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®()£ #loiimtii(lc Ctu&er. V O L XIII, NO 103. GLOVERSVILLE, N. Y., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29,1899. WHOLE NO. 452. ANOTHERMTTLEON Heavy Firing Heard in the Di rection of Stormberg. REPORTS OP DISAFFECTION AMONG THE DUTCH GREATLY OVERDRAWN—RUMOR THAT A BROTHER OP PRESIDENT STEYN . WITH 800 FREE STATERS, RE FUSE TO CONTINUE THE WAR— BADEN-POWELL’S PROCLAMA TION. VOTE CANVASSED. Nearly 150,000 Voters Did Not Vote fo r the Am e n d m e n ts. c the seven vacancies on courtoi bench and for the supreme c candidates for congressman thirty-fourth district The four amendments were adopted by majori ties exceeding 100,000. Nearly 150,000 voters did not vote for the amend- lurt justi rett, James A. O’Gorman, drew, Albert H. Sewell, White, DanieJ_L Keneflch , Truman lei J. Keneflclc and Wari’en Edward B. Vreeland STATE- EXCISE. REPORTS OVERDRAWN. vjapc UO.LCU say that the reported disaffection among the Dutch In Victoria west district has been overdrawn. The farmers are mostly land owners and will not risk the loss of their farms by rising. REFUSE TO CONTINUE WAR. LORENZO MARQUES, De dispatch says that a story is emanating from the Boers, t Steyn, a brother of the px’esid Orange Free State, and e igh t _______ Free Staters have definitely refused to 1 continue the war. Matt Steyn is re ported to have told the president that he was only authorized to intervene in the interest of peace, and that the burghers did not feel they were bound by his “unwarrantable conduct,” es pecially as they ran the risk of confis cation of their property, and they pro posed immediately to return to their farms. The text of Colonel Baden-Powell’s proclamation to the burghers beseiging Mafeking comes from Lorenzo Mar ques to-day, and his assertions are cal culated to surprise others besides the Boer general, Snyman, who has al ready voiced the anger of the recipi ents. After asserting that the repub lics cannot hope for foreign interven tion and pretending to relate to the exact attitude of all the European powers. Including Emperor William, ■who, the colonel says, “fully sympa thizes with England;” Baden-Powell makes the extraordinary statement that the American government has ■warned the others of her intention to side with England should any of themi interfere. CAPTURED GUN REPLACED. PIETERMARITZBURG, Dec. 29.—A dispatch from Ladysmith, dated Dec. 22, says: “The Boers have mounted another howitzer on Surprise hill, re placing the gun captured by us. While they watch us nightly with a search light and bombard daily, they show no signs of assaulting the town. They CIEIHEBJIII SAFE The Creditors of Philadelphia Brokers Swindled. VERY CLEAR CASE OF LOOTING- TOTAL LIABILITIES ■ WILL REACH OVER ONE MILLION DOL LARS, WHILE THE ASSETS TOT AL UP CONSIDERABLY LESS ONS PARTNER UNDER ARREST, OTHER ESCAPES. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 29.Th,e com mittee appointed by creditors to inves tigate the accounts of Stahl & Straub, brokers, who failed Nov. 29, report that the total liabilities amount to |1,221,308 and the total assests ?927,478. These fig- ares mean that the creditors, the hank’s only excepted, can never hope to realize a dollar on the amounts due them tnom the firm. The statement shows that COLLISION ON THE UNION PACIFIC One Person Killed and E leven Injured • by th e Crash. DENVER, Colo., Dec, 29.