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White Maple Flooring. rUchrst grade SAaaafactorcd. iXmrnsior. Fine Shingle. Pqnire and Ornamental Eada "OILT bread, tlaeqaalad la Ua market.

nine H'indior Aobestoe Cement Dry Mortar. for rtasterlsr Walla a ad Crllliia aid Air Krpauiag Old Walla, North Carolina Pine tet TiiWr. Ala. tverytklnr HlrK I INK, si'HOCH. HEMLOCK.

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sa u.ia i. Central Hudson Steamboat Co. FOR NEW YORK, 1 Steamers NEWBURGH and RAMSDELL Jab the Company's Dock, foot of Main St.rwt, eery day eioept BunOay at 12 O'clock Noon, Btopplna at NEW HAMBURGH and xcwnuiiaii. FROM NEW YORK. Tltn ABOVE LtNE liewvta Plrr U.

Fout of Krani.li Srrt, rry rn 1 lm except SunU)S at 5 O'Clock. Lrullne at Nes biircti. New IUmburr Na'boiUa on SunUy evenlnr. For nuaweifera ami FrrtcM or otlr InCarmattcn UO TO T1J3 NEARBS TElErilONK nd aM up Ut Cora. OlDceav Trlejtwu Nx t22.

TRAVIS BROTHERS. Lrner. TracklM aad (or Waddlaas Itkl dUMaa, aad ra r. a ffaca, ji yiyvrfV 7 We are Posting ou 1 ON OUR CLEAR ANCE SALE FOR1 JANUARY. We Have Posted You On the worth of our Shoes before.

and can do no more. You oil know how well they wear, and 1 how reasonable the. Prices art. The next thing for you to do is to be on hand earlv and take advanatge 01 the many extra ducen ents to buyat Our Clearance Sale) This Week. Moore IS7 MainN Street.

Wash Day 7 IS HARD ENOUGH Without, making hanltr by uslnc poor coal. A brlak, IHely i Are, that trurns wlthuut ursine and ean't baie 1o be attended Io every few minutes, rg lttens the kaijr of Che Iiuse vi1fe tre mendouFly. We nell coal 0 that rnakea that kind of a fire. W. Swift, Up town Office, I Market 8L Tafd Norta Front BC Change Your Diet Io.

Th same pld thing over mnd over again grows monotonous, Whet your appetite with the spice of ariety. Foraupperto night or breakfast tomorrow get some i o. Po'keepsie Cream Crackers i be Yod'Il be surprised at the measure or enjoyment 00 if tamed. Perhaps you re prei diced against crackers wes i ore not like others their Jo, i flaky crispneKf will delight fyou jnst as freslk.when yov 'get thew as when they left a i the bakcrV. Get them from i the grocer, rMWrWrr 'eWWFrTrVrVt BULLBR ADYAKCIKG.

On South Bank the Tucla River at PotgeiJcrs Drift. HAS POSSESSION OF BRIDGE. The I'ontllnn TUen by General Jliilicr of Ureal Importance, Boer Strength Is 100,000. Jlelua llearlly lieiuforced by ArresnloHK of Cape Colo tilafa. Liomknn.

Jan. 1 a. Otn. Duller a enty elfht worua announclns Ma forward movement of Thursday la Intrepreted aa meaning tnat he haa paiwed around the western end of the lloer lines at Coletiso and la nw several nvlts behind them and wtthln fourteen miles of Oen White's outposts at LadysmHh. The Boers, a few diys ago, had forces tth guns at Spring tleld.

nhere Uen, nuller dates hla despatch. These commandos liave ben ublously dltDodred, rtther by fighting or by maneuvers, Doers rellnnfc arroos the Tugeht aa Oen. Duller ad. anced From Gen. llult t's dcrpitch, coupled nlth the fact that unonlelail imelll gence from the srat of alar has virtually ecostd stnoe Mondays Idta prevails that active operations are In progress.

The death lists from enteric feter and dynentery at LadysmHh aveiaalng from eight Io ten ddllylaoon sldercd more serious than the 420 caa uahlcs of Saturday's light, as they Indicate the frightful Ineanhary condition cf the beleagured cKy, A letter from LadyamHh dated December 7 vaya that even then ninety out of M0 men In the bJtLallon of hich. the writer was a member were sick with dysentery or enteric fever and. according to a despatch to the Dally Chronicle dated Jan. the pa tl rets and attendants tn Tombl Camp, wtiere the hospital la, then numbered 2JO0 BOEIl 8TRBNQT1I 100.000 MEN. An apparently well Informed correspondent of the Morning Post saya: "The Doer strength, originally 83, 000 men.

