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i^lje #lotier0oiUe Daily Cea^er. VO L .X III, NO 133. GLOVERSVILLE, N. Y., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1900. WHOLE NO. 3,914, BOER m m m i i m Numbers Marching Toward the Tugela River. ANOTHER BATTLE EXPECTED— ‘ MILITARY CRITICS DISMAYED AT PROSPECT OP MORE FIGHT ING WITHOUT BULLER BEING REINFORCED — MORE REB^JL- LIOUS TALK AMONG THE CAPE DUTCH. LONDON, Feb'. 3.-Heliograms flashed from Ladysm ith three days ago say th a t the Boer investm ent lines then were thinning and, th a t the besiegers were moving in force tow ard th 0 Tu gela, indicating t h a t a collision was ex pected there. This intelligence bears out other signs th a t General Buller purposes a fresh attack. The w a r ofilce continues to reveal nothing of w h a t has happened in N a tal. W ithout exception the m ilitary critics regard w ith dismay the pros pect of a renewal of the assaults un less General Buller has been heavily reinforced; and there Is nothing to in dicate th a t this is the case. Lord Kitchener has been traveling from arm y to arm y in N o rthern Cape Colony, and General French, by in structions, is now in Cape Town con sulting w ith Lord Roberts. Large en-' gineering ^lonstructions are proceeding ' a t Modder river, suggesting th a t Lord M ethuen’s fortified camp has been se lected as the base from which to in vade the Free State. Numerous sid ings, platform s and warehouses are being built and 'the railw ay bridge is well advanced. German strategists assert th a t the topography of the country would make Invasion easier from Kimberley and the district northward^^than from the more rugged region of Sterkstroom or Colesberg. Therefore, they infer th a t the com bined B ritish forces will overwhelm the Boers at M agersfonteln and first relieve Kimberley as an incident of the invasion. “General Buller’s retreat,” says the Capeape Townown correspondentorrespondent off Thehe Stan dard, “has resulted in a recrudescence C T c o T uaru , n a s resuiie a in a rec: of treasonable talk here.” The bitter feeling of the Dutch against the B ritish has possibly sug gested the opportuneness of an organ ized attack on Sir Alfred Milner by the m inlsteriallsl press, which has pub lished a n article, believed to have been w ritten by Mr. M errlman, secretary of ■ th e Cape treasury, demanding Sir Al fred Milner’s recall. The coming congress of the A frikan der bund Is expected to consider a res- ' olutlon expressing disapproval of the policy which led up to the war, and “urging peace on f a ir term s.” I t is learned t h ^ the w a r office in tends to increase the regular arm y by 15 battalions of infantry, adding these to the existing regim ents. The cost of the w a r to the end of the fiscal year, M arch 31, is estim ated a t £30,000,000 ($150,000,000). The house of commons had already granted £10,000,000, and The Times says the other £20,000,000 will be asked EXPERTS OPINION. X'nrora W lilpx'lng tlic Boer ilrmiQs aud Then Capturing Their Cities, (Morning Post to the principles upon* which w a r should be conducted, as ap plicable to South Africa, says: “The Boers have no great cities. Pretoria a n d Bloom,fon'tein a re not cen ters of national life, like P a ris and London. To occupy them, therefore, would have little effect, unless after a defeat of the Boer arm y . “The Boer power Is the body of cltl- ' zens constituting the army. I t is, there fore, our first business to crush the ■biggest army, namely that in the vicin ity of Ladysmith. 'Though there have been a p p arently troops enough in South Africa General Buffer has never had a iufficit cient number for this purpose. Accordingly, the outlines of the war reveal no bold a n d clear conceptions. “Until the strategical Ideal emerges, and controls 'the wliole opinion, there can be no decided turn in the tide.” B r itish Scouting Party’s Narrow Bsoape, LOURENZO MARQUES, Feb. 3.