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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1899-09-14

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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1899-09-14

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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1899-09-14
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ter, seeing that the troops on the right
were somewhat pressed, sent to their
assistance the whole center column
with the exception of the Devonshire
regiment. The battle had then lasted
four hours, during which time the ar
tillery fire on both sides had been al
most incessant. The naval brigade
which landed at Durham had arrived on
the scene toward the end of the fight
and Immediately brought their heavy
guns into play. Their practice was
magnificent. At the fourth shot the en-
emy's forty Founders had been knock
ed out of action. The town, therefore,
is freed from apprehension of lombard
ment. Throughout the engagement the
Beers held their ground with courage
and tenacity and considering the in
tensity of our artillery fire they must
have suffered severely.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-31
| TESTING WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
Message Transmitted fro,n the Sea to
New York.

New York, Oct. 30.--The cruiser New
York and the battleship Massachusetts
left their anchorage in North river to-
day and went out to sea for a test of
wireless telegraphy by the Marconi sys-
tenn, under federal supervision. The
work was designed to compass inter-
change of messages between the Mas
sachusetts, which went far out to sea,
and New York, and between the ves-
sells and shore base at Atlantic High
lands. BY courtesy of Captain Chad
wick, who is in command of the New
York, with whom Admiral Farquhar is
sailing, representative of the Associ-
ated Press accompanied the expedi-
ton.
At 4:10 message addressed to the
Associated Press, New York, over the
signature of it's correspondent, was
handed by the operator of the wireless
telegraph at Atlantic Highlands to the
Postal Telegraph operator in the High
lands signal tower for transmission to
the Associated Press offices, 1876 Broad
way. Delivery of the message was
made by the Postal people from their
offices at Murray street and Broadway
at 4:30 o'clock. The message read:
"The Associated Press, New Yorl1-On
board New York, at sea, three thirty p.
m. Massachusetts going out for long
distance transmission. Marconi test
been working with Massachusetts sue
cessfuIly. Answer o. X"
The signature was imperfectly trans
mitted either through the air or on the
land line. Error was made in two of
five letters Of the correspondents 's'name.
The elapsed time from the dating time
of the message to it's receipt at the des-
tination was one hour OF this twenty
nine minutes was consumed in the land
transmission and delivery in New
York and possible five minutes in de-
livery from the wireless base to the
land operator in his signal tower With
the exception noted, there was no error
of spelling in the message. At 5 p. m.
the New York was anchored off High
land Islands and the Massachusetts had
gone off shore.
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ROBBED OF NEARLY $50, 900.
Wealthy st. Louis Man Held Up on a
Street Chr.

st. Louis, Oct. 30.-Robert b. Jen-
nings, secretary and general manager
of the Broadway Gable company, was
held up to-day on street car near
the corner of Washington avenue and
Broadway, and robbed of $1,043 in cash
and S4S,275 in negotiable paper. The
thieves escaped. Mr.. Jennings was
coming from the Boatman's bank,
where he had drawn the monev to pay
off his men. When boarding q car to
go to the company's Office three men
pushed him into corner and took the
money. A man who saw the robbery
got good look at one Of the robbers,
of whom he gave a description to the
police. Several years ago Mr.. Jennings,
who is an elderly man, was robbed in
similar manner. His assailants were
captured and are now serving terms in
the penitentiary.
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SHOT THROUGH THE BODY.
Member of Company A of Watcrbur!
Severely Injured Mt Target Practice.


Severely Injured at Target Practice.
Waterbury, Oct 30-During target
practice by teams from Companies A
and G, Second regiment, at the local
range this afternoon Charles E. Smith,
a private in Company A, who was tend
ing targets, was shot in the back. The
ball passed through his body, entering
between the fourth and fifth ribs in the
back and splintered the fourth rib in
front as it passed out. 1t is not thought
that the lung was penetrated and no
fatal results are anticipated.
Smith was supposed to show his flag
when he stepped from behind the butts
and he claimed he did SO, but as the men
We're firing from a distance of 500 yards
his signal was not seen. After he was
shot he walked about 300 yards before
he was able to attract attention to his
condition. The teams We're made of
about twenty men and officers An ac-
cident almost exactly similar occurred
at the same range two years ago with
out any serious result.
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DETAILS OF THE BATTLE.
British Scheme Well Devised but Failed
in Execution.

