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PARTS
THE ROBSON MURDER
MAN ARRESTED CHARGED WITH
SIOUX CITY CRIME
Jack McChrystal Alleged to Have
Made Confessions Was Seen on
Night of Tragedy Hurrying from
Vicinity of Assault
Sioux City In Jack McChrystal who
sis locked up in a cell at the police station
the authorities are positive they have the
real murderer of John E Robson The
evidence in the hands of the authorities is
of such a nature as to seemingly without
- question nx the terrible crime upon
McChrystal
The accused has it is positively known
confided to at least two people that he
committed the atrocious act The names
of these persons for the present cannot be
divulged There are other persons who
saw him hurrying excitedly away from
the scene of the murder and who easily
recognized him as Jack McChrystal Mc
Chrystal now absolutely denies any con
section with the affair
HIS SOUL HAS DEPARTED
Archbishop Hennessy Died Sunday
Afternoon at 225 OCIock
Dubuque Iowa Archbishop Hennessy
died at 223 p m March 4
Archbishop John Hennessy was recog
nized as one of the greatest orators and
most profound theologians in the Catholic
hierarchy and because of his zeal in edu
cational matters has been named the
apostle of the American Catholic parochial
school His latest work in the cause of
education was the founding of a seminary
here designed to be one of the largest in
the country
In March last year Archbishop Hennessy
was stricken witli partial paralysis of the
brain and for many days he lay at the
point of death but recovered and enjoyed
good health until the evening of Feb 15
when he was again stricken Last Friday
jiight he suffered another stroke of paraly
sis and though the attendants expected
death every moment lie rallied slightly
anci when Archbishop Jlyan of Philadel
phia arrived Sunday morning the arch
bishop showed signs of recognition though
-unable to speak He then began to sink
and at 2 oclock Sunday afternoon he
passed away quietly and without a sign of
pain Surround mg t he bedside at the time
were Archbishop Jlyan Monsigner Ryan
Fathers Toomey Cooney Donlon the
archbishops brother and sister Dr Slal
iery and fotir sisters of the Holy Ghost
order
SIX PERSONS ARE BURNED
STire in Crowded Lodging House on
fc tne bowery New York
Nw York Six persons were burned to
death and two were seriously injured
shortly after 3 oclock Monday morning in
in a fire which occurred in a seven story
lodging house at 44 to 4S Bowery
The dead aj e
UIIA11LES BUTTIE 40 years old
JOHN CLARK 50 yeais old
EDWARD DOYLE 33 years old
HENRY JACKSON colored 35 years
old
STEPHEN CARNEY 75 years old
ONE UNIDENTIFIED MAN about 50
yea- old
Mirtin Gallagher 53 years old was
bur ed about the face and hands
E i ward Walker 47 years old was
slightly burned
The lodging house was cut up into 132
rooms and ninety of these small places
vere occupied when thexfire broke out
The hallways were instantly filled with
a crowd of excited people Policemen
forced their way to the upper floors in an
effort to rescue some of the helpless
They earried out Thomas Harper a one
legged man and Edward Walker
The firemen succeeded in putting out the
flames without great loss to the building
and then they began a search The bodies
of all five of the victims were found on the
found on the fifth floor
The place was conducted by Dominico
Milano and was a cheap Bowery lodging
house
-NON-UNION MEN ASSAULTED
Two Are Badly Beaten by Strikers
in Chicago
Chicago Two non union workmen are
being cared for at the Cohoes hospital as
the lesult of brutal assaults made upon
them by a mob of strikers at Canalport
Avenue and Seward Street Sunday noon
They are L S Goudy and Aaron Ayers
Two other nonunion men were assaulted
andbadly beaten by strikers at Sixtieth
and Kimball Avenue earlier in the day
and it was only when a woman of the
neighborhood came to the rescue with a
revo ver that the strikers were driven
away
Extensive Anvil Plant Destroyed
New York The extensive anvil plant
rof the Hay Budden Company occupying
three buildings in Brooklyn was de
stroyed by fire Tuesday night the loss
being about SSO000 The fine hydrolic
plant of the company said to be the most
com ete in the United States was entire
ly destroyed
St Louis Box Factory Burned
St Louis The box factory of Wood
Downs was burned to the ground entail
ing a loss of 50000 There were many
employes in the building at the time and
they had to get out so quickly that nothing
was saved
Liabilities 1212730 Assets 25
IsewYork A meeting of the creditors
of Anthony W Dimond formerly a well
known Wall Street broker was held a day
or two ago The schedules showed liabili
ties of fl212736 and assets 25
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RELIEF VERY COSTLY
