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/ “ ®l)c #l09er9t>tUe HftUp Ce«Jer. 45 VOL. x m , NO. 183 . GLOVERSVILLE. N. Y., TUESDAY, A P R IL 3, 1900.. W H O L E NO. 3,964, f Boers Still Occupy Bloem. fontein Waterworks. BRITISH ARTILLERY SHELLING THE BOER POSITION—ACCOUNT OP SATURDAY’S FIGHT PROM BOER SOURCE—LOR© ROBERTS REPORTS c a s u a l t i e s ' AMONG BRITISH O'PPICERB. BUSHMAN’S KOP, MoMay, AprU 2. —The Boers are Still occiipj^ng the waterworks, whieli tAe British shelled yesterday after.ao.Qn; The BoeTs are replying. • BOER'ACCOUNT OP SATURDAY’S PIGHT. ' PRE'TORIA, Saturday) Mar. 31.- Therfe h'|is been heavy flgbtin^ between BriindCbri and Bloeinfoabein. The Wak- kei'istijcKJim and Emnelo commauiiQS at tacked ^,000 Byftish and drove them back with heavy loss; Accoi'ding to the repor:te of tfee wounded who have aiTived h m,fighting occurred all along the line,' The' federal troops held po sitions on the side and top of a moun tain, while the British positions were on the opposite side of the hill. The British charged repeatedly, hut -were repulsed. The latest reports say that the federals were more than holding their own, but the 'final result of the fighting is noL^known here. Th© fed eral loss was mine killed and wounded. Reports from tBi*andfori, received later, state that 2,000 federals attacked 3,000 ’British successfully, .but that 13,- 000 British, roinforceiuents arrived and the federals were compelled to retire, after punishing the British severely. •The federal loss, according to those I'eports, was sUght. CASUALTIES AMOEG OPPICERS. LONDON, April 3,—An official list of the casualties sustained by British of ficers near the ' Bloemfontein' water works is as follows: Killed: Northumberland Fusiliers— Major Booth; Roberts’Horse, Lieuten ant Growler; army medical service. Lieutenant Irvine. ^ ■ Wounded: Artillery, Col. Rochfort and five others; Royal Horse guards, Lieutenant Thebon A. V. Meade; Rob erts’ Horse, three; mounted Infantry, ’Missing: Artillery, Captain Wray; Tenth Hussars, Lieutenant S. Thehon, D, R. H. Anderson-Pelham, and C. W. Cichton. Meyet Discharged and Re-Arrested NEW YORK, A p ril' 3.—Clarence Meyer, who is charged with raising a check in Havana, Cuba, and in whose case ■there has been a good deal of liti gation between the city magistrate’s court, the supreme court and the go’ ernor, was dhfeharged in police ' court to-day and re-arrested, to be taken to the supreme court. The case • has at-= tracted considerable attfentiou by rea son of The fact that i t involves the question o f extradition to Cuba. Woman Suffrage Proposition Killed ALBANY, April 3.—The only \syoman suffrage proposition considered this year by the leglslahire was effectually- killed in the senate to-day. Senator Humphrey moved to take from the committee Assemblyman Kelsey’s bill allowing women to vote at town elec tion’s. There -was so much opposition that he was compelled to withdraw the motion. Van W yek Vetoes Antl-Ramapo Bill. NEW- YORK, April 3.—Mayor Van Wyck to-day vetoed the anti-Ramapo bill, which restricted the commission of water supply in making water con tracts for the city. The mayor charac terizes the bill as wholly unnecessary. Inasmuch as the city Is now protected by its charter. Appointment Made Perm anent. NEW. YORK, April 3.—An order was filed in the court of chancery, in Jersey City, N. J., to-day, making permanent the appointment of General Samuel Thomas of New York, Albert C. Lering of Minneapolis, and Chai'les E. Kimball of Summit, N. J., as receivers of the United States Flour and Milling Co., otherwise knowh as the flour trust. Fathep HendPloks Elected. ALBANY, April 3 .