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xxxn ATLANTA GA. TUESDAY ISTOmiBER 14 PRICE FIVE CENTS. GOEBIEL SATISFIED AND so is TAYLOR Kentucky Election Is Still a Matter of Uncertainty. BOTHER CANDIDATE YIELDS Count In thi Counties Going in with Aggravating Slowness. 80 NO IS YET IN SIGHT Court of Highest Appeal Is Almost Surf' To Have the Controversy To Settle for the People of the Blue grass State.

Louisville Xv. ember 13 The tangle growing out of last weeks election grows wor with each day. This was tile third day or the- official count but the work or the county boards of can- i users disclosed little information to dear the situation. Chairman Long ot the republican campaign committee to day repeated his claim or a. plurality of 5111 for Taj lor based on official returns from HO and unofficial returns from the remaining nine.

The democratic papers and leaders here have to give figures but specials from Frankfort quote Candidate Goebel and other party leaders as saying they are confident or the sue- cu. or the Kenton county man. The compexlon of the returns to be presented to the state board of election commissioners when It meets in Frankfort next month still depends upon the determination of the contests which are being raised In several parts of the state. notably the strongly republican counties of the eleventh district where the democrats claim tissue ballots were used. Bad' Peeling Aroused.

These contests have aroused much feeling In the localities affected. One of them involves the vote of Knox county. which gave Taylor 1398 plurality. Today Barbourvlllt' the county seat was visit- Id by hundreds of people Interested in the result. their wed purpose being to that Justice Is done.

Counsel for Candidate Taylor began action In the Knox county circuit court to compel the county election officers to certify the vote to the state board of election commls- sIoners. The contention Is over two ballots from the. first precinct but the petition filed by Taj lor' a counsel asserts that the election officers' purpose. is to throw out the entire county. Judge Brown granted a temporary injunction against such action.

Johnson and Lewis counties are affected by the democratic charges of Irregularities and there. too legal complications are likely to arise. One Precinct Delays a County. At HopklnsvUle a contest over a. pre- enct which gave Taylor a plurality of 93 Is delaying the official returns of the vote of Christian county which gave Taylor a plurality of 750.

Slow progress was made In the count of Louisville and Jefferson county today the commissioners being at work on the third ward when they adjourned until tomorrow. Both sides are fighting every neb of the ground. A number of precincts are in controversy on the ground hr alleged irregularities In one such case the seventh precinct of the first ward thq anti people today se cured. an order from Judge Toney to compel the precinct officers to sign the tally sheets. The kIebel people how.

ever claim the ballot box had been opened before it reached the county election officials. The vote so far as canvassed Sows little change from the unofficial figures. The federal grand jury which was adjourned over the election. reconvened this morning and as charged by Judge Evans regarding election violations particularly with reference to intimidation colored vottrs He recited the charges hlch had reached the ears of the court described In detail the offenses upon which Indictments should be found and continued Judge Charges Grand Jury. Conspiracies may be hard to prove.

but it i by no means Imposslbe to prove them both by direct and circumstantial evidence and If you find the evidence and Indict those who engage In these conspiracies ou would pet at a class of most likely of her. or at least of ore pretentious grade than their tools. class is far more. dangerous to the community and their punishment much jsore desirable in every way than toe wners However both classes should be. inflicted.

The highest duty Is Imposed upon fj to vindicate the law and you will the re efficiently and commendably dls- that duty lf shall probe mat- f. to the bottom and without tear or indict every man. however prom- however obscure who has en- KW In any conspiracy to perpetrate denounced by the statute. The court also suggests to you that It hlh means impossible officials of or low degree to engage In such And where that Is the case ta mand for Punishment is the. more because an example should set In the cue of those who are charred with the enforcement of the law who make themselves the instrument of fts violation.

NET GAIN FOR TAYLOR SHOWN. Commercial Claims Official Returns from Pour More Counties. Louisville ember IS The Corn- mercial tomorrow will say it has received returns from four more counties making 115 out of the 119. These four counties Rowan Knox. Johnson and.

