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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1896-04-29

Another dispatch from Buluwayo
says that coach laden with arms and
ammunition has reached Buluwayo
from this city.
Earl Grey, one of the administrators
Of the territory of the British Char
tered company is expected to arrive
at Buluwa~o during the day with a
strong escort of troopers. It is now
announced that Sekombi, one of Lo-
bengula's leading chiefs, was among
the killed during the fight about the
Ambuza river which followed the sec
ond sortie of the British, when about
500 natives We're slain.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1896-04-29
DEATH SENTENCE
It Is Passed Upon the Leaders of
the johannesburg Reform
Committee.
Chamberlain Has Cabled Kruger
That He Expects a Commu-
tatiOn of Sentence.
Hammond, Rhodes, Farrar, Phil
lips and Leonard Are the
Victims.

LONDON, April 29-The secretary Of
state for the colonies, Mr.. Joseph
Chamberlain, announced in the house
of commons that five of the leaders of
the reform committee of Johannesburg
q. r. Hammond Francis Rhodes,
George Farrar, Lionel Phillips and
Charles leonard) had been condemned
to death. Mr.. Chamberlain added that
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1896-04-29
POLITICAL NEWS.

Senator Quay has returned from
Washington to Florida, and confer
ence of the men opposed to the Ohio
candidate has been held.
A Washington correspondent figures
that nearly 700 delegates to the St.
Louis convention will be for ''sound
money" Only 454 are necessary to in
corporate plank in the platform.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1896-04-29
ANOTHEh little
British Troopers at Buluwayo
Again Defeat the Matabeles,
1t Is Said.
Attacked by Three Impis, Which
We're Driven Back With
Great Loss.
The Cape Town Correspondent
Still Insists the Town Will
Be Captured.

LONDON, April 29.-The Mashona-
land (South Africa) agency here has
received the following dispatch from
Buluwayo, dated April 81:
big engagement this morning.
Three impis surrounded us. Defeated
and routed them with great loss"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1896-04-29
JOHN HAYS HAMMOND.

upon hearing the news, he cabled to
the governor of Cape Colony, Sir Her
cules Robinson, to communicate the
following 70 President Kruger:
''The government has just learned
that the sentence of death has just been
passed upon the five leaders of the re-
form committee. They can feel no
doubt that your honor will commute
the sentence and have assured parlia-
ment of their conviction that this is
your honor's intention. -
Mr. John Hayes Hammond, one Of
the members of the reform committee
condemned to death, is an American
Might Be An Ill-Timed Dispatch.
It is thought probable that the sem
tence of death will be commuted to a
short term of imprisonment and big
fine unless Mr. Chamberlain's dispatch
to President Kruger, read in the house
of commons, should irritate the chief
magistrate of the Transvaal into
greater severity than he would other
wise exercise.
Mr.. Chamberlain telegram is re-
garded here as being precipitate, and
as leaving President Kruger no time to
act on ais own account. and as having,
moreover, the ring of dictation.
Hammond's Sentence to Be COMMITTED.
WASHINGTON, April S0.-United
States Vice Consul Knight at Cape
Town, cabled Secretary Olney that it
was understood there that Ha1nmond's s
sentence would be commuted. Senator
Stewart, who is a friend of Ham
mond's, has been busy circulating a
petition to President Kruger for par
don
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BISHOP KEHNE'S CHOICE.
He Preferred to Become a Member of
the Propaganda at Rome.