—The Chey enne flyer on the Union Pacific railroad crashed into a Boulder Valley train at Brighton, Colorado, to-day, William Rundleman, a baggageman on the ■Cheyenne train, was billed. Eleven were injured,.including E. W. Thomp- kins, a traveling man, Kansas City; F. V. Davis, a traveling man; John Phlne, of the Boulder train; S. G. .Hurst, a ’ ' \ Brighton, and Mrs. Denham ’s R espite Extended. issuance these alleged technical errors. The partment was successful in all of these TRAINS RUNNING TO COLENSO. PRETORIA, Dec.25—General Schalk- Burger reported on December 23 that trains are running to Colenso, indicat ing that the Boers have built a connec tion around Ladysmith. General Cronje reports from Modder river, December 24, that the Boers cap tured two British forts at Kuruman, December 17, ASTOR SUBSCRIBES $1,000. LONDON, Dee. 29.—William Waldorf Astor has subscribed $1,000 to the Buckinghamshire fund, to equip the county’s contingent of yeomenry. A FUGITIVE SURRENDERS. Mt. Vernon Man Mistook His W ife for a B u r g lar and Shot Her. MT. VERNON. Dec. 29.—Alfred Mor rison, a professor of languages, mis took his ‘Wife for a burglar early to-day and shot her. The bullet entered the left shoulder and lodged near the lung. She is in a critical condition. Mrs. Mor rison exonerated her husband from the blame. She is about 36 yeara old. Morrison has not been arrested. NEWPELD FOUND GUILTY. Senteneod to Die the W eek B e g ining February 12. NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—The jury in the trial of William Neufeld for the killing of his cousin, Mrs. Nathan Kro- man, to-day returned a verdict of guil ty of murder In the first degree. Ho was aontencod to die the week begin ning Pc'brunry 12. Obituary, NEW YORK, Dee. 20.—Rev. Bylves- tor Mnlono, paotor of tho Roman Oath- ollc cluirch of Saint Petor and Paul, Jlrooklyn, dloil to-day, n p d 79 yearfi. Ho hnti boon a memlior of tho ntato hoard of regonto blwco 181H. Comniissionor lyniB n Discusses Different Phases of His Department. ALBANY, Dec. 29.—The annual re port of State Excise Commissioner Ly man will show that upon questions under local option alone a large num- j there is $833,944 due to banks, and that ber of actions were brought against the | the amount is secured to the loaners by” ' John H. Straub, the junior member of the firm. Is under bail on the charge of , \The suppression of the use ,of slot ' embezzlement. His partner, Mr. Stahl, machines has had special attentibn and Is missing and a warrant has been Is- the efforts of the department to rid the j sued for his arrest. , ^ _ state of these nuisances so far as the Judge McPherson has appointed Prank ; saloons and hotels are concerned have I M. Crawford receiver for the firm, been uniformly successful and satis- | Counsel for the factory. TTie collections after paymf fees were i thousand dollars more than last year. Tl^ rebates exceeded, those of last year and have gradually Increased each year since the law went into effect. More criminal convictions have been secured under the law than any pre vious year-. Many \law and order” societies have been organized by citi zens who have given the district at torneys much assistance in suppressing illegal sales and other violations of the Beginning Jan. 1, 1900, the excise tax of the borough of Queens will be col lected by a special deputy commission er instead of county treasurer. Objects to Palace Car Coiubiue. mnsel for the creditors asked for a straininglining orderrder to preventre\ the transfer o to p ourities and to ha‘ ikrupts. ers’ books, PLANTER KILLED. W caltlUest Bngllsbman Xu Samoan Islands Murdered IJy Natives VANCOUVER. B. C., Deo. 29.—De- ails of fne murder at his Samoan h( Nov. 13 last, of Prank Connwall, lov. 13 last, of Prank Cor the wealthiest British planter in the Sa moan group, are brought by the Steam er Aorangi. Cornwall was murdered while asleep by natives. Hitherto foreigners have felt secure in Samoa in time of peace because the Samoans have looked upon foreign lives ns sacred, and would never approach a white man with deliberate purpose of harming him, no matter what aggra vation there might have been. But, this feeling towards foreigners has changed, and although young Corn wall was generally