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Vol. V. RALIEGH, N. C, SATURDAY, DECEjVIERER 23, 1899. No. 25. LOSS OF THE GUNS How the Misfortune at Tugela River Occurred, . GALLANTRY OF OFFICERS Men Fought with Cool Bravery Nota ble In the Casualty List The Use of Smokeless Powder Made It Impos sible to Determine the Position of the Iloers Failure or the Attempt to Capture Llanjivarne Hill. Chieveley Camp, Natal, Dec. 16 (De layed in transmission). An armistice was agreed on between the British and Boer coin ina miens, which lasted till midnight tonight. This was for the purpose of collecting the killed and wounded in yesterday morning's bat tle. The batteries captured in the bat tle were the Fourteenth and Sixty xth not the Seventh. Colonel Goldie was killed and Colo niel Sehriener is missing. Colonel Long was severely wounded by a bullet. The bullet was extracted and he is do ing well. Colonel tHunt was wounued and Major Bailwai'te-'Foster, who was also wounded, was taken prisoner. Captain Elton was wounded and, has been sent to the Pietermaritzburg Hospital. All the foregoing were ar tillery officers. Other officers wounded are Captains Reed, White-Thouipson, ti tills and Goodson. This i8 the theory of the loss of the Rtiticsh guns. The gunners ran short of ammunition and were ordered to take cover while awaiting reinforee 'nients and ammunition. They had no idea of abandoning the guns, which had not been disabled, but were or dered to retire. This they did, and carried all their wounded with them. There were several notable cases of gallantry. Captain White-Thompson was wounded while trying to fetch a blanket to a wounded artilleryman. Captains Sehofield and Roberts, oi General Clery's staff, "brought in three gmic under a heavy fire. Captain Rob erts was wounded -and has since died. Captain Herbert, a staff officer of the light horse,.: was killed - Lord Dundonald, commanding the mounted infantry, tried to 'capture Llangwarne hill on the British ex treme right. It was occupied by a strong Boer force. Under a heavy shell tire the South African light horse advanced in front, while Thornycroft' mounted infantry, the Natal Carbi no ers and the Imperial light horse afr tempted a flank movement. The Boer lines, however, were on high ground to the right of the flanking party, and a movement for capturing the hill was out of the question. The Seventh battery, meanwhile, kept shelling Llangwarne hill and Fort Wylie alternately, for the purpose of assisting the general advance. Lord IMmdonald's cavalry supported this movement. About midday Lord Duu lonald was ordered to retire, but found himself unable to do so, because the moment his men attempted to move they became a target for the enemy's rire. Finally, after tremendous shell ing by the artillery to cover their re t itMiient. the men succeeded in get ting back without heavy loss. The men fousrht magnificently and showed great coolness. Two men in particular will he recommended for the Victoria cross. Owing to the bad light, it was im possible to see the Boers, and, further more, they used smokeless powder, which made it impossible to locate rheir guns and determine their posi tion. The British advance -was effected with trifling lose. The heaviest losses o vurred while the men were retifing. The artillerymen were reluctant to do his and the officers had to order them i'Mck. ' The Seventh "battery, under Major Hnshaw. made splendid practice. Lord Dundonald sent several teams, under Captain Reed, with gun wagons o assist the Fourteenth and Sixty sixth batteries. All the horses tsere killed. Captain Reed remained with fiie battery until ordered back, and he came in with a bullet in his leg. In this brigade over 100 were killed and wounded Captain Halford, who 'was wounded slightly in the fight at Elandslaagte and recovered sufficiently to join Thornyeroft's horse, was again dan gerously wounded yesterday. This Probably from Ladysmltb. Tendon, Dec. 22. The War Office publishes a list of seven, killed and f un-teen wounded, , reported from I'ietermaritziburg, in an engagement which has hitherto not -been reported. The fight occurred December 18. There ere also three deaths from enteric fever. The above possibly refers to Lady mith. A few days ago General White reported that there were sixty-five ;-nses of enteric fever and dysentery in. his garrison. London, Dec. 22. The list of seven killed and fourteen wounded contained in the war office dispatch from Pie ternvaritzburg today as the result of an engagement reported to have