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CO, (Niks. ILLINOIS. •»r l * * *4. mm* mm* mm* INK OF THE WEEK J#«arfa, T«xas, a freight' trtiSr'Vifc Into a hack at East Crossing. The hack contained Mm. l^a«v;v Duncan, Mrs. «Tohn Krupp and Mrs. William Coalson. Mrs eey IMncsa and Mrs. Krupp were ' ' i*n against the engine arid instantly °%l^*V>hilr>ot-<;riffin feud has broken ^ mouths tn in near Bengctown, Ky. Sam - 1 --z* Pfcllpot and others had a pis- w»iBivifb Ed Ro«prs< Henry Hamp- r» ear ifg on the public road. Rug- have given nt-jje jjrst volley fired by the crease in the e was picked up dead. This will aid torganrath died at^Dayton, ^tihh the effects of H blow on the __ coffee cup, delivered by J. CHICAGO 10e young men were in a rcs- vention maiiiig and. joking, when Mor- sui table con vet he laugh on Jones, which ( - - . phia won bee J^el* gtttobed up the cof- j* and because } row * at Morganratb, frac- 3 convention ^ ^Indeinned Alaska K* \^*cnr® being refused a new trial if • I'~ aJ convention-vusob, will, make an effort lim^mont, washel? life by an appeal to the 1« and 1» 13'#uprem«( Court, according f*7' % ' . . ,,1.J'ro"8h^ hy the steamer City ""tX ®onuiia"e® *• The execution of Bird will ^>,{1??'in 1860. Li* legal hanging in Alaska din- ^ Balthnor^ican occupation. 1 & '• nated a* was a fatal collision on the nat^i ̂ nd, Akron and Columbus road at ventST**' 0hi°' * il'.sS •- >S jf* , s**, A passenger tram. >e brakes refused to work, collided »- AnSft a pony engine on a side track on the ground of the Ohio State hospital. Alon- f so Sherman and Charles R. Ehlers, eiv jf* gineer and fireman on the pony engine, were fatally injured and died an hour later. At Litchfield, Minn., John Dougherty. 5 Charles Brost, Philip Rowe, Casper f'S Schmidt and William Kickbush baTe c| been indicted for the murder of a man fft of the name of Miller in the Eden Val- ;i% ley jail. Miller had eloped with Schmidt's P ; wife and was found and locked up. The ;% grand jury has discovered that' a mob ii| broke into the jail, choked him to death I and left his body hanging in hi» cell. : I The coroner's jury had returned a' ver- -| diet that Miller committed suicide. 1 § Dudley Ferguson, member Of a promi- •V nent Cincinnati family, shot and killed August Mehan, a private detective, who had been employed to shadow him, in that city. The man who committed the murder is the 38-year-old son of E. A. Ferguson, trustee of the Southern Rail­ road. Ferguson began to act violently the other morning, whereupon Detective Majiffi went to the house to remain in c»e he should be needed. Mehan started <opstairs after Ferguson. Just as the de­ tective reached the*foot of the staircase Ferguson fired and Mehan fell dead. Fer­ guson was locked up. The statistician of the Department of Agriculture reports the wheat crop of the United States for 1899' at 547,300,000 bushels, or 12-3 bushels an acre. The production of winter wheat is placed at 291.700,000 bushels and that of spring wheat at 255,600,000 bushels. Every im­ portant wheat-growing State has been visited by special a seats of the depart­ ment, and the changes in acreage are the result of their investigations. The new­ ly seeded area of winter wheat, is esti­ mated at 30,150,000 acres, which is about 206,000. acres greater than that sown in the fall of 1898. The average of condi­ tion is 97.1. Bradstreefs ^ays^ ."General trade in Wholesale and manufacturing lines is quieting down, bat it is worth nothing, Is undisturbed by the money situation, the influences of which have been con­ fined to sjjecuiative circles. Holiday trade, on the other hand, has been given a decided impetus and comparisons with the same period of preceding years are uniformly favorable, little doubt remain­ ing that, although retail trade in season­ able lines has been somewhat affected in some localities by unfavorable weather, holiday specialties have enjoyed excep­ tional activity. As regards prices, it is a notable fact that as many staples have advanced this week as there have declin­ ed, while by far the larger ntJtnber of quotations have remained steady or firm. Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week aggregate 3,258.649 bushels, against 5,133,331 bushels last week. Corn exports for the week aggregate 4,017,185 bushels, against 3,815,(509 bushels last week." • ^ -BREVITIES. ^^Haisiy C. Niese was killed in the prize ring at St. Louis by Fred Belterson. James Shearer & Co.'s big lumber es­ tablishment in Point St. Charles, Can­ ada, was badly damaged by fire. , The Brown & Hinman plant in the State prison at Columbus, Ohio, was damaged $6,500 by fire. Insured. Jan. 1 an advance of 10 per cent in the prices of fdrniture is to take effect by order of the National Association of Chamber Suit and Case Work Manufac­ turers! Lieut. Thomas M. Brumby, Admiral Dewey's flag lieutenant while the admiral waa'ra-coti)mand tf the Asiatic station, died of typhoid fever at the Garfield hos­ pital in Washington. , A dispatch ftrpm ^lenden. Conn., an­ nounces the financial embarrassment of the old carriage hardwire house of the H. D; Smith company of^tonington, cap­ italised at $200,000 Poli Minn., was shot while attempting to ar­ rest a burglar of the name of Collins. Collins shot and ran, but fell, dropping his revolver, which Murphy secured and shot Collins in the head. The Taeoma, Wash., Daily Ledger has changed hands, passing into control of the Taeoma Newspaper Company. It is < understood the purchase price is $75,000. The St, Louis and Iron Mountain Rail­ road Company has filed a mortgage in Sebastian County, Ark., for $40,000,000 in favor of the Metropolitan Trust Com­ pany of New York. \ * Fire started in a big New York fac­ tory building. The flames spread with great rapidity and there was a terrific panic in many of the surrounding tene­ ments. The loss will amount to about Wfym. {.] ' BASTERN. y T. Benton Letter Of Chicago died at Baltimore, aged 35. » Very Rev. P. V. Cavanaugh, presi­ dent <fl Niagara University, died at Buf- John O. Donner, superintendent of the ,;t American Sugar Refining Company, died la New York City. John Iteymerhoffer, Austrian consul at «. Galveston, Texas, died suddenly on Jiroadway, New York, aged 56. . » Gammauder R. P. Wood, U. S. N., died Of typhoid fever at his residence in ..Washington. He was in command of the ganboat Petrel at the battle of Ma Aila Bay. ' • 1 ' Vs: Fire totally destroyed the Welling mansion, at Fourteenth street and Wel­ ling place, Washington. The loss on the residence was $60,000 and on the con­ tents about $50,000. Reform has struck Hoboken, N. J., where a grand jury has indicted the Mayor, City Council and numerous oth­ er officers for offenses ranging from mal­ feasance to perjury and tarceny William Wright, master mechanic Of the Yandalia Line, has tendered his res­ ignation. On Jan. 1. 1900, he will as­ sume the superintendency of the Pressed Steel.Gar Company's plant uV JtU:l£ee'« Rock, Pa.* . - "westernT The private warehouse, of the City Ele­ vator Company at Minneapolis was burn­ ed. Loss $50,000. Fire destroyed the plant of the North Amherst Packing Company at North Amherst, Ohio. Loss about $10,000. Gov. Poynter of Nebraska has ap­ pointed ex-Senator Allen to till the' Sen­ atorial vacancy caused by the death of Senator Hayward. Rev. J. J. Axtell of Royal Oak, a sub­ urb of Detroit, fought in the prize ring with^i saloonkeeper to a draw in the interests of reform. The State reformatory at St. ClonJ, Minn., was damaged to the. extant of $35,000 by fire. The fire was contuieu to the boiler house. - Articles of incorporation for the M. C. Wetmore Tobacco Company of St. Louis were filed at Jefferson City, Mo. The capital stock is $1,250,000. An Englishman, claiming to be the agent of Cecil Rhodes and Dr. Jameson, is negotiating for promising properties in the Rainy Lake region of Minnesota. It is reported that the Standard Malt­ ing Company will build a mammoth malt­ ing plant in Milwaukee with a capacity of 1,000.000 bushels irad to cost $600,000. Commander C. P. Perkins has been detached from the revenue critter Michi­ gan and ordered to duty in charge of the fifteenth light-house district, St. Louis, Mo. At Topeka, Kan., the jury "brought in Verdict of guilty of manslaughter in the third degree against S. E. Yoeman, who in a quarrel last July shot and killed David Jackson. A heavy northeaster washed out 1,000 feet of the Duluth, South Shore and At­ lantic Railroad track near Mission, on Keweenah Bay, causing a freight train to tumble into the lake. At Belden, Neb., J. N. Blinkiron, a wealthy stockman, was killed by C. F. Harris, a newspaper man. The tragedy resulted from an article regarding Blink- iron which appeared in Harris' paper. Col. James Graham and William P. Cunneen, two prominent politicians of St. Mary's, Kan., drank" from a bottle con­ taining a disinfectant, believing it to be whisky. Both were made seriously ill. A distinct earthquake shock passed down the valley along the Wastach range. It was quite severe in Weber and Davis counties and was perceptibly felt in Salt Lake City. Many persons were frightened, but no damage was done. Developments prove that Ben Zedler's tobacco pipe had been responsible for the mine disaster at Carbondale, Wash. Foreman Robert Cox's men found Zed­ ler's corncob pipe and a bag containing tobacco where his corpse was discovered. At San Francisco, United States Cir­ cuit Judge Morrow has entered a judg­ ment for $45,979 in favor of the United States and against the bondsmen of ex- Internal Revenue Collector O. M. Wel- burne, who was recently acquitted of embezzlement. ' At Tyndall, S. D., the jury in the fam­ ous