THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TJTUHSDAY , OCTOBER 20 , 1SW ) ,
Telephoned 618-G9I o. October 25 , 18D5.
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skin.
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oral 'hundredweights ' ot gunpowder , but
the Boers got 300 pounds ot l.la dynamite.
They looted nil unoccupied places und com-
mandercd right and left.
"Tho enemy moved back from Statman
oa Friday night , ns they feared an attack.
Oeneral Kock wns In chief command. They
had 1,000 men , but hourly expected another
commiimlo.
"Commandant Spinner had charge ot nlno
prisoners. The Boers drank much nnd Spin
ner v\a alwajis tipsy. The good natural '
IJoers recklessly desltoycd the forage and j
foodstuffs , Among the other leer ) leaders
there wan Colonel Schtcl.
"Tho prisoners wore court-martialed on
Friday nnd sworn to strictest neutrality ,
( enoral Kock presided , but nte mutton crops
during the proceedings and employed an In
terpreter , pretending he could not apeak
Kngllsh , Last night , however , lying wounded
In the rnln and darkness he was glad to
speak , that tongue when ho found himself
stretched upon the rocks among unknown j
people. Later Btill he was glad of n mat- j
trcns and blankets from the Doers' hated j
enemy ;
"Colonel Frank Rhodes , who drove with
mo Into the action , Is still suffering from the
cffecUj of his railway accident , noor marks
men , advanccd cleverly and rapidly under
cover of 'rocks nnd the enemy's guns were
well served nnd were replied to by volun- '
teens with seven-pounder muzzleloaders , n I
Tvretchcd typo of weapon which should have1
long since been discarded for Howitzers I
where lightness Is an object. The Doors'
shells dropped among our troops , but happily
few casualties occurred , although there were
numerous marvelous escapes. The enemy
fired shrapnel nnd percussion shell , but our
llttlo seven-pounders could not reach or
damage the enemy's gune , while we had
our limber smashed and lost some of the
mules belonging to the teams.
"At 8 o'clock It wns tound necessary to
retire. ' The movement was executed finely
and slowly nnd the trains steamed back to
ward Mrddersprult , our troopers nnd gun
ners falling back by successive steps. The
enemy never pressed us , though their sharp
shooters tried to reach our right from the
cast side.
' "Tbo permission to take the Boor position
being given by ( Icneral White , two British
fifteen-pound field batteries were sent lor-
vvard , together with several squadrons of the
Fifth Dragoon Guards nnd the Fifth Lancers ,
, "Tho. Ilojnl Irish and strong bodies ot the
Gordon Highlanders and Devonshire regi
ment came by train and guns and troopers
by the roid. A few prisoners wcro taken
and liberated , being sent Into the town.
"Tho day was fine until the afternoon ,
when It became cloudy nnd cold , with tor
rents of rain.
' "News reached us about 3 p. m. that the
ejiomy's reinforcements were close at hand
and our fresh advance began firing. The bat-
( cry of flftcen-pouhders opened a heavy flro
Into the bills on west of Moddersprtilt nt 30
and the Iloers rapidly skipped off , scattering
and riding furiously out of range.
, "Our Infantry having detrained on the
enst side of the line the whole force went
forward. Tbo Dragoon Guards and Natal
Carabineers were on our left , the Lancers
nnd Imperial Light Horse artillery on the
extreme right , with the seven-pounder guna
In the center , but to the cast of the railway
nnd then In order from left to right the
Devonshlies , Manchosters nnd Gordons. "
QUKKV Til IMCS C V > V1JI VTIIOOI'S. : .
Victoria t | > | -rhlU'H nlil < > no ( * of
l.ojnlt ) In ( ho Dominion.
OTTAWA , Out. , Oct. 2 , " > The governor
general has received the following telegram :
"Her majesty , the queen , desires to thank
tbo people ot her dominion of Canada for
44 The Thorn Comes Forth
With Point Forward. "
The thorn point of disease
is an ache or pain. But the
Wood is the feeder of the
'whole body. Purify it 'with
Hood's Sarsaparilla. Kid
neys , liver and stomach 'will
at once respojnd. No thorn
in this point.
Scrofula " / was almost bedfast
with scrofula and catarrh. Had no appe
tite. Hood's Sarsaparilla soon made me
stronger , and later all the sores disappeared
And catarrh stopped , " Nellie Osman ,
Dis Momes , JofWa.
Can Eat " Was tired out , had no
appetite until 1 took Hood's Sarsaparilla.
'It built me right up and J can eat heart
ily. " _ Eita & . Haacr , Aihol , Mass.
llnod'i 1'lllt cure llvsr lll _ th non Irritating iiinl
"only lalhurUr. tn lain \\Hli Hiui < F Sir Ml ' ' 'la. ' |
their stirring manifestation of loyalty nnd
patriotism In their voluntary offer to send
troops to co-operato with her majesty's Im
perial forces In maintaining her position
andjho rights of British subjects In South
Africa. She wishes the troops Godspeed nlid
a safe return. CHAMBERLAIN. "
This cltj'a contingent for the Transvaal
left last evening for Quebec , cnroute to the
rent of war , under command of Major May-
nard ot the Fortj-third Rifles. Ten thou
sand pcoplo assembled at the armory to bid
them farewell and escort them to the sta
tion.
BULLETS FLY AT LADYSMITH
IloMllltli-M lit TucHilnj Arc
vi Itli IloorM IMncciI nt n L > 1 -
LONDON , Oct. 25. A special dispatch
from Capetown , dated 0:10 this morning ,
tavs thcro has been another battle at Lady-
smith and that the Doers were repulsed.
The Drltlsh casualties were placed at four
killed and seven wounded , all rank nnd file.
General White has telegraphed to the war
ofllce from RlctConteln , under date of Oc
tober 24 , sajlng that In the lighting near
Ladsmith twelve of the British force were
killed and elghty-nlno wounded and that
five are missing , the casualties being rnwt
among the Gloucester regiment.