oc curred on the TSth is the -first report Vl io ugiit on tnat iate. The cas ualties were all among the regiments that are known to be with White, in dicating either that another sortie was made by the Ladysmith garrison or that the Boers have succeeded in mak ing the bombardment of the town more effective than when last accounts were received. This is the only hint of any action in the whole theatre of war for the past week The Queen Tells Roberts Good-bye London, Dec. 22. The Queen bade farewell to General Lord Roberts at Windsor Castle today. Duller Has a Narrow Escape. Chieveley, Natal, Dec. 22. General Bnller had a very narrow escape Fri day, , a spent bullet from a shrapnel shell cutting the skin on his side. The body of .Major Chichester has been found. A Mauser bullet was dis co vered in his haversack, it having passed througlr a notebook during the battle. FENIAN WILD TALK. Irish Organizations. Called upon to Prepare for an Invasion of Canada Recruits for Boer Army Leave Omaha Omaha, Dec. 22. A good many re cruits have been leaving Omaha of late for South Africa to aid the Boers, but the sensation of the war in this section was produced today through an open letter, signed "Liberty," in a local, paper, calling upon Fenian or ganizations, the'Clan-na-gael, and simi lar anti-British clans to prepare for an invasion of Canada. It is under stood that the letter was written by a prominent Fenian, who was a mem ber of the regiment which did the righting in the former raid on Canada. The police have communicated. the cir cumstances to the local Federal offi cers The letter, among othe rthings. says: "It may not be generally known, but it is nevertheless a fact, that Canada is at the present time absolutely un protected from a land attack on the United States side, and a comparative ly small invading force could, in a very short time, capture all the prin cipal forts and strongholds." The letter reviews conditions at present prevailing in Canada, points out her small military resources, and says: "Of course our government could not wink at a movement of this kind, but with 95.000 of our troops in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines, and taking into account tjie extent of the Canadian border line, and the further fact that thousands of Canadian mili t ia will oe v I n Sou th Africa" figh ting the Transvaal patriots, the patrol of the border cannot be very effective to prevent suich- an invasion." GIRLS BURNED TO DEATH Accident at a Christmas En tertainment Rehearsal. Eight Dead and as Many More Will Die Frlest and Sisters make a Hero ic Fight to Subdue Flames How It Happened. Chicago, Dec. 22. Eight girls were burned to death and as many more fatally injured in a fire at St. Francis Parochial School this afternoon. Four sisters, the pastor of St. Francis Church and two other persons were severely burned. The girls were re hearsing a Christinas entertainment on the stage of the school auditorium. They wore flimsy dresses. The dress of one caught fire from a gas-jet. The flames quickly spread to others and soon the stage was a mass of blazing dresses and shrieking, terror-stricken children. ' So rapidly did the flames spread from one dress to another that that less than half the children escaped injury. The flames were quickly extinguish ed, so far as danger to the building was concerned, and 'the work of re moving the charred bodies and rescu ing the little ones lying half suffo cated and burned began. In the hall at the time of the fire were 500 or GOO pupils of the school and a num ber of children from St. Aloysius Or phan Asylum, who had been invited to attend the rehearsal. A tableau representing the birth of Christ was about to be presented wrhen the fire occurred. One of the girls who was to represent a lamb was n.bout adjusting a mask representing a lamb's head, when she came in-con tact with a gas-jet in the dressing room. But for the fig'ht against the flames by the priest and sisters the list of dead and injured would have been greater. All the children in the audience got out without injury, ex cept one boy who jumped from a third-story window and broke his leg. Austrian Cablnetio Be Replaced. Vienna, Dec. 22. The official journal will publish a decree tomorrow declar ing that the cabinet of Count Manfred Clary, president of the council of min isters, will be replaced by a provis ional cabinet under Herr Von Wittek. This provisional cabinet will arrange the budget and take-care of other pressing measures in regard to Hun gary without summoning Parliament to meet. This Count Clary had refused to do. . 