— The following, dated Gaberones, Jan. 20, has been received here: “A Boer scout was captured yesl day by Colonel Plum e r’s outposts s a sm all party w a s sent out to recon noitre certain hills. They ascended the wrong kopje and blundered upon a Boer fortress, armed with a Maxim. Fortunately they managed to escape without casualties.\ A later dispatch from Gaberones, dated Jan. 26, says: “Colonel Plum e r used his 121-2- pounder on the Boor position for the first time today. The Boors replied speedily and accurately, but did no B u ller’i Movomont a lUiih] Bhy Ouo. Fob. 3.—The Mllltalr Wooh- 1 of the general staff, BERLIN , ] onblatt, the organ of the general s rovlowlng Sir Redvors BuIIor’s __ movement, pronounces it “an extraor dinarily risky undertaking, only to bo justlflsd by the urgency of tho situa tion,\ Tbo writer says! \General Buffer Bhouia liftvo reckoned wUli the fact, already ropontodiy demonstrated, in <bo Boor war, Uwt with modern wca. jion» ovon thoco long drawn nut lines ot dofonso ftro oxcccdlnnly ntrong.wlien nn enemy sklHfully mitcn ndvautago of Jopogrophy Beern I hivo done.\ ^ Q m JUM; se't^Ti h u n a reaancr seventymaTkh have been raised to assist 'the Bed Cross service among the Boers, Mafefcing on Short Rations. ■MAFEKING, Feb. 3.—Siege rations of bread and meat have only now been en forced. Oats intended for horses, are )W saved to supply the troops, ^if ieded. Tinned milk and matches com- landeered; Liquor is scarce. Lady Sarah Wilson is pluckily attend ing to hospital work, and constantly passing to a n d fro under shell fire. WAR OFPIiOE SILENT. , LONDON, Feb. 3.—The ■war office is silent regarding Buller, tout ttoere is ev ery reason to believe that toe is contin uing tois movement upon Ladysmith. Those in iposition to know, confirm tois reported re-crossing of the Tu'gela riv er and believe that toe was engaged yesterday. Field Marshall Roberts reports that forty Highlanders, who toad .previously been reported hilled at Magersfonteln, are prisoners at Piretorra. DENIAL BY THE GERMAN FOREIGN OFFICE. BERLIN, Feb. 3.—The German for eign office denies that Dr. Leyds, the diplomatic agent of the Transvaal, is attem,pting to induce Germany to join in an intervention movement. Leyds declines to .discuss the possible inter vention and denies that he is going to St. Petersburg. He did not desire to emphasize why there should he a bond of sympathy between the United States and the Transvaal, as it might embar rass Montague White, theofBelal of the Transvaal who is now in the United .States. 20,000 BOERS AT THE TUGELA. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 3.—Major Bathurst, whojvas wounded a t Colenso, arrived here this morning. He says there are 20,000 Boers a t the 'Tugela River, but Buller 'can get through, if he is prepared to sacriftce five or six hun- ■dred men. Man Blown to Pieces. . S(5RANT6 n , Pa., Feb. 3.—Geo. Shot- well was blown to pieces and Fred Mol- ineux terribly burned by an explosion in the corning mill of the Consumers’ Powder company, near Jessup to-day. TWO buildings were destroyed. Strike Declared Off. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 3.—It is an nounced at the 'Cramp’s ship yard that the strike which has been in progress since last August was officially declar ed off to-day by representatives of the strikers. Noted Scotch Physician Dead. Peary A rctic CInp Meets, day isup, Treasurer Henry W. and Secretary H erbert L. Brie ilub decidec The club decided to proceed a t once with the repairs on the steamer w ard,” presented to the club bj C. ^ a rm s w o r th of'London. A the American registry of the W indward is now pending in congress. The steam- 11 be thoroughly rebuilt and dls- where « . . . ^ “Wind- r Alfred rhly rebuff patched from St. Johns, N. F., wh( she now is, about July 1, taking ps sengers but prepared ito spend two, or three ye'ars If necessary to complete Mr. Peary’s work in the north. _ lA w ton Burial N ext Friday. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—A fter tele graphic correspondence w ith Mrs. Law ton it has been finally arranged th a t the funeral services over the re m a ins of the late M ajor General Henry W. Lawton, U. S. V., shall be held In the church of the Covenant (Pi-esby- terlan) in this city next F riday after noon a t 2 o’clock, and th a t the inter m e n t shall be in the National ceme tery a t Arlington. Total of Lawton fund has reached $97,302.67. Fire Destroys a W h o lesale Grocery. grocery house of Sprague W a rner & Co., and placed th( other buildings surrounding it at R a n dolph street and Michigan avenue in jeopardy. Damage of $175,000 wu,s done, $35,000 being on the building and the balance on the stock. The fire burned for two Oiours 'and the lives of several firemen were In danger, two being in jured. Albert K reuger was in tho building and' h as not since been seen. Farm er’s Mysterious Death. BATAVIA, N. Y., Feb. 8,—District 'Attorney Randall and Coroner Neal are investigating tho death of a farmer named Henry Egloff, living near Corfu, which occurred Thursday morning. Physicians who attended Egloff are of the opinion that ho died from poison. Tho officials have not as yet decided as to whether an inquest will bo necessa ry. They will probably report today. nuy Itonitflit to Dantli, ALBANY, Fob, 8.—A four-yonr-old gon, of 'jUioofloro Prelssel of this elty while reaeblng for a pletiiro on a man- •tol ycotordiiy liftornooii foil upon a j’ftiigo onfl wns lUorally roantod to dentil. 3ll« mother wns badly burned in toRilDff tho burnliip gamiciuo oK tho liev. . GOEBEL SU G FIST His Condition this Morning was Considered Alarming. TEMPORARY INJUMDTION ■ RE STRAINING GOV. TAYLOR FROPM INTERFERING WiITIH ,THE LEG ISLATURE 'ISSUED — SEVERAL OASES OP RIFLES AND A LARGE QUANTITY OF AMjMiUNITilON FOR WARDED TO LONDON. PRANKPiORT, Feb. 3.—iDr. Hume a t 9 o’clock reported' Goebel’s condition as a little worse 'than at seven o’clock. Nausea has set In again and the hic coughs, which had .been swere a t times yesterday, had reappeared. The doc tor said that the patient’s general con dition was still extremely dangerous, with chances in favor of death. .Chairman Barrett ■of the Reipu'blican joint caucus, has issued a call for a session of the caucus in London Mon day. This is 'taken to indicate that there ■will be an atte'mpt to organize a legislature and to elect neJw officers. To make a quorum it will he necessary for the troops to arrest and take to London enough Demoeratsf or that pur pose. A leading Republican said; “We will elect all the legislative offi cers and elect ex-Governor Bradley to the United States senate, ther.ehy get ting the contest in the senate, which will (bring a decision from competent authority.” GOEBEL 'SINKING FAST. FRANKFORT, Feb. 3.-,Shortly after 10 o’clock Goebel suffered; from a se vere sinking spell and grew worse so rapidly that for a time it was thought the end was not far off. Stimulants were hastily administered. The pa tient responded slowly. His 'condition at 11:30 was considered'alarming. Judge Cantrill has issued a tempor ary injunction resti’ainlng Governor Taylor from interfering with the legis lature and from removing the seat o f that body to London. The temporary injunction is to re main 'binding until February 8, when a hearing tq make it permanent will he heard before Judge Gantrill a t George town, Ky. There was a general exodus ■of the Republican representatives and sena