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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-24
VILJOEN CAPTURED.
Cape Town Rejoices and viii Bring
Him to Trial.

Cape Town Rejoices and viii Bring
Him to Trial.
Cape Town, Oct. 28.-The capture of
Gen. Viljoen is cause of great sat
isfaction to the Outlanders. He is the
author of a blasphemous and violent
pamphlet tending to incite the Dutch
of the colony to rebellion, and it is gen
orally hoped that he will be brought
to trial and punished as he deserves.
1t is difficult to gauge accurately the
feeling among the Dutch by the recent
British victories.
Their behavior on the whole is ex-
cellent considering the great amount
Of sympathy they feel for their kins-
men in the Transvaal and Orange Free
State. The Britishers receive the news
of each success in Natal and of the
grand stand at Mafeking with the wild
est enthusiasm, but the Dutch are 81
lent. Now and then few who are more
violent than the rest express their sor-
row openly, but the general feeling is
perhaps one Of relief that the British
success will not compel them to face
the possibility of giving active support
I TO the enemy. The reports of the kind
| treatment accorded the Boer wounded
meet with unstinted admiration, bring
| ing into marked relief the magnanimi-
| ty of Great Britain.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-24
LOOKS FoRINDEPENDENcE
Krueer's Representatives in This
Country Expects Happy Outcome.


Philadelphia, Pa, Oct 23-Edwin
Van Dusen Paul, who is delegated to
represent President Kruger at the in
transitional commercial congress, will
not take further part in the proceed
ings. He has gone to Chicago to tran
sact other business for the Transvaal
government. Before leaving for the
west he said:
The news received thus far from
South Africa would rather favor the
British side of the conflict, but it
would be well for the Americans to
remember that nine out of ten dis
patches received from the seat of the
war come from British sources. 1 do
not believe the Beers have been re-
pulsed as badly as the press dispatches
have stated. l realize as well as any
one that Great Britain has a tremen-
dous power and had she to deal with
q small nation like the Transvaal loca-
ted within reach of the guns or ships,
there would be a speedy ending of the
war, but the Transvaal is q gigantic
fortress in itself
''The Beers are determined to main
tain their independence, they are will
ing to sacrifice ALL and the fight will
be a bloody one from the very start.
England has a much more difficult task
than her war party is aware of. and
the truthfulness OF this statement will
be borne out by early events. | expect
to see most Of the fighting done in
British territory. and l expect further
that the independence, complete and
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-24
RAP AT FUNSTON.
Archbishop Takes
Him to Task For
His Words.
URGED ADJUSTMENT OF FRIARS.
Evidence That Priests Have
Benefited the
Natives.
URGED ADJUSTMENT OF FRIARS.

Washington, Oct 23-Archbishop
Chappelle of New Orleans, apostolic
delegate to Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines, today gave out the follow
ing statement to the Associated Press:
I'm answer to Gen. Funstons state
ment made in an address to the stu
dents of Stanford university, IF con-
gress would drive out the friars and
Iconfiscate every inch of church property
the bottom would drop out of the in
surrection in one week"
II deem it proper to make the follow
| ing public statement: Knowing what
do from most reliable authority of
| Gen. Funstons observation-disclosures and
fairness, l do not believe that he has
been quoted correctly. He may have
stated that the insurgents demand this
as q condition of peace, but that he
gave them as his own sentiment, l can
not credit. From my own experience
! I know how easy it is to be misquoted
! All l can say is, If Gen. Funston did
make this statement, he manifested q
dense ignorance Of the work done by
the religious orders in the archipelago
! He is quoted as saying: The inhabit-
ants of Luzon are completely under the
church.
Now I would ask how can this be
! possible when every priest with the
| exception of a few in the island OF
Luzon outside of the walled city OF
Manila) is prisoner of the insur-
gents. For the past Is months this
state of affairs has existed and during
all this period more than $50 friars have
1 been undergoing unheard of torture in
insurgent dungeons. This being fact
| 1t is hard for me to see how the islands
can be under the friars' 1t looks t.
me as though just the opposite wert
the case.
THAT the insurgents have asked a.
one of their terms of peace the expul.
sion of the friars and the confiscatior
! to the insurgents of all the church
is a fact well known, but we are tolt
by the government that the insurgent,
represent only one tribe of So tribes O
people in the archipelago; so the senti
ments voiced by the insurgents abeu
the friars and church property can no
be taken as the sentiments Of the grea
body of the natives. No more THAI
they can be taken as the sentiments O
the natives toward our people and gov
eminent.
| What the natives are or have they
owe to the friars. BY them they were
lifted out of sa.vagery and placed un.
ger tne pressed and refining Influences
of Christianity. By them they were
educated, not only in the schools, but
in the fields and the work shops. were
taught by them the very industries
which are now the source Of their pros
! perity. Mr.. Priton. the agent of the
! Episcopal Foreign Mission association
tells us that the natives are the nost
moral and religious people on the face
F, of the globe. Now, the men who
taught them can not be such men as
some narrow minded people would have
US believe.
'(Signed) P. L. Chappelle.
Archbishop of New Orleans.
Delegate Apostolic
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-24
DARING BURGLARY.
New York Woman Robbed of Jewels
IN London.

