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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-18
No Further News Of Battle at TugeIa
River.
Mafeking Safe on the 18th and
Colonel Baden-Powe11 Pushing
Ont His Defenses-Other Be-
leaguered Garrisons and Posi-
lions Still Holding Out-Baron
Roberts Of Kandahar Sent to
South Africa az Commander-in-
Chief.

LONDON, Dec. 1S.-(4:45 a. ND
Lieutenant General Sir Charles War
rem, commanding the Fifth Division OF
the First Army Corps, has arrived at
Cape Town. 1t is understood that ne
will proceed to Port Elizabeth.
No further news has been received
regarding the battle at the Tugela
River The latest accounts regarding
the battle at Magersfontein show that
the retirement of the British troops was
executed with the greatest GOODNESS and
order under heavy Boer artillery hre
on Tuesday Mafeking was safe on
December 18TH and Colonel Baden
Powell the British commander. there,
is still actively pushing out his de-
lenses. At that time the Beers had
offered to exchange Lady Sarah Will
son, who was captured while acting as
a correspondent for the London Daily
Mall for General Ben Viljoen, who
was captured at Glands Laagte, but the
offer had been declined.
The other beleaguered garrisons and
positions are still holding out.
1t is said that if the Victoria cross
were to be granted for every act of
conspicuous gallantry on the part of
the British troops, it would be neces-
sary to distribute the decoration by
hundreds.
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was caused by a stone thrown by
Thomas Gallagher.
RussIA's FINANCES.
Her Agent Says They Are in a Sat-
isfactory Condition.


WASHINGTON, Dec. I'm. Rou-
towsky, the agent of the Ministry of
Finance of Russia in Washington, in a
communication to the Associated Press
complains of the attempts which he
says were made in Europe recently to
create in this country the impression
that the relations between the Govern
ments of Japan and Russia were
strained.
Immediately after the statements
had been authoritatively denied by the
Russian ambassador and the Japanese
Minister here said M. Routowsky
"other sensational rumors We're start
ed, presumably at Berlin, and directed
against the credit of the Russian En-
pire. These were followed by libels,
directed against the eminent Statesmen,
to whose care was entrusted the credit,
and appeal made to Japan in an article
on Russian finances, to attack that
country before her trans-Siberian rail-
road could be completed"
M. Routowsky adds that in view Of
the fact that all of these false rumors
and misstatements, if not exposed,
might leave among capitalists and
financiers in this country an erroneous
impression, he has decided to give to
the press some figures on the subject.
These figures show that the finances
of Russia are in a most prosperous con-
dition.
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There Being Sill Over FuriI-FIw Towns to
Vote. -
Republicans Claim That the Elec-
lions Throughout the Island
Will Result In AN Overwhe1m.
ing Federal Defeat--The Texas
Is at Havana and VIII Bring
Home the Bodies Of the Maine
Victims.
(correspondence Record-Union)

NCOTTeSpUHueIiCo INcSOIQ-OiAO
SAN JUAN porto Rico), Dec r.
The elections in Porto Rico are pro-
crossing slowly. The Republicans car
ried Ponce on December 9th by about
1900 majority.
According to the census of 1897 there
are over $4,000 people in the Ponce
district, but of that number only 4. 466
are eligible to vote. the right of suffrage
being limited to tax payers and profess
sional men, about 400 of that number
going to the polls. The Republicans
tremendous majority and that the cleo
ton throughout the island will result
in an overwhelming Federal defeat.
The elections will last for at least
two months more, there being still oven
forty-five towns to vote.
The people are looking forward anx-
iously to the action of Congress on the
question of civil government. Many
expect that Porto Rico will be imme-
diately given system Of self govern
ment of the islands, while Others take
more conservative view of the sub
ject The "Boletin Mercantile" COM
menting on the subject says:
The form of civil government for
Porto Rico will undoubtedly be the one
recommended by President Mckinley
in his annual message to Congress.
With the exception of the highest office
the appointee for which place is not
yet known-the appointments will be
distributed among the most capable
Porto Ricans and Americans"
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CINCINNATI WANTS TT.
Trying to Get the Democratic Ma
tional Convention.

