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r ^ A ®lje #lo»tr0»illi CtijJrctr. VOL. x n i, NO. 85 . GLOVERSVILLE, N. Y., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7,1899. ■WHOLE NO. 434. BIG FIGHTIMMINENT Boers are Strongly Entrenched Near Spytfontein. GEN. CRONJE REPORTBP TO HAVE BEEN itEINFOEOED BY 3,000 FREE STATERS—METHUEN HEAS .NIGHTLY COMMUNICATIONS WITH KIMBEiRLEY-“.RBPORTED THAT THE BOERS MADE A GEN ERAL ASSAULT ON LADYSMITH LONDON, Dec. 7.—A story ivas cur rent at Durban,, Tuesday, to tlie effect that the Boers made -what Is thought to have been their final effort to capture Ladysmith, December 4, and were de feated and retreated. As the story was brought by runners, it should be re ceived -with caution, as the unreliabil ity of “Kafiirgrams” is notorious. Ac cording to this report the Boers op ened a furious bombardment during the ntorning of December 4, and con tinued i t for hours, when the British finally silenced the Boer guns, made a sortie and hard fighting followed, the Boers retreating after very heavy losses, estimated in the hundreds. Dispatches from Frere camp partial ly confirm the retreatment of the Free State burghers from the vicinity of Ladysmith, but do not indicate that the retreat Was the result of defeat on the previous day, while a statement in Boers are still full of fight, though ii is reiterated that they are short of sup plies. According to a dispatch from General Schalkburgher’s laager, dated , December 3, the French and Austrian military attaches had arrived there, while the German attaches had gone to join the Boer forces along the Tugela river, where a collision was momentar ily expected. Perhaps the explanation of the re tirement of the burghers from Natal can be found in a dispatch from Modder river, December 3, saying that a strong Boer force, estimated to number 3,000 men, was reinforcing General Cronje from Natal. The same dispatch says everything points to the fact that a great engagement will be fought at Spytfontein. The Boers are massing on the hills there, are vigorously building stone, defences and are dig ging rifle pits in every direction. The Boers’ redoubts on Lazarette ridge, west of Kimberly, are also being ex tended and strengthened, showing that the rumors of the intentions of the Boers to abandon the attempt to stem General Methuen’s advance are un founded. t ! AIM! I lOMBERLEY. commander at Cape Town: “Wednesday, Dec. 6.—G( I thuen -wires to-day that he has resum ed command and is nightly in commim- ication with Kimberley. The health of the troops is excellent.’’ ^ SORTIE AT KIMBERLEY. , PRETORIA, Wednesday, Dec. 6.—Of ficial dispatches from different Boer forces say that all is quiet except at Kimberley, where an armored train made a sortie this morning. The Orange F ree State has proclaim ed the annexation of Dordrecht, about 5 miles north of Queenstown, Cape Col- The Tulega Bridge.it Is anounced, is so completely ruined that it will he a work of great magnitude for either bel- Igerents to restore it. The British fir ed on some Republican scouts, south of Tugela, this morning. Th( casualties. here were no Ladysmith on Monday, with the alleg ed purpose of exchanging newspapers, has been made a prisoner and w:ill be brought to Pretoria. LONDON, Dec. 7.—Announcement is made In a special dispatch from Bloem fontein, dated Sunday, December 3, that President Steyn, of the Orange Free State, has joined the Boer forces at Modder field. His appearance, it is added, caused great enthusiasm among the Boers. WAGES INCREASED. 15,000 Hands Granted an Increase of Ten Per Cent. MANCHESTER, N. H., Dec. 7.—Fol- 'i lowing the announcement from Boston j yesterday that the wages at the Amos- keag, Stark and Amory cotton mills here are to be advanced 10 per cent, Agent McDuffie, of the Manchester , company, has declared that his mills also will grant an increase of 10 per yenr In wages. Compromise Ilosolutlon Adopted. PARIS, Dec. 7.