popular, he is only one of several prominent foreigners whose lives have been threatened. At the request of the missionaries of the New HebiTdes group a punatlve expedition has been sent from Sydney to Tanna by Admiral Pearson of the British navy. Advices of the outrages by the natives brought here a month ago by the Steamer ■Warrimoo, are duplicated by the latest Australian papers, culminating In the attempt ed maBsacre of all Ilia while mission aries and the actual murder of a native ‘teacher. The warship ■Wallaroo was sent-to Tanna, but the blacks got w'ord of the vessels approach and escaped to the. interior which is inaccesible for w'hites. The villages where the offend ers resided were burned by the blue jackets. from the firm, and this was apparently one'of his ways of blinding the eyes of his parti evident. who carried off the goods.” The heaviest creditor is Craw ford, the receiver, in the sum of $68,C?0. one emptied the safe, th The next thing to find c led off the goods.” INQUEST POSTPONED. More Bodies Supposed to Ho In Debris a t Uraaie'.l Mi le. iROWNSVILLE,HLLE, Pa.,a., Dec. bodies P ' discovered irong that the inquest 1 until next IVednesaa Braznell A s s is tant Cashier o f t h e Port Jervis N a tional Bank Gives H im self Up. u-uj.uauuui, LUB lu g m v e a s s isia u t casa- ier of the Port Jervis National bank. Port Jervis, who is alleged to have rob bed that institution of $54,000, to-day surrendered to the United States mar shal here. His left arm was in a sling. He said he had fallen off a train and broken his collar bone. He waived examination before the United States commissioner and was held in $10,000 bail. A TERRIBLE MISTAKE. Married In. Presence of Death. ALBANY, Dec. 29.—In the presence of death on Christmas night Case Burch and Miss Bessie ■Van Zandt, both of Rensselaer, were united In marriage. The groom’s mother, Mrs. Newton Burch, has been dangerously ill from )St'ration, andnd on Ci nervous prostration, a on Christmas night, feeling that she had not many hours to live she made a request that her son, Sase, who was engaged to be married to Miss Van Zandt, be married that evening. It was she said, to sf The mlnistf 1 next tVei six feet of debris remain to be removed from the bottom of the shaft and it is expected ’that two or three bodies ■will be discovered. Yesterday a small dog was taken down, to assist the warkmen. He has been in other wrecked mines in this district and was of great service in finding bodies. He trots along until he catches a scent and then he stops and digs until his master arrives. BENHAM RESPITED. Governor Boosevolt Grants an Extension of Sentence to Feb. 10. ALBANY. Dec. 29.—The first offi cial act that Governor Roosevelt pre formed yesterday afternoon on his re turn here w‘as to grant a respite until Feb. 19 to Howard C. Benham, the con victed Batavia uxoricide, who has been sentenced to die in the chair during the week of Jan. .2. Justice Hooker at Buffalo, before whom motion for a new trial has been made on the grounds of new'ly discovered evidence, made the request for the respite, in order to se cure further time in which to review’ the evidence and reach a decision. Keserved D ecision. BUFFALO, Dec. 29.—Attorneys for the prosecution in the Benham case finished their arguments against grant- the convicted wife murderer arguments agai) onvicted wife murderer a nev yesterday and Justice Hookei reserved his decision. is e mlnii her dying request, lee the ceremony performed, ined and in ter was summoni roung couple for life ced. Shortly after the dying r In the thought of her son’s W inan Settling W ith Creditors. NEW YORK, Dee. 29.—Crdeltors , Erastus Wnman are lut to be lamber the words which united rp^tJon^the dollar. A decree was i about marriage, passed away peacefully. were pro- < justice ■William P. Gaynor author- David Bennett King, assignee, to sment with the assets in Santa Clans Badly Scorched. NTACK, N. Y„ Dec. 29.