CINCINNATI, Dec. 17.-There will be
a strong effort made to have the next
Democratic National Convention held in
Cincinnati. The building erected for
the international Saengerfest last June
is still retained in expectation of having
this convention here. 1t was desired
by many to make an effort for the Re-
publican National Convention. but it
was said that the Republican commit
teemen would not consider an Ohio city.
when it was conceded that an Ohio
man would be renominated.
1t is understood that Colonel John R.
Mclean will do everything in his power
for his native city, and other members
of the Democratic National Committee
are known to be favorable to this civ.
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BROADWAY NATIONAL BANK.
Force Of Clerks Working t,
Straighten Out It's Accounts.

BOSTON, Dec ia force of clerks
worked all day to-day Strengthening
out the accounts of the Broadway Ma
tional Bank which suspended yesiter-
day.
There have been no developments to-
day and the clearing house committee
did not meet last night as expected. 1t
is still the subject of much discussion
that the clearing house did not come to
the relief of the Broadway Bank as
it did for the Globe Bank earlier in the
week and this feature of the failure is
likely to continue uppermost in mind
until the situation is made more clear
The work accomplished to-day was
in the way of tabulating assets, and
while much remains to fill out the Off
cial papers, it is anticipated that a de-
tailed report to the Comptroller will
go forward late tomorrow. Mr.. Wing
will continue to accept payments on
notes becoming due, but will not pay
out any bank funds. Everything. ap-
parently, depends upon what action
Comptroller Dawes takes on receipt of
Mr.. Wings report.
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And Vote Of the House on the Currency
Bill.
Both Houses Will Adjourn for the
Christmas Holidays ON Wednes-
day-A11 Republicans Will Vote
for the Currency Bill and It Is
Expected to Receive at Least
Eight Democratic Votes.

WASHINGTON, Dec 1.-THE Sem
ate has no program for the present
week and the indications are that short
daily sessions will be held and very
little business transacted. Both houses
will adjourn for the Christmas holidays
on Wednesday. Outside of official NOM
nations there is practically no business
on the calendar, all important matters
in committee having been delayed for
the reorganization Of the committees,
effected at the close of business last
week. So far no notices of speeches
on any subject have been given and
Senators generally express themselves
as disposed to postpone the real bus
mess of the session until after the re-
bill will be received from the House
during the week.
1t will be referred to the Committee
on Finance. This committee expects to
make it's report soon after the resump-
ton of business in the new year The
real work of the session will then begin.
The two events Of Importance in the
House this week before the adjourn
ment for holidays on Wednesday will be
the vote on the currency bill tomorrow
after the reading of the journal and the
announcement of committees on Tues
day. The vote will be taken directly
upon the passage of the bill. The re-
suit is a foregone conclusion, as it will
command every Republican vote. The
interest in the vote therefore lies only
in the record of the Democratic disaf-
lection it will show The Eastern Dem
ocrats generally, with the exception Of
a few from New York, are not in line
with their Democratic brethren from
the South and West on the money
question, but not all of them will vote
for the bill. According to a careful
canvass, made by Overstreet of Indi-
ana, who has had the bill in charge, it
will receive eight Democratic votes at
least and he believes seven Democrats
will dodge. He figures that the bill will
have a majority of 80. So far as can
be ascertained, no other business will
be transacted by the House this week.
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IRIsH-AMERICAN SOCIETIES.
They Denounce England and SYM
pathize With the Beers.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE United
Irish-American Societies met tonight
and adopted resolutions in which Eng
land was denounced as the hereditary
enemy of representative government
that her war is one for lust of terri
tory and utterly without justification;
that the Beers deserve and merit the
support of all free men and particu-
larly of all Americans; Senator Mason
and Representatives Sulzer and Jet
were complimented for their resolutions
of sympathy for the fighting Beers; the
hope was expressed that the British
armies be driven into the sea; that the
British Empire be annihilated.
The Irish National Club also met to-
night and number ofsspeeches were
made denouncing England.
The Irishmen say that they will try
to make arrangements for the holding
of a great mass meeting to denounce
England.
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ENGLAND NOT FIGHTING


