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". v M I Kl. i - t AFRICAN WAR NEWS. Gen. Duller Reported Nothing of Ilis Operations Yesterday. GEN. WARREN' CONTINUES PUSHING. Tlio lito-4 Uontnitt ICvnry Inch of flroiinil A Kopt.rt That I.onl l u ricl oti it Iil' l'ly- lnj Column llin Knfuroil I.miIjkiiiHIi nwiitnm of I.iiciibIm. London, Jim. 2:i. Gen. Duller Iihh reported nothing of 1i!h operations on Mnudnynnd olllcial and press Intel ligence leaves (ho British bivouacked Sunday night, on tins ground they hud won after I wo days' fighting. AII1I tury men assume that lighting must luive taken )lace and that it wart prob nlily more severe than on the pieced in"; days. (Ion. Hullcr would not be likely to give the Doers leisure to add to tin: elaborate entrenchments, to arrange their artillery and to con centrate their forccH. The .Daily Chronicle's military ex pert Htiyn: "liven when u battle Is won in a slnglu day, an a rule pursuit is only possible when fresh troops tire available, lint in thin Instance it is not u qucHtion of mere pnrmiit, but of renewing an attack upon in trenched positions after a day's hard fighting and it night of lying on tlic battlefield." This Jlrl tilth in the other districts n South Africa continue Inactive. Lord Mel linen's 13,000 men are be hind their works. (Jen. Frcnch'H 1,000 nt Bcnaberg were roused on Sunday by a general alarm that the Hours wero attacking, but it turned out that there was no basis for this. Ocn. Gatncrc Is quiescent at. Cotesbcrg. At Ladysmith the deaths from en teric fever and dysentery average ten a day. Some feara are expressed that the garrison may be so worn by pri vation and disease as to be unable to do much In the, way of helping Gen. .Duller. (Ion. Warren Gnntliitii) I'tintilng. London, Jan. 211. The Daily Chroni cle, has received the following, dated January 22, 4:15 p. m., from Spear man's Camp: "Ocn. Warren contin ues pushing, though he Is necessarily making very slow progress, as the Boers lire numerous and strongly en trenched. Our Infantry arc working over parallel ridges, with Lord Dun donald's cavalry lying well out on the left Hunk and awaiting developments. The Boors contest every inch of the ground. This morning Gen. Warren's artillery reopened fire but the Doers U not reply and our lire became less liot. Tho naval guns in front here litivo been quiet. A Doer prisoner -who was brought in boasted that it would take us three months to reach Xadysmith." Jltinior'Tliat llnrn Want I'miro. London, Jan. 23. Tho correspond cut of the Times at Loiirenzo Mnr qucs, telegraphing yesterday, says: "News from the republics in exceed Kingly meager, but it is reported that Pretoria is much perturbed. This is -confirmed from different sources, nnd to-day It is hinted that the Doers are .about to sue for peace. This is im probable until they have played their trump card in the shape of an appeal for Intervention. It is an undoubted fact that they are bitterly disappoint ed at the apparent apathy of the con ttinental powers." Itoporird llnlli'f of I.uityaihUli. Durban, Natal, Jan. 2.1. Tho state ment comes from an excellent source in Pietcrmnritzburg that, Lord Dun donald has entered Ladysmith with 3,000 men. This is not confirmed rom any other quarter, but, it is Icuown that Lord Dundonsild's Hying column has been acting well to the left of the linu of advance. Swarm of l.iMMUtH 1'iimm Ovor Cniiii. Sterkstroom, Jan. 23. Affairs here continue quiet. Tremendous swarms of locusts are destroying tho grass on Iho veldt. Commandant Oliver threatens to detain as prisoners of war any newspaper correspondents captured by his force. Ilulf Turin llaton on "ooiW, St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 23. It Is an nounced that the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Soo roads will, In February put Into execution half tariff rates on grass seeds, clover heeds and dwarf Essex rape seed to points on their lines in Minnesota, North Dakota anil Montana. This new rale applies to both ear and less than car shipments. The new rate wan brought about because of a de hire on the part of railroad utiiciuls to plant with tame grasses the natu ral frrnsti regions. VIo'iimiio A'ltli'lp'iltMl at a Trll. Lexington, Ky., Jan. 23. Eighty men from the local batallinu of the state guard under Capt. ('. W. Long mire are ordered to accompany Wil liam and Charles Kendall to Nieh olasvlllo to-day. The Kendalls arc charged with complicity in tint mur der of Kugene Cassell of this county, three weeks ago. The feeling is high and the authorities are afraid of vio lence. The troops will remain until the examining trial is over and long er if ncccuBiiry. PLEADED THE STATUTES. dipt. 1'ruilortiilt .1. Mill, of Salt I.ako. City, Arijulttnd