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Native Filipinos Plan for Sun--day
Outbreak,
GUNS ARE TRAINED ON QUARTERS
I'lllplno Hold In Cheek bjr the Strong
Showing Mudo by the Americans
Plot Ilovcitlctl by ono of tho
nntlto Police force.
The authorities ivt Manila were in
formed Sunday, from reliable sources,
that un outbreak in tho poorer districts
of Mnnila had been cart-fully planned
for daylight on the following day. It
failed to occur, probably on account of
the vigorous measures enforced. Many
natives of the Tonus district left, tak
ing their valuables. All the small
shops, which the guards usually forced
to close at 8:30 p. in., were shut at sun
set. A general feeling of uneasiness
was apparent.
The guards of the city were doubled
and a strong force situated at this
slaughter house, the center of an un
ruly section. Two guns of the Sixth
artillery were stationed near-by at a
point commanding the native quarter.
The commanders of the reserve troops
were ordered to bo prepared for a call
at daylight.
Three native police have- been ar
rested on n charge of uprising. The
fact that their comrades informed the
authorities of their trct'chery indicates
that the police force is loyal.
THE BOER AND THE BRITON
Active Movements In Mouth Africa AVllli
the Moors Aggreulvo.
So far as actual news is concerned,
very little change in the situation in
the Transvaal Is to bo noticed. Tho
state of affairs at Mafeking can only
be conjectured. Tho occupation of
Newcastle by the Boers wm prepared
for and expected, the British abandon
ing the place. The Boers are reported
to be menacing Kimberley.
Very heavy rains and snows are re
ported, which hamper the movements
of the Boers, and they are finding that
they began too late to easily obtain tho
initial successes they had counted on.
They find the advance upon Ladysmith
difficult, cith from the north or west,
as General Sir George Stewart White's
rocouuolssance seems to have sutllced
to deter them for the present.
The peaks of the Drakensbcrg range
are snow-covered, and the storms Hint
have occurred, must have caused the
Boers great discomfort, which probably
explains their failure to attack Gener
al White.
The Boers are making strenuous ef
forts to capture Cecil Rhodes.
SUNDAY IN SIOUX CITY.
Frcsldentlul Party does to Church nnd
Sumluy School.
Sunday was a quiet day for the
presidential party. At 10 o'clock the
president and Mrs. MeKlnley, with
some members of tho cabinet were
conveyed in carriages to tho First
Methodist church. Although no an
nouncement had been made of the
president's intention to attend service
at this church, tho building was
crowded to buffocation, and large num
bers waited outside, unablo to obtain
admittance The sermon was delivered
by the pastor, Rev. Robert Bagnell.
After leaving the First Methodist
church tho party was conducted by
members of the local committee to tho
Sunday bchool of tho Whitfield Metho
dist church, where the president was
presented to tho bchool and made a
short speech.
Flritt Triumph for West.
For the first time in the history of
Intcreollegato football a strong eastern
eleven was decisively defeated by a
western team. Cornell university and
thu university of Chicago elevens met
on Marshall field, Chicago winning by
a bcore of 17 to 0. Full halves of thirty-five
minutes were played. Tho re
sult was a surprise even to Chicago's
strongest udhcrants, as the western
team was without Captain Kennedy,
who was laid out in tho Notro Dame
game of two weeks ago.
Liquid Air Muchtne.
Machines for tho making of liquid
air liavo been ordered from German
makers by Charles F. Brush of Cleve
land, the inventor of the electric arc
light, and their arrival is being await
ed with interest by tho scientific men
of Cleveland. One of the machines
will bo given to tho university of
Michigan and the other Mr. Brush
will place tho other in his laboratory
in Cleveland.
The Indium Dltbiwid.
The Nebraska Indians baseball team
lias disbanded. Tho Indians pluycd
143 games this season through eight
different states. They met tho best
teams in tho region through which
they travelled. They won 108 games
out of the 113 and closed their third
season with a record which has never
been equalled by a travelling ball
team. Tho members of tho team left
Galva, 111., and returned to their
bchools and reservations for tho winter.