The belief that Great Britain Is on the
verge of a crisis , or even a conflict far
greater than thnt In the Transvaal , has many
supporters , though the lack of nlS ofuclal
confirmation favors the conservative views
that the remarkable military and nava
activity Is duo to a desire to take thorougl
precautions which , though ominous , have ai
present no special bearing upon Great
Britain's European relations. Advlceu from
the continent strengthen this view. For
Instance , the Freirdenblatt of Vicuna to
day sajs :
"Nothing points to the eventuality ot the
Intervention of Europe In favor of the
Boers. "
The paper odds that Germany especially
has resolved "not to depart from her atti
tude of neutrality. "
On the other hand , the Ncue rW-elner
Tagoblatt publishes a tolegiam from the
Transvaal legation at Brussels , announcing
that Dr. Loyds has received formal assur
ances that Franco and Russia will not per
mit Great Britain to annex the Transvaal
or the Orange Free State. This Is dis
credited , however , as It Is pointed out that
even If this were the Intention ot the
powers mentioned they would not allow
tbeir hands to bo shown prematurely thr6tigh
the medium ot Dr. Leyds.
The rftssiau newspapers may be somewhat
responsible for tbo general impiesslon li
regard to European intervention
, the St
Petersburg HusskIJa advocating that Great
Biitalu be brought to Its senses by a nava
demonstration in South Africa , in whicl
I-ranco would take the lead.
LONDON , Oct. 25 The commander-In-
cblef. Field Marshal Lord Wolseloy , has ap
parently now been convicted of "doctoring1
official reports from the front and there Is a
strenuous demand on all sides for a reversion
to the eailler practice , when the reports o
General Sir George Stewart WhLte , the Brit
Ish commander In Natal
, were given ou
textually as soon , as received. The com
mander-in-chlof's summary read In the
House ot Commons yesterday spoke ot Geu
oral White having fought a successful action
whereas General White's own iccount put
an entirely different complexion on the situ
atlon and reduces the movement to U
proper proportions and shows that furthe
exciting intelligence may be expected from
the same quarter at any moment ,
H Is quite evident that the war In N ta
has only commenced nnd that the Boors ar
by no means discouraged at losing the flrs
two battles and many experts are satieflec
General Joubert Is even now close to th
heels of the British and that a decisive ac
tlon may bo fought today or tomorrow.
The main fact that the British were force
to evacuate the Natal triangle , which th
Boers , naturally , rightly claim as a con
splcuous success , and which they may even
emphasize by a proclamation nnnexln
Northern Natal , la proving an unpalatabl
pill to the public , whoso appetite has been
whetted by the previous successes , which hat
been assumed to bo greater than they reall
MCIIus mo upiermmauon ana gallantry o
the Boers enabled them to quickly rcorgan
Uo and acnlovo desired objects by otho
methods ,
Ho cm Good MnrUmueii.
Later estimates of the Boer losaca a
Elandslaagto give 300 killed. Their cool
uesB , bravery and good aim can be Judge *
from tbo fact that out of seventeen o
clght en o Ulcers with the halt battalion o
Gordon Highlanders four vveie killed am
thirteen were wounded , while the casualtle
I anionn the rank nnd file were 27 per cent
I during lees than three hours' fighting , Lleu-
! tenant Campbell of the Gordon Highlanders
I has since died from hU vvund > ] .
| A dispatch from Capetown today says that
j General White has engaged the Orange Free
State Doers who were advancing on Lady-
j emlth , about seven miles northward , and
I that It was believed the advance had been
1 repelled This Is probably anot'ie' .eralon
j of jester-lav's fighting , as already Known ,
j General White thla morning offlclally'notl-
Rubbers Advance
Wo shall accept orders ou
Htibbcr limits and Slious at
Fcptcmbur prices until Nov
ember 1st. liny now.
Our now Illustintoil eitnlnsuognf niLIl'l'
IllUND MAOKINTOSIII > . Cunviu
Lenslncn , Over Halters i > U' . lira VOUM
foraoMiig. CANDEE RUIIIinitbteem
to be thu host made , Atk for them
Woliavu oilier *
.No Goods at Retail
ZACHARY T , LINOSEY
Omaha , Neb.
led the war office thnl the bullet had been
'xtrnctcd ' from General Sjraons' wound end
bat he was doing well.
Other dispatches from Capetown say that
dvlccs from Mafeklng confirm the state
ment that fifty Boers were killed by the cx-
loslon of two tucks of dynamite purposely
ient out by Colonel Baden-Fovvcll to draw
ho Boer fire.
The offer of Rcncral Cronje , the Boer com
mander In the vicinity of' ' Mafeklng , to
Colonel Badcn-l'owcll to cxchnngo prisoners
cferrod to Captnln Ncsbltt nnd others of
ho armored tr ln wrecked nt Kranlpan.
Some significance Is attached nt Cape-
own to the proclamation Issued nt 1'rctorla
iy the Trausvnal government with the view
o sdtcgunrd British properly. The situ
ation In the west H becoming complicated ,
"ho Boer proclamation ot annexation and
he claims of a victory nt Olcncoo are
Ikely to Induce the Dutch to sldo with their
countrymen already In the- field H Is nlso
jellevcd that the Dutch beyond Grhiuntovvn
are only awaiting encouragement to declare
'or ' the Transvaal.
Advices from Phlllpstown yesterday any
that the searchlights of the Klmborlcy do-
discs were visible the previous night and
that therefore , ICImbcrley Is still Intact.
DcfniMc of Klmlicrloy.
The liitest dispatch from Klmberlcy gave
details of the arrangements made by the
Jrltlsh commander , Colonel Kcke\vlchc , for
; ho defense of the town. The meat con
sumption la limited to ono pound dally , a
Ire brigade has been formed and Its uiera-
3crs nro prohibited from Joining In the do-
'ense of the place , ns their services are
Ikcly to bo otherwise required.
