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MttEjen Declared Chamberlain
■ w Wa S a Murderer.
SECRETARY’S HANDS BLOODY.
English House of Commons De
cides That Transvaal Must
Pay Costs of the War.
A London special says: During the
course of Monday’s proceedings in the
house of commons, Patrick O’Brien,
Parnellite, member of Kilkenny City,
was suspended for declaring that the
bauds of the British secretary of state
for the colonies, Mr. Chamberlain, are
as much stained with blood as any
murderer who ever mounted the scaf
fold.
Question of fCxi>eri<lltiir*j.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir
Michael Hicks-Beach made a state
ment on the question of the expendi
ture entailed by the Transvaal war.
Ho said the expenditure for the year
bad been increased by the supplemen
tary vote to a total of £121,505,000,
hut he added the revenue had in
creased and he expected there would
be an increese of £5,000,000 over his
estimate of the revenue. This would
he a considerable contribution toward
the unforeseen expenditure, and would
ieave about £7,000,000 to be provided.
He thought there would he no addi
tion to the fixed debt, but that the
money should be raised by a tempo
rary addition to the floating debt.
The chancellor of the exchequer
therefore asked for power to raise
£8,000,000 by treasury bills. The
whole question of repayment and the
question of fresh taxation is to be left
over to the next financial year.
Sir Michael also pointed out that
the present war differed from previous
ones, and that the estimates had been
more carefully drawn up No one
could foresee what the total would he,
but the British troops had met with
brilliant success and the colonies were !
loyal. Although there might he some
thing in dispatches giving cause for
anxiety, yot he saw no reason to antic
ipate that the campaign would not he
brought to a successful conclusion
within the period for which the esti- !
mates wore frurned.
Transvaal Must Pay.
As Britisli colonies had been invad
ed heoonsidered it consistent with the
laws of war, if, when it was brought to
a successful termination, the Trans
vaal taxpayer should at any rate huve
to bear part of the cost: The Trans
vaal, he continued was rich with its
gold fields. There had been com
plaints from those interested in the
gold fields that there had been exces
sive taxation, but he beleived from the
best, information, that under a pure
Hud honest government, it would be
perfectly possible for the Transvaal to
bear not only the ordinary expenses of
the government ard of providing for
the maintenance of peaco and order
within its territory, hut also to pro
vide a reasonable sum towards the ex
penses of the war, w ith a reduction at
the same time of the taxation of the
gold fields.
Continuing,Sir Michael Hioks-Beaeb
said:
“If these anticipations are not. ful
filled and the sum borrowed proves to
be but part of the total oost of the
war, we shall appeal to your patriot
inn next April. We believe that those
who have supported us in the prosecu
tion of this work will not fail us when
it comes to pay the bill. If fresh tax
ation were introduced now it m’ght
prolong the debate and produce a di
vision which might be entirely misun
derstood abroad. I shall not take any
course which will j romote a division
or prevent us from presenting a united
front in this crisis.’’
Sir Henry Campbell-Baunrmsn, the
leader of the opposition, Hgreed that
this was not the proper time to discuss
the financial question.
The proposal of Sir Michael-Ilicks
Beach was agreed to by a vote of 836
to ‘J3
UOVKKXOK TAMKS ItLAMK.
Ohlff Eiecutivf of Idaho KmUln HU
l’rt Iu Mining Trouble*.
Chairman Dick, of the republican
state committee at Columbus, ()., has
received a copy of a letter written by
Governor Steanenberg, of Idaho, uu
der date of Ootober 10th, to Secretary
of War Root, in which the governor
assumes for the state full responsibil
ity for all that has been done in Sho
shone county ia oounection with the
Conor d’Alene mining trouble*.
The letter was written voluntarily,
it is said, by the governor, on account
of the criticism which haa been wade
of the federal governor.
Governor Thomas Too llnsr.
Governor Charles S. Thomas, of
Colorado, who was billed to make
speeches for Goebel, in Kentucky, tel
egraphed Monday cancelling his ap
pointments. He is detained by official
business.
Cleveland Iteelined to Talk,
A dispatch from Priueeto'iufN. J.,
says: Ex President Cleveland was
asked Monday for his opinio'f on
affairs in the Transvaal. He said he
'did not oare to say anything now on
any pmUie goes Han. w
FLANNAfiAN MAKES BREAK.
'lulti-Murderer Attempts to Es
cape From the Jail at Deca
tur, Georgia.