CHICAGO. Nov. 27.-Bishop j. ]. Keane.
late of Washington University. passed
through this city to-day on his way TO the
East. He will within short time sail for
Rome. where he will become "a member of
the Roman Propaganda. 1t is said that
some time since the Vatican gave to Bishop
Keane the choice to whether he would
prefer to remain a member of the American
hierarchy. come TO Rome. it being un-
derstood that no matter which he might
choose he was be made archbishop.
Bishop Keane after some deliberation
chose 10 become a member of the Roman
Propaga and informed Pope Leo.
The information was sent 10 him from
Rome at once that his choice was gladly
agreeable TO the Vatican. and he as
sured that his appointment as archbishop
would follow his arrival in Rome. He is
now his way TO Rome to receive his ap-
pointment, and from present indications he
will not return TO this country after he
leaves.
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WILL TRY FOR A RECORD.
The Cruiser Philadelphia Ready for a
LOng-Distance speed Test.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. G.-The United
States cruiser Philadelphia wants to own
a record, so navy gossip has IT. and she
fondly hopes 10 secure il on her coming
trip TO Callao. 1t is said that her officers
have firmly determined that the vessel shall
break all existing records for armored
cruisers. Notwithstanding the officers re-
fuse TO corroborate the report it comes from
a good source and would seem to he borne
out by the nature of the preparations made
for the voyage. No stop will be made on
the way down, though il is usual for war
ships bound TO South America to recoal at
Panama. Ir anticipation of the long voy-
age loo tons Of coal has been put aboard
the cruiser and every inch of available
space il being economical. encroachments
even being made on the officers quarters
The polished floor in the ward room has
been taken up and a coal chute passes
through the apartment. The Philadelphia
has all the coal she can carry and to-
morrow has been set the sailing date.
A dispatch from Washington SAYS the
Philadelphia has taken an unusual stock of
coal aboard because of its cheapness at
San Francisco. There is no intention of
making a speed record
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WEATHER BUREAU REPORTS.
What FOrecaster Wappenhans Say
About the Mercury's slump.

The cold wave that has swept over this
part of the country is the harbinger of win
tor, good old-fashioned winter that figura-
lively speaking. freezes clear to the nat
ural gas pipes under the ground, according
to the weather bureau. Between Thanks
giving night and last night the mercury
began its winter tobogganing and went
down a forty-degree chute at good speed.
kilograms from the West, the center of the
cold wave, were received at the weather
bureau yesterday saying the wave was
headed this way good and strong, and by
this morning the Thermometer would prob
ably register fourteen degrees above zero.
At II o'clock last night local forecaster
Wappenhans issued the following:
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for
the twenty-four hours ending ii p m Nov.
2S-Light fiurries of snow in early morning;
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois follows:
The Washington bureaus forecast for
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois follows:
For Ohio-,Clearing and generally fair
Saturday: decidedly colder. with a cold
wave; brisk TO high north winds.
For Indiana and Illinois-Fair, continued
low temperature; north winds
The general conditions yesterday were
thus reported by the local bureau--'The
! large high barometric area west of the Mis-
sissippi advancing southeastward, pushed
the low barometric areas over Canada and
over the guf of Mexico. From the east
gulf nOrtheastward to the lower lakes and
New England high temperature still con-
tnues but elsewhere the cold current ad-
vancing southeastward from the northwest
caused the temperature to fall from 10 to A
degrees i'm and near the Mississippi valley,
near the upper lakes and in the lower Ohio
valley In Indiana the temperature fell 40
degrees since Thursday evening to below
zircr
far south as Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas
and the lower Ohio valley; zero and lower
cal rains fell from the Mississippi eastward
to the Atlantic. Heavy rain fell (2.A inches)
at Memphis. Tenn. and nO2 inchesl ar
prevails west of the Mississippi"
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SERIOUS DRUNKEN RIOT
REIGN OF TERROR IN A PENNSYI-
yANIA MINING VILLAGE.
Score of People Held Up and Robbed
Three Men Fatally Shot and
Others wounded.