New York Woman Robbed of Jewels
IN London.
London, Oct ga sensational bur-
glary was announced this afternoon as
having taken place yesterday at the
Slavery Hotel, when the room of Mrs.
Stockwell of New York, a widow Of a
New York jeweler, was entered and
robbed, it is understood, of jewelry
valued at $4,000 and bank notes and
other negotiable notes to the amount
of $4,000.
Mrs. Stockwell has been staying at
the hotel for some time with nephew.
The apartment was entered while they
were at dinner. On returning to the
room, Mrs. Stockwell found the door
locked on the inside. An alarm was
raised and the door forced. The room
was found empty, but it had been thor
oughiy ransacked.
The management took prompt meas
ures, had the hotel doors closed sum-
moned detectives and searched all
strangers and servants. Nothing, how
ever was discovered. The burglars
had escaped, the thick fog enabling
them to get away. Several detectives
from Bow street and Scotland yard
were put to work on the case. but thus
far there is no trace of the thieves.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-24
IN ARMY's CHARGE.
Civil Authorities Give Up Captain Car
ter to the Military.

Civil Authorities Give Up Captain Car
ter to the Military.
New York, Oct 23.-Gen. Burnett,
United States district attorney, and
Gen. John W. Clous, judge advocate of
the Department of the East. appointed
in the United States circuit court to-
day, and handed up formal order for
the demanding of ex-Capt. Oberlin NJ
Carter to the custody of the military
authorities.
Abram j. Rose, counsel for Carter,
gave notice of his intention to appeal
the case to the United States circuit
court of appeals, which will convene
on the 31st. He submitted two sets of
papers, one in the nature of appeal
from the decision of Judge Lacombe
and the other a motion for a writ of
error, stating that he had not definitely
decided which form of motion to follow.
He asked that the order remanding
Garter to the custody of the military
authorities direct that the prisoner
should not be removed from the juris-
diction of the court pending the argu-
ment on appeal. Gen. Clous said that
he was authorized to say that the milf
tary authorities did not contemplate
any removal of the prisoner, pending
such an appeal. Carter will, therefore
remain in the custody at Fort Column
bus, Governors Island.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-24
SITUATION GRAVE.
Reinforced Beers Ad-
vancing to Small
Posts.
RHODES WANTS MORE TROOPS.
Report That Borden Powell
Has Captured Gen.
Cronje.

London, Oct. PA dispatch to the
Times from Colosburg says:
THE situation today (Monday) is
grave. The Beers are $50 strong, and
will be reinforced from Driekop. No
defense is possible. The town guard
will retire on Naauwpoort on the APP
pearance of the enemy
The Dreikopf force is estimated at
1900 men. The report of the fighting
at Glencoe has been placarded at Beth
ulee, the frontier town on the east Lon
don line, as a brilliant Boer victory"
No news yet received tends to dispel
the apprehension caused by Lord VOLS
ley's brief summary of the situation. A
Pietermaritzburg dispatch says the
censor now permits no messages to be
sent from the front.
Other dispatches represent the Beers
as boasting that Dundee is absolutely
cut off, and assert that, despite the
British victories, the situation is still
uncertain. The Pretoria dispatch Civ
ing the report of Gen. Joubert to the
government evidently refers to the first
battle at Glencoe; and the reasons why
Commandant Erasmus failed to come
to the assistance Of Commandant Kock
is fathomed.
The Daily Telegraph has received the
following from Ladysmith: 1.-THE Beers
reported to be 5000 strong and under
command of Commandant General Jou-
bert and President Kruger in person.
are today again attacking Glencoe. Gen
Yule, commanding our troops. has
moved his camp back into more de-
fensive position"
The Daily News publishes the fol
lowing from Ladysmith, dated Sunday
night: "A large force under Command
ant Vegan, opened FIRE on Dundee yes.
terday. The firing was continued to.
day. The result Is not known here"
The correspondent of the Daily Mai
at Durham, Natal, says: AN official O
the Bonanza mine, who has Just ar
rived from Pretoria, declares that whil'
there he heard that Col. Baden Powell
British commander, had captured Gen
| Cronje and thirty other Beers, and haC
killed 500"
The Daily Mail says it understands {
message was received in London yes
terday from Cecil Rhodes, dated Kim
berly Oct. 10, declaring, in substance
that the inhabitants of Kimberly de.
sired to ask for the speedy sending OF
reinforcements there, as the town was
being surrounded by increasing num-
bers of Transvaal and Free State
Beers. The matter, according to the
Daily Mail, has been submitted to the
cabinet.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-24
DUNKHORST FOULED.
Peter Maher Given the De-
cision in the Seventh
Round.

