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8A UAC CqI E T.
In the Rhenish and Westphaltan in-
dustrial districts t6ere is hardly a
town without its smoking clubs, in
which a prize is given to the man who
can consume the largest quantity of
tobacco in the shortest time.
There are seventeen communities of
Shakers in the United States. The
Amana Soctetyhas 1.800 souls, and the
Harmony Society, of Economy, Ohio.
has but nine resident members lefL
The Zoarites and the Ruskin colony, of
Georgia, have both recently disbanded,
Only two women in the United
States may use the mails without pay-
ing for the privilege, These two are
widows of former l~resldents--Mrs.
Julia Dent Grant and Mrs. Lucretia A.
Garfield. Mrs. Garfield has enjoyed
the privilege since 1881 and Mrs. Grant
since 1886.
]in Sweden, writes an American trav-
eler, the saloons are closed on Satur-
day-pay day--while the tmvings
hanks are kept open until mldnighL
No government can force a man to
~ave his money, b~t at least this Swed-
ish system encourages him to deposit
it where he will draw better interest
than a headache~
Even loo~ing has its humorous ~de.
A Chinese sneakthief recently entered
an American dining-room in Shank-
hal and abstracted a few teaspoons, a
silver syrup Jug and an old clock, all
of which he tucked. Chinese fashiou,
into his clothes. The syrup ran down
and for a long way the thief's progress
could be traced. "What a pity," was the
philosophical comment of the owner ot
the articles, "that the clock did not run
down, too!"
King Edward, who, it is said, suffers
more than most men from a silk hat.
having constantly to raise it in r~
zponse to the salutes of the men in
the street, gives his head a holiday
when he gets to sea. Amid the more
exciting things seen on board Sham-
rock II. at the time of the accident the
King's headdress managed to escape
i~ublic notice. It was the acme of
comfort, being a close-fitting c~tp,
rather of the old night-cap pattern,
made of the softest white silk.
A demand Is being made iu Jamaica
[or the suppression of the practice of
ganJah smoking among the many
thousands of East Indian coolies who
work on the banana and auger planta-
tions throughout the colony• Ganjah
is a variant of Indian hemp, or bhang,
which was employed to arouse the
fierce passions of the rebel Sepoys dur-
ing the Indian mutiny, and which to-
day is responsible in the East for
many eases of "running amok." The
coolie who smokes this most perni-
cious weed freely becomes an incar-
nate fiend with the most homicidal
tendencies.
The lingering death of the late dow-
ager Empress of Germany has had
few counterparts in English royal his-
tory. Twenty-five per cent of the num-
ber that has reigned there since the
conquest met violent deaths. Two
Henry VII and Edward VI, died of
consumption. Old age, with lt~ com-
plication o! physical troubles, helped
to carry off Victoria, George IIL Eliz-
abeth, Henry VI, William VI, Edward
III and Henry III. Three died young,
Edward V, at fourteen; Edward VI, at
sixteen, and Henry ~'I, at thirty-three.
Queen Anne died comparatively young
of apoplexy. Mary's death is said to
have been due to sorrow over the loss
,of Engliah territory in France, Henry
yI's and George III's last day~ were
clouded with dementia, and George
lI's demise was occasloued bY the
bursting of a blood vessel.
A radical innovation has been
adopted by the Arkansas Bo~rd of
Charitable Institutions, regarding the
management of the State Insane asy-
lum that is causing consternation
among the employes of the institution.
The board has adopted a resolution to
the effect that the superintendent ~hali
as speedily as practicable secure only
citizens of Arkansas for the various
positions, and that the change shall be
made In ninety days at the furthest
There are 106 empIoyes at the asylum,
white and colored, and of these about
60 are citizens of the state. Of the
white employes, including the assist-
ants and those in the higher statlon~,
not more than 25 p~r cent will :0e ex-
empt from dismissal. Superintendent
Hooper says that the order leaves
them in "a mighty bad fix." All, su-
perintendents have found it necessary
to send outside the state for certain 0~.
the expert attendants in the care of
the insane, and It is said that it will
be difficult to fill the quota with per-
sons as thoroughly competent. Under
the order, however. 60 of the employes
must be discharged within the next
three months.
