The Signal, 1902-3-6, Page 7FOURTEEN MEN KILLED;
MANY MORE MISSING.
Buried Under Avalanches of
Snow and Rocks.
-'now-Slides Sweep Down the Mountain at Telluride, Cul , Wrecking Mine
Works and Overwhelming the Workers - keswer• Sleuth b) a
Setond Slide ami Fur.e4 to Abandun the Work --.Many !apposed to
be Under the Debris.
Telluride, Colo., Morel; 1.—F'uurtceu
dead as many Injured and a score
more tulrring are the result, far as,
&stows, of the merles of retuwrllde
%shicit occurred In the vicinity of the
Liberty (Sell Mine on Smuggler Muue-
1.aiu. three and a foal( teller north
of Telluride. The roads between
♦tree ami too Liberty hell are al-
most t uparrable and drUtllr of the
.,ectoieut aro hard to obtain.
IL scents that no leer than four ,tlr-
.uet slider occurred. each oue clalm-
ug two or mora victim.. Several
usher hive been recovered, but
eeuttu a cumber of the known dead
are still burled under the tons of
,.now, rucks and timbers by which
they were carried down.
1 be Death Hero.
The death list of the first elide, so
far aa known. follows: Due Swan-
son, crusher feeder ; It. S. Surumer-
land, teem brakeman; harry Gulden,
Waiter In boarding house; Uas Kraut,
ruiner; J. P. Clentmer, steward ; Wade
Crowe, miner ; R. Bishop, miner.
The victims of the second slide
were: Harry A. Chase. assayer; L..
U. Stanley, carpenter.
Those who toot death In the third
side were: Dui VonUntel, carpen-
ter; John R. Powell, surveyor; Paul
Dalphrese. miner.
In the fourth slide. (barge Row -
h, r and W. S. Gregory were killed.
1 he detest Mode
carried away the building and blink
Immo and the tram house oI the
mine. About 250 men are regular-
ly employed in the mines' and mill..
of the Liberty 'tell mine, but a large
timber of men from the night shift
were In Telluride and were prevented
from returning to the mine by the
terrible &dorm. which wan raging.
Tate any shift had just gene to work,
leaving but comparatively few nn-
derground working ut the bunk
The Aids name Without warning.
The three large buildings were oar-
rle,d down the steep mountain ride,
a distance of alum 21100 feet, and
literally ground to placer, not a
buur t building left intaet. The snow
and debris piled to .the bottom Of the
canon, 25 feet deep.
Week ut Rescue.
Thele who escaped the slide at
once Ix•gun the work of rescuing
their !err lortuaate compsltIous. A
dosen or more were taken out alive,
some of them lordly injured however.
11'ord was merit to Telluride end a
number of citizens lett fur the rceue
of the disaster W std In the rescue
of the vlellter.
sweetest At stench,.
Shortly after noon alone
the work of tllggiug olft
buttes war going ou, the rexxlud
slide came down utmost in the track
of the forst. The mountain ride le
very steep atsl the descent of the
row mare war mu swift that 24 of
the rereuetr were caught, twu bcL,g
&tiles!, Tbey,wcre Harry A. Chase and
L. D. Stanley, and their bodies Lave
not been recovered.
The others were more or fess In-
Jured, but trona was fatally hurt.
svluppr4 Ike Wu. k.
Superintendent Chore, Lf the Lib-
erty hell mine, later ordered the
work of rescue Puependud, declaring
that It was uretars to redeemer
lilt+ further while glider were running
Several
pestles started at Duca for
Telluride. Two of therm pnrtlee were
overtaken by slick's. In one. Gum Von
Fonts', Jobe It. Powell and Paul Dui
planate were killed, and in the other,
ueorge ]tower and W. S. Gregory lore
tht Ir liver. None of these bodies had
beer recovered at tart accounts
A Large number of men are mle.r-
ing, and It Is thought probable that
the death list will be swelled to 20
ural paw.ribly 80, when the bodies shah
be taken from the snow masa Among
titer killed. Raymond Bishop, Wade
Crowe and Harry A. Chase were last
year's graduates from the State
&Thool of mines at Golden, Colorado
They had taken posltktos with the
Bell to acquaint themselves with
practical mining They belong to good
tamUie a In Denver and Pueblo.
eleva•rai other elk's.• are reported
this rictutty. Ono at the ramp Ulyd
]Woe In the Kw -ailed dtstrlet, result-
ed In the death of one ratan and the
prohdble fatal injury of three oth-
ers. From the oosaUtion of the Know
more elides are expected.
IUTCIIENER'S DRIVE,
1,000 BOERS C
New Zealanders lost Heavily in
the Operations.