liquor case of Mary Stafford against Henry Lovinger has returned a verdict of $1,425 damages for the plaintiff. The plaintiff's husband waff killed while in­ toxicated with liquor obtained in the de­ fendant's saloon. The city council of Toledo. Ohio, has voted to sell the city gas plant, the Mayor, after months of opposition, being able to muster only three votes. This ends municipal gas so far a a Toledo is concerned. The plant goes into the hands of J. N. Bick for $228,000. The Governor of New Mexico in his annual report estimates the population of the territory at 260,500 and says this year's record will exceed almost all for­ mer years in the revenue derived from produce, sheep and cattle. The report re­ news the plea for statehood. Lead and zinc have been discovered in the vicinity of Centaur, Mo., and prep­ arations have been completed to mine it on a large scale. Two hundred acres of land on which mineral has been found has been purchased by St. Louisans. The ore is said to be very rich. The west-bound Union Pacific passen­ ger train known as the Colorado Special was wrecked at Grand Island, Neb., and Engineer Meyers and Fireman Murphy were seriously injured. The wreck was caused by an open switch, the train run­ ning into a string of freight cars. Rev. G. R. Robbing of the Lincoln Park Baptist Institutional Church, Cin­ cinnati, has caused a sensation by de­ nouncing church fairs and bazaars as wicked. He says it is more godlike to let the poor starve to death than to pro­ vide for them through a charity ball. As soon as certain patent suits now pending upon fruit jar glass blowing ma­ chines arc* disposed of a trust of fruit jar manufacturers will be formed, so it is said upon reliable authority, and the Ball Brothers' plant of Muncie, Ind., will be the principal member of the trust. Chief of Police Corner of Cleveland has received a communication from the thieves who recently walked out of ,the jewelry store of SIgler Bros., in that city with about $20,000 worth of diamonds, and it is understood that negotiations have been opened which may result in le ri-tuty of the gernjs. A difficulty occurred at the Black Dia­ mond coal mines, twenty miles east of Rockdale, Texas, in which some fifteen or twenty shots were fired, two Mexicans being killed and one Mexican and a white boy wounded. Thomas Johnson, a negro, acknowledged having done the killing and surrendered. The Kansas City Times deal has gone through. According to wt-icles of incor­ poration filed at J&llerson City, it has been bought by A. A. Lesueur, Secretary of State; John" S. Sullivan of Jefferson City and G. V. Chrisman of Indepen­ dence. The company is incorporated as the Kansas City Times Company', and it has a capital of $200,000. Mrs. Alice Palmer, whose family lives in Alabama, was burned to death ia ft midnight - tire in a boarding house at 1 Hubbard court, Chicago. The fifteen women boarders'aroused from sleep were thrown into a panic and rushed hither and thither for a means of escape, finally getting out in safety. The building was damaged to the extent of $4,000. Judge Moses Hallett, in the United States Circuit Court at Denver, rendered a decision in the ease of the Detroit Pho­ tographing Company against Frank S. Thayer, to the effect that photographs of .natural scenery or other objects not the products of artists driginally are not sub­ ject* of copyright. This applies to all photographs of Rocky Mountain scenery. The Mountain iron mine on the Mes- saba range has finished a shipping season that broke all previous records for sing!* year's shipment from any mine. The shipments amounted to 1,1&M)00 tons of ore. The Fayal on the Messaba range is the only other mine that shipped over' 1,000,000 tons this year. Minnesota's total for the year was 8,868,034 tons, against 5,874.258 last year. , 4^"* < 1 -am -V' ' '< \" ' - ' "SOUTHBRH. ' \ • I:' ^ CIEOROE WASHINGTON. DIED 06(^14, «7** ' . -v.' ̂ J 4*'* ' .'i l -vr.v ': '.4.T•'v •.r. • \>4' am tS. Taylor was Installed as Governor at Frankfort, Ky. The crowd was much smaller than in past years, "due to the weather. Charles H. Shackleton, well known in musical circles in Louisville and other «ities, and a director in a number of so­ cieties devoted to the art, died at Louis­ ville, Ky. Norfolk and Western passenger No. 3 ran into a siding at Panther, W. Va. Engineer W. S. Bishop of Huntington was killed and Fireman Coontx of Blue- field was fatally injured. " The Southern Railway Company has issued an order which applies to the southern division requiring all employes to stop using cigarettes or resign their positions. In future no "one will be em­ ployed who smokes cigarettes. At a Republican jollification in Irvine, Ky., Edward Parks the town marshal, was killed by Fred Ashcraft. Charles Wallace, colored, was fatally injured during the shooting. Ashcraft