Syracuse. N. Y, Oct Esd. Dunk
horst Of Syracuse lost to Peter Maher
in the seventh round of what was to
have been a 1O-round go, before the
Monarch Athletic Club here tonight, on
foul. The rules stipulated that the
men should break clean at the COM
mand Of the referee. When Dunkhorst
saw that he was bound to be whipped,
he deliberately violated this rule, and
after repeated warnings. Referee Char
ley White gave the decision to Maher.
The Syracusan never had a chance.
He was clearly outpointed by Maher
who gave him terrific pummeling.
Maher had little difficulty in reaching
Dunkhorst's face and chin when he
pleased. but could not put him out The
fighting was not very hot until the
sixth round, when Maher opened up
with a volley of swings and jabs that
would have put an end to the fight then
and there. had his opponent been less
tough man than DunkhoFst. Ed. could
offer no defense, and began catching
Makers glove under his arm after ev-
cry blow. he refused to stop when or
dered to do so, and so lost the deci-
sion
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-24
TENDERS LEAVE WORK.
They Had Conference But CONCLUDES
to Remain Out.

Workmen on the Greendale engine
house had squabble yesterday, and
labor unions played no part in the pro-
ceedings. In the early morning one of
the mason's tenders, a non-union man,
applied for his wages for two days
work last week. F. x. Faucher, who
has the building contract, sublet the
brick work to Faucher Bros. and the
latter firm employed the brick layers
and helpers.
Money was not paid the applicant
because it was not due, according to
Mr.. Faucher, he declaring that Monday
evening was the regular pay night. Two
other mason's tenders entered the dis
cussion, and they were positive that
Saturday was pay cay. Matters be-
came more entangled as the argument
proceeded, and the three tenders who
had been the helpers for six bricklay-
ers, left work
1t was agreed that the men should
have conference with members of the
firm of Faucher Bros. at city hall yes
terday afternoon at 400 o'clock. The
workmen received their wages, but
would not promise to return to work
A1tSI nlsHt Inc Spy man TAXED WITH
F. x. Faucher at his home. Mr.. Fau-
cher said: THE men had no reason to
attempt to handicap US in completing
the work. 1t was not good policy for
US to pay them money on account every
time it was demanded If that was done
there would be no workmen.
There's no cause for publicity; the
men will probably return to work to-
morrow"
will they be hired?" asked the re-
porter. Surely replied Mr. Faucher.
And the first day of the striking bod
carriers was thus ended.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-24
YULE IN TIGHT PLACE.
Feared That White May Have to Send
Him Aid From Ladysmith.

