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SUCCESSFUL RAIDS
BY THE BOER FORCES.
British Surprise Boer Laager and
Kill, Wound and Capture.
NOW DEWET ESCAPED BRITISH.
-en-
Roods lays the Volunteers Can All 'Go Dome But He Would Rather They
Would Stay --Boers Found Dressed In Khaki Will be Shot ---Lord
Kitchener to be Lett In Supreme Command !fuller to Return Home
_Army of Occupatloe Not Much Weakened - Kruger Has Ns►Yet
Salted --Will Never Go Back to South Africa.
London, Oct. 14. -The War Office
has received the following derpatuh r
from Lord _ lllohseti. dated Pretoria,
Friday :
"The Boers have been making many
successful raids, and are luterferIng
with railway and telegraphic cum-
attwlcatlonr. The damage its quickly
repaired, and seven puulehment In-
flicted, but the Etta alp remarkably
persistIOI t _
-Tinge nate kiu I alight en-
gag.•mestr wltli small bands of the
euewy. The total BrItleh casuultl(es
were five kllkd and six wounded."
Surprised a Laager.
!recut 111 It hem/ital. The sir Office
received thio information yesterday.
Lieut. Uockburzi is 11 MOIL of Mr. G.
1t. H. Corkt,urn, ex•M. P.. of Toronto.
Buller'. Return Ilouee.
London, Oct, 14. -Sir Heaven: Bul-
ler'r return to England it a groat
surprise to military men here, who
had expeated that he would succeed
Lord Itubert.. It is interpreted sir
a sign tluat Lord Kitchener will b.
left fu comma -n.1 in South Africa
This result cuuiue ratlefuotiun to
two quarter.. The Alden,Iiot gang lc
relieved, because It dreads" the trans
fer of Lord Kitchener to London,
where he might turn the military
service up.ide down if allowed Fy
Lord Salisbury to have is free hand
the Youth Africa community here it
Mao pleased, because' it W weary of
what It describer rut Lora Roberti
"soft-hearted leniency," and regard"
Lord Kitchener aa n rough and rest
lute soldier. who will not be swayed
by stotlmental oonsideratlonr, feat
will restore order in the two colon
ler by drastic tnethemle. Tile feeling
W shared without doubt by a large
section of the public, which remit
with impatience the actx.untr of rule!
Ing operatloius by Oen. De Wet'.
burghers and the''Pratuvnai triir
wreckers. Gen. Buller bar been re
nerved of cutnutand- and allowed to
return in adv' ace of Lord Roberti/
in order that it may not suffer the
humiliation of be
favor04 Lord K
. The arme of occ
yet_ been materially
Natal and Ceps Colon
are mUabanJiutf, they acute
are returning to ("an.
Australia,
Australia, and the Lon
tee.. are recruiting their i'
tat sea for the tremendous wel
London, Oct. 14. -Tho War Office
Kober(received
s4 daated1e1following
returla,Oct liftltom Lord
eatb.factory Ittle affair ocburred
near Frankfort Thursday. Colonel
Greer, with the Wert Keats, surprised
a }goer. Jaeger at dawn, killed reeve'',
wounded nine, and captured 18."
Mistook the Road.
Pretoria, Oct. 14. -Toward the lat-
ter part of September lufortuatlOn
war received at Kroonstad teat the
Jjger Eebenb would hold a conference
with eenerTDi -hoot at Hetlbrou on
September nein. The British Imme-
diately elaborated a .theme to sur-
rounul and rapture them. Col. Knox'*
lufautry brigade, 1 orter'r cavalry,
1)atgetty's ooiumalu, Belislei • 'tweeted
Infantry, acid W. Knox'. detulle
were ordered to proceed to Ifeilbron
anal put the plan into execution._
Uu ale first and record day. of
the merit' nothing ticourred.,
The troupe -formed a circle *sixty
mile* ig rlrcumlererx around
Hellbrou, but they were clurely
watched by hoer patrols, who ueea
'tonally fired sniping show at. them.
On the third day. as the cavalry ap-
proached the town, they were op -
peed by a Targe force of Burr., who
were holding apoetised on Veeht kup.
The cavalry cleared the hill. ant a
shrapnel fire was poured after the
retreating. burgher'. •
In the afternoon of the malate day,
part as the cavalry were bivouacking,
a strong fordo of Beers, eouruartdedt
by tree i elVet personally. med.,._
determined attack on there. Gen•Tel
-Porter hmpotled itis brigade magnifi-
cently. lie took sip such ex -
that the attack waw rendered Ineffer•
the, and compelled the Boer. to re
tire to Hellbroo.
Reenwhlle t e erns (' Knox ad
tanewl to Petards kraal, Oen. I)alget-
t7 to Ultkyk, aced lien. Delbde to
ktanoleprult, reducing the circum -
!sense of the British virile to 20
mals.
The next day the Boers disputed
Gen. Porter's advance on Hollbron
from the southeast. There was heavy
fighting, hat the cavalry were net
to be stopped. They took lull after
hill in grand style. The artillery nld
good work. Finally the two thermi-
on(' Deere who were opposing the
British and holding the town fled to
the northeast. leaving in Ruch n
hurry that they left their transport
healed.