LONDON, Dec. 1S.-The. Times,
commenting on the situation, says
Neither the Crimean war nor the
Indian mutiny gave rise to greater
dangers to the empire than that with
which we are now menaced, nor at
either of those critical periods was
Great Britain SO isolated politically or
regarded with such dislike and sus-
picfon as are now almost everywhere
apparent. Unless the calmness which
impresses the foreign observer proceeds
only from apathy or a want of suffi-
Gent imagination to realize the immi-
nent danger to the whole fabric of our
empire the great efforts now urgently
REQUIRED will surely be made before it
is too late to retrieve the situation. we
are fighting not only merely for su-
premacy in South Africa, but our posi-
ton as great power. We know we
have miscalculated the strength of our
foe, and we are resolved to make that
miscalculation good.
The general feeling foreshadows a
serious reckoning for the Government
when the time comes
The Daily Chronicle" hints that
General Sir William Butler, who was
recalled from the Cape command be-
cause OF his Boer sympathies, long ago
advised the Government that the rrose-
cution of Mr.. Chamberlains policy
would make heavy achievements for
the Cape imperative.
The "Daily News" says: The Govern
ment decision is either council of
panic or the confusion of utter uiscal-
culation.
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WILL REMAIN AT WINDSOR.
The Queen Will Not Spend Christ
mas at Osborne House.

LONDON, Dec IL. The Court
News has issued the following an
nouncement:
''The arrangements made for the
Queens departure from Windsor have
been postponed until after Christmas
as owing to the present state of af-
fairs in South Africa, the Queen is I'M
willing to be at a great distance from
London.
Not for years before has the Queen
decided to spend Christmas away from
Osborne. Her decision to remain at
Windsor in touch with the Cabinet
shows in a measure the gravity of the
crisis and of the anxiety her majesty
feels for the welfare of the country.
She is, nevertheless, in fair health. Sat
urday morning she took her usual
drive, and just before dinner that ev-
ening she received Lord Wolseley, who,
with Major General Sir Henry Peter
Ewart, crown equerry to the Queen,
dined at Windsor.
BLACK week" as last week is now
called, has evidently aroused the Gov
eminent and the War Office to a full
sense of their responsibility and of the
magnitude of the task before them. The
papers unanimously applaud this awak-
ening despite the fact that they recog-
nize that the heroic measures now de-
cided upon SAVIOR rather of weakness
than of strength.
Rumor has it that the question of
expense has really been at the bottom
of the half hearted measures hitherto
adopted, and it is not unlikely that Sir
Michael Hicks Beach, Chancellor of the
Exchequer, and other members of the
Cabinet, will resign.
1t is high time that something very
energetic was done. The British losses
in killed, wounded, prisoners and miss
ing throughout the campaign now reach
the enormous total of 1850.
The tragic circumstances of the ap-
pointment Of Lord Roberts almost 81
multaneously with the announcement of
the death of his promising son excite
the deepest public sympathy.
Lieutenant Roberts was an only son
and had been his fathers aide-de- camp
since 1895. He served in Wazirstan
and in the Chitral and Nile expeditions
Such was his display Of gallantry 49,
Friday in an attempt to rescue the guns
that he was recommended FOR the Vic
toria cross.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-18
THE TEXAS AT HAVANA.
Will Bring Home the Bodies Of the
Victims Of the Maine Disaster.

HAVANA, Dec. 1.-THE United
States battleship Texas, Captain Sigs-
bee commanding, has arrived here, and
Captain Greene, commandant of the ma
val station, has conferred with Captain
Sigsbee with regard to the removal
from Colon Cemetery Of the bodies of
the victims of the Maine disaster The
remains will be removed with as little
ceremony as possible.
The work of disinterment will begin
tomorrow. Each coffin will be inclosed
in metal casket. The caskets will be
removed during the night to the naval
wharf, where they will be under guard
until all is ready for removal to the
battleship. which, it is expected, v-ilI
take place Wednesday night or Thurs
day at daybreak. The Texas will then
leave at once. Father Chadwick will
identify the collins as they are taken
from the ground, having a chart shows
ing the exact location of each.
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HAVE FOUND A CLEw.
Police After Criminal Who Robbed
the CHEYENNE EXPRESS Office.