Feared That White May Have to Send
Him Aid From Ladysmth.
London, Oct. 28.-.A dispatch from
Ladysmith yesterday has been received.
1t is a literal repetition of Cape Towns
advices of yesterday, and it is regard
ed as somewhat ominous that nothing
has since been heard respecting the
result, especially when viewed in the
light of Lord Wolsey's statement that
Gen. Yule's forces felt it necessary to
retire from Dundee to Glencoe junction.
Gen. Yule evidently is in a tight cor
ner, and he now has to face the main
Boer army under Gen. Joubert Gen.
Sir George Stewart White, the British
commander-in-chief in Natal, will I'M
doubleday detach part of the force
which was victorious at Glands
laagte to his assistance.
Such a detachment, however, will
leave Ladysmfth poorly protected from
the threatened attack from the west, as
Gen. Hunter on Saturday wired that
the departure of the force to Glands
laagte left them with only a couple Of
battalions of regulars, mountain bat
terry and 800 Natal volunteers to de-
fend the town, which is the British
military base in north Natal Further
news. therefore. is anxiously waited
The war office later received the fol-
lowing dispatch from Gen. Sir George
Stewart White, British commander in
Natal dated at Ladysmith camp, at
4.45 p. m. today:
Gen. Yule telegraphs me yesterday
evening that the wounded at Dundee
were doing well''
This dispatch partly relieves the anx-
iety regarding Glencoe, as the British
troops had evidently not been attacked
up to last evening
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-24
COLOSSAL SCHEME,
Vanderbilts' Plan to
Absorb Five Rail
roads.
EVERYTHING IN new ENGLAND.
Rockefaller's Election as q
Central Director the
First Step.

New York, Oct 2S.-The World to-
morrow will say: The first step in the
plan of the New York Central and
Hudson River railroad, to absorb the
five leading railroads of New England,
was taken yesterday when William
Rockefeller was elected member of
the executive committee of the New
York Central directory in place of the
late Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the issue
of $l6,000,000 additional stock was au-
thorized.
The election of Mr.. Rockefeller to
the executive council of the New York
Central system marks the surrender Of
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford system to the New York Central.
Mr.. Rockefeller was elected a director
in the New York Central a few weeks
ago. He and his brother, John d.
Rockefeller, have been important facts
ors in the management Of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford sys-
TEN.
John NJ. Hall, the first vice president
Of the New Haven, will, it is said, be
promoted to the presidency, from which
Mr.. Clark recently retired. and will be
in thorough accord with the policy to
be agreed on by Mr.. Rockefeller and ].
Pierpont Morgan, on the one hand and
the Vanderbilts on the other hand
The next step in the deal started
yesterday will. it is believed by many
railroad men, be the absorption of the
Boston and Albany, the Boston and
Maine, the Fftchburg and the Maine
Central. The amalgamation of all
these interests under the auspices of
the Vanderbilts will end the war be-
tween the New England roads, which
has continued for years.
1t is understood that the absorption
of the New Haven by the Vanderbilts
which is expected to be consummated
within a few weeks, will not interfere
with the traffic arrangements between
| the New Haven and the Pennsylvania,
which employs the New. Haven facil-
tiles to expedite its New England bust
! ness.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-24
SCORPION READY.

Washington, Oct. 23.-The auxiliary
gunboat Scorpion, now at Norfolk navy
yard. has been assigned to the trans
portation of the Isthmian canal COM
mission to Nicaragua and Colon. The
vessel is all ready for sea, and it is I'M
derstood that the commission will be
able to sail by the end of the month.
While in Colombian waters, the Scorp-
ion can look after American interests
during the progress of the revolution,
If it shall run on that length of time
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-24
RETIRED I'M ORDER.
That May Mean Thai Beers Were Not
Defeated.

Brussels, Oct. 22.-Dr Leyds. diplo-
matte representative of the Transvaal
in Europe, is quoted in an interview as
saying it is difficult to give an opinion
on the battles fought at Glencoe and
Elandslaagte, as the dispatches all en-
anate from British sources He is said
to have added:
My own dispatches have not arrived,
probably owing to the censorship. In
the meanwhile, l do not consider the
situation as bad for the Beers as made
out by the English kilograms, which
are intended for the English public and
market, and are probably too optimis-
tic. The fact that the Beers retired in
order to reform later, does not imply
defeat, That is part of their tactics and
does not prove they have suffered Sc
riouSIy"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-24
APPEAL TO KAISER.

Berlin. Oct. 23.-Col. schiel. the cap
tured leader of the Beers German con-
tingent, wired to Emperor William on
the outbreak of the war, as follows:
May your majesty be pleased to note
that we German volunteers, whether
marching to the front or falling, have
sworn to be loyal to our German kim
bred stock here. We bitterly regret that
the government cannot exert its influ-
ence in behalf of our interests and pro-
test against the action of England
May German blood not flow in vain for
freedom and justice and may your ma
jestys blessing attend US German SOL
dieA whose loyalty will preserve the
friendship which your majesty once
showed us"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-24
WILL ACCEPT SWORD.