Is now heavily augmented by Cape Colonists: and the enemy's fighting farces may be estimated fairly at 100,000 men and 20d guns. The Doers are not compelled to guard tbetr communications. Their grass is good, the crops are growing, vegitatoles, cattle and sheep are plenty, and gams Is abundant," llemarkable scenes of patriotism were witnessed In Dondon last evening after a short service held for the volunteeis In St. Paul Cartiedral. The vast audience was slow to disperse, ladles stood upon, the chairs beckoning and railing tv brothers, son and friends In the ranks, the latter signalling buck.

A scene cf great animation ensued. The organUt introduced a few bais of the national anthem In corciudlng the vNurtary. The tlfecA of ttiU was magical DULLER ADVANCING. London, an. 11 The war office thla morning received the following despatch from Gen.

Duller, dated Springfield, January II, o'clock, evening: I occupied the south bank of the Tugela'RIver at Potglecers Drift this morning and seised the pont. The riv er Is ui flood. The enemy Is strongly entrenched, about four and a half miles the north," Apart from the news that Oen. Duller had begun a second attempt to cross the Tugela lllver, the nly official report published this morning ra one glvlna; too 1st of casualties among the llrltlsh offlcera In the flgnt at Lady smith Saturday, January d. Thirteen were kitted and twenty seven were nminded.

Among the latter was Col. William Henry Cun ngham, Second llattallon of the Ourdun Highlanders, who died from his wounds. Col. Cunyncham was Immensely popular and hi death caused widespread sonOw. The rasuattea among the officers are scattered among numeroua regiments, and few of them are well know n.

Tne wounded officer special prominence ki Lord Dufferto's son. the Earl of Ava. The casualties among the rank and file were 135 kUled and wounded Orn. UulkT's movrmeft, obviously, Is of a flanking character: but. whether It is intended to push tHs advance noma or w4her hla operations; are only a feint to cover an arrack force on the Burr position at lllangwana Mountain rcnsUns to he seen.

Springfield, wher Oen. Butler's de. siatcb was sent. Is elaiesn miles of Frere The last Hewn from Sprint field ma that was held by the Johannesburg Corps under Oen. Den.

VIQonr and that Ike Doers had hlg guns In MsUUm at Poig'etera Jj1ft. aparenlly sl nr right miles north of Springfield and afties the Dig Tugela. The possession lA rh drirt and ths punt is regarded as of great Importance It la reported hrrs that Oen. Duller submitted his plan of com. palgn Io Lord Roberta Immediately af.

Ifeilw latter landed and that Roberts sanctioned ft, LADY METIIITEN DENIES BTORIE3 ABOUT TUB OBNEItAU Indon. Jan. lt la4y Hethuia has Issued aa aUjlut. ccatradicCori of tie rumors that lord Mefhuii III IhM he wns Injured by the falling; of Ma Inure at the hatlls of Mage ifon leln. GOLDSIIITH 8ENTENCED.

Eight Tears In Slrg Wng Prism A Pie for New Turk. Jan. 11. Lewis B. 0 dJ imith, for years the ass'etant carhlrr of the Irt Jervls, N.

National Hank, who pleaded guilty of having stolen 191.000 from that Instrtullon, was to day arntenced to serve eight years In the pntentlary at Sing Sing, The self confcrscd bink wrecker with' o. deathly pallor upon Ms face stood silent while hi counsel. Sir. Crane, of Pott pleaded for leniency for hlnv Judge Thomas said that It wss at first h's IrjteMKin to Ooldsmlth the mazlmium penaMy of ten years, but view Che appeal made In his behalf he would make the term of the assistant cashier's hnp lMnment elghtyears. Lawyer Crane In his appesd tro the judge said that hla client had met wHn rrtotm kvws In stork speculations, ami thai he had vspd the funds of the bank In the hope of regaining the money.