and Wal­ lace had previously given the town mar­ shal trouble, and he was competed to shoot while trying to arrest the®. . FOREIGN. Dr. Max Lange, the famous German chess master, theoretician and problem­ ist, is dead at Lcipsie. He was 67 years old. Emperor Menelek Of Abyssinia has asked France and Russia to lend hint money to pay -,th£ cost of a European trip. Before elosing the extraordinary ses­ sion the Peruvian Congress approved the extradition treaty , with the United States. Mabini, a Filipino leader who is said to be the real head of the insurrectionary forces, has been captured by Gen. Mac- Arthur's troops. France claims to have definite proof that an English syndicate is seeking to buy the Galapagos Islands in order to control the Nicaraguan canal. The Hongkong junta declares that the Filipino government will be changed to a dictatorship and that guerrilla warfare will be continued against Americans. Capt. Thomas Jefferson Page, who served with distinction in the United States navy and built the Confederate navy, is dead at Rome. He was 91 years old. Spaniards who have been prisoners of Philippine insurgents, it Is reported, will claim damages from America on the ground that Admiral Dewey turned them over to Aguiqaldo. IN GENERAL A papal decree fixes the end of the present century at midnight, Dec. 31, 1899. According to a preliminary statement issued by the Board of Agriculture the total wheat yield in Great Britain for 1899 is estimated at 65,529,325 bushels, compared with 73,028,856 bushels last year. « William Weir, president of the defunct Ville M&rie Bank of Montreal, convicted of furnishing a false statement of the bank's affairs to the Government, has been sentenced to two years' imprison­ ment. Near Victoria, B. C., by the explosion of gas in the Cumberland mines, two men were killed and a number wounded. The gas was released from an unknown feeder through the subsidence of the roof and was ignited by a torch carried by the miners. The report of a heavy battle between Mexican soldiers and Yaqui braves has reached Ortiz. General Torres, at the head of a column of 1,100 soldiers, form­ ed a halfmoon around the headquarters of the Yaquis, located about fourteen miles north of Chumeanpaco. Torres forced the Indians to retreat in confu­ sion. The United States Supreme Court has decided in the naval prize money case growing out of the capture of the Span­ ish steamer Buena Ventura in the war with Spain that the condemnation of the vessel was contrary to the terms of the President's proclamation and ordered the proceeds of the sale of the vessel to be turned over to the owners. A memorable year for the lake ship­ ping trade ended the other day when the navigation season formally came to a close. Not only have profits to vessel owners been unprecedented, but there is every promise that the next season will be just as profitable to the lake trade. The enormous demand for iron ore was the main cause of the lake boom. D. B. Green, Col. John F. Gayhor and William T. Gaynor, the contractors with whom former Capt. Oberlin M. Carter was associated in the Savannah river and Cumberland sound improvements, surrendered to United States Commis­ sioner Shields at New York. The men were indicted by the United States grand jury at Stvannah for being in a conspir­ acy by which the Government was de­ frauded out of $575,949. KSl IN HONOR OF WASHINGTON. MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $8.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 65c to 67c; corn, No. 2, 36c to 31c; oats, No- 2, 22c to v23c; yye, No. 2, 50c to 51c; butter, choice creamery, 24c to 26c; eggs, fresh, 19c to 2lc; potatoes, choice, 35c to 50c . per bushil. Indianapolis--Cattle, Shipping, $3.00 to 6.50: sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $4.25: wheat. No. 2, 66c to 08c; corn, No. 2 white, 30c to 31c; oatB, No. -i white, 26<- to 28c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3.25 to $7.50; hogft, *.">.00 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2, 69c to 71c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 30c to 31c; oats, No. 2, 23c to 25c; rye, No. 2, 51c to 53c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $6.50; hog«, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2, 69c to 71c; corn, Nt». 2 mixed, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 26c to 27c; rye. No. 2, (50c to 62c. Detroit--Cattle, $2*50 to $6.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, 69c to 71c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 26c to 28c; rye, 56c to 58c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 68c to 69c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 32c to'33c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 25c to 27c; rye. No. 2, 55c to 57c; clover seed, $4.80 to $4.90. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 northern. 65c to 67c; corp, No. 3, 30c^to 31c; oats. No. 2 white, 24c to 20c; rye, No. 1, 55c to 57c; barley, No. 2, 42c to 44c; pork, mess, $8.50 to $9.00. Buffalo--Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $6.75; hogs, common to choice. $3.25 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.25; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 „ to $5.50. New York--Cattle, $3.25 to $6.75; bogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75. wheat, No. 2 red, 74c to 75c; corn, No. 2, 40c to 41c; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 82c; buttar. creamery, 23c to 28e; eggs, west­ ern, 16c to 22c. Exercise* Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of His Death. The 100th anniversary of the death of George Washington, the liberty loving revolutionary leader and first President, was observed throughout the United States Thursday. In Washington City and at Mount Vernon the anniversary was celebrated with impressive Masonic ceremonies. President McKinley and his cabinet took part in the exercises, as well as delegations from about fifty lodges throughout the United States, England, Canada, Nova Scotia and New- Zealand. At sunrise guns from Fort Washing­ ton began sending their noisy tribute to the honored dead lying at Mount Ver­ non on the opposite bank of the historic Potomac. The echoes reached Washing­ ton city and gave the signal to the host of Masons gathered from far and near that the ceremonies of the day had be­ gun. The procession to Washington's tomb was composed of the Master Ma­ sons of the District of Columbia. Fol­ lowing these came the officers of the grand lodges of the District and of Vir­ ginia and the grand representatives of the lodges of twenty States, together with various civic and military organiza­ tions. An interesting figure in the prq- cession was George Washington of Shep- herdstown, W. Va., the grand nephew of President Washington and the son of the last Washington to own Mount Vernon. R. T. W. Duke of Virginia, the eighth descendant from Gen. Washing­ ton, also took part in the procession. The procession, headed by the Third United" States cavalry band, marched down Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh street to the river, where boats were taken for Mount Vernon. Meanwhile, at 10 o'clock, President McKinley boarded a special electric train to go to Mount Vernon. He was accom­ panied by the members of his cabinet and invited guests. On arriving at Mount- Vernon the procession was reformed and moved to the historic mansion, where President McKinley joined the column. It then marched to the old vault, to which the remains of Washington were consigned Dec. 18, 1799, moving by the same path and in the same order as in the funeral procession of 100 years ago. The places of honor at the vault were given to the representatives of the lodges with which Washington was identified in his lifetime. A solemn dirge by a band was followed by prayer by Bishop Ran­ dolph of the Southern Episcopal diocese of Virginia. COLONEL J. F. BELL. American Commander Who Has Won Honors in the Philippines. Col. James Franklin Bell, who added new honors to his career by defeating and putting to flight the Filipino brigades u»- der Gens. San Miguel and Alejandrino in the mountains near Mangatarem, is an officer of the regular army, in which he holds the rank of lieutenant. Before going to the Philippines he was attached to the Seventh cavalry, and was station­ ed at Fort Riley, in Kansas. As colonel COLONEL BEI.L. of the Thirty-sixth United States volun­ teers Bell distinguished himself two months ago in the action near Porac, when he rode in advance of his troops and single-handed charged seven of the enemy. He captured a captain and two privates, and the remaining four Fili­ pinos fled before the shots from his pis­ tol. For this gallant conduct the Presi­ dent directed that a congressional medal be presented to him. Col. Bell is a na­ tive of Kentucky. He was appointed to the military academy in 1874. and was graduated in 1878. This and That* August Lowell, Boston, gave $50,000 to the institute of technology. Richard S. Berlin of Omaha, Neb., has been appointed census supervisor of that city. Postmaster Bailey, colofea, Millview, Fla., gets five years in the pen for em­ bezzlement. Giantess Ella Ewing has erected a house at Gorin, Mo., the doors of which are ten feet high. James Tates, i Chicago waiter, was fatally stabbed with an umbrella in the hands of a customer. A Sonora (Mexico) minj» operator Says the war with thejfVaQui Indians will con- SULTAN OF SULU. Monarch Who Is Something of an laane in American Politics. Mohammed Tamajamalu Kiran, Sultan of Sulu, the monarch who is something of an issue in American politics, is the ruler of 140 islands, of 120,000 subjects