—The mas festivities Wednesda; anta Claus represei lobert Wheele slant his the fire Wheeler. He ' the addre d caught )thes were led and peo e Christ- Sunday school had snted by final set his possession. rate of 63.163 signed mett King, assignee 1 . The decree setates that has reduced the assigned Lilable funds and realized ,830.70. From this $845.75 for expenses, $419.03 for the .nd $357.22 ' 'his Is t< candle to read the address when his beard caught fire. In an in- n flames, ashed out ensued and people rusl church. Several men smothered Santa Claus but his eye- jurned off and his face was ho occurrence broke up the ItonminH to He Hent Home. [INGTON, Doc. itrong, ’ Doc. 29. — Major I who lost his llEo STASHINGTON, Frank C. Avmstro . . ........ ... In the l^hlUpplnca, and whoso ronmlns a carlelonsly c are to bo brought homo on tho troop., noctlng ft stov( Bhlp Thomas with tlioac of aoncml L a w -' to furnliih tho 1 tho volimtccr wfibUBhini'iU, I tho Thlrty-Bcconcl Infantry, a native of Kanuas, corvea cred tlio DhlUppUHB ulih tho Twonty-hvnt KanBftn InCantry inlop to Jil.'i iippoint. ment no oiinjcun ut tho Thirty .oi-t-jiia in. Two K illed by Gas Suffocation. NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-Peter C. Schroe- der, a wealthy wholesale grocer, was found dead with a young woman yes terday In a room of the hotel of Charles Wester. Boerum place and Livingston Btreet, Brooklyn. The dead woman is described as Tlllle Flynn. Tho couple registered at tho hotel at night, had eev- iml drinks and retired to their room. A carleloBsly adjustod rubber tube con- '0 with ft gas Jot appeared of death, Schvoe- WUlltimB- s with tlioac of Geni'ml Law-' to furnliih the causo of doatli ojor Logan, who a surgeon I dor lived with hln fnnillv In ntcer wfibllBhineiU, nttnehed burg and horn a fiood reputath crcdltftbly In Twonty-ni will create a trust and a mono] of the sleeping and parlor car business is made in a bill filed yesterday in the circuit court by Truman A. Taylor of Alton. III., one of the shareholders of the Pullman company. COmilSBJS SliJD Principal Witness in the Mol- ineux Trial Examined. PHYSICIANS TO THE FRONT- CORNISH’S EXAMINATION PROM ISES TO DEVELOP MANY THINGS NOT YET MADE PUBLIC —REVIEWS MRS. ADAMS’ DEATH BY SUPPOSED “BROMO SELT ZER.” NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Intense inter est is now lent to the trial of Roland B, Molineux because of the appearance on the witness stand of Henry S. Corn ish, to whom the poison which killed Mrs. Adams was sent through the mails. Cornish was on the stand late yesterday afternoon and his examina tion which promises to develop many things not y et made public will p ly continue for several days, with ruptlons here and there for other wit- nesses. Cornish told of the receipt by him of the famous silver holder and bottle of and to have the firm ad- ry bankr countant in charge of the brokers’ boo said at a meeting of the creditors: \This is the cleanest case of looting I have met in 30 vears.” An official at the banking rooms said yesterday In referring .to Stahl’s meth ods: “He ran three separate accounts on securities In the care Once W ealthy, Now a ‘Vagrant. NEW YORK, Deo. 29.—John House man, S3 years old, who says he was once a wealthy man in Sacramento, Cal., was taken to the workhouse yesterday to serve three month had been committf ziNO AND arnwriiNdm Dovoo LcfttI nnU Zinc I'uliU ftSlOllB ■ ’ .. ......................... itra tl nnU Zinc I'uliU wear twice lonil ftnrl oU mixet] by hand. For dll tUo nowii reail Tlio Leader. vagrancy. He [ on Thursday last, his cell and had to found 1 phthisis. s sick in his cell and had I to Bellevue hospital. It v it he was suffering fr XUeotions In Brazil. meral elec- Sunday )Ugout Brazil. The Bi ship Tiradentes has sailed for Amapa, In the territory of Guiana, In dispute (JUS trouble is expectei Ex-Presidont C leveland Convalescent. PRINCETON, N. Y., Dec. 29.