Klerksdorp Disaster the Most Serious Reverse Since term- --Report
that Botha Was Captured and Then Escaped-- - Death kale in Concen-
tration Camps --Canadian Scout Dead—Four Other lsnaJuns Sic&
OxIurJ Professors Protest Against Execution of Boer Officers,
t .dun, Feb 28.—Caen. Kitchener tion for the furtherance of peace tie-
; the details of the4teaater which gutletton. In Soar is Afries. They
the British convoy near Klerke- were referred to the imperial Chan -
a 'ea Feb...—Nlzteen officers, in- cellor, Count Von BuaIow. Several
''ag CW. Anderson, the cummrtud- members of the Itekhwtag Indulged
.ere captured, as were ale; 4a1 in unlimited vltuperntlon of (treat
one officer Had 105 men have 1Rrlt1011, neserttng that the unit' Poe-
• , Oven released. (leu. Kitchener sible explanation of the ra•fuenl to
a no mention of the loos of guus. admit German Rai Crows nurser sand
,•retury of War Brolrick, ruler- nmbnlancae to Month-Afrtcn wes that
,t:.. 1-„, this matter In to, Itouws of the Brit eh w'bre ashamed to allow
' Pinions, said the Britian casualties the world to have a glimpse of the
,1 • re 120. • t *cumin lour condtlione prevailing
Th•• peaty 9ewrnttles, tin apparent there.
•" rt:,tn her of two gun., Htsl the cape —
tut*, of nearly 500 British troops by Loudon. March 2 -!sort' Kitchener
l'-., ra near Klrrke.kxp, will dull the reports that the Boer casualties dur-
• etlitasinem caused by the encc.rr of ing the recent opertticme amounted
'lam. Kftohenrr's wester&! 1,4 delve. to 8111 men killed. wounded and cup -
Tho prisoners w,li dra,btl•ss be rr'- lural. In detittl the Doer losses were
oared, tel thele arms are gime, and tlfty men killed, ten men wounded
.such Incidents In the post have ni- oral 795 unwounded men mode prat-
e -aye teIkIei to giro heart to the otters 1n addition to these Lord
Eines and stilt,. their resistntace. Kitchener Asyc that over 150 Boers.
111,5t• Kitchener'' first deshantok tee killed aw wounded, were carried of(
•lasso lengthily snmonerlses the rerun rafter the attack on the blockhouse
,•1 a,sa•rni day's' combined operations line. Feb. 24. Throe figures, however,
ill nu nrea oaf ♦out 2,500 slnarn 0111'1 1 he verified, so they are not
mine. In which' the engagements of include I in the total of 811). The
rill. 2:1 and Feb.::8 occurred. One New 'Le -al ;niers, who ixlre the brunt
anent eat wits the kilt'rrir of the Boer of the (lLhting, hart eighteen killed
Marler Mani, Braila awl :(G other n rel five . freers and fifty men woOnO-
lt,•ers, 1n addition to the lessen pre- eel. .tpart from Ui8lawaeee of the New
`'nu.ly reparthd, Tho Itoers made 'Z.ti3,,mler•s, the °other 1Iritish rasunl-
"rt1er emelt attempts to Mrnk ties were only one officer ka h+l end
through the l3, Itlsh Innes. in Lev,. fantr men wotttldel. The combined op-
ciaee they sueoewleil. Thr 'argent orations of the columns terminates%
e••up Wadi yrnteniny, when 4;.0 in drvttig the. Hoerw nitthlnet the Ilar-
li•.re, iv1UI their rifles nn -1 horses, rtsasniU' sand Van Iteenen blockhtune
were captured. Unofficial telegrams Inc.lThe River WIIge wee belt' by the
iFtertbe this tin happening on the Leilwter iteg(lmeut and Elllotl'c
'e.t.a-Ornnlre River Colony border, yl uantei Infantry from 1Gtrrismith.
