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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Missouri Crops for 1898.

The twentieth annual report of the
bureau of labor of Missouri contains
the following resume of Missouri's
agricultural productions:
The total yield of corn in the United
States for 1881 is given as 1902, 967, gS3 BUSH
els. an average of gi.S bushels an acre.
Missouri is credited with 6.6l2, 453 acres,
which yielded II, 3,SS2 bushels. an aver
age of % bushels an acre. The average
selling price was a cents. and aggregate
value of the crop, 81, pol, 49,. Our average
Weld of corn for the past 10 years was
80 bushels.
The total yield of wheat was $50, 149, 1853
bushels. an average of 1874 bushels an
acre, Missouri had 1,56I, lG2 acres of wheat,
which yielded Il, l04, AS bushels, an aver
age of 8 bushels. The average selling
price was 80 cents, and the aggregate
value $ll,9Ss, 1S9; Our average yield of
wheat an acre for the past 10 years was
l2.1 bushels.
In 1897 the United States produced 69S,-
90, 500 bushels of oats. the average yield
an acre being 272 bushels. Missouri had
Log. $50 acres. which yielded 22.G7S. 166
bushels. worth A.19i,S52. Our average
yield was q bushels, and average selling
10 years was 23.4 bushels.
Lest years total production of rye was
q .36G,3 2i bushels, an average of 16 bushels.
Missouri had IA, 239 acres, which produced
l10.S6S bushels, worth I5.1S2. The average
yield an acre was i bushels, and the SELL
.Hg price was "A cents.
VI DuCh neat AIlSSOuTl Idu Z-O.D acres,
which yielded $500 bushels, an average
Of u bushels an acre. The average SELL
ing price was 90 cents, and the aggregate
value So. 1874.
Last year Missouri had 97.117 acres of
potatoes, which yielded 4.10i.1 III bushels.
The average selling price was IS cents.
and the total value 81, rs. $50. Our average
yield an acre for the past 10 years was Is
bushels; Kansas, 60; Michigan, -, and
Iowa. %.
Missnuri's total acreage of hay in 1897
was 22illlI. the Weld from which WIS
2.646.@ COZ tons, valued at sl5, $50, 40, an aver
age of 81. ID.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
MULATTO GIRL KILLED.
sophronia Ford Murdered by Her Lover at
Bismarck, n. D., Because Her
Parents Objected.

Bismarck, y. D., Dec. 14.-Sophronia
Ford, Il comedy ~15-year-old muiatto
girl. was shot and killed by j. W. Cole,
Il middle-aged negro. Cole and the
girl were walking along the street to-
gether when suddenly the negro drew
a revolver and fired three shots. two
of them taking effect in the head and
causing instant death. After commit
ting the murder Cole placed an en-
velope containing several letters be-
meath the body and then went to the
county Jail where he gave himself up.
The letters were written by the muir
derer and stated he had loved the girl
and her parents had refused to con-
sem to her marrying him, and thai
this was the reason for the crime.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
GIDEON MARSH's SENTENCE.
Twelve Years and Three Months lmprison-
ment and to Pay n Fine of Five
Hundred Dollars

Philadelphia, Dec. 14.-Gideon W.
Marsh former president of the
wrecked keystone bank, was sentenced
by Judge Butler in the United States
district court to an imprisonment OF
- wears and 3 months and to pay a
fne of $500.
1t was thought probable that Marsh
might, when brought up for sentence,
make a statement duplicating others
in the wrecking of the bank, but he
merely informed the court tina his
predecessor in the presidency of the
bank had left a defalcation of over a
million dollars and that he (Marsh)
had never profited a dollar through
the banks losses.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
CURRENT NEWS NOTES.