Britain Lost Nearly 7000 Men in
Siege of Lady smith
London The siege and the relief of
Ladysmith have cost the British no less
than 0112 men in Gen Whites and Gen
Bullers forces made up as follows
Killed 1016 wounded 8785 missing
1508 died from disease 513
Yet the rehef of Ladysmith is the great
est British success yet gained in the war
and is of immense importance to them
from every point of view Not only are
they rid of the great entanglement of the
war but 8000 troops and a number of bat
teries are added to their field force
Col Rhodes a brother of Cecil Rhodes
describing in the Times the entry into
Ladysmith of Lord Dundonald and 300
men of the Imperial Light Horse and
Natal Carbineers Feb 28 says
It is quite impossible to depict the en
thusiasm of the beleaguered garrison
cheer upon cheer rang from post to post
and staff officers civilians and soldiers
flocked to greet them The contrast be
tween the robust troopers of a dozen bat
tles and the pale emaciated defenders of
Ladysmith was great Gen White and
his staff met the troops in the center of the
town He was cheeied with enthusiasm
He addressed the civilians and thanked
them and the garrison for their magnificent
support through the trials which we alone
can realize
A dispatch from Duller received at the
war office announced that seventy three
wagon loads of supplies have entered
Ladysmith the first eleven wagons con
taining hospital comforts
JUDGES SAID TO FEAR DEATH
Court of Appeals at JPranlcfort Ky
Adjourns Until April
Frankfort Ky The court of appeals
has entered an order postponing the argu
ment docket until the spring term which
begins in April The order of the chief
justice does not give the reason for this
action but merely states that the judges
will hold their consultations at which
cases will be decided as usual and that
the court will convene on the bench when
ever the occasion demands it In Demo
cratic circles it is said this action was
taken on account of stories that the lives
of two of the judges had been threatened
The two factions of the state government
are proceeding each in full operation but
with nothing approaching a clash pending
the litigation over the offices The treas
ury of the Democratic faction of the state
government has been replenished by pay
ment into it of about 25000 from officials
in Jefferson County The Democratic offi
cials think the example set by the Jeffer
son County officers will be followed by
Democratic officers in a majority of ceun
ties where they are in control and that in
a few days they will have enough money
to pay current expenses
BIG ORDERS FOR EDITION
Topeka Postoflice Authorities Fear
They AVill Be Swamped
Topeka Kan PostmastergGuthrie has
appealed to the department at Washington
to allow him additional force to handle
the Sheldon edition of the Daily Capital
which is to be edited during the week of
March 13 by Rev Mr Sheldon author of
In His Steps The force has already
been reinforced but as hundreds of orders
for the paper continue to be received the
local postoflice bids fair to become com
pletely swamped Every stale and terri
tory in the union and most of the countries
of the globe are represented on the mail
ing lists many single orders calling for
thousands of copies One of the leading
dailies of London has cabled for permission
to republish the edition day by day in
England
GRCVER CLEVELAND ILL
His Physician Says His Condition
Is Not Serious
Princeton N J Reports of the illness
of ex President G rover Cleveland accord
ing to his physician have been exagger
ated He says Cleveland has had another
attack of rheumatism which has lately
confined him to the house There is feel
ing in Princeton however that Clevelands
health is not as robust as it was some time
ago The only information given out is
that Cleveland is not seriously ill
CAN TAKE DEFAULTERS CASH
Chicago Parle Board to Get 126
OOO Deposited by Dreyer
Chicago The United States circuit
court of appeals has reaffirmed the decis
ion of Judge Grosscup in the United States
circuit court in the case of the receiver of
the National Bank of Illinois against
the West Park commissioner and held
that the West Tark boat d was entitled to
take the 120000 deposited by the default
ing treasurer of the board Edward S
Dreyer in that institution
Filipinos Ambush Cavalry
Manila A hundred insurgents seven
miles from San Fernando de la Union
ambushed ten men of the Third Cavalry
who were escorting a provision train
The Americans scattered and while re
turning to camp one man -was killed The
insurgents captured four horses and a
quantity of provisions A subsequent re
connoissance of the locality developed the
fact that there were entrenchments there
and a force of Filipinos estimated to num