An Atlanta dispatch says: The a
- forgotten Edward C. Flannagan,
the double murderer and the man
around whom has clustered sensation
after sensation, created a thrilling
soene in the DeKalh county jail at De
catur, Ga., Haturduy morning by at
tempting to escape with the jailer’s lit
tle child in his arms.
Since the murderer’s last trial,when
the judge remanded him to prison in
definitely upon the testimony of phy
sicians that he was a mental wreck,
Flanagan has remained quietly in jail,
one of the most abject specimens of
physical decay, and of late he lias been
almost entirely forgotten.
In his little cell at the DeKalb
county prison ho has lived for months,
an imbecile, and it has been a conjec
ture how long it would be before he
would die in prison.
He has been quiet and inoffensive
and the jailers have ceased to regard
him as dangerous. His attempt Hat
urday to escape was wholly unlooked
for, and was a surprise to those whose
duty it has been to guard him.
Early in the morning Sheriff Talley
sent Pillard, a negro guard, to Flana
gan’s cell with the prisoner’s break
fast. The sheriff’s little child accom
cornpanied the negro guard.
Pillard opened the door of Flana
gan's cell and handed him the plate
containing the breakfast. The pris
oner seemed to be in his usual apa
thetic condition, although he eyed the
little child closely. Mechanically Flan
agan picked up the knife lying in the
plate, and started to eat his breakfast.
With a sudden hound the murderer
sprang forward, seized the child iu his
arms, and still holding the knife he
had taken from his plate, he leaped
through the cell door and darted down
the stairway leading to the sheriff’s
office.
The door opening from the prison
to the jail yard was locked, and the
only way for Flanagan to get out was
through the private apartments of the
sheriff, where the latter resides with
his family.
The sheriff and his wife heard the
noise as Flanagan ran down the stair
way and they we> e ready to intercept
him when he made his appearance in
the jail office.
Shoriff Talley grappled with the
murderer and threw him to the floor.
Mrs. Talley caught up her child and
took the little one from the arms of
the prisoner. Tho child was unhurt.
The negro guard had quickly follow
ed Flanagan down the stairway and
was just in time to assist the sheriff
in holding tho prisoner to the floor
while the knife was wrenched from
his hand. Flanagan was then ordered
hack to his cell at the point of a
pistol.
There was much method iu Flana
gan’s madness. He evidently took
the child up in his arms when he at
tempted to escape iu ordor to keep the
sheriff from shooting at him, well
knowing that the sheriff would rather
see him get away than ruu the risk of
killing his own child. The knife was
also probably tnken from the plate for
the purpose of intimidating any one
who should try to intercept him in his
flight.
FUNSTON RETURNS TO MANILA.
Id Given a Hritfailler'* Command In the
Philippine*.
General Frederick Funston, who is
at present in Sail Francisco, received
a telegram Saturday from the war de
partment offering him a brigadier’s
command if he would return to the
Philippines after his former regiment,
the Twentieth Kansas, is mustered
out. General Funston accepted the
offer.
General Funston will return to Kan
sas with the Kansas volunteers, who
will bo mustered out October 28th.
He then will report at Washington for
duty in tho Philippines.
PERISHED IN BLIZZARD.
Kbeop Eat Away a l>fatl Man’* Hoard,
Boot* anti nothin* In Montana.
Advices from Great Falls, Mont.,
state that niuo men perished in the
recent blizzard. Five bodies have
been recovered and it is probable that
this is not half tho list. The last body
found was that of H. Harold, a sheep
herder. Tho she' p had eaten off his
beard, doming and part of bis boots.
IOWA TROOPS ARRIVE.
Transport Henntor Missed the Typhaau On
Her Way Over.
The Fifty-first regiment lowa volun
teers. numbering 764 men and forty
-ix officers, under command of Colonel
1 ( . Loper, arrived at San Francisco
Sunday from Manila, on tha transport
Senator. There was uo sickness
aboard. The Senator missed the ty
phoon which the Empress of India
encountered by sailing east instead of
taking the northern route.
Adjutant Geueral Byers, of lowa,
representing Governor Shaw and 300
citizeus of lowa, met the senator at
the Golden Gate in tugs.
DERBY IN WASHINGTON.
Philippine Commi ••toner la On Rand
Ktadj For Sahedaled Mtstlny.
Hon. Charles Dauby, ona of the
Philippine commissioners, who has
jnst returned from Manila, reached
Washington Monday night, accom
panied by his son, T. G. Denby.