Floyd- show a net rain of twenty-three tot Taylor over The Commercials unofficial returns. This added to the previous fir- ures 8111 gives Taylor II. plurality of 3134 in the state. In this estimate four counties Jefferson Lewis Menetee and Harrison are unofficially reported. According to The Commercials advices today's appeal to the court in KnoX' county resulted In the.

certification of the vote of that county by the election ortl- cers. QOEEFLS PLURALITY NOW 3359 Figures Are Taken from The Courier- Journals Returns. Louisa llle. November IS. The Courier- Journal tomorrow will publish return.

from the official count in 113' of the 119 counties cf the stat- These give kIe. bel a plurality of The unofficial returns to the sara pa per from the six remaining counties give Ta lor pluralities of 1722 making Gv bel plurality 1637. From the table. however are omitted all votes that are being contested. These number 1333 for fioetiel.

Including the 1 9S In Nelson county and 2944 for Taylor. Taylor's plulAl1ty of the contested votes is 1611. Jpon these contests. The Jour. nal says will depend the results.

TROUBLE ON AT VANCEBTJRG. Threatened Throwing Out of Vote Caute Angry Demonstration. Pcrtsrrouth November IS. This was an exciting day at Vanteburg Ky. county seat of Lewis county twenty miles be- mw here.

An effort was made to throw out the entire vote of the county. which gave Taylor a plurality of 00. on a. technicality it being claimed the paper on which the ballots were printed was too thin. On this ground the election board ek threw out the vote of Mowers end Burtonvllle precincts which gave Taylor 203 plurality and adjourned until today.

Word was passed through the county and today about 2 000 citizens flocked into Varceburg and gathered around the courthouse when' the election board met. News reached the crowd that the commissioners were about to throw out the vote of another precinct and there was an angry demonstratl i. Trouble seemed Imminent. when it was announced that the election board had reconsidered its action by which the vote of certain precincts had been thrown out. and that the entire vote of the county would be counted as cast.

TLECTION COMMISSIONER SHOT. Two Kentuckians Engage in a Shooting Affray. Beattyvtlle Ky. November IS Louis Spicer republican election commissioner of this county. and Julius Angel a uromi- nent citizen.

on their way home engaged in a difficulty which resulted in both men being shot twice. Neither Is expected to recover. The men were neighbors and it is understood that the shooting was not over politics but over trouble that had existed for some time. SMITH GETS BIG PLURALITY. Democratic Candidate in Maryland Carries State by 12121.

Baltimore November 13. The official count of the ballots cast at last Tuesdays election gives Colonel John WalterSmlth democratic candidate for governor. 12121 plurality over Lowndes republican in cumbent. Colonel Smith carried Balti- more city by 8110. Candidates for other state offices did not run more than a few.

hundred votes behind the leader of the democratic ticket. MAY DECLARE MARTIAL LAW. Clash Between Governor Bradley and Claimant Is Anticipated. Frankfort. Ky November 13.

Senator Goebel and the democratic leaders are still waiting on the final action of the county boards of elections In Jefferson Christian Knox. Johnson and other counties. It is claimed that enough fraudulent votes will be thrown out In these counties to give Goebel a majority on the face of the returns The city is excited tonight over a rumor that the governor intends to declare martial law in the event that Knox and Johnson counties are thrown out. and that he wilt refuse to recognize Goebel as governor under such conditions. This rumor of martial law Is not generally credited.

though there is almost certain to be a serious clash-between Governor Bradley and the claimant if Goebel is declared elected. BRYAN TEES HUNTING TRIP. Re Joins Colonel Wetmores Party to the Ozark Mountains. Springfield. Mo.

November 11 W. :1. Bryan and sonjolned Colonel M. C. Wetmore's hunting party here today and left for the latter's game preserves in the Ozark mountains.

In the party besides Mr. Bryan and Mr. WetmOre. were 7. 1.

Hogan and daughter. of LaCrosse. Wts. Harvey Salmon and daughter Sean Cook and wife and Mrs. Thompson of St.