PITTSTON, Pa, Nov. 27-Three men
were fatally shot and several others more
or less seriously wounded in a drunken riot
at Duryea early this morning The dead
are: James Motsli, shot IN abdomen and
died almost instantly; Frank Lambert, shot
In breast three times and died this after
noon. John Belts was shot in the leg and
cannot recover. The injured are: John
Toy, shot in thigh; William Mockenis. shot
in side: two Polanders, names unknown.
wounds slight.
Duryea is a small mining village three
miles north of Pittston, and there is a
large colony of foreigners there who work
In the mines. They celebrated Thanks
giving day principally by drinking and the
tavern Of Anthony Palley was their head
quarters. As the day grew older and the
miners grew drunken trouble began to
brew, but nothing serious occurred until
late last night. Respectable residents of
the town declare that the night was ver-
liable reign of terror, in " hich 1t was un-
safe to be at large, and the assertion is
made that fully a score of men were held
up and robbed at the muzzle of revolvers
In various sections of the place.
The shooting occurred about 3 o'clock this
morning and the story Of it's origin told by
Palley. the tavern keeper. is the only one
yet heard. He says that number of Po-
landers were drinking in his place, when
a party of young Americans entered After
much drinking they began to taunt the for
eigners. This led to quarrel in which the
Americans assumed the aggressive and set
upon the Polanders with canes. The first
blow had no sooner been struck than the
foreigners drew their guns and bullets be-
gan to fly. The Americans beat retreat.
Ihe s1Gotlng iG was 80 generai f and Promlsd fsd
the fatal shots. Lambert was carried away
by his friends and Motsli and Belts were
found on the floor when the fusillade was
over. The two wounded Polanders were
taken to their homes, where their wounds
were dressed.
The authorities promptly started an in
veStigatiOn and this afternoon arrested
Palley. the saloon keeper; his bartender.
William Cosgrove: James Ryan, James
Brady. j. Clark. Samuel Barclay. j. Flood
and Alexander Wilyhi. They are charged
with being the ringleaders in the riot.
While they were being taken to Pittston
Barclay and Flood escaped from the con-
stable and fled TO the mountains.
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AGAINST YTURBIDE.
a Jury Sustains the Metropoiitnn Ciuu
i'm ExpelIing the Prince.


WASHINGTON. Nov. 27.-Judge Brad
lev. of the District Supreme Court. to-day
refused to grant Prince Yturbide. of Mex
leo. a mandamus TO compel the Metropol-
itan Club of this city. TO reinstate him
i'm membership. The case was a sequel to
the expulsion of Yturbide for alleged cir
cuIation of scandalous charges against the
daughter of "a member of the club. TO
whom he had been engaged to be married.
The mandamus was refused after a two
days jury trial, at which the facts IN the
case were rehearsed The jury. after being
out about forty minutes. returned tgith a
verdict for the club. tl-.t
In the course of his argument Mr. Berry.
counsel for Prince YturDide. said that the
case involved not only his clients member
ship in the Metropolitan Club. but the adj
ditional one to whether ne was TO be-
barred from every club in the country and
in Europe. as well as in his own native
land. Mexico. In making his charge to the
jury Judge Bradley referred briefly to
Prince Yturbides connection with the Met
ropolitan Club saying that when the prince
Joined the club he made himself liable to
all the provisions contained I'm its constitu-
tion and must be bound by them. The
only question for the jury 10 decide was
whether At the meeting OF the board. the
relator being present and the specification
of the charge being made known 10 him,
he did did not admit that he made such
accusations against the lady i'm question It
was not incumbent on the board to inquire
into the reasons Mr.. Yturbide had for max
ing the accusations. and IL was not within
the province of the jury 10 say whether. on
ethical grounds the decision of the board
was a proper one. The jury had only to
deal with question OF fact II they found
that the relator made such admissions "a
the hoard of governors said he did then
they must find for the club. IL they agreed
that he did not make such admissions then
they should find for the reiator' % MI, MT at9r- SI
a new trial probably would be made.
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JERSEY TO BE HIS HOME.
President Cleveland VIII Reside al
Princeton After March 4.

PRINCETON. N J., Nov 27.-To-night
Prof. Andrew West, in an interview con-
cerning the rumor that President Cleve-
land intends at future date to make
Princeton his home. authorized the fol-
lowing statement: President Cleveland
to-day purchased the former residence or
Mrs. Slidell, on Bayard avenue this town.
and after the expiration OF his term or
office he will make Princeton his perma-
nent home. Negotiations which have been
i'm progress for about three weeks were
closed to-day by the purchase of the prop
erty named. Numerous reasons wete ad.
vanced by the President as influencing him
in making his choice of homes; Princeton's
nearnesss to New York it's quiet and un-
disturbed home life The purchase price
Is said TO be betwee - 200 and $4,000.
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In Western Kentucky.

PADUCAH Ky. Nov. IA severe storm
swept over western Kentucky last night.
One house was destroyed at Fulton and
considerable damage was done there. A
man and child are missing at Kuttawa.
Ii is believed that they were blown into
the Cumberland river and drowned. The
railroad station at Eddyville was wrecked.
A factory was blown down there and the
courthouse was partly unroofed. Along
the line of the Illinois Central in southern
Illinois some damage is reported.
PRINCETON. Ky. Nov. 27.-The hardest
windstorm in this section for years struck
this city yesterday evening at p. m. last
ing about one hour, blowing down FENCES
and shade trees, barns and unrofing sew
eral of the largest buildings in the city
People were badly scared. some deserving
their houses
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storm Victims in Mississippi.