A b~ath-house for negroes is being
talked of by a Kansas City paper, It
says this need has been generally ~rec-
o~alzed and has often been expressed
by those who have watched the crowds
auIted a fund for the pur-
for no-
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TESTIMONY IN REGAleD TO THE
NAVAL BATTLE OFF SANTIA60
Washington. "Sept. 24.--The part
played by the battleship Texas in the
naval battle off Santiago, July 3,
1898, in which the SImnish fleet, under
Admiral Cervera, was sunk, was the
basis ~f the greater pat~t of yesterday's
proeeedlngs in the Schley naval court
.of inquiry. Of the four witnesses ex-
amined during the day three had been
officers on board the Texas during the
battle, and two of them were new
witnesses. There were Commander
George C. Hellner. who was navigator
on the Texas, and Commander Alex-
ander B. Bates, wile was the chief en-
gineer on that battleship. Commander
Harbor, executive officer and the chief
surviving officer of the ship mnee the
death rOf Captain Philip, was recalled.
The fourth witness was Commander
Seaton Schroeder. executive officer on
the Massachusetts and now governor
of the island of Guam.
The testlmoue~ several times during
the day was somewhat exciting, as
it *ras especially ~o when Commander
Heilner described the battle and the
part the "lMxas lind taken in it. He said
that when the Brooklyn made its loop
at the beginning of the battle it passed
across the Texas' bow at a distance
not to exceed 100 ~o 150 yards, and
that, at the comrna~ad ef Captain Phil-
ip, the Texas had ~een brough~ to a
dead stop.
Engineer Bates testified that the star-
oard engines had been stopped, and
said he thought this also had hap-
period to the port engines. Command-
er Heilner expressed the opinion that
three miles had been lost by this man-
euver and the fact that part of the ma-
chinery was deranged. He said he
eonsi~lered that the Texas was in
greater danger when the Brooklyn
eros~ed her bow that at any other
time during the battle.
On cross-examhmtion Commander
Heilner admitted having taken part in
the preparation of the official Navy
Department chart showing the
poeltions at different times of
the ships which participated in
the battle. He said that accord-
ing to this chart the two ships
never were nearer thnn 500 yards of
each other. But he contended the
chart was inaccurate, and he satd he
had only consented t~ It as a compro-
ml~se.
Engineer Bates admitted ~hnt the of-
ficial steam log of the Texas contained
no record of the signal ~o reverse the
engines. Commander Sehr(~eder testi-
fied eonoerning the coal SUlqdy of the
Massachusetts. which he said would
have been sufficient for a blockade of
from sixteen to twer, ty days.
The day ¢1~1 with another ammat.
ed controversy between counsel as to
the policy of bringing Adlnirar Samp-
son's name into tl~e trial
Mr. Raymer, counsel for Admiral
Schley, said:
'%Ve do not p~pose ~o bring the
name of Admiral Saml)son into this
controversy any more than it is possi-
ble to do so. We a~e not here now for
the purlmse of condemning the fact,
if it proves to be a fact. of the New
York. leaving on the morning of the
battle; we are not here to crlticise the
blockade, that Admiral Sampson had
at Santiago, but are l~ere to establish
this, or under the specifications of
your precept memorandum, to find
out whether the blockade at Santiago
was a close or adequate blockade:
Now, if we can prove that it was, so
far ns distances were concerned, the
same blockade that the commander-in-
chief maintained there, then we can
justify the course of Admiral Schley,
who was commander-in-chief before
Sampson's arrival.
"There is one other point, and this is
all done for the purpoge of really not
delaying but properly getting at the
matter. We propose to prove that on
the 1st day of June the Colon was in
precisely the same position inside of
the harbor that she was on the 31st
day of May, when Admiral Schley
made the reconoissance with the Mas-
sachusetts and the New Orleans.
"Now, we propose to show that
when Admiral Sampson came up with
the ships his ships saw the Colon in
the same position and instead of at-
tacking it steamed by and permitted
her to go further inside the harbor.
Now, would not we be Justified In not
engaging in battle with the Colon and
the.shore'batteries at Santiago if Ad-
miral SampSon took the same course?"
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BEGINNING CZOLfiOSZ TRIAL
B£FOI E JUSTICE WHITE
Buffalo. N. Y.. Sept. 24.~Leon F.