Louis. Mr. Bryan declined to be inter. viewed saying he was fc1ng the trip solely to get away from public events. FERTilES DEATH CAUSES COMMENT LlthlllD Pruckir Did.

sulllll After His Arrest. EXPIRED IN CONVULSIONS Wile' Death TT JJ Occurred Only a Short Time Before. FERTHE WASARRESTED ON SUSPICION Was Superintendent of Lutheran Charitable Institution and Bore an Excellent Reputation. Cincinnati November 11 Rev. Adolph Ferthe.

superintendent of a Lutheran. charitable institution died today under. peculiar circumstances soon after having been placed under arrest. About seven years ago Ferths cams here from Austria. He took charge of a.

Lutheran church here as its pastor. He was soon made superintendent of the Altenhelm or home for aged' Germans. Here he showed executive ability that brought about the transfer of himself and wife to superintendent of the German Orphans' home here. Here they bore the ti Un Father and Mother of the Orphans. A few weeks ago Mrs.

Ferthe th Mother of the Orphans. died suddenly under mysterious circumstances. The Rev. Adolph Ferthe said she was in th habit of taking morphine and had taken an overdose. This hushed further inquiry.

Today" the trustees of the asylum after thoroughly Investigation. found that Fer- the had been guilty of criminal improprieties with some of the girls of the orphans' home. They put a warrant for his arrest in the hands of the police. After his arrest while in the patrol wagon on the way to prison. Ferthe fell Into' a violent convul- don.

Then In rapid succession convulsion followed convulsion till his life went out with the last one. One story is that he took some quick poison another is that remorse and nervous excitement caused his death. POURED ACID DOWN HER BACK. Woman Is Arrested Charged With. Killing Her Mother-in-Law.

Aurora. 111. November 13 Mrs. Ada Ashley Hill was arrested here tonight charged with the murder of her mother- law. Mr Eliza Hill by pouring- aehi down her back.

Mrs. Hill died on November 6th as the result. physicians swear of acid burns. Mrs. Ada Hill was taken by Sheriff man of Dupage county.

to Wheaton. where a preliminary hearing- will take place tomorrow. Those who ay the aged woraa was murdered give as a motive a trouble of long stand- ln- among the members of the Hill family over property valued at men Pox HUNTERS ARE GATHERING Reynaui Will Soon Be Piecing from Hounds and Horsemen. Lexington Ky. November.

IS. Spe cial Hunters from all parts of the country are arriving here for- the annual meeting of the National Fox Hunters' Association at Estlll Springs beginning Wednesday. and tasting ten days. Dr. W.

F. SturliI of West Virginia. president of the association. has wired that he will arrive tomorrow. A.

B. F. Kenney of Worcester. Mass. and O.

F. Joslln of Oxford. Mass. have arrived in Cincinnati with their families and a. party of ladles and gentlemen from various portions of the Bay State.

A spe cial train from Nashville will bring Ten- nessee lovers of the sport and representative hunters of all the Kentucky towns will be on hand. INVESTOR LEIzY PASSES AWAY Welding and Tempering Steel and Copper Was His Work. Knoxville. Tenn. November IS.

Spe cial Charles Lelzy Inventor of the modern method of welding and temper- Ing steel arid copper died suddenly in this tcity this afternoon. Apoplexy' caused his demise. Lelzy came to this city several years ago from Tacumaxue Pa. where his remains were shipped to night. He was employed here as a machinist and while thus engaged he evolved the process which has made him famous.

He had been working' for many years in perfecting this process. DAVIS LIVED IN LITTLE ROCK. Lieutenant Killed in the Philippines Formerly a Fireman. Little Rock Ark. November' 13.

Sec ond Lieutenant Julian S. Davis. Thirty- sixth United States Infantry who was killed In action in the Philippines yesterday resided here. He was appointed lily 29th last and reached Manna II month ago. Davis was twenty-seven years old and was a captain In the Lit- tie Rock fire department before entering the army.

He entered the Second Arkan- 55 regiment in the. Spanish war a pri vate and. came out II. second lieutenant. His father lives at Dardanelle and Is circuit clerk of Yell county.

XcXINLEY TO MAKE ADDRESS. Masons To Observe 100th Anniversary of Washington's Death. Washington. November 11 President McKinley today promised to make an ad- dress at Mt. Vernon on December 14th when- the Masonic observance of the one hundredth anniversary of.

