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V30 CELOTED. FUSIONIaTS HOLD A JUBILEE AT THE STATE CAPITAL. of Marchers With Hu- merous Hits and Imposing Num bers) PrMtM the Speeohee. Lincoln, Neb. (SpeciaUFusionlsts of Lincoln turned out tonight for the purpose of celebrating the victory of teat Tuesday and the celebration was almost as big a thing in 1U Una as was the victory at the polls. There was a procession formed on the state house grounds which marched through the principal streets of the city and back again to the grounds, where hart speeches were made by Governor Poynter, Judge Holcomb, Mr. Bigelow, Secretary of State Porter and Mr. Bry an. The parade was headed by Hage now's band and after this came the old Bryan Guards in marching club uniform. Then there was the . corn stalk brigade, with paper lanterns In red, white and blue, carried on Ne braska cornstalks. After these came a long tine of marchers, carrying flags, and then a line of carl rages, the occupants carry ing small flags. The Bryan Guards were plentifully supplied with Romsvn candles and the line of march was illuminated by the continuous stream of fire that flowed upward from the ranks. The distribution of tin horns and other approved noise producers, aided toy the voices of several hundred en thusiastic young marchers, caused the notes of the band only to be heard at infrequent Intervals by those close to It The line of march had been laid out so as to circle the postofflce square and not neglect the republican office holders therein, and the State Journal office across the street. The latter was given an extra shower of Are balls and several derisive yells, saved up for that particular part of the program. HOW THEY RUBBED IT IN. There were a number of transpar eiK-ies in the line that expressed the feelings of the paraders and were cal culated to "rub It in" en the repub lican politicians. The reiteration of the story concerning the "spotted cow" and a boar black pig, which has been the stock in trade of a certain class of re publicans, who pretended to believe that the people might be led to think that very reiteration was a reason why p-ltical slanders of Judge Holcomb should be believed, was given a prom inent place in the ranks. The celebrants took this occasion to show to the republican traducers of Judge Holcomb and Mr. Bryan, their contempt for what has been for four years regarded In republican inner cir cles as the thlrteen-inch shell that Would demolish fusion. They handled the thing with the fuse burning and gave it to children to play with and fully demonstrated that It was filled with no explosive that was at all dan gerous, and that in fact it was a "quaker cannon," only terrifying from a distance. This was the idea of several of u.e transparencies and the crowd that lin ed the sidewalks caught on and gave them applause. When the parade.mar s haled by Secretary of State Porter and Superintendent Fowler of the Milford soldiers' home, reached the state house grounds on the return, a large crowd gathered there, waiting to hear the speeches, which it had been announced would be given from the bandstand on the north lawn. FILL STATE HOUSE GROUNDS. While the parade was on the street; the fireworks committee had been upon top of the dome of the state house set ting off its rockets, pin wheels and other pyrotechnics. The crowd of peo ple swelled rapidly as the parade mov ed around the speaker's stand to the state house, and when Governor Poyn ter announced the first speaker at 9:30 the grounds were filled on all sides in hearing distance. The governor made a short talk, ex pressing his feelings of jubilation over the election results, and declared that while the republicans were spending a great deal of time and labor trying to figure out what caused It, he was satis fled that the cause had been the pre sentation of great fundamental truths toy the fusion speakers and papers dur tng the campaign. JUDGE HOLCOMB'S THANKS. The governor, as presiding officer oi the occasion, presented Judge Holcomb as the supreme court Judge-elect. Judgt Holcomb briefly expressed his thanks for the cordial reception given him by the crowd and said that while he must of Course feel a great deal of personal gratification over the result of the contest, that the triumph of the prin ciples of government which had been the Issue before the people in this state far outweighed all other feelings by which be was moved. Mrs. Belle Bigelow, as the represen . atlve of the Women's Bimetallic league briefly spoke of the attitude of the . women and their promise for the f utur In the. battle for good government a-. , the rights of the people. Secretary cf State Porter spoke briel ly and then the governor asked the audlence to Join in and