A dispatch from Maseru doted October 24
says Commissioner lagden was then stnrt-
ng to meet Lerothodl nnd other Bnsuto
chiefs at Pntlatsuz river , where the chiefs
! anvo assembled nt the request ot Lerothodl
: o pledge lojnlty to the queen. A dispatch
'rom Durban dated October 22 says Informa
tion has reached there from Melmoth , Zululand -
land , that on Sunday n large Boer force was
approaching. The Inhabitants forthwith
entered Fort- Maxwell , anticipating nn nt-
.ack at da\\n on Monday.
Ao'ordlog to a Brussels dispatch , Dr.
Loyds , the dlplrmatlc ngont of the Transvaal
In Europe , has Issued a statement thnt the
Boers have now nearly 100,000 men In the
field , made up as follows Bos'1 regulars ,
35,000 ; artillery , 1,250 ; police , 1,750 ; Orange
Free State troops , 35,000 ; Natal Boers , 3,000 ;
Bechuanalaml and Rhodeslan Boers , 8,000 ;
foreign legion , COO ; Americans , 4,000 ; Ger
mans , 0,000 ; Dutch Belgians , 2,000 ; Irish ,
1,000 ; Scandinavians , GOO. French , Swiss and
Italians , 200. The Jens , It appears , nro doIng -
Ing police work.
A special dispatch from Pretoria , dated
October 24 , purports to gho an interview
with ono ot the highest Transvaal ex
ecutives , who Is quoted as having urged that
while the British successes were as yet un
important , there was still tlmo for an
amicable settlement , as ho believed the
Boers had been misled as to the real Issue.
Humor of l'"orclRrii AprnrcNMlon.
The extent of the British preparations re
vealed by today's Information causes a
strong reiteration ot the rumors of serious
foreign complications. It Is now said thai
Rear Admiral Lord Charles Bercsford wll
command the Mediterranean squadron nm
details of the activity at the dockyards ami
naval stations are coming In hot and fftst
The Associated Press learns , however , thai
whether or not Great Britain sorlously fears
Russian or French aggression , the naval
preparations have been under consideration
for several months and it was tho-udmlralty's
Intention to put them In force as soon as
war was declared , deeming It necessary to
Increa&o the active strength of the navy In
order to Insure the largo fleet of transports
against every possible contingency.
Whether later developments have trans
formed the admiralty's precautionary meas
ures Into preparations for n naval demon
stration necessitated by European bfistlllty
is the question of the hour and It Is as much
a mystery to many high naval officers as to
the public. The exact condition of affairs
consists of ordering the naval resrves to bo
In readiness to rejoin their ships nt twenty-
four hours' notice , whllo all the cruisers o :
the reserve claps have been notified to be
ready to sail in the same time limit. These
vessels , though at the dockyards , are never
out of commission and arc always suppospj
to bo ready for immediate manrtlngv A
dozen cruisers , ranging from 0,000 to 11,000
tons , are now only v\ailing the word to
embark the crews.
In addition to these preparations work
on thu uncompleted vessels Is being hurried
day and night. The special atentlon being
paid to the cruisers Is taken by naval au
thorities to Indicate that Great Britain In
tends to form n menacing flying squadron ,
using the term "menacing" because the
naval force at sea now Is ample to convoy
the troops and Is capable ot preventing any
interference in South African wnlpre.
AttncU on Armored Train.
A dispatch to the Morning 1'ost from Klm
berlcy , dated October 21 , via Orange river ,
October 24 , eaja :
An armored train was engaged this even
ing ; ono ot our men was killed and two
trucks of dynamite were removed from the
town for safety and were blown up by the
Boers. The Boer loss Is uncertain.
The Boer artillery moved around , trying
to draw the force covering the town , There
was a small engagement , but nothing of
consequence happened.
Wo are completely Isolated , but as safe as
a bank. Not one man has left. Rain Is
approaching.
Our troops found the enemy cutting the
line today , and a Maxim gun on 'the train
did good work and cleared nwny the wreck
ers.
GUMIIAI < is uivrrmt.
Ilnllel I'vlriu-tiMl from S > IIIOIIN'Voiiiul
mill I'ntlfii * IN Dnliiff Well.
CAPETOWN , Oct. 25. Intelligence re
ceived here yesterday from Natal eajs the
bullet has been extracted from the wound
of General Symons , who was struck down
whllo leading his troops at the battle of
Glencoe , and that the patient Is cheerful and
doing well ,
Advices from Orange river , Cnpe Colony ,
near the Orange Free State border , announce
that the Beers have taken Krlpdam , near
Barkly West , north of Klmberley , and that
Assistant Magistrate Hnrmsuorth nnd his
clerk are prisoners , It Is supposed that the
_ Boer are advancing on Douglas , farther west ,
i the inhabitants of which place are asking
for protection.
( it-rnuni ) > ot n I'llrl > - ,
BERLIN. Oct. 25. The Tageblatt denies
the statement ot the Eclalro of Paris that
Germany , after promising asslbtanco to
Franco and Russia for the purpose of inter
vention in the Transvaal , seems nato
withdraw It.
The Tageblatt declares1 "Wo believe we
are well Informed when wo btnte that the
German government did not participate In
any combination for Intervention. "
12luhlcf < ntli IliiKHi-rn Art- Safe ,
LONDON Oct 25. A special from Lady-
Emlth , dated October 23 , tavs the troop of
the Eighteenth Hussars , which got astray
In pursuing the Boers after the battle of
Glcncoe , has arrived at Ladysmlth , the troop
ers having fought their nay through with
the loss of three horses.
Ciiiinillllii Conduct-ill
MONTREAL , Quo , Oct 25. The Montreal
Transvaal company left for Quebec tcday.
There were about COO people at the station
to see them off and about fifty militiamen
of other corps In uniform , They will camp
In Quebec and leave with the regiment for
Durban on Thursday
I'nnilo nirrloil I'rcKlilcnt.
BUENOS AYRES. Oct. 25. Colonel Pando
has been elected president of Brazil in suc
cession ot Scnor Alonio.
COLD A8D SILVER PRODUCED
Director of Mint Makes an Interesting He-
port on Prtoious Metals.