Czolgosz was placed on trial yester-
day morning charged with the murder
of President McKinley. He entered a
plea of "guilty," which was subse-
quently changed to "not guilty" by di-
rection of the court.
All the events of the day indicated
that the trial will be slma~t. Court con-
vened at 10 o'clock, and within two
hours eight jurors had bsen secured.
Techntealitie~ were not raised by the
examining counsel, but it was signifi-
cant that every man who said he had
formed an opinion on the case was ex-
cused by the district attorney. Those
who acknowledged that they had
formed an opinion or stated that they
were prejudiced, but admitted that
their opinion could be changed by evi-
dence, were accepted by each side.
Justice Truman C. White, one of the
oldest and most experienced of the Su-
preme Court Judges. was on the bench.
Immediately after the opening of the
court and after the prisoner had plead-
ed, Justice Loran L. Lewis, senior
counsel for the defendant, anounced
that together with his colleagues, for-
mer Justice Robert C. Titus and Carl-
ton E. Ladd, they were ready to act
in behalf of the prisoner.
"I thought It best," he said, "for my
colleagues and myself, that I should
say something regarding our presenc~
here as attorneya for the defendant.
At the time my name was suggested I
was out of the city and knew nothing
of what was transpiring here wtih ref-
erence to the selection of counsel for
the defendant. "When the circum-
stances of mff selection were told to
me I was extremely reluctant to ac-
cept. But the duty had been imposed,
and I con*ddered it my duty in light of
all the circumstances,to defend this
man.
"I ask that no evidence be presettted
here. that the court will not permit the
aeceptance of any evidence, unless It
would be accepted at the trial of the
most meager criminal in the land."
"I am familiar with these circum-
stances," said Justice White in reply,
"and I wish to say I ~;ill give you ev.
cry assurance that the prisoner will
have a fair and impartial trial, and
that during the progress of the trial he
will receive such treatment as the law
demands in any criminal case."
The work of securing the Jurors was
then undertaken with a celerity that
was amazing. Before the day was
over the entire panel had been sworn,-
the Jurors had listened to a description
of the Temple of Music, where the
crime occurred, had seen plmtog'raphs
of the interior of that structure, and
had been told by three surgeons what
caused the death of the President an4
the effect of the assassin's shot upon
the various organs of the tmdy. They
had also learned why the fatal bullet
had not been located.
English VImws of ]?resident ]Roosevelt.
London, Sept. 24.--Interest in Presi-
dent Roosevelt's personality Is unabat-
ed. The magazines advertise articles
about him and everything he has said
of Great Britain has been dug out of
his books. Many picturesque stories
of the President's hunting and ranch-
ing life continue to fill coDJmns of the
papers• P. T. O'Connor. in M. A. P.
(Mainly About People): In its issue of
Wednesday, con0udlng a page and a
half analysis of President Roosevelt,
will say:
"Revan, wl~en close to his last hour,
J
wrote that he would like to survive to
the middle of this century, so a~ to
know the ultimate fate of the young
Emperor of Germany, whose tumult
was then filling and alarnling the ear
of Europe. If the great philosopher
had survived he would probably have
found a subject of equal curiosity and
uncertainty in the accession to the
/presidency of this restless, short, mus-
cular man. as ready with his fists as
with his pen; soldier and literateur,
realist and dreamer, who occupies the
bleak White House at Washington
from which are ruled
• eighty of the
most active, vital millions of the hu-
l~an ra~e•"
• l~srge GiftS of Money.
Salt Lake, Sept 24.--Personal dona-
tions aggregating $90,000 are an-
nounced here as having been thade by
William J. Palmer and George Fo~ter
Peabody, until recently large slmre-
holders in the Pleasant Valley (Utah)
Coal Company. In May, 1900, an ex-
plosion at the Scofleld mine killed near-
ly 200 people. A public fupd of over
$100,000 was subscribed and subse-
Serious H~ilway Accident.
Denver, Sept. ~%-~Nine ears and a
locomotive were practically demol-
ished and thirteen men were injured.
three of the]~ seriously. In a wreck on
the South Park line of the Colorado &
Southern railway last Saturday night.
The accident occurred at Webster, a
station seven miles this side of Keno.