sing the "Star Spangled Banner" with H. J. W. Sea mark. The crowd did this with a will and the chorus was accompanied by a waving of the large number of small flags that had been carried In the pro cession. -. . SHOUTS FOR BRTAN. The crowd bad been yelling for "V an" at every pans in the proceedings and the governor at this point an ousted him as the net speaker. The crowd gave him an ovation as he came to the front of the stand, his hat off. ... The waving of flags and cheering con tinued for several minutes, while he stood in the cutting north wind, bare- As the cheering subsided. General Vlfaealo'a voice with a very decidedly commas. ding (oa In It, and sn evidence of soil charge In the last accent, was , kMi-sBc' ' ,. "Pot on your net. That won't do. It's toe cold:--! . ; Mr. Bryan smiled and put on his hat and said he would obey his old friend and thank him for his thoughtfulnese and ear of him. He was the same careful guardian of htm and bis welfare that he had been In the regiment and at all other times,- and he wished him tone lift.-- Mr. Bran talked to the crowd as a neigh hot v- reviewing the struggles w)nst sepubttcsntsm In the state of 1 lossssa from the time he came to the state aad took part In his first cam paign, in IsM, down to the present, when the last hold of the republics party on state government aad stats IwdttftfcMM had been wrested fross It UWIVKRSITT SAFE. Ha declared his gwtifeatloa la the smM m tha srsaf stats university had - rv4 la Jetfscswalan princteles. The ; .i tt2r2 2 i 1 1 iztun Mmte'ima mmm ht ass la such hands as those of Rich and Teeters, the newly elected regents. H recounted the history briefly of the last campaign and referred to the abuse which the opposition had heaped upon Judge Holcomb and that the verdict of the people had shown that it in groundless. He paid a tribute to Judge Holcomb and declared that, compared with the republican candidate, man for man, he was worthy of the confidence reposed In him by the people and worthy of be ing selected as the fittest man for the high position. On the subject of the tactics of the republicans of abusing fusion candidates and leaders, Mr. Bry an referred to the fact that he had not been allowed to escape, and said that perhaps his hearers wondered why he had never paid any attention to such attacks on himself. He said that he had never referred to these things outside, but this was a talk with neighbors and he would say to them that It was because he had per fect faith in the ability of the people to see and Judge whether such attacks were without foundation, and that when they saw they were not true they would resent them for him without waiting for his disclaimer. The charge that the Journal and other republican papers had made that be had made po lltlcal speeches for money was referred to, and he said that he would say to his neighbors and friends that there was no truth in them. He had an in terest in the result of the election, suf ficient to impel him to work without money. HAPPY VIEW OF ATTACKS. The crowd heartily enjoyed his decla ration that he treasured the clippings from such papers about the big money he was receiving, because he thought that if necessary they might be ehlb Ited by Mrs. Bryan as an evidence of ability to pay a storekeeper if she should desire to ask for credit. He promisced republicans, however, that he had been able to provide for his family and his own wants sufficiently by lecturing and writing to insure his ability to campaign for a long time to come, and he promised that no trusts would pay his expenses. And he would continue to annoy them In this way un til the battle was finally won and the principles of the fathers of this gov ernment once more respected and those who aped British manners and methods driven out of power forever. It was 10 o'clock when the meeting adjourned and the crowd which had stood in the cutting wind for an hour finally dispersed. CLAIMS SETTLED QUICKLY. Col. Stark and Cen. Barry Keep Up High Standard of Fusion Officials. Lincoln, Neb. (Special.) Adjutant General Barry has completed the work of settlement with the claimants for subsistence and transportation and other things connected with the mo bilization of the volunteers for muster into the United States service at the beginning of the Spanish war. The claim for reimbursement presented by the state of Nebraska to the general government was settled first of : state claims, and every item was i lowed as the state of Nebraska made . These claims were prepared by t adjutant general's office, and when fi! at Washington they were looked afi by Congressman Stark, who, as t: military representative of the goverm- rendered valuable service In get tin, them quickly and t ausfactorily passed upon. All of this