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BOERS CLOSING In
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pany of the gun, with one exception, had
been diasbled. The survivor affectually
damaged the gun. Only two officers Of
the staff Of Gen. Symons came off with
out q wound.
Again it is asserted that the momont
the Royal Dublin fusileers reached the
summit Of the kopJe at Glencoe the
Beers showed flag and asked a truce
to bury their dead. The British artillery
was ordered to cease firing and the Beers
took advantage Of the opportunity to re-
treat en- masse. Otherwise they would
have been decimated by the British
cannon.
The special correspondent of the Daily
Mail at Ladysmith, telegraphing Sunday,
describes the arrival Of the war balloon
there on Saturday. 1t was welcomed, he
says, with wild dances by the Kaffirs,
who regarded 1t as deity. Gen. White
and Gen. Sir Archibald Hunter both as
| cended on Sunday and reconnoitered the
enemy's position. According to the lat,
est reports from Cape Town Gen. Jou-
bert has Joined hands with the Free
State forces and there had been some
outpost fighting. President Kruger has
| arrived at Glencoe.
There is no fresh news from the West
ern frontier The mines are still work
ing at Kimberley where there are pro-
visions enough to last nine months. Cecil
Rhodes has mounted and fully equipped
a town guard of 400 men at cost Of
a15,OO0.
The Durham correspondent of the Daily
Mail says: ct is reported on the au-
thority of the British residents In Pondo-
land that the Kaff1rs are in constant
communication with the Beers, whom
they are anxious to help"
The household guard. it is announced,
has received orders to form a composite
regiment for South Africa, including the
First life guards, Lieut.. Col. Sir Lock-
hart commanding, quartered at Wind
sor, and attachments Of Second life
guards, Col. the Earl of Dundonald
commanding, and the royal horse
guards, Lieut.. Col. Brocktenhurst COM
handing.
The medical examination was begun
yesterday, and it is expected that the
regiment will embark in about week.
Emperor William wired farewell
message by the royal dragons, of which
| regiment he is honorary colonel, say
ing:
MAY you all return unscathed and
we'll"
The Standard voices the general
anxiety regarding Gen. Sir George Stew
art Whites position by remarking the
stability and able strategy OF the Beers,
for which they had hitherto not been
given credit. 1t goes on to say:
Their strategy Is so well planned that
it is impossible to doubt that 1t Is the
product Of some officer trained in the
best European school of war;
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glorious event at Elandslaagte. The
Beers, those of them that were able to
get away, took to their horses and fed
in great disorder.
The sequel to these great victories Is
instructive. even If, as it must be, some
what puzzling to the American Imperial
list. That sequel is, so far as 1t has been
made known, that Gen SymoEs. the Brit.
ish commander at Glencoe, died OF ms
wounds prisoner in the hands of the
Peers; that Dundee and Glencoe were in
succession evacuated that the victory at
EIandslaagte ended for the British in a
retreat, in character rout, TO Lazy
smith, in which the capture of Gen. Yu.e's
forces was avoided only through for
have been captured and are now prison.
ers in the hands of the Beers, and there
were serious doubts on last accounts
whether Gen. White was not surrounded
on all sides by the enemy, and whether
retreat is not the safest course for him
unless achievements come to his aid.
The censor is mighty man in modern
military operations. With his mes1c
wand he can transform defeat into VIC
tory. and by a turn of his wrist make
the American and British jinso alike
throw their caps in the air ana sing
Yankee Doodle" and ICED Save the
Queen" in unison Thus far Lord VOL
selev has distanced his American COM
petitor in the far East. This, however,
is not the fault of Gen. Otis, so much as
if is an illustration of the difference in
lighting material between the Tagal and
the Boer.
This exciting struggle of the British
and American censors will continue 10
he watched with the profoundest interest
bv all discerning readers of military dis
patches. For the honor Of the Amerl-
can name, and in aid of the beleagureo
Hanna in Ohio, let us hope that Gen.
Otis will not surrender his censorship
hcnors to his British rival without last
and successful effort.
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A STRUGGLE OF cENsnns