Imt the 'second venture proved more disastrous thsn the first and he lost all. Goldsmith, he said, was not a dishonest man. An exam Inat'on of Ms accounts with other concerns after the bank defalcation was nvered tad revta'ed the fact that although he had handled large sums of money he had not appropfatej ora cert. He had held many Important offica and Tils accounts had been found to be absolutely correct. He had turned over to the bink all the real estate and property he hieh.

brought the total hvn to the In Etttutlon down to about 175.000. By wurrendeting and pH'adlng gulty. Goldsmith had eared the government expense and time. On account of his phys'carcordlWon. lh counsel pleaded, sentence of ten yea' wuuld mean mure than half the life which his client had ytt to livei He asked the court to moke the sentence 'such that OoldsmKh when re leared from prison' rnud live a manly and useful existence for ths remainder of his day.

THE ROBERTS CASE. Committee Deliberating on the Many Problems Involved. Washington, Jan. 12 The Roberts Investigating Committee continued It executive sessions to day. 'Members of the committee said the outlook for reaching a conclusion waa quite Indefinite, aa Individual views were betns expressed for the purpose of securing some common basia of understanding.

The absence of Mr, lllera, of Indian, on account of a death rn hi family, may result in puttng ofT a report until next week. Chairman Tayler states that the lack of a speedy report Is In no way, significant of disagreement In the committee, hut rj owing to the ma lure consideration which la bring given to tne numerous Important quea tlons Involved. "KID" M'COV OOT THE DECISION. He Won Over Choynskl by an Accident. New Tork.

Jan. 12. At the Broadway Athletic Club toanlght "Kid" McCoy gut the derision over Joe Chov nskl In a bout wih Josfcd three rounds. Chojnekl would have had the fight In the second round were It not for an accident by the time keeper. In this round he floored SlrCoy.

and the time keeper pulled the bell aa McCoy was going down again before the time waa up. Chpynskl'a second vigorously, but Heferee Johnny White, while knowing that the round was short by many seconds, stood by the offlctal time keeper and ordered the men to continue when Jhe gong rang again for tle opening pf the third round. ALL GAYITE HUrtDKIt IN OHANOE COUNTT. Dr. Win.

T. Jones, of Pine Bush, Arrested for the tlrlme. MlddMown. N. lt Dr.

Wm. Jones, of Pine Ilurh, has been held on a warrant issued by Coroner Decker, charged with the killing of Charles Lewis, Ms colored driver and couk. Ha will be brought to his city for examination to morrow. Dr. Jones waa formetly assistant surgeon in the V.

8. Navy and la a nativ of Ktn'urky, The death of who was shot yesterday, waa at ivpurtrd as a suicide, but the ronmer's inquest revealed clr cumatantal evidence agarnt Dr. Jcnes so pronounced that the coroner elided to hold him. The shooting occurred In the kliehrn. LOrulES BT 12.

Firs last night, dcatruyed the principal business section of thla town.ln ludlng two general stores, two hardware stores, two saloons, a barber shop ami a physician's office. 120,000. Holland. Jan. li Th.

carbarn and all the cars, eleven In number, arl th freight motor of the Holland and Lake Michigan Electric Hallway Company, were destroyed by firs last night. Loss, about JM.0O0 Highland rails. Jan. IS Th. tvew West Point HoteL'the property of Lawrence trriyrm.

waa burmd last ntght, tuerether wi1i the vtrtenta. Saratoga, N. Jan. It At Rock City Falls, Saratoga County, to day, the atotf of Jtdtdah Kilmer, Ino'uding th poBtofDc, also tns Mors of Charles O. Jne was burned.

The building war owned by Pergeenain Com pa ay. Loaa, fl.ft; parUy Itsortd. 0CCDP1BD. General Whealon's Army In 4 Possession of he Province. REBELS HAVEJ.0ST HEAVILY.

A Great Quantity of Ordnance anil tMlier l'ropertj Cat ii red. Operations Throughout Luzon. Show That Our Force Everywhere Steet Small tance. Wasnington. Jan.

12. Gen. Otis ha made a report to the wax department In regard to the military operatldnsi In Luson south of Manila. The capture of several town and a larga number at prisoners, with arm and ammunition, is reported. The message Is as follows: "Manila.

Jan. 12. Continued operations of Bates's command south of Manila, Thirty Seventh and TMHy Nlnlh ReglnurXa at Calambo. commanded by Dullard On January 1 Ilullard with two battalion Thiity Ninth attacked fotce Insurgent an vtrlnty, driving enemy, capturing, town of Cabayuo; following day cap tuitng Rlnan. E.

