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i mj BRITISH SOflffi LOSS English Arm3 Meet With Another Disas trous Eeverse Near Bethel TWENTY fOUR MEN ARE KILLED Tlirlco that WuniDer Wounded and Four Have Since Died Col licnson Among tlin Slain He Fulls In n Sudden Attack From the Rear LONDON Nov 2 Lord Kitchener ha3 reported to the war office a disas ter to the British near Bethel eastern Transvaal in which two guns were lost several officers killed or wounded fifty four men were killed and 160 wounded Tho following is the text of Lor Kitcheners dispatch dated Pretoria November 1 I have just heard of a severe at tack made on the rear guard of Colonel Bensons column when about twenty miles northwest of Bethel dear Brokenlaagte during a thick mist The strength of the enemy is re ported to have been 1000 They rush- eel -two guns with the rear guard but it is uncertain whether they were en abled to remove them Ifear our casualties were heavy Colonel Benson was wounded A re lieving column will reach him this morning Later Lord Kitchener telegraphed as follows Colonel Barter who marched from the constabulary line yesterday reached Bensons column early this morning Friday unopposed He re ports that Colonel Benson died of his wounds The other casualties are the fol lowing Killed Colonel E Guines3 Major F D Murray Captains M W Ivundsayand F T Thorould Lieuten ants E V 1 Brooks and R E Shep ard and Second Lieutenant A J Died of his wounds Captain Lyrre Lloyd Lord Kitchener then gives the names of thirteen other officers who were wounded most of them severely and announces that fifty four non-commissioned officers and men were killed and 160 were wounded adding that four of the latter have since died of their wounds The dispatch then says I assume that the two guns have been recovered and the enemy has withdrawn but I have no further de tails f I deeply regret the loss of Colonel Benson and the other officers and men who fell with him In Benson the service loses a most gallant and capar ble officer who invariably led his col umn with marked success and ment The fighting was at very close quarters and maintained with deter mination by both sides The enemy suffered heavily but I have not yet received a reliable esti mate The Boers retired east Colonel Benson had been for some time operating in the vicinity of Bethel which is northeast of tander ton He surprised a Boer laager Octo ber 2 near Trickhardsfontein DELAY IN SELECTING BISHOP Diocese of Dubuque Kot Likely to Be Supplied Before December WASHINGTON Nov 2 It is be lieved here that the papal brief ap pointing a bishop for the new Du buque Iowa diocese will not be re ceived before the last part of Novem ber at the earliest and probably not until toward Christmas time The last mail from Rome failed to bring any developments in the matter which has been pending action ever since last winter and as October is a period of vacation in Vatican circles it will be well toward the close of the month before any official advices on the sub ject reach this country and in the pro cedurq of the pontifical administration it may be considerably later The names of the candidates submitted by Cardinal Martinelli nave been before Pope Leo tor a long time The utmost secrecy is observed always -in such matters but it is believed that Dr Garrigan of the faculty- of the olic university here is one of them Cable Toll to Philippines NEW YORK Nov 2 TJie Com- mercial Cable company this morning sent out the following notice We are advised that the following reduced rates to the Philippine islands go into effect on the 15th inst Luzon island 5166 per word from New York all other islands 176 per word from New York Consnl Boyle Reports WASHINGTON D C Nov 2 A cablegram received -at the state de partment today from United States Consul Boyle at Liverpool said that tip to 12 oclock noon there had been no new traces of bubonic plague in that port 15 7 0 Spalu Quits Free Silver MADRID Novv3rf The Chamber of Deputies has passed the bill prohibit ing the free coinage of silver r S A- rt - I t T5 ISSUES DISTRESS WARRANT France Sands a Fleet Alone to Anslst le Collecting From Turkey PARIS Nov 1 The officials of the French foreign office confirm the report that a division of the French Mediterranean fleet composed of three battleships and two cruisers under the command of Admiral Cail lard has proceeded from Toulon to the Levant to make a naval demon stration against Turkey A foreign office communication to tho correspondent here of the Asso ciated Press said The squadron sailed with sealed orders and proceeds first to a Greek port the Island of Syra I think where the admiral will receive defi nite instructions as to carrying out his sealed orders I am not at liberty to say what the sealed orders are but the seizure of the customs at Smyrna will probably be a very effec tive