1t was hoped that they would he
turned by the northern rsdmmn, but
the latter unfortunately mistook the
rand, and the Boer,' got away to the
Kilp River.
Thr scheme of the British therefore
failed.
g set aside it
ener.
atioa has not
enlrene d. The
volunteers
1 t i forcer
and
Colun
riper
1110
wblob awalte them here, brut ti,
regulars atilt remulu it oxerwhet
lug strength for pollee work.
General ISuIIer's impending return
from Wroth Africa, .aye another des-
patch, Is understood tr be due to an
un.apected call upon his 'servicer to
rtmrgunire the .army Service Corp..
tite experieucee In South tfrlca of the
many defects of the extorting organ
tuition ham led to the authorities/tek-
tite
-beta - to put _ the system ugder
wlds4s the Serpa emelu ie --ltd work
upon a proper footing.
(I+llarre.�„ w:tA
s..�tnee.,'ta •^tcr� t.t
Wllotott, arumarulant of the fortress.
accompanied by Major Fairer, ('apt.
Dup.leeela. other offk:ere belonging to
the militia, and roue of the weather*
of the Citizens' ',eremite/it Reception
Comwlttee. hundreds" of spectators
were on the ewtatntkweut, and the re-
turned euldkere were untltuatastically
reaeelved. They were escorted after
wards to their temporary qun.rtere at
the citadel by a detachnaeut front the
R. C. R. I. and 1t. C. A.. acousepauted
by the State Baud.
Montreal'. Reception.
Montreal, Oct. 14. -Whether alt the
returning soldier. from South Africa
on the steamer Idaho are °outing to
Montreal or not It Is now practically
assured that the Montreal dewute
stratbou on the occasion of the ar•
rival here will be etomethlug more thtut
a local event. Arrangements have
been made W detain the whole of
the western contingent, and to al-
low them to remain here for several
hour. Word has been received at the
Brigade Offloe front Ottawa that the
48rd Battalion, of Ottawa, under the
command or( IAeut.dol. Peery Sher-
wood, will start for Montreal the day
that the contingent leaver Hallfas.
In Moutreal the 43rd will meet the
western men and tender the (fort re.
eeptk,n to 1) (:onipetny, of Ottawa,
willed' 1' commanded by MaJor May
hard Rogers, of the 43rd. The next
day the 43rd, accompanying 1) Com-
pany, of the Royal Canadian.., will
leave for Ottawa about 3 p. m., pear•
tk•ally the 48rd eextrting the "toy."
from Montreal to Toronto.
No Bouquets for Kruger.
Antwerp, Oct. 12. -The Belgian bur -
go mastery are determined to pre-
vent any public outdoor demonietra-
ltons In favor of ex-Pte.Ident Kruger
on him arrival !n til. country. This
decision her been taken In order to
prevent all further offence to Great
Britain.
---
' To Welcome Canadians.
Halifax, Ort. 12. -The programme
eomtulttee of the reception to the
Canadians met • this evening and de-
cided to recommend the following to
the general committee: If the steamer
arrives In the morning, tate landing to
be made 1n the afternoon ; 11 Lt night,
the Lauding to be in the morning
landing to be at the dockyard. The
line of march to be lined with the gait-
ors
aintore: front the warships, and the troops
to proceed to the Commons, wbere a
short thanksgiving service will be
held, thrice to the Armory for the
banquet. Invitations to be sent to the
1'retnler and Cabinet Ildtnbaters. May-
ors of I'rovinclal towel and command -
ere of the militia In Nova Sootta. It
wax also recommended that the
Government he asked for the nee of a
steamer to wart the tmopihlp; to
request the general decoration and 11-
lumiation of all steamers in port, to
go down the harbor and meet the
t rooprhlp. • A salute will be fired from
t le citadel, the forts and. the war-
ablpst .,
THREE OFFICERS REPORT,
here the Canadian Boys
Were in September.
RANKS \ FILLING UP AGAIN.
Ottawa.
Evan., . Som
ion Canadian
ale
Militia Department
August 81st
the week Se
Inters E;ma
itedpath. Ra
joined lam.
181. on parade tact 107
mbring.
Lieut. -Col. Leonard, eonunand:ng\tite
Royal Canadian Dragoons,. writer
from Bellaet on 8r3 September :
"There was on parade 110, on de-
tachment 306. sick 106, miming No.
92. Pte. Winyard. The bett*f on was,
doing outpost duty at Belfast allweek.
Lt. Col. Otter reports that parade
state west elfectite ma follow.: At
Silverton and on armored train at
Yerecntng -,16, command :h7, coeval
ascent 73. heck and dkoint duty at va-
rious net ramps 179; total 805.
The line of communisation was un-
der Col. Barker. R. E. F,ffeetive
strength was leviesmed during the
week by the arrival of HO notec.me
ml,elonecl offficers and .nen who had
fallen out in the early part of the re-
oent march.
•t. 15. -{Spa chili -Lt. -Col.
ane ding.-Lw:a
-nd-i; "Batten
M nted RlfleTeporta
tine • , . th Africa to the
under date 0
He say
that 'luring
Mgt. T, E. 1 teon, I'rt.