Hmy'a loss, thirty killed, large number wounded, twenty prtfoneis and tlfle. captured; casualties, three men slightly wounded. January 3, three companies Thirty Seventh, captured General lUsal, official papei and P'opeity three miles east of Los Blanos. January Long's detachment Thirty Ninth attacked Insurgents at Car nvoha; twenty live killed; no casualties. January t.

Bullaid, with portions Thirty Seventh and Thlity NInlh Regiment, attacked enemy south of Calami, horn ht drove beyond 6an tomaa, killing twenty four, capturing wtlllery; casualties, on private killed; Captain Baker and Lieutenant Pellte, Thirty Ninth, slightly wounded. January 11, Cheatham, Thhty Seventh, 108 men, supported by artillery, attacked inaurgenn t.wo mlie west of Santo Tonus, driving them from that' section: no casualties. Schwan's column, consisting of squadron of Fourth, one of ElerenUi Cavalry. Thirtieth, Forty Sixth Infantry and six Nordcn felt guns unuVr Captain Van Duzen. aleaed Blnan Bllang, Invlang Nalc, acottering enemy, wlu wer severely punirhed.

Wheaton's column, three troops ICIevent Cavalry, Fourth, Twenty Eighth. Thlrty Bghth and Forty Fifth Regiments. Astor na Kenley Batteries, have iven enemy from all Important points north of 81land line; hod heavy fighting, capturing con.derab!e public property. Inflicting heavy loss upon and scattering enemy; Schwanf column now moving In northern Ratanga In southerly direction: all Cavlte Province occupied by Wheaton's command; heavy loss to enemy duiing the week In men. ordnance and other property all opc.ationa very successful.

OTIS." TRAVELERS' INSURANCE CO. Stay Remove to New Tork to Escape Unjust Taxation. Hartford. Jan. 12 James G.

Battereon, president of the Travelera' Insurance Company, to day sated that It la true thevt his company la considering the advisability of to New Tcik to es.vpe "unjust taxation at the hands of Hattford and Cctinett lent." Mr. Battersorr said: "The syrt.m of taxation In vogue Is most outrageous. It Is discriminating and unfair and make It Impossible to conduct the business successfully. We are doubly taxed while other companle escape II, There now before the New Tork Legislature a new tax bill can nut tell deflnutiy now whether we shall move to New York, but we are authorlaid by our stockholders to move If necessary and we are corresponding on the matter." The buaireaa cf thla Is Indicated by the following figure presented In the lart report of the state Insurance department Capital, tl O00, 000; awsats. S2S.S17.k: eurrlus, 1310,.

til; total outstanding pilkles, H2.rj3, 127, POSTAL RLCEIPTS. Washington, Jan; 12, The grnro postal rwelpts for December, compared with the receipt for 1b same tiws.h during the eced'nT year, show a not liisrease of) 1J.3S, or five per rent. The (otal recelpK for last December were K.112.038. New Tork. Chkago, phltadelphU; Buetun.

HI. Louis, Clnrlrnatl, Brooklyn. Battimnre, ant Pittsburg all showed Increases, Fan Francisco' receipts decreased T.S per cent. THE SEIZED PROVISIONS. Washington.

Jan, IS. Tnr wet no developments her to day of Interest regard' to the seised American flodr and provisions, the two govammerc concerned devoting their efforts toihv evUence couching the osmstsnlp of tn different irceU of goeds wlta th vlsw Us part of tat BrtUsh Oovunlmntj Hla aasumetl here, cf making good bj SwSst it tit EVERY LIFE LOST. The Wreck, of the Steamer In St. Mary's Bay. St.

Johns, N. Jan. 12. No farther news of the steamship reported last night as wrecked on a reef In St, Mary's Bay and on fire had been rt oeived hers at daylight this morning. No steamship can leave her for roe scene of the wreck before this after noun.

The rohaalal cruhvr Fiona Bay and Hie steanwhlp Kit are to be sent from rUcewtWv Bay as som as possible io try and save the survivors, if ar.y nmiin, A starrhp leavlrg her to day could net get to 84. Mary's Boy before morrow. IUKed reooTts from the maalatrata and wreck commissioner at St. Mary', glvs the following additional particu lars In regard la the wrecked steam ship: flrie la a two masted vessel and I u. complete wreck.