way of convincing the sultan that Frances patience is exhausted and that wo have decided to enforce an Immediate execution of the Turk ish governments engagements We however are very hopeful that the sultan wil not compel us to go to that extreme Our squadron wil not reach the Greek port before Sunday The Turk ish government has thus still three days of grace and we trust in the meantime to receive complete satis faction We have acted very consid erately toward Turkey hoping up to the last moment that she would carry out her engagements and it is jpnlj now when we find there is no seri ous indication of her doing so that we have reluctantly resolved to put stronger pressure to bear in the shape of a naval demonstration TURKEY TO REFUSE PAYMENT Preparincr Defenso for Ransom Demand ed by Miss Stones Capiors CONSTANTINOPE Nov 1 The Turks are already preparing to re sist the anticipated demand of the United States for the repayment nec essary to secure the release of Miss Ellen M Stone the abducted Ameri can missionary The porte repudiates all responsibility for the kidnaping of Miss Stone and maintains that the United States has no claim against Turkey and that the latter shall re fuse to pay money expended in her behalf A high Turkish official this morning informed a representative of the Associated Press that the refusal of the claims would be founded on these contentions That Miss Stone although t warned of the dangfers of the road persisted in traveling sec ond that she did not notify the au thorities of her intention in order to obtain an escort which precaution even the foreign consults always take when traveling in such outlying in secure districts of the empire and third that the brigands who kidnaped Miss Stone and her companion were Bulgarians- that the coup was plan ned in Bulgaria and that sanctuary was found in Bulgarian territory ROOSEVELT TO PRESS BUTTON President Will Formally Open West In dian Exposition WASHINGTON Nov 1 President Roosevelt was today invited to attend the South Carolina Institute -and West Indian exposition to be held in Cnarleston S C beginning December 2 The president said he would at tend if public business did not pre vent The committee suggested February 12 Lincolns birthday This caught the presidents attention and he said he would attend on that day If possi ble t The president promised to open the exposition on December 2 by touch ing a button in the White House The committee which saw the president was headed by F W Wagner presi dent of the exposition AID TO REBELS MEANS DEATH Philippines Commission Drafts an Ac Acainst Treason MANILA Nov 1 The Philippine commission has drafted an act against treason and sedition The penalty prescribed for treason is death and the act is framed to include those persons giving aid and comfort to the insurgents Persons who utter sedi tious words or who write libels against the United States government or the insular government are punish able by the imposition of a fine of 2000 or ten years imprisonment For breaking the oath of allegiance a fine of 2000 or imprisonment for ten years is fixed as the penalty For eigners are placed under the same laws as the Americans and natives Every Infantryman Must Go ALDERSHOT England Nov 1 It is understood that as a result of the conclusion reached by the cabi net every available effective infantry man here will be sent to the front in South Africa between now and Christmas Departure of the cavalry brigade from Aldershot orders to which effect were received there last night the troopers to start for South Africa the middle of November will leave but one regiment - - f j rt ident Roosevelt did not have to be told of the present conditions of that seAti2Pj fiaidsMr Mead Our talk was along definite plans for the recla mation of the arid lands and I hope some plan satisfying all interests for the upbuilding of the west can be formulated upon which we can all agree Captain J H Culver of Milford Neb who has been in Washington several days on matters connected with tho War department said today that orders had been issued for the Fifteenth infantry to prepare for transportation to the Philippines Captain Culvers son is second lieu tenant of one of the companies of MISS GOULD ACCEPTS THE TRUST Ttro Duties Are Imposed Upon Younc Woman Philanthropist M Gould tonight announced that she had accepted the position of vice president of the McKinley Memorial association I shall said Miss Gould gladly serve on the commit tee and accept the office and do all I Carrying Coals to Franco WASHINGTON Oct 31 Consul General Skinner at Marseilles under date of October 4 informs the state department of increasing success of American coal in the French market During the first half of 1900 says Mr Skinner 457732 tons of English coal arrived at Marseilles as against 7779 of American From January to July