DENVER, Dec. ia special to the
News" from Cheyenne, Wyo., says:
The officials engaged in hunting the
criminal who robbed the Pacific Ex-
press Company in this city recently
have obtained a definite clew. They
have found person who saw a man
leaving the north door of the express
office during the time the robbery must
have been committed. He had a pack
age under his coat and was last seen to-
board train going west. An accurate
description of the man has been fur
nished. 1t is known that he left the
train on its arrival at Laramie.
A special agent has gone to work up
the case. This is really the first clew
obtained and seems to settle the point
that the robber was not a Cheyenne
man, as was reported.
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THREE GENERATIONS TRIED.
Thomas Gallagher Convicted Of
Killing James Quinn.

SCRANTON (Pa.), Dec ia muir
der trial in which three generations of
a family were defendants ended to-day
with a verdict of manslaughter against
Thomas Gallagher, aged p, the young
est of the four defendants, and acquittal
for his brother, Joseph Gallagher; his
mother, Ann Gallagher and his grand
mother, Bridget Dempsey
The murder for which they were tried
was the killing Of James Quinn, Sr. at
Carbondale Township In August last,
during a quarrel between the Quinns
and Gallaghers, which. began in a dis
pute between the boys. The witnesses
were all positive that the fatal wound
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in the electrical laboratory of the West
ern University of Pennsylvania, have
resulted in the production of a receiver
for wireless biography that is two
thousand times more sensitive than the
so-called "coherer' of the Marconi sys-
tenn.
In speaking of the discovery to-day
Professor Fessenden said:
Although we have improved the re-
ceiver so that 1t is 1000 times as SEN
sitive as the original one, we realize
that we have not yet got to the limit.
1t should be possible to send messages
across the Atlantic with poles less than
200 feet high. The ultimate resistance
must be checked by actual experiment
before it becomes a scientific fact in
the strictest sense"
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-18
SETTLES SUCCESSOR.
Election to be Held in Louisville
to Determine Who He Is.

LEXINGTON (Ky.), Dec. II. = The
election of a successor in Congress to
Mr.. Settle. deceased, occurs tomorrow
From present indications it will be the
most quiet election ever held in the
Seventh District.
June Gayle, the Democratic candi-
date, seems to have slightly the better
of the fight. Two powerful elements
are working in his favor; one is. his
conservative course toward Goebel, and
the other is the soreness that still re-
mains against Owens, the fusion can
didate, on the part of the Breckenridge
following, as legacy from the famous
bitter fight in the Owens Breckenridge
race
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TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
A Father and Three Children KILL
ed by a Powder Explosion.

LOUISVILLE Qxy.), Dec. II. - Mean
Alliance Postoffice Nelson Hamilton
was preparing to do some blasting and
was pouring out some powder from a.
key, when his fouryear-old son picked
up a small amount and tossed it into
the fire. A terrific explosion followed.
demolishing the house and setting IL
on fire.
The boy, two children older than him.
self and his father were knocked sense
less by the explosion and all four wers
burned to death. An older daughter
regained consciousness sufficiently to
realize that the house was in flames
and tried to open a door and get the
tortured persons out. but they were so
badly burned that all died within a few
hours.
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ACTION FOR DAMAGES.
William Euclid Young Sues New
York Stock ExchanRe

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-An action has
been commenced in the Supreme Court
by William Euclid Young against the
New York Stock Exchange, through its
President, in which the plaintiff de-
mands an injunction restraining the de-
PENDANT from excluding him from the
privileges of membership, and also de-
mands the sum of 100000 on account
of the pecuniary loss and injury to his
reputation by reason Of the action Of
the Board of Governors of the exchange
in expelling him on December 30, 1896.
He was convicted, after a trial before
the Board of Governors. of having par
ticipated in an irregular transaction
and expelled.
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NATIONAL STARCH COMPANY.
Its Reorganization Proceeding I'm
der the Plan of the Syndicate.

CINCINNATI, Dec. 1.-THE EN-
quirer" says: 1t is stated that the re-
organization of the National Starch
Company is progressing under the plan
of the syndicate, for whom Jay Mer-
ton, Charles r. Flint, Alex H. Stevens,
w. Emlin Roosevelt and George W.
Young are acting as a committee. The
syndicate has purchased over 10000
shares of the stock Of the company, Sc
curing control of the company for
which it has paid over $2,000O00 in
cash.
The committee is empowered to pre-
pare plan for readjustment or re-
organization or for dissolution of the
company. A reduction of the amount
of capital is one of the features of the
plan of the committee. The scheme
will also include the absorption of i'm
portant starch companies outside the
trust.
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VIII Not Yield Ceuta.

