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ADVANCE. /: THE ASHBURN VOL. VIII. IIEUTENANT BRUMBV DEAD Succumbed to Typhoid Fever in Garfield Hos= pital, Washington City. DEATH CAME PEACEFULLY Demise of His Beloved Companion Was a Great Shock lo Admiral Dewey. A Washington special says: Lieu¬ tenant Tom Krumby died Suuday even¬ ing at 5:45. Tbe end came peacefully, the sick man dropping off as if to sleep. All day ho had grown gradually and perceptibly weaker. Early Sunday morning the doctors announced that they had been compelled to give up all hope for recovery. Liouteuant Brumby’s sister, Mrs. Hayward, who had been the faithful watcher by his bedside during all tho long days of his desperate illness, was with him at tho time of his death. He had been unconscious for many hours until Sunday morning, when he was able to talk with his sister for a few minutes, making brief replies to her questions. THE CAUSE OK DEATH. The immediate cause of the death was blood poisoning that came from the glandular swelling which was oue of tho complications witli the typhoid. The swelling was in tho left side of tho face and neck. Tbo operation per¬ formed several nights ago seemed to give relief, but the tissue of the paro¬ tid gland was destroyed aud there were internal troubles. Dr. Osier, tho Bal¬ timore specialist, stated to Admiral Dewey, who had been a daily caller at the hospital, that in all his experinee he bad never seen similar complica¬ tions. The physicians refused to give up all hope until the patient was seen to be growing weaker. The fever symp¬ toms did not indicate a change for the worse, but the general condition was less favorable. During Sunday the fever ran high at times, and as the patient could retain nothing in the way of nourishment, the doctors pro¬ nounced the end only a question of a few hours at most. There was 110 surprise, therefore, when Lieutenant Brumby dropped oft' into the long sleep that knows no waking. Admiral Dewey has been a daily caller at the hospital during Brumby’s illness and expressed tho deepest per¬ sonal interest iu his esse. Mrs. Dewey has also call several times. The res¬ ident officer of navy and officials of the navy department have been constant in their attentions. The leutenant’s present illness dated from the 27th of November, the first symptom being nothing more than a cold, which, however, failed to yield to treatment and soon afterwards bo went to tha Garfield hospital, where he died. GREAT SHOOK TO DEWEY. Tlie death of Lieutenant Brumby, while not unexpected, was a great shock to Admiral Dewey. Tho rela¬ tions of the two men for several years past have been very intimate, aud a strong friendsh : p had grown up be¬ tween them. Lieutenant Brumby went out to the Asiatic station with the admiral, and had been with him until they both re¬ turned to the United States several mouths ago. Iu his capacity as flag lieutenant to the admiral, Lieutenant Brnmby was thrown with his chief practically all the time, and acted as his personal representative in many j matters of detail delegated to him by tbe commanding officer, He was re- garded by Admiral Dewey as a bright, energetic and capable assistant, while tlie devotion of the latter to the ad¬ miral was something marvelous. The burden of his thought during the lat¬ ter days of his illness, when his mind was wrecked with delirium, seemed to be regarding his work for the admiral. Admiral Dewey was unrernitiug condi¬ in bis attendance to him until his tion became precarious, and visitors were not allowed to see him. Mrs. W. L. Hayward, of Marietta, Ga., liis sister, was summoned, and later she was joined by her husband, both remaining with the lieutenant until he GERMANS ARE JUBILANT. Tliey Conaratnla...