of this year however the figures stood 389303 tons of English and 97622 tons American German Wnttert S nt Home WASHINGTON Oct 31 The thirty German waiters who arrived in this country early in the present month on the steamer Mongolian have been or dered by the treasury department to be deported Upon landing in New York the waiters were arrested un der the contract labor law After an investigation of the case it was held that they were here in violation of the law They took an appeal to the sec retary of the treasury TfnInsr Abrprntpd WASHINGTON Oct 31--The secre tary of the interior formally abrogated what is known as the Browning rul ing which in effect holds that it is the duty of the service to fill the regular government schools before permitting drafts on the Indian chil dren for sectarian school enrollment More Troop for the Front LONDON Oct 31 The war office sent orders to Aldershot last night directing that a brigade of cavalry be prepared to start for South Africa by the middle of next month Perkins Praises His System LONDON Oct 31 Charles T Yerkes today testified before the ar bitrator appointed to decide on the electrical system for underground rail roads He reiterated that he would not be connected with any but the direct current system Mr Yerkes said he had electrified 600 to 600 miles of street car lines in Chicago which equipped with this system as never had a single death occurriQg as the I result of electiicity le organs Tincmaing of the physicians who attended the execution were present at the au topsy and all concurred in the find ing of the examiners JOHN GERIN M D CARLOS F MACDONALD M D E A SPITZKA Bl fFALO BILL LOSES HORSES One Hundred of His Show Horjes Killed in Wreck in South Carolina WASHINGTON Oct 30 A head on collision occurred at Linwood N C between Buffalo Bills train and a freight train The master of the show train was badly hurt and tho engineer and fireman of tahe same train receiv I ed sliSht injuries About 100 of es raiment although at nresenr tin- faI Bills horses were killed and the assigned Captain Culver returns from nearly three- years service in the Philippines enthusiastic in praise of the wonderful possibilities of the archipelago four cars containing them totally wrecked One car of the freight was demolished Neither engine left the track Buffalo Bills train was traveling as second section to fast freight No 72 and according to orders had the right of way It is said that the freight conductor overlooked the fact that NEW YORK Oct 31 Miss Helen J there was a second section to the fast freight the accident being due to this oversight re8sons in Building Roads WASHINGTON Oct 30 A special good roads train similar to the train can to help build the monument to recently run over the southern lines the memory of the late president It is a worthy undertaking and I am heartily in favor of it Miss Gould also said that she had accepted the invitation to be a mem ber of the Board of Women Managers of the Louisiana Purchase exposition of 1903 of the Illinois Central road was sent out by the Southern railroad with the object of giving practical lessons in road building in the southern states through which the road passes The officials of the National Good Roads association including President Moore and Secretary Richardson are in charge of the train and will conduct good road conventions in the principal cities and towns visited Cocfcran Thrown From a Horse NEW YORK Oct 30 Bourke Cojk ran was severelyr injured by beug thrown from his horse while riding about his place at Sands Point T I There was no witness to the accident Mr Cockran was riding a spirited horse and was either thrown or the horse stumbled When he was found he was unconscious on the ground and was suffering from bruises and a cut on the head from which there was a considerable flow of blood Shot Dead by Bis own Gun BLAIR Neb Oct 30 While Milton McCoy and Earl Meyers wire duck hunting on De Soto lake four miles south of Blair McCoy was accident ally shot and lived only a few min utes The two men were out in the middle of the lake when it began rain ing and they pulied for the short Mc Soy stepped out on the bank and pull ed out the gun muzzle foremost OToarnlns Period is Over WASHINGTON Oct 30 President Roosevelt and party occupied two boxes at the New National theater last night and witnessed Daniel Frohmans company in Lady Huntsworths Ex periment Schoolmaster Pnlnted Red PLYMOUTH Wis Oct 30 Herman Dormier a school teacher was han dled roughly by a mob here and given a coat of red paint the result of his expressed sympathy for President Mc Kinleys assassin Shut Out From Public View AUBURN N Y Oct 30 Czolgosz was a carefully secluded prisoner in Auburn penitentiary and his confiae ment and execution were devoid of sensationalism Superintendent of Prisons Collins was determined that the