,she summit, at 11:45 o'clock, and the
Injured men were yesterday brought to
St. Luke's hospital, this city. The seri-
ously lnJJlred are:
Webster Balllnger, engineer,, lives at
2101 Downing avenue. Denver: nephew
of Representative Webster Balllnger of
Park county. Lower part of chest
crushed; serious.
John Carlson of Come; leg broken
and bruised and may have to be am-
putated.
W. A. Phillips, laborer; right thigh
bone broken and flesh crushed; and
may require amputation.
The train wrecked was No. 82 mixed
freight and passenger. Besides one pas.
senger coach there was a tool and
bunk car in which a large number of
laborers who had been working on the
grade near Come were being brought
ark to Denver. The train wa~ com.
lng down the Kenogha hill at thirty.
five miles an hour when the engine left
the rails. Nine ears, including the
bunk car, followed the locomotive
down the bank and all of el}era were
demolished. When the wreckage was
cleared away it was found that alI ex.
eept three men were only slightly hurt.
The wrecked cars were loaded with
ore and bullion from Leadville and
with lumber.
The track was torn up for several
car lengths and travel was blocked un.
quently the company gave the heirs! tii yesterday afternoon. Just why the
of each victim $500, or a total of $100, r
" I t eta left the track will not be known
-"" - t- - "" p I uutll after an Investigation
it is announeea nat messrs, ea-i
body, having severed all connection[
with the company, personally donate t - t~ ......
m me~mtey l~nprovtng
$250 to the heirs of each person killed "
and to each person seriously in Jured, I Canton, Ohio, Sept. 23.--F0r the third
the total amoonting to $50.600. They i day in succession Mrs. McKinley took
also donate $I6,000 each to St. Mark's i two drives to-day, one to the cemetery,
Cross (Catholic) where She entered the vault, and a see.
end in tim afternoon along the coun-
the try roads, Mrs. McKinley seems to
more interest in the affairs of the
house ~day, and went to the dining
. ~ room f~ her meal~,
COLORADO NOTES.
A movement is on foot to establish a
first-class hospital at Victor.
Twenty divorces in one day is the
record of the Arapahoe county com't.
Work will be commenced immediate-
ly on the new water works system at
Longmont.
The State University at Boulder has
opened with an inereased number of
students.
Leopold Batres, archaeologist, has
begun explorations in the ruins of the
cliff dwellings at Maneos.
It is estimated that nearly forty
square miles of timber has been killed
by the recent fire near Eldora.
The cantaloupe season in Colorado
has practically closed. Shipments
have been heavy and profits good.
The Elks' charity fair and bazaar
at Central City, which closed Septem-
her 21st, Is reported to have realized a
profit of over $3,000.
In a mdoon quarrel at Garland, Sep-
tember 22d. W. T. Tritseh was shot
and killed by Clark Breanaman. The
latter was placed under arrest.
Tim Treasury Departmen~ has ap-
proved the application of C. V. Benson
of Loveland for the conversion of the
Bank of Loveland. The capital of the
new national bank is given as $50,000.
A large crowd gathered in Littleton
the other night and burned in effigy the
assassin Czolgosz. and Emma Gold-
man, whose words served as inspira-
tlon for his crhne.
Surveyors are now at work on the
Eldora extension of the Colorado &
Northwestern railroad. Several routes
will be. sm'veyed and the most feasible
one chosen.
The directors of the State Fair at
Pueblo have changed their plans of
having a Midway, but will introduce
the feature of a German village, ~o-
gether with other novel attractions.
The worst of a ,series of violent rain-
storms etruck Manltou and vicinity on
the forenoon of September 3d. continu-
ing for some time. and wreaking con-
siderable damage. Between Colorado
At the m eeting of the teachers of
Arapahoe county, September 2d, at
which 275 teachers were present, reso-
lutions were adopted highly c~mmeud-
ing the work of Miss Emma M. Herey,
county superintendent of schools.
The village of Ash, a short distance
north of Ouray, was ahnost completely
destroyed by fire om the 16th inst. The
Graham supply store was totally de-
stroyed. Loss about $8,000; insurance,
$3.400.
A steel; company has been organized
principally among the Woodmen of the
~orld of Fort Morgan to build an au-
ditorium and lodge room. It is pro-
posed to erect a building at a cost of
about $5,000, to seat 600 people.