—Aftor« fitomy (lo- bato, lap44ng two days, on the subjoot of the nceopianof) by M. Mlllemnd of the portfolio of mlnlator of commcree In the BoiirKoolr. ralilnet, tlio iiocInJlot i'lmgretiti linn ndopLed a mnipromlHo iTHoluilon ndmllthig tliatJi might,mi» dcr rertaln I'lri’iimnlaiii'CB, ImadvlHahle for HOrlulliilf) (0 mrepi ranji a porlfol* io, hilt lliot, no », IP imral nile, BorlaJ' into nliotild only UylU ( k fy 'wliUU tljoy ftf# clc£Wd. TESTIliaONY 'UNSRAKrN; Good W itness F o r tlie rro s e o u tlo n I n the M o llueux T rial. NEW YORK. Dec. 7.—The entire day In the trial of Roland B. Molineux was taken up in the examination of Rudolph Helles, a warm friend of Molineux, an ’ the introduction of letters as evident In the case. Helles was on the witnes! stand Tuesday and the testimony which, he gave then in answer to the prose cution’s rigid questioning was of a sen sational nature, tending to place the prisoner in a bad light. Yesterday Mr. Weeks, counsel for Molineux, made an effort to shake Heiles’ testimony, but, notwithstand ing, the witness reiterated his testi mony that Molineux hated Cornish and Harpster, and that he had endeavored to have Cornish removed from the Knickerbocker Athletic club and Harp ster from his employment. rry Cornish, others to members of the Knickerbocker Athletic club, the ,’ere identified Ish, otl Docker . wing enmity identified by Heiles as having been having been written by Molineux, some to Harry Cornish, others to membs latter showing enmity to Cornish, one written by Molineux to a medical firm Inclosing 25 cents tor a remedy and written on blue crescent paper, and still another, to Mrs. William Scheffler. a wellkno-wn society woman in this ■s. William Scheffler. city and addressed, “My Dear Sadie,’’ marriage to Miss Blanche Chesbrouglr announcing Molineux’s approaching All of these letters, the assistant dis- 7 for comparison, trict attorney announced, were placed in evidence not merely but “for all purposes.’’ i T e m p o rary 'Viotory F o r D efense. ■ ELMIRA, N. T., Dec. 7.—^The defense in the Colonel Robinson Mutual Life In surance company trial in supreme court yesterday scored at least a temporary victory, and it would not be surprising if the case comes to an abrupt ending, never reaching the jury. Francis J. Keenan, ofllclal reporter for the New York county grand jury, for whom an yesterday, and the objection of the at torneys for the defense to the admlsssion of the minutes of the grand jury, before which testimony was given to secure the indictment of Colonel Robinson for grand larcency, from which the present trial resulted, was sustained for the time being by Justice Mattice, and it is probable that they will be ruled out ab solutely. __________________ j Xaw Is Defoctive. ALBANY, Deo. 7,—Governor Roose velt has received from the state fisher ies, game and forestry commission a reply to the letter sent by him to that board complaining that mills In the Adirondacks are draining, sawdust and chemicals into streams, destioylng game he reply states that* the lies in a statute passed In 1895, which provides that It must bq proved that the drainage injures the fish before the mills can be prevented from using the streams for such purposes. This is al most impossible to do since the practice has continued. An effort will be made to secure an amendment by the next legislature repealing this section of the state forest law. Gets T e n Y ears F o r M a n s laughter. was arraigned in supreme court yester day and pleaded guilty to manslaugh ter In the first degree. This plea D1 is trict Attorney Kimball accept :e Dunwell then pronounced islaug] plea D )ted'. Jus- lunwell then pronounced sentence dim, making the sentence 10 years burn state prison. The extreme alty of the crime is 20 years. Shoe maker’s attorney,ttorney, H o n , Calvinalvin J, ] upon hi) in Aubi a H o n , C J, Hu- ed to the court that that h e had son, stated to tl looked Into the case thoroughly and de- Ided to allow his client to plead guilty A rrcsto d on B i r th d a y Annlvoraavy. DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 7.