- One Another Ov.r England’* Dad Kevorsea. The German press and people are jubilant over the news from South Africa and everywhere in the streets people stop each other and offer con- gradations. Among tho press com- meats is that of Tho Kreuz Zeitung, which says: of the “Thus the fighting power thirl column is destroyed and the campaign against the Boers is disas- tron’sly ended. What, England's however, decadence, means more is that long ago apparent to far-sighted states- men, has thus become visible before tue whole world.” . Official Organ of Worth County. Orders for Job Printing Civcn Prompt Attention. died, the iieuteunut’s aged mother re¬ maining at her home in Marietta, Ga. The father, who is dead, was a colonel of the Fourteenth Georgia regiment in the confederate nrmy. Lieutenant Brumby was forty-four years old and unmarried. He was ap¬ pointed u navai cadet from Georgia, ■entering the service on the 29th of September, 1873, and his present commission dates from the 2 lib of August, 1892. Practically all ibe time during tbo last two years he ha 3 been with Admiral Dewey. In his report of the battle of Manila, Admiral Dewey spoke in very compli¬ mentary terms of tho services and gallantry of his Hag lieutenant, and recommended that he he advanced some numbers on the list of lieuten¬ ants. ALLEN FULLER CONVICTED. Murderer of firs. Pottle Sentenced to Hang at Macon, Ga., January 5th. The trial of Allen Fuller, the negro charged with the murder of Mrs. Eu¬ genia I’ottle, ended at Macon, Ga., Saturday, when the jury returned a vei'dict of guilty. The case uitraeted more attention than any since the trial of Tom Wool- folk many years ugo, and when tlje verdict was read there was a ripple of applause, which was promptly quieted by the officers in change of the room. The case was given to tbe jury at 1:05 o’clock Saturday afternoon and promptly at 1:20 o’clock a verdict of guilty was returned. There was a large crowd assembled in the court- room all during tho morning and a still larger one when the jury came hack after finding the verdict. Al ter the verdict was rend the attor- neys for the defenso polled the jury aud thi verdict seemed unanimous. ' Judge Felton then discharged the jury. Before passing the sentence he asked Fuller if he had anything to say. The prisoner replied that he did, aud rising, again stated that ho was in no- cent of tho crime; that Kedd killed Mrs. Pottle. He said that if he had not walked down the road with Ke.ld that night he would not have been on trinl. He said that he had not had a fair trial; that tho witnesses who testified against him were his enemies, j [ 8 reiterated that I 10 did not kill Mrs. Pottle and his plea for a new trial was pitiful, aud ho for the first time show¬ ed emotion. When he resumed his seat Judge Feltou sentenced him to he hanged in private January 5th. Alfred P,edd, the negro whom Fuller said killed Mrs. Pottle, was not im- plicated by any of the testimony in- troduced, except that of the prisoner who made n. statement to the effect that Redd did the killing. It is he- lieved by some that Itedd had some connection with tbo crime, but there was no other evidence against him other than Fuller’s statement. FIGHT GROWS INTERE.nTING. Thomft* Ryan protests Aral nut Consoli¬ dation of Soabord Syttomg. An Atlanta dispatch says: The fight Thomas F. Ryan is making against the syndicate headed by John Skelton Williams, which is endeavor¬ ing to consolidate the component parts of the Sealiord Air-Lino systems grow warmer. Mr. Ryan is evidently not letting any grass grow under hia feet, and is determined to push the fight he is Waging to a conclusion as soon as pos¬ sible. That the Williams syndicate will just as bitterly contest Ins every move is a foregone conclusion. Failure Mado No Change. The New York correspondents of the Broadway National Bank of Boston, which closed its doors are tbe Chaso National bank, the Western National bank and the Rank of North America. The effect of the failure of tho hank on New York financial institutions was injperceidible. GENERAL HULLER’S LOSSES. ,, >port Show. Total of 1.00T Killed, Wounded and Missing at Tugola Itlv«r. Genera! Buffer reported to the war office Saturday that his losses in tbe Tugela river engagement were: Kill- O o t g2; wounded, 667; missing, 318—a total of 1,097. - “Black week,” as last week is now universally called, has evidently arons- e( j the government and the war office to a full sense of their responsibility [in( j 0 f the magnitude of the task be- fore them. The British losses, in killed,wound- prisoners and missing throughout the campaign, now roach the enormous of 7,630. ASUBIJKN, OA., SATURDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1899. STOCKS TAKE TUMBLE. Aloney Rate (ioeA Up As High As i86_ Per Cent On New York Exchange. Panic