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LOSS OF THE MAINE.
Government officials Finally Get
Facts Regarding Destruction
of the BattIeship.

Havana, Nov. 27.-United States Off
cials, after months of secret investi-
CATION, have discovered that the battle
ship Maine was blown up by gun cotton
torpedoes planted in the bay for the
purpose. The gun cotton, 700 pounds
of which was used, was sent from Bar
celona to Admiral Manterola, COM
handing the port of Havana, and was
either stolen from the magazine where
the stuff was stored or taken away with
the knowledge of the officials in charge.
Admiral Manterola's records will UNI
doubtedly show the names of his sub
ordinates who had direct control of the
explosives, and in that way the identity
of the authors and the eXecutioners of
the plot to destroy the Maine may be
discovered. Two or three men were en-
gagged in the destruction of the Maine.
A steam launch of Spanish make and
now used by the United States govern
ment in Havana harbor conveyed the
two torpedoes, according to the new
evidence, to a point within a few feer
of the berth of the Maine and anchored
them. The torpedoes were kept in po-
sition by means of buoys floated II feet
under water and ten feet above the
anchors used to prevent them from be-
ing swept away. The torpedoes were
exploded by contact with the keel of
the Maine as she swung at anchor.
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CUT TO PIECES.
British Troops in the SOudan Stay
Dervfsh Leaders and End
Long and Bloody War.

Cairo, Nov 27.-Lord Cromer, the
British minister here, has received the
following dispatch from Gen. Kitch-
ener:
"Wingate's force caught up with khalifa's
force seven miles southwest of Godid and
attacked it. After a sharp fight he took his
position. The khalfa, who was surround
ed by a bodyguard of emirs, was killed,
and all the principal emirs were killed or
captured, except Osman Digna, who es-
caped.'
The dervishes were utterly defeated,
their whole camp was taken and thou
sands surrendered. A large number
of women, children and cattle also fell
into the hands of the Anglo-Egyptian
force.
1.-THE story Of the war in the Soudan is
that of long and bloody strife of civiliZa-
ton against a cruel, barbarous and re-
ligiously fanatical black race. In the early
'70s the atrocities of the Turkish traders
in the Soudan compelled Egypt, then de-
pendent upon Turkey, to call upon England
for help. Chinese" Gordon was sent as
governor general of the Soudan in 1874.
The Turks We're driven from the scene,
Taxation was satisfactorily arranged, but
the Soudanese mind was impregnated with
desire for revenge for the wrongs suffered
IN slavery MOnammeu AcHH1el,
himself lei Mahdi,'' took advantage Of
the discomfort, preached deliverance and
assent led hordes of frenZied dervishes de-
termined to Withstand the British Cor
don resigned in 1877 In 1888 10000 mixed
Egyptian and English troops under Hicks
Pasha were anniEilated on an expedition
into the desert from Khartoum. Other
expeditions met a similar fate. England
was dumfounded. Gen. Gordon, prevailed
upon to try again, returned to Khartoum,
only to meet tragic death. Sir Francis
Grenfell acted as commanding general
from 1887 to 1S92-years which saw the
siege of Suakim by the Soudanese, and
the engagements of GamaiZah and Toski,
In the latter of which Grenfell broke the
advance of the dervishes toward Egypt.
In these engagements was young officer
of engineers, who in 1892 was given the
command as sirdar. 1t was Kitchener.
Here he began that slow, sure, resistlesS
march along the Nile which resulted in
the terrible overthrow of the black hosts
at Omdurman and the avenging of Gordon,
September A. 1898 The dervish forces were
cut to pieces, but the crafty khalifa, with
many of his emirs and several thousand
followers, escaped. Since that time an
Anglo Egyptian army has kept up a re-
lentless pursuit, the climax of which has
just been reached. Whether Osman Digna,
on whose shoulders will naturally fall the
khalifa s mantle, will again attempt to rally
the followers of the black flag remains to
be seen
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PAY THE PENALTY.
Four Men Are Hanged In various
Portions of the Country for
the Crime of Murder.

Billings, Mont, Nov. 25.-William 6.
Brooks (coored) was hanged here yes
terday for the murder of his wife in
November, 1898.
Austin, Ten, Nov. 25.-James David
son was hanged here yesterday for the
murder of George w. Engburg and his
wife at Manor last June.
Darlington, S. c., Nov. 25.-The first
legal execution for criminal assault in
South Carolina took place here yester-
day when Ed Lucky and Tom Mitchell
(negroes) were hanged for assault on
Miss Joseph Lafferty, young white
woman.
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Spanish Pr
MAKES HIS REPORT.
Comptroller Dawes Tells of Banks,
Banking Laws and De-
pOsits.