1 - t b 1 1 iurriin f man llIO flLLlA O OLUllir Prices of Stocks Suffered Se verely in Wall Street CAUSE OF THE FLURRY Demand for Money in Regular Trade Led to Cotraction ot Loans on Specu lative Investments-monetary Pres sure Relieved Foreign Trade in a Healthy Condition-Business Heavier Than Usual at This Season. New York, Dec. 22. Dun's Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will say: The worst day in Wall street for years was in part the legitimate re sult of the best year in business ever knpwn. The question was one of monetary supply. When the. country found ample use for its capital in reg ular trade and productive industry, a contraction of loans became necessary, which would only have been more painful if the volume of stocks carried had been larger. Reckoning from the highest general average last spring, industrial stocks had fallen at the close Monday 23.27 per cent, street railroads 38.90 per cent, and other rail road and telegraph stocks only G.70 per cent. The extreme pressure was quickly relieved by a syndicate of banks, the treasury aiding much, and prices soon recovered a part of their loss, only to decline again later. Fear that a British defeat in Africa might cause gold exports brought on Monday the slaughter of good and bad stocks together, though after the gold movement had begun all stocks rose. The close for the week averaged $4.95 per share lower for railroads, and $7.32 per share for industrials. Foreign trade reports leave no ex cuse for alarm as to inter national exchanges. Europe - can borrow part of what , it owes by paying a premium, but this country has of gold morethan enough, and only needs to reduceits specula tive loans. In two weeks of December exports from New York have been 20 per cent larger than ..last year, while imports "were 20.0 per. .cent larger. - The "business of the country, close to, the holidays is-necessarily smaller; than it has been, and yet larger than at the same date in any other year. There is not even a suspicion of unsoundness in any considerable branch, of indus try or trade. .. V Cotton suffered in speculation for' a day, with stocks, but the great de crease in receipts from farms since September over 1,500,000 bales. gives strong support to prices. The deinand for goods is quiet, though prices hold steady. ' ' ' Wool sales have dropped sharply with the monetary pressure, but prices do not change. Leather has been steady for hemlock and other sole, but in satin-grain and kid the demand has fallen off suddenly. Shipments of boots and shoes amounted to 400, 000 cases, or 9 per cent more than last year to date. High prices for iron are wonderfully sustained. Prices of finished products change little. . Wheat has lost both in foreign de mand and in prices, in spite of still greater loss jn western receipts. Ex ports for the" week were only 3,300.286 bushels, against 7.340,170 last year. Atlantic exports, flour included, have been in three weeks only 6.804,433 bushels, against 15,415,368 , bushels last year. The price closed y cent lower. Failures for the week have been 220 in the United States, against -25S last year, and 26 in Canada, against 31 last year. Business as Bradstreet Sees It. Bradstreet's tomorow will say: Holiday trade activity, of course, reaches its highest development during the week now drawing to a close. The weather conditions have not altogeth er favored retail distribution of win ter goods, the result being less activity in purely retail lines than had been looked for, though comparisons with one year ago are generally favorable. Wholesale trade at this season usually shows a quieting . tendency, but it is questionable whether this tendency is as large this year as in former periods. CHEATED THE GALLOWS, A Noted Murderer Bies of Soltentns of the Brain. Richmond, Va., Dec. 22.-Dr. Baker the principal of one of Virginia s most sensational murder trials, died at Afo ington, Va., last evening of softening of the brain. He was tried and. con victed of murdering his wife in order that he might wed the pretty wife of Wyndham R. Gilmer, a farmer, with whom he was infatuated. It, was n on the trial that the two had agreed on a plan by which she was to husband and he his wife to enable them to marry. The body of Mrs. Baker was disinterred and show ed traces of arsenic in her stomacn. Mrs. Gilmer : told the whole story. Baker was given a new trial on a technicality and was acquitted. j A Matter to Be Investigated. WafhinrtrtTi Dec. 22. 