v. . - k was done with out extra expense to the state and the manner of settlement and qulcknes: with which it was accomplished is an other illustration of the difference be tween the present and the old-time re publican methods of doing lyjch things Other claims of the state against the general government which required the same careful preparation and Intelli gent looking after that these did and no more to bring about their allowance and payment have hung along for years and finally been paid after a big fee for collection, amounting in some cases to 50 per cent of the whole, had been paid by the state to some republican attorney. The records of the legisla tures where the appropriations were were made for these collection agents' fees bear out this statement, and thou sands of dollars have in the past been paid out for services that have In the last few months been rendered as In cident to the duties of the state's off! cers and representatives, and for whtc the state does not have to pay a cei. SAVING TO THE STATE. The thousands of dollars which l federal government appropriates a,, pays to Nebraska In this last settle ment goes to the state and none go- to pay expenses of collection. The stale does not have to be out of the money several years, either, as has been the case heretofore, but she gets it prompt ly and it goes to pay debts that would have stood at interest against the tax payers while the money lay in the tressury at Washington. While the republican party managers and editors of party organs are look ing around for the cause of the voters of this state refusing to trust the re publican party with the management of the state's affairs, a casual glance in the "direction of the records might serve to give them an Idea of the true situation. The people of Nebraska know what is going on and last Tues day they simply stsmped with their approval the conduct of affairs like t"? foregoing. OFFICIAL RETURNS COME IN. The county clerks are beginning .. send In the oclal abstracts of the vote cast last Tuesday. Fourteen counties had reported at the close of business this afternoon. In the larger counties the work of the county canvassing boards will not be completed before to day and tomorrow, and these will come In slower. The law requires that the stats can vassing board shall meet on thethlrd Monday after the election, which will be November 27 this year, and can vass the vote on regents and Judges of the district and supreme courts. The secretary of state will then turn over the returns to the state canvassing board, and when the canvass Is made the abstract for the whole state and result declared. As before stated, the result of this canvass cannot be posi tively arrived at before the canvassing board meets, because but few county -u send In duollcates of their ab stract. The result will not differ from the aggregate of the official returns from each county which are given out by the local boards when they finish their work this week. MINING SITUATION CRITICAL. Springfield, III Speclal.-Owlng to the mining situation in the Beiiviue district having grown so serious. In consequence of the shipment of coal from mines In the district to the strike aistfMi la the southwest. District President Hcftl has telegraphed John Mitchell, the national president of the United Mine Workers of America, to come at ones to Bellville or JEeet St, Lewis for a conference. President MKcbell, who hi Hi Chleags, telegraph ed Mi rooty that he would meet Prest dent HefU Ml Us tt. Uria AFTER THE FILIPINOS. AMERICAN FORCES LAND SAN FABIAN. AT Genoral Whoaton's Troops Rush Waist Daop Through the Surf and Rout the Natives Manila. (Special.) The landing of the America ntroops at San Fabian. Tuesday, was the most spectacular af fair of its kind since General Shatter's disembarkation at Balqutri. The co operation of the troops and the navy was complete. The gunboats maintain ed a terrific bombardment for an hour. while the troops rushed waist deep through the surf under a heavy but badly directed rifle fire from the In surgent trenches and charged right and left, pouring volley after volley at the fleeing rebels, Forty Filipinos were captured, mostly non-commissioned of ficers. Several Insurgents, (lead and five wounded were found In a building which had suffered considerably from the bombardment. The town was well fortified. The sand dunes were riveted with bamboo twenty feet thick, which afforded a fine cover. When the transports arrived In theJ gulf they found the gunbots Princeton' Bennington and others waiting. After consulatlon with General Wheaton, Commander Knox of the Princeton and Commander Sheridan of the Benning ton anchored two miles off shore. The gunboats formed a line inside, the Hel ena, Callao and