—'The Joint legls- lAtlv© session to-elay ©ledtod Rev.Fath- ©r Hendrielm, of lloches t’cr, to be regen t of univorslty, vice Rov, Father Ma lone, dceeasod. VARNIBli\ m a k e s ' d EVOE’S VAR NISH If Floor Paint rest, Go, more a qimi'ti mskos lb look lirlglUer imd pf«r fully fcwlco as long •« clitupcr fleer paint, Bold dr. A. VAi m m r n i . dAPAM’5 DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVES AT WASHINGTON 5US7 THESE DA/S, Here is a sn§.p-shot, taken last we ek, at the Japanese Legation. ^ The thr eatened clash between Japan and Rus sia and the possible attitude which the United States would assume makes these busy days for the Japanese min ister and his corps of assistants. QUEEN VICTORIA IN^IRELANP. Arrived a t Kipgstown Several Hours Ahead o f Scheduled Time. LONDON, April 3.—-Queen Victoria, who left tVlndsor Castle a t half past nine last evening, en route for Ireland, arrived* a t Holyhead a t 9:10 a. m. to- DUBLIN, April 3.—The royal yacht, Victoria and Albert, with Queen Vic toria on board, arrived at KingstOT^n at two o’clock this aftefiioon, and was greeted with a royal salute from the channel squadron. Rain has been fall ing all the morning. No ope disem barked from ihe yacht and none will leave the ■veBSeTTffitll to-morrow. Only a handful of persons saw the arrival of her majesty. DUBLIN, April 3.—'The queen’s arriv al at Kingstown was several hours in advance of scheduled time. This, in addition do -the miserable weather,pne- vented thousands of people who had Intended welcoming her majesty from carrying out their plans. Mr. James Egan, the Dublin city sword bearer, who for nine years was imprisoned for political offenses, re- tee d to-day do han’d the queen the sword, nor would he take p frt in to morrow’s proceedings. This declina tion a t the last hour caused a sensa tion. In a letter to t^e down clerk Egan says: “I will yield nothing ’to any Irishman in respect for 'the individuality of an aged lady, but I cannot join in any act of public court toward the head of a state ’w'Mdh has tried 'me upon charges that were false and sent me to suffer for nine years in English dunglons. The state that still marks me with the. degradation of a ticJ*et of leave Mr. Egan adds he is prepared to ac cept the consequences in the shape of handing in his resignation., Trustees A fpolnted by Govfpuop. ALBANY, April 3.—Gov. Roosevelt has appointed as the trustees of the state experiment station at Geneva, Prank 0. Chamberlain, of Canandai gua; Austin C. Chase, of Syracuse; Frederick G. Schraub, of LowvIIle, and Nichols Hallock, of QuOens, all re appointed; Martin L. Allen, of Payette, to succeed Wlllfam C. Barry; Edgar D. Dusebery, of PortviUe, to succeed G. Howard Davison anA Oscar H. Hale, of Stoholm, to succeed Martin B. Ives. A T alented Musician. Mr. E. Kappell, th© new musical direct’or of the iponcond’la SlUgiog so ciety, arrived ;in the city yesterday apd is domiciled at No. 8 Washington street. The Concordias,are fortunate In. securing the services of Mr. Kappell as musical ‘director. (Mr. Kappell lA an efficient vocal and piano teacher and h as won fame m a 'luuimiony and theory instructor. He ’is a pupil cof the Urilch (Italy) Conservatory and has occupied positions as opera, church and concert elnger. Two years ago ho secured first prize In 'the second class with hla Green' Islaml Lledorkran?, Booloty at 'the first Saengorfeet of the Central Now York Snngcrbnnd hold at IJticn. Ills former cojinoctlon with the fttago make* him an oflldont u an opemtio Jeatlor tw ho la In directing chorus work.______ ^ H u M b f for Thi GONGRESSiONiaVIORK Possible Reduction of the War Taxes Foreshadowed. EESOIiUTION ADOPTED BY HOUSE A*ka fo r T a form atton Concetti rug Be v e n ue Xaws am i Proltablo S u rplus for Com ing Fiscal F e a r —B ills Pass e d to O p en ^cUIexnu^ts. I n th e Senate. •WASHINGTON, April 3.