laitcre Llrut:Cnt Itnwlineon, ee..erol- while the columns forced on the
48ttv one version, surrounded n Frankfurt and ik tie's Parr block -
anger at dawn. tnetend of .!,mina ',maw liar, and atlsatwcd south. hold -
Ore he went n me..anger giving the lege' the entire country between the
Itoers one hour to decide whether WIMP and the Natal frontier. On the
Ina l_ wrxtl.f f(brat night fight or eorrenaer. tiering t,itt a very severe ntletupl to
crape tons Imlwa.w,hln they aur- lire ik through wile made) nt It point
ra•ntierel uno0naltaonnlly. tarn. Klteh- between itim ngton•s and Ityng'ot col -
tiler srly. Utast all the column., have umne and the New %enlnnoier, le her -
net yet reported owing to the wide- rsl with great gallantry. The fight -
noon 54 the dleteice • ing was at afr111e quarter., n1141 tin
11) aoldltlon to Rawiln.on'. meter.. Doers, as uennl, drove a',gree heti of
the eombtnel operations remelted in onttle In front of them. Two thou -
the capture or 2,000 berme', `5t,000 Pore? borers, 28.0(8) he:ot of cattle,
cattle, 200 wage/!., 60.000 sharp, fl(10 2.01! wagons, 80,(81,1 sheep, halo .rifles,
rlflee, 5,000 rounds of ammenllton, an.' 50.(8)11 reunite or nmmnnition felt
and commandnnto Mayer and "Cru- Int., the fiances or the British.
•cher, and several coraete. Den. A correa+ponslent of the Times, vele
kitehener'. aalpntch rnnelnde.: Ing from Pretoria, says the empty of
''Therm .,ntlefartnry results are very tksrses lm, .1111 lamentably sh,lrt of
ureroeprlate ten the Annlver.nry of the debpand, and mcnrnrly' a single
]In john " column -cart pinna Ile bit mounted
I ,aa•ftielnl fcleprrnm. .,ay that lie rerenfrth h the field. T11n correspond -
Wm. Latey., end Wessel'', with n Inrge ant nays the Doers ora thoroughly
'oily of follower'', aaeapnt before •lemvraltsarl by the rnnetnnt Must -
"in cordon was drawn. 11 le pointed ling. The mesrrlty of prosicle•ac 1.
'il that the Boer lore. In tide drive Rio) beginning to tell rind the hope
re propmr(lonately eanlvsient in i', nee. of the streamte Ie being
Piss or 7,000 Rr►tiah her'atglit h in tv nil the irtrghcr•
(net man Aualnphel,le. '
I aril., Feb. 2I11.—F,tlton. ,ream „: Rath.. I anlore,l
•• -entM to the Relrlesteg to -d.)
,sgesting that this House take se-
Oen. Lout, Botha war recently made
prisoner aud gut away agate.
Acuurdlug to the report the affair
happeuod alter the capture el Buttner
taager hear huapdaar, mod the as-
tounding dutullr would out now be
known had not a trick beau played
Lon the lIrittrlt comer. The tidingr
curve lu a private letter from au uf-
((eer In the field, the letter having
been mailed by au intermediary at it
tree port to nvold the censor'.. euru-
tluy and certain mutilatlun.
When Romiugtou'e troops made the
night attack ut huaprtetar they cap-
tured eeversl prieunere and the cutup
equipment of the doers. Among the
mon Oskar' wee (tee. Louie Botha, but
the British did not recognise him, and
the other prisuuers took care to
*Meld him to every pitiable manner.
After the pureult of the fugitive.
had outlet' the captured men were di-
vide' lute 'troupe, and itotha—(or-
tuu:stely fur hits—wow lucluded 1u
the number that were entrusted to
the cure of the rear guard.
Another force Of doers hearing of
the diameter to the wain body, and
that their general had been cap-
tured, teeoaoeal the British command.
In the confusion of the expeetood at-
tack, the body of Ilrltlmh troupe that
held Boum aa their prisoner, per-
mitted a few of the burghers to ea -
taupe, and a$onj the number was the
redoubtable Botha.'
4)ely :in Deelb,..
Pretoria, Marc!, 2.—The returns
from the cont_eutrutlun eumpa In
the Transvaal fur week eatat Feb-
ruary 2Ist show there were 55
deaths. us, eonskleratlon that there
ars 80,000 persona of all ages and
rexeo 1n the campr, the death rate
compare/ favorably with those of
the henithloet Engllrh towns.
5 rundl,tu Pivotal Dred.
Ottawa, Out., March 2.—Lord Min-
to ha. received the following cable-
gram ;Istel February :-'8)th, from the
C:tteautly Ilepartment:
Charles Cameron, Canadian .;•out,
died from enteric fever at Spriegfon-
te1n. Next of kin, ft. G. Foster, 521
St. Petrack street, Montreal.
A. Mlnmen, 8. A. C., dangerously 111
with pneumonia at Musarah. Next of i
kin, Donal! Mlnren Dunlelth, N. W.
T.; also It. Dorton Jackson, 8. A. C.,
ata
EI tsi. f ,
.tela, mother, Mrs. Jack -
n en, Morro [wine. Halifax.
Theodore tioodntan, 8. A .C., -at
Masurab, slater, Mrs. Doherty, Win-
nipeg.