*
UNITED STATES IN THE FRONT RANK
AVKIi ( lir Soutli Afrlfim Ilr | > nMlc nnd
AtiMrnllii Tlirlr Onlnnt of ( Inltl
. \KurcKiiton Tltrro-rotirtlifi of
the World's Outpnl.
WASHINGTON , Oct.-25. Mr. Roberts , the
director of the mint , has made the following
report upon the production of gold and ell-
\er during the calendar jcnr , 189S. He
says ,
"The production of gold In the United
Slates In the calendar jcar ISPS wns 3,118,308
ounces flue , of tbo value of $ GUG3,000.
Iho amount of gold produced from qtiirlz
mines In 1S98 was In round numbers 2.SOO-
)00 ) ounces flno , and from placer mines
818,000 ounces line.
"Tho South African republic produced
3,831,075 ounces fine , of the vnluo of $79-
2U.953 ; Australia , produced 3,137,614 ounces
line , ot the value of JGI.SGO.SOO.
"Theso three countries are the great gold
producers cf the world , their output aggre
gating 10,088,017 ounces flue , of the valno
of $208,537,753 , or 73 per cent of the product
of the world.
"Next comes Russia with 125,103,100 ; Can
ada , $13,775,100 ; India , $7,781,600 ; Mexico ,
$8,500,000 , nnd China , $0,078,700. These flvo
aggregate 02.GS6 kilograms , valued at $01-
509,000. or over 21 per cent of the whole ,
caving G per cent to the remainder of 'tho '
woild.
"Tho United States fitlll occupies the second
end place na a silver producer , to whlcil It
\vn relegated by Moxlco In 1897. In 1SOS It
produced 51,438,000 ounces ot line Blhcrsith
a commercial \aluo of $32,118,100 , against
the Mexican production .of 50,738,000 ounces
fine , with n commercialsaluo of $33,475,400.
Together , they produce G7 per cent of the
world's product. Mo other country approaches
preaches them , the nearest being Austral
asia , Bolivia and Peru ; the product of the
last two Is somewhat uncertain , but nouo of
the three exceeds 12,000,000 ounces fine.
"The amount of silver produced In the
United States during the jcar from quartz
mines was In round numbers 13,500,000
ounces fine and from Jead ores 31.000.00C
ounces fine and from copper ores 10,000,000
ounces line.
"The world's gold production In 1S9S was
13,904,363 ounces line , of the value of * 2S7-
128,600 , an Increase over the product of 1897
of 2,331,831 ounces , valued at $48,616,600.
Since 1SS7 , when about $106,000,000 was pro
duced , each year has shown an Increase
over the preceding one.
"There Is no reason , " says the report , "to
expect nny cessation of this steady annual
Increase for some years to come. The Trans
vaal has not nearly reached Its limit. Aus
tralia , particularly West Australia , Is nol
> ct half developed ; Alaska and the Yukon
have only fairly begun to produce , while the
recent steady Increases In Colorado and other
western states show no signs of abating.
"The world's production of silver in 1893
was 163,293,572 ounces flue , showing an In
crease over 1817 of 1,222,400 ounces fine.
' 'Tho world's consumption of the precious
metala In the nrts and manufactures during
the year was In new gold 07,804 kilograms
bt a value of $65,000,000 , and In new sliver
1.0G3.2S9 kilograms , of a coining value of
$14,273,000 and a commercial value of $20-
200,000. "
The following table shows the. production
of gold and slher In the principal producing
countries of the world during1 the year 1S9S
tCountrie ? , \ , , , l.Jti Gold' finc'm'i
United States . .i. . . , JC.IC53.000 54.438,0)0 )
Africa. i. . . . : { .AW. . S042S.OOO
Australia . ' . . . . C ( S40.SOO 32.021.6.S2
Canada-Newfoundland . . . 13.83S.700l.ri2.3T
Mexico , ; S.500.000 5 < 3.73SOi
Russia , 25-1G.1.400 27S.49-
British India . , 7.7S1.500 . . . ,
China G.07S.700
Germany 73.COO 5.B71.51f
Bolivia. 313.500 S20I5G ! )
Chill i 'ilO.TOO 21511.9'JS
Simln 37'WO 5S37'W3
Brltl.sh Guiana ( 2048.700
Colombia . . . . . . . . i 2,263,200 5,4M,717
ADMIRAL MELVILLE'S REPORT
Englncrr-lii-Chlcf of < hc JTni y Sn >
LCNHOIIM of War Show Our Shl > > M
( o Hebout Jtlclit.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 25. The three leadIng -
Ing features of the annual report of Ad
miral Melville , cnglncer-ln-chlef of the
navy , arc the chapters devoted to personnel ,
to the merits of electric versus steam ma
chinery and to the proposition Ho consoli
date the naval coiibtructlon bureau.
Tbo general lessons of the war , it IB said ,
were In no way Indicative of nny desirable
change In the machinery of our ships with
the exception of increasing the evaporating
plants and the adoption , with all practicable
and economic promptness , of the water
tube typo of boilers.
An Important chapter In the report deals
with the scope of the work now executed
by the bureau of steam engineering , which
la sot out In order to combat the proposi
tion to amalgamate the constructive bureaus
of the Navy department. Ho says that not
only Is the trend of modern mechanical
work In all branches toward Increased spe
cialization , but the wisdom of such a trend
Is not questioned by the leading talent in
the outsldo world of constructive vvoik.
The steam engineering bureau has finally
arrived at the conclusion that It Is u mis
taken policy to carry BO Jar along the prac.
tlco of driving the auxiliary machinery ot
ships by electricity and tbo present report
presents a strong line of reasoning to sup
port It.
I1KVTII IIUCOMMUMIS CHANCUS.