Manila close In shore, With the first gun of the bombard ment the small boats were rapidly filled without confusion by Major Cronlt's battalion of the Twenty-third Infantry and Captain Buck's battalion of the Thirteenth infantry. While the lines of boats moved shoreward the gunboats poured the full force of their batteries Into the trenches, soon forcing the in surgents to flee through the burrows dug back of the trenches. About 200 men held their places until the keels of the boats grated on the shore, when their Mauser bullets com menced to sing overhead. The battal ions formed in good order. Captain Buck pursued the Insurgents on the left Into the bamboo thickets. PERSONALLY COMMANDS. On the right was a frail footbridge across the river, leading to the towns. General Wheaton, personally command ing, ordered a charge across the bridge, and Captain Howland of his staff led Coleman's and Elliott's companies of the Thirteenth and Shields' company of the Twenty-third, who behaved splendidly under their first fire, into the town, which was found to be de serted except by the aged and some Spaniards who had hidden In the buf falo wallows and who came shouting delightedly toward the Americans. Two companies of the Twenty-third had a skirmish along the Dagupan road with the retreating Filipinos. Ma jor Shields of the staff, with his com mand, captured several insurgents. The troops comped In the rain during he night, and In the morning General .Vheaton established his headquarters n .a church, quartered his men in the iouseB and sent the captured beyond he outposts with orders not to return. The roads were found to be practically impassable and ft Is believed Aguln aldo has secreted a yacht In the river lxngapo. near Sublc, for use in his flight when he finds his capture is in evitable. Wednesday was devoted to reconnols ance. Major Logan went northward to Santo Tomas and burned the Filipino barracks. Captain Bucks' Thirteenth battalion went to San Jacinto and dis posed of small bands. Marsh's Twenty-third went toward Magdalen on the Dagupan road and had several sharp fights with small parties. They killed eight men, brought In twenty prisoners and had five men wounded. The Santo Tomas road seems to be the only possi ble means of retreat for a large body north from Tarlac, and General Whea ton commands it. The Insurgents of this section are going to reinforce Tar lac. The battleship Oregon has arrived here from Hong Kong. STANDARD CONTROLS RATES. Some Interesting Testimony In Re gard to Oil Monopoly. Washington. D. C (Special.) The industrial commission resumed Its busi ness today, and at the morning session listened to the testimony of Mr. An drew B. Gall of Montreal, Can., a deal er In petroleum. Mr. Gall' statement dealt almost entirely with the opera tions of the Standard Oil company In Canada. He represented that the com pany had a monopoly of the refined oil business In the Dominion and It is Im possible to purchase from the company unless the purchaser agrees to buy all his goods from the tandard refiners. He complained especially of the freight rates, which are extremely discrimina tive against American oils. He gave In stances In which only 12 cents a hun dred was charged on Canadian oils from Montreal to St. Johns, whereas 25 rents was charged on the American product. The rate on oil from Amer ican points had been almost doubled in the last year, the entire Increase be ing on the Canadian end of the roads. He also said the present duty on Amer ican oil Imported Into Canada was 6 cents per gallon, or 100 per cent. He was hopeful, however, that thli duty would be lowered. Mr. Gall also ssld that the Standard people were In the habit of sending men Into the yard of opposition companies snd taking out psmples. "Then the Standard Oil company practically runs your country Its rail roads snd Its government," suggested Mr. Livingston. "It certainly controls our rosds." r sponded the witness, "but I would not lay so much concerning the govern ment" He wss sstlsfled the policy of the railroads snd the freight rates was not the result of the policy of retaliation on the part of the Canadian government gainst the United States. He said thst there were nine refiner ies In Csnsds before the combination was effected, but most of them hsd since been demolished. One owner of a refinery hsd told him thst ht had re ceived H6.006 for a plant that was not worth to him $10,000. This consolida tion had been effected In MM, and since then the price of oil hsd advanced from 124 to 17 cents per gallon. He was satisfied that the Standard company received rebates from the rsllroad com pany, but did not have proof that such wss the case. He thought the company hsd made Immense profits In Csnsda within the Isst three months