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THE MORNING NEWS.
Established 1850. - - Incorporated 1888
J. H. ESTILL, President.
IS BULLER AT LADYSMITH?
I H3ISTBXT humor that GARRI
SON IS HEUBVED.
*!;,* Report Conies From. Durban.
Whole Future of tin* Campaign De
pends I pon What 1m Done Toward
Relieving White's Forces-War.
rni's Advance Im Evidently a Step
in That Direction—There Is Doubt
lbout Securing 10,000 Yeomanry.
I'urban, Friday, Jan. 12.—The entire ab
f, - e of news from Chievely or Frere
C ;ni|> continues, but there is a persistent
rutr.- r iiere that Ladysmith has been re
lieved.
London, Jan. 15, 4:30 a. m— Lord Rob
er enigmatical announcement, “no
c Tige in the situation,” does nothing to
allay public anxiety or to explain the
niy-'* rv surrounding Gen. Buller’s move
n - is on the Tugela, and, although there
is - disposition to regard the dispatch as
disposing of Saturday's adverse rumors,
the week has opened in a state of suspense
almost equal to that of last week, because
it i- cognized that failure in Gen. Bui
1, s present attempt would seal the fate
of Ladysmith.
Presumably “no change in the situation"
r* tVrs io previous dispatches sent to the
war office, which have not yet been re
vealed to the public. Except the an
i. uncement of the seizure of Potigeters
1 nilr, and of the advance of Gen. War
r there has been no news from the
Tugela for a week. A ray of hope Is seen
in the fact that the same silence prevails
from the Boer side. Thus it may, per
haps, be fairly Inferred that Gen. Buller
1 not yet met a serious check.
if the announcement of Gen. Warren's
movement be correct, it is evident that
Gen. Buller’s forces are spread over a
very wide front—perhaps twenty-five miles
—and in the event of a sudden fall of
the river, his operation® might be full of
danger. It is believed that Gen. Buller
has no good survey maps of the district.
This will add to his difficulties.
Future Depends on it.
Sir Charles Warren’s advance probably
im-ans an attempt lo seize Hlangwane
bill, the main post of the Boers south of
the Tugela. Upon the success or failure
of these operations depends the w r hole
future of the campaign. Until the result
is known, Lord Roberts will be unable to
decide how to dispose the two divisions
and the reinforcements now arriving.
T!u news of the other points is of no
E* p at importance. Boer accounts tell of
another sortie 'from Kimberley on Jan.
9 in the direction of Kamfer’s Dam, with
a brisk exchange of firing, but no result.
A heavy detonation was heard on Jan. 8
within Kimberley.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Mod
d* ;• l iver dated Jan. 10, gives a rumor
that Kimberley was being bombarded.
• • tards Nek, mentioned in Lord Rob
eit dispatch as the locality of a recon
nai" inee, is northwest of Colesberg.
I> Ms are beginning to be raised
v -dlier it will be possible to get together
anything like 10,000 yeomanry. Only a
vry small percentage of the applicants
put -I the standard of riding and shoot
ing A large number of officers from the
Ffyntian army have just left Cairo for
> 0,11,1 Africa to replace those killed and
wounded.
'IF.N FOUGHT LIKE DEMONS.
Hniiil to Hand Encounter During: the
Vsnault on Lal ysmitli.
London, Jan. 15.—A special dispatch from
* Koofd Laager at Ladysmith, dated
“ an via Lorenzo Marquez, describing
t l ' assault on Jan. 6 upon Ladysmith,
says:
British made no attempt to hold
f* r >t iin e 0 f breastworks, but made an
f=x< lingly stubborn resistance at the
rfxt tow. Every inch was stubbornly con
. ‘ and conspicuous bravery was dis-
I' H 1 'i both sides.
'* ,er 10 o'clock British artillery
" 1 kened and a terrible individual
1 ensued among the riflemen for the
i >on of Plat-Rand ridge. At noon
iv y thunderstorm interrupted the
• ustlng for two hours.”
••I hough the burghers succeeded in ul
> gaining possession of the most
British positions on the western
* 1 ~ie Flat-Rand, they were finally
1 to retire from most of the ground
1 cupied. The ißr.tish were most
v entrenched, their redoubts being
' loopholel. and the combat w,s
■ thai rifles were frequently fir <1
length. It was a hand to- hand
i The men on both side* fought
tnems and the herror and bewilder
a i 1 th® scene could scarcely be par
d ’derations were continued the next
inday) on a smaller scale, but it is
f‘ 1 t,i nt as h result of one of the
hopes, one gun and two ummunl
-1 dons were captured.”
- ’ I’HKE STATE noIIDBH.
nml IMlchrr Wont on n
Recon mi I*hoc.
• ‘ River, Thursday, Jan. 11.—Gen.