—Harry Hamburger was arrested yesterday o» ............. i birthday Reindel, whose body was found in a fearfully battered condition in his place of business last Saturday night. The police assert that it is certain that Hamburger Is guilty and that the mo tive was robbery. Bloody clothes and other evidences point to Hamburger’s Old X ady SnUocated. BUFFALO, Dec. 7.—Mrs. Theresa Rowland of 21 Pearl place, aged 79 years, was found-dead In bed, from gas asphyxiation. Her companion and ser vant, Miss O’Neil, was found uncon scious from the gas, and Mrs. Row land’s canary bird was found dead in its cage. The shocking discovery was made by neighbors and Miss Hattie Rowland, niece of the dead woman, U f to a late hour this morning the servant had not recovered consciousness. L istened t o A rgum e n ts. ALBANY, Dec. 7.—The court of ap peals listened to arguments on the ap peal of Guiseppe Antonio Barone, undei sentence of death for the killing of Phil- lipo Forestlne, a fellow countryman, al Buffalo on the 20th of June, 1898. The body was subsequently discovered In a cheap packing trunk, floating in the Blackwell canal on the outskirts ot , Big B n rge K eleased, DETROIT, Doc. 7.—The big Besse mer bargo Fritz was roloasotl from her Htrandccl position at the mouth of the St. Clair fiats ship canal and the 31 BteamovB which have been held up are now proceeding. Tlio change In tlu wind allowed tlio tugs to pull tho Prlti off, _______________ _ iriiini From Xlqiini' Tns Violatorn, ALBANY, Doc. Cominis* Bloiioi* (if JlKdBO Lyman rnpoi'ln thot lie hail rocnlved li) fliwB far ilolfUInns of the llijuop tax ifuv a total of |5T0 fi-nm ilio county clcrliB n( OMsiifig. Uttai'jusue nn?! Pulton cotiRttsi, , , , UmEFBSSIIIIDE First Meeting of Committee to Investigate Robert’s Case. REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC LEADERS ATTEMPT TO PERIFECT AN AGREEMENT FOR A DEBATE ON THE FINANCIAL BILL, BUT THE NEGOTIATIONS FAILED—IN THE SENATE-DEATH OF REP RESENTATIVE GREENE AN NOUNCED IN THE HOUSE. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—The special committee of the House appointed tb investigate the charges against Mr, Roberts, held its first meeting to-day behind closed doors. The meeting was called for the purpose of determining the method of proceedure in the case. ^ Little progress was made a't the meeting ,to-day. It hasn’t yet been de cided whether Mr. Roberts is to b e al lowed counsel or whether the heaj'lngs will be open or priva'te, The determin ation of the latter question, it is be lieved, will depend upon Mr. Roberts’ special rule to be broi to-morrow. It provides fSr the ooi siderationofthe bill beginning on Mon day and continuing until late, to be de-* cided upon by the committee on rules. When the house met, Rd’ch'ardson, the minority leader, said the proposal was most unusual. It was th a t a most im portant measure, perfected in all its details during recess by the members on the other side.shouldbe brought into the house without having been, consid ered in the committee and taken up u p on two days’ noitice. He insisted tba,t the bill should go to the committee for consideration. There was no immedi ate call for the passage of this he objected to the proposed J ™n'and arrange- of Nebra mai'k of respec LfJ _ __ •day an-anged the prellmi the consideration of the protests against Senators Quay, Clark amd Scott In the Quay case it was decided to hear his counsel on the 16th Inst,, and that the hearing should be con cluded on that date. Ex-Senator Ed munds and Hon. Jeremiah Wilson, insel for the reanonstramts, were sent and stated that the time ae- (Aiiu ocuLO xu hands of Senators Chandler and Pet- tus. They were authorized to decide for the committeewhatpersons should be summoned wl heard. WASHINGTON transactin ance, the ! til Mondai WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—The speak er has appointed the following mem bers a s a committee on rules of the House: Dalzell, Pennsylvania, and Grosvenor, Ohio, Republicans; and Richardson, Tennessee, and Bailey, Texas, Democrats, The speaker is also a member of the committee. MILLER IN CUSTODY? A New York Newspaper Prints a Statement to That Effect. NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—The Journal, in its afternoon edition, prints a state ment, unconfirmed by any other source, to the effect that W. J. Sutherland, who has been employed by the New York city newspaper to search for Wil liam F . Miller, the absconding manager of the Franklin syndicate, of Brooklyn, and who feturned to this city to-day from Montreal, Canada, when asked where Miller was, replied: “We have had a long chase, but we have got hltu!’’ Detective Sutherland would make no further statement. MONTREAL, Dec. 7.—The party which left here last night for New York consisted of Capt. Sutherland, of the Mooney & Boland detective agency, one of 'his detectives and two reporters of New York afternocm papers. Miller, of the Franklin syndicate fame, who is said to have arrived in Nerw York with them, it 'is stated most positively here, was not with the party, 'his arrest not having been effected. The Six-Day Bieyele Race. NEW YORK, Doc. 7.—In the bicycle race to-day at noon Millor and Waller led with 1,637 miles 9 laps; Maya and MoEachi’en second, 1,637 miles 8 laps, Glmm and Pierce third, 1,637 miles 7 laps; Fisher and Ohovallieivfour’ll!, 1,- 637 miles 4 laps. Obituary, ITHAOA, N. Y„ Dec. 7.-tnmi’lo» A. Bush, proprietor of tho Ollutoii lioiiso, (llod to-tlny of homorrhngo of tlio limM'B, Ho had boon In the hotel I iuh I- ncBH hero for 25 yearn. For m t ib o M W ! Tbo U itA tr. '\DENOUNCES POLYGAMY. stro n g BeiuarlfS By Btsitop D o ane On tliR M o riuou Question. NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—^The convention for conference and action on the Chris tian principles of civil government sailed by the National Reform associa tion, was continued at the Broadway taberna'cle yesterday, a number of ad dressees being made by the prominent clergymen and reformers. The Right Rev. William C. Doane of 'Albany delivered an address on “Our Marriage and Divorce Laws—Their Danger and Remedy.’’ He said in part: “The practical toleration of polygamy which the United States law forbids in Utah is lifting its hideous head and smilingly asks acceptance in our non- Mormon society, demanding recognition by. ivhat the Mormons call th'e “Gen tile” courts, and expecting toleration by the Christian church. It is high time that the matter should be ventilated and discussed in the open. Indeed, the hope of our day,'when laws are loose and the comity of states makes them still looser, and -when the sinner In this direction scorns all religious remon strances, the only hope seems to be in the creation of a wholesome public opinion in whose atmosphere the thing cannot live, “The total number of divorces ^ in ler, the divorces of the last year, 1898, being three times the United States In the 20^ most alarming manner, the divoi 1867 to 1886 was 328,716, and the worst steadily and regularly in the of all the showing Is that they incr< year, 1867. “So far as the civil contract Is cerned, the law of marriage and di vorce will be regulated by legislatures and its enforcement will be controlled by the courts. But It becomes us, who hold strongly to the Intense meaning and value of the marriage relation, to la'ws and then their strict enforcement.” ■essman-elect Roberts, Bishop Doane do what in us lies to secure the best said: “Tho vote in Washington Tues day, whose parliamentary propriety is In an allusion to the seating mosphere in a place where ordinarily good ventilation does not reach—our house of representatives in Washing- In conclusion he said: “The signs of the times are hopeful everywhere There Is an agreement among the men who study social problems from the standpoint of Intelligent morality as to the end to he attained, to solemnize marriage, to make divorce dilBcult. The erences are cr ■ le adopted.’’ APPLIES FOR DIVORCE, Jn l i a n ia rl o irc , th e W eU knovrn Actress, au A p p lican t l u V erm o n t. refusal to support. The case ivas brought in Lamoille county court at Hyde park. Chief Justice Taft presid ing. Decision Was reserved. Tabor’s residence is given as iwe, where he has a summer hom AViU B e T r ied F o r M u rder. TRENTON, N. J„ Dec. 7.