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® lje © I w e r s t t i l l e fllftUp C c ftiet:. All VOL. XIII, NO. 187. GLOVERSVILLE, N. Y., SATURDAY, APRIL 7,1900. WHOLE NO. 3,968. BOERS ACTIVE ^ IN FREE STATE Large Force Endeavoring to Turn the British Posi- tioo at Wepener. TWO HUNDRJBD liN'SiTJElGBNTiS RE- PORTESD TO HAVE BEEN CAP- TUiRBD BY SIR CHAIRIiES PAR- «BONS-BOER* PRISONEiRS MAKE A DETEiRMnNED EiPEORT TO BS- OABEJ-nBRlT^'ISH CASiUAiLTIES AT REDDEBS.B(ER(G-‘— BRITISH SOL DIERS 'ARRIVING DAILT AT DLOEM'PON'TEIN. LONDON, April 7.—The Boers are in force a t Wepener, north of iSimithfield, Orange Pnee State, and are threatening General Brabants’ colonial diviaion.the main hody of -whloh, -with artillery, is at Wepener. A telegram which left Maseru, BasutoHand, n o rth of Wepener, at midnight, describee the Boers as be ing “In great force and a s lairadd to make a frontal attack, but i t is -adided they were endeavoring to turn the British position, by crossing the Basu- to frQUitier 'by skirting the Calodon river road, and emerging south of We pener. The Basutos are excited, and Assistant Coajimlssioner Grifldths, who with a force of police left Masert Bhl- d'ay, is going ■where the Boers a re about to trespass, and the tribesmen engaged for railroad work a t Bloemfontein are desertii^ to protect their villages. Reports (reach Maseru almost hourly. of the Boer activity In tbe Orai®6 Bhiee SJate. The latest nnofflcdal dispatch from Bloemfontein, dated Thursday, “The Boers continue to show great activity and numbers of British troops are arriving daily.” 200 REBELS CAPTURED. CARNARVON, Cape Colony, April 6.—It is reported that two hundred in surgents, who -^ere n o t aware that Sir Gharles Parsons had occupPid Nen- hart*^and who were on the way to that place, have been captured hy the Brit ish troops. V io B R PRISONERS ESCAPOS. CAPSE TOWN, April 7.—A determin ed attem p t to escape was made tonday by the Boer prisoners a t Slmonstawn,_ and fourteen of them succeeded In g et ting away, in the confusion\ one of the prisoners was killed and another wounded. One man was recaj)tured, hut fourteen are still missing. Sen tries'have been placed atdiftOTeo-t parts of the towm and the railroad station Is under military supervision. CASUALTIES AT RBDDERSIBERG. LONDON, April 7.—Xiord Roberts re ports to the war office as follows: “BLOEMEONTErN, Friday, April 6. —Our casualties a t Reddersberg Tyere: Officers killed, Capt F. G. Oasson and Lieut. C. R. Barclay, .both of the Northumbei'land regiment; officers wounded, two; officers captured eight Non-commissioned officers and men killed, eight; wounded, thlrty-Jthree; the rest were captured. Our strecngth wa fantry a t ........... was said TAYLOR INDIGNANT. Say* Abnso Haa lleen H e a p e d Upon H im by U n p rincipled N ew spapere. April 7. — Governor , statement at Frankfort in part as folic “For weeks I have bee: atlon by certa CINCINNATI, A] Taylor has given ( ;et of villilicati lade the intuoky. rspaperi smptmpt on myy partart to 3 an atte on m p to fly from justice. Again, when called to my home by reason of the death of a dear sister, the fountains of abuse Were opened and a flood of falsehood and slander poured forth upon me, the charges again being made that I was attempting to fly from the state. “Once, and for all, T desire t o _ s ^ neither directly nor Indirectly, had I any connection with the assassination of Senator Goeheb I am a citizen of this State, amenable to Its laws. I am not a criminal; neither shall 1 ever be lugltlve from Justice. WJhenever in- — ■' such an outrage should committed, I shall appear for trial, conscious of my Innocence, The whole purpose of this persecution has beoii ' and is to drive mo from my post of duty and to punish mo for holding the office to which I have fairly 'been elect ed. Such Burrondar I have not mado, nor will I make It unless the highest courts oC this land should adjudgo that ■ jould do so,” Ksntueky Gavernorahlp Appeali FRANKFORT, Ky., April 7.