tors to-day in the direction of London. Several cases o f rifles and a laflge quan tity of ammunition were forwarded to London last n ight toy Adjutant General Collier. Governor Taylor has, 'for the time being at least, given up the idea of going to London and v^ill remain in the executive building. United States Senator-elect Black burn arrived here from Washington to day to confer with the Democratic lead er regarding the probable 'effect of the attitude o f the administration toward Governor Taylor, 'Mr. Blackburn strongly urged the necessity of pre serving peace and allowing matters to proceed to a conclusion in the courts. HEALTH BULLETIN. ' state Board Glvos Statistics o f D eaths and Diseases For 1890. ALBANY, Feb. 3.—The annual bulle tin of the state board of health for 1899 shows t h a t the num ber of deaths during th a t period w a s 121,820. This is 850 more th a n In 1898 and 4,740 more than in 1897, which was a year of u n usually low m ortality. I t exceeds the average m o rtality of the 10 preceeding years by 2,550. Besides these reported deaths there w ere 1,200 delayed returns, not reported in the bulletin. The death lation is Which is the averai Jy in th e m aritim e district where the m o rtality w a s less by 800 in IE The Infant; m o rtality was less the average by nearly 5,000, 1,800 less th a n 'that of last y. per cent of the deal 5 years of age, against the average m o rtality w as less than b y nearly 5,000, and is lat of la s t year, 29.0 >aths occurring under years o f age, again st th e average of 35.0. There w ere 1,100 fewer infant deaths in the m aritim e district than in 1898, a n d there is decrease in all the district save the Lake Ontario 'and W estern. Compared with the average oi lo years the deaths from diphtheria are but little more than half as many, though the number is 175 greater than in lS98; diarrhoea! diseases' caused 2,- 000 fewer deaths than the average; whooping cough, measles, scarlet fever and malarial diseases all have fewer deaths reported from them than tho average. Smallpox caused 21 deaths, all occurring In Now York city save one each in Roohestor, Troy and Waterford. At the ond of tho year the state Is bo- llovod to bo free from smallpox. Grip Is estimated to have caused 7,000 deaths from January to April. Tho deaths from aouto respiratory and other lo cal diseases wore oxcesslvo on account of It, nearly 18,000 deaths from tho re spiratory disonses having omuTCd, or nearly ID per cent of all deaths, William Oullnn Bryant wnn tho con of a phyalrlnn, BiiliiiCl’ilifl t o Tiff) lunacy, MEETING ARRANGED. ' Representatives of the Various Counties to Confer Toget her. ALBANY, Feb. 3.—'State Engineer Bond has arranged for a meeting here February 7 and 8 to enable the repre sentatives of the various counties of the state to confer together and com pare notes as to the alctuali operation during 'the 'past two years of the Hig- 'hie-Armstrort^ ip,w, to be held by him eaoh year in each county. It is hoped at 'the meeting on Feb, 8 to have speech from Governor Roosevelt, who espec ially desires to have the work of high way improvement proceed on the lines which are desired Iby the farmers of the ST€CK COMPANIES. SEeveral Business Concerns Have Been I n J coi'porated at Albany. ALBANY, Feb. 3.