' u. with two regiments of Lan-
Victorlan Mounted Rifles and a
“f horse artillery, left here on the
of j;m. 7 (Sunday), and crossed
• *State border on Tuesday morn
aneously other movements were
1 column under Col. Pilcher went
! • lrnotu to the south of Gen. Bab
routs, white a portion of tho
“f Kiokfonteln and Honey Nest
,r ‘du MaJ. Bryne, advanced to
• • bedal.
Babington penetrated twelve miles
twenty. They saw no signs
1 Boers. The farm houses were
“ ,f pty. the occupants having had
thn advance and gone further into
1 1 'erior.
l>**ltlhli bivounced at Ramdon. They
'htee farm houses, the property of
t , " l "‘ °f the Boor lenders. Y’esterday
\ " U4 JH around southward, returning
•'V. Nothing was accomplished
/‘^‘^halssance.
Uciier came into touch with Gen.
pje Morning Hrtos.
Bahlngion and then returned to Belmont.
->iaj. Byrne reeonnoltered the hills about
four miles from Jaeobsdal and saw 700
Boers.
MAV MAKE another attack.
Hoits Fortifying Their Positions
Around Ladysmith.
London, Jan. 15.—The Standard publish
es the following from Ladysmith, Thurs
-1 da y- an * B. by heliograph via Weenen:
” The Boers are fortifying positions
: north and west of Ladysmith, doubtless
with a view r of securing a safe line of re
treat should their opposition to Gen. Bul
ler’s advance fall. They still surround
Ladysmith in large numbers and may be
contemplating another attack.
"It is known, however, that they are
greatly depressed by their heavy losses.
Prior to Saturday they were perfectly con
! fident of their ability to defeat the gar
rison and to take possession of the town.'*
PROSECUTIONS FOR TREASON.
s anie of the British Look Upon Them
fit* Impolitic.
Cape Town, Wednesday, Jan. 10.—'The
proceedings for treason instituted against
the Dutch colonials who w r ere taken in
arms at Sunnyside are being pressed. Wit
nesses have been interrogated to-day, the
preliminary examination before the mag
istrate will be held later, and the trial
will probably be conducted by the Su
preme Court.
The colonial Dutch point out that these
prosecutions will serve to make more reb
els, as they consider the treatment of the
prisoners designed to terrify them. Some
Britons regard the prosecutions ns im
politic. in view' of the fact that the Boers
are able to retaliate upon the 100 British
officers and 2.500 privates in their hands,
and might do so unless all who fight in
the Boers ranks are treated as prisoners
of war.
The Boers keep up a continuous sniping
near Dordrecht.
Five colonial scouts were captured on
Monday.
Yesterday the American residents gave
a dinner to Webster Davis, United States
assistant secretary of the interior.
Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener were
most fervidly received on their arrival at
Cape Town.
On the invitation of Sir Alfred Milner,
Mr. Davis was present at the reception
tendered at the government house to Lord
Roberts and Kitchener. At the ban
quet given Mr. Davis Consul General
Stowe presided and Mr. Milner was pres
ent.
The Cape Times calls attention to the
fact that several members of the Cape
Assembly, representing Colesberg, Vry
burg, Barkley West and other points, are
“consenting parties to the deposition of
the Queen in favor of President Kruger
and President Steyr." It adds that “this
is a state of affairs that will call for radi
cal remedies.” #
WARREN'S MARCH FROM FRERE.
Humor That Boer* Are DI noon raged
mid May Leave Xatal.
London. Jan. 15.—A dispatch to the Daily
Mail, dated Jan. 12, from Pietermaritz
burg. says:
“Sir Charles Warren marched with 11,-
000 men eastward from Frere, by way of
Weenan. His scouts found no sign of the
enemy at Groblers Kloof, and Colenso was
ascertained to be deserted.
“There are rumors that the Boers ere
preparing to leave Natal, discouraged by
their failure lo reduce Ladysmith. All
the . colonials and irregulars have been
placed under Gen. Warren’s command.
“Among lhe Free Staters killed in the
attack on Ladysmith on Jan. 6 was Com
mandant DeVilliers, who. but for his well
known friendliness to England, would have
been commander-in-chief of the Free
State forces.”
GREAT BATTLE EXPECTED.
Causa of Firing Rockets nt Lady
smith Is Xot Known.
Boer Headquarters at Colenso, Thurs
day, Jan. 11, via Pretoria, via Lorenzo
Marquez, Friday, Jan. 12.—Everything
points to a great battle within the next
few' days.
Ladvsmith for the last two nights has
been firing rockets. The object is not
known here.
AX'HAT THE HELIOGRAPH SAYS.
British nt Ladysmith Are Keeping
AX’a teli on the Boer*.
Ladysmith,* Friday, Jan. 12 (by Helio
graph).—The besiegers have been quiet for
two days, but can be seen in active move
ment on the distant hills.