MADRID, Dec. 17.-Senor Silvela, the
Premier, replying to a question on the
subject in the Chamber of Deputies
yesterday said the report of an alliance
between Spain and Russia based on the
cession of Ceuta, the Spanish seaport
town in Morocco, opposite Gibraltar
was without foundation.
Neither now nor in the future he
declared, will Spain on any account
cede her African possessions
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NEGOTIATIONS PENDING
For the Purchase Of the Wheeler
Line of Steamers.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 17.-Negotiations
are pending for the purchase of the
Wheeler Line of steamers which oper-
ate between New York and Baltimore.
The Pennsylvania Railroad, which
has lately acquired the Baltimore
Chesapeake and Atlantic Railroad prop
erty and the steamboats, of that COM
pany, is, it is said, behind this step.
and is preparing to consummate deal
for other companies, thereby giving it
the absolute control of all the eastern
shore lines.
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Preparing for the Convention.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 17-Republi-
can National Committeeman Manley OF
Maine and Payne of Wisconsin, who
are members of the Subcommittee on
Convention of the Republican National
Executive Committee, arrived here to-
day for the preliminary work of pre-
pairing for the national convention
They have established their headquar-
ters at the Hotel Walton and engaged
quarters there for Chairman Mark
Hanna and Secretary Dick of the Ex-
ecutive Committee.
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Offers to Raise Canadian Troops.

OTTAWA, Dec. 17.-Dr. Borden, Min
lister of Militia, has received an offer
from the President of a manufacturing
concern in the United States who was
at one time a member of the Grand
Trunk Rifle Brigade in Canada, offer
ing to raise a regiment of Canadians
in the United States in such way
as would not violate the neutrality
laws. Another offer comes from Idaho
to raise 500 men. Besides these there
are individual offers from all over
Canada.
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lIssisnant Bnmhy Dead From Typhoid
Fever.
Follows Captain Gridley and Com
mander Wood to the Beyond
HIS Death a Great Shock to the
Admiral, as a Very Strong
Friendship Had Grown Up Be-
tween the Two Men Through
Years of Close Relations.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-Lieutenant
Brumby, Admiral Dewey's Flag Lieu
tenant in Manila, who has been i'll with
typhoid fever for several weeks, died at
Garfield Hospital shortly after =
o'clock this evening.
The death of Lieutenant Brumby,
while not unexpected, was great
shock to Admiral Dewey. The rela-
lions of the two men for several years
have been very intimate and a strong
friendship had grown up between them.
Lieutenant Brumby went out to the
Asiatic station with the Admiral and
had been there with him until they
both returned to the United States. In
his capacity as Flag Lieutenant, Lieu
tenant Brumby was thrown with
Dewey practically all the time and
acted as his personal representative in
many matters of detail delegated to him
by the commanding officer He was
regarded by the Admiral as a bright
alert and capable assistant, while the
devotion of the latter to the Admiral
was something marvellous. The bur-
den of his thoughts during the latter
days of his illness. when his mind was
wrecked with delirium, seemed to be
regarding his work for the Admiral.
No arrangements for the funeral have
been made.
Lieutenant Brumby was appointed a
naval cadet from Georgia, entering the
service in 1873, and his present com
mission dates from the oath of August,
1892
The Lieutenant's death is the third
of those who were closely associated
with Admiral Dewey at the battle of
Manila who have died since that time,
namely, Captain Gridley, Commander
Wood and Lieutenant Brumby.
Lieutenant Brumby was presented
with a sword by the Legislature of
Georgia on October Goth. He returned
to Washington about the middle of
November.
WOULD OFFER NO OBJECTION.
MARIETTA (Ga.), Dec. 11.-Mrs.
Mary Ann Brumby, mother of Lieuten-
ant Brumby, said tonight that while
she would like to have the remains Of
her son brought home, she would offer
no objection should the Washington Of
ficials desire to inter them in the Cap
itol City.