and said the Standard people were handling the Canadian product there because It was more profitable than the American. Fire destroyed the tannery of C. R. Peters Sons. St. Paul. N. B. Peters' homestead adjoining the leather far ter wss saw destroyed. Loss, tTMN. CTuaTnaEtra. Revtewe the Results of the Last Campaign. In an Interview given out Saturday W. J. Bryan says regarding the late lections: "While the returns from the elec tions of last Tuesday are not com plete, enough Is now known to enable oae to estimate their political signifi cance. ''In Massachusetts the republican majority Is less than It was last year, and 1M.0OO less than it was in 18H, and tb4niocrat have gained in the leg ist ' i tdetno- a trl Id ifci I'd col In a fori PM fir of 1 frt IH h eld Tt tx Bl su col un cal 20 dri Ha ca fo: 1st ca W. to 11W da eni pM m m od It maJ ml UH u tod evd anT 1st cou carried by Mr. Jones, and the re- w pu ,JLn. Pany, which hsd a majority of any 50,000 In lss. is now over- whe en Dy a majority approximating 50 000. lne Jones vote I anti-republican V Mr JonM himself has made an open fflf11 " Mr. Hanna and his methodsJ-nd ,ne republican party has turned lis i"ejrle against Mr. Jones and his followt(fs.,' "In Iowa the republicans have in creased their majority over the ma jority of 187, but I have not the daw at band to compare Mr. Shaw's ma jority this year with the majority re ceived last year by the republican can didates for congress In that state. The senatorial contest between Mr. Gear and Mr. Cummins probably had some Influence In bringing out the republican vote. "In South Dakota the republicans have made gains since 189. I have not the data to compare the republican majority this year with the majorities received by the republican candidates for congress last year. "In Kansas no state officers were elected. Press dispatches claim a re publican gain in district Judges, but returns are not sufficiently complete to compare the vote on the Judicial tickets this year with the vote on the con gressional tickets of Ws. "The Nebraska campaign was fought on national Issues and the fusion can didate for Judge received about 11.000 majority this year, as against 3.000 last year for the fusion candidate for governor and 13.000 for the fusion elect ors in and the fusion candidate for Judge In 1SS7. Assistant Secretary of War Melklejnhn came from Washing ton to plead with the voters to up hold the president's policies. Senators Thurston and Hayward were on the stump warnlg the people not to re pudiate the president. Senator Fair banks and other prominent republicans from outside the state lent their Influ ence, but In spite of all the republican party could do the fusion forces gain ed a signal victory. Their candidate. Judge Holcomb, carried five of the con gressional districts out of the six, and lost the remaining district (the First) by only 1.000. The fuslonlsts made a net gain of three district Judges and a large gain In county officers. The vote cast this year In Nebraska was fully 10.000 greater than it was last year, though the only slate officers voted for this year were supreme Judge and two regents of the state university, while last year Nebraska elected all the state officers, members of congress and a Mate legislature, which elected a sen ator. REPUBLICAN PARTY TO FALL. 'Taken as a whole the election re turns from all the states give encour agement to those who hope for the over throw of the republican party In 1W0. It is evident that those who believed In the Chicago platform In ISM still be lieve In it It is also evident that ttu hostility to the Chicago platform among those who opposed It la not ss pro nounced as It was in 1IM. It la appar ent also that there Is a growing hostil ity to the monopolies which have grown up under a republican sdmlnlstratlon.1t Is safe to ssy thst the American people would, by a large majority, pronounce against the attempt to raise the stand ing army to 100.000. snd It Is equally certain that upon a direct vote upon th Issue an equally large majority of the people would pronounce sgslnst an Im. periallstlc policy which would develop a colonial system sfter the pattern of Europesn governments. We msde s considerable gain this year among the foreign bom voters en the questlona of militarism and Imperialism, snd I sm satisfied that the gstn In 1M0 will be fsr greater If the sdmlnstrstlon pur sues Its present policy on these ques tions. The burnt child dreads tbs firs,' snd those who hare experienced the evils of a large standing army and Im perialism In other countries will not aid in transplanting these Ideas In Ameri can soil. ' COERS PUSHING 0.1. ADVANCING ALL ALONG THE LINE IN NORTH CAPE COLONY. Drawing In Cloeer on the British After Ladysmlth. the