We have perceived two small bodies gal
loping with two machine guns.
The Boer heavy piece on Bulwana Hill
has not been fired for two days.
More Boer dead have been found at the
base of Caesar s C amp.^
All is well here.
XVATCHIXG FOR SUPPLIES. 4
Doer Uninmiinilo Within a Dn> *
March From the Sen.
Durban, Natal, Wednesday, Jan. 10.—
There is a Boer commando in Zambaans
country, Z.ululand, within .1 day's march
of the sea, wiih wagons. It Is believed
to be waiting for supplies and ammunition
secretly landed near Saint L.uela bay.
The Boers have looted all the stores and
mines In the Swaziland territory, and the
ruined natives are completing the destruc
lion.
lIOEHS HIOE'THKIW BOSSES.
Reported Tlielr 1.0 nt Murder
Was Very Ureal.
London, Jon. 11.-Julian Ralph. In his
report to the Daily Mall on the Motfder
river battle, says:
"I saw the Butt-Butt i?un and the Are
of the sharpshooters trained upon our am
bulance three times, and upon our stretch
er bearers on Innumerable occaslons-ln
fact, whenever they rose to their feet (on
the right of the line), and attempted to
perform their work."
He says the Boers' first desire is to hide
his dead fyd lie **>oUt their number, and
(Continued on Sixth Bage.)
SAVANNAH, GA.. MONDAY. JANUARY 15. 1900.
EMIGRANT AGENT ARRESTED.
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"PEGLEfi" WILLIAMS TAKEN TO
MADISON FOIt SAFETY.
Farmers Were Mml nml Threatened
to Deal WftU Him Harshly—He Ha*
Sent 2,500 N errors Away From
Morgan nml Greene Counties In the
Last Sty Weeks—Many Farmers
Were Without Help and Their
Tlelds \t ere Gulin; to tiros*.
Madison, Ga„ Jan. 14.-W. A. Williams,
the emigrant agent who, during the past
six weeks, has sent 2,500 negroes out of
Greene and Morgan counties into Missis
sippi, Texas and Arkansas, has been in
jail here twenty-four hours as a measure
of safety, a mob of farmers having
threatened his life at Greensboro Satur
day afternoon.
Williams, who is known all over the
South as "Pegleg" Williams, has been in
this county this time several days. He had
engaged a number of negroes to leave
Greensboro Saturday night for the 'West,
and was there arranging for their depart
ure. The negroes have been leaving the
farmers in large numbers of late and many
of them are entirely without help. In
many cases farmers have been compelled
to let their fields go to grass and their In
terests have been seriously affected.
Most of these negroes were croppers,
who rarely paid out, and took little care
of the land. Their exodus, together with
the unusually large grain acreage, will
materially reduce the cotton acreage for
the present year, perhaps from 20 to 25 per
cent.
Had Him Arrested.
The farmers decided for their own pro
tection lo have Williams arrested. He
was arrested on the charge of violating a
county ordinance by Interfering with con
tract labor, and taken to jail. The farm
ers, many of whom were in town,'were
threatening, and the news of the arrest
spread along the line of the Georgia Rail
road.
Saturday night It was rumored that a
mob of farmers was coming up from Cov
ington to help deal with Williams, and
the sheriff decided to remove the offender.
This was done, Williams being landed in
jaif here.
Williams’ attorney. Col. Davidson, ac
companied him to Madison and consulted
to-day with the authorities of this coun
ty. It was decided to draw up an agree
ment to the effect that Williams would in
future desist from soliciting emigrants
along the line of the Georgia Railroad
and this, it Is understood, Williams wdll
sign. His preliminary hearing, will be had
to-morrow morning. If he does not sign
the agreement, it is expected that he will
give bond.
An emigrant agent was arrested near
Washington, Ga,, yesterday for violating
the state law. willed exacts a tax of S6OO
from all such agents.
TO PREVENT AN VPHISING.
Every Effort Will lie Made to Keep
Down Hie Crce Indians,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Jan. 14.—Every ef
fort will be made' to hold off a possible
rising of the Cree Indians who are talk
ing in a threatening manner, tit is known
that many chiefs are eager to strike a
Mow at the British, but the officials are
confident that peace will be maintained.
Assistant Commissioner Lash, in an in
terview to-day, said he believed that
strangers have been preaching sedition to
the red men but he says, the government
is prepared for any trouble and will make
a thorough Investigation of the Indian
sentiment.
Little alarm is felt over the situation,
it being held that enough troops are with
in reach to keep the reds In check. The
chief plea of the leaders of the an'.l-
British movement among the Indians is
(tiat England is attempting to rob the
Boers of their homes as they did the
tribes during the 1885 rebellion, ond that
with tlie imperial army weakened, a ris
ing now might prove successful.