'Instructions vn sent to Acting Consul Hol- plis at Pretoria to investigate the report itkqt i p9un.fo Delagoa Bay were seized ix xniisn .warships on the ground that their cargoes of flour were in tended for the Boers. If the circum stances should prove to be as report ed, in press dispatches the United States Will protest to England. ! RACE A DEAD HEAT. The Brooklyn and the New Orleans -..Make the Same Time tp Manila. .Washington, Dec. 22. The race of American " war ships" from. Atlantic coast ports to the Philippines by the European route has resulted in a dead heat, between the two leading vessels. The' armored cruiser Brooklyn left .Hrfmpton . ,:Roads October 16 and reached. Manila December 16. Five days after the Brooklyn departed De cem'berl the cruiser New Orleans left New York, and a telegram re ceived nt the Navy Department today reported her arrival at Manila yester day, ili therefore took both ships the same lingth of time to make the run. There: has been a very liberal re sponse fto the call issued by friends of 'General Lawton for the raising of a fuhd for the benefit of the widow and family. The total amount subscribed up to noon was $4,534. The committee in charge. of the fund this afternoon ifisuedi another appeal to the people, .asking1 that a special effort be made tq swell the fund before Christmas so that the result could be cabled to Mrs. Lawton, who is now at Manila. FAREWELL, TO BROOKE, Assurance of Absolute Independence Gven to Cubans by Speakers. Havana, Dec. 22. The banquet last night. lo General Brooke was a pleas ant farewell. Every word spoken on j the occasion by American officials re- . . A - T J j J? 1 . il. rt lMfraieu ru a most iortiui wny tue determination expressed in the mes sages of President McKinley and Sec retary Root. The Cubans were given to understand that absolute independ- 1 en cc would be accorded to them , in the (shortest time possible. All high offi Icials, both Cuban and American, were present. Generals Wood, Brooke and Ludlow and several prominent Cu bans' spoke, including Senors Lunuza andf'Quesada. General Wood, in his speech, said the presence . of Americans in" Cuba was to carry out the declarations of Gbngress, and they were going to do it.v He expressed the hope that in the administration of the affairs of the j island lie would have the .assistance and. merit the good will of every resi ; dent. , . LvCubans were pleased at tlie expres sions. of 'Americans and applauded-the speakers furiously. General Brooke will sail for Tampa tomorrow. ASSOCfATED PRESS FAKE ThfioBottom Knocked Out of a Sensktional Story. Gilbert Will Be Brought Home for Trial An Officious Negro Preach f hot Heavy Sales Leaf To bacco in Winston. Winston, X. C, Dec. 22. Special. Sol -Simpson, who was reported to have been killed near Dobson, Surry county, last November, by a woman named Sarah Wallace, has been found. A sensational story about Simpson's disappearance was published in morn ing papers last Sunday and sent to the Associated Press from Raleigh. A telegram from San Francisco says that W. II. Gilbert, Winston's ex.-hard-ware merchant, has been given a pre liminary trial and bound over for trial in the Federal Court in this State. An order was issued for extradition, and it is thought he will be brought back next week. Prof. Frederick Agathe, a fine mu sician, a native of Germany and for three years professor in Salem Female College, died today at the home of his daughter in Ashe county. He hn stroke of paralysis a year ago, from which he never fully recovered. Winston sold nearly three million pounds of leaf tobacco this month. A colored preacher named Williams was shot today west of Salem by John Phillips, colored, who claims that Wil liams interfered with his domestic re lations. Mortgage for Six Millions. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 22. The first income mortgage from the Mount Ver- non-Woodberry Cotton Duck Company to. the International Trust Company of Maryland wras recorded today. rine mortgage is to secure the first income mortgage 5 per cent bonds of the comoany, amounting to $6,000,000. Tne property of the company conveyed by the mortgage includes a large amount qf shares of several mills operated by the company. McGoTtrn Defeats Forbes. New York. Dec. 22. McGovern knocked out Harry Forbes, of Chicago, in the second round at the Broadway Athletic Club tonight. Forbes, who is undoubtedly clever, never had a chance. The knockout blow was a clean right hook on the jaw. At the end of the fight Al Smith offered to bet it thousand