-A pOsSIbln reduction of the war taxes was fore shadowed In a resolution adopted by the house calling upon the secretary of the treasury for Information as to the probable surplus existing revenue laws would create during this and the com ing fiscal year. The resolution was pre sented by Mr. Payne, the floor leader of 'the majority. Under suspension of the rules hills were passed to open to settlement 418,- 000 acres in the Fort Hall Indian reser vation and 2,500,000 acres In Oklahoma by ratifying the agreements with the Bannock and Sheshone Indians and the Kiowa, Comanche and Apaches, to di vide the northern judicial district of New York Into two districts and tc appropriate $100,000 for a military post at Sheridan, \Wyo. Tn tlio Senate. No disposition is manifested in the lenate to disturb the e session of libers of the , e who are in t g the opinion too far advances to justify any fort in that direction a t the present ■time. Some of them say that there Is no menace In the present surplus of revenue and they generally agree that as circumstances would not permit the removal of the entire tax. It woUld be a very complicated Work to iquitable adjustment. They say ndertaken When under- ly. During the “speech of Mr. Spoone of \Wisconsin particularly the- chamber, seemed to scintillate with,sparks a s he crossed argumentative swords ' with some of the best debaters on the Dem- ocratlc^ side. His addres^ if so it could be called, was devoted almost wholly to a discussion of the const'ltU’tlOnal qi tlons involved in the pending bill. Stesm e r’s Id e n ti ty D oahttaU jei xsiiMiL ojc xjiuxii, w iuuit ua» tu rived at^ Allcahl'e from - Philadelphlc reports h'avlng passed March 18, In lat 37 north and long. 57 west, a big, half submerged wreck o f , a steamer, anu March 20 the Lion passed in lat. '88 north and long, 42 west, a quantity,of floating wreckage, including a nufnlJer of Plants, which, it was thought, might belong to the wreck Qf -the Prenph steamer, Panlllac, icing overdue, the planks being part of s'bme flooring pur chased In America fbr the P aris exposi tion. The secretary of the French Transatlantic company, however, does not believe the Lion passed the wreck of the Panillac. He expressis the opln- , Ion that the Panillac, having a quan- ' tlty of heavy machinery on board, would. If wrecked, not remain near the surface of the water.. New Y o rk H a t Shop H u rnod. il 3.—Touman’s 19 Broadway, In, v.._ iffman House, and Albermarle hotel, was destroyed by fire last night. Loss $50,000. The guests of both the Hoffman House and Al bemarle hotel were considerably agi tated. The dense smoke got up Into the Hoqraan House corridors and gave the impression that the hotel was In danger. The origin of the fire Is un known. iustment. They say that have to be undertak at bill, but hls speech embi whole question of expansion, and'the treatment by the government and by insular voted—and Inquired: \Can the Am. lean people acquire from another r tlon by purchase the moral right to govern the millions of people against ■their consent, when attested by forci ble resistance—that rlgtttful rebellion which our'revolution consecrated for all people? There is not a page, not a paragraph in our history which sus tains the rightfulness of purchaslnS peoples-ten millions in one batch, like cattle In box cars.” At the conclusion of Mr. Bate’s speech, Mr. Cullom addressed the sen ate briefly In support of the bill. He said: \No man can tru t^u lly say th'aj if this bill shall become a law, congress is not dealing most liberally jvlth the people of Porto Rico. I t imposes no hardships upon ’those people—It pro vides the least possible rate of duty upon a few things In order to raise a little money to run. their government, and 'that ‘little’ only for a little while, until they can get a s tart In taking care of themselves by' their own system of taxation, at which time absolu’to free trade is establlshod between the United States and the Island.