A baby was smothered to death in a
movers wagon near Joplin, Mo-,
Theodore GIueck, of Bclleville, ILL.,,
committed suicide by shooting.
Theodore Wilson fell from n wind
mill at Dixon. ILL.,, and was killed.
At Danville, ILL.,. Il boy of six shot
and killed his th~ree-year-old sister.
The snowfall in Texas, Friday and
Thursday, was the heaviest in 20 years.
Miners at Mount Vernon ILL.,, have
struck for the Springfield, scale of
wages.
The body of a murdered tramp was
found in an old railway coach at Stan
berry. Mo.
Orders nave been issued for the
American warships to resume their
white coats.
j. w. Emerson. a mine operator at
Galena, Kas.. was killed by falling
down Il shaft.
The schools at Macon, HI..are closed,
and public meetings prohibited on ac-
count of scarlet fever.
An unknown hunter caught his foot
in Il guard rail at St. Joseph, Mo. and
was run over by a train.
y movement is on foot to erect a
monument at Manila to the American
soldiers who fell there.
Karl Becker, known as the prince of
forgers, was sentenced, at San Fran
cisco, to seven years Imprisonment.
Queen Regent Christina is seriously
I'll at Madrid as a result of the terrible
strain upon her during the past year.
1t is now said that Col. Bryan has
decided TO remain in the army. His
ambition is to get the brigadier's star.
The Kentucky Tobacco Growers
league was formally organized at Lex
ington. Its object is to fight the COM
bine.
Grant Gillett is fleeing westward
from Chihuahua toward Mazatlan,
Mexico, on the Pacific. Detectives are
following.
Secretary of State Lesuer of Mis-
souri, has approved the action of the
Central savings bank of st. Joseph. 1t
will resume business Monday.
Private Klein, Sixth Missouri volun-
teers. whose home was in St. Louis,
was killed by Provost Guard Lovejoy,
First Texas, at Savannah, Ga.
The British wal department has Just
Birmingham manufacturers for the
supply of 100000 600 metal cartridge
cases.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
SULPHUR AND ARSENIC.
Deadly Fumes from the Butte CMOnt.)
Smelters May Lead to Mob VIo-
Ience to Abate Them.

Salt Lake. Utah, Dec. IA special
to the Tribune from Butte, Mont,
SAYS: Five deaths occurred in Butte
which are claimed to have been caused
by the dreadful sulphur and arsenic
fumes from the smelters. Many peo-
pie who car do so are leaving the city
to get out of the smoke.
A mass meeting of citizens was
called for Monday night to take steps
against the deadly nuisance.
The five persons, whose deaths it is
claimed are directly due to the deadly
fumes are:
Edwin HI. Irvine.
. Mrs. Henrietta Levy.
Frank Rochester.
Catherine Sullivan.
John Goodnow.
Threats are made. and it is feared
that some violence may result from
the public meeting.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
~FIFTY-EIFTH CONGRESS-.
(Second Session.

In the senate on the Stb, o. motion of
Senator Morgan. the N~icaraguan canal
bill was taken up and MAJ the unfin-
ishe6 business. after which the senate adj
jOurned......In the house the urgent de-
ficienCy bill. to provide for the support of
the military and naval establishments
was passed, practically without OppoSi-
ton. y number of amendments were
adopted, on the recommendation of the
appropriations committee, which had re-
Ceived some supplemental estimates after
the bill was prepared. The amount
carried by the bin, as passed, is $G9.S90.S1-.
The bill to render suretieS of consuls, vice
cOnsuls and consular agents liable for
damages in suits at law, was adopted
In the senate. Oh the 18th. the two ques-
lions of territorial expansion and the con-
struCtion of the Nicaragua II occU-
pied the body the greater part of the seS-
siOn.-.-.-ln the house the greater part OF
the day was devoted to District of Column
bia business. The bill to relieve Ameri-
can scamen was taken up, but nothing
was ACCOMPLISHED
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
COLLAPSE OF A STEEL TANK.
Two Persons Killed Outright and Many
Wounded Actual umbe OF
Casualties Unknown.