ber 800 men The Third cavalry is pre-
paring to drive the insurgents out
Tribune Foreman Under Greeley
Lexington Ky George Young John
ston one of the most noted printers in the
country died here March 1 m his 84th
year He was at one time foreman of the
New York Tribune under Horace Greeley
Kcmovc Emblems of Mourning
Frankfort Ky Unkuows persons a few
nights since stripped the state capitol
building of the emblems of mourning with
which the front of the building was draped
on account of the death of the late Demo
cratic governor Goebel
To Return Home
San Juan Porto Rico Four troops of
the Fifth United States Cavalry are under
orders to return to the United States Na
tive troops are now being recruited to fill
their places
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WEDS WRONG MAN
Sensational New Orleans Romande
May End in u Tragedy
New Orleans A romance that may
have tragic consequences developed hero
on the 1st inst A man who gives several
names and has told a number of conflicting
stories is locked up at police headquarters
It is charged he impersonated Capt Clark
of the battleship Texas which is now at
this port and induced Miss Bertha Warten
of Cincinnati to marry him Miss Warten
with her brother-in-law Alex Aronson of
10 South Canal Street and the latters
family were stopping at the St Charles
Hotel where they made the acquaintance
of a man who represented himself to be
Capt Clark
After a courtship of two days a wedding
was celebrated Feb 2S That night
Capt Clark went aboard the battleship
and acted in such a manner as to arouso
the suspicion of the officers He was
locked up and this fact led to an investi
gation by Miss Wartens relatives The
bride is prostrated
BIG GIFTS FOR SCHOOL
Lake Forest University Is Enriched
by Two Endowments
Chicago President G K McGlure of
Lake Forest University announced March
1 that the institution had been enriched by
two endowments one of 25030 from D
K Pearsons of Chicago and one of 20000
from Henry C Durand president of the
board of trustees of the university Pear
sons gift was made on the condition that
100000 additional be raised for an endow
ment fund and Durands gift was a con
tribution toward this sum Both have been
liberal benefactors of tiie university in th
past
WILL KEEP HANDS OFF
Germany Knows Nothing of Any
Project Tor Intervention
Berlin In reply to a question the for
eign office told a correspondent of the
Associated Press that in spite of news
paper statements to the contrary Germany
neither knows of any project for inter
vention in South Africa nor intends such
herself
MAY MEAN MORE WAR
Significant Telegram Sent by Cham
berlain to Australia
Melbourne7 Victoria The secretary of
state for the colonies Joseph Chamberlain
has cabled to the Australian government
asking whether they will be able to send
additional troops to South Africa in the
event of the hnperial troops being required
elsewhere
Comedy at Frankfort Continues
Frankfort Ky The Republican sen
ate confirmed a dozen appointments by
Governor Taylor of officers for the various
asylums and other charitable institutions
The Democratic senate confirmed a batch
of appointments by Governor Beckham for
these places The Democratic officers sy
that Democratic county officers are paying
in money to Democratic Treasurer Hager
the first money being received on the 1st
inst
French Gun Factory Burns
La Creusot France Fire broke out in
the famous cannon factory from whence
the Boers obtained their Long Toms
Two enormous buildings containing gun
materials and electrical stores including
the artillery models were destroyed The
loss is estimated at between S00003 and
1000000 francs A large number of work
men were thrown out of employment
Dryer To Go To Prison
Chicago Edward Dryer former
president of the hank of E S Dryer Co
and ex treasurer of the West Park hoard
was found guilty of withholding from his
successor as treasurer 319000 of the West
Park funds The jury has fixed his punish
ment at a term in the penitentiary
Chinamen Killed in Mine
Rock Springs Wyo Two Chinamen
met death in No 8 mine a few days ago
Their names were Pan Chung who was
struck by a trip and horribly crushed
and Toy Ging who was buried under sev
eral tons of rock
Double Chicago Tragedy
Chicago Win Lutz shot and fatally
wounded his brother and instantly killed
the latters wife in the offices of the Acme
Copying Company in WestMadison Street
March 1
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
300 to 000 hogs shipping grades
300 to 300 sheep fair to choice 300
to 000 wheat No 2 red G3c to G5c
corn No 2 34c to 3Gc oats No 2 23c
to 24c rye No 2 51c to 53c butter
choice creamery 27c to 29c eggs fresh
13c to loc potatoes choice 3Sc to 4oc
i per ousnei