A. W. Stouffer, 8. A. C., nett of
kin, tether, It. Stouffer, Edmonton,
N. W. T.
CHICAGO HIT
FOR REBS' RIOT.
Must Pay About $1,500,000
for Mob's Work,
WRECK DELAYS THE PRINCE
Thr schuylklll River en the Rampage,
- considerable Loom ut Property—
, Water l'p 10 Itslswsy Cele Witte
down -One Iiruwulu„
Chicago, March 1.—the C. it. Court
of Appeals has affirmed the verdict
In Judge Kohleaat'. court by which
the Pennsylvania Road war award-
ed $2,792 from the city of Chleago
for damages to its property by
rioter.. In the Debe• strike of 1894,
The verdict was granted under the
elute statute holding the city re-
rponrlble for damage.. frow rioters.
There are claim's aggregating
Over 41,500,000 pending ngal„rt the
city for Mileage.' growing out of
this strike. All ut the taros which
lutea been tried have been deckled
udvereaay to the municipality, and
It lute practically been admitted
the city was liable.
Drlaytug Prince Hrury. •
Henry
Portage,Pe.
front Washrch ingtone 10
held here by a freight wreck sold
to hove been tau viler west of
here. 1t it ►udeflnite how lung i1 A
will be held. Portage is near the
summit of the Allegheny Mount -
alas.
sebuy (kill yet a her.
Philadelphia. March 1.—What U
said to twee been the greatest a
flood ever experleneet along the 7
Bchuylklll River, cerculaly the moat m
d)aastrous In recent years, tore Its
way down that stream lust night
and curly thlr morning, and from
its •sour+co to Its ntoutlt-120 miles of
—damage which relit reaeh into b
PLoopiestKITCIIENER TELLS STORY
OF KLERKSDORP DISASTER
olio world came to !.tome. While Aor-
tas, !Spate and the other t'uthd
uountrlw of l:urohr have rent the
Loopiest numbers, America 1e well re
w
preuteti by several bemired clergy
anal luymeu of proms
lueuce. Nuneruu
Ounar•atulatury mewager reuchat the
1'utioaaif to -day, notably from foreign
ruler.
Thu Pupa looks remarkably well
for a auto of kir extreme age, and
the teuerable l'ontlff'r truly marvel
ous vitality uud uulm►rllred meteor
oooastou remark by all who eco hue.
in spite of pereleteut and' npp•a
eotiy well founded deulals Oust titer
le any Imminent danger of the l'upu
decease, the air is full of rpecul stlo
and oppreheuetuu, ludlcuttug that hit
aha is not courtdered far off.
humors of Intrigue curl ;late -mak
Mg, which It la imposelble to kee
tram the uutrklo world, exude from
every oretie. u( tow jealously guard
ed Lauer preclncte of the Vatican.
The Pope's cknteat attendant. la
Nude hie tatthfui valet, Centro ; one
chaplalu rued one ppnnlnor prolate, who
constantly and tenderly gamed his
nutterbtl comfort.. Hist mould are
*erre) In Mr private apartment at
4 email table, at which none other,
even A rrowneel !read, may at down.
Ito feminluo hand terry tend or sJ,Otbs
the august iaraRrl.
It Is. worth notice that; out of ::8:1
occupants, of the chair of St. Peter,
only five have retalnal It longer tb as
Leo XIIi., tuolutllug the apostle Mtn -
self. Since the reluru u( the Papacy
from Avignon to Rome, ogly one Pon -
1111 has Ilveal to a greeter age, Pault! at
IV., who die93. The record be-
fore Avignon iv not always to ba de.
vended upon, but Gregory IX. was
almost 100 when he Bled.
Y.
British loss Totals 632 Men
•
and Two Guns.
• The AtIatk Was a Most Determined One Driven 'Mf Twice, the Hoerr,
Returned Attacking Rear and Centre, Stampeding flutes and Riding
Down Separated !troops --Commandant Lrmmcrs Said to (cave Been
KI1fPJ, r
BATTLE WITH BUHCLAHS.
Grocer Was a Good Shot and
Winged Two,1
11 THREE WERE ARRESTED.
Chicago, March; "—Iu :t brittle with
hree robbers who attempted to
hloroform him and his Clerk, 'Mg-
tund Sowlesko, of 8,800 Bourton
venue, !Went Chicago, early yeti -
matey morning slot two of the
en and knocked down a third. The
battle was at Its height when the
Boob Chicago police arrived and
broke Into the place. alley found one
the robbers uncomictoes, with n
ultot wound in hie head, another
PROMINENT MEN iN SPAIN'S CRISIS
ii -L"
4
11If':f 4h 1 it'S74frin r
r
PREr%IER SAOASTA, OF SPAIN,
Who Nes to Grapple With Great Riots in
Several Cities+
CAPT.-GENERAL IVEVLER, OF SPAIN,
Whose Capacity to Deal With Turbulent Molls
Will be Tested.