HAULSAIDTOBEHEAVYONE
Train Itublirr Credited Willi Hvcnrlii
B'J.1,000.
It is estimated that the train robben
who held up No. l on the Northwester!
railway near DeKnlb, 111., secured S'-W
000. This amount was stated by Gen
cral Manager Antisdel of the Aiuerlcat
Express company to have been in tin
car in cash alone. The amount ol
jewelry, etc., Mr. Antisdel said lit
could not guess at.
Following Is the official report of the
robbery received at the Northwesterr
dispatcher's office:
"Three or four men, masked anc
heavily armed, enme to tho olfieo ai
Tower W, a block station located hall
wav between Elburn and Maple Park
Told operator to hold up his hands
This was about 10:50 in the morning
He thought they were fooling, but
they then tied him with a buckskin.
There was a train coining and opera
tor told the men it wns fourth 110 anc
the men cleared the block, lint whet
No. 0 was approaching close tho met
saw it was that train and dropped tin
train-order signal, stapplng the train
They blew open the safe in the Amor!
can Express compony's car, looted iti
contents, then cut off engine and rut
to n point two miles west of Maple
l'ark and escaped.
"The express train was badly dam
aged." LIFE LOSSES BY FLAMES
AlmoHt n Hcoro or ronton 1'erUli In tin
I'lmnci.
The Bridgeport line steamer Nut
meg State was burned In hong Islam
hound and ten persons we.ru burned tc
death or drowned. Most of tho pas
sengers who escaped suffered no mor
than a shock from immersion in the
chilly water, anil only four person!
were sent to the hospital. The Nut
meg State, with over a hundred pep
sons on board, bound from Connetieul
towns to New ork, was eliscoverec
tillro about half past 5 In the morning
when she was within a few miles o)
Sands Point, L. I.
At Hudson. N. Y., thu Windsor hotel
wa:i destroyed by fire and Wallace. C.
Hull, a drummer for the Philadelphia
publishing company wiis killed. Ah
the other guests escaped in their night
clothes, losing all their baggage. Then
were many other very narrow escapes
I,oss 550,000.
WILL KEEPTHEIR HANDSOFF
rower of ICuropo Will have no l'urt li
the War.
A high German official, whoso utter
anecs may be taken as absolutely con
clusive, suid to u representative of tin
Assoclutudpress the other day:
"We shall observe tho strictest neu
trality, no matter what may develop,
In tho war between the Boer republic
and Great Britain. That is tho only
course left onen, when eonitltlons arc
so complicated In South Africa and oui
relations with both sides lire so deli
cute that to abandon neutrality by sc
much us a hairsbreadth would neces
sarily lead to new und unforeseen
complications.
"Other powers spok?n of as likely tc
interfere have also concluded to keci
quiet.
On lloiton Common.
Admiral Dewey was given a monstei
reception by the people of Boston in
tho common when he visited there.
The march to tho common was oik
long ovation. At tho entraneo twen-
tv-fivo thousand school children as-
scmbled and sang patriotic songs. Af-
ier tho people's reception tho admiral
was driven to the city hall, where he
wni presented with a jeweled watch,
tho presentation speech being made bj
Mayor Quincy. Boston was decorated
as tho city seldom lias been, tho route
of the parade presenting a mass ol
color.
To Make u ISIcyolo Cnnipiilgn.
A Toledo, O., dispatch says: "The
manager of Mayor Jones' non-partisar
campaign in Ohio started a large num
ber of cieycle riders out over tho state
to rural districts. Tho entire state
will be covered in this way, and the
Jones people will distribute a million
documents by election time.. Nearlj
all tho bicycle riders arc speakers, ai
well, and they will conduct meeting)
wherever possible."
rrocluinutlnn of neutrality.
Tho German consul-general at Cape
town has issued a proclamation of neu
trality commanding all Germans tc
hold aloof fiom hostilities.
Murcliund Wunti to fight.