.VHNlNtnnt roHtiniixU-r Cioiiornl Will
OfTVr SiiKKCNtloiiH to CoitKreMH ,
WASHINGTON , Oct. 25. First Assistant
Postmaster General Perry S , Heath In bin
forthcoming annual report will recommcnJ
that congress Bhall 11 x the balnrlea of as
sistant postmasters at 50 per cent of that of
postmasters ; that jicetolllco clerks shall bo
classified on the same basis an letter carriers
and inllway postal clerks ; that the postolllco
appropriation shall be made Interchangeable ) ,
tlio unexpended balance of ono appropriation
may bo transferred to other appropriations
and that wtiero consolidation of postomccs
Is deemed advisable and same may be ef
fected under existing law the money saved
thereby bo made a\nllablo for clerk biro and
other expenses at the newly established
oinccs.
Tbo department has again urged the spe
cial attention of congress to the necessity
for a re-classification of clerks In first and
second-class pcstofllcoH. The department will
also ask for a substantial Increase for addi
tional clerks ; also for the payment of mih-
Btltutrs for clerks on vacation In the smaller
olUccs , and ft material Increase In the ap
propriation for temporary clerks at summer
resorts , election and holiday service.
rnsT.vi , MIIIitn is INCIIIJSI.M ; .
Annual Itrport of Auditor CiiHlIp
.11 u km n biilcuiiiil MIOW ln c ,
WASHINGTON. Oct. 25. The annua ! re
port of Auditor Henry A Cattle of the
Postofllco department for 'ho fiscal year
ended Juno 30 , 1899 , has been transmitted
to the treasurer anil postmaster general.
The bureau has tbo largest accounting office
In the government and perhaps In the world ,
Elnco it la the clearing luuso of the cntlro
postal service. The report shown a volume
of transactions aggregating about $640,000-
000 for the fiscal ) ear.
The revenues of the postal service
: ! > V02t,3S4 ; cvpencllturei of the postal serv-
ce , $101.032.161 ; volume of money order
ransartlons , $142,483,354 There has been
nn Increase In each of these Items nnd In
each of the various subdivisions thereof ,
show Ing the postal service U Increasing In
all Its parts , even keeping in advance of
the development of the country In other
respects.
The deficit In postal revenue Is $6,610,776
the smallest since 1S92 , nnd only one-half
that of 1S97. The number of postofllces In
ho United States on Juno 30 wns 74SSI and
27,627 of these were doing a money order
mslness. The money order service the gov
ernment conducted lost vear at a loss of
over $100,000 ,
CO\Vl ! n AM ) MIJVIUANS AT WAU.
Trooiis Vny lie Xoi-iK-d ( o Um-H IM- !
ol-ilrr on Vrlroiin llonti-r.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 25. The secretary of
war this afternoon received n telegram from
Governor Murphy of Arizona sajlng that
considerable trouble has cccurreo nt Naco.
on the border between Arizona and Mexico ,
between American cowbojs and Mexican of
ficers. He. recommends that a companv ot
troops bo ordered there from Tort Huachuca
to remain until the trouble has subsided.
He sa > B that the civil officers will do every
thing pofalblo to maintain order , but may
not bo able to do to.
HIGH PRICE FOR A HEREFORD
Armour UIINP HrliiHN Tnrnij-1'Uc
Ihliiilrnl Diillnrri , MliltliiK
Value for the llrfeil.
KANSAS CITY , Oct. 25 At the National
HereCoid Association show at the stock-
jnrds here today , John Spaiks of Hcno ,
Nov. , paid $2,500 for Armour Hose , a blooded
Hereford co\v , Sir Heau Brummel , Jr. , dnm ]
Armour Naiad , bred and owned by K. 11. !
Armour of this city. This Is said to bo the
highest prlco ever paid for a Hereford belter.
The bidding wns spirited and was started at
$500 by Oeorgr , Lee of Aurora , 111.who
stopped nt ? 2,125. Marshall Field of Chicago
cage , , who was an active bidder , dropped out
when be had bid $2,300 , Sparks raising him
$200.
$200.Tho
The show is proving ono of the most Im
portant inhibitions of Hcrcfords ever held
anywhere. Many additional etockmen of note
came In today. 1'orty odd head of stock
wcro sold nt fancy prices. Outsldo of the
Sparks purchase of Armour Hose the best
sales follow :
Wilton Alamo VI , sold by John Sparks of
Heno , Nov , to T. P. I ) . Solhaui , Chlllicothe ,
Mo , for $ ! )73. )
Hcau Donald III , W. H. Curtlco to J. C.
iVdnms , Movvcaqua , 111. , $950.
Matchless Theodore , A. Stnnnnrd to Stanton -
ton Ilrecdlng farm , Madison , Neb. , $775.
Deau Donald IV , W. H. Curtice to L. H.
Sullivan , Cedar Vale , Kan. , $730.
Flagstaff , 1C. H. Armour to Stanton Breed
ing farm , Madison , Nob. , $325 $ , also Beau
Donald VII , W. H. Curtlco to Stanton Breed-
lm ? farm , $440 ; also General I < e , William
Tibbies to Stanton Ilrceding farm. $300.
Daisy , J. M. Curtice to Jones Dros , , Co-
mlskey , Tex. , $353.
Beau Donald , H. D. Martin to J. B , Gray ,
Pndncah , Ky. , $310.
Beau Donald XIII , II. D. Martin to J. F.
Lewis , Gene.seo , III. , $300.
Anita , cow , Thomas Clark to T. F. B.
Sotliam , $700.
Lucllo Earl II , cow , N. W. Leonard to T.
F. B. Sotham , $500.
Wndame Sans flcne , cow , C. tA. Stannard
to Jones Bros. , Comlskey , Kan , $430.
Pretty Lady XX , cow , Gudgcll and Simp
son to W. S. Van Nntta & Son , Fowler , Ind. ,
$425.
RUSSIAN NAVY IS CORRUPT
SjMom of Corrimtlon In
to 1-lnM nt
bcbnxtoiiol.
ODESSA , Oct. 25. A gigantic sjstem of
official fraud and corruption has been un
earthed nt Sebastopol. Forty-three govern
ment odlcials have been arrested and will
bo tried by court-martial December i.
Among the accused are ninny high naval
oflicers , Including the former senior port
ofllccr , Commander Relltsky , several well
known constructors , nearly every chief en
gineer of the ships In Russia's Black sea
fleet , the commissary officers nnd others. It
Is reported that several of the accused have
committed suicide rather than stand trial ,
for , If found guilty , they would be banished
to Siberia.