TUNICA. Miss, Nov. IA tornado
passed through the northwest part of this
town about IL o'clock last night travelling
in a northwesterly direction. One end of
box car on switch was blown off. A
negro church was destroyed and an old
mill shed blown down. crippling teamster
and three horses. Three houses on X. G..
Irwin's place were blown down. and one on
the Fulmer place. Sarah Clay. colored
was killed and Samuel Clay seriously in
jured. Their three children were wounded.
The woods north of here are strewn with
household plunder and bedding. The south
bound passenger train stopped mile
north of here, taking on women and
child. victims of the disaster A heavy rain
has been falling for ten hours.
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snow and sIeet in Kansas.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. 27.-The first
heavy storm of the season prevailed in
Kansas yesterday and last night Reports
from Larned and Junction City, in the CEN
ter of the State, report sleet and snow
driven by a wind that developed many of
the characteristics of a Western blizzard.
The ground is frozen and fear is expressed
that stock will suffer. Wheat all over CEN
tral Kansas was never finer at this season.
The tempe rature in Kansas ranged from
to 10 degrees above zero. In Oklahoma Ii
averaged about is degrees above. The Their
mometer in Kansas City fell As degrees be-
tween noon yesterday and Z o'clock this
morning, going from 81 TO Is degrees above
zero. Colder weather is predicted for to-
night. The cold wave extened over the
whole Southwest.
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DENVER, Col. Nov. 27.-With the ex-
ception of lSI7. 1850 and 1857, to-day was the
coldest day ever known in Denver in No
vember since 1871. prior to which year there
is no official record. The weather bureau
thermometer registered 80 degrees below
zero at g a. m. Passengers on the incoming
trains tell of a severe blizzard in eastern
Colorado and the neighboring State OF Ne
braska. The snow has fallen steadily for
two days. and the wind, rioting at will
over rolling land, meeting with no obstrVc-
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He Thinks Republicans should Dis
cuss Tb II Bill I'm Caucuses Before
the u,-tra Session Of Congress.
Mr.. CLr'"LAND BUYS A HOME
HE WILL LIVE At PRINCETON. y. D.,
WHEN HE RETIREs FROM OFFICE.
Prince Yturbidc Defeated In His Ef-
I'm the Metropolitan Club.
pscial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-Representative
Loudenslager. of the Camden IN. J.) die
trict. said to-day: Il think IL will be found
wise TO call a caucus of the Republicans
this winter. say about the middle of F'ehru-
ary TO which we will summon all the MEM
bers of the next House. as well as Sena-
tors who enter the Senate next March. At
this meeting we could hear the report OF
the work done by the ways and means
committee in preparing the new tarif bill,
and could then learn from every member
of the next Congress how the proposed bill
will suit his constituents. We could hold
a series of meetings or caucuses lasting a
week longer, If necessary. but at the
end OF these meetings the Republicans an
both branches of Congress would be united
on the bill and no time would be lost next
April when we are i'm extra session ard
when every hour is valuable. II ;he Ecm-
ocratic Senators are sinceres IN promising
no factious opposition we could be airang-
ing all cur Republican differences at these
caucuses AMI then at the extra session
leave to a few Republican speaTcrs the
task of explaining to the people the rev
features of the bill. and then the Demo
cratic Senators could deliver their formal
speeches in opposition to the bill, and the
whole matter could be settled and the bill
passed in time to go into effect on july
with the beginning of the 1sw wear. We
cannot afford to inflict upon the country
an endless tariff debate. The work must
he conservative and prompt.
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Rain Fell i'm Torrents.

HAMBURG, Ark. Nov. H.-One of the
worst storms in the history of this part OF
the State occurred last night. From s
p. m. until daybrealB this morning rain fell
in torrents. Accompanying the downfall
was an electrical display of thunder and
lightning. Several inches of water fell in
few hours The damage is heavy,
ports of loss are coming in from all sides.
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De,,iI. of the Texn. Tornado.