Oliver P. Wiggins, the aged scout
and Mexican war veteran who has
been stationed as officer in the poster-
lice building at Denver for many years,
has been replaced by a younger man.
Officer Wiggins was a picturesque fig-
ure and will be much Imissed.
The members of the A. O. U. W. are
arranging for a grand union meeting
and initiation ceremonies at Canon
City on the evening of October 28th,
in which lodges from Pueblo, Florence,
Coal Creek, Canon City, Westcliffe
and Salida will participate.
On the day of William McKinley's
funeral Nathaniel Lyon Post No. 5, G.
A. R., of Boulder. adopted resolutions
calling on Colorado's senators and con-
gressmen to secure federal legislatlon
against anarchy and suggesting an in-
ternational bureau in that connection.
September 20th was Pioneers' Day
at the fair in Glenwood Springs, of
Eagle, Pltkin and Garfield counties:
Anyone who moved into the region be-
fore January 1, 1887, is accounted a
pioneer, though if he were a baby at
the time he can hardly be an "old pi-
oneer."
A contract has Just been let by the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company for
the construction of three additional
buildings on the hospital reservation
near Lake Minnequa, Pueblo, at a cost
of $25,000. The buildings are for a
central heating apparatus, a laundry
and a recrea~on building.
Menuel Aguilar, a Mexican wanted
for murder committed at Mont~ose
about four years ago, was shot and
killed by a deputy sheriff while resist-
ing arrest at Costilla, on the Colorado-
New Mexico line, thirty-five miles
south of Garland. September 22d. He
was captured a short time ago by the
sheriff of Costilla county, but succeed-
ed in making his escape while being
taken to Jail at San Luis. Re was a
notorious character and had baffled all
attempts to capture him for a long
time.
The Longmont correspondent of the
Denver Republican says: Frank Bal-
linger, a renter on the f:l:'m of A. D.
Holt, east of Longmont, has Just har-
vested au extraordinary yield of pota.
toes. On seventeen acres he raised
2,890 sacks, or an average of 170 sacks
an acre. for which he received the sum
of b6,375, or $375 an acre for his crop.
Benjamin Althoff, an employe of the
Kendrlck-Gelder smelter, was found
dead at the bottom of a cesspool In an
outhouse back of Trembath's hotel,
Sllver, on, September 20th.
A Buena Vista dispatch of Septem-
ber 22d to the Denver Republican
says: Sheriff Charles Anl~le has re-
ceived worn from tmrtles at'Bath that
the missing hun~tea". Ounnelly, who dis-
appeared from that place ten days ago,
left nothing of value behind and owed
one week's board bill at the section
~h~use. The sheriff is of the opinion
that he simply left the country. For
ten days a large posse has been search-
ing the Buffalo Peaks country, but did
not find a trace of Connelly. The
search has been abandoned.
On September 20tb the Jury in the
Mc~Villlams murder trial at Trinidad
retnrned a verdict of not guilty. The
ease was one of the most sensational
criminal trials in the history of the
COUnty. Phll Mc~,Vllilams had had a
pitched battle near his ranch east of
Trinidad with Salvador Parise and his
son Charles, the two Parlses being
killed. The evidence strawed that Me-
Williams was In pursuit of a coyote
when he met the two Parlses The
latter opened fire, killing McWllltams'
horse. "From behind the dead animal
he returned the ~re, many shots bet~g
i~xchanged.
OUR NEW PRESIDENT BEGINS
WORK AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Washington, Sept. 22.. President
Boosevelt walked early to the White
House yesterday from the residence
of his brother-in-law. Commander
Cowles, arriving shortly before 9:30
o'clock. Secretary Hay and Secretory
Gage came almost upon hls heels and
saw the President for a few minutes
in the Cabinet room.
The doors of the White House are
closed to the public, but admission, of
course, was accorded to those who
desired to ~ee ~he President personally,
and within an hour a score of men
prominent in public life had called to
pay their respects and to extend their
good wishes for a successful adminis-
tration. Among them were Senators
Scott and Elkins of West Virginia,
Senators Pritchard of North Carolina.
Millard of Nebraska and Burton of
Kansas. and Representatives Heat-
wole, McCleary and Stephens of Min-
nesota. Gibson of Tennessee, Living-
stone of Georgia and Dayton of West
Virginia. All were delighted with the
reception accorded them.
