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@lotiecst)Ule Hatlp Cealieir. VOL. XIII, NO. 194. GLOVERSVILLE, N. Y., MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1900. WHOLE NO. 3,975. AT CROTj^ DAM ! Troops Arrive at the Scene of the Troubles. NO VIOLENCE HAIS OCCURRED TO DAY, BUT THE STRIKERS ARE HEAVILY ARMED AND INDICA TIONS FOR AvSETTLEMENT A(RB UNFAVORABLE. CROTON LANDING, N. Y.. April 10. —Up to teni o ’olocH toidiay there was mo moremieiit by itlhie caatnaictors or their representa’fi.ves to p u t any one to work at the new dam. Applications tor warrants for the arrest of the riot leaders have keen miade ajud arrests may occur at any time. About 8 o ’clock about 150 strikers gathered near what is called “lAttle Italy” and wwe ad dressed in Ital'lan by the leaders. 'What the purport of this talk was could not be learinied, but instructions were un doubtedly given by the leaders. About forty of the nien were armed with rifles and shot guns.. Many of tihe ohcrs carried revolvers and two of them.’had haitiohets. There Were over 200 depu ties scattered around the works' near the new ■daim, hut th ey h ad niothing to do except to talk om the pos^hdlities of •the next few days. ' NEW tORK, April 16.— G, with Oa^.Chanles I. Dieheviense' an. com mand, left its armory to Brooklyn; .ho- day, bound for Crotom Dam. The 'troop itumed' louJt 91 oneai'. Company B of Mount Viem'on -left itihehe for tbhe scene of the strilfle^t 9:30 o’ldock: this miorming. The troops ammhered .86 men and were under 'Comimamid' o f Oapt. Schneidfer. They carried raitions for •three days, NEW YDRK, April 16.—Dispatches from Croton Landing tflils morning r e port that everything .was qutet there. No attempt has been made to p u t new men a t iwohk'ini place of tbe atrikers. Several eompanJes of militia from Now York ito ,£3w^iC)SL Landing this morning. WHOLESALE MURDER. Three Hen Killed, by a n Italian in a Riot. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., April 16.—At a speakeasy at mine No. 31 of the Ber- wind white coal company, near Wlnd- ber, Somerset county, a riot occuriPed shortly 'before midmightln which three men were Icilledby hetogshot and stab bed to death au'd another m'an was so badly stabbed that his recovery is doubtful. One Italian is supposed to have done the killing and he is said •to have fled toward this d ty. The po lice here are o n the lookout for him. The •killing is said to have heen the culmination o f a drunken row, which was an outgrowth of trouble that has been brewing dimong 'the imlners at W'todiber for several weeks. insurgents Routed* MANILA, April 16.-HCaptato Bodd, with a squadron o f the third .cavalry, recently surrounded a village dn 'Ben- •guet iprovinoe and surprised 200 toisur- genits living in barracks 'and apparent ly a .recruiting centre for ibhe province. The enemy lost 53 oniem .killed. Our troops also captured 44 mien and burn ed the village. One American, was wounded. ^ cyWone In Texas. DALLAS, *]^xas, April 16.— A. spec- 'ial dispatch from Boyse, Texas, says; “A cyclone struck this place a t mid night and it is beiliteve'd that seveiral lives 'have been I'Osit. Eight hioiuses were wrecked and the greatest excite- meiit prevails. All .telegraph and tele phone wires were destroyed.” . Royse is 30 .m'lles n orth of Dallasi. Cappenters Strikg.v^ y. They ( five days of Staten Island went on a NEW YORK, April IG.