Major Murcliund, who commanded
thu expedition in tho Soudan, it it
said, wished to go and fight tho British
as revengo for buing obliged to with
draw from Fashoda, but tho govern
ment refused to allow him to join thf
Boer forces.
Knglaml buy Amcrlciin Muloi.
One of tho most extensive dealers in
horses and mules of Bonham during
tho Spanish American war has jus!
filled a contract with tho JJrltlsn gov
ernment for fifteen hundred mules foi
service in Soutli Africa in tho wa;
with the Boers.
Drotvna 'W'Miioii of Ilareiu.
A special from Bucharest suys that
the sultan has drowned in tho Bov
pliorus several women of tho hareie
suspected of complicity with member)
of the young Turkish party.
HBInlUILS
Wins the First Race From
Shamrock Easily.
CHALLENGER ALWAYS IN REAR
Villi Mllo nml a llulf Itehlud lit the I'ln-
lh Victory n IVntlier In t'uptiilii
llnrr' Cup Upton I'rotet lllm-
nolf n NportMiinn.
The Columbia won Monday's race by
ten minutes and eight seconds. The
cup which the old schooner America
won commandlngly against all comers
over the course around thu lslu of
Wight in 1S51 and brought back across
the seas will probably remain here
another yoor, a defiance to thu world.
In a glorious breeze, over 'a wind
ward and leeward course of thirty
miles, the Columbia scored against the
Shamrock Monday at New York in the
first race of thu 1800 series for the
trophy. She bounded across the finish
line fully a mile and a half ahead of
the challenger, defeating her by ten
minutes nnd fourteen seconds actual
time, or ten minutes and eight seconds
corrected time, after allowing the six
seconds handicap which the Columbia
must concede to tho challenger on ac
count of her longvr water line. It was
a decisive contest, a magnificent race
magnificently sailed umlmngutficcutly
won.
Although the preponderance of ox
pert testimony wavered In its loy'allty
to the wonderful iipccd anil ability of
the white fiyer, no nautical sharp ex
pected that the Shamrock would be so
overwhelmingly vanquished as shu was
In this struggle. Thu Yankee boat
outgcnerullcd her at I he start, beat her
hopelessly in windward work to the
outer mark and gained twenty-two
seconds in the run home before tho
wind. There was a good strong ten to
twenty knot breezo nnd it held through
out tho race. It is undoubtedly a bit
ter blow because the English hopes of
lifting the cup have never been higher
lnee the Thistle met the Volunteer in
tSS7. Like the Shamrock she was de
cisively defeated in tho first hour's
mailing. The regatta committee, as n
result of thu showing made by tho
L'olumbia'Monday, are convinced Unit
the cup Is safe.
Sir Thomas Upton, llko tho truo
sportsman that he is, confessed after
the race that he had been fairly
beaten.
The Columbia started at 11:01:0(1, tho
Shamrock at 11:01:03; the Columbia
finished at 3:54:50, the Shamrock at
1:05:01, Columbia's elapsed time was
1:53:53, the Shamrock's r:01:0l.
AN ATTACK ON ANGELES
Insurgents Assume AggrciuUo und Kill
nn American.
The insurgents made an attack upon
Angeles last Monday morning. One
American was killed and seven wound
ed. The Filipinos used artillery, a
few shells exploding. Tho Seven
teenth, Ninth and Thirteenth regi
ments engaged tho enemy, who re
tired. An American scouting party near
IJallnato captured eleven Filipinos.
Another, near Muyciiuycn, captured a
Filipino major.
Mail advices from Hollo state that
war Is threatened between tho Vlsay
ans and Tagalos, growing out of the
Tagalos holding Araneta, a leader of
the Vlsayan's, n prisoner.
Word also comes that Aguinaldo will
lllow his brother Baldomcro to be shot
(or treason. Baldomcro embezzled
130,000 from the Filipino treasury und
attempted to escape through American
lines.
Major General Shafter has reached
the age limit, but for tho present will
remain in active service and In com
mand of vhc dcpartmcirt-f tho Pacific.