Senators Elkins and Scott congratu-
lated the.President upon the decision
he had made when he took the oath
of dffice.
"That simple declaratlon," said Sen-
ator Scott, "immediately restored con-
fidence to the business world."
To the Minnesota representatives the
President recalled the fact that it was
in their state that he had made his
last public utterance as vice president
and that in tlrat "confession of faith."
as he characterized it, he committed
himself to the policy of McKinley, to
which he pledged his adherence npon
office at Buffalo.
Representative Livingstone of Geor-
gia was especially pleased with his
reception. The Georgia representative
had congratulated the President, had
expressed the hope that his adminis-
tration would he a success and had in-
formed him that as a southern man
and a Georgian he would contribute
everything in his power to that end•
The President replied that it would be
his aim to be the l~'esident of the
whole people, without regard to geo-
graphical lines or class distinction;
that it was the welfare of all which
he would seek to promote.
The President was more emphatic in
his declaration to Senator Pritehard
and Representative Klutz of North
Carolina and Representative Gibson
of Tennessee.
"The South will support you most
heartily," Senator Pri~chard had said.
speaking for all three of the southern
men• "The Democratic newspapers
are predicting good for you and of you,
and the feellng of all the people for
you, irrespective of party, is most
kindly."
"I am going to be President of the
United States, and not any section,"
replied the President. "I don't care
for sections or sectional lines. When I
was governor of New York. I was told
I could make four appointments In the
army. When I sent in the names,
three were from the South and the
other from New York. They were
brave men. who de'served recognition
for services in the Spanish War, and it
did not matter what states they were
from•"
The President talked in the same
vein with Senator Money of Mississip-
pi when the latter called.
PLOT TO MURDI R PRESIDENT
HATCHED MANY MONTHS AGO
Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 22.--Investiga-
tions made by Police Detective
Schmunk reveal the startling possibili-
ty that a plot to assassinate President
McKinley was laid a year or more
ago, before he was elected for his sec-
ond term, and that it may have been
laid in Oregon township, where the
Czolgosz family lived. A remittance
made to the assa~iu by hls brother,
Waldeck Czolgosz, about a month ago,
led to the investagation that may have
an Important bearing on the ease.
From the first the Buffalo police
have been strong in their belief that
there was a plot. 0~ae of tile strong
elements in their belief has been the
fact that the handkerchtt~f by which
the assassin concealed the hand in
which he held his weapon, was a wom-
an's handkerchief. What is more Im-
portant is that the handkerchief was
bound about the hand'in a way that
he, it is said, would not have been
able to tie It himself.
The fact that Czolgosz had money
impelled the de,active to try to learn
whence got it. Yesterday his brother
Waldeck confessed to having sent it
to Leon under the name of Frank Sny-
der, at West Seneca, New York.
Detective Schmunk yesterday ascer-
tained from neighboring farmers that
the Czolgosz boys, Leonard and Wal-
deck, have been readers of Socialist
papers for several years, ffohn D.
Knox, an aged farmer who lives In the
vicinity of the former Czolgosz farm,
said yesterday:
"The two men, the one that shot the
President and Waldeck, used to come
to my house and talk to me about their
Socialist papers. They brought their
papers to me and tried to get me to
read them.
"Once when they were here during
the last presidential campaign, they
got to talking about President McKin-
ley and one of them said: 'If he ia
elected he will be shot before he serves
out his term.' and went on: 'I'd serve
John D. Rockefeller the same way if I
go~ a chance.' They talked violence
all the time, and I was glad they went
out of the neighborhood.
"Almost every night there was u
crowd from the city at their house.
They used re come out to the farm
from the electric road, so that we
could not ~ee them, as we could have
had they come by the road. The back
of the farm extends to the railroad,
and the visitors used to go back and
forth that way instead of by way of
the road. Sometimes there would
be
quite a crowd of them."
It ts said that Leon's father, sister
and brothers are going to Buffalo
shortly and the police believe when
they confront Leon he will break down
and reveal all that is now a mystery
in relation to the shooting of the Pros-:
ldent.