Object of Attack will Be Durban. London, Nov. 11 Today's news from ie 10' husband the ammunition. WILL MARCH ON THE CAPITAL Efforts are being made to restore communication by means of the he llolgraph. Fuller details of the exact position are expected within a few days. One of the most ominous features In tn'. a'f'ude of the Boers Is that they have not destroyed the railway bridge over the Tugela river at Colenso. They have expressed the Intention of cap turing Ladysmlth and then marching on the capital of Natal. Their retaining the Bulwar bridge in tact argues that they are very confident of success In their present operations. They are certainly concentrating a strong force and will bring down as many guns as possible. Every hour's delay In the Boers' delivering a general attack means gain to the British. BOERS DO FURTHER DAMAGE. London, Nov. 14. The war office has received from General Buller the fol lowing dispatch: Capetown, Friday Night, Nov. 10. A reconnolterlng force from the Orange river had a skirmish with the enemy today about four miles east of Bel mont. Casualties, in the Northumber land Fualleers, Colonel C. E. Keith Falconer, killed; Lieutenants F. Bevan and H. C. Hall, wounded; In the North Lancashire regiment, Lieutenant C. C. Wood and two privates wounded. Thl Is the only report to hand. The war office has also received t' following from General Buller: Capetown, Friday, Nov. 10.-10:20 m. The following mesxage has bee received from Colonel Kekewlch: "Klmberley. Monday, Nov. 6. Tin wounded are progressing satisfactorily Two unarmed natives have been sh by the Boers at Alexander's Fonteln The conservancy post to the south of the Klmberley reservoirs has been missing since November 4. It Is sup posed to have been captured by the Boers. Browne of Beaconsfletd having ridden beyond the barriers, yesterday. Is missing. It is supposed he was cap tured. The situation Is unchanged." BOMBARDMENT OF KIMBBRLEY. London, Nov. 14. The day has brought forth no great news and little change has taken place either In Natal or on the north or northeastern borders of Cape Colony. The chief fact Is the opening of the bombardment of Klmberley by the Free State artillery, which proved, accord ing to an official statement, utterly In effective. The Boer Inveatment of the town, however. Is said to be tightening. Skirmishing between the Klmberley mounted troops and the Boers earlier In the week resulted In severe Boer tosses, the British losing one hilled and one wounded. Advices from Orange river confirm the report of the Free State troops sdvsnce on the north of Cape Colony, but owing to the retirement of the British forces from the borderland no serious collision hss yet occurred. The coming week, however. Is certain to see Importsnt developments. Dispatches from Msfeklng show thst Colonel Baden-Powells little force Is still not merely holding Its own, but Is dally Inflicting more or less severe pun ishment upon the Boers, whose artil lery hss apparently proved valueless Nothing has filtered through from Ladysmlth, which everybody aspects to be the theater of thrilling events during the coming week. Transports carrying 1.000 British troops are already en routs to Durban, having passed Capetown, and the Boers must strike a decisive blow at Lady smlth now or never. MEN AND OUNS TO THE FRONT. Durban. Natal Mm 11 A of men and guns from the British first. ewes cruiser Tern dm nas started for the (rent. ALMRT AT BsTTCOTJKT. Bstoourt, . Nov. I 1 town la quiet, hut the camp la est the alert aad active up to 4 0010011 every morning. mu9 for any amergeacy, with kits laid out for Inspection or for removal at a moment's notice. It to evident that General Murray does net Intend to be surprised. The border regiment, the Dublin Fust leers, the Na tal Royal Rifles, the Durban light ar tillery and the Lancers are all engaged In field exercises. Owing to negligence of someone, or to a blunder, two cases of dynamite coil fuse were left in the precinct of the railway hotel, where General Mur- ih.t th. nr rfsr and his staff and the newspaper "WLUrespoDdents are staying. The marks Ithe cases show that they belong to public works department. No evil en t Ion Is Imputed to any one In con ation with the affair. The cttlsens h organising an ambulance corps. MOVEMENTS HALF-HEARTED. 'apetown. Nov. 14. The movements the Boers north at rtw. r,jn Ur half-hearted. Allwal Nnnh i Mr at their mercy. It is probable ey will occupy Bethulle, one of the Into of railway entrance In the Free ste. They have occupied Burgher rp, but Bethulle and Allwal North are II UnoCCUDied. Mnat l th nfn.. m Allwal have gone north to James. wn, east of the river, near the moun ins. here are Indications that the Boer t making a determined bid for the pport of the colonial Dutch, but they t not likely to succeed on Acrmmt of Is presence of Gnri iii.ii, i u tted thai a Boer commando, t.OOO ong, is at Dotikorpore, but the num- ir oi mis Doay is exaggerated. It IS Hd the Boers drill verv little aninl. most of the day in sleep. TUB FA TO OF KIMBERLET. fBerkeley, West, Monday, Nov. .