Only three survtrerai were visible at nightfall. The vessel' boats were smashed and wer Boavttmr; bottom vp. Tti crew had probaMr tried to land In the boat and had been drowned In the? attempt. Bom bodies are vleible In the turf. Th ship Is on ftr art.

She has some kerosene on board, but It I not believed that sin Is a tank MMunehtp, a It Is pointed out a tank steamship would explod from the fire. It I feared she wilt break up to day owing to the heavy The magistral also reports that rvi 1 a new ship and probably a passenger viasel. One theory 1 tta tire broke rut at spa, that ike cankiln tried" to moke bmi and tint the vessel struck on the ccast dutio; a snow storm. No hope la enteitalned that the lives of any of thna? on board th VMirrl III be saved. Nolh'ng knoa a of her came or personnel.

tt, Johns, N. Jan. 12. The ma rine officials her say the wrecked steamer la not an oil tanker, rhere not being a two masted steamer of the bund afloat. The feeling la confirmed, from the.

number of boats adrtft, that ahe is a. passenger shsp. Th weather I becoming stormy again and it is feared the shore flks Will not be. able to board her to night or rernvrr enough wreckage to Mentl ryner. Halifax.

N. 8.. Jan. It Thre Isr Mill no new of the Identity of the large, unknown steamer ashore at St. Mary's Bay, N.

and reported on. Ore, Th agent of the new ateamer Glencoe, which reft Halifax. Tuesday, for St. Johns, H. rrcelvtd a dispatch to day announcing the safe arrival cf the Glemcos at St.

Johns. II. A. Allen; of If. ft A.

Allen. Montreal, who is now to Halifax, said tn wrecked steamer waa must unlikely to1 be the Allan Liner Slate of California, which Is now due from Liverpool at Halifax. An offer of wrecking steamers to end to the wreck! mads by Halifax: firms to the St. Johns dry dock man agement, has been refused, a two steamers had already been sent front St, John to Bt. 'Mary's Bay where the; ill fated ship I aatiore.

Bodies are reported washing on the beach. AH advices lend to confirm th belief that the burning steamer was oU ktden. It will be. Saturday before ther wrecking steamers can reach 8t Mary's Bay, St. Johns.

N. Jan. 121 a. m. The following comprise all the detail regarding the wreck In St.

Mary's Bay that oduM be obtained up to mid fdgnt: The ahfp la a two mast rd steamer, or nearly J.OoO tons, and probably rarrirdl a crew of stxtyr with possibly some passengers. fW wttrt ashor befor ki) break on Tiurrday.f diking a ledgnj at the foot of thectirt, where escap was hopeless. Th crew launched thw bouts; but. uobably, during th panlrr, ens were erurtml against her sldfs others bring irwamped and alt the 6c cutAnls appvrerrtly per'ahlnj. The hlp was seen to be on fire by rvstdents six rrVs away.

Attracted to the scene Ihey found the after half of the wreck biasing fiercely and the; fire pait under water. Keros In Uvo cargo helped tl. blase. At thai Urn tinly three 'men wer )rt on board. Two were on the bridge? and one was In the rlgglrg Those oil the biCdge were safe until abnut 2 p.

m. vrhen they were washed overboard and drowned, the bridge, being carried away, Th survivor soon after left the rigging, swam to the rurks and twice endeavored to get a foiling. Failing In thla he made hla way tau'k to the rigging, where be died of exposure during th f.1 ht. Many dead budle re Ible fljatlas; In the surf. Two of thorn, thrown up In a cove, canntH be ra 1 owing to the heavy sea.

One Is th to be Ins body of a woman, Bvatt' and other wrn kaga a piled up for roilea. NO MASrUCItK thhe.tened; Washington. Jan. It RtUttr to thenthen puna In elreulttitloa some time ago of a rontrmplaied massacis of Armenian Christians at the Vilayet of HarpooL. the rAatedepartmrat ha recel vent worde from vh Uruud tales minister ant (VrtantUilpl that no such massacre was threatened.

Th United Bute legation he been assured by th Sulla that lh Christian of Ilarpuot have given no cause for any aotlon on th sttuation. OKN, aRKBLTa CONDITION. WaaMogten, Jaa. fl. Oreely waa repurted a UUIe better thla uoxts lag.

.11 pttysiclaaa pronounce aus) vnuWsa to be on af steady lmpruva mu 4 3 i i.