\ Advocates and opponents of the Porto Rican tariff and govorninont 1)111 waged vlgorbus war In the senato for more than seven hom's, Long 'hoforo the sen ate ('onvonod at U o'qloeU ’lUo gallni’los avore crowded, and go they remained until Iho conato adjournod, Tliono who listened to tho debata «oro ivell repaid, The ittsicbes wiro gaodi and the runt .uMusmiiw word that he was au heir to an estate in New York state valued at $250,000, left to him by an uncle. John Tragor of Cljloago, hls brother divide.® ■the fortune with him. The name of John Trager Is not in the Chicago city directory. _______________ W e a tlie r Yndicatioiis, Sun—Rises, 5:42; sets, 6,28. Moon—Sets, 10:15. ’Fair Tuesday: clpudy and warmer ■Wednesday; winds shifting to fresh easterly. A Fine Military Play. ‘‘Sbenand’oa'h’’ drew a gdod sized au dience at the Kassoji last evening, and It would be difficult to conceive a more vigorous anid fascluatin'g. production. The play, as Its name Implies, Is a mil itary drama o f \the ’highest order, the plot being laid In the tim e of the Re bellion aud thelncldenits s o interwoven with patriotic sentimeiit, teve, hatred, jealousies and humor as ibo make the story extremely interesting, wihile the initroduction o f uniformed soIdiers,eav- alry horses, muskets and canaion, with the turmoil Incident to war, are ele- ma»ts splendidly Intended to arouse islig f iliS K u'nuncll rcHorvcs tho i 'I k IR S A t e i s f c , HUB* lEPOlI! sterling silver w are Gen. Otis Reviev^fs Work Ac complished Since Jan. 1. ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-'' FOUR SKIRMISHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED— OVER FOURTEEN HUNDRED INSTJ^RGBNTS HAVE BEEN CAPTURED AND AS MANY MORE KILLED AND WOUNDED- SITUATION BECOMING MORE .PA CIFIC. ' “ WASPIINGTON, April 3.—General Otis has cabled to the war department, probably with a view of correcting bbe erroneous impressions that exist inthis oountry as to the state of the insunrec- ti'on in ’the Philippines, a summary of the result o’f the devieloipm'ent of the campaign since the first of the year. A sign-ifieant instance in the report dif ferentiates’the insurgents and the La- drones, showing .that G'cn. Otis has ta ken cogttlzanep of the fact that a con siderable number of the 'hoatiles are not soldiers under the rules of war, and may not expect the same treatment. The report says: “Since January first, one hundred and twenty-four skirmishes In, the Philippines ihave ^been ‘reported, ‘m'ostly very slight af fairs. Our ■oasualties were thteO ofii- eers and seventy-eight enlisted men killed; thirteen officers and one hun dred and fifty-one men wounded. The Insurgents’ and Ladrones* loss In kill ed and left on the field, was fourteen hundred and twemty-six; cai>tured, mostly wounded, fourteen hundred and fifty-three; small arms secured, three thousand and fifty-one; pieces of artil lery, one hundred, and sixty-five; and large captures of other insurgent prop erty. A number of Important insur gent officers are surrendering and the situation ^ graduaily becoming more pacific. (Signed), OTIS.’’ Municipal AiTalrs in Syracuse. ALBANY, April 3.—The report of the assembly committee o n munlctpal affairs In Syracuse will be ready * to morrow. The committee 'will find that there has .been a reckless expen’dlture of public money, In some cases illegal, fche running kway of important wit nesses Is used 08 proof of the methods that the administration did not dare to have probed. Collector Bidwell’s Statem ent. NEW YORK, April 3 .