and Ja dozen wives. The Sultan, his peo­ ple, his wives and the 75,000 slaves in his islands are now subjects of the Unit­ ed States. He is known by many titles other than sultan, for example, "The Stainless One," "The Spotless One" and "The Mountain of Light." His dress is simple, consisting of one garment', after the fashion of a modern night shirt. He is a short, fat man, with a round, boyish; face and big, saucerlike eyes. Kiran lives in a small house protected by k' SULTAN OF 8TJHT stone wall ten feet high and quite thick. The first floor contains only one room, a large, bare apartment. The sleeping rooms of the "palace" are on the second story. The Moros--that is the name of the Sultan's subjects--have the reputa­ tion of being an innocent, harmless peo­ ple, but when Gen. Bates visited the islands on the Charleston he found that most of the inhabitants went about arm­ ed. The mother of the Sultan is regard­ ed as the most beautiful woman among her people. 1 The four leading candidates for Gov­ ernor in Florida are gold men. Neither party expects more than 5,000 plurality in Maryland this year. Senator Morgan's re-election from Ala­ bama will be opposed by Joseph F. John­ ston, present Governor of the State. Again there is a movement,to make the vote cast, not the electoral vote, the basis of representation at Republican national conventions. Among Illinois newspapers there is a general belief that Carter H. Harrison will be the Democratic candidate for Governor. Georgia politicians are evincing interest over a joint debate to be engaged in by Gov. Johnson and Senator Morgan at Athens, Ga. In Utica, N. Y., a Republican was elect­ ed as a member of the City Council by one majority, and his election makes the Council Republican. A movement is on in Minnesota to have the University Regents and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction elected by the people.. The Connecticut House of Representa­ tives has in its membership 101 farmers and seventeen mechanics. There are 252 members in the House. Petitions are being circulated for the nomination of Mayor Jones for Congress in the Toledo district of Ohio for the November election Jn 1900. Commissioner of Agriculture O. B. Ste­ vens, who has been mentioned as a candi­ date "for Governor of Georgia, says he h«a no ambitions in that direction. State Senator Elsberg will introduce into the New York Legislature a bill providing for centralized control of the school affairs of Greater New York. According to the Philadelphia Ledger ex-Senator Quay does not expect to be seated on Gov. Stone's appointment, and he is urging an extra session of the Leg­ islature. The Anti-Saloon League is taking an active part in the campaign for the Speakership of the Ohio Legislature in opposition to A. F. McCormiok, the lead­ ing candidate. In one New York election district the thirty-third of the Twenty-first Assem­ bly, there are only five voters, and the cost of primaries and election is $250, or $50 to a voter. Reuben F, Kolb, who ran for Governor of Alabama some ten years ago on an in­ dependent ticket, is mentioned with fa- for as the regular Democratic nominee 'or the next race. GEi. MrrHttCN'S ARMY CO*;:**** PIECES 8Y THE BOER8. ' British Repulsed with Heavy Casual­ ties on the Road to Kimberley--High­ land Brigade Alone Has 700Woondedt Missing and Killed--Gloom in London. tLiate London advices are to the effect that Gen. Methuen's casualties in Mon­ day's battle north of Modder river ex­ ceeded 1,000. The Highland brigade alone lost fifty-two officers and 650 men in killed, wounded and missing. The vi­ cinity of the war office in London was crowded with anxious inquirers and there were many affecting scenes when the names appeared on the bulletin board. Women in fnrs pressed forward with women in old cloth jackets to make sure they were reading the well-known name aright and rank and class were forgot­ ten in a common grief. Groups of peo­ ple wearing anxious looks upon their faces daily discuss the gloomy situation in South Africa, and crowds assemble at the war office reading each bulletin as it is posted, waiting for good news. Each Important battle seems to bring a worse reverse for the British, and the papers sorrowfully admit that Gen. Methuen's check at Magersfontein is the most seri­ ous event the war has yet produced. One newspaper correspondent sums up the gloomy situation in the following lan­ guage: "With Lord Methuen defeated, with a loss of a great number of his men and in danger of being attacked at any moment by superior forces, with Gen. Gatacre repulsed with a loss of 700 men and facing an admittedly impregnable Boer position; with Mafeking short of rations and greatly harassed by bom­ bardment; with Kimberley and Lady- smith completely invested and hourly peppered by Boer shells; with Sir Red- vers