DRINGINGIN THE RIOTERS.
Clght IJIuv Minora Under A Trout at
Bprlngfleld.
Eight Slav minurs were brought to
Springfield, 111., from Auburn Monday
by Sheriff Woods, charged with being
implicated in riot between thu Hun
garian and Slav miners, in which
Btephen Hotschkl was killed and sev
eral others injured. Tho men nro
"busby Andrueak, Johaun Knnpuruk,
Johann Kobiluk, Ignatz Pancak, Joseph
llodnar, Michael Bodnar, Joseph Krlso
and Stave Uotz. Knaperck adm'ts
killing Hotschki, who first shot him
(Kuapcrck) in the hand. Knaperck,
rho struck Hotschki with nn nxo on
Ihe head neveral timcii, will bo prob
tbly convicted,
"Will Sign the Protocol.
Stanford Newell, United States min
ster to the Netherlands, will sign thr.
protocol embodying tho ugreomunts
reached by thu representatives of the
jiowerb participating in tho rouont
yoacc conference.
Guilty of Verjiiry.
A. I. Wood, postmaster at Wlntersot,
la., was convicted of perjury in tho
ilstrict court. Wood was twice n
nember of tho statu legislature. Other
tascs against him will be tried later.
BOERS ALLIES ARE AT WORK
Tho Congo l'reo Htnle Force Advaiu
on the lluriler.
Dispatches. from the cape were very
meager Tuesday, but they Include an
Important message from Glcncoc camp,
dated 3:55 tills (Monday) afternoon,
announcing that the Boer commando.
which invaded Natal through I.al.ig's
Nek, and after occupying Newcastle
advanced to Punnhtiuser, retired on
Ingugutic, their transport service being
defective. This will delay Indefinitely
the anticipated and hoped for assault
on the strong British position at Glou
coo. Another dispatch reports activity on
tho part of tho Free Statu commando
in the neighborhood of Allwul, north
on the southern frontier. The Boers'
advance patrol, thu dispatch says, go
to thu frontier bridge nightly to keep
watch, firing shots at Intervals as sig
nals, it is believed thut the enemy In
tends shortly to rush the railway sta
tion with thu help of artillery posted
on a ridge commanding the town.
There nro rumors that the Boers
have been repulsed at Mafeking and
tiro attacking Vrybnrg.
A Cape Town paper lias a dispatch
from the Orange river stating that thu
telegraph wires have been cut between
Vrybnrg and Kimberley, and it is be
lieved that tho Itoers aro talcing ad
vantage of the presence of u large
gathering of disloyal farmers at Vry
bnrg, oolobruting nachtmaal, to at
tack the town, hoping that the farm
ers will assist them against tho Brit
ish. The samu dispatch says that tho
British force at Kimberley is confident
of its ability to hold out, but urges the
immedlatu dispatch of a relief force.
Thu O.mgo Frcu Statu troops litivu
cut tho thu telegraph wires and de
stroyed the railway track at Norvuls
pont just across the Free Statu south
ern border.
A dispatch from Dundee, Natal, says
thatul!ocr commando, estimated at
3,000 men with sixteen field guns, lias
reached Danuhauscr northeast of Dun
dee, and is cutting off the garrison
from a communication with Glcucco
and i.adyMiiith.
Two extraordinary gazettes have
been Issued. The first proclaims mar
tial law In Newcastle, Dundee, Klip
Kivor, I'nslga and Upper Tugila di
visions. Tho reasons given Is a belief
that Natal subjects have joined thu in
vading Boers and assisted the enemy.
SIMPLY A DIPLOMA FACTORY
Illinois Supremo Court Ileum Down on
Medical College.
The Illinois supremo court Monday
rendered a decision afilrming the de
cision of 'the circuit court of Cook
county which found that the Inde
pendent Medical college of Chicago,
which was founded in 18(H), with tho
professed object of teaching tho
brandies generally "taught in medical
colleges and conferring diplomas was
pnrely a diploma mill, and conferred
degrees and issued diplomas to persons
utterly unlit to practice medicine, ly
paying a fee of S-5.