- ’Cpllector Bid- well made this statement .to-day in ref erence to the report that he was to suc ceed Lemuel E. Quigg as chairman of the Repubiican county committee: “If Mr. Quigg retires and the Repub licans c f this county ask me to take -the place made vacant by him I shall do so and work hard for the re-election of President McKinley.\ CLOSING QUOTATIONS. ( New y o r k S ’ oeks, Reported by H.B. Logan, Broker,20 South Main St. Amn. steel & 'Wire .............................. 5614 Arnn. Tobacco .................... .i08il Brooklyn Rapid Transit ........... . ....... 72 C. C.,C. ^ St. L ................................... Continental Tobacco ........................... 3214 consolidated G a s ............................... 187% C. B. & Quincy..................................,.132% Delaware & Hudson.......... . ...............118% Federal Steel ............... . ...................... 49 General Electric.................................131% Louisville & Nashville .......... . ............ Ontario & Western .................. . ......... 26 M anhattan ............................... 96H Missouri Pacific . ............................... ..49% M. K, & T. p f d ....................................36% M^t^onolitan Street R y ..................... Norfolk & Western . ........................... .361^ New York Central . ............................. Pacific Mail *37% PeopIe^s OA s ...•* . ............ . ........ . SCuthern Pacific .......................... Southern Railway pfa^..., .............. ^oal^ & I )ash pfd .. Item Unior VRANKEN, I Y. Dear Sir: Lead and oil is no lounger the paint to be prosperous ■with. j As everybody knows, lead and oil chalks or powders off Iri. about tjiyee years—three years is ‘its limit, Painters are'putting a Htbl’O zinc in their lead to make it tough---it']aat» a good 'three years with a iitU© zinc, But painters don’t like the job of ■mixing zinc. It’s a tedious job, both being white, nobcxly knows when the mixing Is thorough. It gets haU» mixed; and the paint geeai op, a streak of lead and a streak ■of zinc, That Is not good work. The mistake made is In trying to do by hand wha-t Is bolter ■done by ma. ohlnery. Hand-work can’t compote with machlno-work. Dovoo lend and stlnc Is your paint. It wears twice as long no load and oil. This rediica Uio co-st of keeping a IwUBo well p,nliitofJ ’to half. Your* truly, W. DBVQB fc Co, Wm All ib f m m W e have added many new patterns and desirable article to our already large stock, and a complete assortment of <*1847 Rogers Bros.\—Silver Plate that Wears \ —‘*1847 Rogers B r 0 i.** Your Spoons?^ Is your favorite pattern shown here? We do not keep every one or them, as this’ line represents the most desirable patterns made in ‘*1847 /Rogers Bros.’ i SS!1?£SH'S“S\I M A R R Y A . D I L L O I N . Diamond merchant and Jeweler. •8 nORTB MAIN STREET. - Listen To Our Shoe Story! I There are am shoes, so you mi lany sh'oe stprqs and each one teils you another story about may os well listen to ours also. \We have receeived an entirely I, 1 New Line of Spring Shoes, f are full of life and vli^r, 0 fit. Our special for this “Nelaon Custom Fit 5hoe\ . atent leather,” ©fcc. Vmw you as much ytttm m B E L L S M O B C O ., ' 1 0 W . P u l t o n S U N'ext door to the Bell Clothing Co. ^ ^ = = P i= YosUones H iiij' w’ll be ple.iSfd to show thi ir new line of PENINSULAR B r a m e r ’s, THE STOVE M^N. ^ 12 Church Street. Go-Carts and Baby wagons, roll to^ desks. Our new bed room suits $12 and up. Velour couches, $5 and aj>,^ in colors. Veruls Mastin Stands, uphol stery goods and sofa pillows ail In the newest coloi's.'^ Do not forget the ' fancy rockers from ?3.75 to $4,75, fost Jones ^ Go Brussels and Velvet Carpets The handsomest and best line we have ever shown. W. H. D IX O N & CO / IJ HOWTH MAIM tT 9 l i i n TEUrH 0 Ni. 7 l-A<