SEIZED TWO GI'NBOATS.
French lfnve Taken Possession of
More Chinese Territory.
Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 14.—The steamer
Elm Branch brings news from Shanghai
that French warships have taken posses
sion of Kwons Chti Wan bay, where a
boundary dispute has been pending for
several months. The French commenced
operations by seizing two Chinese gun
ltoats, destroying their guns and ammu
nition and taking the officers aboard the
French ship as prisoners. The warships
then'shelled twenty Chinese villages, com
pelling the Chinese troops to move back.
A four-hours’ battle took place at Veg
luoc In which the French lost four killed
and twenty-eight wounded. The Chinese
loss was heavier. After the Chinese re
treated, the French forces pillaged and
burned many villages on their march back
to the seashore.
PHILLIP* l StED HIS PISTOL.
shot Promiscuously ami Ended by
Killing Amly C'feltwood.
Helenwood, Tenn., Jan. 14.—At Almy,
four miles from here, Andy Chitwood, a
highly respected young man, was shot
and instantly killed last night by Elvin
Phillips. The men had .quarreled over a
small amount of money.
Phil ips was a member of the Fourth
Tennessee Volunteer Infantry. While at
Oneida last Wednesday ho shot a drum
mer's valise to pieces and the some day
shot a man named Chamber*. Saturday
he shot at Charles Keelon. held up the
Paint ltock engine that carries the mail
from the mine* to Oneida, and at 10 p.
m. klllid Chitwood* At a Idle houV to
night Phillips had ijpt been captured.
Harrison Kicked by 11 Horse,
Beaumont, Tex., Jan. 14.—J. S. Harrison,
a re and estate man of Kansas a broth
er of ex-President Harrison, was knocked
on lhe head by a vicious horse here. He
was knocked senseless and his skull was
fractured. His physicians hope for his
recovery.
Prince Nlllerl Is Dead.
Home, Jan. 14.—Prince Alflerl. com
mander of the papal guard of nobles, died
to-day.
WAS SENATOR HOAR’S SPEECH.
That Canced the Insurrection Says
ex-Mtnl*ter Barrett.
Chicago, Jan. 14.—John Barrett, ex-Unit
ed States minister to Siam, for the first
time publicly named Senator Hoar, last
night, at Lake Forest University, as the
United States senator whose anti-expan
sion speech was cabled to Hong Kong and
subsequently put in |he hands of the Fil
ipino soldiers, causing, as Mr. Barrett
believed, the open insurrection.
Frequently this speech and its presumed
effect have been mentioned, and the read
ing pubic lias connected the name of
Senator Hoar with it, and it is probable
that Mr. Barrett would not have used the
lawmaker's name on this occasion he
not been facing an audience known to bo
largely hostile to the (administration’s pol
icy in the Oriental islands.
It appeared further from the ex-minis
ter’s speech that the government has dis
covered privately the stages by which the
anti-expansion address reached Luzon.
At the close of the meeting Mr. Barrett
was cheered and the audience of several
hundred people waited in line to shake
hands with him.
In the course of his address, w hich was
on the general subject of the “Philippines,”
the speaker said it had been discovered
in the government investigation that Sen
's tor Hoar’s speech was cabled in cipher
and in fragments to Paris, where it was
put • together and forwarded to Hong
Kong. The message included Several thou
sand words, and the cost for transmission
was said to have been $4,000. It interested
the government to know what friends the
Filipinos had at this time who were in a
position to send the message.
“1 was 1n Hong Kong at the time.” said
Mr. Barrett, “and I remember the inci
dent distinctly. I was coming down stairs
in the hotel when I met the president of
the Hong Kong junta and he had In his
hand the long dispatch he had just re
ceived. It gave a large part of Senator
Hoar’s speech in full and a summary of
the rest of it. I asked tho president what
he was going tS do with it and he told
me that he meant to send it to the of
ficers of the army in the Philippines. Ho
was urged not to do it, but he protested
that it had been printed in the United
States and was public property.
“Four days after that speech had been
delivered it was in the hands of those
who saw an opportunity to make i>olitical
capital of it. The speech was published
and distributed among the soldiers and I
believe it was the culminating influence
that brought about the open insurrection.
This speech, you must remember, was
delivered before there was an open insur
rection.”
Hoar Had Nothing to Soy.
Washington, Jan. 14.-*Benn:or Hoar to
night declined to take mny notice of the
statements attributed to Mr. Barrett, ex
minister to Siam, in a*% address on the
Philippine question. The Senator said
that Gen. Otis’ reports give the fullest ac
count of the events that led to hostilities,
and that he expects, as he has already
given notice, to deal with the whole mat
ter in the Senate.
COAL SCARCE IX GERMANY.
Not Relieved That England Is Favor
nble to Peace.