of Killing ii Alan Who Dimpollrd 111 llninii. Suit Lake City, Jan. SI. Capt. Fred erick J. Mills, former lieutenant gov ernor of Idaho, was acquitted of tho charge of murder. The jury was out only a quarter of an hour, just long enough to elect n foreman and take n ballot, ('apt. Mills killed John O'Mel veney, chief engineer of the Oregon short line in this city on October 3 last. The evidence showed that while (lie defendant was absent serving as an o'llcer of the volunteer army of tho United States, Ids wife and O'Mcl veney became criminally intimate. Tim captain learned of these facts on the day of the tragedy, his wife mak ing u full confession. The killing fol lowed. The defendant pleaded tho Utah statute which justifies the act of a husband who kills his wife's se ducer and also sets up the. plea of in sanity. OVER FIFTEEN MILLIONS. War Dopurtnioiit (Jlr Out it KlnM-inmit of III" Hntirn ICrcc1tn lor tint War frnjji Cull t. Washington, Jan. CI. The war de partment gave out the statement that the total receipts fort lie entire island of Cuba for the month of December were 51,733,221. The total receipts for the entire island for tho calendar year ended December 31, lSiii), by items were: Customs, 511,072,111; in ternal revenue, $757,2?3; postal re ceipts from July 1, IS!)!), to December 31, 1SU9, ?-0 1,51-1; miscellaneous re ceipts from July 1, ISM, to December 31, 180!), $203,531; total receipts, $15,-217.-J07.12. Ilnril ltlow to Noodr (n Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 22. The fail ure Saturday of the Knights and La dies of the Fireside with about 51,000 assets and more than 515,009 liabili ties, will bring disappointment and sorrow to ninny a family in Kansas. The majoity of its 2,200 members live in Kansas. Most of them have been paying increased as sessments for years to try and keep up their insurance in the order. Many of them are widows and or phans whose death claims against tho order have been in litigation. Now all of these, Members and beneficiaries alike, may rest assured that they will never get a dollar because the treas ury is practically empty. I)liintrniM IJ.iHiiiit,'n In Mexico. Colima, Mex., Jan. 22. An earth quake shock began here at 11:45 Fri day night and asumed serious propor tions nl Tenhntita, many houses being badly injured and some of light con struction were wrecked. There was great consternation and people rushed into the streets, some barely escaping with their 11 res. Seven pioplo were killed outright and 00 were wounded and are being cared for by local sur geons. DuwiiKnf Kmpro- tixt'lni'il Yokohama, Jan. 3, via San Francis co, Jan. 21. Lively interest has been uroused by the publication of the secret decree of the empress dowager of China, in which she shows a sense of the danger which threatens the empire from foreign aggression. "The various powers," she says, "are casting upon us looks of tigcr-liko voracity, hustling each other in their endeavors to be the first to seize on our innermost territory." A Grant to t.iunl In Kuiimhx. Columbus, O., Jan. 22. Mrs. Fdgnr A Storer, wife of a Columbus broker, recently discovered among some old papers that had belonged to her mother, a grant of 80,000 acres of land in the west to her grandfather for distinguished services in the rev olution. The grant is signed by one of Washington's generals. The matter has been investiented and it is said tho family has a nlid title to the land, which is located in Kansas. Tim ('mini a i Wnti.rwav. Summit, 111., Jan. 21. To demon strate (he practicability of the drain age canal aa a link in the deep water way between the lakes and the gulf, the sanitary trustees Saturday aboard of their private yacht, tho Juliet, made' the first trip between Chicago and Lockport oicr the new water course. The 25-foot depth of the canal afforded ample room for the trim yacht and the loyage was made in quick time. trmv Chaplain'. Wlf.t AniKiml Sail Francisco, Jan. 21. Mrs. M. A. Swift, wife of an army chaplain now in the Philippines, is under arrest here, charged with enihezJeinont, and forgery. It is stated that the accused obtained goods to the extent of several thousand dollars from merchants hero by forging her husband's name to a number of checks. She denies her guilt, and has appealed to Gen. Shat ter for aid. Will l'niii'l .11. 