>-Fomior Governor O. W. Brndloy, chief counaol tor aovornor Tnylor, authorlsod tlia Btatomont that an appeal on behalf of Bovornop Taylor and Lieutenant Govop- nop WftPSball mprlca to tlio lupromfl cpupt of 'tho Untted atntcNi America’s “Hade In Qermany” Torpedo, 6oat. Th'e Somers, wlitoh was .purchased i n Germany just before tike beginning qf the w'ar with Spain, has not proved a remarkably good .bargain for Uncle Sam. In fact, sailors who .are supposed to know declare that 'the boat has a hoor doo. The picture we present is the latest one m^de of this boat, and was photographed during one .of h er recent tests. WHEELER’S STATEMENT. Fighting Jub’s A m b itions A lready Bo- alized—N o t a Candidate. WASHINGTON, April 7. — General Wheeler’s attention behng Suggestion of himself as li calle( IS vice preside! tlal candidate, he made the folio wlr that my name has ever been mentioned in that connection spt as very many other gentl^ have been referred to simply in the way of a personal compliment. I have ap preciated these flattering allusions to myself but never regarded them as other than the kind expressions of partial friends. “The greatest ambition of my 11 already been realized. I hav« against foreign foes, i United States. I have seen the of the people of all the southern istly offer their ser- eagerly vices to fight in the country’s causi and have seen them thus become parti cipants In the events which have sud denly made ours the leadir great po\ zation of our whol( my desires, and beyc ambition whatever.\ G rand A rm y to In v .to Uewoy. CHICAGO. April 7.—Should the Dew ey committee finally decile, owing to the admiral's political aspirations, not to welcome him May 1 in Chicago,, the Grand Ariky of the Republic will in vite him, as a presidential candidate, to attend the great encampment to'be held In Chlcagi conditions 'so advantageous to whole country fills the measure Of desires, and beyond that I have no great encampmi ;o in August. \The Grand .rmy men are anxious to have Ad- mlral'Dewey attend the encampment,” said William H. FCarper, chairman of the general coinmlttee. “We invited him when he first landed in New York, but at that time he found May 1 more convenient, so the Invitation of the Dewey committee was finally accep- Dowoy’H K eturij to W n sliluston. PHILADELPHIA, April 7.—Admiral /■, who arrived here ted to Washington m the Coni and Mrs. Dewey, who_ Thursday, retui •day aftei yesterday afternoon on me congres sional Limited express over the Penn sylvania railroad. The admiral spent Hotel Bellevue, who sent their sylvanla railroac a quiet day at the Among the persons who sent cards to him was 5r. Matt Ward, for merly private secretary to William J. Bryan. Mrs. Dewey left here for New York In the morning to do some shop ping. She returned bn the Congres sional Limited, when the admiral Devrey’s Politics. 7. — Admiral ived here from WASHINGTON, April and Mrs. Dewey have arrh their brief visit to.Philadelphia. In re sponse to the question, \Can you con firm the statement you are credited With making that you are aD'emoorat?” The admiral answered; “Certainly I amm a Democrat.”emocrat.\ “HaveHave youu ever vol- a a D \ yo e ed the Democratic ticket?\ wa ------ -led: \No I r to •which he repll In my life. The ed to vote for -was Mr. Monday next the Admiral Dewey ■will moye into th house at Beauvoir which tElken for the summer. iir country they have Q u a r ters F o r M c lican Tn KatiSM City. KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 7.—John R. McLean, brother-in-law of Admiral Dewey, has engage arters at one of the Democratic convention In .Tuly. e rooms are very choice and It is ru mored that they are to be shared by Admiral Dewey. When the selectlo -- ---- \t is said, 1 made, Mr. MCLean, u is saia, a nounced that the rooms would be o cupled 'by himself and a friend. 'rial Toit of Kearnargi Suooa«*ful. ASHINGTON, April 7.