Unger, McNi.i I, -Green,
per and Fora had re
Tb. parade state
Cl.11 Rale 1■ T 1• Leaden, 00t. Oot. 14. -As a mark of the
opening of Lord Salisbury's Govern -
anent ender the sew Parliament. Sir
Alfred Milne! Stented yesterday from-
Gape
romGape Town for Pretoria to lu-
ftMate a civil admtnletratim in the
Transvaal. The British elections
have simplified his mission, as the ro-
sette confirm his policies equally
with Mr. Chamberlain's, and with-
out asking for the di.closure by the
Government of Its ,'chemo, It Is
known along general Innes that it
will be that of a Crown Colony, with
on Adnalnletratioa similar t, those
at Ceylon and the West Indies, until
` Wr Alfred 'idylls! that the elective
element .1011 share In the (metro'.
Ms temperament Is anti-mllltary.
and It IP certslls that he will' seek
the quickest exit from the present'
Irritating Incompetence of junior
officers holding megl'terial positions.
The result of the ,Lotion, moreover,
hen been to reject Mr genre Canmp'
1>r11 -Bannerman a advocacy, repeat-
ed after him own election, of the plan
that the former Doer Inetitutiont be
•euatinued, and nothing be done to
make the Boers feel that their Inde-
pendence Iwo been lost.
It In not expected that Cecil Rhoden
will helve any advisory voice it the
settlement. Ills Smyth African Lesgne
(ongrese at Cape Town this week
hes fallen flat, and hie hostile re-
ference to Mr. Rose -Innes has only
Ptxeceeded in bringing from kir Al-
fred Milner an intimation that he
will oak Mr. Rose -Innen to re-estsb-
lish the Transvaal ju.iiciary.
The Rebels' 1Prieoe.
Caps Town, Oct. 14. -The Contend
&'''rotary and a party cif members of
Parliament hive visited 'i+ent where
th•• rtnglrerlerw condi-test randier the
treamon bill will tie con!In^d. The Dn'el1
mrmliet7 ex reaffe4 thrtnwlteca as mat-
tefled, especially no atttnble employ
matt will 1* found, and reit/enable
visttatk.n permitted the friends of the
i•r1soners.
•
Fresh Eags really.
loeetor'a. Oct. 11. -One of the Awe
tares of tis war wh'rh ha/ excited
the admlretlon of the foreign mllltary
' ttaches hew teen the Admirable man
ter In whkh the men have beet fwd.
n'hetever the force remained station
D ry for a few days jam, bacon and
head were served out. In one Como
regi"-nt received toxo, fresh eggs dally
tar each man.
Solenoid 11. Regiment.
1„116,n, 0.1 11--Llent. 11 Z C.
n•ekbera,
itt A P iS.iti vin. Canadian
Moatntel RIO.., formerly a nnptaln o
ill" (Forarner demerit' n Heir Gn•nrrlt
+( Tnrrontn, returned to dety with Me
regiment oath* arventh, after haring
itreger'e Intentions.
London. Oct. 15, -The Telegraph's
eorrerlamdettt at Lorenzo Marques
cable/4 an Interview bait by him with
l'rertdenC14 Kruger's ,grandson Elof.
wtoaceuwpanied his graaolfether to
Europe. Ile Bald lie did not think
President Kruger intended to re-
turn to South .tfrlca. He did 'tot
suppose the Itrftish would allow him
to land if he did return. He tooled
that hie grandfather had gone on
board the tsetse' cruiser Gelderland,
witch does not mail before next Tues-
day. When he did embark he would
sore so openly. under the auspices of
the (.osernor of Lorenzo Marques.
Kruger Still at Lorenzo 3Imrques.
Logit -azo Marques. Oct. 14.•- l'he of-
ficers of the Dutch crtieer Gelderland
stilled of ex-Preeldent Kruger at the
reetdenee of the Portuguese Governor
yesterday.
Boer. Capture British Escort.
Cape Town, (Xt. l4. -The Boers are
very active In the Kroonrtad dis-
trict. General De Wet has proclaim-
ed that burghers who refuse to
fight wilt be matte priaooers of war.
British mounted Infantry, scouting
`Tom Lln.11ey; 1hrtl taeptairr-W'
killed through mistaking a party of
40 Boers In khaki for friends.
Boer rommandtws continue to ha-
rass the British column). which la
marching from Lindley to kroonstad.
The Boer captured a detachment
of the Cheshire Regiment, which was
ee.orting nn empty wagon near
Frankfort. They released tate driver
bat, kept the wagon.
BRITISH CONTEST
NEARLY OVER.
Standing of the Partiesnot Much
Changed by Election.
NO SETTLEMENT OF MINE STRIKE
Work at a Standstill Yet- -Mexican Brigands Commit Many Outrages
and Terrorize the Populace --Strange Will of an Englishman, Barring
tits Legatees Froin Marrying U. S. Citizens or Hebrews -- flan Shot
and Killed by a Rash Hunter While Photographing.