14. Cliumli In Havana. Atlanta, Ga Jan. 22. liishop War ren A. Candler, of the Methodist church- south, will leave Atlanta Tuesday next for Havana to establish a church In that city, lie takes with him $5,000. raised by mis personal cf lorts in Georgia. This will be tho lirst church and school of the Meth odist denomination to be established In Cuba. WORK OF A KANSAS MOB. Unorgo and 1M JUi)nU Taken from Jail nt Tort Hrotl nnil Hanged to Nrarhy Trim. Fort. Scott,' Kan., Jan. 22. George and Ed Meekii, convicted murderers of Leopold Edlinger, of Dates county, Mo., were taken from the jail in this city Saturday and lynched by a mob of 500 men. Amos J'hillips, a convict ed accomplice, was barely saved by a faction of the mob and the officers, because there is some doubt of his guilt. The lynching was conducted in a quiet, manner. The indignation that resulted in the lynching was provoked by a desper ate attempt on the part of the Mccks men to murder a deputy sheriff and break jail on last Saturday evening. They felled the officer to the floor of the jail, and the death blow was warded off by another officer, who ar rived at the scene just in the nick of lime. A bnttle of from 20 to 30 shots followed, during which George Meeks, one of the murderers, was shot In tho leg. The nerve displayed by the two ilctims of the mob was only cqunlcd by their utter indifference to the trial and the court which coniietcd them. George Meeks, tho older of the two, was carried to the tree, from which he was swung in front of tho jail, smoking a cigarette, and was evident ly as unconcerned in the ninttcr as the least interested man in the crowd. His brother, Kd Meeks, attempted to make a statement, but the mob would not listen. Tho atrocity of the crime of which the men had been convicted, nnd their sullcnness and indifference to the sullen npprobiate indifTcrenco to the court had infuriated the citizens four weeks ago, almost to tho extent of lynching, and extra precautions were taken to prevent it. Officer Al len, who was so brutally assaulted, was a popular man, and the crowd that gathered around the jail during the battle never left until the lifeless bodies of the Mccks were hanging to trees 25 feet from the jail door. A PACK TRAIN CAPTURED. A Hmnll American F.ircn Aniliixlii-d by Filipino IiiaitrurnM ami CumpWloil to Abandon Ilnr.oK 11..U Supplies, Manila, Jan. 22. The escort of 50 men of company C. Thirtieth infantry, Lieut. JJals'on commanding, which was ambushed near Lipa, consisted of 50 convalescents from the hospital, who were going to rejoin the regi ment. The insurgents hid in the bushes along the road and opened fire upon the pack train from three sides. The Americans, in addition to their casualties, were compelled to abandon the train, which consisted of 22 horses. The latter, with their packs, all fell into the hands of the insur gents, who pursued the retreating es cort for three miles along the road, until the Americans were reinforced. Mlnoiirlun fur Vint l'i .mIiIhiiI. Washington, Jan. 22. National Com mitteeman l'ayne, of Wisconsin, wont over to New York Saturday. Defore his departure he industriously circu lated eulogistic stories regarding E. 0. Stannard, of Missouri, with espe cial reference to that gentleman's availability for the republican vice presidential nomination. According to Mr. l'ayne, there is a large inilux of settlers into Missouri, whose repub lican proclivities will materially assist in a republican victory there next fall. Hour Know They Wnxt lit. Uirut-l. Koine, Jan. 22. Charier. K. Macrum, lormer Cnitcd States consul at Pre toria, who arrived here Saturday, left yesterday for Paris. Mr. Enston, of the Washington Post, who accompa nied Mr. Macrum, said, in the course of an interview at Naples, mat the uoers know they must ultimately be defeated, but are determined to resist to the last. It'inrii)l)i'r)(l Iltir Itencuitr. Hamilton, 0., Jan. 21. Charles Scott, an itinerant banjo player, re ceived word that he is heir to 215 acres of land near Anderson, Intl., and $15, 000 left to him by a woman whose life he saved five years ago. The woman broke through the ice on tho White water rher and Scott jumped in and succeeded in bringing her to tho shore. I.iMrton to lto lltirli-il nt Arlington. Washington, Jan. 21. According to arrangements already made by the war department the remains of Maj. Gen. Henry W. Lawton, who was killed tit San Mateo, Luzon, Decem ber 19, last, will be interred in the national cemetery at Arlington, with full military honors, the day after they reach this city. llnlrn (.mild'H Latest (Sift. New York, Jan. 21. Miss Helen Gould's latest benefaction is for the sailors of the United States navy stationed in Drooklyn. She has given another large sum, said to be 5150,000, toward tho building of u new home for the Seamen's JJetreat, near tho entrance to the navy yard. Oinmii Ulu'ua Impi ImiiicmI. Suakim, ,11111. . Osman Digna, principal general of the late Khalifa Abdullah, and who was captured last Thursday in tho hills near Tokar, was brought iere yesterday and imprisoned. SURPASSES THE WORST FEARS ritnilnrt lii I111II11 IIu Hmiclmil 11 Torrlliln titiiKe, vr .17,000,(1(1 I'cnplo lining AnctiMl. Calcutta, Jan. SU The council Fri day considered Die famine situation. The Olllcial estimates show the cost to the government of the relief work, etc., to the end of March will be $10. 