"Vice Admiral Tyrtoff , the Russian naval
commander In the Black sea , Is responsible
for the arrests. He alleges that the ofllclah
of the various government departments from
Sebastopol to Nlkolalcy have for a long
time been engaged In a huge conspiracy to
misappropriate funds nnd sell government
supplies , covering their defalcations by
forgery and suppressing Information by
widely distributed bribes. The affair has
created the greatest consternation.
Strainer fSi'rimuil
LIVERPOOL , Oct. 25. The liner Germanic
left its pier this afternoon to take up nn-
chorago and get Its passengers on board
preparatory for sailing for Now York. It
had Just cleared the entrance to the dock
and wns lying across the river , when , owing
to the fog which prevailed , a steam hopper
barge ran at full speed into its port quarter ,
making a hole two feet square In the
steamer , The two vessels remained locked
together for some time and when they
cleared each other It wna seen that the
Germanic was seriously damaged. Its cap
tain returned the damaged steamer to Its
dock Immediately. U will not sail for New
York this trip. The barge was able to con-
tlnuo toward Its destination.
iin : > 'ror SiiminoiiN
BERLIN , Oct. 25 The secretary of the
admiralty , Admiral Tlrpltz , nnd the minis
ter of foreign affairs. Count von Buclow ,
were summoned In.st evening to n Joint con
ference with the emperor at Potsdam. The
admiral today has gone to Baden-Baden
for the purpose of reporting to the Imperial
chancellor , Prince Hohcnlohe.
K'-'irn AlniniloiiN IIlN IMmlllon ,
CAIRO , Oct. 25. The khalifa having fled
from his position at Jcb-El-Blr , Major
General Lord Kitchener has ordered the
Anglo-Egyptian expedition to return to Om-
durmnn.
A rcconnolfsanco to Jcb-Kl-Blr will bo
mndo by the cavalry nnd camel corps before
the return of the expeditionary troops.
lloilll Tllll'N hcil < CIUT < l.
LONDON. Oct 25. II B. Christie nnd W.
O. Crlfk , brokers' clerks charged with ( Heal
ing $10,000 In Buenos Ayres bonds and lice-
Ing to Canada , pleaded guilty and were sen-
tcnced to three and four years respectively.
BANKER'S DUTY AS EDUCATOR
'I'il.'c of nil Aililri-Nfi Itrlli ireiliy \ W.
f. ( ornuiill of Hnirnln to Ind III nil
IliiiiKcrii' .iNHOflallon ,
INDIANAPOLIS , Oct. 25. At n meeting of
the Indiana State Bankers' association W.
C. Cornv\all of Buffalo , N. Y. , delivered an
address entitled , "The Bankers' Duty as
Educator. " Ho said , among other things
"A3 an educator , It Is to educate his rep
resentatives In WfHhlngton , as to action In
congrrfs , action wnlch will bo final as to the
gold standard and the greenback , placing
the firm foundation , which the business
world has a right to demand , under our pros
perous commercial structure , action which
ha been already too Jpng delayed , perhaps
for moro than any ether reason , because the
banks have not done ( heir duty In Informing
themselves , educating others und Insisting
on the righteous ( settlement of a question
which U so thoroughly within tbeir
provlod.1 *
RAILROADS IN GREAT WEST
Traffic in Mississippi Basin Mad a Olciu by
Stuyrejant Fishi
TREASURIES ONCE MORE SHOW A SURPLUS
AcciiinulnUoin of 1'rr * Imm Ynr
HarcljSulllvrn to llrlilnc ( ) > < < r
Uvll In > N that Are \IMV
lly rnt.
CHICAGO , Oct. 23. ( Special. ) The fol
lowing 1.1 the statement , In part , addressed
to the United States Industrial commission
by Stuyvesant Tlsh , president of the Illinois
Central nnd of the Ynzoo & Mississippi Val
ley Hnllroid company :
M'r. Chairman nnd Gentlemen of the Com
mission Hnlliondi arc "of the people nml
for the pc-oplo. " Ihej arc permanently ut-
tiu-hed to thr- soil Capital Invested In them
H Irrovocnblj dedicated to n public ti > r\lei > .
It Is presumably for therw reasons tlwt the
commission , In investigating "ntiestloni pei-
tnlnlng to Immigration , to labor , to agri
culture , to tnanuf.icturlng and to lumlnoss
bus called so miny railroad president" .
However this may be , 1 lake pleasure In
unstvcrliig > our summons , well knowing
that nothlnpr can infect , for good or evil ,
any Important Intciest In the United States
without In like manner affecting the rull-
roiuts.
You have heard , and will hear , from
other railroad men representing different
parts of the country. What 1 have to nay
will relatv to thn greut central ba ln
drained by the Mississippi river the heart
of the country , ll < pranary nnd Its work
shop and Mew Orleans , the seaport of that
basin.
The Mississippi river drains the whole of
nine states and territories and parts of
twenty-three other stntei\ not to speak of
a. considerable slice of the Dominion of
Canada , llejectlng eight state" , ot which \
but a small portion lies within the -valley ,
twenty-four st.itcs and territories may bo
fairly considered as tributary to that river.
Its valley contains 1,210,039 pquitre miles , or
41 per cent of the at en of the United States ,
exclusive ot Alaska and other outlying pos
sessions There dwell .15,000.000 of our people
ple , or nearly out-half of our citizenship.
Its soil , besldcti feeding nil ot our own people
ple , except those on the Pacific const , > lelds
the whole of our expoitable surplus of live
stock of every kind and most of the breadstuffs -
stuffs Its mines yield our petroleum oil
nnd most of our coal , Its forests supply our
lumber and Its workshops turn out annually
nn Increasing shnre of our manufactures.