—These stock com panies have been incorporated: C a n astota'C a n n ing company a'stota; capital, $15,000; director 'esley Goodsell, , Milton Jennings ai Tackabury of Canastota, Taber, J. Clarence Riasback, Fred S. J.' Wesley Goodsell, W illiam H. m d J . Newton E. H essler company of Syracuse, to deal in hardw are; capital, $50,000; directors, H. B. Hessler, D. S. Hes ‘ Charles Tyler, H. T. A lletzhauser ter; capital, $25,000; directors, F rank T, D iy, W illiam C. Whitlock, Lorin C. Mason, F r a n k B. Youngs, Philip Chl- ostman, W illiam H . Boardm an and F. H. Reese of Rochester. Wyoming Canning ‘and Preserving company of 'Middlebury; capital, $20,- 000; directors, W illis A. Hawley of Pearl Creek and B. A. Durfee, F. A. Chamberlain, V. I. Miffs, R. D. Kelly, W illiam R o b erts and S. H . M cllroy of Wyoming. The T h a tcher Supply M anufacturing of Pevtsdam, to m anufacture ibert B rew er of Potsdai,m 1 E . Baldwin of Elm ira. and F ran- Malone Paper com pany of Malone, y; capital, $40,C‘0; Lehr au'd F. J. Ford C. W ebb of New York. Franklin county; capital, $40,00 direc tes s A. Outterson and M Cartha,ge, Clark, P . B. Cla;rk, Le h r au'd F . J. Ford of D exter and tors, Jam A. Outterson an d M ark S. W ilder o f Cartha H . V. Clark, B. E. la E. S. Clark, L. “ B u f falo FxoiR ilou M arket. • BUFFALO, Feh. S. ■WHEAT—No. 1 (hard, 76%o, f.o.b. afloat; Ho. 1 northern, 75?4o: winter -wheat. No. 2 red, 72c. CORN—No. 2 yellow, 36?io; No. 3 yel* ^^OATS^No. 2 white, 2854c; No. 3 mixed,' RYE—No. 2, 59@60c. FLO U R — Spring wheat, best patent per bbl, $4.00^4.25; lo'w grades, $2.0O@2.5O; win ter. best family, $3.&D®3.75; granam, best. BUTTER—State creamery, fancy, 24o; 00 good to choice creamery, 20@22c; west ern extras, 25c. CHEESE—Fancy full cream, 13c;' fair do, light skims, 10311c. EGGS—State, 18c; western, 175£@18e, POTATOES—State, white fancy, bu, 55®5Go; fair to good, 50®52o: Jersey, per bbl., $3.00@3.50. ________ E a a t B u f falo Live Stock M a r k e t. THE FEBRUARY TERM. Supreme c o u rt Opens in Johnstown Monday Mornlns’. Following is the calendar of the civil causes, as prepared by County Clerk C. H. Butler, for the February term of su preme court, which will convene in the court house in Johnstown, February 5, and which will he presided over by Justice Leslie W. Russell of Canton. The jury calendar is as follows: to^™®® H. Cross vs. the City of Jolms- ,^BenJamm W right vs. William Lee Ab- Phlietus>. Argerslnger vs. D. J. Ham- et a.. Emma J. Herrick v and Amos Christie. Daniel Wittenberg i . Abram B. Close Brockway, Rose Jj'rank vs, David ICemiedy. William C, Mills vs. OiT B. Bovard. Mary Elizabeth Putman vs. Harvey L. Pittman. ^^Arthu^R^Hibbard vs. Lakeside Knlt- ^'v^rgfnla Corey and Viola M. Blowers vs. KOIE M S REBELS Defeats an Insurgent Force Under Gen. Liikban. CAPTURED A LARGE ARSENAL, A •POWDER 'HOUSE AND THIRITY PIECES OF ARTILLERY—HAS OC- OUPIBD THE ISLANDS OF SA- ■MEA'R ANID LEIY'RJB — LARGE QUANTITIES OF HEMP SEIZED. MANILA, Feb. 3.—Brigad'lel'-iGeneral Kobhe has occupied the Islands of Sa- mor and Leyto.Tn a fight at Taclaban, ten insurgents were killed and the Americans captured five cannon with their artillerymen. WiASHIiNGTON, Feb. 3.-Qeaeral Otis cables 'from Manila as follows: ’ “Kobhe reports .from Cebu the occu pation by 'bh4 American’ 'troops e f Cal- bayde, and Catbalogan, in .Samear, and Tacloban, in Leyre. The insurgents endeavored to iburn Oalhayoc and Cat balogan without'success.except a very slight destruction in 'the last town. Kobhe drove insurgents under Gememl Lu'kban into the mountains, 'capturing a large arsenal, a powder house, Luk- 'han’s baggage and money, and all of ills artillery. Kobbe has caiptored at all 'points thirty .pieces of artillery, a chant vessels are now engaged in trans porting the same to Cebu and Manila.” COAL FROM AMERICA. Europe Depends More and More on UThls Couulry’o Supply. LONDON, Feb. 3.