Washington's death will be held. The promise was made to. Major Courtenay and Colonel Robert White the former being chair- man of the executive committee in charge of the ceremonies. Senator Martin accompanied Major- Courtenay and Colonel White. who later went to the war and navy departments to invite some participation hi those departments in the celebration.

The. address of President XeX1nl8 will be delivered at the tomb of Washington pie glycerine Facloiy in Ohio Ilows TREES TORN TO SPLINTERS Man Wagon and Two Horses Are Picket Up In Atoms Many titles Avay. DRIVER MAY HAVE HAD COMPANION Hole Seven Peat Deep mown Into Solid Rock While People a. Mile Away Were' knocked Down by the Force of the Explosion. Tiffin.

O. November 13. A magazine used by the Bradford nitro-glycerin factory to store the explosive located two and a half miles east of Glbsonburg exploded this afternoon. The shock was heard in towns within a radius of forty mites and the effects of the explosion in the immediate neighborhood were terrific. The magazine was located In the woods quarter of a mile from any dwelling.

and this alone prevented greater loss of life. Benjamin Card. driver of a stock wagon. had brought a. load of 720 quarts of- nitro-glycerin from the factory at Bradford and was unloading It whert the explosion occurred.

Just how it happened will never be learned. Card and the two horse driven by him received the fulj effect the. explosionHe was blown Jmos tcjp atoms only a few shreds of his bodjvbelng loundand peees of horse flesh were hurled several miles. It Is supposed that Card had a companion but this Is not' positively known The explosion made a hole seven feet deep In the solid rock and trees in the vicinity were torn to splinters. People within a mile of the place were knocked down.

pictures were torn from the walls. dishes thrown out of cupboards. windows shattered and houses moved. from their foundations. All the windows in Gibsonburg were brolcen.

There were about 1500 quarts of glycerin on the wagon and in the magazine. Card lived in Bradford. O. and left a family. The shock was distinctly felt here.

HOBART IS MUCH IMPROVED. ma Family Entertains Strong. Ropes of His Recovery. Paterson. N.

J. November IS Iraprov- ment In the condition of Vice President Robert coUnUfI and Mrs Hobart and other members of the family feet conn dent that the life of the vice president will be prtserved for a bog time even it his complete recovery is not considered a possibility by his physicians. Today he was able to take of an his meals at the usual time. Mrs. Hobart who has been at his bedside almost continually since his serious Illness felt so encouraged at the improvement this afternoon that she consented to go for a drive.

This is th first time thtt she had been willing to leave the Hobart residence for even a few minutes during the last two weeks. ASTRONOMERS TO VISIT SOUTH. Chicago University Will Send- Expedition To' Observe Eclipse. Chicago. November President Harper of the University of Chicago.

has been granted permission by the board of trustees of the university to undertake to raise 3000 for the purpose of sending an astronomical expedition to the southern states to observe the total eclipse of the eun on May 28 1900. Professor Kurt Levee who la In' charge of the department of astronomy. at the university and Dr. Harper. say the expedition Is practically assured.

The chief point of view probably will be at' Deland. Fla. Other stations probably will be Chattanooga. Mobile and Atlanta. MRS.

DAVIS AT PRINCETON. She Is Visiting Her Grandson Charles Hayes. Princeton. N. J.

November 13. Mrs. Jefferson Davis widow of the late Confederate leader. arrived here from New York this morning and Is now being entertained at Princeton Inn. Mrs.

Davis is visiting her grandson Charles Hayes who is a. student at the Lawreneevtlle school. She attended the concert held In University hall this- evening. MRS. BAGLEY GETS PENSION.

Mother of Lieutenant Worth Bagley To Receive 15 a Month. Washington November- 13. A pension of SIS per month was granted today by Commissioner Evans to Adelaide TV. Bagley. mother of Lieutenant Worth' EagleT who was killed in the war with Spain.

i r4 TS1ILL MAY BE CONTESTED III lifloi Slid Ti TiCntlplata Suck Step. LEFT HER. AW ALLOWANCE It x. Said That She Is Not Satisfied with This. HIS FAMILY PHYSICIAN INTERVIEWED Mrs.