Ladysmith, Oct. 30, 6 p. m.-An ad
vance was made at dawn to-day with
the object of shelling the Beers from
the position where yesterday they hao
mounted a number of guns. On reach.
ing the spot, however, it was found
that they had evacuated the position
The British continued to advance an6
the movement developed into a recon
noisance in force. The enemy were
posted on a range of hills having a
frontage of about sixteen miles
The British force was disposed in the
following order: : "On the right-three
regiments of cavalry, four batteries OF
the Royal Field artillery and five bat
talione of infantry; in the center--three
batteries of the Royal Field artillery
two regiments of cavalry and four in
fantry battalions, and on the left-the
Royal Irish Fusiliers, the Gloucester
shire regiment and the Tenth Mountain
battery.
This force had been detailed to guard
our left flank at late hour last night,
General Whites plan of operations was
that, as the movement developed the
force constituting our center, which was
disposed under cover of a kopje about
three miles from the town should throw
itself upon the enemy, while the left
flank was being held by the Fusiliers
and the Gloucesters. The scheme was
well devised but failed in execution,
owing to the fact that the Boer position
which forced our objective was evac-
uated.
Our military quickly reduced the vol
ume of the enemys fire but the attack
delivered on our right flank was the
principal one and the column was
compelled to change. The Boer attack
had been eilenced for a time, and our
infantry advanced, covered by cavalry.
The enemy now began to develop a
heavy counter attack, and as they were
in great numerical superiority General
White gave orders for the infantry to
gradually withdraw. The movement
was carried out with great steadiness
and deliberation under cover of our
guns, which made excellent practice
Some shells were thrown into the
town fro mthe enemy's forty-pounders
at a range of over 5000 yards, but no
damage was done. The engagement
lasted several hours and resulted, on our
side in casualties estimated at from
ninety to one hundred. The Boer losses
must have largely exceeded this total.
The attack was admirably delivered by
our right; and the Beers were fairly
driven out of one of their strongholds
near Lombard's Kop. 1t was not pos
sible, however, to push the success
much further, as beyond that point lay
a long broken ridge, affordng every
kind of natural cover. Of this the en-
emy took the fullest advantage.
Our shells failed to dislodge the
Beers: and as our infantry moved for
ward in extended order, they came un-
der a heavy and well directed rifle fire,
the effect of which was soon apparent.
General White, who was with the CEN
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ADM1RAn DEWEY romARRY Y.
Announces His Engagement to ths
widow of General Hazen.

|
widow of General Hazen.
| Washington. Oct 30.-Admiral Dewey
| announced to some of his most intimate
| friends tonight the fact of his engage
| ment to Mrs. w. B. Hazen of this city
| Mrs. Hazen Is the widow of General
Hazen, formerly chief signal officer of
the army, who died about ten years ago.
and is a sister of John r. Mclean,
democratic candidate for governor of
Ohio. Mrs. Hazen has no children and
since her husbands death has made
her home with her mother. She is a
woman of large means, about forty
years of age and popular in the best
social circles of Washington. The date
of the wedding has not been fixed.
The news of the admiraps engage
ment first became known tonight when
Lie dulIllTdl dIlUUunCeQ LIle LGCC W d
few Of his friends. Later he visited the
Lafayette Square theater and while
there communicated the news to some
of his near friends, and to Secretary
Long, who occupied one of the boxes.
The understanding Is that the we'd
ding will take place some time during
November. Rumor has connected the
names of the admiral and Mrs. Hazen
for some time. 1t was at the house of
Mrs. Mclean, the mother of Mrs. Ha-
zen, that the admiral stopped when he
came to Washington after his return
from Manila Previous to his depart
ure to take charge of the Asiat tic SQUAD
ron two years ago he had been a visi-
tor at the house. The admirars wife
died in 1872. General Hazen, the for
mer husband of Mrs. Hazen, died
January 16, 1887, and a son from their
union died last year. A sister of Mrs.
Hazen is the wife of Captain Nicoll
Ludlow of the navy.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-31