The three last were 18 of eaterb1
teeer - en l:ebraury
P. tors, .lanInrt ('oarl.Nnrtirl,
London, March ".—]h. Edward
Cabral, molter of Batliot Coilier, Ox-
ford. cense to the Times a letter
aligned by many prominent members
of Oxford University, such as the
Rev. Andrew M. Fn►rbnir,t Print•tpal
of Mansfield College, Oxford; the Rev.
John It. Magrath, provost of Queen's'
College. Oxford ; Dr. John Rhyl,
t'rinetpal (f Jame College end pro-
fessor of Celtic at Oxford, rind Ar
thur Slitgarick. this Neuter in (drank
at Oxford, wide!' gtvro expression to
a feeling that is undoubtedly Increase
log among the general public. 'Tote
letter says:
"We cannot help viewing with the
gra scot nppreltenulon the prnctlre
Which rretne to bo gaining ground
in South African of executing some
of the generals of the forces oppo,-
eiTii► u t si 'isi the--ittrtgMent of a
court-ntnrtlat, it may be tree that
these generale violated the latest)!
war. We .do not doubt that the
court martial acted with the 111)
belief that by it few. •exahnplary
«entenccem they watld deter :ape
Colont.te trout rebellion, or protect
natives, or revere strict ndhealnn
on the twit of our enemies to the
Lowe of war. Nevertltele.s, we pleuro
that the policy sn:ty Ixe reconrider-
t'it. Our opponents nett their wylapa-
-tittserr w4W hardly teatime la the
competence or imup.'rtiality of n
[transit court-martial, when de•
vides. upon evidenrn of come tvit-
rarwsms, dout,tla.s enliven, given
while the country I. seething with
the priesinne of war. Serb sentence.'
cannot have the moral effect aimed,
rot In the ndntltl•,trMion of pun:eh-
ment, It Is probable that the men
suffering them will be regarded as
nrartyr.a and their memory eller-
boiled for gr•ter:atl,nn, while there
Ie p9 'lumedintn advantage
which can weigh ngnlnst the
dlellonorahl. impntntionn to wh.ch
Obi policy la salmon mare to give
;to.
"Therefore, we conlldnr It desire -
hie that no mnpitnl nentenee on gen-
eral* of the airmen tg fortes should
tin intik'tral at ON pra.rnt Jafnc-
(Me..,
'fir Pail tint) finza.tte gnemhmw
the prtflatbrttty nf' ronfirlenee i.n n
ennrt consisting of A colonel. n rap -
rain and n nni,nitern.
The veneerer nal F,mpre.c of Her -
London. Mnreh 32.--11 le reported.1 many telebreted the 21ot anniver-
bnt the story is not rorltirmef, that eery or their wedding.
huint reds of thousands of dollars
has been don/r,
Michael Ipso!, age! 44 years, was
;frowned this morning In the kitchen
of hta home at Falls of Schuylkill.
The bright of the fl,o,l was reached
at 6 o'clock tike morning!
I rutntbiy the greutert sufferer 1s
the Baltimore St t)h:o ltnllroad Com-
pany. The wetting rooms in the main
deport at 24th anti thestnut streets
were three feet under water, and to
the trnln attest' the water was an high
no the wlmhrW. of passenger conches.
In the vicinity of Arch end Callow -
hill streets, eel Sanaa•mq brad Ihoe
nn.i Lombard streets, south of Mar-
ket, the water reached ubovr the
first floor. of many dwellings. When
dawn broke to -day the roma .long
the river woe rine rtf denotation,
There wee defamation to be seen on
every wile, rant ne the water receded
thick laym•s of mud awl piles of debris
were left behind. Several tune rind
bhrgee were left resting on wharves
where -they lmrt 1irrttte•1- rinrtng the
height of the floor
THE POPE'S
92NDMOAT
Pontifical Jubilee Celebratiai,.