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
000 hogs choice light 300 to 500
sheep commonro prime 300 to 500
wheat No 2 OSc to 70c corn No 2
white 33c to 33c oats No 2 white
20c to 2Sc
St Louis Cattle 325 to 000 hogs
300 to 500 sheep 300 to 000
wheat No 2 70c to 72c corn No 2
yellow 33c to 35c oats No 2 23c to
25c rye No 2 54c to 5Gc
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to G00 hogs
300 to 500 sheep 250 to 000
wheat No 2 73c to 74c corn No 2
mixed 35c to 37c oats No 2 mixed 25c
to 27c rye No 2 Glc to G3c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 000 hogs
300 to 525 sheep 300 to 550
wheat No 2 71c to 73e corn No 2
yellow 35c to 37c oats No 2 white 27c
to 2Sc rye 5Sc to GOc
Toledo Wheat No 2 mixed 70c to
72c corn No 2 mixed 35c to 30c oats
No 2 mixed 25c to 27c rye No 2 5Sc
to 39c clover seed old 495 to 505
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 northern
G3c to G5c cornNo 3 33c to 35c oats
No 2 white 25c to 20e rye No 1 50c
to 5Sc barley No 2 45c to 40c pork
aaess 1025 to 1075
Buffalo Cattle good shipping steers
S300 to 025 hogs common to choice
325 to 525 sheep fair to choice 300
to G75 lambs common to extra 450
to 800
New York Cattle- 323 to 650 hogs
300 to 550 sheep 300 to 025
whent No 2 red 75c to 77c corn No 2
41c to 43c oats No 2 white 31c to 32c
butter creamery 20c to 25c eggs west
ern 14c to 15c
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STATE OP NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
ftnte Cases Likely to Be Taken to
the United States Circuit Court
Initial Steps Taken Hearing Set
Tor March 8 Other Items
The initial move has been made looking
toward the removal of the rate reduction
cases now pending from the state to the
United States courts Judge W D 31c
Hugh acting as counsel for the stockhold
ers of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy
has secured a restraining order from Judge
Munger at Omaha preventing the state
board of transportation from further re
ducing freight rates or from putting into
effect the proposed rates on cattle hogs
etc The particular case in point is that of
Henry L Iligginson et al a stockholder
of the Burlington against the state board
of transportation McHugh as attorney
for theJmrlington stockholders takes the
position that the state transportation hoard
lias no power to fix rates under present
conditions of Nebraska legislation without
leave from the federal court after first hav
ing shown a reduced rate is justifiable
March 8 was set for hearing the case on
its merits
REIMBURSES STATE
Pays Its Share of Ex- Auditor Eugene
Moores Defalcation
One fire insurance company has reim
jursed the state for money lost by the de
falcation of ex Audi tor Eugene Moore A
check for 229 was received by Auditor
Cornell from the Hamburg Bremen Fire
Insurance Company the remittance
being explained in the following com
munication
Ciiicago Auditor J F Cornell Lin
coln Neb Dear Sir In accordance with
your favor of the 19th inst we have for
warded a cheek to the order of the state of
Nebraska for 22987 to the state treasurer
and requested him to hand receipt to you
We dislike very much paying on account
of Moores defalcation and take the liberty
of expressing ourselves to the effect that
the insurance companies are not treated
justly in the matter and we hope that you
will induce your state legislature to repay
this money to the companies In all our
experience we have never lieard of a case
like it The only consolation we have in
matter is that if one lives long enough he
will experience everything
ENDS TWO LIVES
Ex President of Nebraska W C T
U Murdered by Her Husband
Wilson Waklin a prominent farmer re
siding three miles north of Brock mur
dered his wife at 12 oclock p m Feb 2G
by cutting her throat with a razor He
then went to the graveyard wiiere his first
wife was buried and standing on her
grave cut two ugly gashes in his throat
falling forward on his face Death in both
cases was instant Mrs Waklin was very
popular being at one time president of the
W C T U of Nebraska
Family trouble was the cause It is re
ported that Mr Wakelin has been keeping
another woman at his home which has
been very unsatisfactory to Mrs Wakelin
She had decided to leave him and had be
gun arrangements with that end in view
In a note Mr Wakelin said he wasgoing
to kill Mrs Coryell a friend of Mrs Wake
lin who had signified her willingness to
help Mrs Wakelin get released from her
husband Public feeling is strongly
against Wakelin
TOUCHING TESTIMONY
Widow of Tom Ryan Tells of the
Finding of His Body
In the trial of George Coil at Chadron
for the shooting of Tom It an on the range
last summer the most touching testimony
was given by the widow of the murdeied
man She i elated how the prisoner came