—The cor oner’s jury in the case of Minnie Eisley who was murdered at Yardville on Thanksgiving night, has returned a verdict that the woman’s death was caused by a blow struck by Edward Williams, the negro who is now in jail charged with the crime. Count Tolstoi Serioiislv HI. LONDON, Dec. 7.—A special dispatch from Berlin says that Count Tolstoi has been seriously ill. For two days he was unconscious, but he is now slightly bet ter, although great anxiety Is still man ifested in Moscow regarding him. M G im D FtOI General Otis Reports His Ar rival at Vigan. FORCE OP THE ENEMY ENCOUN TERED AT NARBACAN-iOOUNTRY IS EXTREMELY ROUGH AND THE REBELS ARB STRONGLY BN- , TRENCHED—INSURGENTS DRIV EN BACK INTO THE MOUNTAINS —OTHER NEWS FROM THE PHIL IPPINES. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—To the re lief of the war department, General Young 'has been heard from after a iek’s absence in the anterior of Lu- n. General Otis cabled this morning c. 7.—General Youn^ 'al a t Vigan on the Gener IS follows: . “MANILA, reports his arrivi evening of the fifth, having encount ed a force of the enemy at Narbacan, twelve miles south of that city, who'm he drove to the eastward of the same Into San Quentin Canyon. His troops are now pressing 'them back. The coun try is extremely rough and the rebels are strongly entrenched. Abouit six hundred prisoners who escaped report ed that the insurgeuts allowed all but American and prominent Spanish pris oners to escape from Bangued. Later the insurgents were driven back Into the mountains. Will send transporta tion with subsistence and medical sup plies to Vigan to-‘morrow to bring the prisoners to Manila and to supply Youngs’ trooips with necessary quarter master’s store. Our casualties w^re one killed and twelve wounded, the wounds being mostly alight. The ene my left 'in the trenches twenty-five •dead, a few rifles, several 'thousand rounds o f small ammunition and forty shrapnel. Young has suficlent troops to- meet all difficulties. FATAL FIRE IN READING, PA. Hosiery Factory of Nolde & Horst Destroyed To-day. READING, Pa., Dec. 7.—The Nolde & Horst hosiery factory was to-day de stroyed by fire which originated from an explosion of gasoline. There were about 600 girls in the building and these crowded to the roof and fire es- ^ ground, and It Is least fifty were injured. Some are re ported to be in a critical condition. It Is also reported that some are missing, but from the best Information obtain able, no lives were 16st. ^iO\J y* Ul* tu u ULlUiCO VL UWU SiiXO YVeSiU recavered from tlie ruins. Three glrl^ are missing, and it Is feared have been burned to death. H q g e S trike X lireatened. mored here that orders were received by local mine workers’ officials last evening from President Mitchell of the ;ine Wor ess to 0 ipany ei and Mount Carmel out on strike United Mine Workers of America, to be imployes between here leal CO) coke. The company’s six cplllerles iploy 3,000 mine pay law and ask for other important workers, and they obey the order- to strike every tllery will be shut down. In case the men go out they will, likely demand observance of the semi-monthly colliery will be shut dow) P e c u liar S tate of AIRilrg. ISIEW HA'VEN, Conn., Dec. 7.—There Is a possibility of a contest over the estate of the late Alexander Craig, who, with his entire family, perished in the yallroad wreck at Paterson, N. J., Nov. 39. A nice point Is suggested In the case of a decision whether Mr. Craig survived his wife or not. In case Mrs. Craig did not die until after her hus band, papers of administration will be in her estate as well as Mr. ministration. L a b o r e r C rushed to Xleatli. NIAGARA FALLS, Dec. 7.-WiIliam Buchanan, a laborer employed in the wheel pits of the Niagara Falls Pow er company, was crushed to death by .- deirlck boom falling on him. His home was at Ashland, Pa. B e f iu e d t o A c c e p t R e signation. LIMA, Peru, via Galveston, Deo, 7,— President Romana has refused to ac cept the resignation of the cabinet, and public opinion approves the president’s course. Subscribe for The Leader. F O R HO LID A Y G IFT S . 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