Heid Yesterday,
$200,000 CROWN PRESEPIi ED HiM
Rome, Mortal 2. --The moored college
toralaty presseutet to Pope Loo lte oun-
grttulntL,ns upon the attainment of
htr Wad birthday, ,Cardinal Oregila,
the dean of theaaored college, read a
hong avocets, to which the Pontiff for-
,n.,hy replied. Monday will mark the
ae I
'24th 11nutvaraatry ,f Ilia eorouatton
`rt f,rt,
Un the rconeion of Lon X(Ii'm. Pon.
tlfaonl Joh ten, which ons celebrates(
to -tiny, enol wilt beeoratnued on Mon-
iny. Carinal Reap!ghh the L'ope's
lour -(,'neral, and President of the
International oomndttre for the Julie
floe festivities, prem. toel life ifoline m
with at proems." trirearno (tri In 1
Crown; made of {toll, encrusted atitth
Ohmmeter Anil relater, the value or
which vereee,le 1,0(*0.00 lire ,QtLllu,-
CalOa The Pope will mayor t51e trl-
regno on Easter !Mediu during the ,
seMemn ocrmmony of thanksgiving to
be rwlehrntn,i In Nin Peter's
Foe the JnhdeeeeIebrntteNn headrest,
of phgr,ots irom all parts of the Cara I
shot through it leg--asd arm and
the third carrying ou tttu fight itt
tin darkness. - -
1 Shortly alter midnight Stanow-
i ski woe awakener!. ire heur,l some-
) one walking mtealtltliy .across the
room, rind he feared that he and
Ida employer were to he attacked.
With a cry be leaped frau bed. lite
cull awakened Sowic,ku, who jump-
ed to the floor, turd from a bureau
drawer took a revolver.
The robbers, knowing that their
tntended vietiurr were awake, rua.lt-
eti no them. tiuwieeku tire,!. The in-
vaders returnetl the fire and the
battle began. Lying on the floor to
avoid the lwllete, the two facetious
fired shot after shot. Sow►esko held
at bay the throe men and ott+auow-
saki scugltt shelter in one corner of
the roans, ns he !tail no weapon.
Trite only guide by w'hk tt to nim waw
the flash of the tireerws, lett Sow-
loako aimed well.
Pie - ;Mooting_ was heard at thet &kith Ghkin`o jio�co'rZuTTi>o'Z'ip`(
George Stabppy end' .tae detectives
resited to the corner from which
tilt ominal_cudue.-n1tt1_Cuuld theatheur
the fight in lite grocery. Breuttug
in the front dour, the detectives
it -ere st,gaped IV It BL•telt of revol-
vers. They (hula men the flash unit
the reports e,'iroed through the
room.
Captain Shippy atom) at sero aide
sod explainnel to the belilgercnte that
t5., iuli,Ilug Wrtr glliiia1ej nisi that
Pit of the-porttctpstrte-tn the ftght
Were ander arrest. The fia•ittg rtup-
l.et1 ami the rh'taxsti,es et reek n
match and lit tint gas. On the floor
they found the three allcgcal rob-
ber... They were:
Malkm, Edgar ; shot through the
head ant/ found uncotoiciou*.
Greesarnlvltch, Joseph (i.; shot
thrvssgh right Mg and right nem.
Flora, Phillip; brniset about face
anti Axed, ter grazed by bulltft.
In another part of the room and
on the flour was Sewieeko, uninJurest
Rterowrki wan behind shelter an,:
terta abs. enhnrrned.
The roohherm, with the exception
of the one who was nnconecloue from
hls wounds., offered reetstntlee when
tlw, (K.ltrm arrival,- nth! heti to he
eva•rpowrral. Their nmmnnition wen
forme, however, and they crania not
*boot.
after the man Ileal Troll .nfeav
pftr'M Ih the p itr.1 wagon the pollee
mnde n 'rnrch for aslb•nen. The txit-
(i' , plrtls t 11',1 with ehloroform, wan
(011110 In n rorna'r of the room, and!
Saa,wleskn's pillow war Still wet
from 1t,
Lon.:ou, March S, --Its it tle'apatoh
from Pretoria dated to -day. Lord
Kitchener tenets detain; of the dis-
aster to oho escort of the convoy
of empty wagons at Ye/minuet),
W)uthwest ul Klerkedorp, Trans-
vaal colony. The British casualties
in kiIkxi, wounded and uton made
prlrunere, reach the total of 632.
In u.iultioa the Boers captured iwo
guns. -
Lieut. Uhl. Anderson. who corn'-
tuttustvl the British force, and who
Imo returned to Kraalpsur. CapsCol-
uny. with nine officers and 245 men,
reports that when hie nalvaaue
guard woe within ten miles of Klerkr-
dorp, during the morning of Feb.
25th, the jkx•rs opened
A lieeve !011e Mire
e.
on the troops frau the scrub. The
burghers were driven off ruvl the
lotto) resumed its march, when a
more aetcrngie.I attack was made
tin the votive) '♦ left. (Intik, tho flotsam
getting within a hundred yards, anti
1.i/impeding the melee harresved to
55 number 01 wagon's. The attackers
were again drivers oft,
.lt at"nt'6,1(J In the morulug, the
rear guard Wall attacked by a strong
Lorre of Poore and etwultaneoualy an-
other holy of Doors baldly
charged tltr ('enure of the cornea
and stampeded the mules In all dir-
ncttura, throwing the ereort into eun-
fnaduu. -luring which the liners chttrg-
et unit re -charged, riling down the
sepxtrateat fietttsh unite.