-All the carper trike tc ays of the i on Saturday, and that no member of the union shall be employed .In any circum stances between 1 and 5 o’clock on Satur- anoes b day. The manded pay Sundays a for an Instltut In Favor o f Express Companies. WASHINGTON, April 10,—Tho supremo court to-day docldoti Iho cases Involving tho stamp tax as ’It applies to express packages, tho question Involved being whothor tho shipper or carrier' shall pay tho tax. Tho opinion was favomblo to tho oxprosH companies, Kentucky Caiei. WASniNOTON, April W,-.Tlio cnoco In volving tho Kentucky governotohip wore flocketed In tho United fltftlei. <n»premo court to-day. Tho court ftdvin‘'8rt the cases 80 that they will bo hsard April when each will be allowed four hours for hrgmntnt. GEN. BRABANT STILL H O L DING HIS OW N IN W E P E N E R . The m'Oat rec'enit eaihlaai necaiiveid from 'the froM' indicate ithat Gen. Brabant, who is in ’Wepener, is still hoildiang h is ,own. 'This picture lof the town that iflgurea so pTOmlnently to the aeiwsiof ithe 'day was taken just previous to the occupatiioii of 'the pl'ace by the English, wihen on©of the Boer c'o.mm.ando-3 that are noiw so busy in itry,ra,g to; force 'the Eritish General to .capltnMe, was d-r-awn uj) .in the m'aa-ket square for inspe ction. MILNER'S-MESSAGE. LONDON, April 16,—Joseph Cham berlain, secretary of state for the col onies, has received 'this dispatch from Sir Alfred Milner, British high c.onmiis- slonpr In gopth A'frlca: eludes m-a] e riUttrber of visitors to Soutl I, la constantly increasing and in -especially ladles —■who sm to have no particular call of duty business. am sure this would not be the case id at home that visitor! Inary times would be most iondltlons REPORT OF VICTORY. Unconfirm ed R u m o r of g e n e r a l B r a b a n t’s Success. BOER DEFEAT NOT OBEDITEDy if it were realized at home th at visitors who in ordinary times would be most welcome, may under .existing condltli become a serious source of inconvi lence, Interfering with the work of the military and civil officers, and putting a strain on our limited mea modatlon, which are urgei for those who have duty to p< here or who are Invalided from the -tfee-ex- (pense of living—at all times very 'high —is caused by this excessive Influx of visitors, and this is a hardship to per sons of the latter class.” After saying that there is no place less suitable for recreation than South Africa at present, Sir Alfred Milner concluds as follows; \Lord Roberts, to whom I have sub mitted this message, authorizes me to add that he fully concurs In the views expressed.” _______ 'ACTIVITY ~AT WEPENER. Some B rltlah Caaualtios—R o y a l Irish K lilos M eet Roverae. ALIWAL NORTH, Saturday. April 14.—Colonel Grenfell wires that 'the cas ualties at Wepener influde Quartermas ter Williams, Lieutenant Halford and Lieutenant Duncan and 15 men wound- Sir Godfrey Lagden, resident commis sioner at M asaru,, telegraphs that no shelling has been heard from the direc tion of Wepener today. A regiment of British infantry and a battery of artillery arrived Friday, General Brabant’s 'headquarters and all the mounted troops have gone to Rouxvllle. mate Rouxvllle. The former landrost, who had been acting for the British, offered to go to the front to prove himself a true Free Itater and almost to a man the e Boers. Nearly everyone preduc Luser, Looting, ■ however, ,. It Is reported that ther( Staters who had taken the oath rejoir ed the Boers. Nearly everyone pro ed a Maue repressed. 