Washington, Nov 2S. - Comptroller
Dawes annual report for the year ended
October 81, 1899, has been prepared for
transmission TO congress. With respect to
the condition of national banks during
the year, as shown by the five reports re-
quired from The banks, the comptroller
says:
THE number o. banks in operation on
September T. 1899 was 1886, with a paid-in
capital of $6J5, az, $40. The individual de-
posits on that date amounted to $500 >
725, 1851, and the aggregate resources 10
%.650, 1855, 1885, "a. A comparison of the Sep
TENDER returns with those made on Sep
TENDER 20, 1898, indicates an increase dur
ing the year in individual deposits OF SAB
271 ,0550 90: In loans and discounts Of $34o,-
7S9, 623.20; in amounts due from other banks
and bankers $160,391 ,S96.6S; in specie, Si4,-
6N, 25.44. and in aggregate resources, S646, =
S44 0SS 81. On September the net deposit
liabilities of the national banks of the
country aggregated $3,031, 1863, 0l6.6S, on
which reserve of $500, Sos, $3.50 or 20. per
cent, was held. The composition or this
reserve was as follows: Specie, $33S,5Il,-
1888; legal tenders and United States GER
tifcates of deposit for legal tenders, slZi,-
754, 651; due from reserve agents, Al4l26,-
$50 Az redemption fund with the treasurer
of the United States. l0,116 1858.
Among other recommendations, the comp
troller strongly urges laws authorizing the
incorporation of banks for the purpose or
carrying on international and intercolonial
banking as distinguished from domestic
banking. He also recommends laws au-
thorizing the establishment in small com
munties of national banks with a capital
of $4,000. He repeats his recommendation
of one year ago relative to a modification
of the law restricting loans to any one
individual to ten per cent. of the capital
of a national bank, and advises the at
tachng of penalty for making excessive
loans after the present section is modi-
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ROBBERS SECURE BIG SUM.
Safe in n Bank nj Troy, ILL.,, Is Blown
Open, and Upward of
$1,000 Taken.

ST. Louis, Nov. 27.-The Troy Ex-
change bank, at Troy, H., IS miles
from st. Louis, was wrecked by safe
blowers about $3.50 o'clock Saturday
morning and everything of value
stolen. The robbers secured between
$4,000 and $4,000 in cash and stacks of
bonds and other securities. The men
drove into town in carriage and
drove away without being molested.
From the appearance of the inside of
the bank it seemed that nitroglycerin
had been used by the robbers.
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MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
For the Week Ending WOW. 2s.


Gen. Grants widow mas written a
story of her life.
Wallace Ross, the famous ex-oars-
man, died in London.
American exports of iron and steel
for 1899 exceed 100,000,000.
Daniel Earl, Chicago jeweler, was
robbed of S7,363 worth of precious
stones.
Charles Coghlan, the eminent actor
and author, died in Galveston, Tex,
aged Sc years.
The bubonic plague is raging at New
Chwang, China, hundreds of deaths oc-
curing weekly.
Samuel May, famous abolitionist,
died at his home in Leicester, Mass,
aged nearly 90 years.
The branch of La Banque Rationale
at Montgomery, Quebec, was robbed of
all its funds, about $4,000.
State Superintendent Jackson has de-
cided that the Bible may be read in the
public schools in Nebraska.
George w. Brooks shot his divorced
wife in Detroit. Mich, and then killed
himself. The woman will live.
The wrecked cruiser Charleston has
slipped out of sight into deep water in
the Philippines and cannot be saved.
While preparing a sermon entitled
Prepare to meet thy God Rev. Noah
Rogers, of Hoisington, Kan, fell dead.
Sanford Foote, aged 30, desperate
who had killed six men, was shot dead
by some one unknown at Pine Bluff,
Ark.
The navy department has awarded
contracts for building six unprotected
cruisers authorized by the last con-
gress.
The attempt to form a company to
control all of the Independent tele-
phone companies of the United States
has failed.
The Canadian department of the in
terror has received information that
900 Finlanders will arrive in Canada
next spring.
Henry A. Kasson, of Madison, Wis,
an eX-member of congress, is to be
sergeant-at-arms of the house of rep
resentatives.
Trains collided near CoshOcton, o.,
and Moses Cation, A. Luman and
Squire West were killed and 25 other
persons injured.
William Magill died at his home in
Amherst Mass. He was the inventor
of the German student lamp" while
a student at Yale.
Granville Neil and John Sprouts,
placed .in The Jail at Jellico, Tenn, for
drunkenness. set fire to the building
and were cremated.
Gen. Israel c. Smith, aged GO years,
a civil war veteran, was instantly killed
by the accidental discharge of his gun
in Grand Rapids, Mich.
George w. Cooper, of Columbus, Ind,
4S years old, who represented the Fifth
Indiana district in congress from 1888
to 1894, died at a hospital in Chicago.
Ezra Moore shot and killed Con-
stable William Smith and fatally
wounded Deputy Sheriff j. T. Conklin,
who tried to levy on an execution at
his home near Chicago Junction, O..
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Died in Texas.

Galveston. Tex, Nov. rs. - Samuel II.
Ebert, former governor of Colorado,
died here. Mr.. Ebert was born in Lo-
gan county, O., in 1888. He was a dele
gate from Nebraska to the convention
which nominated Lincoln for president
in 1860. President Grant appointed
him governor of the territory of Col
orado in 1873. He was elected chief JUS
tice of the supreme court of the state
when Colorado was admitted to the
union in 1876, and he served one full
term.
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Found Guilty of Murder.