New York, Dec. 1.-THE great steel
gas tank of the Consolidated Gas Co.,
at Avenue \ and Twentieth street, the
largest of its kind in the world, col
lapsed at $50 O'Clock yesterday after
noon. 1t went down with a crash and
roar ike a great explosion.
Masonry and granite blocks and
bricks to the height of so feet fell like
a child's playhouse of blocks and, re-
leased from bondage, 100000 gallons
of water deluged the streets, and in a
ten-foot tidal wave carried death and
destruction through the surrounding
neighborhood. 1t is not known how
many were killed and injured.
The dead so far recovered are:
Andrew Wendt, workman.
Plus Baum, engineer in adjacent fac
tory.
The injured will number & dozen, OF
whom some will die.
The steel tank was IFS feet in diane
ter and 100 feet high. Rising out of the
ground to a height of so feet was a
great circular wall of granite and
brick many feet in thickness. This was
filed with 100000 gallons of water.
4 gang of men were at work, under a
foreman, filling the pit with water to
make the first water test
The great tank seemed to stand the
test well. The labOrers were even be-
ginning to gather up their tools TO
knock off. There were many people
on the streets and crowded street cars
coming and going. Suddenly came an
awful crash. The men below had
scarcely time to fly from beneath the
falling walls ere they were picked up
by the mass of rolling water and
hurled hundreds of feet away
Workmen were shot out of the fac
tory windows and carried n block or
mere rs if mere straws.
Women were washed out of the flats
from the first floor and almost
drowned.
Mary Ann O'Connell and her little
four-year-old sister, Catherine. were
seated at the front window on the sec
ond floor of No. 335 Avenue \. Before
they could turn to flee a rush of water
struck them both, smashing them
through the door and carrying them
half a block distant. Both were terri
bly, injured, the little one perhaps IA
tally.
Henry Fuldner was taken up bodily
and carried almost to Twenty-first
street. His son was also carried out
of his office by the water. but was
caught in the debris and, but for the
timely arrival of some workmen with
axes, he would have been drowned.
Andrew Wendt, one of the killed,
was near the base of the tank when it
collapsed. He was caught by the rush.
ing waters and borne almost an in
credible distance. His mangled and
almost naked body was found against
an elevated railroad pillar at Twenty
first street and First avenue, more than
a block away.
w. j. Logan, of the Logan iron
works, of Greene Point. L. l.. the con-
tractor who was building the tank,
arrived or the scene within a few
minutes after the collapse, and was at
once placed under arrest.
VIM. p. Bradley. chief engineer Of
the Consolidated Gas Co., and said to-
be jointly responsible for the work
with Contractor Logan, was also placed
under arrest. Both were charged with
homicide, and their bail was placed at
$40. 1000 each,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
NINE MEN KILLED.
TrIghtful Accident on the Tracks of the
New York Central RsiIroad-The
Engineers Story.

Buffalo, n. V. Dec. 14.-Nine men
were killed and three injured at Wins
pear Bridge, near Corfu, on the New
York Central railroad yesterday. They
we're Poles, with the exception of John
Warner, their foreman, who is among
the killed. The men were engaged in
shoveIing snow. All were frightfuIly
mutilated. The men stepped from one
track to avoid an approaching train,
right in front of a fast express train
running in the same direction as the
first, and were literally ground TO
pieces.
Engineer Smith, of the express. in
an interview, said:
Il could see nothing ahead of me;
but / thought the place looked bad and
blew my whistle. l had let up on the
whistle when l heard my fireman give
a yell. He did not call for brakes, but
L slapped on the air the minute L
heard him. He had seen a man beside
the track. though he had not seer any,
one struck. a moment after | applied
the brakes l saw a man shoot up into
the air on my side of the cab. He was
AZ high as the smokestack when / saw
him. He came down on the freight
train, which was running along on
that side, and was carried n mile be-
fore he fell off. My train stopped in
about two train lengths, and the sight
that / saw when l got out wa the
most horrible l have ever witnessed.
The dead and mangled were lying ON
both sides of the track, Just as they
had been thrown. / did not see them
until after we had struck them; l did
not see them come on the track, and
until my fireman yelled, l did not
know they were there"
The Spanish Profess to Believe that the
United States Senate Won't Ratify.
Madrid, Dec. At is asserted here
that the premier, Senior Sagasta, will
obtain a royal decree dissolving the
chambers before the ratification of the
peace treaty.
The semi-official Correo announces
that Senior Sagasta, before asking the
cortes to ratify the treaty, will confer
with Senior Montero Rios. president of
the Spanish peace commission; and it
is further asserted that, owing to the
existence of opposition to the treaty,
firm it.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
Relics of the ChrIstobsl Colon ut Norfolk
Navy Yard.

Washington, Dec. 14.-Assistant Sec
rotary Allen has received a letter from
Commodore F~arquahar, commandant
of the navy yard at Norfolk, saying
the shield, crown and scrolls of the
Spanish cruiser Christobal Colon, now
at that yard, can be easily transported.
Commodore Farqualrar says the whole
arrangement forms an ornament seven
feet high, % feet ten inches long, and
weighs 1,571 pounds. 1t is made Of
bronze of artistic design and work
manship. The trophy undoubtedly
will be brought to this city.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
A Vicious Hog Attacks a Child.

