine and Ship Builders STEEL AND WOOD P LUMBER MILL ees Will be Popular with Our Boys from the Front | OUR HOUSE | Occidental Ave. and Washington St. ; e t Druck ne NURSING MOTHERS yee if West's ei thes ‘and hat. "Y va London Barings Ing sur sett Open All Night fant. Recomme 2d Avenue and Pike st ‘ Phone Pike 82 Porter = DELIVERED IN KEGS TO ANY PART OF City 3 | West &Go., Phone Bay of i acral ere comme