Messrs. Sohnrman aud Worcester, the
other civilian members, are expected
in a day or two, when there will be a
meeting of the commission preparetory
to anbHuating a report to the president.
BOERS AYEN6ED
AT GLENCOE
British Loss Jn the Engagement
Was Nearly Two Hundred.
MANY OFFICERS WERE KILLED
List Includes Two Colonels, Three
Captains and Five
Lieutenants.
The war office at London has issued
a list of casualties in the battle be
i tween Glencoe and Dundee received
I from the general commanding in Na
tal, Sir George Stewart White, dated
Ladysmith, October 21st, 4:20 a. m.
In addition to Sir William Penn
Symonds, who is mortally wounded,
two colonels, three captains and five
lieutenants were killed, and a colonel,
three majors, six captains and ten lieu
tenants were wounded.
This heavy loss among the officers
was due, as the latest dispatches from
the front show, to their valiant hut in
sensate couduct in sticking to the tra
ditions of the British army and refus
ing to use the cover of which the men
availed themselves in storming the
Boer position on the summit of the
Kopje.
Among the rank and file the Hus
sars had seven wounded; the artillery
one killed and three wounded; the
Leicestershire regiment, one wounded;
the King’s rifles, eleven killed and
sixty-eight wounded; the Irish Fnsi
leers, fourteen killed and thirty
wounded; the Dublin fusileers, four
killed and forty-one wounded, and the
Natal police two wounded.
Anxiety In London.
Despite the fog Sunday morning, the
London newsboys found a ready sale
for newspaper extras announcing the
news of continued victories in south
Africa. The losses in killed and
wounded were subject of pulpit refer
ences in all the churches, owing to
the disasters that befell the Irish Fu
sileers.
The vieinity of the w-ar office was
crowded all day by anxious inquiries
for the latest information. The great
est anxiety and suspense existß regard
ing the losses at Elondslaagie and as
to the fate of the Hussars who pur
sued the Boers from Glencoe.
THIS ONE HANGED.
Another of the Gnmbrell Murdrrers Payn
Penalty of Crime.
A dispatch from Carthago, Miss.,
says: For tho fiendish murder of the
members of the Gambrell family at
St. Annes, in this (Leake) county, two
men have paid the death penalty—one
by burning at the stoke, the other by
hanging. Two negroes are under
arrest beyond the confines of this
county, and a posse is said to be in
pursuit of two white men. This last
statement, however, is contradicted
from another point and developments
must be awaited.
Saturday John Oliver Gray, a ne
gro, was captured after being chased
for miles in the swamps. He finally
confessed that he was one of the party
that did such murderous work and the
posse made short work of him. He
was hanged and his swaying body was
riddled with bullets. Gray in his con
fession implicated two white men.
“DRIVE OITT THE FRIARS.”
Goneriil Funwton Hjrn They Arc l aualng
All tho Trouble.
A special from Stanford University,
Cal., says: General Frederick Fun
ston, of Kansas, lectured to student
body of the university on the Philip
pines. He blames the friars as being
at the bottom of the insurrection.
The general unmercifully attacked the
church, not as he insisted, because it
was the Catholic denomination, but
for the influence it maintained upon
that class of people.
“If cougress would drive out the
friars,” he said, “and confiscate every
inch of church property, the bottom
would drop out of the insurrection
within a week.”
H O BART REPOIITED DYING.
V Ice-F resident Seined With Severe Attach
of Heart DlsffHSf.
A report was current in New York
Saturday night that Vice-President
Hobart was dying at his home in Pat
terson, N. J. It is said he wss seized
with a severe attack of the heart late
Saturday afternoon, which seemed to
he the culmination of his long ailment.
The family has about given up all
hope and a message from Paterson
‘srs the end may be expeeted at any
noment.
President MeKiuley was notified of
tr. Hobart’s alarming condition.
ALL FOR BRUMBY.
rrogrtm t Atlanta Not Changed Bjr Ad
miral Deway'i Decision
A special from Atlanta says: At one
of the largest and most enthusiastic
meetings the general committee on
the Dewey-Brumby celebration Las
ever held it was decided Monday morn
ing to extend to Lienteuant Thomas
Brumby the same cordial welcome
that had been planned for him and
Admiral Dewey. At the conclusion
of the meeting Mayor Woodward seat
Lieutenant Brumby a telegram te that
effect.
BRYAN IN OHIO.
Democratic Campaign In Buckeye!
State Opened--Farmers
Escort Nebraskan.