000,000 of rupees. About 22,000,000 persons are now affected in ISritish territory and about 27,000,000 in tho native states. The ilceroy, Lord Cur zon, of Kedlest'ju, said that the fam ine area had expanded, surpassing tho worst fears and they were now facing ii cattle, water and food scarcity of a terrible character. About 3,250.000 persons, he continued, were already receiving relief. While in 1S07 the world shared India's sorrow and contributed hun dreds of thousands of pounds towards the relief fund, the viceroy pointed out, India would now have lo struggle alone, for thoughts of every English man in the world were centered on South Africa. It would be the duty of the government to pursue the task of saving millions of lives find it would spend its last rupee if neces sary to do so. DENIAL FROM GROSVENOR. Malm 11 Statoinnnt I(nt;arillitK CluirRoi of Air. I.ontr. About tho Appoint inmit of I'olysnniltH. Washington, Jan. 20. The. investi gation as to the alleged polygamous status of certain federal appointees in Utah was resumed by the house committee on post offices and post roads. Mr. Grosvenor made a flat de nial of the statement made by Mr. Lentz as to the use of the words, "V) have not let the grass grow under our feet," in reference to his charges. 1 1 said his statement to Mr. Lentz was in substance that tho investigation would fail, there was nothing in the charges and that he had taken steps to learn the facts at the time of de nying them on the floor of the house. His denial was based on his knowl edge of the character of the president,. Subsequently, during a call at the white house, on another matter, Mr. Grosvenor said the president re marked to those present that he had never had a suspicion that he was ap pointing anyone guilty of polygamy as he had never heard of the eluirgo until it was made in the house. HAS ITS ADVANTAGES. In an AililrnH to Yotinc Aloa Carnegie hiilil Hn Was "Horn to tliu ltlo.Mul Horitacu of I'ovurty." New York, Jan. 20. Andrew Car negie addressed the young men's Hible class of the Fifth Avenue Hap tist church last night on "Stepping Stones to Success in P.usiness." Ho said in part: , As a young mnn I lind the best educa tion In the world with which to begin life. I was born to the blessed heritage of pov erty. I hope 1 speak to poor young men to-night. It is my earnest hope that nuna of you are burdened with tho care of riches. When this burden Is laid on a young man and ho acts his pint well ho deserves double credit. He Is surely tho salt of tho earth. In those days we hear a lot about poverty. Tho cry goes up to abolish poverty, but It will Indeed bo a sad day when poverty Is no longer with us. AVhere will your Inventor, your ar tist, your philanthropist, your reformer la fact, anybody of note corno from then? They all conic from tho ranks of tho poor. God docs not call his great men from tho ranks of iho rich. SHOT THEIR WAY OUT. HobborH Loot an Indiana ISiinlc of SIl.TiOO anil Ktoapo from a I'o.ao Time Surroundoil Tlirm. Rochester, hid., Jan. 20 The Com mercial bank at Silver bake, Koisko county, was last midnight robbed by burglars of $:i,50(). Five charges of nitro-glycerine were used to open the safe. The robbers shot their way through 11 posse of citizens who at tempted their capture and went to North Manchester on a handcar Wil liam Price, a clerk, was severely wounded. One of the robbers cried "I'm shot." but escaped with the others. The posse was reported about 15 miles behind the robbeiM at Columbia City. The marauders are believed to be the same that have been committing many depredations in northern Indiana. OPINION WITHHELD. Stute Di'p.irtiimtit. HoriiKiw to I'orocast Hiatus or .Montngu White, thn Tran- vaal Cnnxul, Ku Itotito llnro. Washington, Jan. 20. The state de part men t has not been ndvised from any official source that Montagiu White, the consul of the Transvaal re public at London, is coining to Wash ington as a diplomat ie representativj of the Transvaal republic. In udsuneo of his coming, th ofilcinls do not euro to forecast the decision of the depart ment as to his claim for recognition. Tho Cbloat'o Drnlioitrn Caniil. Chicago, Jan. 20. Ily unanimous vote the committee on federal rela tions of the Chicago sanitary district yesterday decided to petition con gress to assume control of the new $33,000,000 drainage canal and convert it into a deep waterway connection between tho gient lnlas uml the gulf of Mexico. AGITATING THE FILIPINOS. Qunntlnit of thn Futurn of friar Alinoit OtornhailotTH That ot tho