Buller, still unprepared to advance; with an uprising of discontented Cape Dutch imminent, a reign of terror in Zttluland, 2,000 British soldiers captive at Pretoria, the Boer forces flushed with cleverly earned victories and fighting harder than ever, three British trans­ ports grounded within the month--this is. anything but the cheerful picture in South Africa which the British public and the war office have to look upon, when they were confident at the begin­ ning of the war that the British would eat their Christmas dinner in Pretoria." All England was shocked by the news of Gep. Methuen's defeat. Gen. Qat­ ar's reverse was considered very bad, but at the time the universal expression was "wait till Buller and Methuen de­ liver their blows." The fragmentary dis­ patch which first arrived was sufficient in itself to dash such hopes, but never­ theless the optimists declared that fur­ ther accounts would tell of British suc­ cess. The official dispatch shows mat­ ters even worse than the first report in­ dicated. The British casualties included the Marquess of Winchester, major of the Second battalion Coldstream Guards, killed; Maj. Gen. Wauchope, command­ ing the Black Watch (Highlanders), kill­ ed; Lieut. Wauchope, wounded; Royal Highlanders, Lieut. Col. Goode killed, five officers wounded and three missing, and Col. Downham of the First battalion Gordon Highlanders, who was mortally wounded. When the Highlanders met the murder­ ous point blank fire of the Boers about 200 were mowed down. The Black Watch regiment on reforming was able to muster only 160 men. The Boers lost heavily in the trenches and also in the wire entanglements when they came into the open in an attempt to make a flank attack on the British. The terrific Brit­ ish artillery fire provoked no response except from the Boer rifles until nearly 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when the Gor­ don Highlanders formed to renew the attack on the entrenched kopje. They advanced with the utmost gallantry to attack the Boers, close to the place where lay their dead and wounded comrades of the Highland brigade. The Boers opened with a heavy shrap­ nel fire as the British advanced, and it was found physically impossible to take the Boer trenches. The British got with­ in 200 yards, but could not get nearer. It was here that Col. Downham fell. The Boers had free recourse to barbed wire entanglementa Tuesday morning both sides occupied the positions they held before the battle. The greatest bravery was displayed by both officers and men. The wounded Include Col. A. E. Codrington and Capt. Sterling, both of the First battalion of the Coldstream Guards. VICTIM OP A MOB. Sketches made in jail of Dick Coleman, the negro who was burned at the stake at Maysville, Ky. Coleman had killed U»e wife of his employer. The longest continuous run of a rail­ way train in Europe is that from Paris to Constantinople, 1,921 miles, in 64^4 hours.' During the first srix months of the year a million English workers secured an in­ crease of wages, while only 2,200 had suffered decreases. Residents of Valparaiso, Chili, com­ plain that the city is becoming a haven for American crooks, because of the ab­ sence of extradition laws. The yearly report of the Province of Zululand for 1898, recently issued, shows that the population is increasing at the rate of nearly 4,000 a year. A copy of the Bombay Gazette received in Chicago recently declared that the plague is spreading rapidly. There were 150 in a single day in one diatrj#*. tinue for two y jk&M'iv' Debate began on the currency bill ia. the House on Monday, opening speech being delivered by Mr. Overstreet (Rep., Ind.). Other speakers were Mr. Dolli- ver (Rep., Iowa), Mr. Maddox (Dem.r Ga.) and Mr. McClellan (Dem., N. ¥.). In the Senate Mr. Mason of Illinois " de­ livered an address in support of his reso­ lution expressing sympathy for the Boers, which was referred to foreign relations committee. No business of importance transacted and early adjournment was taken. On Tuesday the Senate received from Mr. Pettigrew a resolution asking the Secrtary of the Navy whether Admiral Dewey formally or informally ever rec­ ognized the self-styled Philippine Repub­ lic. Sent to the committee on military affairs Mr. Pettigrew's resolution*on the use of government troops during the Coeur d'Alene strike. Authorized the committee on elections to investigate the Clark and Scott contests; sent Mr. Oul- lom'3 Hawaiian government' bill to the committee on foreign relations. Con­ firmed the nomination of Gen. Leonard Wood to be Major General of Volun­ teers. Received from Mr. Cullom his bill to give the Interstate Commerce Commission more power. In the House Congressmen Prince (Illinois), Driggs (New York), Grosvenor (Ohio),- Parker (New Jersey), William Alden Smith (Michigan), Lawrence (Massachusetts) and Powers (Vermont) spoke in support of the currency bill, while Messrs. New- lands (Nevada), Cochran (Missouri), Shafroth (Colorado) and Sims (Tennes­ see) opposed it. The Spaker was author­ ized to appoint a committee of ten to- co-operate with the Presidential and Sen­ ate committees in arranging for the cen­ tennial celebration of the first' meeting of" Congress in Washington. On Wednesday Mr. Gallinger introduc­ ed a bill in the Senate for the codifica­ tion of the pension laws by a joint com­ mission of jurists and members of the G. A. R. A resblution by Mr. McMillan calling attention to the blockading of navigation in the St. Mary's canal during the last season and asking the opinion of the Secretary of War on the desirability of constructing additibnal canals was adopted. The House adopted a resolu­ tion providing for a holiday recess fromt Wednesday, Dec. 20,. to Wednesday, Jan.! 3, and continued the debate on the cur­ rency bill. The Senate on Thursday by a vote of 41 to 20 laid on the table Mr. Pettigrew's- resolution asking the Secretary of the Navy whether the Filipino flag had been saluted at Manila. Agreed to the House Christmas recess resolution and agreed to meet Friday to receive reports on the composition of its committees for this- Congress. The House, continued the de­ bate on the currency bill. In the Senate on Friday Mr. Aldrich* presented a special order fixing the stands ing committees and their personnel for the Fifty-sixth Congress. The order'was adopted without dissent. Adjourned jintil Monday. Debate on financial bill con­ cluded in the House. In the House on Saturday the currency bill was read for amendment under five- minute rule. Senate resolution adopted for the appointment of three members of the Senate and five of the House to make arrangements for the unveiling of the statue of Daniel Webster, presented to. the Government by Stilson Hutehins, on Jan. 18, 1900. ififc ' s " i •vV | •r4 J r X I " v ;S^ v' ' sM'iijji 1 . Odds and Enda. Louisville school board condemns golf skirts. , Georgia's prohibition bill was killed in the Senate. - ( Mountain Valley Hotel, Hot Springs, Ark., burned. *; Augusta, Ky.,' school building. Worth $26,000, .burned. ^ „ ;s " Charles Grey, Wellston, O., blown to atoms in a mine. James McConnell, editor "of the Phila­ delphia Star, is dead. X John Fritz, Celiua, O., fatally stabbed his wife in the breast. Rumored that the P., C. & T. has been acquired by the B. & Q. r ......j* Edison and Columbus, O., electric light plants will consolidate. Half the business portion of Cum by, Tex., burned. Loss $25,000. , n Eight firemen, Montgomery, Ala., were injured by a gasoline explosion. Union Pacific people deny that: the Northwestern has leased that road. Two men were asphyxiated by gas in is little shoe repairing shop in Brooklyn. Sells Bros.' circus may remove head­ quarters to Bridgeport, Conn., from Co» lumbus, Ohio. Texas health board has established quarantine at Galveston against ship» from Santos/Brazil;^vhere plague exists. Willis J. Abbot, well known in news­ paper circles, will take charge of the press bureau of the Democratic national com­ mittee. Minnesota railroads have concluded contracts for the delivery of 600,000,000 feet of pine logs to mills in the vicinity of Dublin. The pilot boat James Gordon Bennett was struck by a dummy shell fired from the Sandy Hook proving ground and bad­ ly damaged. Pete Thompson was killed at EI Reno, Okla., by John Curtis, son of Robert Curtis, a wealthy white man, who niaf- ried into the Caddo Indian tribe. Jailer Wm. Shockley and his son, Har­ ry Shockley, Columbus, Ohio, were in­ dicted by the United States grand jury on the charge of'aiding Capt. I. T. Jobe to escape from jail. United States will have ap irrigation exhibit at the Paris show. Cotton mills of New Hampshire have increased wages 10 per cent. Conductor Howard, Newark, O., was killed in a collision near Mansfield. En­ gineer Peter in an badly injured. Many negroes are said to have been duped into leaving Georgia for Missis­ sippi by an alleged female immigrant hgent. t Joseph C. Hoagland, 55, founder of the Royal Baking Powder Company, died in New York. 'He was several times a mil­ lionaire. General Electric Company, New York, may erect a $2,500,000 plant near Rug* by, England. Gov. Gage, California, will call an ex­ tra session of the Legislature to elect a United States Senator. Mrs. Annie Glennan, insane. New Yprk, killed one daughter and attempted to kill another and herself. New York's commissioner of (agricul­ ture will prosecute the persons who ship­ ped oleomargarine to Buffalo" merchants for Elgin butter. Rev. C. M. Sheldon, author of "Itt«His Steps," says he hasn't given up the idea of starting a daily religious paper. Chi- . - ^ im L cago.or. St, Louisvwillget it. !• » *C" *'•'