A special from Greenville, 0., says:
William J. Bryan, ' Mrs. Bryan and
the newspaper men who accompanied
the party throughout Kentucky,cross
ed the river from Covington Wednes
day night and boarded the special
train provided for the three days’ tour
in Ohio.
The train was run to Dayton during
the night, where the private car of
John E. McLean was attached, and at
Greenville, Darke county, Thursday
Air. Bryan delivered his first address
in Ohio. There was an immense
crowd present. The decorations Mere
numerous and tasteful and the enthu
siasm pronounced. The visiting party
was escorted to the courthouse square
by a mounted body, largely composed
of the farmers of the county. Dr. L.
C. Anderson presided and introduced
John R. McLean, the Democratic
candidate for governor.
Air. AlcLean introduced Mr. Bryan
as the unchallenged leader of the dem
ocratic masses. Mr. Bryan to avoid
the crisp morning air, put on a skull
cap, which provoked good naturod
laughter, in response to which he said:
“My hair is not as much protection
as it used to be, and you ought not to
complain if I am getting a little bald.
In 1895 they said I was too young to
be president. .Then I had to depend
upon the constitution to protect me.
Now I can depend upon my baldness.
“The Chicago platform, to which
you gave such loyal support in 1896, is
still the platform of the Democratic
party and the platform of the Ohio
Democracy again endorses that plat
form. I believe the planks of the
platform are stronger today than when
they were written.”
Air. Bryan then entered into an
elaborate defense of the income tax
and predicted a popular indorsement
of the proposition. He cited the ef
forts of the government to raise a rev
enue to conduct the Spanish war be
cause of the decision of the supreme
court against the income tax. He said
the money question was still unsettled
and the fight would be continued. He
treated the matter of trusts in praci
cally the same manner as character
ized his Kentucky utterances.
EXCITEMENT IN LONDON.
No Reliable News From the Front Ha*
Yet Been Received.
Wednesday was one of the most ex
citing days at the war office in London
since the crowd attended there to
learn the result of the relief expedi
tion to Gordon at Kaartoum.
The news that the Fifth Lancers
had been engaged brought many ladies
and other friends of the regiment to
inquire for news.
The gravest intelligence seems to
be the report of the capture of a train
with officers at Elaudsiaagto, because
it was understood that the whole
cross-country line was regularly pa
trolled.
As no correspondents are allowed at
the front, it is impossible to gain defi
nite information, but it is known that
General Sir George Stewart White has
been making some extensive moves of
the troops in that neighborhood, and
developments are hourly expected.
It is rumored that Commandant Jou
bert’s northern column, with twelve
guns, is now at Dannhauser.
Although the Boers have shown con
siderable activity in Natal, there is
nothing to indicate that they are yet
prepared for a serious combined at
tack, and the general belief here is
that unless something unexpected
happens, General Sir George Stewart
White will maintain the defensive,
PICKERTS WERE INDICTED.
Grand Jury Upturn True Bills Against
Father and Ron.
The Fulton county grand jury at At
lanta., Ga., Thursday, returned bills of
indictment against A. F. Pickert and
his son, Vincent F. Pickert. A. F.
Pickert is charged with receiving stjl
eti goods and his son is accused of
burglary.
Will Etheredge, the negro burglar
who made a sensational statement to
the detectives in regard to the alleged
crooked operations of A. F. Pickert,
Sam Wilkes and Detectives Hewitt
and Wooten were examined by the
grand jury and it was the evidence of
these witnesses that the true bills were
returned.
QUE EN VICTORIA GRIEYED.
While War Situation Is Satisfactory, She
Deplore* the Loss of So Many Officers.
The following appeared in Monday’s
Court Circular, London:
“Balmoral, Oct. 23 —The news of
the important successes at Glencoe
and Elandslaagte, has been received
by the qneeu with the greatest satis
faction. While admiring the gallant
conduct of the troops, her majesty is
most deeply grieved to hear of the
heavy losses the victories have occa
sioned, and greatly deplores the loss
of so many valuable lives.”
LASTED EIGHT HOURS.
The BrltUh Troop* Had TKetr Hand* Full
at Glencoe.
The earliest dispatches received In
London regarding Friday’s battle at
Glencoe conveyed the impression that
the whole affair was over in a couple
of hours, the British artillery silenc
ing the Boer guns and infantry and
then simply charging right up over the
hill. According to the latest advices,
however, the battle lasted eight hours,
and nearly seven hours elapsed before
the last Boer gun wa put ent of act
ion.
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