—Ex- President Grover Cleveland, who has been confined to his bed for the last three days, was much Improved yes- .terday. The attending physician stat ed that the ex-president would soon be intlrely recovered from his Illness. senate ;on killed the Phi- the submission Pingree'a Itcsolntton K illed In Senate. LANSING, Mich., Dec. 29.—The ate yesterday afterncon killed th gre joint resolution for of a constitutional amendment permit ting amending of the state tax laws, which had been passed by the house by a vote of 16 to 13. The senate has adopted a resolution to adjourn today at noon. _ ________________ Duke of W estm inster’s Ashos Burled. 'LONDON, Dec. 29.—The ashes of the Duke of 'Westminster, whose remains were cremated at 'Woking cemetery, Dec. 24, were yesterday privately in terred in the church yard of Eaton Hall, Cheshire, in the presence of his relatives and the Marquis of Lome, representing Queen Victoria. Canadian Parliam e n t to Bo Summoned. OTTAI\'’A, Dec. 29.—The government gave-out officially last night that par liament would be summoned for the dispatch of business on Feb. 1. Tho principal business will be the voting of supplies for the South African con tingent • _____________ P o rts Opened For Trade. MANILA, Dec. 29.—The order which Buffalo X’rot her when she Just as Cornish’s•nish’s testimony too be interestingteresting thehe ginning t be in t recorder adjourned the case until this morning. The handwriting experts gave away yesterday to the physicians. Another witness on the stand yes terday was John D. Adams, secretary of the Knickerbocker Athletic club. His testimony dealt with the relations between Cornish and Molineux and with the various quarrels that had oc- oured'’at that club. ' Mr. ■Weeks took up the cross-examir ation of Mr. Adams this morning befoi the Jolo and Slassi ■ ports. General Bates will appoint the customs officials. )vlsinn M a rket. BUFFALO, Dec. 28. WHEAT—No, 2 red, 73?io f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 northern old spot, 7i%o; winter \^O^N-No! ri^ellow,'^’36Vic: No. 3 yellow, ^OATS—No. 2 white, 23c; No. 3 mixed, *^RYE—No. 2, 5So In store. FLOUR—Spring wheat, best patent per bbl, $4.00@4.25; low grades, $2.00@2.50; win ter. best family, $3.b04]'3.75; granam, best, *^BUTTER—State and creamery, 26^0 27o; western do. 27c. CHEESE—Fancy full cream, 12%@13o; fair, do, H@12o; light skims, 9@10o. EG(jS_State, 21@22c; Western, 20@21o. POTATOES—State, white fancy, bu, 50@53o: fair to good, 47@-lSc; Jersey, per bbl., $3.0003,50. ________ ' East BniTalo live Stock Market. CATTLE—Extra export steers, $6.25@ 6.75; good do, $5.S5@0.25; choice heavy, butchers, $1.2504.50; light handy do, $4.75 ®5A0,| cows and helfers^extra, $3.50@4.30; NEW YORK, Dec. of creditors whose a statement of facta in let up that the total >r Bros, on Dec. 4, 1899, diminished since the date ■r of $160,009 of has prepar— _ which it Is set up that the total liabili ties of Harper Bros, on Dec. Inished sine $3,083,000, -- named by the turning over of $160,000 ‘ bonds, which leaves the total indebtei ness $2,993,000. The secured indqbte( ness $2,993,000. ness le $1,001,0O( In 1896 the corpe property to secure goldold bonds.nds. Of this year g bo Of th 645,000 stands as colla mainder o f the Issued boi mainder o f the Issued bonds, $355,000, are iding and controlled by the J purpose of reorganls ited net available assets, outstanding and controlled by the com mittee for the purpose of reorganlzatlcn. cured c In Returning Thanks For the Generous Patronage Bestowed Upon Us This ...... Season, We Sincerely Extend Our Best Wishes to All For A Very Happy and..... Prosperous New Year M A R R Y A . D I L L . 