to her house and told her that he had
murdered her husband and told her where
to find his body but refused to go after
help She went to the body which was
surrounded by range cattle and left her
two oldest children aged 3 and 5 years to
guard the cattle off of tiie body while she
took her babe in her arms and went two
miles after assistance
The young prisoner appeared honored
as being a central figure ot attraction and
divided his time between admiring the
young women spectators and listeniiui to
the testimony He requested the sheriff to
take him to a pharmacy before the com
mencement of the trial to buy some per
fume for his handkerchief and breath
Morgon Gets His
Secretary of the Senate Alpha Morgan
called on Secretary Porter the other day
and presented a claim for 270 This
amount he claimed as the balance due him
for preparing an index for the sena e
journal destroyed some time ago in the
North fire The propeity is of no value to
to the state now as it will not correspond
w ilu the pages of the new journal bemtr
prepared by Maguie Kose Secretary
Potter refused to approve tiie claim until
he had consulted the legal depaitmant of
the state Deputy Attorney General Old
ham was of the opinion tiiat since legisla
ture had appropriated 330 to pay for pre
paring the index and since Morgan had
done the work he had agreed to do there
was nothing to do but allow his claun
Therefore Mr Porter withdrew his ob
jections Auditor Cornell drew a warrant
Tieasurer Meserve cashed the paper and
Morgan returned home happy
Claim Not Allowed
At the regular meeting of the city coun
cil of Hastings the claim of Miss Helen
Knight for 12000 allege damages was
disallowed Miss Knight is a teacher m
the public schools of Hastings and while
riding a bicycle one evening last fall she
rode against stop box of the city water
works and was thrown to the ground in
such a way as to seriously injure her knee
It is understood that Miss Knight will im
mediately proeeel with the case in the
ouris
Two Break Jail
Harry El well and Guy Roberts broke
out of the new jail at Davenport Monday
They poked a hole in the cell ceiling with
a mop handle and were lowered to the
ground with a rope made out of a ham
mock The men are at large
Fall Injures Janitor
Tirgil Mullis the janitor while working
In the bell tower of the high school build
ing at Plattsmouth slipped and fell frac
turing a kneecap and bruising his hip
badly but it is not thought that the in
juries will prove serious
I EMBEZZLER BROUGHT BACK
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Frederick S Kelly Fugitive from
Justice Tndcr Arrest
Deputy SherifE Thomas Flynn of Omaha
who went to Chicago to take charge of
Frederick S Kelly wanted on the charge
of embezzlement arrived home with his
man a few days ago Absconding from
Omaha a few years ago on account of an
alleged shortage with the Phoenix Insur
ance Company of which he was the local
cashier Kelly traveled to the orient
Ho finally landed in the Philippine
Islands and was given prominent rank
there in the improvised American col
ony According to a statement he is
alleged to have made upon his arrival
in San Francisco he is glad he is
under custody and prefers punishment
to the suspense of evading the law When
Kelley left Omaha he deserted a wife in a
penniless condition bhe subsequently
secured a divorce and left the city Ono of
his most recent escapades was to marry a
young woman in California who knew
nothing of his past it is said Kelley is
the sou of an old and highly respected
Lincoln family He rebelled against com
ing to Omaha but after preliminaries the
decision was against liim When he was
cashier of the Phoenix Insurance Com
pany in Omaha he was well known as a
man about own The amount of bis
alleged stortage is 6000 One of the rea
sons for delay in Chicago was that the
bond company which entered as his
surety negotiated with him for indemnity
it is said
Cheese Poisons Family
Tiie entire family of II 1 Laramers of
the steam laundry in West Point was pois
oned by eating brick cheese The cheese
was purchased of a local dealer and was
eaten by the family for supper No ill
effects were felt until they had retired to
rest and at that time violent vomiting and
sickness attacked the entire family Physi
cians were immediately summoned and
after working with the victims for the
greater portion of the night succeeded in
placing them out of danger The tinfoil in
which the brick cheese was wrapped is
supposed to have caused a chemical change
in the article and made it poisonous
Western Arid Lands
On his return from Washington Gov
Poynter announced a meeting of western
governors at Salt Lake City April IS at
which time it is proposed to draft a bill for
presentation to congress dealing with west