oomiitions developed on the New York stock exchange Monday af¬ ternoon with the imperative need of money developed by the violent con¬ traction in values. Stocks were being thrown over without the slightest re- gard to prices they would bring and at distressing sacrifice of values. No end to tbo helplessness of the situation seemed in sight wdien, in the ln j t half hour of the market some $ 10 ,- 000,000 was offered on tho stock ex¬ change by tbo concerted action of tlie elenviug house banks to force tho rnto arbitrarily down to (i per cent with¬ out regard to tho bidding at higher rates which was being done by other brokers for distressed operators. The collapse in tho money rate checked the decline and drove tbo hours to oover. Tho recoveries pro¬ duced by their urgent bidding were almost, as violent as the declines had been, but the losses wore by no menus entirely retrieved. Large offerings of stocks continued at the rally and at some points of the list, prices broke anew before tho close, making tho closing exceedingly irregular and un¬ settled. The excitement continued to tho end, with sentiment looking for¬ ward anxiously for tho developments of another day. The seriousness of tho crisis has called forth the best efforts of power¬ ful and conservative financial interests who are busy concerting measures to tide over the money difficulties, which Hie stock mai'ket, and which by ‘ c‘“«on ..f their extent and tbo import- of the iutevests iuvroWeil.tlxreateix lo affect the country s business inter- Bsls unless obstacles are opposed, , 11 has tiocn obvious for many months past that a great deal of money 1,11,1 l,ee “ "P. b y capitalists in 11,ese new industrial combinations which were becoming burdensome to B arry, '->? 1BaK “' 1 of the heavy demands lo1 * motley in the regular channels,the llir B e absorption of Hinds by reason of 1,10 government surplus revenues and tbe urgent needs of tho London money market growing out of the Transvaal war. Before the concerted relief by tbe clearing house banks .he money rate leaped to DO, 75, 100 and, according to lll ° official record, 125 per cent, Grediblo reports assert that 186 per cent was paid for money during the l!, h v - Thu record of such a transaction was lost in the excitement. An idea of the severity of losses may be gained from a few specifica¬ tions. Tints American tobacco fell an extreme 21}; Metropolitan 20}; I’eo- pie's Gas 14; Tennessee Coal 17; Man¬ hattan 9 and Leather preferred 9} all in the list of industrials. Iu the rail- road list such strokes as Northwest. New York Central, Great Northern preferred, Rock Island, Southern Pa- cilic, tlie Union Pacific, tho Northern Pacific, Atchison prefefered and in fact Lhe most prominent and active railroad stocks in tho whole list show- Bl1 losses all the way from 4 to 9 points. final forcing Hie rallies with tho <lowI ' of the money rate to 6 per cent run from 5 lo 10 points. The day’s transactions ran up to a total of nearly 1,650,000 shares, which is the record for a day's business. Afl.er the close of the exchange there was a meeting of the clearing house committee to concert further measures for safety and relief. BLOW WAS HEAVY. Kurland Feels Fearful Effect of General Ktiller's Defeat. A dispatch to the New York World from London says: There is no alleviation of the gloom aud panic caused by General Buffer’s reverse. The British forces in India cannot be further depleted by drafts for South Africa, while the threatened trouble from Menelik the Negus of Abyssiu- nin ami the possibility of complica¬ tions along the Mediterranean renders the reduction of the garrison in Egypt too risky, although General Kitch¬ ener, who is at Omdurroan, is going as Lord Roberts’ chief of stall. Fear is expressed that the German navy may he used in conjunction with those of Russia aud France to exert pressure to prevent reinforcements reaching South Africa. I 11 Washington's Memory. A Washington disputch suys: Ar¬ rangements for the Masonic celebra¬ tion of the centennial of tho death of Worshipful George Washington on December 14tb, are about completed. Large numbers of Masons from all over the United States and from Canada are expected to attend. Inventor Hotter Hearl. Charles Potter, Jr., the printing press inventor, died at