Plant Not In New York and Story I Not Yet Verified Positively. New' York. November IS. The Tribune tomorrow will say the contest of the will of Henry B. Plant the steamship and hotel owner who died In Connecticut on June 24th last leaving an estate.

of several million dollars. Is likely to be begun by the widow. who was the second wife of Mr. Plant and who lives here. Mrs.

Plant was not In the city yesterday and it was not possible to learn whether the papers have been drawn. By the terms of the will-Mrs. Plant received an allowance of 30000 Ii year. Her friends assert that she la not satisfied with this. A few days before Mr.

Plant died he got. up from a. sick bed. where he was under the care of his family physician. Dr.

M. Durant. and hurried off to New Haven. where he made hiswill In Con- necticut the law with reference to entailing estates makes It possible to tie up property for several generations. This act of Mr.

Plant was so unusual that- it Attracted attention at the time and prompted the suspicion that his mind was unbalanced. When Dr. Durant was seen last night he said I have been the family doctor for years and practically lived In' their house for six or seven years. 1 know of no intention on her part to contest the wilt. Was Mr Plant of sound mind when he caused the will be be drawn' Apparently his mind was clear.

said the doctor. I ii free to say that he was a sick' man when he took the journey to New Haven and made his somewhat peculiar will. Under the laws of this state it is not possible- to tie up property as is done in Connecticut. Briefly Mr. Plants will di rected that the estate is not to be divided until the year son of Morton Plant the only son of Henry B.

Plant. shall have had a male child which shall have become of age. The trustees assert doubtless with good reason. that it Is impossible to determine so soon after Mr. Plants death how large the estate is.

Morton Plant the son of the dead man left the city a few days ago. for the Florida coast with the intention of devoting several weeks to the Plant properties on the west coast of that state. WILSON WILL IS TOO LATE Davie Estate Has Been Distributed Among Relatives. Butte. Mont.

November 11 Andrew 1. Davis. Jr. nephew of the. dead millionaire.

says' the- new. Chicago will brought forward by Mary G. Wilson la too late. as the estate. after being in litigation ten years la now nearly all distributed.

only the' Boston end remaining unadjusted. TEXTILE MEN GIVE NOTICE. Manufacturers Are Given Until November 23d To WIle Wages. Fall River. Mass November IS.

Secre tary O. C. Rounsvllle. of the Manufacturers' Association tonight received a communication from the textile council. notifying the mill men of the- action of the representatives of th operatives at Sundays' meeting of the council.

The letter was substantially the same as the draft of the vote given out by the council and is very formal in Its nature. The council gives the manufacturers un ill November lId to make reply to the new demand for an Increase in wages. and in CfSe of a refusal it calls upon the operatives to leave their work on the morning of December llth. A proposition by which the whole matter may be settled by arbitration is included in the communication. DIAMOND THIEVES' BIG HAUL.

Cleveland Robbers teal 3OOOO Worth of Precious Stones. Cleveland. November 13. Thirty thousand dollars' worth. of diamonds were stolen this afternoon from the store of Sigler Bros.

at No. 354 Euclid aye- nue. Three men entered the store. which. Is on the second floor.

One of the trio stood at the elevator cage and the other two entered the office of Mr. Bugler. One of the strangers engaged the attention. of one of the clerks and the other talked to Mr. Slgrler at whose side was a black box four by ten Inches.

containing the diamonds. Mr. Sigler says his attention was distracted for a. moment and upon turning to his supposed customer. both had tied and the box of jewels was one.

The police have no clew save a description furnished by Mr. Slgler. TWO ARE BJTTrm BY TRAIN Hungarians Engaged in Fight Are Sun Down by Express. Shamokln Pa. November 13.

While Jottm Yunsk and Conrad Wlnske. young unmarried Hungarians were engaged in flat fight onthe Philadelphia and luj- ing. track near Enterprise last night. an express train ran them down and instantly killed them both. The men had been.

to a Hungarian christening at Enterprise and becoming involved In a quarrel. they walked dqwn the railroad to. fight It out. STORMS CAUSE LOSS OP LXPL Boat Is Swamped Off Cape Breton and Sailors Are Drowned. Halifax.