Gen. Otis, in his character of Grand
Censor Extraordinary, has need to look
out for his laurels. His brilliant yicto-
ries are evidently in danger of being
duplicated In South Africa by the Brit
ish cousin. The Beers, like the Filipinos
ere being slaughtered off-hand Yet
while their numbers are by nature mar
roWed within comparatively small linn
1t, they still remain sufficiently numerous
to occasion their destroyers some slight
concern at least.
/ Gen. Otis has won a great number of
decisive victories at different points Six
months more or less after the event of
these victories he is still fighting for pos
session of the points at which his vic
tories have been won
The British imperial forces, like the
American imperial forces elsewhere, won
q great victory at Dundee They follow
ed this up by a victory equally sangufn-
airy and complete at Glencoe They still
remained unsatished with their victo-
sfes and followed these up by another
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teenth hdssars by the Beers is given by
AFTER the battle at Glencoe three
seuadrons Of the Eighteenth hussars,
with Maxim, a company Of the Dublin
fusileers and detachment of mounted
infantry, Col Moeller commanding, kept
under cover of a ridge north of the camp
and at $3.50 p. m. moved down toward
sandsprpit, ..,-.sr, --eT@ ssSEsss:ssss 'su'3 :
"Qn reaching the open the British force
was shelled by the enemy, but without
casualties. Col. Moeller led his men round
Lana hill In a southeasterly direction
across Vantsdrift road captured several
Beers and saw the Boer ambulances retir-
ing. Then, with Squadron b Of the hus-
sars. the Maxim and the mounted in
fantry,. he crossed the Dundee-Vryhefd
railway and approached q strong force Of
the enemy, who opened hot fire, wound
ing Lieut.. Lachlan.
Our cavalry retreated across Wants
drift, the Beers pressing. Col. Mosller
held the ridge for some time, but on the
enemy enveioping his right he fell back
across the spruit. The Maxim stuck in
water hole. Lieut.. Cape was wounded,
three OF the detachment were killed, and
the horses Of Maj Grevii1e and Capt.
Pollack were shot under them.
THE force Immediately reformed on a
ridge to the northwest, which they held
for some time. While Capt Hart was at
tending Lieut.. Crum, who had been
wounded previously. Col. Moeller retired
apparently intending to return to camp
around the Lana drift, but was not seen
afterwards
The news of the arrival of Gen. Yule's
column was received here with general
feeling of relief
DR.. Jameson. Col Grey. Maj. Heaney
and Capt Sellar have arrived from Rho!
desia, on their way to Cape Town.
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SMELLING OF MAFEKING.
Attack on the City Failed to Force
the Garrison to Surrender.

CAPE TOWN, Oct. "a dispatch from
Mafeking, dated Oct. 20, says: "a bonn
bardment of the city was commenced by
the Beers at 7:40 o'clock this morning
from range of two and half miles by
battery of three Krupp guns throwing
seven, nine and twelve-pound explosive
shells. AT the beginning the marksman-
ship was erratic, but ultimately the gun
ners got the range and sent a number Of
shells into the town.
Comparatively little damage was done.
A convent, which had been converted into
a hospital, was the chief sufferer, three
of the shells striking the building. The
ammunition used by the Beers was ap-
parently Of an inferior quality. There
were no casualties. The British returned
only one shot, which. being well directed,
disabled one Of the enemy's guns.
After three hours the Beers sent an
envoy to ask if the town was prepared to
surrender. Col. Baden-Powell replied in
the negative, but the Smelling OF the
town was not resumed
A later dispatch from Mafeking. dated
Oct a. says: 1.-THE Beers are In posses
sion of the waterworks and have cut OF
the supply This occasions no anxiety,
because ample supplies are available In
tanks and wells.
During a sortie the British encounter
ed the enemy three miles off to the north.
The Beers had apparently been warned
and returned our fire in earnest with
we'll handel machine gun AS our men
lad no intention Of pressing an attack
they retired Immediately.
Commander Sidney Webb was severely
wounded and left behind during the re-
treat, but was afterwards rescued by
Trooper Stevens. The conduct of our men
was splendid The enemy's loss could not
be ascertained.''
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THE PowERLEss PowDERIy.