Conine', Ore. 13. -The election re
-
turas are oomplete, with the excep-
tion of elx polling. to -day, anti the
pulling in the Orkney lrlauda Oct.
lith. On this morning's auiounce-
mi nts the Unionists rhave gained
Abertloertehlre East, ranking the re
apectise gains au fellows : Minister
fallet.r 36, Oppusltloa 3:f The tots!
number of members of Parliament
elected is 0113, as follows : Couser'.
vetiver 331 ; t:ntoniete tftjfc Liberate
and tabs/Ht:181 ; Netts -mallets' e0.
No settlement Yet. 1,
Shamokin, 1'a., (kat. 15. -Not n col-
liery remounted operuttona In thin Me,
tion oaf the opal region thus morn-
ing. While towers geucrally taunt
tate. terns of their convention will
be accepte.l by the operatonm and
coal carrying companies., operators
Itereult.uts tarot thut mo far as they
urs concerned they will lot, unless
forced to by the coal earrylug
companies signing an agreetent to
pay 11) per cent. _
It ything (Quiet.
Hazleton, 1'a., Oct. 15. -'The fifth
week of the coal minere' strike open-
ed uuietly. Toe few collieries that
Lase ooutluued la operation since the
strike wit. inaugurated are work-
ing metal to -day With the same
cumber of men they had .n the miuea
tart Week. The Crunbery mute. of
A. Pardee & Co. have more men at
work than any of the few other
mines still In operation. Two crests
gathered ` this .morning, but-_.-sie-
permed before daylight .without
causing any trouble. -
A march planned for title morning
to the Panther Creek Valley, where
a majority of tonnes are stilt in oper-
*tion. war called off OA a000uot of
rain.
Nedra* Brigand* Active.
Chicago, 111., Oct.15.--A despatch to
the Record from tliaadalajtira, Mexico,
soya . A baud of brlgaude, under the
leadership of the notorious Pedro
Eloreo, has been committing numer-
ous murders and robberies In the Aut-
lan district of this State for several
months. Newts hes }eat reached here
that tate robbers unlade a bold raid
on the town of Arman, hod killed the
poetmuster. Following this unpro-
voked mar.ler they robbed the {,lane
and terrorised the populace. They
have a rtroughnbl itt the mountain's
and a detachment of Buratto have
gone in pursuit of them.
A Queer Will,
London, Oct. 15. -Tate will of Mr.
J. B. Clayton. sea of the (sae mem-
ber of parilau.ent of that natee. hue
just been probated. By it he leasee
his two duugltterr u fortune of
$720,000, with the curlers provlrlon
that tate money is only to be payable
If they shall attain the age of 85
years without marrylug, rather n
citizen of the United States or a Hee-
brew.
abet While Hunting.
Chicago, 111., Oct. 15.-A special to
the Record, from Denver; Cotritays:
Arthur Green was shut and instantly
killed In mistake by C. W. Johnson,
a rabbit hunter. Green war out with
hitt sweetheart, Miss Katie Mock -
ridge, taking pictures' in the fc .t-
htll's nnwr Golden. He hod donned a
jacket and she was just about to
take his picture when Joltawn eaertt
over a hill. Seeing a moving, grey
object he mistook It fur a rabbit,
and rent 4 charge of .hal into
Green's head.
EMPRESS FREDERICK'S
CONDITION CRITICAL.
WILL EMPEROR
EXECIJTE TURN?
Believed in London That H
Has Assumed Power.
MAY PUNISH MURDERERS
1.1 Iluag ('hang lurking Calle Upua
the Foreigutrs lit Pekin -chaffs.
and the Nruting-Fu Expedition -
'1'wo ('ulprlts the Legations Want
Executed-Ylclury for Itebrle.
Loudon, Oct. 18. -Tito Thum: pub-
lished today Ur. Morrleuu's wall ac-
t/o uuta of the extents that led up to
the siege of Pekin. He rays that the
Boxers only became Iwpurteut after
the German occupation of Klatt Chou.
The Chluese were aucrtbing the dls-
astrous drought and famine, with
other troubled. to the Judgment of
heaven, for the ururputlon of the
Empress Dowager. Site relied upon
the " Boxer" movement, according to
!h•. Morrison, are a teetotal of divert -
tug popular wrath from herself to
the - forelguers, and appointed Yu
Helen. foamier of the Boxer recto to
to Uovornur of Shan Twig. In March,
It(en.- -Tains. .under Impede' protec-
tlon, the Boxers proem:lied the doc-
trine that it was the foreigners and
not the Empresa ikowager who had
aroused the wrath of the gods.
"AN if aurwew to the Boxere came
the anti -foreign outrages," text
tlnues the correspondent. •'culmhtut
ing 111 the deetrut•tlem of the railway
station at hemi Tat The lung await-
ed rain./ came on May CSth, taud were
regarded at; a sign of the direct sanc-
tion of higher powers to the work
of Voters,
"Three days Inter extra foreign
guards+ for the legations arrived.
Tim Boxers became Increasingly aud-
acious ; and things went from bad
to worse until the legations were
ordered to quit Pekin, and Baron Von
Ketteler was killed. There is not
the shadow of doubt teat hAe murder
was deliberately planned by the au-
thorities" and executed by an officer
resplendent in the uniform of the im-
perial troops."