to six hundred that McGov ern would defeat Dixon in the com ing fiirflU MOODY'S LABOR ENDED The Great Evangelist Suc cumbs to Heart Disease. REARED AS A FARMER BOY Began Missionary Work -in Chicago Forty-three Years Ago-Uls Associa- Sankey-oppo.itlon from tion with the Clergy Schools Fou tnded in Chi- ? cago and Northfleld Enormous Sale of the Gospel Hymns. Northfield, Masst Dec. 22. D wight l.. uMoody, the evangelist, died at his home here this morning. He had been ill for a month with - heart trnnhlp. D wight "Lyman Moody was born at Northfield, Mass, February 3, 1837. iHe had only a limited schooling and worked on a farm until he was 17 years old. He jointed the Congrega tional Church in Boston. He went to Chicago in 1S5G and began missionary work. It was in 1873 that Mr. Moody, accompanied by Ira D. ;Sankey, began the Tork that made ".Moody and San-! key" a household phrase, both in this Molineux continued today with a "newt country and abroad. Preacher and witness or lecturer on the stand, in singer in partnership, the two men the person of handwriting expert i v,4. i j Henry L. Tolman of Chicago. Whereas . ent in that year to England and sev- experta' nave taken fol. their: eral times afterward. Often they met subjects "Fen Habits," "Mental Con-i with opposition from preachers who ception" and "Possibilities," 3Ir. Tol! thought that the evangelists were in- man took for bis-Physical Impulses"! vading fields which belonged to the and delivered his dissertation under; local pastors. The evangelist believed four beads:"- "Surplus Energy," "Siw-i in schools, and those which he found- tained Energy," 'Waning Energy; and, ed, three at Northfield and , one in Chi- "Exhausted Impulse." , eago, eoiuDinea religious ana practical- with scholastic training. The summer schools conducted at Northfield drew large attendance from far and near The Moody and Sankey book of "Gospel . Hymns and Sacred Songs." of which P. !P. Bliss was a joint com rvnspr. is said to hnvp rpafhpd. in fhp emirs? of twpntv wars n bjiIp nf 7- nno noo rnin'mp 'tiip tr.ni Trrrc for a score of years were said to have . -i amounted to more than $1,250,000. The Evangelist's Last Honrs. Nor thfi eld v Ma ss., D ec. 22 E va ngel 4sti !Moody, who died today, according tb" those whn were at' his bedside, re tained consciousness most of the time until the end.- He was Informed last evening that he would not recov er nnd't he then said:i"Tliel world is recedi seeding and heaven rorhinir." He had a number of sinking spells during the 'night. This morning, in speaking to his sons, he urged them to give the schools founded by him their best care. This they promised. His daughter said to him: "Father, we can't spare you." He replied: "If God has more work for , me to do, I'll not i die." All the members of the hold were at the bedside when he died No ov.no-oi-nonfc T.ii- nvi.la ail till w A-i. - t. ' ik-v. u inn vi i. vi the funeral. NEGRO AGAINST JEW. Serious Trouble in a Disreputable Sec tion of Newport News. Newport News, Dec. 22. Trouble is threatened between iHebrews and negroes in the district known as Rockets, which is populated "by negroes principally. For some time 'past the Hebrews have been systematically robbed by the blacks, and this morn ing three of them, vested with police power, shot and killed a negro named Williams as he was entering, the store of a 'Hebrew woman. Later, during the fight between negroes and He brews, one of the latter shot a negro in the back. A policeman arrested the shooter, and a howling mob O-groes tried to take the Jew from him. All the Hebrews present were assaulted with bricks and clubs. . The Hebj.ews became frightened t and fired wildly in every direction.- Another negro was shot in the head. The blacks undoubt edly would have killed the Jews but for the timely arrival of police, "xhe Hebrews who took. part in the shoot ing were arrested and several negroes were placed in jail on a charge of in citing riot among their people. .Fur ther trouble is feared. PLOT AGAINST FINGREE. impeachment Proceedings Considered at a Conference of Members. Detroit, Dec. 22 A conference of several State senators and representa tives was held today to consider the advisability of instituting impeach ment proceedings, against Governor iPiirgree on account of hi connection with thevMcLeod municipal ownership bill in the legislature. The bill was passed under suspicious circum stances, and after it became law con vulsed Detroit with the hottest kind of a fight. WThen Pingree was in formed of the conference