7,000 Boers at Wepener. Fourteen British sympathizers have been imprisoned. The Boers admit having shot Mr. Guiney, 'the hotelkeep er, for taking forage to the British. A paymaster with £1,400 (?7,000) was captured. ‘ _______ EXPENSIVE WAR. W lnstou C h u rclilll Says Thousands of M o re Men W ill Be Needed. . ein, under Saturday’s date, itlng his opinion that the war is jbound to prove an extremely expensive He says; \Two hundred and .fif ty thousand men will be needed before the end is attained. The Question ol remounts will continue one of vita; Importance. Great numbers are noi7 arriving, but owing to the faot that they have to be put to work boforf time Is given them to recover from th( eKeots of tho voyage, their condlLlor, Is low and tho death rate %mong therm high. Thousands therefore, will be wanted In addition to those now hort or on tho way and groat resting dopotj must bo formed, togothor with nn am- plo BtafC to nurao and oxorelso thorn. II that Is dono, then about four or flvf months hence you will bo able to giv( <your eavaliY a now loaso of life and Blj'ongth.\ Miner imltli CH}itiHr«d by nom'.'i. ■WARRENTON, April W. - Franli Bmith, the weJlknown mlno owner, rell Into the h i«di of tin Door* while driv ing from Hkikloy Wmt toward tin Frank Mmfth dtamnnd inltm, Said t o H a v e T a k e n T laco a t W o p enor. B r itish Send C h e e rful D ispatches F r o m B loem fontein — W iuter A p p rodchlng—K r u g e r \Very Active. LONDON, April 16.—The -Cape Town forrespondent of The Dally -Telegraph telegraphing Sunday, says; “An unconfirmed report Is In clrcu^ latlofi'here that General Brabant has inflicted a crushing defeat upon Boers sat Wepener, capturing guns and taking prisoners.” LONDON, April 16.—The war office had nothing to communicate to public yesterday. It may be taken for granted that the rumor of General Brabant’s victory at Wepener Is pre mature. With the remainder of his troops he left Aliwal North Saturday BERLIN, April 16.—The reports cir culated .of contocn'ces ibetween Count ■y-cn Bu'jlow a'nd the Boer .delegates are semi-offlda'lly ideclaited to be pure to- ventions. It is added' th-at the only thing which has occurred w-hs an ex change of visits ’Of ecntrbesy madesjby ■m^'G-eriitton -CWESGl Eit aHlaiC who is personally Imawn .to the delegates, but who did not discuss po-liUcal affairs with them. MAJOE GENEEAL CHEBMSIDB. for Rouxvllle, and there has scarcely heen time for an engagement. There ish news. All- the is practically no fresh Bloemfontein 'dlspat breathe 'a confident to day defeated the Brit.lsli, eaustog them to jly in the 'dhiectlion c.f Woilvcrpoort, apparienitly over ithe Orange, river. The Bo'ers rteport no casualties during the re-cent fighting a t Warren'to wu. LONDON, April 16.—A special dis patch from Ladysmith says; \Native scouts have juat yeported that the Boers 'have succeeded in blowtog up three important collieries near Wessiel’s Nek, and completely d'c'stroytog the FRANKFORT, Friday, April 13. (via Lorenzo Marques).—Fighting with General Brabanifs horse at Jammers.- burg BrJft contimves. Commandant Petrus \d'e 'Wet is reported to have en gaged 'the troops sent from. Bloeiafon- tein to Brabant’s assista'nce. There was also a -brush with a British column advancing towards Bulttontein, wit’n- ou't a decisive result. i GAPB T'OWIN, April 16.