Dr. Morrison highly praises the
fearless courage of Ur. Ament, the
Amerean miselo nary, who, when Mr.
Conger was obliged to decline the
request for en escort for the Tung
Chow ntberloueines, undertook the
journey alone. It was un act of
courage and devotion," he says,
"that seemed to us, who knew the
Country, a deed 01 heroism. On the
x Mow arrival of the Tung 'Ino mleslonar-
IeA„at Pekin they held a eonfereuce
atensent en atppeal by cable to Pre-
sident McKinley, on June 8thv over
the head of Mr. Conger.
"It would be intererting to know,"
say. Ur. Morrton, "whether this ever
reached Washington."
London. 0-1. 14. -There le reason
10 believe that .the British Foreign
Offkee received satlefat'tory newer from
Parana 011"Frtda , indleatlltg-tie -early
return of the Emperor and Itis court
to the capital, while the Empress
Dowa er remains at Singnn•fu. If
aver e. t ft Means nem
that. the Emperor ham pati ked up
courage, with the eatt.ttstanee of the
strong men of hie court, to arrest
Princo Tuan and drag hint to Pekin
for publle execution. It the powers
ae•ure Prinre Turn's heart they will
not be unduly curious an to hie nc•
rompliene in the ntaosnerrm, for all are
more or leas apprehensive of the
coneeetuencee whluh might result from
an undue prolongation of the erten.
It 1a also Raid that negotiations are
proceeding between !tuella and Jn
pan. whh'h will result In the defining
of spheres of Interest, and which will
practically give to Japan n free hand
In .deetling with Corea.
it le still nnderetoosl that Lord
i4allebnry le co-operating with Ger
many in seeking to adjust the Kai-
ser 'R whites to the Interests of the
allies.
ed
tadOne
Death ,(he Penalty.
Lindley, Oat. 4. -The enemy at-
tecltefi-# t -haat nlgbk- They
can.' from a Kaffir kraal, dreamed in
-blaakata, and .leading -:tomes. Latter.
No 8,248, tv,u killed, and Benoey. No.
5,409, was mlightly wounded. A doer
war .sawn prisoner dressed in tate full
enlform of Itrabant's Horse.
A notice halt been leaned stating
that any of the enemy found wear-
ing the uniform of Her Majesty's
forces are itable to be shot.
Roberta fend the Volunteers.
Cape Town, Oct. 14. -The Mnyor has
received a telegram from I;eiteral Rob-
erts announcing that the c.dnnlel toe
nnteers who have been on nctite ser-
vice north of the Orange River may
return home as soon as possible nfter
to'morrew: 4t- .Ma( I1Ole'rw exprea.iar
the hope, however, that many of the
volunteers w111 remain In the field un-
til the termination of the war, and
nays that their leaving now will have
the worst passible effect.
A daapett'lI rent from Matetlryf to-
day stater that the Auitrallan hush -
men had nn engngement Friday at
Lletpoort, two mile. from Malmhni,
with a force of Boers._ who for con-
slderahle lintn had been 'strongly en-
trennhe•ed In the knpjrm northeast of
Millman'. Tlue RrIti.ih loam wain len
wouindel. The Boers left seven dead
on the field. •
• Cape Parliament.
Cape Town, (Sof. lI. nrlimrht
was pprorognod ye.terday. The Prem-
ier, R1r Inters Gordon Rprlgg, .teepee -
.d the hope that when I'nrlinmcnt re-
nsermhlee nil bitterness w111 have
pamepd away, end tint pence anti
peal -will will prevail In 5onih Africa.
Porte Cenedlens Lana.
Qoele t (set . 11. --Thr Ikvminlon line
steamier Vrtneonver nrrtted nt the
(Irani Trunk wharf, Levis, at 11
o'rkn'k it's morning. Thur were some
40 Celeedlnre volnntrw'rm on board. re -
tenting front lemth Melee. They were
brought by a tredve to the Oreen'a
wStarf nn,l ,1'ameba rkewl nhnnt 2 ri.krk:
HE WENT VIA FRI6IIT
uarde ment Made in the
First Bulletin Posted.
MIRACLES Of
DIVINE HEALING.
FERRELL TO PLEAD INSANi TY.
His Sweetheart to be Called Against HIm-U. S. and Denmark Negotiating
for West Indies Price Asked Is 17,000,000; Offered $4.000,000 -
Switch Misplaced. Probably by Design, Causes • Wreck In Wbkh Two
(len are Killed and Three Injured.
Homburg, 0.t. 15. -An official bub
lettn Lome' to day Rays : "The - Em
prem. Fre.lerL^^k haw resit muttering
for some time from neuralgia paler,
causing exhau+ton and acute millings
of the head. followed by secondary
catarrh of the lunge, atilt continuing
with Imre:used temperature and Ir•
regular pttleat'.ono. There Is no pre
sent danger. but a recurrence of the
weakness would be the cause of im-
mediate danger."
Bulletlike have hither o of WAa a-
rmed,
r ned, at the request of -the former Toan.
preen,
iHckerlag for Iolanda.