N. a. November 13. A. heavy snow and rain stojrr accompanied by gales of wind caurjay loss of life and damage to shipping prevails in the maritime provinces auld' Newfoundland.

dis patch from Port Hood. Cape Breton says Ten fishing boats went out this morn- INTERESTCENTERS ON TROOPS ARRIVAL No News. Has Been Received Since November 6tli. Inc. About midday a northwest gale came up suddenly.

Five boats landed safely. A sixth was swamped off the northern entrance. The seventh is miss- Inr. There' la no means yet of knowing who were lost. An unknown schooner is drifting ashore on the Island side of the harbor.

Her crew will be saved. It is possible at least a. dozen souls have perished. KAINA CALLS. A MEETING.

National Republican Committee Will Meet at Washington. Cleveland November 13. After a consultation today between. Senator 11 A. Hanna.

and- Charles F. Dick chairman and secretary respectively of Ute national republican committee. the' latter announced that it bad. bees decided to call the committee together on Friday. December 15th- at Washington to name the time and place for holding the next national republican convention.

The session of the committee will continue for two days. The following named cities. are mentioned as probable applicants for the nation- al convention next year Chicago. St. Louis.

San Francisco Cleveland. Minneapolis Denver Kansas City Milwaukee and Buffalo. Secretary Dick will at once Issue a far- mal call for the of of the national committee to meet on the date above" mentioned. CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH. Three Sons of Mrs.

Kate On Met Death by names. Sault Ste. Marie. Mich. November 13.

A special from Detour. this county says that on Sunday the three sons Mrs. Kate On' aged eight six and five years. were burned to death In a fire which orlg- mated in their home. The mother a wid- ow was away at the' time.

the boys being in charge of their grandmother who. however escaped unharmed. SUICIDE CLUB IN FRANKFORT. Andrew Thompson Who Took His Life Said To Rave Been Member. Frankfort.

md. November 13. Andrew Thompson tonight committed sulcde by taking morphine. The death has developed beyond doubt that there is a. suicide dub laithls city and that twp of the.

members have already carried out their obligations. Dred Greiner. who took his life several days ago by the same agency. is the. first to carry out the compact.

Thompson was present at the time Greiner' died and' he remarked that he would soon follow him. Greiner and. Thompson were both members of company. C. Fifteenth.

Indiana volunteers. and the supposition Is' that others of the same company belong to. the club TO RECOMMEND NEW CRUISERS. Construction Board of Navy Is Row in Session. Washington November 31 The 'construction board of the navy department at its meeting tcday took up the subject of new construction in the navy for the coming year.

This was at the request of the secretary and will form the basis of his recommendations to congress for new vessels during the coming session. This matter Is confidential but it may toe said that the secretary is expected to renew his recommendation for three new ciulsers of the improved. olympia type. such as congress failed to appropriate for last year. MOLUIEUXS SECOND- TRIAL.

It Will Bo Begun Today in Court. of General Sessions. New York. November IS. The trial of Roland B.

MoUneux for the murder of. Mrs Katherine 3. Adams will begin to- morrow in- the court of general casemust be tried as soon as pos sible said District Attorney' Gardlnor. It Mollneux la. guilty he will be convict ed and if he Is innocent he will be acquitted as soon as legal forms.

can be complied with. It he should be acquitted there will be no one more pleased than I. because of my long friendship with his' father. General MolineuXo. BIG WATER POWER IS SOLD.

New York Capitalists About To In vest' Near Charlotte. Charlotte N. C. November 13. Spe cial The purchase by.

New York' capitalists of Mountain Island cotton mills and water power. located on Catawba rivet eleven miles' from this city has been about accomplished. The property is owned by Baltimore parties. The full development of the water power by the prospective purchasers is 15000 horse power and contemplates the furnishing of eitric power for' operat- tng a suburban street railway tar this city. as well as such power for manufacturing plants.

The purchase price Is stated to be 300000. NEW ORLEANS GAINS A DAY. Her Race with the Brooklyn Watch- i with. Interest. Washington.