There Is man by the name of Terence
V. Powderly, now on the stump in Ohio,
advocating theAelection Of Mark Hanna's
candidate for governor, and, incidentally,
supporting all that the term Hannaism
implies.
Can this be the same Powderly, the
erstwhile labor leader, the head and front
of the Amalgamated Steel Works of
Pennsylvania? When transpired the
apotheosis by which Terence v. Powder
~ was translated from the humble role Of
a walking delegate for labor unions and
an organizer of the Knights of Labor into
the realms of the political corruptionist
and the plutocrat? AT what moment did
this typical labor fakir awaken to the
exigencies of the hour, and demand to
be placed on the list of Republican SPELL
binders working together for, the ag-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-30
Merely Trumped Up,

Review of Reviews.
The so-called Transvaal QUESTION mas mas
been purely trumped up. There mas
,,een no real ground of dispute on Great
Britain,s part with President Kruger
g %, England has demanded
variety of things relating to the internal MAJ
tIoa fullest right to order it's internal
affairs according to its own preferences.
without acknowledging the right OF Eng
land to raise any questions as to inter
nal taxation, naturalization, school aa
ministration, and the nke. the iaailsy s,a
bas nevertheless permitted itself to dis
-cuss such questions for several years.
and has made very considerable conces-
sions for the sakeslof avoiding, If posi-
BILE, conflict with, an irresistibly pow
erful opponent!el But Mr.. Chamberlain,
-as british colonial secretary, has ingen-
iously changed uhis, demands from time
to time. Certain large stock market IN
terests also have Systematically mann
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srandizement Of trusts, monopolies, pol
itical corruptionists and Mark Hanna?
What great light broke upon him, ike
that which appeared to Saul OF Tarsus'
AMI showed him the way into the camp
Of the enemy of organized labor, the
striker-down Of the workingman and the
apologist for Bill Mckinley and his pet
hobby of imperialism?
1t would be interesting to know by
what peculiar process of thought MT.
Powderly has been brought to recognize
that 5000 cheap labor people "benevo-
lentIy assimilated'' under the American
flag can be of benefit, as competitors, TO
the toilers Of America. True, Mr.. PoW-
DERBY was given federal office. That IL
came to him unsought is not distinctly
known. That he got it is fact, and tnat
it was procured for him through the
agency of that arch schemer against the
laboring classes, Mark Hanna, is pretty
we'll authenticated So much for the man
whose tongue, at one time, dripped gan
and bitterness against the great enemy Oh
the labor element, the Republican party
Terence " Powderly on the stump
advocating the election Of Mark Hanna
henchman and bonded vassal, Canuloate
Nash. presents unique figure in the MIS-
tory of the labor movement in the United
States AS commissioner of immigration
he confesses that the number OF lmml-
grants arriving in this country may be
some %. 900 more annually than he can &C
count for But that is trifiing error for
man to make who is on the stump most
Of the time in the interest of his en-
ployer, Mark Hanna. Realizing the fact
that he is not paid for official duties at
Washington but for political work among
the working classes. small wonder Is 1t
that he seeks to nibble at his crust OF
bread where it is buttered the thickest.
AS a renegade labor leader Terence V.
Powderly will long be remembered by
those workingmen who place honor above
gain and principle above pelf. Time was
when he could walk imperiously into the
hall of a lodge of Knights Of Labor and
tear the charter from the wall At pres
ent the laboring man who would listen
ten minutes to a partisan TRADE from
Terence v. Powderly would have diff
ficult time in escaping an arraignment be-
fore his union. He has been paid his
price and bestowed the Judas kiss upon
the labor element of the United States.
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RIVER BULLETIN.
Yesterdays TEMPERATURES
LET US GET TO WORK.