—It Is re ported that iGeneral Brabant has de- feaited the Boers a t \WeipeTen an-d cap tured itheir arms. Boers Koiuforcetl a t D ew o t’s D o rp. LONDON, Abril 16,-The Bloemfon tein correspondent of The Times tele graphing Sunday, says: “It Is reported that reinforcements for the Boers .s have arrived at Dswet’s Wepener. This should iction. The statmeni President Kruger to confirm oers are gettin •ntinual exertion Dorp, enroute i precipitate an acti. that President K The statmei that the are getting disheartened. This has been seems to confirm the reports ce appealrs , now to have P risoner Scliiel's A ttem p t to Bscape. consequence of an attempt to escape. It appears that Colonel Schiel bribed a boatman to take a letter to the Dutch .. cruiser, but the boatmair, by mistake, so large an army leaves the popul- took It to. the British cruiser Nlobe. ■ ace bare of everything save the abso- a large knife was found in possession luto necessities of life. of one of the three prls The dispatches announce the ap- Schicl breathe 'a confident tone. There seem to be a heavy demand on the railway Tisoners. Colonel 1 walked to the citadel, declining rrlage that was placed at his dls- Spring Upholstery.HI,, m mm [CFirst, what Ito get. Thea where to'get it- This^ is^ the. onl^ exclusive 1 upholstry department in the city. If yon know what you want, all you have to do is to pick It out from our pro fusion of beautiful things If you don’t kffow, our export decoratorsj f you don’t kffow, o 11 help you find out Upholstry is afi art, as well as a busi-' Summer Curtains: Gruen Precisioni Watches, The Highest Per fection. The best watch for ail who require and appreciate perfect time. In the; chief watch inspector’s annual report o f watches in use on the Saute F6 sy»» tern, the Gruen Precision Watches wer e the only watches which had' NONE DEPORTED AS CONDEMNEDf| They stand without a rival in the world 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 I N , Diamond Merchant and Jeweler. 38 nORTH MAIN STREET. Great Removal Sale of Furniture, Carpeta| and Household Specialties at Feldman^s, 37 W. Fulton St. romises greater bargain chances than any similar event. Sound ecohoisty L prices and opportunity are too imp o rtant to be disregarded, efore moving to crur new store we wish to reduce our stock as ^much. ■possible. House-cleaning is near a t hand. Ta ke advantage of this opportunity. CHAMBER SUITS. oak, 3 pieces, swel ■ge French plate n r price ?25, now ?20. EXTENSION TAEILE. 8 foot extension tables, well made, nicely finished, well -frorth ?10, our price ?7.50. SOLID OAK SIDEBOARD ■Well constructed, golden-oak ^ari^^Prench mirror, worth ?15 finish. DINING CHAIRS. Heavy n hand c CHIFFONNIERS. Extra large size, golden o a k ___ drawers, with hat box. Regular i ?8, now ?5.98. CARPETS, istries, all . now 75c. per yard. ^ All wool ingrains worth 65c per ytL* « aow 50c. per vaivl/ ' * ' ’ W Y p o r t i e r e s : bottom, beautiful id point Despree curtains, ranging from 52.75 up. M . R E L D M A I N , Home Outfitter. t1 arfi. ll9W. Fulton SL S doors east oyP. O h-net that seem er .aiir, one diollai Just a -word, about some ligh class window decoratk Dainty ruffled -hattgings 'of muslin andfiah-net that seem to breathe the summeT .aiir, one dollar to seven-fifty a high mer use— Colored Madras and 'Silk striped snow-flake curtains, ?1.45 to $6.00 a ■ ' ■ * ■ ’ ' Scotch .cfrete cur- cus’fccim house— ______ rn the'looms j ^ Dainty LACE CURTAINS. To-day, we’!! speak 'of only .the $4, $5 and $6 sertB; Fmrty-s'ix different p at terns l>n w hite Irish Poiiisb and Tam- 'boured curtains a t these ®r,ices—each one an execpWomal value a t the price. ’ We’d .describe some of them df it were possible. ' where considerable rain has fallen. It Is said that President Kruger visit ed visited the Boer camp a t Kroonstad s well as Brandfort. To ■Withdraw Forces A cross th o Vot. REPORTS UNCONFIRMED. Nothing Definite From South Africa in To-Day,s Dispatches. LONDON, April 16.