his home in Piainfle'd, N. J., Saturday. Mr. Pot¬ ter made severul improvements on printing presses, and finally invented the press which bears his name, and from which ho amassed a fortune. m ™ E fi Bacon of Georgia Introduces Joint Resolution In Senate. PRESENTS THE DEMOCRATIC POLICY Tillman of South Carolina Aluo FieuonU ItoHnlutlon Off tiring; Our Reten¬ tion of lftlnmW. A Washington special says: Senator Bacon, of Georgia, introduced in the senate Monday a joint resolution which is regarded by his Democratic colleagues as outlining tbo position which the party will take on the Philip¬ pine question. It declares against tho retention of the islands and iu favor of self government for the Philipiuos, the same as was offered the Cubans. Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, also introduced a Philippine resolution declaring that under the constitution the federal government lias no power to rule over colonial dependencies and maintaining further “that we aro op¬ posed to the retention of the Philip¬ pine islands by the United States and that it is our purpose to consent to the independence of the Filipinos as soon as a stable government ahull be established by them; and toward tho prompt establishment of such govern¬ ment we pledge our friendly assist¬ ance.” Mr. Tillman a-ked that tho resolution lie on the table, as lie de¬ sired to address the senate upon it. President Pro Tern. Frye presented a memorial elaborately bouud aud en¬ grossed from the citizens of Hawaii, adopted ut a meeting in Honolulu on July -1 tli, lust. The memorial recited much uncertainty exists owiug to the failure of congress to provide a form of government for tho Hawaiian Islands, and asked that territorial laws of tlie United Hiatus bo extended to Hawaii. Mr. Mason, of Illinois, presented numerous petitions expressing sym¬ pathy with tlie Month African republics iu their war w ith Great Britain. Mr. Thurston, of Nebraska, pre¬ sented the credentials of his recently appointed eolleaguo, former Bonator W. V. Allen, and they were read. Gov. Poyntor’s •ommissiou named Mr. Allen us senator until his succes¬ sor should he elected aud had quali¬ fied. To this Mr. Chandler, of New Hampshire, took exception, pointing out that Mr. Allen could hold his scat only until the legislature should meet. “Of coarse,” said Mr. (’handler, “that part of the credentials must be re¬ garded as void.” BULLER SUPERCEDED. Lord Roberts Given Full Com¬ mand In South Africa, With Kitchener Chief of Staff. Advices from Loudon state that Baron lioberts, of Candaharand, Wa¬ terford, commander of the force* in Ireland, hai been appointed to the chief command in South Africa, with General Lord Kitchener, of Khartoum, as his chief of stuff. The following notice making the announcement, was posted at the war oflice: “As the campaign in Natal, in the opinion of her majesty’s government, is likely to require tho presence and undivided attention of General Hir Kedvers Buller, it has been decided to send Baron Roberts of Oamlaharand, Waterford, as commander iu chief in Buuth Africa, with Lord Kitehenor as chief of staff. ” “Bob,” as Lord Koberts is famil- iarly known, is a name to conjure with in Great Britain, and that Bob- erts and Kitchener are considered tho men to retrieve the disastrous situation iu South Africa is amply ev- ideuced hy tho more cheery tone of all the war discussion. In spite of the attempts of the authorities to gloss over the supercession of General Bui- ler, the fact remains that tlie new ap- poiutmeuts cannot bo regarded other- wise than as a penalty for liis failure st Tugela river. ------------ Rockefeller Helps Booker Washington. John D. Rockefeller has sent liis check for $10,000 to Booker T. Wash- iugton for the Tnskegeo, Ala., insti- tute. CONTROLS IRON ORE. Trust Buy* Everything In Might In lb« Duck town District. The Virginia Coal, Coke and Iron company lias closed a deal at Duck- town, Term., whereby it secures con¬ trol of ull the iron ore iu the district. The money consideration is not given out. This company, on January 1st, will build a railroad five mils* long from the Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern road extending through all the prop¬ erty they have under their control. They will work fifteen hundred men and