November 11 The Ne Orleans Is beating- the Brooklyn- In. the- ocean race- for Manila. The Brooklyn sailed today mm Port Tewflk for Aden at. the mouth of the Red Sea. while the New Orleans arrived at Port Said at the we tern end of the Sues canal.

yesterday. But. the New Orleans it is said at the navy department where the race is being watched with Interest has gained. a full nays time onthe crack American cruiser. she Is now only three days behind.

startinc under a handicap. OF. SIEGE Bread Is Selling at Three- SMIIiflj Per lot BOERS HAVE BINGE OF THE MINES Shelled Dynamite Huts and Several Have Been. Blown Up Joubert Selti To Be Negotiating- for Capitulation of' Ladysmlth. London November 14 4:50.

a. m. The paucity of news from the front still eaves the chief Interest centered in the arrival of re Escourt dispatches. say that' heliograph communication has been established with Ladysmlth but so far no news has been received the latest date being November ith which shows that the occupants of Ldysmith had no news of the outside world since General French reached rmaritbuig and that they were puzzled at the Inactivity of the Boers Every one was confidenti and cheerful but- all were suffering the inconvenience of the siej 3 bread selling at shillings per loaf. Colonel Powell's dashing softies at Mafeking encourage the tope that the British garrisons along the- western border' are all ble to hold out.

Cecil Rhodes. Is employing 8000 men. white and black at Klmberley in road-making as a remedy for destitution. Boer Have Range at Wines. According to a dispatch from DeAar the Boers.

lit Kimberley have got the exact range of the mines and are constant. ly throwing shells at the dynamite huts. Several' of the latter have been blown Up and the' damage done to the mines al ready amount to many thousand pounds. Among the stories from Brussels is one that General Jouhert and Str George White have been endeavoring to negotiate for the capitulation of ofLadYfmlth. but have failed to come to terms.

rather S's Story' Vague. The stories of. Father Matthews cabled from Lourenzo Marques the surrender at Nlcholsons Nek are tots vague to be very convincing but in mill- tary circles it is considered unpleasant reading and it win be impossible to get the' facts until the officer concerned has been court mart laled. The report that the British cruiser Ma- glclenne had fired on the French steamer Cordoba raises- the doubtful point' wheth- er Great Britain has yet actually deelar. ed war.

It is believed. however that European nations have been made acquainted with the severance of relations between Great Britain and the two republics. It is understood that the admiralty on General Butlers advice has arranged that cruisers at the Cape should go out to Intercept all arriving transports. and Inform them of the latest orders respecting thelrjlestlnaUon which are to be kept secret. BP ARRIVED Troopship Armenian with Three Batteries of Artillery at- Cape Town.

London. November 13. A dispatch from Ctpe Town to the war office announces the arrival there today of the- troop ship Armenian. with three batteries of artillery and ammunition column and the troop ship Nubia with the Scots Guards and. halt.

a battalion of the Northampton- shire This brings the total number of re to 12602 of which about 6000 are- already on the way to Durban. The Armenian and Nubla whose troops belong to the First division will probably also be ordered to proceed. Nine troop ships carrying 11000 men are due at Cape Town tomorrow Tuesday. FLAG or TRUCE WAS. HOISTED.

Stampeding of Mules Not To Slami for British Surrender. Lourenzo Marquez Delagoa Bay November 9 Thursdaj. Father Matthews. who has arrived from Pretoria. says with reference to the surrender of the Irish Fusiliers and the Gloucestershirs troops at Nicholson's Nek.

that after the mules stampeded the force got hard pressed by the- enemy They would have held out however but some subordinate without Instructions. hoisted a flag of truce on his own responsibility. Nothing then remained but. to surrender. BORES PIER ON PORT WYLE.

An Armored Train Reaches Colenso Without Accident. Uscourt Natal Thursday Evening November 9. An armored train with A company of the. Royal Dublin Fusiliers started at past 1 o'clock this afternoon and reached. the break In the' railway line about halt a mile from oIensu without accident.

Captain Hensely with several men reconnoitered and met. a native who said the Boers were occupying the town. While the conversation was in progress ih Boers' opened. tire" from Fort Wyle but did. no Injury.

Captain. llensely thereupon retired. on the train. after which the Fusiliers volleyed on the fort. As there was no response the presumption was that the Boers had retreated.

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