New Tort, Oct. 1b. -According to a
despatch from Copenhagen to the
Herein; relative to the sale of the
Spaniel' West indlem, Denmark de-
mands $7,000,000 and the United
Rtatea offers onl,v $4,000,000. It 1a be-
lieved that the definite Amertengt,O1•
for will be laid before the Danish
Pnrlleslnent'In November.
- lrera*U,ea-
ltarysviile, Ohio, Oct. 15,-ilumulyn
to -day on the charge of killing
Now He Comes Home in
Special With Millions.
ONE MAN'S LUCK AT DAWSON
Berkeley Springs, W. Va., Oct lb.
-Jimmy Adams tt6i' rettsr11e4 from.
the Klondike. When he lett here
three years ago, he went veleta no
money, and on a fret/lit train Re
returned 1q a _private oar, hauled by
a leased locomotive, and brought
with him nearly $200,000 In gold and
papore representing mining posses -
Mona worth x5,000,000, and pros--
pectively worth ten times' as much.
When he was back from the north
two years ago he heal some gold and
prospects, but had not written home
etwew, sad nes nue was prepared fur
Ida return.
At Detroit, he tired of travelling
in ordinary trains, and took the beet
ems biggest car be multi rent at IS7,(X1
a slay, raining leisurely and *atop.
ping et Niagara Felix and New York,
When he got to Brunswick hn leaned,
a,l000(nottve to come over tees brunch
line to Berkeley gtpringa, arriving at
the station Wittlout any one In town
expecting him.
Siete! fur Workgirls. ,
London, Oct. 14. -Tho contemplated
erection, of it large hotel In London,
for the benefit of girls worklhg for
nmatl enteritis, In which. Mn Ruemell
Sage, Mrt, Betty Green, and Mr, ,inn.
1011 nro mild to he Interested, 1s hailed
tut n mneh-Deedeol improvement, and
nm one more alga of American enter -
print
Copt. !Shields Alive.
Manila, Oct. 15. Captain Dever -
Pitt tSMrtrlm, who, with 51 men of
Company "I'," 20th Regiment, U. 8.
Volunteer Infantry, wan captured
by the lnenrgents boat month in
the island .of Marinduque, wive res
riled yesterday, with all the mem
berm of hie party.
Trem .tri ter enth.
tangentrt. Cont., Oet.
yenr-olrt-son of E. 111.
At Harper. In Lanark
other boys to drive
th. Neltomolyaril. The
tiring put reit tinted
reel, In. She etrirk
14. --The seven
Wilext, living
C.unty, helped
R (orae fait n(
animal neer
and started to
the hay, knos•k
el him down, trnmpled nal him, nhd
Otero Mats W'Idgery was in reser he WAS fatally hurt. lea lived one
Amami They were stet M Lieut. CoA. day after the aowWent,
Adam.' express messenger, Charles
Lane, ('t Aug. 10th last, When be
was captured Ferrell metier written
confession, in which tate details of
bow he shot Lane and robhe,1 the
express safe, were set forth. The pur-
pose of the robbery was to uecure
money for his prospective marriage.
WWI ('oetelow, to Marla he war en-
gaged, has been subpoenaed as n
wltnese for the State. A plea of
iaeanity will be the principal de-
" Efforts to eectose a jury oc-
cupied all of to -day. - - -•
Tampered With Switch.
Chicago, Oct. 15. -An open twitch
nt kith street, South Chicago, be-
lieved to have been purposelymia-
plad
ee, caused the death otwo
men end the lnjnry of three others,
and made wreckage of the engine and
forward part of the New York -ant
ten express trnln, ort the - Lak
Shore and Miehigan Southern Road
Inst night. The killed are: 11. J
Jerogh, firemen of the train, anal
tramp who was stealing it ride. Lewd
e•
•
a
was probably fatally injured.
CARLISTS MENKE SPAIN
Witirr-Crop of Revolutionary
Troubles Next Year.
FOUR ARRES15 Ar LERIDA.
Park, Oct. 15,�A deepatcb from
Madrid stye the Spanish Government
is-Reeat ly- eetaae erose - ea-abw revival of
the ('arlldt agitation and the dkrovery
of a depot of nems at Lerida,
lohla, where 015 Itemingtotts and tools
for the manufacture emu repair of
arms were seized nt n store kept 117
a ('nrltet. Four arreeta h'tx•e leeen
mode nt th' store, including n men
nam -d N ml o. who et71 • himself ". hi; f
of the Varlet military adminirern-
Th Heraleka, of Mndrld, Rept the
('artiste are preparing frverlehly t,
open a rnnrpalgr nt Ihv enol of the
present year, nddhtg that the rthRrtm
tent In Catlkxnln foams nn exei'llent
oo uree for the ('arllet prrptganda.
MARti11ER11'A LX ILICTIRKMF:YT.
She (:Ives Away 11er Il.nutiful
Costumes and Costly Jewels.
nota., Opt. 13. -It la earned that
t.h' tlneaen Dowager M.nrgh.rlta htm
Met completed the dlwtrit.utlon of ler
perianal effects" and ht' finally retired
from the world. (per :MO Depart err
Donee hale leen apportioned among
b^r friends,. immelbately after King
Ilumhert'a funeral the Rent to 110
nit;Renin at Florence the agnblte rem
l,rdderlea whl^1t maolp an fire nn ex
habit et. the ('hlrngi Exhibition. an 1
ell her Jewelry bee been given to her
reletdvew, The yonng Queen Helena hew
r«rlye, Margherha',' royal dlaetem,
valued at nearly 1200,000.