ern arid lands The meeting was origin
ally called for Washington but a post
ponement was found advisable The sen
timent of western executives Gov Poyn
ter says is that if the arid lands are not
soon ceded to the states in which they are
located for the benefit of settlers the big
cattle companies will get control of them
and are already moving with that end in
view
Cannot Operate in Kansas
The Kansas state charter board has re
fused to allow the Bankers Investment
Company of York to do business in that
state The action of the board was based
on an opinion of the attorney general in
which he held that the company was not a
legitimate institution under the laws of
Kansas which provide that 20 per cent
of the capital stock of a company must be
paid in before it can do business m Kansas
News of Waughs Death
The death of Lieut John E Waugh
Thirty ninth United States Infantry in
the Philippines brought sorrow to the
parents and many friends in Plattsmouth
While temporarily deranged from extreme
nervousness he shot Jpjnself through the
heart on the 27th ultat Manila After
reading the telegram the mother became
prostrated with grief and is confined to her
bed
Propose to Build Bridges
Propositions are being circulated in the
form of petitions for building two new
bridges across the North Platte Iiiver in
Scotts Bluff County This will give the
county three bridges there being one now
at Gjering The proposition is asked for
by reason of the desu e of south side people
to reach the railroad now being finished
through the county
Slot Machines Closed
By direction of tiie mayor and order of
the chief of police every slot machine in
Grand Island was suppressed
Nebraska News Notes
The railroads in Johnson County paid
1023269 taxes for
The Noi theast Nebraska Bankers Asso
ciation will hold its next meeting at Hart
ington on April 23
George Koeneke jr a young farmer liv
ing near Humboldt had his right hand
badly crushed in a cornsheiler
Commissioner Wolfe has leased 2 iSO
acres of school land in Knox County for a
bonus of 5S3 above tiie 0 per cent ap
praised value
The Fairbury Telephone Company has
increased its capita Mock- to 10000 and
will at once put- in toil lines to the other
towns in the county
A new corporation has just been organ
ized in Hastings which is to be known as
the Western Brick Company Its capital
stock is 20C0D paid up
The Standard Cattle Company of Ames
has begun the shearing of its sheep Feed
ing the sheep in the barn gives a chance to
begin slieaung tarlier Hum if tiie sheep
were fed outdoors
Over 1030 his bean subscribed at Fair
bury for the new public library The
Womens Club originated the movement
and is pushing it with such energy that a
free library will soon be in operation
For the year lSf9 the railroads that tra
verse Johnson County paid taxe into the
county treasury aggregating SlO232G9
William Cunningham one of Ituslivilles
energetic business men committed suicide
by shooting himself through the head at
his heme An inquest was held and a
verdict reurned ot suicide in a lit of tem
porary insanity
Tiie mayor of Gordon has issued a proc
lamation ordering all the children in Gor
don to be vaccinated with mti loxin for
diphtheria Only those who have been
vaccinated can enter school and the houses
where the children have not been vaccina
ted will be quarantined
Aurora is suffering from a series of petty
burglaries
The first business failure of the year at
Lodge Pide occurred hist week when it
was found that Ed Col lard had left between
two days His creditors at once proceeded
to levy on what property could be found
which amounted to about S10D His liabil
ities were considerly more
Tiie miller at B Crabb Cos mill at
McCool Junction was caught in the ma
chinery and his left shoulder dislocated
the force of the injury driving the head ot
the bone through the chest well into the
lung The bone was fractured in several
places below the shoulder and ths mar i
not expected to live
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General BuIlerLifls the Long
Siege
ENDS HARD CAMPAIGN
Official Announcement of Victory Mada
by London War 0fiice
Victory Comes After Months of Ficht
ing Brief Acconnt of the Sicce and
ElTorts at Relief GcnWhite 1enned
in Ladysmitli Oct 30 After Disaster
to British Arras Kc ward of British
Generals Valor and Perseverance
It is officially announced in London that
Ladysmith has been relieved The war
ottice has received the following dispatch
from Geu Buller Lyttletons headquar
ters Gen Dundonald with the Natal
Carbineers and a composite regiment has
entered Ladysmith
The events which led up to the siege oC
Ladysmirii began with the pouring o2
Boer forces into Natal by way of Laings
Nek and of Free State forces through