0 1 N . Diamond Merchant and Jeweler. 88 NORTH MAIN STREET. We’re After You! We want to fit you out with a good, comfortable pair of D o lg e ’s F e lt S h o e s or Slippers. WRITTEN BY MOLINEUX. NEW YORK ,Dec. 29.—In the Moli neux trial to-day, John D. Adams, se cretary of the Knickerbocker Athletic club, stated positively his belief that the address on the poison package was written by Molineux, with whose hand writing he was familiar. Iting he was fainili HARPER BROS.’ CREDITORS Elan o f R eorganization t o Bo Submitted Shortly. ic. 29.—At the instance se claims aggregate nearly half the entire indebedness of Hai-per & Bros,, a commute of five, of which Alexander E. Orr Is chalrmaTi, has undertaken to prepare and submit to creditors a plan of reorganization. Frellmlnary to this task the committee You will-never know what comfort means un til' you have worn them. Ladies’ Felt Shoes from 75c., up. Ladies’ Felt Slippers from 50c., up. Men’s Felt Shoes from $1.75, up. Men’s Felt Slippers from 60c., up. M. Mark:, Reliable Footwear 9 S. Main St. indqbted- ;erah The re- 1QOO ....will be.... A Happy:;: New Year to all who begin with a NEW PERINSOLfiR STEEL or RED CROSS RANGE. claims, are substa _ . The net liabilities in excess of bonded indebtedness are placed at $1,963,612, showing that the net available assets equal to 22.5 per cent of net liabilities, exclusive of cost of receivership and liquidation. Wrong Merriam Beiiortcd Dead. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—A dispatch from Faribault, Minn., announced that enry .C. Merriam of Company G, Sixth tantry, -who was reported by General A few parlor stoves left. W e can carry the money easier than the stoves. EX AM IN E PR IC E S . ....AT.... Infantry, who was reported by General r\\> ^ Otis as dead from typhoid fever, -was a I ^ 1 C~l I 1 1%?JL son of Captain Merriam, a retired army \ lves,°h^avy”fed,°^$3^00®i.75; ’veals,® $7.23 EP AND LAMBS—Choice to extra. choice to extra spring lambs, $6.00@6.25; common to fqir. S3.50if3.73. Captain Merriam, a retired army officer of this city, and engaged to he married to Miss Bessie Ray of Fail bault. It appears from the war depart ment records that there were two men of the same name in the Phl.ipplnes. . The Henry C. Merriam who died of . typhoid fever at Mhnila on the 19th Inst, was a private in Company G, Twehty- flrst United States Infantry. He was 1 not a sop. of Captain Merriam of this Miners Opposed to Strike. PHILLIFSBURG, Pa., Dec. lass meeting of several thousa In Northern Cambria yesterday a reso lution was adopted declaring opposition to a strike until after the annual meet ing of the national organization of Unit- \Workers at : THE STOVE MAN, 12 w iurcli Street:. Remarkable Offer in Furniture —for the— H O LID A Y S Some of the things mentioned below; Fancy cobbler rocker, $1.88. Gold Oak jardiniere stands, 55c., 75c. and $1.00. Good oak extension table, $4.50. Six dining chairs, $4.08. Oak side board, $12.00. Hall trees, $8.50. Morris chairs, $4.75 to- $15.00. Turkish chairs, $17.00 to $25.00. 3-Piece Parlor Suits, $15,00, and oth er things in same proportion, all to be had at lost Jois ^ «0 WEST FULTON STREET Pa., Dec. 29.—-At £ eral thousand mlneri ed Mine \Workers at Indianapolis next month, unless officially ordered out Jan, 1. This action makes a general strike of the 30,00 miners in Central Penn sylvania next Monday highly impvoba- F O R H O U O A Y Q I F T S . Scarfs, storm Collarsi Aiilinal Pieces, Caj^es, Muffs, Gloves, Jackets sum, FOX, ifiilrsiiBiE, biink , and Other Paihionnblo Furd, SEALSKIN QARMENTD ARE A SPICIALTY WITH U8 472 , W . 476,470 Brondwny Your Wife Will Appreciate a ....... Handsome Rug ......... For Christmas. Largest, Hand somest and Best line in the city w. dixon ; &O C r 87 NORTH MAIN 8TRKIT