MURDER ON OYSTER SLOOP
DUmomhc red Portions of Mini' Hody
Pound on llmird.
The little oyster bloop, Dream, on
ilrc, drifted into Hock Creek, near
Baltimore, Mil., Monday, bearing evi
dence that a murder had been com
mitted on her deck. Thu dismembered
portions of a man's body supposed to
bo that of Captain Oliver Caulk, her
owner and commander, were found af
ter thu fire was extinguished. A col
ored hand named Frank Collier, Is
missing and ho probably shared tho
fate of the captain.
NEW PEST IN SAN DOMINGO
The l'limnlcn of Ilmlncz lMiin to Ahhuh
hIiiiiIu lllm.
Great indignation is expressed in
San Domicgo at tho discovery of a re
bellious plot, involving tin attempt to
assassinate General J imiuez and Gen
eral Yai.quoz the provisional president.
Many persons have been placed under
arrest charged with complicity in the
plot, and It in expected that further
arrests will be inudu.-
Deadly I'pltlomle In .liipim.
A special from Taeoma, Wash., says:
A terriblo epidemic of ilysontary is
sweeping over Japan with fatal re
sults. Official statistics show that out
of 50,000 persons attacked up to Sep
tember III, nearly P.",000 have died. The
authorities estimatu thut 100,000 cases
will bo recorded by the end of October.
Ooih to Prison for Your.
Abraham Moore, thu former cattle
king of Nebraska, who was Indicted
some months ago in Chicago for ob
taining money undjr false pretenses,
was sentenced to one year's imprison
ment in tho Conic county jail anil also
a fine of 81,0(10. A motion for n now
triul was denied.
Tho PoiimIom ICxtlmutes.
Tho interior departmant panslon es
timatu completed for tho fiscal year
ending Juno 30, 1031, aggregate
grand total of 5170,500,000. This
amount Includes 8135,172,000 for tho
entire pension service of which 9114,
003,000 is for all army and navy pen
sions. Htop 11 a i 1)1 1 us In Army.
Kmpuror William of Germany lias
issued n decreo directing that all regi
mental commanders shall strongly re
vive tho cabinet order of six years ago
I forbidding gambling in tho army.
mm DIVIDED 01 MR
KLIfi
Discoraant Note Heard Among
ihz Members.
WHOLE COURSE IS INIQUITOUS
Opposition Htiowii Its 1 1 it lid on Opening
liny CJucen' Npecch ennui'-. Hehnlo
In limine of t'oinmonn (lov-
eminent Lender Cheered,
The English parliament opened on
the 17th in cxtruotillnury session to
consider the South Afriean situation.
In the speech frow the throne (Jitcon
Victoria said:
".My Lords and Gentlemen: Within a
very brief period after thu leeent pro
rogation I mn compelled by events
deeply affecting the interests of my
empire to recur to your advice unci aid.
"The state of alTairs In South Africa
lias made It expedient that our govern
ment should tie enabled to strengthen
the military forces of this country by
calling out the reserve. For this pur
pose the provisions of the law render It
necessary that parliament should bu
called together.
"Except for thu difficulties that have
been caused by the action of the South
African republic, thu condition of the
world continues to be peaceful.
"Gentlemen of the llousu of Com
mons: Measures will bu laid before
you for thu purposu of providing the
expcndltuies which Imvu been or may
be caused by events In Soutli Africa.
Estimates for thu ensuing year will bu
submitted to you in due course.
"My Lords and Gentlemen: There
Are many subjects of domestic! interest
to which your attention will lie invited
at a later period, when tho ordinary
season for the labors of a parliamen
tary session has been reached. For tho
present 1 have invited your attendance
in order to ask you to deal with an ex
ceptional exigency, nnd 1 pray that, in
performing tho duties which claim
your attention, you may have the guid
ance and blessing of Almighty God."