WACO, Tex, Nov. 27.-The tornado that
ragged twenty miles from here yesterday
devastated a strip one mile wide and eight
miles in length A number OF farmhouses
were demolished in the vicinity of Mart
McLenann county. and information comes
from Reisel six miles from Mart. that the
residence OF Buck Douglass was destroyed.
his wife severely hurt and one OF his chll-
dren killed. Five persons were more or less
injured as far as heard from. The temper
ature was nearly at summer heat prior TO
the storm. In passing over the prairie the
tornado took everything ii touched, leaving
the earth clear of grass.
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POOR SHOWING FOR GOLD CURE.
Drunkenness Increasing ut the Leav-
enworth SoiIiers' Home

LEAVENWORTH Kan. Nov. 27.-At the
Soldiers Home investigation to-day the
witnesses before the congressional commit
tee were mostly ex-members of the home
who testified 10 the kindness OF Governor
Smith. that old soldiers were not compelled
To take the gold cure. and that brutalities
We're not practiced. Statistics OF arrests
Tor drunkeness in the home which were
asked Tor and p1'essented seem 10 make a
poor showing for the cure In ISgO before
the cures introduction. IL seems there were
see arrests. while in 1885 there were I.20l.
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WASHINGTON. Nov. 27.-The secretary
of the treasury has dismissed William II.
Morley. engineer of the public building at
Denver. Col. for collecting political as
sessments from government employees in
violation OF the civil-service laws His case
has been under investigation by the Civil
service Commission. Morleys room I'm the
postoffice building was a political head
quarters during the campaign. The case
has been referred TO the attorney general
for prosecution OF those persons alleged TO
have violated the law.
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20 to 25 Below Zero.

HELENA, Mont, Nov. 27.-To-night is
the coldest that has ever been known in
the recollection of the oldest pioneer. At
o'clock this evening the mercury regis
tered from twenty to twenty-five degrees
below zero in various parts OF the city ana
il will fall easily ten degrees before MORN
ing. The weather bureau here reports the
temperature in the northern part OF the
State 70 be from ten TO twenty degrees
colder than 1t is in Helena.
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CINCINNATI. o.. Nov. 27.-The En-
quirer Will say tomorrow that interviews
had with all the proprietors OF active dis
tilleries in the Cincinnati region developed
the fact that they are unanimously deter
mined against entering into any whisky
pool however gratifying increase of the
price OF their product might be 10 them
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Low Temterature in Oregon.

PORTLAND Ore, Nov. 2T.-The ther-
mometer registered q degrees above zero
last night, which is 1 degree colder than
Il has been in Portland for twenty-four
years on or before this date. In eastern
Oregon the weather is also very cold. At
Kemela, in the Blue mountains. the ther-
mometer registered 10 degrees below zero
last night. 1t is feared that much damage
TO fall grain will result. Potatoes are also
in danger of freezing. as farmers have not
had an opportunity to dig them on account
of the unprODitiouS season.
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Po.tma.ter.. shortnge Mnde Good.

MEMPHIS. Tenn. Nov. 27.-The Evening
Scimitar says: The fact that there was a
shortage in Postmaster Robert Armour's
accounts prior to Nov. IS has been estab-
lished beyond any question. \ conference
OF Mr.. Armour's bondsmen and friends was
held on the evening Of Nov. IL, at which
the amount OF the shortage. s12 233. was
made up. Nothing authentic could be
learned from the inspectors or district at
torneys as to whether the postmaster
would bs removed cr prosecuted"
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Policy of silver Republicans.

SALT LAKE, Utah, Nov. 2L-Senator
Dubois of Idaho. says in an interview to-
day that he has no idea that there Will
be any attempt to pass the Dingley bill ar
this session of Congress; that ii is piece
of legislation that failed at the last session
and ought to fail at any session When
asked about the policy OF the silver Sena-
tors i'm the next Congress he said: They
will hold the balance Of power in the SEN
ate and will no doubt continue their ag-
gressive fight for silver. making all other
issues subordinate to that. No matter
what kind OF tariff we have there can be
no prosperity. except for the few under the
gold standard. One more trial OF the Re
publicans will convince the people or this,
in my judgment. and the silver advocates
will win the Congress in 1888 and the presi-
dency in 1901"
Senator Cannon. of Utah, left for WASH
fngton this morning