The weekly avalanche., 1893-01-20


Passenger train No. on the Kan
sas City, St. Joseph & CouI neil Bluffs
railway, was held up on ii be night OF
the nth at Roy's Landing. The train
was signalled and stopped. and while
two bandits took the engineer and fire.
man to the express car and loOted the
safe, others kept up 1usllaVde of bull
let's to intimldate the passengers,
About $4,000 was secured.
The annual report of th4 Worlds
Colum bian commission has been sub
mltted by President T. W., Palmer
Detailed statements Of the Slope ana
various features of the exposition are
left for the final report to be prepared
by special committee of thel commits
sion, which will be a work lof grea
magnitude, practically history Of the
fair. An estimate of $4,000 Ito COM
plete the work of the commission, not
including the committee on awards, Is
made, and congress is asked 70 cause
its transfer from the funds of the COM
mlttce on awards and board tof lady
managers.
The senate finance cOrlfnlt tee held
a meeting to consider Secretary Car
isles statement as to the treaI Isury diff
ficultles. The committee authorized
its chairman to introduce In the senate
the bill favored by the secretary, with
holding however, It's endorsement os
the plan. and gave out a sthtement
that it thought 1t best to rely DIN exist
ing law for relief. Its opinion was
that the law OF 1875 empowe red the
secretary 10 issue bonds necessary TO
strengthen the gold reserve. Repre-
sentative Bland however, declar' les that,
under the present Ia W. the secretary
has not the power.
I'm regard to the publlshcd state
ment that the ex-queen Of Hawaii had
given up the contest for the throne
and would sue the United States for
damages, Samuel Parker, prime minis
ter ot the queen, now in San Francis
co, wired Secretary Gresham denying
these assertions III toto. Both Parker
and W, c. Peterson, the ex-queen's at
torney general, state that they saw
LilioulIalani half an hour before the
sailing Of the steamer Australia, and
that she was very firm in her deter
mlnaton to maintain her claim 10 the
throne. The possibility of her present
ing claim for damages had never even
been mentioned.
Representative w. A. Stone, of
Pennsylvania, introduced bill in con-
gress providing for the inspection of
immigrants by United States cpnsuls
The blHpSovides that no alien shall be
admitted within the United States un-
less he shall exhibit to the United
States inspectors a certificate signed by
the United States consul at the place
nearest where such Immigrant last re-
sided, setting forth the consul has
made an investigation concerpilg the
immigrant and that he does nodbelong
to the class OF alien immigrants ex-
cluded from admission to theIUnited
States under the prov sions OF thc laws
approved in 1891, relative to Ahe I'M
portation of immigrants undereontract
to perform labor.
The details of the maShcre of
Capt. Wilson's party by the Natabeles
in South Africa, have been jicelved
The natives, who were with King Lo.
bengula at the time of the light, ar
rived at Buluawayo to surrender and
tell the story of the struggle. Wilson's
party consisted of forty British troopers
| and about a hundred natitc auxll-
iaries. They came upon king Loben-
Cula, who had Il strong force. The
confident spirit of the Matateles was
thoroughly broken, and intent only on
capturing the king, Capt. Wilson,
without taking precaution tgainst
surprise, dashed forward With his
troops. Lcbengula,. discovering the
smallness Of the attacking force and
Manned q successful rusc. He ordered
the center of his column to retreat be-
lore the British advance, while fanks
fell away on either side in order to
surrender the British. The plan work.
ed perfectly. The troopers dashing
recklessly forward socn lett their
| native auxiliarles far behipd Then
| the Matabeles in front made stand
and those in the flanks began to close
in. Captain Wilson discovered his
dahger and tried to cut his way out to
| ioik his auxiliar.es, but the Mataoeles
preesed him on every si9e in over
whining numbers. The troopers
hor1es fell beneath them and they were
finally compelled to make life and
l:fe3 and death stand, fighting from
bel3nd their dead horses as breast
VOL The ammunition fdr tnelr car
bine|, coon cave out, and th4 4n they had
to "a sort to their revolvers' lana having
no n1 ore cartridges for tnenf were oe'
tend ng themselves with fe,f s"ofos
whil1 the savages presseo cioser AM
closef and finally with sIa'aee YEN
swepI do,vn nnon those who remaineC
alive g +ha little. band, and with as
! sc.yn; labs hea. them Ito the eartf