Insurrection Working for Conciliation. Manila, Jan. 20, The insurgents nre apparently attempting to return to Lagiina province in considerable force under command of Gen. Malbar. Small bands tiro concentrating enst and west of Santo Tomas und attack supply trains which have been sent along the rood. Hereafter the sup plies will be shipped from Manila to Datangas province. Nino Americans nre believed to be prisoners in Tay ubus province. Tho merchants hero ire taking the fullest advantage of tho opening of the ports. No news has been received from u large number of tho hemp plantations for a year, and in some cases their owners have not seen them in that time. Prominent merchants nnd leaders from the south visited Gen. Otis some months ago nnd discussed with him the future of tho friars. They said that if Gen. Otis would shut his eyes tho difficulty would be quickly ended, meaning that the friars would be expelled or murdered. Gen. Otis condemned the proposition, and cau tioned the deputation that justice would be impartially administered. Luzon is only one of the many is lands deeply interested in the subject. While the necessity of meeting tho issue is recognized, every effort is be ing made to conciliate the people un til the insurrection is completely sup pressed. Keligious excitement re mains as one of the few incentives ca pable of provoking resistance to tho Americans, nnd it would be an easy weapon in the hands of unscrupulous lenders und the Hong Kong junta. THE CASTELLANE SCANDAL. Dnbtnof AnnnCouldV IIuhIiiiiiI .liny Unacli PI, OOO.OOO Fiinlilonalilu l'rloiidn III Turin llavu KnpiidUtoil Mint. Paris, Jan. 20. Social Paris is wild with excitement over the financial collapse of Count P.oni de Castellane, who has been making such reckless plunges into society and political life with the Gould millions, brought, him by his wife from America. Announce ment is made that Castellane is enor mously involved on the bourse by stock speculation and has lost every thing. This was followed by the dis covery that Castellane and his wife sailed secretly last Saturday for New York. The first reports that Count Boni had lost $600,000 rose to $1,C00, 000, while there are many reports that the total loss is $4,000,000. .His impe cuniosity has been the gossip of the boulevards, clubs and cafes for many months. His so-called "bills of honor" have been left unpaid, so much so that his fashionable friends have cut him and the aristocracy have declined to receive the Castellanes for-months. It is generally believed in Paris that the object of the visit, to New York is to raise money to tide over the present difficulties. Creditors are not alarmed. They believe the Gould millions are obtainable and inexhaustible. Philippine I'mital Snrvleo. Washington, Jan. 20 P.oginning April 1, the Philippine postal serv'ce will be placed upon an improved foot ing, ns in Cuba and Puerto liieo. Heretofore the Philippine service hns been under the supervision of the postmaster at San Francisco. Wi.en the new order goes into effect money orders can be drawn upon points in the islands and registered letters snt between post offices there. Instead of making returns through the Jan Francisco office, auditors at Manila, will be in charge and returns mmln directly to the post office department. Kirn at Hnrnmti & Italloy'x Plain. Dridgeport, Conn., Jan. 20. Fire at the Itni-num & Bailey winter quarters last night destroyed one of the large car barnst containing eleven cars and nlso the quarters of the Italian la borers on the railroad improvements V, nearby, causing a loss estimated, all y told, of $70,000. Among the cars de stroyed were two sleepers, the Buffalo Bill show buffet car and Mr. Bailey's private car, formerly used by the late P. T. Barnuni. rroaolnTM Slntt ivy tl Cost, Toledo, O., Jan. 20. The jury in tho case of the Toledo Pastors' union prosecution of the "Wicked London" company for giving theatrical per formances 011 Sunday, returned a ver dict of not guilty and the costs were all assessed against the prosecution, about $150. Wild Story About Otl-i. Victoria, B. C, Jan. 20. J. P. Mol era, who arrived from Manila, tells of an attempt on the life of Gen. Otis. He said that Gen. Otis once appeared on the firing lino and a shot from one of the American soldiers whizzed un comfortably close to his head. No one could learn who fired the shot. Two Wi'Mtiirn Appoint inoiitx. Washington, Jan. 20. The presi dent Friday sent the following nomi nations to the sennte: Thomas B. Hildebrand. of Albiu, Ta., to be re ceiver of public moneys at IJnmpartV City, Alaska; Daniel II. Wheeler, of Omaha, to be supervisor of the twelfth census for thu Second district of Nebraska, T V - :V KW I imi !., mil ilMMl'l . .p.lf.rH I ...i l