New York, Oct 30.-Tim Kearns of
Boston knocked out Martin Flaherty of
Lowell, Mass, in the second round of
what was to have been a twenty five
round bout at the Hercules club house
in Brooklyn tonight. The men fought
at 1873 pounds. The first round was
tame, both men sparring at long range.
They started to work in the second.
Flaherty led and as they came together
Kearns planted heavy left below the
heart and the Lowell man dropped.
Flaherty's seconds jumped into the ring
and claimed a foul. There was much
excitement. A physician examined
Flaherty and the blow was a fair one
The bout was then awarded to Kearns
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AN OVERDOSE OF MORPHINE
DEATH OF DWIGHT ". BISSELL OF
NORTH S1ONLNGTON,
At Grace Hospital Yesterday Afternoon
Taken There from tho New Haven
House Where He Took tho Morphine
Was Member of the Yale Academic
Class of 1880 His Mother and Sister
Missionaries In India.
Missionaries in India.

|
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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-31
BATTLE At LADySM|TH
The British Advance in
Force and Drive Back
the Beers.
BOTH SIDES LOSE HEAVILY
THE BOERS REPORTED TO BE THE
THE BOERS REPORTED TO BE THE
GREATER SUFFER ERS.
Their Guns Range Further mt First nut
Are Eventually Silenced by Big Pieces
Brought Up by Naval Ieeinforoements
from Warship POwerful--The British
Lose Guns Through stampede of
Mules Two Battalions Missing.
MuIes-Two Battalions Missing.

London. Oct 30.-The war office here
has received a dispatch which says
General White has fought an engage
ment presumably with General jou-
bert's forces, which was pushed back
after several hours fighting. The Brit
Ssh lost about 100 men and the Bocr
losses were much greater. The Beers
were in larger numbers and had better
artillery. ....-.
General Whites dispatch which was
dated at 4:30 .. m to-day read: II en-
ployed all the troops here, except the
obligatory garrison before the Warke. /
sent a mountain battery, the Royal
irish Fusiliers and the Gloucest ars to
take up position on the hills to clear
my left flank The force moved at II
yesterday evening and during some
night firing the battery mules stamped
ed with some of the guns, which, now
ever I hope to recover. These two bat
talione have not yet returned, but are
expected this evening.
IT detailed two brigade divisions of
field artillery and five battalions of in
fantry. aided by cavalry, under General
French, to attack position upon
which the enemy, yesterday mounted
guns. We found the position evacuated
but our force was attacked with con-
siderable vigor by what 1 believe were
General Joubert's troops. They had
many guns and showed in great num-
bers Our troops were all in action and
we pushed the enemy back several
miles but did not succeed in reaching
his laager. Our losses are estimated at
between eighty and one hundred, but
those of the enemy must have been.
much greater, the fire of our guns ap-
pearing very effective
"After being in action several hours
/ withdrew the troops and they return
ed unmolested to their contonments.
The enemy are in great numbers and
their guns range further than our field
guns. l now have some naval guns,
which have temporarily silenced, and I
hope, will permanently dominate the
enemy's best guns, with which he has
been bombarding the town at a range
Of over six thousand yards"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-31

To Land To-day--Win Meet with n
Tremendous Ovation.