MAX MUI IA.Mtt ILL.
Eminent Scientist's Relapse Viewed
as Serious.
London. OM- ^its -r, .r - •f'rhelrieh
Max Mueller, corporate professor of
romparatlye philology at Oxford, who
PROF. MA X M1' E'I.LEIR.
hem inert 111 for comp time,
fered it e•rksu relapse, cool
intim lm new critical.
hen mut
AIN roto
Captain ('harl.e Minton, who wee
In rharge of the yaeht biter, which
foumleroi nff Cleveland on .Inly 7th
In n epinll, woe y.eOter.lnv Indiutert
for men.leughter by the Federal
(trend Jnry. Holme* Is cheered with
ertminal Dar lemo.ae In handling the
yanht
ev. k B: -Simpson's Followers
Testify.
SOME STARTLINC STORIES.
LI Hang ('hang In Pekin.
Pekin, Oct, 11, via Tien-Tein, Oct
12, and Shanghai, Oct. 1:1, 7.35 p. m. -
An expedition of 4,11)0 men, ronsl.t-
ing of Belllsh, Germane, F'reer'', and
itallans, will leave for i'aoting-fu to-
morrow. The men will carry three
weeks' rallons, it is expected that an
expedition .d 7,000 will leave Tien-
Teln for the Fame point at the same
time. The purpose of these expeditions
is to dli!odge the Boxers amt rescue a
band of foreigners supposed to be at
Paoting'fu.
Two American staff officers will go
along. but otherwise Gen. Chaffeen
troops will take no part in the expedl-
tion. Tate general le not In sympathy
with the movement. Re says it will
accomplish little, and will delay the
peace negotiation!.
--ft--ire believed that the evert lute
moved from Taiyuan fu to Ningan-f
�ya
because of the fear of an attack "
he
L
Li -Hung -Chang ham arrived here.
tlrast-
fn tin regarded an n strategic move-
ment on Singan-fu. It will he followed
by another.one from Rankow for tint
purpose of cutting nff the new capital
from sources of empplier.
Offer Not Ilatiefnet0ry.
Brukeu Limbs Mended, Cassese
Cured, l'or.uniptives Muraliked
With &sound Lungs, Old Mayes
Made Young and Snakes and Mad
Dogs Defied by Prayea Heelers.
New York, Oct. 15, -Broken Iambs
trended, snake biter rendered harm -
lees, conte mptlon cured aatd cancers
removed through prayer were some of
the aslertlour made yesterday after-
noon at the meeting for "divine heal-
ing" in connection with the Conven-
tion of the Christian and Misseunary
Alllanoe, now being hell In that city.
Fifty persons, representing several
Stated and foreign countries, testified
to the efficacy of the power of prayer
In healing the sick.
One woman, who weighed nearly
two hundred pounds and Was appar-
ently in perfect 1i1k'tth, nude the fol-
lowing statetne I:
"Five or tax doctors told me 1 had
cancer of the melee. Fur three years I
had to go about 1n a wheeled chair,
or be carried 1n wy husbaud'e arms.
Then I told the doctors 1 was going'
10 glee thein up and trust to Jesus.
That wit. . tghtccn year. ago, end I
haven't taken a drop of medicine
retro."
Site gave her name au Mrs. S. C.
Barrett, of No. 1,612 North Seven-
teenth street, Philadelphia_
MissNettle Toutmlu, of Mld.ticburh,
N, J., skid:
"I war bitten by a copperhead snake
four and a half feet long one day
while feeding chickens," and she 'thew -
ed the audlettoe a scar on her wrist.
'The wrist become frightfully swol-
len, threatening me with lockjaw.
Friends told mo I would die, and I
was ruffering Intensely from the pain,
but I acted (see to take away the poi-
son, and He did."
A ypuug woman 1n tate audience car -
1 Mies Tonimin'r statement.
hilt.e by a black milder In
Maine tIe susale mmer,' saMn. J. R.
Hunt, off No. 108 ('Iarkeon street,
Itrooklvn, \'and panted through the
ngnnio'e of rt
known a gir
days from a
ed in 1104, anlie healed me."
Mrs. 0. L. Kitlig� of this city, assert-
ed that rhe ffe, a tumor of eight
years' standingremoved through
prayer, and a young woman from
Philadelphia, who It d entirely lost
her voice eight yea ago, testiflled
in a clear, dlrtinct to that she had
found it again through rayer.
Mew. M. .1. Clark, of . . 121 West
Forty-fourth street, New York. said :
"I had been treated for (reification
of the heart and nervous`. prostra-
t1011::were eo affected that
I wore two pairs of glasses. Five
phyalclans gave me up to die, three
of them In my own family. He fling
me--la--Rn instant, like a flash of
lightning. Twelve years ago I fi i
and broke my fight wrist. A phys e,
clan who examined It afterward raid
that 11. was a compound fracture,
and that, had it been net by a sur-
geon, a could not have used It for
a yeah. F wee then tsaing It ; I world
not raise an Iron, but could push
It,..