While the children of James Calvin,
of near Georgetown. Pettis county,
were attempting to drive a boar from
the yard, the animal attacked the
eldest boy and with his tusks tore the
flesh from the bone almost to the
knee. Neighbors drove the hog away,
otherwise the boy would have been
killed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
Topped the Market.

james c. Knorpp, of Pleasant Hill,
topped the cattle market in Kansas
City, the other day, with &c steers.
which averaged 1.534 pounds, and
sold at$5.4Operhundred. They were fed
Ey Mr.. Knorpp IL months and gained
about 700 pounds on the average.
There were some yearling steers in
the bunch. which tended TO reduce the
average weight. They were grade
Missouri short-horns and not strictly
prime.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
A Presiding Elders Sudden Death.

Presiding Elder f. L. Joslyn. of the
United Brethren church. whose home
was in Trenton. while at Adrain hold
ing quarterly meeting. dropped deadin
a drug store, from neuralgia of the
heart. Elder Joslyn had been known
throughout Western Missouri in his
ministerial work for a quarter of q
century.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
Found Plenty OF Game.

4 hunting party composed of prom
inent st. Louis and Kansas City men
arrived in Springfield the other even
famou game preserve in fancy coun-
ty. They killed a large elk. which they
claim was the first ever killed in Mis-
souri,. They also killed bucks and
much small game.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
Game Shipping Law Expired.

Acknowledgement Crow. in an Off
cial opinion. holds that the game ship
ping law has expired, the act of 1893
prohibiting for five years the shipping
of game from any Missouri county in
which it was killed or from the state.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
Mules Burned to Death.

Fire broke out in the broomrack of
T. A. Sollars. in Warrensburg. The
flames spread quickly to the mule pens
of Stone & Burton. and to Stockton's
mill. Twenty-eight mules were burned
to death, and the mill was DESTROYED.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17

Arrangements have been made for
the transfer of the remains of Gen.
John \. Rawlings, Gen. Grants chief.
of-staff, from the Congressional ceme-
terry to the National cemetery at
Arlington, neal Washington.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
Big Fire at Nevada.

The livery barn of Creel Atkinson,
in Nevada. was destroyed by fire
There were 81 head of horses burned
and about IS vehicles lost. The Ne
vada Machine Co., also lost its entire
plant.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
Was Warmly Commended.

Upon Circuit Judge Woods retire
ment at Warrensburg, the bar ASSOC
citation and county officials adopted
resolutions warmly commencing his
administration.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
Another Frog Victim.

George Landers. while returning
from a hunting trip, got his foot fast
Pned in Il frog of the Missouri Pacific
railroad. in South St. Joseph. and was
killed before he could extricate him.
self.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17

The California state board of trade
has sent a telegram to the state de-
partment protesting against any COM
mercial treaty with Greece by which
the duty on Zante currants may be re-
moved or reduced.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
Found Her Mother Dead.

Mrs. Francis Davis. aged so. was
found dead in bed at Sedalia, by her
daughter, who had slept with her
parent during the night.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17

THE aggregate value of the soh
products of Iowa for this year are not
less than $225,O 0 ,OOO," says Director
Sage of the Iowa weather and crop
service in his annua! report issued on
the 18th.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
For an Alleged wounded Heart.

Miss Hildergard Pope, a former
school-teacher of burlington, Ia. has
begun a breach of promise suit for
$4,000 against F. T. Mills, g wealthy
bachelor of Springfield.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
Not Missouri. Greatest Product.

The value of the lead and zinc out
Put of the Joplin district for 1898 will
exceed $7.0O0,0OO. And Missouri counts
this as not the greatest of her prod
uctS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17

Capt. W. r. Days, aged 60. died at
his home in Macon. after a brief i'll
ness. He served four years in the war
on the Union side. since which time he
has ben actively engaged in business
II Macon and Maryville.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
Death Of EI-Gov. Francis, Mother.