The fighting lasted for two hours.
t�uring whish the two 1(rllleli guile
and n pdrht pan almost txhaurtel
the ouuuunition. A alelaehufmat of
two uudreat mounted infantry front
Klerk urp uttempteti to reinforce
the Del h bet 1 were held in check
by the t rm.
Lieut. Co . Andorran adds that the
strength of t • e Boers wits estimated
at from 1.2(1) . 1.700. Commandants
1lriarey, Krmpw, Celllerr, Lemn(er,
Weimar/tie and atgleter were all
prart'nt,
Commandant Lemm r 10 said to
have been killed.
REVOLUTION IN ITALY
NIPPED IN THE BUD.
Strike Involving Nearly a Million
Men Failed.
t Gigantic Socialist Plot Averts - - A Civil War Would nave Polfowei
ere
The Strlme Was to tlave Begun Last Friday, But Premature Action
Spoiled the Plan ---Why the Government Called Up the keservlsts—
1 he Banger Not Yet Over. -
London. March 2.—Tho world at soldier. under virtue. Then the riot-
lnrgo hum been kept in Ignorance of r weer taken In hand Nerlously. The
the tact that a eltil war—poeslbiy a lxtvnlry made use t wild charRcr,
successful rePolutioa—in Italybaa anti "(X) mote. were badly hurt, rind
at tenet 1,000 pervious arrested, moat
of whom are still In prison.
it wns a big Job, amt rugga•ats what
might • helm heppeneal hurl the scenes
In Turin been ;simultaneously enacted
all over Italy.
It le Inllaosatble to regard the serl-
our situation In Italy anti the rtlll
ggrreater outbreaks of violence at
�'Prteste, •ftuchnrest arid Bar..etous as
it mere coincidence. They oonrtltute
ns, n whole an indication of the eco-
nutohs condition of Europe, which it
far more alarming thou Is generally
Imagined.
A decprttch to the Morning Leader
from Rome sante' that an extraor-
tUn'ary riot has occurred at Cassano,
in Calabria. A mob who demanded
the construction of rnitwnyu sacked
and barna! the Tori Hall. The
town noune)ltore fled fur their lives.
The night. passed with the town in
total aLarkaoes and with home's; bar -
Headed. This morning troops arrived
antl restore! order.
The Rome rorrerondent of the
Morning foot sends it long despatch
to flint paper, renting between the
lines of which, in the light of the
situation In Italy, ham can.lderable
lntereet. It rye that the decree etall-
Ing reeerves to the colors
("rime ,lust 1n Time
to ship it rtrlke; which word 5. veryyr
euphemistic. The correspondent, hani-
-peened--by • the centers -ship, rays- It le
well Worth the Government's while
to posy the 7.3,000 lire tinily entailed
by tire eutionon)ag of, the reserve.,
for as week ago a Tattle rermat likely
The correepalala„t points out that
the 3ltSt,s League of Reelstarice Immr-
dlnta•ly removed unit lila ei11 its pampers
nal money for fear that the Minleter
of the Interior might under the
(engem to be diepadveal and Its prem-
ise.. searched. Ile adds that this
may yet be dont, beonuse the tact
that the railway tern are now plaerlt
ta4• agricultural u oI on a muitiry footta.g deprives them
the country• • of the right to belong to any atom
1,1gha un /he '1 roleblr,
dation r cognizing tiny discipline ex-
cept that of the army. Thu eorre-
t corresponden-i;-iv1i4;-1tf-ticthtatse-- rputadent - f} }n;, s epee the extraor.
of the warning of the nuthorltie., Illnnry precautions which hnve been
sent it telegram from the Owlets iron- taken to prraervn pubilc order,
tier Friday night, rays: rs{,rclnlly the drrpatch of warships
"Tho Central Commit wan to to onrtnuw )Norte, which more Nan
have given the word for action on created it eenent!on. The correspond-
lento ttntWhortat gey +etrwait a'Iw be- afraid tor weak !Lunt e4,.1. avl!apt
so
gun. The revolutionary plans were tar ex to ea 1 �` Nr of
7 "Tho era, who, 118.