In th ° so tlavB orlarge und IncrcasliiK ton
nage and of Urv und constantly fulling
rates for transportation by rail , the ques
tion of grades i i becoming more and moro
controlling. It Is , therefore. In the level
prairies of the great valley that we must
look for the solution of the problem ot how
to conduct transportation ever nt or neai ,
and often below , cost , without so abso
lutely bankrupting the carriers as to floso
the highways of trnlllc. The accumulated
surplup earned In previous good years und
the borrowing power based thereon , couplet !
with a rigid nnd distressing- economy ,
barely kept the western and southern rnll-
roads from un\crsiil ! bankruptcy during
the bad times from 1S93 to U9" , On June 3D ,
LS9I , there were In the hands of receivers
40,818 miles of railroad , or nearly one-qunr-
ter of all In the United States (170.C02) ( ) .
There bankrupts represented an Investment
ot over $2,500,000,000.
The enforced economics of that ycnr re
duced the number of railroad employes by
93,391. The effect on those emplojed by
manufacturers of railroad supplies In par
ticular , nnd on Immigration , labor , manu
facturing nnd business in general , while
not specifically reported , is too well re
membered to need repetition. While wo all
hope that those evil days have passed ,
never to return , may we not gather wisdom
from that sad experience ?
Kni ] > Io } en IIH StoL'UlioliterH.
Conformably to a suggestion by one of
your olllcers , that the commission would
bo Interested in the plan ndontcd bv the
Illinois Central Railroad company for aidIng -
Ing Its employes to buy stock of the cor
poration , permit me to hnv that , In brief.
It amounts to this : On the tlrst of , each
month the price of shares at the New York
Stork exchange is telegraphed to Chicago
and the paymaster Is authorized to bell
one share to each employe nt thnt price.
Pa > ment is accepted In sums of $5 or any
multiple thereof. Interest at 4 per cent per
annum Is allowed on the partial piivnifnts ,
and when , an cmplo > o leaves the torvico
he must cither pav In full for his share
and receive a certificate therefor or take
his money , with the Interest added.
The number of oflicers and em ; lo > es ,
other than directors ot the corporation ,
registered on iho books of the comnunv as
stockholders Is 703. nnd their holdings
amount to 2,551 shares. The stock Is being
gradually purchased bv these resident en
and near the llt.o In each of the cloven
states In which the company Is operating
inllvva > s there me a number of stockhold
ers , varying from seven In Indiana to 7(17 (
In Illinois The total number ot stockhold
ers in these eleven states Is 1.12G ami the
number of shares held by them 33,993.
All told the books show five holdings of
5.000 slmres or over ; elehtv-llve of J.OUO
shares or over , nlnety-thn e of 60t > shares
or over , 691 of le s than 500. but moro than
100 shares , 455 of exactly 100 shares each
and 5,101 of less than 100 shares. The miui-
lier of stockholders registered on the books
Is 6,526. Barely one-seventh of them own
over 100 shatcT anlecc.
SUPPORTS ADMINISTRATION
IllHhop Domic Si-en Inn One Honorable
orableCourne In the
rhlllnjiliicH.
ST. LOUIS , Oct. 23. Bishop Doano ot
Albany , N. Y. , In his address before the
Protestant Episcopal Missionary council , now
In session here , came out squarely In up-
port of the policy of the administration in
tnklng the Philippines under national pro
tection. He said :
"To my mind there were but four un
alterable alternatives. Wo wcro obliged
either to leave the islands under Spanish
control for a renewal of hostilities , wo wcro
obliged to leave them to destroy themselves
In Internecine strife , we could have left
them to bo fought over by European nations
or we could have assumed the position of
protectors of the islands. I sec no other
It is not only beautiful women who
hang over the mirror in the morning.
Anxious women who arc watching the wast
ing of their beauty , stand before the mirror
and note the
incrcudi ti fr
illies etched
by pain about
the mouth
and eyes.
Thousands of
such women ,
wrecked in
body and iu
disposition ,
haggard ,
nervous , irri
table , cross ,
have by the
use of Doctor
I'ierce's Ka
yo r i t c Pre
scription
been entirely
cured , and
watched with
delight the progress of tbc cure , marked
by brightening ejes , reddening cheeks ,
and rounding form
Woman's general health depends largely
upon the local health of the organs dis
tinctively feminine Irregular periods in
maidenhood , followed after marriage by
debilitating drains , and the common con-
r.cquences of motherhood , inflammation ,
ulccratiou , and displaced organs , nun the
general health. These conditions are en
tirely removed by "Favorite Prescription , "
the body blossoms in a new beauty , and the
mind is entirely freed from lootn and de-
spoiidency. "Favorite Prescription" is not a
stimulant , containing no alcohol or whisky.
"In October iSSjIgavc birth tonbnbyand the
treatment I received nt the hands of the midwife
left uic with female neakncm , " writes Mrs
Cordelia Hellion , of Coalton lo > d Co , Ky "I
bad no lieallli to * \ xaof for three years I had
another baby which nat , the third child My
licnlth bcKan to fill and I bad three mlwrnrriaKi : *
so I found myself completely worn out 1 liail
< > many inini and aches my life trot a Imidcn
to me ciul nlvj to all Ihr fmiily for I was iicrv
out nnd cioss and I could nU Ieep Ju't uflcr
m > last miscarriage ( In iS/O I wai taken wiinn
ncverr paiu in lelt fide Hart four doctors come
t see me but at Utt I found I wis Mowly flying
The doctors ( old I had liter liiug and iitrnuc
trouble I was in bed for months ami when I
JiJ get up 1 looked like a corpse walLlng about
I commenced to UV.e Dr Pierce'K Oolden Med
ical Ducoxery ' 1'avorlte Prescription and 'I'el-
lct , ' and e/cr slne then I have been a well
woman At my monthly period now I have no
pain Mr cheels ore rrrl nnd my ltc Is white ,
out before it was cs vellow as saflron "
conclusion and tlm fourth alternative wai
the onlv one whlMi ought to huvo hpen
taken \ \ - did take II. and this Ricat trust
mtiet be administered "
Millenaries frmn Culm and Porto H'co '
presented the need * of the1 people of tho.t
Islands nnd after nome discussion II wns de
cided to wnd n bishop to the latter Island
RUMOR OF MURDER AT BENSON
ItriHtrlrit Huil n Mnu llnil Ill-oil Killed
lit n I'lulit a ( 1'oit'M
JtlllU'll.