—The naval Inspection hoard returned to Washing ton from Fort Monroe, having com pleted the two days’ sea trial of the battleship Koarsarge. Admiral Rog- ors, the president, says that the test was oomplotoly successful. VARNISH .. MAMj^DEVOE’S VAR- Floor Paint cost Co, moi’o a nuiu’ti makes it look In’lgtotor and wear fully twico BH long RO oUcapur floor paint. Sold by J. A. V rh Aiikon, nmrSOml Icnot-wo BliAll Buffer iwtl wo »lmU iHo, •\OoWsialth. DOINGS IN-CONGRESS. House Passes Substitute for Senate Hawaiian Bill. HILI'g AMENDMENTS DEFEATED. One I’rovlding fo r B e s ident Oommis lioner I q s te a d o f C o n g reaslonal Dole- gate | O ther D e c la rin g fo r Non- lu t e r p r o ta tio u o f State hood F ledge. WASHINGTON, April 7.—The house, after four day’s debate, yesterday i>ass- ed the substitute for the senate bill pro viding for a territorial form- of govern ment for Hawaii. The bill now goes to conference. The most interesting' feature of the day’s proceedings was the attempt of Mr. Hill to secure the adoption of two amendments, one providing for a resi- deat Cdffimlssioper instead of a delegate In congress, and the o-thir declaring Y o n thful M u r d e r e r C o m m its Suicide. DETROIT, April 7.—Harry Hamher- ger, the youth convicted of the mur der of John M. Beindel, attempted sui cide by slashing his throat with a ra zor, which he had procured from a fellow prisoner. The jail officials in- terferect in time to save his life. His windpipe is severed and he bleeds pro fusely. Hamberger was to have been taken to Jackson to begin his life imprisonment. Senate Frooeodinga. Senator Deboe gave notice that he would move to refer, the credentials of former Senator J . C. S. Blackburn as a senator from ^ a t state to the commit tee on privileges and elections. Dur ing the greater part of the session the senate had under consideration the In dian appropriation bill. Early in the day Mr. Sullivan de livered a speech In favor of the seat ing of Hon. M. S. Quay, talned that both as a matte as matter of justice to governor r thorlty to nam- that the legislature for dllivan’s ilan ap- oarrles ------- ------------ of policy and as matter of justice to the state, the governor should exercise the^ au thority to name the senator in event th at the legislature for any reason should fail to elect. For these reasons he declared his intention of voting for the seating o f Mr. Quay. At the conclusion of Mr. Sul speech consideration of the Indl; proprlation bill’ was begun. The ure as reported to the senate $8,413,64L _ ___________ SANTIAGO EXCITED. T rouble S tirred Up O v er A c tion of Now M a y o r G rinan. SANTIAGO, Cuba, April 7.-^The first Imliortant action of the new mayor, Senor Grinan, In suppressing El Cubano Libre and placing the editorial staff of five men under arrest, created intense, excitement -when It became known. El Cubano Libre had alwas^s been Intensely radical in its utterance against Americans, Spaniards and ■white Cubans. It publishes an edi- torlall characterizing the palace as \an official 'sewer and cesspool of moral corruption’’ and charged officials with stealing. The new. mayor, whO' proposes an ag gressive and progressive administration acting under General Wood’s order of March 24, giving mayors the control of public order, confiscated the printing plant and'lodged the editorial staff in jail. He justifies this step on grounds of public decency. The Americans, foreigners and best class of Cubans ap- plau'ar his action. Two hundred promin ent Cubans have signed a telegram to General Wood Indorsing Senor Grinan’s course. The colored party objects and says the time 'has arrived for declsb.'e action. The colored General RabI and other leaders were telegraphed to come Im mediately to Santiago to head a “pop ular movement against the Americans and the Cuban traitors,” There is considerable excitement In the city today, and 'it Is expected tha.t the release of the editors will be follow ed by riots. All the poillce of the city and the rural guards are under arms •and ready for an emergency. VICTORIA’S DRIVE. Tliraiigh Oiia of tlio lliunbleit Beotloua of Dublin Towimlilp. DUBLIN, April 7.