uI set b��y' the stupid haste of Signor of the ('ebrb'ro Della Sera, who, 1lks
Storgatnt,'"TTn'" HuTilffiC"ili9tnty Tar "mem of ble eoliesswer.,, hoe heat his
Turin, who, six days before the up- telegrams melted, writes that on
pointed date, ordered a general sirlke Monday Leat nil the ahtps entering
in that city. Title (vetted the rye. the harbor were Kettrelad for arms
u( tlao Government, and by the tarsal war ms.tar5ai. If this Is truw
proemial mobilisation of .the acorn li seems ne though the Government
personnel of the railway system of hnl renin. Ca'tnnr K TAr(tlas onitTy
the country, 110,000 mr•n, nal the onitmrnk."
entlfttg to 4he eetorwu( lir reree,vlat■ JIe cunrltslre by enylssg that If n
ut the ciarr.ot LST8, aumtterlug OOr res'olntt•unry modrmrnt rhonld hunk
(1t1U men, two formtdeble blow -e ware oaf nicer Iw naw nearly 90,000 roan
devnit at the revolutloulrts, under mor.' tiu►n Inst week nt the dl.ps,lnl
which they aro atilt staggering. of !hn (lovernment to malntnln
The tiuvr•rnmrnt next, by decree, dos- order.
mired all the ehambere of labor and
all .t1111 Ietgnaw Of re.i,laraae ; and
to -'any the plotters are reduced to
what the tovernmrnt hope* may
prove to he permanent inaction,"
From all of whloh It may to cern
that the Italian revolutionist.' are
not made of very stern .tui(. •
1 hey showed . • 1./11,
however, nt Tairin, Pest (het Impor-
tant elty MU! pramtically In the
hands of the mob from &,tnrday
morning to Mon isy night'. letting
the perliel an Imma•n.e nteonnt of
damage wits door to property. The
trouble began with ,a general ,trikr
of gas worker's. Other trndcm Joined
nut rind Lha howling mob of from 1.�.-
000 to 20.000 men null dolmen. with
Murgant et Its heal, paraded the Fawned Better, St Lem.. most pre-
.trod., overturning tram pare, tamp minent fremoeratie politician. ham
pout., aryl rserringes, end' *meshing been indicted by the February grand
windows and plunging shops. Troop* fir,; far nttrmptM helices in eon-
were' hnrrlel into the city, lentil hr neetlon with thw elty gerbege re -
Monday afternoon there were 213,(X..1 duction contract.
been escaped by the narrowest mar-
gin in tiro last few days. The only
news sent abroad bas been of the
mobilization of nearly 200,000
troop : ent aseump-
ttuu of control on all the railroad..
In serdef to avert a naticnel--.hike
ut retiroud employees. Tits far
greater truth .was supprersed,part-
ly by the censorship acid partly, by
official intimation.. to furclgu cor-
respondents that the trunswltriuu
1,f alarmist report.. would be fol.
wowed by severe dlecipboary wea-
✓ ules.
Italy it in lite presort, of u Su-
cluJiet plot of enormous proportions.
Tie Socialist lea/Jere base wtthia a
year organized all the papular forces
of tlw cuuutry, while the Uusera-
;neut, etrrurgedy' enough, her rot at-
tewptod any interferetwse, being up-..
parceliy 1g,uoruut of the real ul,-
j.r:tr w the wover:at. A chamber of
labor was created iu eaury ,town,
nal u great cumber of leaguer of
eyelet:time. Ludt Blurb of wurkw_•u
nus Ito longue, and encu league
ut,eyer the tocol Ciiuwbar• Nearly'
eh the worker '1u -Maly -awl u
largo prupurttut of the agriculter-
rats acro graodnnNy carolled, - unto
tato leagues themrelses numbered
Lien tlrouetuel. . u til the total utem-
ucrchip, more than 1,000,t1U0. Thu
whole of this togpnlzation it under
the control of u central committee
au nous', which is arslually. the par-
liamentary tSucialirt body. This
gs'utup guwed such ytrongth that it
war within t ,s power to sc'ttd 1,000,-
001/ naso tato open revolt, and to
pare')re in 24 hours the industrial,
commercial, t Ut
NOT SETTI-I'I) VET
K. 0. T. 31. Dersullrr 31a) have to
Marr ('oust.
Port lemon. Mich., March 2.—There
M a movement on foot to secure
the. arrant of 1'. 1). Thompson, the
defaulting flnnnee keeper of the Su-
preme Tamt, K.o.T.M., although an -
der no circumstances will the Sd-
premr•, Tent offirnte n.k for the wer-
rnnt. The expert employed to sack
Into Thompson.'. Aeeonnlu has (mind
a deffeirncv of 624.0810, while Phnmp-
rrm inn mnnfscnma,t to a defielt of
11•r,7,000,