Mrs. Clark was 80 years old laet
February. and has not a wrinkle In
her face. -
While Mort of those who reported
caeow were women, there were at
feast a (limn mets. An old man from
Avoka, 1'a., Online,' to have been
curesd of nn Mimeses of the throat,
on account of which he had bean
unable to eat or 'leap for a week.
A young man from Kentucky haA
been nn invalid during his chlldhaoi,
but had become strong.
A middle-agod' man from Pitt'field,
MneR., had been bitten by a dog
ate] had disregarded the advice of
hie friends' to consult a physician.
Another mac from Chicago had been
cured of a very bad case ttf vari-
Ooste veins.
Wearing glasses as she spoke, it
woman from Atlanta, 0, told how
she had been raised up from a .lark
room where she had been -kept to
e ars iter glght.
Divine healing an erectile.' by tho
(:hriatian Alliance le .std to be
basad principally upon James v. 14-
15.
' le any sick Among you 7 iwet him
coli for the eldery of the 'Thumb ;
and let them pray over him, an-
ointing him with oil Ill the name of
the Lord ; and tate prayer of faith
shall save the etck and the Iced
shall raise him up.•'
An.-aodating service, conducted by
the Rev, 1)r. Simpson, was held at
the close of thin meeting -y
a termoon, a large number of
' ons part ictpating.
rely ly 1:001)
match of yenter ny�iCf is r tat,'say e t ant
n eottfrrnnee of the dlplometic' repre-
orntttivew was held at Pekin on Ort.
Fah nt which the Britton' MInleter, Str
Clnlde lhicrk.unid, prelpitatteel n .11.-
cuweton over th^ terms of the German
note of Oct. lot.
Regarding the first point, an to the
a.hwptary of tare net of three metertn't
for pnnbhmmt by tho Chinese Em
peror, the a•onferenrn declared that
two of the chief eniprfta, namely,
Tung fn -Hanan` and Yee -Hein, had
been omitted_ from the list of the
ringleedere. On the ,rood print, it
decided that the puniahne•nt indicated
In the edict should he declared Innde
gnat". Thirdly, the ernferenee Initiated
t tete, penalties to he tntpemed ehnntrl
he executed by men delegated by the
legations.
l'Irtory for Chinn Rebel..
Berlin. Ort. FL -A lNmngllnl 1.
*patch to the f,,,ke1 .tnzeiger ;aye the
fo re'gn garrl.votw hive been atreugth
'nisei owing t, the threatening rnndl
tIt.as In tee northern pro%thePel.
The repel' have nutsged 10,01)0 men
In $sechnnn, and nee mnrehing too
ward !Inches fan.
A dreepntch from hong Kong says
the rebels. who have been looting In
Sapchunn have Moen slctewiotas neer
Admiral ii'o, who wan pureeing them
to tier north. He lust 10 killed, and
the rebels took many prts,ners.
Thirty ('binese srrldlers erre Ito
heeded.
Rix einem In the \t'aeehnn prefecture
Imre been rer.nplisi be the ret'.le,
and the 'Mention le ,'erintt,.
There le nase danger hu ('nntnn
crewing to the depletion of the gam
moo for service elsewhere.
moue
path with the paint I had
friend who died in three
miler Si,',rbut 1 trust -
ENOUGH.
pr•
AR an evidence of the growing time
under the Liberals It may be pointed
out that t1.• Iner'e s,,in-t ana.pa'y
eT;n trades has been) greater 1n the
last four years than In all the pre-
vious p•riot Pince Confederation. The
figures' arr given officially thus:
186R to 1896, increase ... 1107,907,525
1890 to 11100, Inerert.sp .,. 142,400,495
Thur _ (Ira Ila! (has la 40er yeetes of
the Laurier Government'm policy oar
foreign trade has Inrreneed V34,602,-
667
84,60_;667 more than It inereneed Io the pre-
vious; 29 years. The rate of Increase
per annum from 1861 to 181)(1 Aver-
aged $A,724,0e111; from 1596 to 1900
Ile rate wait $88,650,123 a year.
Who wants to quit sunk a regime ter --
experiment with Tupper 7
A leltiI' ND'ii lt K P littni,'.
The Montreal Gazett (Tory) on
Mtg. 10th gave kir ('harle•s Tupper'p
tend ifornge• tuanlfemto n Revere blow,
when In referring to that ttnteta of
the olw'rnttons retrial on ht the Lite
real,' It. nnlel:
"The work hne been all etrreoem-
plished in this regular htultrw way,
by Men going Into the trade and moth -
Inc 1t at their own risk for the profit
there be In it. There le no better vvny.
Governments ran help now and nestle,
as Otos• of the Dominion. end 11,0
Pro%ineee rill by allowing how Twat
results could be obtained In dntry Int
noel experimenting In the roll ,'tor -
nip line; but that la rho Ilmlt when*
they ran trite -fere and he awful."
Mr. RA White Is the tinngrvatire
r andldates In Nora Eau.
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