mine not less than 1,000 tons of ore per day. beaten bv boers Britain’s Idolized and Trusted Commander Meets a Bad Reverse. HE LOSES ELEVEN GENS. Boers Put Up a Desperate Fight an J all Previous Victories Are Totally Felipsed. The war office at London has receiv¬ ed a dispatch announcing that General Buller has met with a serious reverse, losing ten guns. General Buller was attempting to cross tho Tugola river. Finding it impossible to effect his object, lie ordered a retirement iu or¬ der to avoid greater losses. He left eleven guns behind. The following is the text of Genornl Butler's dispatch announcing his re¬ verse: "Buller to Lnnsdowne. Ghlevuly Camp, December 15, 6:20 p. m.—I re¬ gret to report a serious rnverse. I moved in full strength from our camp near Chievely at 4 o’clock this morn¬ ing. There are two fordable places in tha Tugola river aud it was my inten¬ tion to force a passago through ono of them. Thoy uro ubout two miles apart. "My intention was to force one or the other with one brigade, supported by u central brigade. General Hurt was to attack the left drift, General Ilildyard tho right road nml General Lyttletou was to take tlie center and to support either. "Early iu tho (lay I saw that Gen¬ eral Hart would not be able to force a passage aud I directed him to with¬ draw. He had, however, attacked with great gallantry, and liis loading battalion, tho Connaught Hangers, I fear, suffered a great deal. Colonel I. G. Brooke was seriously wmiudod. "I then ordered General ililyard to advance, which lie did, ami his lead¬ ing regiment, tho East Surrey, occu¬ pied Qolenso station and the houses near the bridge. At that moment I heard that tho whole naval artillery I had sent to support the attack—the Fourteenth and Hixty-sixth ichl hat- terries aud six nuval twelve-pounder quick fires, under Colonel Lone, had advanced close to the river, in Long’s ileshe to bo within effective range. “It proved to he full of tho enemy, who suddenly opened a galling fire at close range, killing all their horses and the gunners were compelled to stand to their gnus. “Borne of the wagon teams got shel¬ ter for troops in a donga ami desper¬ ate efforts wore made to bring out the field guns. “The fire, however, was too severe, uud only two were saved by Guptuiu Schofield ami some drivers, whose names I will furnish. “Auotber most gallaut attempt with three teams was made by an officer whose name I will obtain. Of the eighteen horses, thirteen wore killed, and as several drivers were wounded, J would not allow another attempt, Unsupported hy artillery, I directed the troops to withdraw, which thoy did in good order, “Ihe fourteenth and sixteenth field batteries suffered severe losses, too. “Throughout the day a considora- HI* force of the enemy was pressing «“ back by mounted men under Lord Dundo- <‘a!d and part of Geuerul Barton’s The day was intensely hot and most trying on tbe troops, whose conduct was excellent. We have ubun- doued ten guns aud lest by shell fire <"»«. Tho losses 111 General Hunt’s brigade arc, I fear, heavy, although the proportion of severely wounded, I hope, is not large. The Fourteenth and Sixty-ninth field batteries also snff'ered severe losses. We have ra¬ Bred to our camp at Chievely.” ENGLAND IB DUMFOUNDED. A later dispatch from London states that the news of General Buffer's re¬ verse was received so late that morn- j„g newspaper comment wus confined t 0 perfunctory expressions of extreme regret and disappointment and of the necessity of calmness and redoubled efforts to retrieve tho position. This latest check is regurded us tho most GERMAN ATTACHE WITHDRAWN. ICmpurur William (MikuiIakI With fnitluu- ntloui of Puri* Newspaper*. A special from Berlin says: Emper¬ or William’s intention to withdraw Major Baron von Huesskeud, German military attache in Paris, as cabled to the Associated Press some time ago, has just been carried out. The event is considered of prime importance. His majesty had become thoroughly disgusted with the attacks aud insinu¬ ations of tlie Paris press regarding tho activity of tlio German military at¬ taches and with the numerous private and official reports which had reached him on the subject, bearing out partly, at least, the newspaper charges. NO. >0 serious event in Great