Van ltecntuis pass immediately after the
war began on Oct 12 The attack on
Glencoe Oct 20 resulted in a reverse for
the British their commander Gen Synt
ons being mortally wounded The Brit
ish found their position untenable and
under the leadership of Gen Yule they
retreated toward Ladysmith the force
of 4000 men being in imminent danger
of destruction by the Boers To guard
the retreat a force of British from Lady
smith under Gen French fought the bat
tle of Elandslaagte on Oct 21 which re
ulted in a victory for the British the
Boers being routed and their commander
Gen Kock being mortally wounded
Gen Yule arrived safely at Ladysmith
on Oct 20 after a severe march
In the meantime the Boers continued
to gather in Natal and by Oct 30 were
strongly posted on three sides of the city
Gen Sir George Stewart White who
commanded the forces at Ladysmith oa
that day moved out all his force in am
effort to break through the Boer lines
and rout them but the left wing of his
command composed of the First battal
ion of the Royal Irish fusiliers the First
battalion of the Gloucestershire regiment
And the Tenth mountain battery was sur
rounded by the Boers at Nicholsons Nek
and compelled to surrender The other
British troops were driven back by the
Boers and from that time Ladysmith
was under siege By Nov 1 the city
was well invested The day before c
naval brigade had arrived from Durban
with some powerful guns taken from the
warships These guns proved invaluable
in the long siege which followed as they
were the only weapons in Ladysmith
Which could compare in power with the
magnificent artillery used by the Boers
in shelling the city On Nov 2 the com
munications were cut south of Lady
smith
On Nov 4 the British evacuated Golen
so which guarded the bridge crossing the
Tugela river The Boers crossed the Tu
gela and raided through Natal to the
outskirts of the British camp at Estcourt
and beyond threatening even to attack
the capital of Natal Pietermaritzburg
The British forces began to arrive from
England and under command first of
Gen Cleary and later of Gen Buller or
gauized at Frere and Chieveley station
for the advance to the relief of Lady
smith
After collecting an army of about 12-
000 men Gen Buller on Dec 15 advanc
ed to attack the Boers at Colenso under
Ron Schalkburcer and along the Tugela
river in an attempt to force the crossing
of that stream A severe battle follow
ed in which the British showed bad lead
ership and were defeated at every point
with heavy loss of men and the capture
of eleven cannon
Gen Buller began his great movement
toward the relief of Ladysmith Jan Y6
Gen Yvarren with 11000 men made a
riotnnr toward Weenen but it was three-
days later before the British troops be
gan to get across the Tugela Lyttleton 3
brigade a battery of field artillery and a
howitzer battery crossed in the center
while Gen Warrens command to the left
crossed on pontoons Lyttleton contin
ued the advance under a heavy artillery
fire from the Boers At the same time
a Wnrrens division met with strong
resistance There was hard fighting for
nearly a week and on Jan 2i Oren V ar
rn oantured Soion kop Jan 25 the
Boers recaptured Spion kop and immedi
ately afterward Warrens troops moveu
back across the Tugela The Boers cap
tured 130S prisoners
At this point in the campaign many of
the English officers advised abandoning
rhn relief of Ladysmith On Jan 3l
Gen Buller sent out another
sance and on Feb 2 the British recross
ofl rho Tuirela river and attacked the
Boers two days later The Boers
ed an advantageous position anu cnecbeu
th ndvanco of the British for the time
More fighting followed The Boers for
the first time took the offensive against
Gon Buller The two forces ensased in
light skirmishes Gen Buller trying to
keep the Boers s o busy that none could
be spared to assist Gen Cronje who had
taken charge of the federal troops at
plodder river
On Feb 15 Gen Buller began an ad
vance to Ladysmith and began to fight
his way toward the besieged city Posi
tion after position was captured by the
British and two days later the Boers be
gan moving their large guns from the
hills surrounding the city evidently fear
ful lest thev could not hold back the Brit
ish when the rush began to Ladysmith
Telesrrapfic Brevities
The Comptroller of the Currency levied
an assessment of 100 per cent on the
capital stock of the Globe National Bank
of Boston
The ashes of Waiter S Blanchard
founder of the Corinthian Yacht Club
were scattered to the winCj front the
main mast of the ship Shenandoah in
San Francisco Bay
Mount San Piedra near Santiago
Cuba was recently covered with snow
for the first time in thirty years Ex
cursions were run to the mountain t
give the Cubansa view of the snow
gi