—T110 qOoon drove out In on open e.'irrlngo, acconipnnlod toy tho FrIncfHfi Honry of Dattontourg, ft lady.|n»waUln 0 , and CBcortcd by four mounted conntablcPi and a Borgoant of tlin Dutolln police. a section totally devoii beauty, and it must have been decided upon in consequence of her desire to leave no part of the district unvlsited an‘4 no class of her subjects neglected. Queen' Victoria has decided to drive in state through Dublin next Monday, D am age Claim s Inquiry. damages amounting to a little over $100,000 from the government of Peru account of physical torture and the 3 of his property at the hands of revolutionists discloses the fact tha the claims of indemnity have not been urged for the reason that the officials, after investigation, concluded that there was no warrant for It at this stage at least. The matter is still the subject of diplomatic negotiations and its conclusion cannot be foreseen. iONOLULU, March ( inolsco, April 7.)—Two lague were reported March 25 ■(via San cases of was a Japanese fisherman, the other a white nJan named John Hurley. Since that date no cases have appeared. Fam o u s T e n o r Singer Dies. SAN FRANCISCO, April 7.—Ernes- lo Baldanza, the tenor who 12 years ago »ang with Patti in leading roles, Is dead in this city of acute bronchitis. He sang for the last 'time on last Sunday CLOUDBURST IN TEXAS. Storm the Most Terrible on Record, Sweeping Everything Before It, AUiSTIN, Tex., AiprJl 7.—'This section was visited by a cloudburst to-day aad ■the entire counity is inundated. The Colorado 'river here has risen eleven feet In three hours and is still rising. The storm is the ■most terrible oh rec ord, sweeping everything before it. The bridge on ithe Initematdonal and Great N'orthern railroad, seventeen miles north of here, ■was washed, out, wrecking the St.Louls southbound can- non'hall train, ditching the engine,-madl car, >one passenger coach and one sleep- er. Quite a number of people are report ed to have been burned, but a list of casualties Is not obtainable a t present. The (damage 'will amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. ' Four bridges op the Austin and North'western railroa'd have 'been washed away. It is rumored that six negroes living on the Shal river were dro-wned. Philippine Insurrection Spreading? MADRID, April 7.—'It Is 'announced that the minister of ■war, General Fol- avJeja, has received an official diispatch. from Manila an'uouncing that many Spaniards residing a t Manila desire to return to Spain on account of the spreading of the Filipino insurrection In tbe Island of Luzon. Motion for a Writ o f Error. FRAINKPORT, Ky., April 7.-di}x- QovCrnor W. C. Bradley and other at torneys for Republican' Governor Tay lor \vill go before Chief Jus'tlco Ilazol- rlgg this 'afternoon w4tln, a motion for a writ of ■error to (tlw «iiiprorae coiu’t a t Washington In tho vontwte over tho office of governor nua lleutenant-gov- •crnoi^ Angop ventilated oftoh Jiurrlcfi to- vmrd fornivonceai ongor concealed often Jifti'dcnB Into rovenfo.»-'Dulwer- J^yttoiii s « m o F Joint Note Sent to the Chinese Foreign Office by Minis ters of Four Powers. SUPPRESSION OP TH!B .SOCIETY 'MUST BE ACC0(MPLI9H'E1D WITH IN TWO MONTHS OR THE POW ERS MENTIONED WILIi LAND TROOPS AND MARCH INTO 'THE INTERIOR RltOWNOBS—■AMERI CAN, ITALIAN AND FRENCH LE GATIONS PROVIDED WITH NA VAL GUARDS. LONDON, April-7.—A special dis patch from iShanghai announces that jfche American, British, German and French ministershaVe sent a joint 'UOte to the (Chinese foreign office deman'ding th© total suppression o f the society of “Boxers” within (two .months and an nouncing 'that otherwise the ipo'wers mentiou'ed will land troops and march into 'the Interior northern provinces, Shan Tung and Chi 'Ll, in order to se cure (the safety of foreigners. According to the same 'despatch the American, Italian and French legations are now provided \with ' naval 'guards from 'the large ©atherlfag o f warships a t iLiu Kan Ylh, the vioeroy-.of Xlan'g Kiang, 'has had three audi'ences iwith the Dowager Em'press relative to' the Emperor, an'd It is believed that h e 'has iigressed stO'ring hi ■her with the i lis majesty to advisahility of PUERTA TIERA RIOT. B o r r o r s OominRtoft hy N atives os O at- come o f F l a r Strike. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, April 7 .- The natives made a concentrated move ment at Puerta Tlera. Different mobs, totalling about 2,000 men, attacked the foreign colored men. Any English- speaking negro was subjected to at tack, particularly the natives of St. Thomas and St. Kitts. One Porto Rl- caft was killed, one^'was seriously in jured and three negroes of St. Kitts ■were dangerously wounded. The affair was the outcome of the pier strike and the pretence of the tack, apparently, was that the Erjl landers were usurping ] Islanders anticipated trouble and some of them were armed with mob enten revolvers. The of a St. Kitts man and doinen with a machete. Another St. Kitts man was stoned, escaping to the and was forced to jump to id.. He was followed In the sti Bred the housi slashed his ah head was hammered into rowds. , shops are closed, of the soldiers dls] The mere ipersed the Five M n r d a r a r i G a r r o tted. .—Simeon Their crime \ras the murdeir er, iS98, of Senor Prudencio ited this i in Octob- Nendez, at PONCE, Porto Rlpo. April 7.- Rodrlguez, Carlos Pecheo, Hermongnes Pacheco, Eugenie Rodriguez and Rosal ie Santiago, who were condem; deatih by’ganottln morning. !ach of the condemned, heavily aken from their s< priest attend were on guard. ; the execution 5» a le were present. The Amer : no part in i.he proceedings. SITUATION IN ASHANTI. A Coomassie Rumer Reports that All the Ashanti Tribes are In Arms.' ACCRA, British Gold 'Coast CJolony, April 6.—The sitiiation 'in Ashanti is unchanged. A Ccomassie runner re ports, that all the Ashanti 'tribes are in arms, 'the King of Bekwai alone re maining loyal. It is believed that the Ashainti stool has 'beeji ing is ■due to tihe endeavor of ithe gov ernor of 'the colony to itak-e possession of it. CAUTION I When you ask for a Porous Plaster insist tin having A l l ^ k ^ TAKK NO OTHKR G r u e n P r e c isio n W a t c h e s , The Highest | Per fection. NOME REPORTED AS CONDEMNED They stand without a rival in the wo rid for perfect time pieces. Call to see and examine them and ge t pamphlet giving a detailed descrip tion of all parts. , H A R R Y A . D I L L O N . ^ , Diamond Merchant and Jeweler. as nOSTH MAIN STREET. L isten T o O u r S h o e S t o r y ! There are many shoe stores and each one tells you another story about their shoes, so you may as -well listen to ours also. We have receeived an entirely New Line of Spring Shoes, •which we would like .to have you look over. They are full of life an)d>vlgtir, health and strength, with honest soles in 'them. They are miade 'in the latest lasts, a n d shaped to fit Our special for this spring is .'the world renoiwned , ‘ “Nelson Custom Fit 5hoe” made from vicl kid, “Russia calf,” “ chr ome calf,” “paten are made In all sizes, $3.50, an>d warm nt^ed to give you could be gotten out of a $5 shoe. B E L L lO W . R u lto ii nit. Next door to the Bell Clothing Co. __________________________________________________ d I PENINSUUR STEEL RANGE! I e w a x y a n t e d } l . ‘ 6 ^ ' 'll SAVES 25?^ IN PUEL. Bakes on Oven Rack and Ovea g 2 Bottom Same Time. , No Blacking and No Poking. < Any kind of Coal or 24-ln. Wood. J tMiC A ^CUARAN’rEE BONOj Vost, Jones H o n p i will be pli|j to show new line of Go-Carts and Baby wagons, roll top desks. Our new bed room suits from ?12 and up. Velour couches, fS and in colors. Vernis Mastln Stands, nphol-, ^ stery goods and sofa pillows alLln • ^ the newest colors. Do not forget fancy rockers from ?3.75 to ?4.75. ■-I fost, Jones \ Co Brussels and Velvet Carpets 1 The handsomest and best line we have ever shown. , W. H. DIX01N.& CO 37 liORTH MAIN iTHKirn . TiLII>HONi$7l-A.