Britain’s mili¬ tary history sinco the Tudinn mutiny. Tho Standard says: “General Boiler’s dispatch is doplorablo reading. It is now tho familiar story of concealed Boers and of British troops marching up blindly almost to tho very muzzles of the enemy’s rifles. It cannot bn denied that the moral effect will be to aggravate our difficulties over tho whole field of operation. The country 1 ms discovered with an¬ noyance and surprise that subdu¬ ing Boer farmers is about tlve hardest work we have entered up¬ on since the Indian mutiny. Their commandants have shown them¬ selves able to give our generals useful, but expensive, lessons in modern tactics.” It has hardly been realized until now, even after the experience of tho week, that General Buller could fail. Virtually nothing had been allowed to leuk through regarding his prepara¬ tions, but the public waited patiently iu the confident belief that he was tukiug such time and such preeuutien* as would insure success. No inde¬ pendent reports of the engagement have yet been allowed to come through but General Butler’s own dispatch tells the sail tale in sufficient outline to show that the British have been entrapped ngain by the aBtnte Boers. It was not anticipated that General Buller would muko a frontal uttuek. No criticisms of his movements are made, however, since apparently he suffered a repulse rather than a de¬ feat, and did not push tho attack home, but broke it off iu tho middle so as to save a useless sacrifice of life. It, is expected that lie will renew the attack shortly. Immediately on re¬ ceiving tho news tho war office decided to mobilize still another division, and to replace the Iobhob of artillery, Tbo nocossary reinforcement* will lie hur¬ ried off as fust us possible. Fifteen transports are due to arrive and at Cape Town between Decorabor 17t!i January 8 th, with about 15,009 troops of all arms, hut nnloss General Buller is able to renew the nttaok, which is exceedingly doubtful, tbe British generals will be compelled for another fortnight or more to remain practically on the defensive. WIFE MURDER HANGED. Glaser Showed Remarkable Nerve and Laughed When He Mounted the Gallows. The third hanging that has ever oc¬ curred iu Dougherty county, Ga., wus the execution of VV. J. Glaser, wife murderer, at Albany. Glaser is the only white man who has ever been executed in Albany, and his cane has been one of the most interesting in the history of the sec¬ tion. During the lust, day* of hia life lie was resigned to his 1 ate. He was not despondent over the nearness of his death, but was cheerful, ho said, even of the prospect of so early a tran¬ sit ion from this to a better estate. His calmness was remarkable and be seemed tlie least excited 0 / any of tho small group gathered around tho scaffold. In liis Inst remarks to those around Glaser protested his innocence of the crime and requested that the search for tho guilty party be continued. He asked the crowd not to sorrow, be¬ cause it was the happiest moment of liis life. When the rope had been adjusted Glaser bade all good bye and us tbe blaek cap was placed over bis head his face was radiant witli a smile. “Am i standing right?” said GlaHor to Bhoriff Edwards just before the trap fell. These were bis last words. At 12:15 o’clock the trigger was pulled and tho body shot down through tho trap door. It was screen¬ ed from view after it fell by tho black curtain around thu lower part of tbe scaffold. In 8 minutes his pulse bad ceased to beat, and in 15 minutes he was pro¬ nounced dead. Glaser’s neck was broken by the fall and be died without ft struud^j. HUNTER UNI)Kit AltKEST. Kticrtttairy Kfay Mak<m Keqaeitt of Manrilh G(Hf*r>niie|it Fwr IJIm K* f ra.il lion. A Washington dispatch says: Bes- retary, May has directed Consul Gum- mere, at Tangiers, to officially request tho Moorish government to surrender Thomas J. Hunter, the alleged de¬ faulting auditor of the Atlanta and West Point raiirqad, of Georgia. Be¬ cause of the fact that this government has 110 extradition treaty with Moroc¬ co, it has been compelled to ask the extradition of limiter, not as a matter of right, but as a matter of favor, with the explicit understanding that it will be unable to act favorably upon a sim¬ ilar request made by Moorish sultan.