In the prosecution of the steps prellm-
inary TO the appointment of a charter
commission by the judges of the district
court 1t has been suggested by a gentle.
man qualified in every way to give good
advice in the premises that after the new
commission has been appointed by the
Judges the members of the old commits
sion should hand in their designations.
The point is not of vital Importance, yet
it suggests itself to the G b that If
the members of the former commission
are called on to resign at all their resig-
nation should antedate the appointment
of their successors.
The Gl b g does not believe that res
ignation, either before or after, is indis-
pensable. 1t appears to be expedient,
however. The immediate resignation OF
the members of the old commission will
result in clearing the way for the APP
pointment Of their successors and their
immediate entry on the work of building
a new charter It would be commenda-
bic In every way if these gentlemen
would hand in their designations at once.
Many of them will no doubt be chosen
anew if they are willing to assume the
responsibility and labor They are es-
peclally qualified by learning and ex-
perience for the work in hand, and their
appearance as members of the new body
will be welcomed by all classes of our
citizens.
Resignation or no resignation, how
ever the immediate present is the time
for action. The petition for the ap-
pointment of the charter commission
should be prepared and put in circua-
tlon. This work 1t seems to US, can be
lnaugurated more conveniently and fit
tingly by Mayor Kiefer than by any
private citizen or any other public Of
fetal. 1t will take some days to secure
the necessary number of signatures, and
the Judges, after It's presentation, will re-
quire several days in which to make
UP the commission. 1t is highly i'm
probable that the judges will depart from
itiative taken by the citizens themselves
through their petition. In any event
there should be no avoidable delay The
amplest consideration and discussion Will
be needed in order to facilitate the pre-
sentation to the voters of a city char
ter which will meet with no substantial
opposition. We cannot afford to take
any risks of the popular rejection of the
charter to be prepared. The conse-
quences of any failure can hardly be
oyerestimated
Delay can only be acceptable to those
who believe that the existing tumble of
municipal regulation, misnamed a char
ter, should be allowed to remain with
the addition of some provision which
will tide us over the school difficulty.
If this is the course to be pursued it is
Infinitely better that the whole move
ment for a new charter should be al
lowed to die now and action confined
to the enactment of a general law by the
heXt legislature which will bring US the
Needed relief in that particular direc-
ton
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Not a small number Of Republican
organs have lately been quoting Henry
Watterson with the object of constituting
his utterances as against Democracy.
Well, here is the star-eyed goddess lat
est effusion:
A more narrow and partisan admins
tration has never been known in the an
nails of the country. Not less than mil
lion of Democrats voted directly for Mr.,
Mckinley. honestly believing that they
were saving the country from tmpend-
ing danger. They will never vote for h m
again. All that they have got for, their
seIf-immolaton upon the altar of pa
triotism has been the ignoring of the
great financial issue on which the presl-
Dental campaign was laid and the cold.
unsparing perpetuation of radical Re
publican policies. They have had quite
enough of that. De5
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LOSSES AT ELANDsLAAGTE.
Beers Said to Have Suffered Severely
In the engagements.

CAPE TOWN, Oct "a dispatch to
the South African News from Pretoria
states that the Boer loss at Elandslaagte
was thirty-six killed and sixty-four
wounded. According to a dispatch to the
Cape Times from .Elanslaagte, the natives
state that the Boer loss at Reitfontein
last Friday was at least 80 killed
and $50 wounded. The same correspondent
says that small Boer raiding parties con-
tinue their depredations among the vii
lagos and several farms have been looted
The rains continue and the volunteer
camp is almost flooded.
A dispatch from Pretoria says that the
German corps. which suffered severely in
the fighting at Elandslaagte, is being re-
ORGANIZED and filled up to It's original
strength of 600. Capt. van Abethill COM
manding. The German Red Cross society
has offered thu Transvaal full detach-
ment The government will accept the
offer.
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Escort for SchIey.

ATLANTA, Ca, Oct. 29.-An invitation
will be telegraphed tomorrow to the First
regiment of Maryland, the First battalion
of naval reserves of that state and the
Baltimore drum corps to be a special es-
cort of honor to Admiral Schley In the
big parade which will attend the adj
mfraIs reception here next Saturday.
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WOUNDED DOING WELL.
Boers Thanked for Kindness to
Their Prisoners of War.

DURHAM, Oct. q delayed in transmits
sion).-It Is officially announced that Maj.
Donegan. chief medical officer at Glencoe,
has wired to the Transvaal state secre-
tary, f. w. Reitz, at Pretoria, an express
sion Of thanks on behalf of all the Brit
ish officers and men in the hospital at
Glencoe for the extreme kindness shown
them by the Boer officers and men. The
announcement adds that the two wound
ed are doing well and that none of the
officers are likely to die. All the flags are
at half mast today in mourning for the
death of Sir William Penn Symons
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English people. Their theme has been
the suffering of British subjects in the
gold mining districts through the oppres-
sive conduct of the Boer government. We
have repeatedly discussed these alleged
grievances and have pointed out their
absurdity and their falsity.
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Mass for Gen. symons.