LONDON NEWSPAPERS
• CRIT[CISE BOER WAR
London, Sept. 22.--While Kruger and
Dr. Leyds are drawing up petitions to
President Roosevelt and the Czar ask-
ing them to intervene, the fighting
Boers are helping themselves lu South
Africa b~,, celebrating the expiration of
the period in which Lord ICItchener
proclaimed they must surrender by
four notable successes, killing sixty-
eight officers and men, wounding six-
ty-three and capturing five guns and
300 men.
The situation is singularly like the
THINKS PEARY WILL
REACH NORTH POLE
New York. Sept. 21.--Herbert L.
Bridgeman, secretary of the Peary
Arctic Club, who conducted- the Peary
relief expedition of this year, and the~
young men who accompanied him
have returned home. With them came
Mrs. Peary and her little girl, who was
born in the Arctic regions eight years
ago.
"Next April," said Mr, Bridgeman,
"Peary will start for the pole from
Cape Heckla, the highest point of land
he has discovered in the west, Which is
opening of the war two years ago. the
names of the same places reeurri~ in only 500 miles from the pole. If he
the disnatches Utrecht where Ma~or should never reach it, his diseoverle~
" " ' " have bee~ important enough to war
Gough was entrapped, was the scene]
of a similar ambuscade eighteen rant the time he has spent in the north
months back. Acton Homes, where --but he will reach the pole"
the Boers yesterday reappeared, is
eighteeR miles southwest of Lady-
smith, prominent in the early hostiU-
ties, and the Natal colonials are mus-
tering for the defense of the Tugela,
as when General Joubert invaded Na-
tal In 1899.
In Cape Colony fighting is again go-
ing on south of Stormberg, in terri-
tory ~raversed by raiders and their
pursuers half a dozen times.
The government's .publication of
these reverses causes an outburst of
exasperation against the conduct of
the war, not in South Africa, but by
the ministry. The great ~nlnisterial
Journals accuse the government of try-
ing to rnn the war "on the cheap" by
not providing Lord Kitchener with suf.
flcient resources.
Mr. Bridgeman said he had the sat.
isfaetion of i~uowing that Peary ha4
a supply of walrus meat large enough
to carry him through his undertaking.
The explorer returned with the
Bridgeman party as far as Cape He~
schel, where his winter headquarters
are.
Four days after it occurred, Mr.
Brldgeman at Sydney heard of the
shootH~g of Presiden.t McKinley.
Peary will not hear of It until next
summer.
"The last relief expedition," said Mr.
Brldgeman, "was the eleventh sen1
out by the Arctic Club.
lost all elements of the dramatic.
were twice in danger,
we got caught between a
an ice floe, and went
The Times. while It has no misgiv.' muddy bank. We were fast for
ings as to the final issue, accuses the al hours, and the danger was
home authorities of lack of organized, ice pack should sweep
sustained effort, of a disposition to and make us~'prisoners. Th~
postpone military for financial consid- pounded a hole in the nose of
erations, and of failure to grasp the and fastened a big hawser
moral and intellectual damage which and in ten minutes the
the prolongation of the struggle in- ice, whose movement you could
flirts upon the empire, see at all, had swung us
whole thing.
Great Etdora Forest Fire. "The most serious time
Denver, Sept. 23.--All hope of put- we got caught between, the lip of,
ting out tim huge forest fires in the under water, and the glacier. We
Eidora region of Boulder county has away all rlgll~, however."
been given up by the exhausted peoplei
and all efforts are now directed to sav-] -=
lng towns and ndnlng property from] Crcseeus Detente Abbot.
destruction. Eldora m believed to be Readville, Mass.. Sept
safe, although fanned by a hlgh wind great stallion Cresceus
In the right direction, the flames might tained a firmer grasp
wipe out the town. I king by defeating his
Governor Orman has responded to IAbbott (2:03~), on the
the appeal for help and will send a
number of deputy wardens to Eldora
to:day.
Verd|et-in :lW~h~tny Case.
Gunnisom Colo., Sept. 22.--The
court received the jUrY'S verdict in the
Mahany case at 9 o'et0ck thismt~.rning=
The defendant was found guiKy o~
man, laughter.
to-day in three out~of~
two fastest trotters in
for a $20,000
W. Lawson.
12,0(O people paid
went to a well-known
weather was perfect,