Thr address was received vigorously,
heading lords and members of thu
house acquiesce! In tho situation they
were called upon to meet, hut other
members equally as prominent, vehe
mently declared against tho war, de
claring it unjust, and in direct viola
tion of the terms of thu convention of
1H8I, and proposing an independent ar
bitration as a means of settlement.
Lord Kimberly, while upholding the
government criticised tho way negotia
tions wero conducted, and criticised
tho tone of Mr. Chamberlain's speculum.
In replying to Lord Kimberly Pre
mier Salisbury said lie believed that n
desire to get rid of tho word "suzerain
ty" nnd thu reality which it expressed
had been tho controlling desire the
dream of President Kruger's life. It
was for Unit that the "president of thu
Tranhvaal had set up thu negotiations
in 1884, and In order to get that hateful
word out of thu convention ho had
Hindu considerable sacrifices. Mr.
Kruger had used oppression of the out-
landers as a screw to obtain a conces
sion on the subject of suzerainty.
"It was largely duo to thu character
of Mr. Kruger and to tho ie'.eas pursued
by him that we have been led step by
Btcp to tliu present moment when we
are compelled to decide whether the
future of Soutli Africa will be a grow
ing Dutch supremacy or a safe, per
fectly established supremacy of tho
English people" (Cheers.)
The premier concluded by elenllng
briefly with tho government's futuru
policy in Soutli Africa, declaring tliat
whiiu there must be no doubt as to thu
paramountey of tho sovereign power of
Great Britr.i.i tliero must be also no
doubt that the whlto nice in Soutli
Africa would be put un on an equality,
and due precautions for tho "philan
thropic, friendly and improving treat
ment of those countless indigenous
races of whoso destiny I fear wu have
hitherto been too forgetful.
After several less important speeches
the house of lords ngreed to tho ud
clrcss and adjourned.
HtrlUo ut Spring Valley.
State President J. M. Hunter called
a btrilec of tho !!,000 miners employed
by the Spring Vnlly Coal company at
Spring Vallny, 111. The men all struck
nnd tlie supply of coal from that point
will drop 5,000 tons dally until a settle
ment is made. Thu difficulty which
brought on the strike is alleged to have
been tlie refusal of General Manager
Dalell to stop union dues at tho com
pany's office. Tho strlko was called at
the instanco of tho executive commit
tho of tho district.
Ilrooklyn Start for Manila.
The cruiser Brooklyn left Hampton
roads Wednesday afternoon bound for
Manila via tho Suez canal.
Kruger Itofuae Proposal.
According to a dispatch from Pre
toria, the Transvaal government re
ceived an offer from a wealthy Europe
an recently, to supply a fleet of com
pletely equipped torpedo bouts for thu
purpose of blowing up tho British
transports on arriving in South African
waters. The offer was rejected, Pres
Kruger refusing even to consider it.
Tho origiuator of the scheme, who hud
been In Pretoria only twemty-foir
hours, left immediately. His destina
tion is unknown.
COLLAPSE OF CHALLENGER.
i:l Tnpnmnt of Nlinmrock Vomoi llonrn
nt Onlnet of ttnre.
The topmast of the cup challenge!
Shamrock was carried away twenty
five minutes after thu big single-stickers
hud crossed thu starting line Tues
day and her enormoun chili sail, with
its Il.OOil feet of eanvns, limn rattling
down on the deck, lenving her a hope
less cripple. No ainount of pluck or
courage could face such n catastrophe,
and Captain Hogarth abandoned thu
race, towing buck to the anchorage nf
ter he had cleared away thu wreckage.
Tho Columbia continued over tho course
alone, placing to iter credit tho second
of the races for tho America's cup.
