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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withdrawn but I have no further de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
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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
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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
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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
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county i
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