—Conflicting re ports regarding 'the conditlions ait Wie- peneir cointinue, b u t ait 'thto .hour there Is mo definite or toporbant mews from the front. 'A Cape Town dlspatoh says that nearly 3,000 'Itorse's have been landed 'bhero since Aiprll 13, 'Whldh dlcat'C'S 'that lovory effort Is 'boing I'o'u . fort'h to renaiedy that .groat idofoofc to I the Briltlali organlziutton. C'Utef iBoc-i’ Dctogato Fladicr, acco'm- PMiIcd by Dr. Loyds, visited 'llio piicsl- dontof tiro Dutch cabtoct to-'day at the Hogiio, but tho doings of tho Boer dcl- tgates cmite HltJe gpeculvUon In Eng* land. An ofllcinl bulletin lasur'i nt yrcbi*- la April 18 j’fporti that tb* ourfhari 1 faptumd S 08 iltuflit»r#d oxan, a t Wa* [ liiiiriuM U iiK ta. ]U lirnM iiaii that elegraphing - Saturday lent Kruger attended a conference of , .he Boer commandants at Brandfort on Thursday. It Is believed that a decision each .grade; a no troubte In our mew ca-v] ^M©r\ceriz-€id damask, seif-coloireid res, $5.95 a pair; four co'lori: I .getting them to mail •pets, fuirniiture or w o fig- ______ idraw t forces to .the north of Tet river, pren: atory to a general retirement acros; Yaal river if hard pressed, leaving laclied to withdraw the Transvaal VaJ; Free Staters to their.own resources.’ B u r g lars Go T h r o u g h Dvlck W a ll. TORONTO, April 10.—Burglars dug through the 0-lnch brick wall of the vault of 'St. Simon’s church with crow bars and picks and stole $1,175, tho in- Easter offering. The church Is Bltuated j)Uit ou tho brow of a ravine and the oraoks- 1 mon workod throe hours unobserved. Clovornor Taylor lu W'nsItliiKtoii. WASHINGTON, April 10.—Govonu oylov of Kentucky is in tho city and remain boro until Wednonday to after bis Intoi'oms in the contest win* ib^toro tlio supremo court for the offloo l«r (fovarnor of Kent) V A B N IB iriL ^ ^ j,D 13 VOH ‘0 VAR- Floor Faint cont 6c, ino}’» «, ijimrfcj m i k ti it look hriybt«r fiud v m fully twici «i long M ckmipiir io o r pii»L mu Wjf» A Ym AttkMu mtrnmi FURNITURE COVERINGS. Every desirable, ■mew S'tuff ■fr’Om the $15 silks .d'own to fifty-foeuit tapestries. The mos't popular stuff® sie'em .to be^ the hsavy, rlc.h -tapiestrles dm Dresd'em,* LO'Uiis XrV amd Empire designs, whiich are ■especiaHy ada.pted for library -am'd S'ibting-roomi' furnlltui’ie', and largS’> o dd' .p'lecm Gianuine La- Pe^tite Poilm't tap'eairteB, 50 ilnclres wlide, $2 to' $5 a yard. Heavy taiMSitrles In. verdure, .paitterns, $2 to $3.50 a ya.nl. Or B0'k‘h.ara pattems—copies 'Of tho Bokhai’a-^'Ugs, frarn'e .prices. S L ip-covm a , •Easy to get wlrat you v/aivt when there nre so many .kinils—Qiermian fcln- (Mi, cretonno, dlmiity, clilnitr, ■n'liiil tlclc- AWMINGQ, Wo'll malt'O ilicm nm anidi hold till wimtctl-R.'ivG ycu 'tho w«rry of delay. flccoiKl l!o«r, AII»ny,N.Y, peninsular ! STEEL RANGE E (Warranted) 3 SAVES 28?^ IN FUEL^ Bakes on Oven Rack and Oven 1 B ottom Sam e Time. ^ No Blacking and No Poking. J I Any k ind of Coal or 24>|n. Wood. 11 > .W E GIVE A ' ' e I GUARANTEE BONDl ^S toveM a tijl M,JoniisiCoii|Hf| Havfe all the mW} Spring Styles of Furniture. Jllorger Mihail Emi Discount of 10 per Call and look out mammoth over before purchasing a'nd money. lOst Jones i K 60 West Fultoni Btneet. . Brussels and Velvet Carpetl The handsomest and best line we have ever shown. W . M . D I X O I N & CC 3 »r muTH MAIN ir n ic ir