Tlie accident to the Shamrock ruined
the race, and caused tho keenest re
gret among the yachtsmen nutl tho
thousands of sightseers who were on
hand to witness what had promised to
be a glorious duel, it is unfortunate
thut the elofendcrlshouhl have been tho
beneficiary of an accident, as them Is
little glory In beating a cripple, but
tho rule is iron-clad, for it had been
specially agreed a few days prior to thu
elate set for the first race that in thu
event of an accident to either yacht
the uninjured vessel was to coinpletu
tlie course. Tills agreement was signed
by Mr. Ihclln and Sir Thomas Lipton
BOERS IN BATTLE ARRAY
Mufeklntr the Htorni Center of Mouth Af
rica War Movement.
A special dispatch from Pretorln
says that tho Boers destroyed tho Be
ehuanaland railway during Friday
night from Lobatsi to Arvogel Kop.
The Standard's Dundee correspond
ent, telegraphing Monday night says:
"The Boer's huvo brought artillery
from Newcastle and aro destroying thu
railway at Ingagne, In order to prevent
tlie approach of an armored train."
a eycusi disputed received irom wi
toshoep, near Malmani, asserts that
heavy fighting lias been In progress all
day long, north of Mafeking. Tlie
llritlsh troops on board an armored
train acting as a covering force to mil
itary engineer engaged in repairing
the track. A Maxim on tho train icept
up a continuous fire.
Conspicuous bravery wns displayed
on both sides hut it soon became evi
dent that the rifles of the burghers
were ineffective! against an armored
train. Tho latter, however, was forced -so
retreat before a particularly strong
assault; but It soon returned, accompa
nied by a British mounted contingent,
anil the lighting was renewed fiercely.
Fighting still continues, thu Boers
holding their position well. A dozen
Boers were killed or wounded, but tho
British casualties cannot bu ascer
tained. Heavy firing can be heard soutli of
Mafeking, where Gcneaal Cron jo's com
mando is operating.
A corps of experienced continental
engineers, former ollleers, has left Pre
toria for the" southwestern borders, es
corted by a commando of picked Boers.
It is probably intended for a largo dy
namiting operation.
A big engagement Is expected short
ly in the vicinity of Ladysmith. Tho
forces of commandant Plot Vys arc en
camped on a mountain overlooking
Dundee, from which point they will bo
able to observe the movements of tho
British troop.4.
CAUGHT IN A BURNING MINE
DUaitrou ICxplimlon of tlan In a Collier
t l'ottavlile, Til.
Shortly before 11 o'clock on tho 18th
nn explosion of mine gas occurred at
the Shenandoah City colliery, near
Pottsville, Pa., by which twenty-two
men were entombed. Ten of them
have been rescued alive.
It Is feared tho others are dead. Tho
mine took fire and the Shenandoah tiro
department lias gone to thu rci-cue.
Great excitement prevails. The col
liery is one of tlie largest of tho Phija
doiphia & Heading Coal and Iron com
pany's operations.
Those taken from tho mine nrc:
Adam Sobolinski, burned; William
Skuvlnskl, Joseph Cospavavage, all
probably fatally burned; Joseph Kinski,
burns upon face, hands and neck; Mat
thew Vecad und Peter Yccad, brothers,
not badly burned.
All llvo at Shenandoah. The mino is
burning fiercely and firemen are bat
tling tlie Humes.
llurned In the Ilulldlng.
It is believed that Superintendent
Alex McMastcrs lost his lifo Tuesday
night in a fire which broke out in a
factory of tho W. 0. Ritchie Paper Box
company at "03 Green street, Chicago.
Five hundred persons, mostly young
girls, wero employed in tho big build
ing, nnd about -00 were insido when
tho fire occurred. Three girls nro
missing, but aro believed to huvo
reached the street safely.
Government l'aya for Coal.
Tho long pending question regarding
tho payment of tho 2,000 tonii of coal
purchased at St. Thomas, I). W. I., for
the United States government during
tho war by United States Consul Van
Homo, lias been settled, the United
States government paying opproxl-
mutely 833,000.
Tehowr Fever In Cuba,
Chief Surgeon O'Hellly at Havana re '
ports three cases of yellow foyer in thai
hospital at Matamtas, Cuba, and three
more suspects uudcr observation. ,