London, Oct. 31,-A dispatch from
Cape Town announces the arrival in
Table Bay of the Dunottar Castle late
last evening with General Sir Redvers
Butler and his staff, who are expected
to land this morning. They will meet
with a tremendous ovation in Cape
Town. 1t is reported from Pretoria
that 200 of the British wounded from
Dundee have arrived there and have
been furnished accommodation in the
state school buildings.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-31
GERMANY'S NEUTRALITY.
Emperor's Nessnge to Royal DragoOn.
Taken as Official A ssurance.

Berlin, Oct. 3o-Emperor William s
farewell message to the British Royal
Dragons, of which regiment he is hon
orary colonel, on their departure for
South Africa, expressing his majesty S
hope that all might return 'unscathed
and WELL is generally taken as a proof
of Germanys official neutrality One
of the evening papers referring to the
despatch points out it's high political
significance and says it is the best an
swer to 'Pan-Germanic league, Anglo
phobia and predictions of foreign inter-
vention in which Germany is to play
leading part" The Boersen Courier
says: THE repeated foreign efforts to
inveisle Germany into interfering in
question absolutely foreign to her
national interests have palpably the
sole object Of dscrediting her policy.
Germany declines the role of acting
manager in foreign interests detriment-
al to her own"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-31
FROM FILIPINO STRONGHOLD
SP-1NISH COMMISSION RETURNS
AFTER NONTH'S ABSENCE.
Rebels Refuse to Release Prisoners
Americans Well Treated, Spantards
IiI-Treated-Lieut. Gilmore Held mt
Bingat-AGuinaIdo at Tarlnc with
5000 Troops-To Continue War.

| S,VUO ltOODS-1O aHs
Manila, Oct. 3O 1920 p. m-The
| Spanish commission which entered the
| insurgent lines month ago with mon
ey to relieve the wants of several thou
sand military and civil Spanish pris-
oners, returned to Angeles to-day. The
commissioners report that they spent
most of the time in Tarlac and the vi
cinity, where there are some 600 sick
Spaniards in the hands Of the enemy.
The Filipinos ill-treat and ill-feed
them and refused to release them in
the hope Of compelling Spain to rec
ognize the independence Of the islands.
From Tarlac to Bamban, about two
thirds of the way, the commissioners
travelled by train, on the Manila-Dagu-
pan railway. The remainder of the
Journey from Bamban to Angeles they
made on foot, escorted by handsomely
mounted Filipino cavalry. They We're
received between the outposts by
member of General MacArthur's staff
and were brought by train to Manila.
There are fourteen American prison.
ers, they say, at Tarlac, all of whom
are well treated. Lieutenant j. c. Gill
more of the United States gunboat
Yorktown, who fell into the hands of
the insurgents at Balera, on the east
coast of Luzon last April, where the
Yorktown had gone on special mis-
sion to relieve the Spanish garrison, is
at Bingat. The commissioners have
brought a letter from the widow of
the late murdered General Luna, who
wishes to avenge the assassination by
Aguinaldos officers, and who asks
personal interview with the military
governor
According to their statement Agui-
naldo, who is still at Tarlac with 5000
troops, wishes to continue the war; al
though he has a high opinion of the
American officers and soldiers. Gener-
al Lawton he calls "El General de la
Noche" The night generaD, because
that commanded has attacked him
so often in the darkness that he never
knows when to look for him. Aguinal-
do is said to be well supplied with arms
and ammunition and he is able to get
plenty of rice from the northern prov
inces.
With the Spanish commissioners
came a large number of women and
children, bringing wagon train load
of baggage. These are the families of
eight prominent officers of the Filipino
army, who recently applied to General
Otis for permission to send their fami-
lies to Manila. Upon the receipt of the
military governors reply, the nature of
which has not been disclosed, the wo-
men and children started under escort
from Tarlac for the American lines.
When they arrived to-day General
Macarthur compelled them to halt
about mile beyond our outposts,
where they remain while their creden-
tials are being examined.