prisoner despite the enormity of his crime should gain no undue no toriety and issued strict orders for his complete seclusion These orders were carefully carried out and the prisoner was out of public vie PENALTY IS Iff PAID Assassin of President McKinley cutfcd Early -Tuesday v Morning SHOWS NO SORROW fOR CRIME Says Hn Killed McKinley Because He Was an Enemy of the Working Peoplo The Current When Turned on Docs Quick and Effectual Work AUBURN N Y Oct 30 At 712 oclock Leon Czolgosz murderer of President William- McKinley paid the extreme penalty enacted by tho law for his crime He was shocked to death by 1700 volts of electricity He went to the chair in exactly the same man ner as have the majority of murderers in this state showing no particular signs of fear but in fact doing what few of them have done talking to the witnesses while he was being strapped in the chair I killed the president because he was an enemy of the good people of the good working people I am not sorry for my crime These were his words as the guards hurried him into the chair A moment later mumbling through the half adjusted fact straps he said I am awfully sorry I could not see l father Czolgosz slept soundly all night Warden Mead gave the signal to have the prisoner brought in and at 711 oclock Chief Keeper Tupper swung the big steel doors leading to the condemned cells and as the steel bars behind which Czolgosz had been kept were swung aside two guards marched the prisoner out into the cor ridor two others following and the chief keeper walking in front The guards on either side of Czol gosz had hold of his arms as if either to support him or to keep him from making a demonstration As he stepped over the threshold he stum bled but they held him up and as they urged him forward toward the chair he stumbled again on the little rubber-covered platform upon which the chair rests His head was erect and with his gray flannel shirt turned back at the neck he looked quite boyish He was intensely pale and as he tried to throw his head back and carry him self erect his chin quivered very per ceptibly As he was being seated he looked about at the assembled wit nesses with quite a steady stare and said I killed the president because he was an enemy of the good people the working people His voice trembled slightly at first but gained strength with each word And he spok8 perfect English I am not sorry for my crime he said just as the guard pushed his head back on the rubber head rest and drew the strap across his forehead and chin As the pressure on the straps tightened and bound the jaws tightly he mumbled I am awfully sorry I could not see father It was just exactly 711 when he crossed the threshold but a min ute had elapsed and he had just fin ished his last statement when the strapping was completed and the guards stepped back Warden Mead raised his hand and at 71230 Elec trician Davis turned the switch that threw 1700 volts of electricity into the living body The rush of the current threw the body so hard against the straps that they creaked perceptibly The hands clinched suddenly and the whole at titude was one of extreme tenseness For forty five seconds the full current was kept on and then slowly the electrician threw the switch back re ducing the current volt by volt until it was cut off entirely Then just as it has reached that point he threw the lever back again for two or three seconds The body which had col lapsed as the current was reduced stiffened up again against the straps When it was turned off again Dr MacDonald stepped to the chair and put his hand over the heart He said he felt no pulsation but suggested that the current be turned on for a few seconds again Once more the body became rigid At 715 the cur rent was turned off for good From the time Czolgosz had left his cell until the full penalty was paid less than four minutes had elapsed The physicians present used the stetho scope and other tests to determine if any life remained and at 717 the warden raising his hand announced Gentlemen the prisoner is dead The witnesses filed from the cham ber many oZ them visibly affected and the body was taken from the chair and laid on the operating table - Issues Peace Proclamation NEW YORK Oct 30 Under date of Caracas Oct 28 E Gonzales Es teves Venezuelan consul general has received the following cable from President Castro of Venezuela Inter nla peace has been today proclaimed Commenting upon the dispatch Con sul General Esteves said The far as Venezuela Is concern edys quashed This proclamation was made on the anniversary of the birth of that great patriot Bolivar j THE LIVE STOCK MARKET Latest Quotation From Soath Om and Kansas City SOUTH OMAHA Cattle Thcro was a very fair run of cattle but thero were apparently nono too many to meet ihe demand A notice able feature of tho trnda was tho active demand for