ROME, Oct. 29.-The pope celebrated
mass today in memory of Gen. Sir Will
lam Penn Symons. He had already sent
q dispatch Of coincidence to Lady Symons.
Some time ago SIR William visited Rome
and had an audience with the pope.
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British Recruiting.

BERLIN, Oct. 29-It is reported from
both Hamburg and Metz that British re-
crriting officers are busy engaging Ger
man underofficers for service in South
Africa, offering $50 per month.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-30
POEM BY KIPLING.
Proceeds to Go to Fund for Victims
Of War.

LONDON, Oct. 2s.-Mr. Kipling has sold
to the Daily Mail a martial poem for
s., 250 1t will appear next Tuesday.
The conditions of publication are some
what peculiar The author declines to
take a farthing for himself, but offers
the copyright, through the Daily Mall,
simultaneously to any other newspaper
that will pay guineas for 1t, the money
to go to fun for the wives and
children of the re twists.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-30

Billy Mason purposes to do his blushing
for the United States senate outside OF 1t.
MI. Mckinley appears to love, the sui
tan OF Sulu for the wives he has made.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-30
CAPTURE OF HUssARs.
story of the Taking of the Squadron
Officially Told.

DURHAM, Oct. 2S delayed III transmits
sion).-The following official account of
thu capture of the squadron Of the Eigh-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-30

Really the Republican campaign in
Ohio is warming up. 1t is now clam d
that a Republican landslide in that
state will save thousands Of American
lives in the island of Luzon. 1t is a
trif1e different to follow this remarkable
deduction, but, at any rate, 1T is a body
blow to Gen. Otis.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-30
he Michael Davitt of our American par

Sir Henry Irving and 2sO tons of other
kinds of scenery have arrived in New
York
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-30

Now it is announced that Lawton and
Macarthur will do the fighting in the
Philippines and Otis will devote himself
to the formation of civil governments in
the islands. AS there will probably be
no civil governments to form under the
Mckinley style of doing business, Otis
might be put where he belongs, at the
head of an asylum fer INDECENT grand
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-30

The resignation of Senator Billy Ma
son would not necessarily secure him
an invitation to Three Oaks, Mich.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-30

When it comes to ultimatums Billy
Mason can give Dom Paul and Joe
Chamberlain quite variety Of points.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-30

Philadelphia has entered the list for
the next Republican national convention.
The state of Pennsylvania, boss-ridden
by Matt Quay, would certainly seem the
most appropriate place in which to hold
a national Republican convention.
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says the Boston Journal. Now it be-
hooves Gems. White and Yule to get in
touch with the Beers and let the banevo-s
lent work of extinction go merrily on.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-30
WEATHER FOR TODAY.

Minnesota-Fai Monday and Tuesday;
VaUiab winds
The Dakotas-Fair Monday and Tues
day; variable winds.
Iowa-Fair Monday and Tuesday; varia-
BILE winds.
Wisconsin-Fair Monday and Tuesday;
rising temperature; light variable winds.
Montana-Fair Monday and Tuesday;
variable winds.
ST. PAUL.
Yesterdays observations, taken by the
United States weather bureau, st. Paul,
p +. Lyons observer, for the twenty
four hours ended at o'clock last night.
Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation.
Highest temperature .................... 6o
Lowest temperature MISREPRESENTATION. "a
Average temperature Observation-Disclosures. AZ
Daily range Observation-Disclosures. 26
Barometer Observation-Disclosures. 80 .21
E1umldlty OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. %
fIeciplIall on Observation-Disclosures. y
2 p. M, temperature. Observation-Disclosures. so
p. m, wind, south; weather, clear.
RIVER BULLETIN.
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When congress has convened and for
mally declared war against any nation
then it will be time enough to urge the:
people to rally around the president and
hold up his hands. Up to date con-.
gress has done nothing of the kind
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-30

TEDDY" Roosevelt has at last arrived
at the stage in his political career where
it is difficult for him to open his mouth
without putting his foot in it. And with
those teeth, too. this is a trife danger
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-30

Lo, the poor Indian, now his heart must
pine;
He cannot pose in st. Paul as sign.