--A rpaicn received here Irom Kimber- , says: General Cronje sent a message to lonel Kekewlch. calling on him to rrender before 6 In the morning to- y. otherwise the town would be shell- the women and children remaining Kekewlch's risk. The Boers, It was led, surround Klmberley In great ce, with heavy artillery. BESIEGING MAFEKINQ. 'apetown, Nov. 14. News received m Mafeklng, says that on Monday p Boers shelled the town. One Boer In was knocked out of action and Boers retired, but were reinforced. iu ked again and were again repuis- Tuesday they shelled the Cangan pje with little dainnge. There was bteneral attack under the cover of tilery, but It was repulsed by the xims and Hotchklss guns. The Boer was fifty klll.-d. . The British loss s slight. Thurday shelling by a kvy gun was renewed and the Boers ssed with the Intention of making attack, but this was prevented by thunder storm. Friday there was ultory firing atid an occasional shell, : there was little loss of life, due to excellence of the shelter In ths ncbes. The health and spirits of troops are good. fcNTH HUSSARS HAVE A FIGHT. London, Nov. 14. The war office has elved the following from General tulte?,"Vnder date, Capetown, Novem ber 11. afterno'i: "With reference ts my telegram of 10th, Colonel dough with two squadrons of the Tenth Hus sars, a battery of field artillery and one and one-half companies of mount ed Infantry, found about 700 of the en emy with one gun In position, nine miles west of Belmont. He engaged the enemy with his artillery and with the mounted Infantry to the enemy's loft flank, to discover the laager. The losses reported yesterday occurred dur ing this operation. Colonel Gough en and then returned to camp. The death of Lieutenant Wood has Just been re ported." NO DAMAGE AT KIMBEHLEY, London, Nov. 14. The following addi tional announcement was made by the war office: General Buller wires to day 10:15 a. m. that Colonel Keke wlch reported, November 8. that the bombardment of Klmberley, November 7, did no damage, and that there were no casualties. Dispatches from Klmberley show that the town was vigorously attacked at two different points. It Is reported that one of the British force and six Boers were killed. It Is believed that tb Boers surround the. town In force. JESTER GETS A CHANCE. Paris, Mo.. Nov. 14. After sitting through five days of argument by the Interested attorneys, Judge Eby or dered a change of venue to Halls coun ty. In the case of Alexander Jester, charged with the murder of Gilbert Sates In 1X71. Jester will be taken to New London at once and the case will come up there at the next term of 'ourt. BOBBED AA'D PUT OFF TRAIN. Laporte, Ind. James Wise of Toledo, O., was assaulted on a Lake Shore train near this city late last night and robbed, after which he was thrown off. He was discovered by railroad em ployee and removed to the county hos pital. Internal Injuries were received which are likely to prove fatal. IOWAN FACES SERIOUS CHARGE. Minneapolis, Minn. A special to the Times from Dubuque, la., says: Gus Grode of this city was arrested last night for attempting to wreck a freight train on the Milwaukee road a few miles from this city on October 1 by piling logs on the track. Detec tive King of the Milwaukee road work ed up the case. FEAR ITS A DEATH SHIP. Portland. Ore., Nov. 14. -The British ship St. Enoch, from Panama for Port land, Is out 111 days, and much anxi ety Is felt regarding It The feeling of apprehension is not so much re garding the ship as of the men aboard of It. Yellow fever had been raging at Panama, and the entire crew of some of the vessels going to the port hsve perished. The Corlonalus, which left Panama about tbs same lime ss the Ht. Enoch, lost ten men In the port snd Ave men Just sfter leaving there, being compell ed to put back for others to take their places. The St. Enoch was spoken nearly fifty days sfter leaving Panama and In that time had hardly got clear of ths port. It Is feared that her long delay In that fever-Infested Istitude, together with lack of fresh food, has caused an epidemic of fever on board and that the ship, If she Is still afloat. Is drifting around the ocean without enough men alive to work her. , M'KINLET COMMUTES SENTENCE. Washington, D. C The president to. day signed an order commuting to. life Imprisonment the sentence' of death passed upon James Powsll, colored, for the murder of Patrick Let In this city la October, UN. ,