L.iflt nleht about 11 o'clock n telephone
mosBiKo v\nn received at the police station
fiom HetiFon Hint a fight had occurred at
Post's ranch , H ditlr.v. two mllen weal of Hen
ton , between two men and that one of them
had been killed ,
Sonu'tlmo nflorvvnrd a grocerjmun nt Henson -
son telephoned Hint thcro had been Botno
trouble , but no one killed.
Sheriff McDonald and 1'ollco OffldT Cook
started for the scene of tbo trouble1 , but nt a
Into hour novrnd had been received fioin
them
It wns rumored nbout 2 30 a m tbnt tbo
man who did the killing bnd brcn caught ,
but tbo rumor tould not beerlfled. .
Cuban * r \ ir Cot'U
HAVANA , Oct 25 Cuban opinion Is
agalnot the proclamation of tbo ehII gov
ernor cf Havana , General Rivera , prohibit
ing cock Ilgbts. The proclamation Is nlso
considered as In tbo nature of a protctU
against the failure of Governor fleneral
Drooko to prohibit cock fighting at the tltno
ulion bo prohibited bull lighting ,
lllw four ntiil riroini'ii IKI-PP.
INDIANAPOLIS , Ind . Oct 2.V After a
conference between General .Manager Sdmlf ,
General Superintendent Van Wlnklo of the
Ulg Four nnd the flrumon , an agieemont
on wages was reached today though the
scale Is kept secret
il of Clilruii
1 T. Oet 23 The Dawes
commission bus oomplptod lt enrollment of
the Chlcknu.ivv Indian * , whkh Mhow-w 17.MO
Indians nnd 1,000 frocdmcn , the liittor bring
Kliive" ) nnd descendants of sluvoi broticht
to the territory from the south by the In-
dlaiib.
Celtic AVIxilom ,
rhlrngo NCWH : Pat r.ilth. nn' it's lolk
old tolniH It do I > P to see ; > ez : again \Vbv
didn't vez nlver xviolt me a loin since Ol
Uiht met jez ?
Mike Sure , an' OIWould , but Ol wasn't
af ther know In' y z artrtilss at all.
Pat-Thin why i" tb' n.unt o' sln.se didn't
5 ez tlllyphon me an' Ol'il lu-v slnt It to yer.7
EVERY WOMAN during- the monthly
period 01 at any other
SUIUnCTTO tlmtf should step Into
HEADACHE nny drug store andnsk
the clerk for u. 10-ccnt
box of Ce.sEler's ! Magic Headache Wufus.
If thcj don't cure any kind of a heidacha
in 20 minutes the druggist will refund your
monciy. The e Wnfers are sate and harm
less , contain no op'.um or other poison nnd
nre a sure cure. They nro fiimrnntee.l by
the well known chemist who prcpaies them.
For a fieo sample nddrrkw .Max Gesaler. HI
Journal Building , Milwaukee , WIs.
I cannot speak too highly of the "Magic
Headache AVufcrs , " as 1 have found them
when suffering from Neuralgia , neivotis or
sick headache , to In Infallible Yonis ics-
pectfullv , Mrs A M. Matthews. J131 Fltz-
water St. , Phlln. , Pa.
CURES PBLES.
ASK OR , WRITE : Andrew Klewlt , Oma
ha , Neb. ; Albert Brnn'on Council Blurts ,
la. ; R B. McCoy , Denver , Colo. ; F.V. . Ben
son , Tallapoosn , Gn. ; M. T. MOEH , Chicago.
Amos L. Jackman , Omaha , Neb ; J. C.
Easlcy , Dumont , Cole ; Frank HaM. Davlrt
City , Nob. ; James Davis Omaha , Neb : A.
Ring. Princeton , 111 ; Pearson Beaty , Fair
fax , Ohio. For sale at druggists.
Si.OO Per Box. Guaranteed.
"They fit tbo feet as nature Intended. "
ENDLESS
EASE fOR
WOMEN'S f EET
The advent ot
"Jpn-
the- famous
iu-hS Miller" Shoo
put nn end to tbo
painful captivity
of women's foot.
ThcHo truly hy
gienic h'hocs ' nro
absolutely perfect
In sli'Po "nd
atyle
Made on scien
tific nmitonical !
lines' ' , they allow
tbo foot nil the
freedom thnt mi-
turo demands
We control "Jen-
ness Miller" shoos
for this city
Price S3.5O
K\tra qtwlltj $1.
HOWE SHOE
M
1515 Douulas St
Wocdwnnl & Unr/jess / ,
Mgrs Tul | g | ! > ,
EUGENE BLABR
And excellent niipport , Including William
Br.umvill. tonight and Sntunl.ij matinee la
Huniou'H delightful comcdj ,
DIVORCONS
Friday and Saturday night , upeil.il tcqucst ,
gf Quality
Co in I M K , Niuidnj Miillnro iiml
I'nnl ( illinori- Mini Illn
vinHl.rlciTH the elite ivcnt of the sea-
pen
-TONIGHT AT 8:15- :
l.HlIVN III ItKll Vlt'l' nml < ( ) .
I Jill MA ( IIKI.OIt.S1,1,1) ) ,
JIONH. m ii.inwT.Mi.ii : , umiig ,
L u AU KOIID .sivniis ; ,
M \ IIIONVI , % ( HiSTIjIt ,
'I'niuii iiml I < AMIUHT.
I'HK'KHnvrnlngs. . 50 < , 2Jt , lou , mat.
Inef , lfi < am1 25i
Next Weilt-FRii ) HALLKN and MO [ , .
LIK FULLI3R
The
The CUeslcal Event.
TONICHT-
ISargaln Day Mutlnco Wed. ami Sat.
THE BOHEMIAN GIRL
Prices 25c , S5c , COc. Matinee , lOc , 25c.
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