he seenifd not in the least perturbed, merely say ing: "Give them my compliments and tell them to go ahead." He. added that he ought to be impeached and impris oned if the-reporf s were true about his connection .with the bill. M.in.viotliiMtaBs Burled Thursday WasWngto'n,' Dec. 22. The Navy1 Department Has .fixed the morning of the 28th as the time ror intermeni or tthe bodies Of the Maine - victims in Arlington Cenietery. Chaplain Chad wick, who was attached to the Main when blown up, and Nthe chaplain ot ' the Naval Academy, will officiate. . BAD FOR SAMPSON. The Speech He Prepared for Delivery Last Night Remains Unspoken, New York, Dec. 22. The Sons of New England gave their annual dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria tonight in cele bration of the lauding of the Pilgrim fathers. So earnestlv and in such dp- . tail did some of the earlier speakers celebrate this and other events in their I oratory max oy tne time tne fourth toast was reached it was nearly mid' night, and Admiral Sampson, who liad (prepared a speech in response to tlu toast; did not deliver it, but merely thanked the society. This was some thing of a damper, as Sampson was the guest of the evening. . Hon. Tohn Barrett responded to tho toast, "The New Pacific." He read a letter w,ritten by General Lawton on, the situation in the Philippines.- Mr. .Barrett urged retention of the Philin- pines, and said that for the first timo in history our flag is respected on tho trans-Pacific coastline. v ANOTHER LECTURER. Mollneux Trial Continues to Furnlsi Entertainment for the Public Three Witnesses on the Stand at Once. fallrpt nf trifll of itoland 'D. - picture of impulses drawn by . "Mr. Tol-, man, the day in court was marked by j one proceeding that for want of; order! i - ? -i it i i -i : J " I I ouraia anyining mat nas nappeneu mt even ni remarkable trial. At ono time Assiiant District Attorney Os lorn had three witnesses on the stand. He withdrew one man to put on another "for just a minute;" a minute;" he' withdrew the second n nut on another 'Fn liiijt o in lnllto" -! for iust a minute;" md then he fool ,ed along, wasting time, admitting afr the same time that all he was doina was sparring for time, for a full three-quarters of an hour. Poor .Encouragement for Dr. Leyds London, Dec. 22.The Daily Mail's correspondent says that; Dr. Leyds, Eiti'opean representative of of the Trans: vr. a I, visited French Minister of For eign Affairs Delcasse Thursday and re- '..quested his services in the cause of peace, and that the latter gave an equivocal reply, asking for time for consideration. Consreitman Boutelle Improving. . Boston, Dec. 22. Congressman Chas. striCKen yesierua.v viiu l-uucsuuu ul the brain, is reported to be improving. riVflJUim;, pvjx m a ... I him, ivery but the Congressman is still a sick man. Negroes Go to the Swamps. .Madfson, Ga., Dec. 22. 'Five nun- .dred negroes left here last night to 'settle in the Missisippi swamps. They were induced to go by emigration' agents. This makes 2,000 that have migrated within a fortnight. The ex odus is still in progress. Fatal Termination of a Feud. Birmingham. Dec. 22. Dr. Wheeler, a prominent physician of Berry, Ala., was shot and. almost instantly killed yesterday by his fattier-in-law, a well known farmer. A feud of long stand ing existed between the two men. Death of a Rich Duke. , London, .Dee. 22. The Duke off Westminster died tonight of pneu monia, lie is one of the richest peers of England. He was the owner of many race horses. He was born in 1823. Houses Buried Under a Landslide. Rome, Dec. 22. A landslide occurred yesterday at Amain,- a seaport city on the Gulf of Salerno. Many houses and a convent were buried. The number of casualties is not yet known. , Gold Moving Outward. New York, Dec. 22. The total goM exports announced officially far "Satur day's steamship are $ 4,975,000. The total gold movement since December i 15, including tomorrow's shipments, 18 over $7,500,000. ? Died in the Pest House. Richniond. Dec. 22. State Represen tative Xewbern, from 'Norfolk county, died in the pest house today of sinall pox. ' -r - Major James O. Litchford. ' Mr. James O. Litchford, who pre sides at the money counter of th Raleigh: Savings Bank, has been ap pointed Assistant Quartermaster Gen eral on the staff of Governor-Russell, with the rank of major. .' 1 Holldar Dances. The Capital Club &ve tts Christ mas gerton pem 29. tears cll"l"r , l Wn ' Dancing will begin at J.uU .i. V -I i J.
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