Berlin, Jan. 14. Rej>orts from the coal
and iron centers show' a -fresh spurt, or
ders multiplying and prices again rising.
Coke is 35 marks per ton, as against 17
last summer. It is reported that coal ship
ments from the United States would be
welcomed as a relief.
Negotiations are progressing favorably
toward reopening the Berlin produce
bourse.
News that a peace movement Ls growing
in Great Britain is received with incre
dulity. The Ikal Anzelger says:
“It is impossible that the British gov
ernment, in any event, could be influenced
by such a movement. Great Britain’s
prestige imperatively demands, since once
she has gone upon the warpath, that she
should carry mailers to a successful is
sue.”
The Lokal Anzeiger contains an article
by Gen. von Schneling, criticising the war
and saying that it is questionable whether
Great Britain, even with Lord Roberts
and Lord Kitchener and 150,000 men, wiil
win.
I^ast year thirty-six joint stock com
panies, with an aggregate capital of 644,-
000,000 marks, were organized, as compared
with 329 w’ith an aggregate capital of 468,-
000,000 marks in 1898.
Reports are published to-day from Wll
heimshaven that the first Gerjpan iron
clad squadron is completely ready to leave
for action within twenty-four hours.
HARRISON FLATLY DECLINED.
Stevenson W ill Re I rgcil to Run for
Governor of Illlnola.
Chicago,. Jan. 14.—Mayor Carter Harri
son to-day refused formally the offer of
the Democratic nomination for Governor.
He was waited on by Chairman War
son of the Democratic State Committee,
in company with ex-Congress Hinrlchson
and M. E. Dunlap of Jacksonville, nomi
nee of the partr for state treasurer in
1898, and asked if his informal declination
of the nomination was Anal. They urged
that it was his duty to the state democ
racy to accept the nomination and make
the race.
The Mayor replied that he did not look
at It in that light; that there were plenty
of good men who would make acceptable
candidates and he must decline.
Asa result of Mayor Harrison’s declina
tion, friends of former Vice President
Stevenson are urging him to accept the
nomination.
M’LAURIN HAS PNEUMONIA.
Mlhmlmnlppi Governor's Condition Nof
Thought Critical.
Jackson, \fiss., Jan. 14—Gov. A. J. Mc-
Laurln is seriously ill of pneumonia. Hi*
physicians say both lungs are affected,
but his condition is not regarded as criti
cal. The Governor rested well during the
day and is easier to-night.
Gov. Mcl*aurln was recently elected
United States senator for the long term.
His term as Governor expires next Tues
day.
Plnjcue at \delalde.
Adelaide, South Australia, Jan. 14.—TJie
health authorities re|>ort two cases of
bubonic /daguo here, one being fatal. The
victim was a runaway sailor from the
British bark Formotja.
CONTEST WILL BEGIN TO-DAY.
KEVTUCKY COMMITTERS TO HEAR
THE EVIDENCE.
ItulcN Under \\ liloh the Hearing*
Will Proceed—Eminent Counsel
Engaged on Roth Sides—Blackburn
Will Stick to Goebel—Hepuhli*nns
Say They W ill Hold on l>y Going
Into the Federal Courts—W’lint the
Democrats Say.
Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 14.—The hearing of
the evidence in the contests for Governor
i an d lieutenant governor will begin at 9;3l)
a. m. to-morrow.
The committee to try the contest In tho
case of the governorship is composed of
ten Democrats and one Republican.
Tho committee in the case of the lieu
tenant governor is composed of nine Dem
ocrats and two Republicans.
Representative Hickman Is chairman
of the committee trying the governorship
case, and Senator Coleman is chairman of
the lieutenant governorship committee.
Under o}e rules already adopted by the
committee the contestants are given four
days* in which to introduce their proof.
The eontestees then are given five days
in which to present their side and one
day is allowed the contestants to bring
in rebuttal evidence. Both sides ore to be
given a reasonable time for argument by
counsel, in addition to luis McQuown
and John K. Hendrick, who will act as
general counsel.
Mr. Goebel will have special counsel
who will look after his case, when certain
counts are considered. Judge James I*.
Tarvin of Covington, Zack Phelps ami
Aaron Kohn of Louisville, Will be among
the Goebel special counsel. Former Gov
ernor W. O. Bradley. Judge W. H. Yost
of Lexington. Judge A. P. Humphrey and
David W. Forleigh of Ijouieville will be
among those who will look after Gov. Tay
lor’s case.
Senator Blackburn, who has been in
Washington for several days, will return
to-morrow night and his close friends call
! silly the stories that he has relaxed in
; his support of Goebel. It Is said he will
! remain here and assist Goebel until the
' fight is ended.
Will Go to Federal Court.
The Republican leaders claim to have
encouraging news from the eminent law
yers who are representing the Republican
eontestees.