Mrs. Eliza Rowland Francis, widow
Of John d. Francis, and mother of x
Gov. D. Il. Francis, died at the home of
her daughter. near ST, Louis.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17

Detective George I:ryant shot and
fatally wounded John Russell, a IL
year-old negro thief, at Kansas City,
who was trying to escape.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17

The United States peace commits
sioners in Paris gave a banquet. on the
evening of the 18th, at the Hotel Con
t~inental, to the United States ambassa-
dor. The banqueting Don was fes-
TONED gaily with American flags. The
company toasted President Mckinley.
Ambassador Porter and the United
States peace commissioners.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
Is. IL. ADAMS, Publisher.

Maj.-Gen. Merritt. Mrs. Merritt and
the generals aide-de-camp, Lieut.
Strother, called from Liverpoo! fol
New York on board the steamer Lu
cania on the 10th.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17

Gen. CaIiXto Garcia. the Cuban gen.
eraI. who came to the United States
at the head of the Cuban delegation
from the Santa del Sur convention. to
confer with the American authorities,
died in Washington on the 18th. He
was taken Ill with pneumonia several
days before. Owing to his advanced
age there had been little hope of his
recovery from the first.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17

At Santiago de Cuba, on the 18th,
Juan Castillo. a former Cuban officer,
accompanied by two negro subordi-
mates, rode into the Spanish club
rooms, and with their machetes
smashed several lamps and did other
damage.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17

The Madrid Impartial publishes an
other infiammatory article on the sub
ject of the Maine charges. The paper
intimates that the explosion was the
outcome of an intense desire upon the
part of certain factions in the United
States to see the outbreak of war,
which was unpopular with the major
itv of Americans" The Inference being
that those people blew up the vessel 20
create sentiment against Spain.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17

The situation in Porto Rico prom
Uses to force on the government, for a
time at least. the experiment of fed
eral ownership of telegraph and tele-
phone lines. The wal department now
controls all lines in Porto Rico and in
the evacuated sections of Cuba. The
latter, however, is looked upon as
merely transient.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17

The Filipino insurgents attacked
Iloilo on the night of December /, and
captured all the Spanish trenches en-
cept one. On the other hand, the
Spanish transport Isla de Luzon re-
ports that the insurgents around Iloilo
were repulsed with great slaughter on
December 6 while attempting to
storm the last entrenchment. Accord
ing to this story 500 insurgents were
killed OF wounded by the machine
guns.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17

Commander Snow has submitted a
report to the navy department show
ing that the sanitary conditions at
San Juan. Porto Rico, are very bad.
II compliance with the request of Civil
Engineer Menocal, appliances have
been sent to him for use in the reno
walton OF the station.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17

The resignation of Police Commits
sioner Ralph Phelps. Jr., of Detroit,
Mich. was demanded, on the 18th, at
a m~ass-meeting of representative citi-
zcns held in one of the leading
churches in that city. The action was
the direct result of recent agitation
toward the enforcement of law and
a%bolishing vice by the Good Govern
ment league of Detroit and others.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17

Gen. Lee said before leaving Savan-
nah, Ga, on the 18th, that he did not
expect to formally enter Havana be-
fore January l, when he will enter
with the troops and take possession OF
the Cuban capital in the name of the
United States.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17

Clement b. Stern, of the Atlas faur
mills of Milwaukee,, says he expects
the big -four combination to be in OPP
GRAFTON shortly. He says that the trust
will have an initial capitalization of
S3O.GOo.O 600. \. syndicate of English and
American capitalists will back the en-
terprise.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17

Mai.-Gen. Miles appeared before the
house committee on military affairs
on The 18th. for Il hearing relative &c
the proposed reorganization and in
crease of the army. He said the new
duties assumed by the government,
bounds. necessary.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17

Naval Constructor HObson has been
ordered to proceed to Hong Kong. to
supervise the reconstruction of the
cruisers Don Juan de Austria. Isla de
Cuba and Isla de Luzon. He desired a
short leave. but the department was
compelled 10 refuse the request be
cause Of the necessity of getting him
TO Hong Kong as soOn as possible.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17

Gen. Joubert. the commander of the
Boer expedition sent against Chief
MPfeu, of the Magatos tribe in the
Zouttansborgdistrict isill, and with his
forces in a state of semi-mutiny, is re-
turning to Pretoria. The Beers have
been guilty of wholesale butchery OF
women. children and unarmed natives.