San Francisco Oct. 2S.-Genera,
Funston of Kansas today denied that
he had refused to. accept the sword
which his staff intends presenting to
him because of the Inscription on the
blade, Until my regiment is mustered
out"
General Funston says he will accept
the sword most gracefully, and that he
did use the words of the inscription al
the battle of Caloocan.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-24
DENNY IN WASHINGTON.

Washington, Oct. 23.-Hon. Charles
DENLY. one of the Philippine commits
sioners who has just returned from
Manila, arrived in Washington today.
Messrs. Schurmann and Worcester, the
other civilian members, are expected
in day or two, ana then there win be
meeting of the commission prepara-
tory to submitting report to the presi-
dent, Col. DENLY will call on the pres
ident probably tomorrow.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-24
COAL TRADE BOOMING.

Philadelphia, Oct. 23.--The Philadel-
phia and Reading Railroad Company
has placed a contract with the Ameri-
can Car and Foundry Company of De-
troit, Mich, for the construction OF
1000 coal cars. This makes a total OF
$500 coal cars contracted for by the
company within week, and is an in
dication of the great activity in the
coal trade.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-24
LORD GETS PLUM.

Washington, Oct 23.-W. l. Buchan-
an has resigned his position as United
States minister to Argentine. to take
effect at the expiration Of his leave of
absence, to accept the position of di-
rector general of the n-American ex-
position. His resignation was accept
ed today, and William p. Lord of Ore
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-24
MILITARY DELEGATES.
Officers Who VIII Witness the War for
UnoIe Sam.

Washington, Oct 23.--Col. Summer,
Major storr, Capt. Gibson and Capt.
Slocum have been detailed to proceed
to South Africa and observe and re-
port upon military operations in the
Transvaal Col. Sumner is q briga-
der general OF volunteers. his present
station being in London, where he is
military attache to the United States
embassy. Major Storr is stationed at
Governors Island; Capt. Gibson is an
ordnance officer stationed at Indianap-
oils and Capt. Slocum, who was United
States military attache at Lisbon, is
already on his way to Cape Town.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-24
INCREASE IN STOCK.

New York, Oct 2s.-At meeting of
the board of directors of the New York
Central and Hudson River railroad, to-
DAY. authority was given for an in
crease of $i5,000OO in the capital
stock of the railroad, which will make
the total capitalization $115,O00,OO0. The
additional capital is to be used in the
requirement OF equipment
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-24
GEAR IN GOOD HEALTH.

Darmstadt, Oct. 29.-with reference
to the report that the head of the car
had been operated upon recently, it is
pointed out that his majesty, during
his stay here, was in the best of health.
The trepanning story, therefore, is pro-
nounCed untrue.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-24
MANY PRISONERS.

Durham, Natal, Oct. %, $50 p. M
An official correspondence from Lady
smith says that about 200 Boer prison
ers have been marched into the town,
including Gen Viljoen, Gen, Jan Kock
and Col Schiel
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-24
MILLION FOR ORPHANS.

Denver. Col, Oct. 2s.-The will Of the
late George w. Clayton, who be-
queathed 100000 to the city of Denver
for an orphans college, was admitted
to probate today. The contest of the
Will, which was threatened by relatives,
has been abandoned.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-24
VIOLATE a TRUCE.
Filipinos Lure Americans From Gun
boat and Kin Them.

boat ahu MI 7 hem.
Manila, Oct. 28.-Lieut. Fergus with
20 scouts of the Thirty-sixth regiment,
accommodating near Labao, encountered
a party of moupted Filipinos. They
killed six of them and captured eight.
with ten rifles. Four men from the
gunboat Marivelos were lured ashore,
Is miles from Iloilo, by flag of truce.
and the insurgents killed one Of them,
wounded one and captured a third.
The gunboat was unable to fire. for fear
of wounding the Americans. The Sec
ond battalion of the Nineteenth regi-
ment, Maj Reese commanding, en-
barked for Iloilo today, to reinforce the
troops there
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-24
OPERATOR ARRESTED.
Accused of Completely in Holding Up
Northwestern Express.

Chicago, Oct 23.--Clyde Laudrain, a
telegraph operator, was arrested here
yesterday on suspicion of completely in
the recent robbery of the Northwestern
fast mail train. Laudrain was formerly
in the employ of the Northwestern
He admitted he had been in the vi
cinity of the scene of the robbery three
days after 1t occurred. He refused to
disclose his whereabouts prior to that
time.