tho good to choice grades whllo buyers were rather Indifferent when It como to the common stuff Thl was true both of killers and feeders There were not many corn fed steers on salo today but thero were soma good enough to Bell as high as 615 Cows and heifers were quite plentiful In tho yards and there seemed to bo moro or lees un evennes3 In the prices paid Tha good to choice heavyweight cows and heifers met with the best demand and fully steady prices were paid Tho medium kinds however sold uneven Veal calves and stags sold at Just about steady prlceH Bulls were In better demand this morning than they have been of late and both feeder buyers and packers paid stronger prices Good heavyweight feeders and choice yearlings sold readily at steady to strong prices Buyers however were not at all anxious for tho less desirable grades Western range beef steers of which very few were offered sold steady where the Quality was nt all good Rango cows of deslrablo quality also brought steady prices but other kinds were a lit tle slow and weak Choice yearlings and heavy feeders could also be quoted fnlly steady but others were neglected and hard tomovc Hogs There was a generous run of hogs and as other markets were all quoted lower packers at this point start ed In from the beginning to pound prices here Tho first bids were 57lc lower but most of tho hogs llnally sold only a big nickel lower The bulk sold from 156 to 570 with the long string nt 06714 The first hogs sold mostly at 5G7 but they were tho better loads Later on packers would not give over 505 but finally the market strengthened up a little and the close was more active Sheep Quotations Choice yearlings 330g350 fair to good 315339 choice wethers 320 0335 fair to good wethers 5300S320 choice ewes 275300 fair to good ewes 2255275 choice sprlntr lambs 400j425 feeder wethers 20f 325 feeder lambs 53G0 00 KANSAS CITY Cattle Corn fed steers and cows were strong other cattle steady choice export and dressed beef steers J580U645 fair to good 5170to70 stockers and feeders 285425 Western fed steers 52562T western range steers 325530 Texns and Indian steers 2700385 Texas cows 1175300 native cows 260440 heifers 300525 bulls 2350300 calves 3XX 500 Hogs Market was steady top 50- bulk of sales 520SZ595 heavy 595GO0 mixed packers 570595 light 325575 pigs i85525 Sheep and Lambs Market steady na tive lambs 40OS475 western lambs 37 22450 native wethers 5325365 western wethers 325350 ewe 3C034 culls 150325 RANSOM MIGHr NOT SAVE Missionaries Fear Brigands May Kill Miss Stone At tr Payment SOFIA Nov 2 The best method of transmitting the ransom demanded by the brigands for the release of Miss Ellen M Stone the abducted Ameri can missionary and of assuring the safety of the captives are the matters now engaging the attention of Sama kov missionaries who are negotiating with the kidnapers It is felt that un usual precautions are necessary in or der to safeguard Miss Stone and the others as there undoubtedly is danger that the captives will be murdered after the ransom is paid WASHINGTON Nov 2 Some sur prise is expressed here at the extent to which the question of indemnity in Miss Stones case is being discussed In the European papers The United States so far has directed its efforts solely to the procurement of Miss Stones release and there is good rea son for the statement that all other questions connected with the release including a possible claim for indem nity have been regarded as a second ary matter This is almost necessarily the case owing to the fact that In its present light the state department cannot place the responsibility for Miss Stones capture and detention Further evidence must be had on that point ASKS MONEY f OR VETERANS Interior Department Submits Its Esti mate for Pensions WASHINGTON Nov 2 The esti mates cf the expenditures of the In terior department during the fiscal year beginning next July aggregate 170000000 of which 1421612e is asked for pensions and the adminis trative work of the pension bureau 1964270 being for salaries of the bu reau personnel and 250000 for the investigation of special examiners in pension cases In addition to 135C151 already ap propriated for the twelfth census 1972120 for the next year is asked Of the amount heretofore appropriat ed for the census 423332 had ben disbursed up to August 31 last leav ing a balance of appropriations unex pended on that date of 4092578 From Frying Pan Into the PJre JACKSON Mich Nov 2 Henry Wiseman who has confessed to the murder of Mrs Ellen Huss hese body was found buried in the woods near Royal Oak was released from the Jackson prison whered he has beem serving a sentence for theft Governor Bliss commuted his sentence so that he could be tried for murder Officers from Oakland county i which the murder was commmS im mediately arrested Wiseman t ji v iLu i S A V If 4 ft i r ir i 1