They claim to have assurances that even
if Gov. Taylor and Lieutenant Governor
Marshall be unseated by the Legislature,
they will institute proceedings before Fed
eral Judge Evans at Louisville, to restrain
the Democratic contestants from taking
the offices and that a year or more will
elapse before the case can lx* finally de
cided, as the ease will be carried up to
the Supreme Court, iu> matter how it may
be decided by the inferior courts. Mean
while they say the Republicans will hold
the offices.
Senator Goebel's attorneys and the Goe
bel leaders generally do not think there
Is anything In this claim, as they Insist
that no federal question Is Involved, and
the case, if filed, would have no standing
in the federal courts.
ExOov. Bradley gave out an interview
to-night in resi>onse to the charge that
he was in conference with the Republi
cans mid the anti-Goebel Democrats at
Louisville prior 4o the election. He said:
“The statement that 1 was the agent of
a plan to confuse or terrorize the voters
in Louisville or to carry the election by
force of arms or money is a malicious
falsehood. The statement that 1 was in
duced to take part in the campaign by
promise of the senatorship is also a delib
erate lie. I went into the campaign be
cause I felt it my duty to my party and
the country, especially after the opposi
tion speeches and platform were leveled
at my administraiion.”
WOMAN AWOKE FROM A TRAIVCK.
Mr*. 111 r tli W’ns About to He Embalm
ed for Ilnrlnl.
East St. Louis, Jan. 14.—Mrs. Christina
Hirth emerged from a trance this morn
ing to find herself under process of being
embalmed and prepared for the grave.
The discovery of life was the result of
the merest accident and astounded the
undertaker. A movement of an eyelid sav
ed the woman from death at the hands of
tho undertaker or from burial alive.
The woman w f as on the cooling board
when the undertaker, who was preparing
her for burial, saw her eyelids move.
ShP w r as removed to a hospital and soon
recovered. She was unable to discuss her
experience, hut made signs to Indicate
that she was cons* iyus of all that had
taken place. It is expected that she will
regain some of her strength and live for
a while at least. x
DISTINGUISHED LAWYER DEID.
Col, Hopkins Was Offered a Port
folio by Gnrftcld. *
Worcester, Mass., Jan. 14.—CoL W. S.
B. Hopkins, one of the most distinguished
lawyers in Massachusetts, died to-day at
I'inehurst, N. C., of pneumonia, aged 64
years. He was born in Charleston, H. C.,
and served in the Thirty-first Massachu
setts during the greater part of the war,
much of the time as Us commander.
Col. Hopkins was in *,legal practice at
New Orleans from May, 1804, to Septem
ber, 1866, and during that time acted as
special counsel for the United States treas
ury. He was a college mate of President
Garfield and was offered the attorney gen
eralship in Garfield’s cabinet.
WINE WORKERS WILL STRIKE.
Their Action Will Throw About 4,0041
Out of Employment.
Cleveland, 0., Jan. 14.—The Cleveland
branch of the National Association of
Rod Mill Workers to-night decided to in
augurate a strike in the four mills of the
American Steel and Wire Company, in
this city, to-morrow morning. The strike
here will throw about 4,000 men out of
employment by closing the four mills, and
the number affected in other states will
be very large. They want a subftaniial
Jncrcusu in wages.
WESTERN VALLEYS FLOODED.
Hundred* of Fnrnt* Under Witter nml
Several Lives Lout.
Tacoma. Wash., Jan. 14.—A downpour of
rain for three days, together with a pre
vailing ehinook rain, is melting the sn<w.
and has suddenly flooded several Western
Washington valleys and a great portion
of Latah county, Idaho.
Hundreds of farms in Stuck and White
river valleys are under water and the
mountain streams are raging torrents.
The streets of Kent, lying on the banks of
the White river, are flooded, and the riv
ers are far out of their banks. Many
bridges have been washed away.
The Northern Pacific has been unable
to get a westbound passenger train int
Tueoum since noon Friday. Washout i
are numerous and live people are report
ed drowned at Kendrick, Idaho.
A Northern Pacific freight train was
caught by the rushing watpr in the canyon
between Moscow ami Kendrick and swept
into tlio raging torrent. The train crew
escaped. A passenger train is reported
caught between the flood* Ixdow.
Kendrick, a- town of about 600 people,
situated on the flat where the Potlach and
Bar creek converge in a narrow canyon,
suffered the most. With a rush the wat
ers engulfed the town and thirty frame
business houses and a number of dwell
ings were soon floatifig down the Potlach
river. So rapid was 4ho rise of the
waters that many people were caught in
the flood and rescued with difficulty. Com
munication with the flooded district by
wire or rail has been completely cut off
and details as to loss of life are unobtain
able.