—.The annou rents with 400,000 tons of steajn coal r shipment a'broad has occasioned France i s already replacing h e r home leflclency by buying In the United States, hut the Am'^rioan shipments are Intended solely for railroad locomotives, and will n o t b e used in the navy. The v ital Interest which the Question has for G reat ^Britain will be under stood when it is realized that N a tal is depending on Wales for coal for the numerous transports th a t have gene to D u rban because the colonial coal fields have been closed by ■the ^var. I t is pointed out that it would be a good move on the part of the B oers to drain the fuel resources of G reat B rit ain in this manne of sudden demani would be perilously crippled by the loss of soi much coal. Some of the newspapers advocat e the government placing an embargo on such transac tions in w ar times. FIRE IN A SCHOOL Children Jum p From Windows and Sev eral Are Badly Hurt. TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 3.-A fire b roke out yesterday afternoon In the Livings ton public school on Rose street and several children were badly Injured by jum p ing out o f the second story w in dows. The fire did only $200, dojinage, but filled the stairw ays with smoke, causing t h e children to become panic- stricken and m any of them rushed to the windows. The parents and others on the outside advised them to jum p and a large num b er did so. Some of them were caught i n blankets. There are contradictory stories ollomt a s to whether the teachers on the second floor used good judgement. One story is th a t they deserted the ■children in order to save themselves and jthe other is th a t the children became’ unxnanage- F i g a r o Com m ents on Soudaneso Bevolt. revolt of th e Sou- jps, says: “U n fortunately initaln,nitaln, thehe E g y p tianian troroop; reat B t E g y p t t know w h at 'to think of the privatt feelingseelings o f the Khedive, and of decli m him.im. \Witliitliou f o tlons dragged from h W 1 importance to tachlng the first t symptoi importance t o their s of revolt are worth j Phelps’ Oonditlou Uuchauged. N E W HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 3.—The physician attending the Hon. E . J. Phelps stated shiortly before m ldnigbt last night that tho patient’s condition remained unchanged. H e had quite a comforta'ble day. Cold Weather In England. LONDON, Fob. 3.—This metropolis awoke this morning to find the streets two inches deep in snow. Snow and Itter 'Cold weather are reported ii .any point lilroad lines degraph places. bitter cold weather are reported from points In the iprovlnoes. The railroad lin are partially ;blockod and telegra wires are down in Bon. Aim WIM not ■oratofi AbWAyt IN THS roNH or a taYHiii, Mli t i l t N» MOHS INIWRY YHAfi WATIfli Choice Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Sterling Silver and first quality ‘ Silver Plated Ware. RICH AMERICAN CUT G L A 5 5 . One Piece Solid 14,18,22 Karat Gold Wedding Rings, Guaranteed as Stamped, MR. A. D. WESSELS, OPTICIAN at Dm Store W a y s. HARRY A. DILl^ON. Diamond Merchant and Jeweler. sS BORTH UAIN STREET. IDiniREDBY. are the handsome pieces of furniture in Chiffonier, Sidoboard, Writing Desky Fancy Ciiairs, Rockers, Torkisii or Morris Chairs— that are bought from our rich and handsome stock:. We have all the ne west designs in Lamps and Onyx Stands that are made by the best manufacturers, and our fine furniture is not only handsome but of the best quality, and sold at low prices. R E L D M / M N , Home Otttfibter. 37 laad 89W. Fulton. S t 2 doors etat o< F . O •■SI H i III' Have seasonable goods to sell at very low prices to clean up our stock. A few Parlor Stoves to close out at, or below, cost. Three reasons why you should take advantage of this: IsL We bought them before the great advance in price. 2d. You can buy them, so cheap. 3d. They will be much higher next fall. C o m e t o L J s . B r a m e r ’s , THE STOVE MAN. 12 Church Street. ■^1 M it npd) o S f l ) fl? i f O White Fur Baby Robes. j AfPew L,eft to d o s e 1 Out. ........ ■ ' The S 5 Kind for ^ 4 . ; “ ^ “ “ 3 3 •“ ‘‘ 2 ! ] AH This Season’s Stock W . M . D I X O I N & C O 87 NORTH MAIN iTRiin \