Juliaetta, a 4own on t lie Pot lA oh, also
was in Imminent danger of being swept
away when the wires wlnt down. The
Snake and Clearwater rivers threaten to
overflow vast territory. Some bflteve the
Northern Pacific will not be able to run
trains over that branch before March.
AVAR IXFORIMATIOX AVANTED.
Pettigrew Resolution and Finanelnl
Hill in tlie Semite.
Washington, Jan. 14.—The Senate will
probably resume the consideration of ths
Pettigrew resolution making the request
for certain information concerning the be
ginning of the war In the Philippines Mon
day morning.
This will I>o followed at 2 o’clock by a
speech on the financial bill by Senator
Rawlins of Utah If the present programme
is followed. Senator Pettigrew will con
tinue hla speech on the Philippine resolu
tion, and after he concludes Senator Berry
of Arkansas will take the floor for a gen
eral speech on the Philippine problem, If
sufficient lime remains of the morning
hour.
When the Pettigrew resolution Is dis
posed of tho Hoar resolution* will supple
food for talk each day in the morning
hour, und after that the Hale resolution
concerning the seizure of American goods
by Great Britain will l>e up.
It is Senator Aldrich’s announced pur
pose to pres* consideration of the finan
cial bill each day after the conclusion o'
the morning hour, but it is not probable
that he will succeed in securing a daily
speech on that subject. Senator Tell r
probably will speak some time during tills
week, after Bcnaior Rawlins concludes.
It. is also understood that Senator Daniel
will be heard soon on the question of the
finances. Other addresses on this subject
will come later.
The consideration of the Samoan treaty
in executive session will he resumed, if
lhe legislative work porml’s, und Sena
tors Bacon and Money will make speeches
in opposition to it. It Is also possible that
the report in the Quay fuse may be pre
sented late in tlx* week.
WILL lllim; I I* THE W AIL
Appropriation Hill* to Come I p In
th<* House Till* Week.
Washington, Jan. 14.—The House will
plunge into the routine work of the ses
sion this week. Most of the time, except
ing Friday 1 , which has been set apart for
paying tribute to lhe memory of the late
Vice President Hobart, will be devoted
to the consideration of appropriation bills.
It is expected that both the urgent de
ficiency and the pension appropriation
bills will be passed this week. The for
mer, containing as it does, many millions
for the army and navy, rnay raise the
whole questions as to the insurrection in
tho Philippines with Its allied issues and
lead to a very protracted debate. Hotf
far the Republican leaders will allow the
debate to run has not yet been determin
ed, but If the Democrats are persistent
they con hardly refuse them several days
in view of the large amount of the appro
priations involved.
The pension appropriation hill is also
likely to cause some spirited debate, ow
ing to the disposition in certain quarters
to criticise the conduct of the pension of
fice. Attempts doubtless will be made to
legislate upon the bill reversals of some
of the pension commissioner’s rulings, but
as all such legislation is subject to a
point of order it will fail.
There is no present prospect that the
Roberta case will got Into the House be
fore next week.
DEATH OF GEN. G. 11. NIIYNPE.
YVns Willi Grant When Lee and IIIm
Army Surrendered.
New York, Jan. 14.—Gen. George Henry
Sharpe of Kingston, N. Y., died yesterday
In this city of following an opera
tion, aged 72 years.
He was hrevetted major general for dis
tinguished services during the Civil War.
He was present as a member of Gen.
Grant’s staff when Gen. surrendered
at Appomattox, and it was in hi* cus
tody that the Army of Virginia and Gen.
Lee were paroled. He w'as appointed by
President Harrison a memlier of the board
of general appraiser*, serving till he re
signed last March, when he retired from
active business. x
Surgeon Siegfried fiend,
Newport, R. 1., Jan. 14.—Charles A. Seig
fried, medical inspector, U. a. N., In
charge of the naval hospital at Coasters
Island, and during the Spanish war in
charge of the naval hospital at Key West,
died 40-day of pneumonia, aged 50 years.
He was to have represented the medi
cal corps of the navy at the Paris Expo
sition Medical Congress. He leaves a
widow. He was appointed from Pennsyl
vania in 1872.
DAILY, $8 A YEAR.
6 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TI MEB-A-WKEK $1 A TEAH
WRECK NOT YET IDENTIFIED.
RICH SPECULATION AS TO Will?
TIIE VESSEL WAS.
First Thought to lie the Fn Ike, flntf
Her Funnel Contradlet* Till**
Prohnhly llelonjieii Either to tliS
Anierleiin Petroleum Company or
tin* Wurreu 1,1 ne of llo* ton— I Tenl
llodlen Located Aiuoiik: the ltocL*
Tlioj \\ 111 He Recovered To-day.
St. John's, Newfoundland, Jan. 14.-Thfll
gale has not yet blown Itself out and th*
sea is still too rough to allow boats to ge|
near the wreck in St. Mary's l>ay. A*
yet there is nothing to show the name of
the vessel.
Ten bodies have been located among thU
rocks and others can be seen floating
about. Plana have l**di made for recov*
ering these to-morrow or as soon ns thd
weather permits, ami it may then he possi
ble to get at the name of the steamer from
pieces of boat* wedged in the clefts of th*
rocks. j
The Roman Catholic priest of the dU*
trict, while holding a service at Holy rood
to-day was given by a villager a photo
graph which had been washed ashore ap
parently from the wreck. This repre
sents a seaman wearing a cap upon whloil
are the letters “B. M. S. Faike.’’ Tho
priest was also told that the ship hail
slipped off the rocks into deep water ami
had disappeared, except for the top of ono
must, and that a guernsey, with the let
ters “S. M. B.’’ has also been picked up
near the wreck.
it appears that the ship’s funnel wad
banded red. white and black with a whlto
diamond. This funnel could not be that of
the Faike, a she. being a North German
IJo yd liner, would have a yellow funnel.
It is also thought that llie photograph!
might he one of a seaman on the German
warship Faike, or one taken while its own
er was on tlie other Faike.
The funnels most closely resembling
that of the wreck are those of the Ameri
can Petroleum Company, which are l>and-
Vd black, red. white and black, and th 4
vessel certainly had a lot of petroleum on
hoard, as the ocean is covered with it.
The Warren Line of Boston is known
as the White Diamond line, and although
its funnels are black, the wreck may hava
been a chartered steamer with a w r hito
diamond painted over the regular signal
io show' her as a YVarren Liner.
STANDARD OIL STEAMER.
Wreck Relieved to lie A Ve-aiel Sent
Out by That Com puny.
New' York, Jan. 14.—The Times will to
morrow' say:
It is believed here that the wrecked ves
sel is one of three oil steamers chartered
or owm j by the Standard Oil Company,
two of which sailed from this port and
tho third from Philadelphia. They aro
Mannheim, Helols and Heligoland.
TO MAKE MAN 1 I MIMtO V EMENT9.
It In Said tlie llaltimorc nml Olilcf
Will Spend #2*.000,04)0.
Chicago, Jan. 14.—The Record to-morrow|
will nay:
Plans for the expenditure of $25,000,00(1
In improving the physical condition of thm
Baltimore and Ohio* Railroad have been
completed and within the next three years
that vast amount of money will have been
xpended. Improvements of
bridges, tracks and equipments will bfl
made on all lines of the system.
The present rapid development of earn*
Ing power of the system ha* led the dlrec*
tors to the belief that a large percentage
of the $26,000,000 can be spared from sur
plus earnings. Although the detailed
plans of I m prove nan 1 nt have not been madt*
public yet, it is si*i<i that a great per
centage of the money will be spent in im
proving the line between Chicago an<&
Pittsburg.
GREAT SCARCITY OF COAL.
Com pel ling Mnn u fuel u ring Concern*
to Shut Down.
Philadelphia, Jan. 14—Inability to se
cure bituminous coal In sufficient quanti
ties is necessitating the.shutting down oC
some of the manufacturing concerns im
the Schuylkill valley.
At Blrdshoro the plant of tho Brookd
Iron Company has been shut down fop
several days, but it is expected that by
to-morrow sufficient coal will be on hand
to enable some of the departments, if not
the entire plant, to resume.
The Reading Iron Company is practical
ly without coal, and unless it can be se
cured a temporary shut down must fol
low. From other points throughout th
valley come reports of coal shortages for
manufacturing plants. %
DR. CHAPMAN HAS RESIGNED.
Caused liy Controversy ns to Wlitß
Should Write Moody's Life.
Chicago, Jan. 14.—Rev. J Wilbur Chap
man has resigned as vice j/Lsident of tha
Moody Bible Institute as the result of a
controversy as to who should write the of
ficial life of the dead evangelist—himself
or Will R. Moody. Both claim the bio
graphy is authorized, bur Mr. Moody says
he has the indorsement of the family. Dr.
Chapman is pastor of the Fourth Pres
byterian Church of New York.
BLISS FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
He Is Urged by CoL VV. T. Durbin, ndl
Indlnnn ( ommi ttmunn.
Anderson, Ind., Jan. 14.—Hon. W. T. Pur*
bin, member of the Republican National
Committee from Indiana, is out in an in
terview to-day strongly urging Cornelius
N. Bliss of New York. ex-Secretary of
tho Interior, for the Republican nomina
tion for Vice President.
Three Were Burned to Death.
Manchester, N. H.. Jan. 14.—A. Blanch
ard, aged 65. his wife, aged 43, and at
boarder named William Money, aged 69,
were burned to death in their home in
Merrimac last night, probably from an
explosion of kerosene kept in the house.
Their bodies were burned to a crlspi