Milwaukee, Nov. 2S.-An Evening
Wisconsin special from Fond du Lac,
Wis. says: George Wightman, 67 years
old, was found guilty of murder in the
first degree. He was charged with the
murder of Clarence Updyke, whom he
shot a year and half ago because he
believed Updyke was alternating the
affections of his wife.
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Three Indictments.

Lansing, Mich, Nov. 27.-The Ing
ham county grand jury on Saturday
returned indictments for Legislative
bribery against the followingnamed
persons: William A. French, commits
sioncr of the state land office; Edgar
j. Adams, speaker of the lower house
of the Michigan state legislature;
Charles II. Pratt, former representa-
tive of the West Publishing Co., of St.
paul
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-30
BATTLES IN South AFRICA
Boer and British Soldiers Meet in
Deadly Conflict at Num-
Der of Places.
REPORTS FROM THE FIELD CONFLICTING.
kruger's Men Are COntesting Every
Foot of the Advance of the Queens
TrOOps-PeOple in London Anx-
iousIy Wait for InfOrmation-Re-
ported Capture of Ninth Lancers.

London, Nov. 2I.-DhspatcheS say tnat
another bloody conflict has taken place
between the Beers and British, this
time at Gras Pan, not far south of Kim
berley. Gen. Methuen sends a report
of defeating the Beers with heavy loss,
but there is much fear in London that
the British loss also is severe.
Butler Reaches Durham.
Durham. Nov. 27.-Sir Redvers Bull
Ter, looking the pink of health, arrived
here Saturday evening and immediate
ly proceedd up the country in the gov
ernor's car. He was enthusiasticallr
cheered by the people.
Cessation of News.
London, Nov. 2S.-A fresh Interrupt
ton in the East African cable service at
this interesting moment has caused
cessation of war news. AS yet the war
office has not received Lord Methuen's
detailed list of casualties, nor is any
information at hand regarding the
whereabouts of the Ninth lancers, who
were sent in pursuit of the Beers from
Gras Pan.
Much Anxiety.
Indeed, the greatest anxiety is felt,
and more especially in view of the fact
that a Berlin journal, the Deutsche
warte, which regularly prints Boer
communications, announced Sunday,
before it could have been ascertained
from British sources, that the naval
brigade lost 100 men at Gras Pan and
that the Ninth lancers were captured.
More Troops to BE Sent.
1t is understood that the government
decided to proceed Immediately with
the mobilization and embarkaton of
sixth division of 10000 men, under a
well known lieutenant general.
Recruits for Boer Army.
New York, Nov 2S-The Evening
Post says: Enlistments for the Boer
army, it was learned, Monday, are max
ing some progress in this city, though
more men are volunteering in Philadel-
phia and other places. The recruits
are found chiefly among the Irish
Americans, although Germans and men
of other natonalities are also volun-
teering to fight under the Boer flag.
Some dozens of young Irishmen have al
ready left this city for the Transvaal,
but the largest recruiting is done in
Chicago and other western cities, San
Francisco sending her quota. In the
Rand at the beginning of the war there
were some thousands of Irishmen who
had not been particularly esteemed by
the British government before they
left Ireland. These have now. with few
exceptions, taken the field. These men
have always stood high in the friend
ship of Kruger, and it is said he can
have as many men from this country as
he wants.
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Made n New Record,

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 2S.-Bert Re-
pine, of Nashville, Tenn, won the 49,
hour bicycle race here, and in winning
the race established a new record for
As hours. The distance covered, 961 13
miles. is 81 10 miles better than the pre-
vious record for a similar contest.
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The Chicago Sails.

New York, Nov. 27.--The United
States cruiser Chicago, flagship of the
South Atlantic squadron, under Rear
Admiral Schley, passed out quaran-
tine, bound for her station. Her first
stop will be at st. Lucia and thence
she goes to Bahia and after that to
Ruenos AyreS
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Death of Col. Davis.

Chicago. Nov. 27.-Col. George r.
Davis, former director general of the
worlds fair. civil war Feteran and
a member of congress from 1878 TO 1884,
died at his home in this city of heart
trouble, aged 50 years.
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Home for Burial.

Omaha. Neb. Nov, 2S.-The remains
of Maj. Guy Howard. son OF Gen. o. O.
Howard, who was killed in the Philip
pines October 81. arrived in his city
Monday afternoon and were immediate
ly taken to the residence of Mrs. How
ards father, Judge j. NJ. Woolworth
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Baptist Hymn Writer Dead.

New York, Nov. 27.-Rev. DR.. Robert
Lowery, a prominent Baptist minister
and author of many religious hymns,
died at his home III Plainfield, n. j. He
was rs years old. DR.. Lowery was the
composer of the well-known hymn,
"Shall We Meet Beyond the River" and
many Others equally popular.
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Fire I'm Detroit.

Detroit, Mich, Nov. 25.-The upper
stories of 4. Krolik & Co.'S wholesale
dry goods stores were completely
burned out Friday night. The lower
four stories were flooded by water and
the adjoining wholesale dry goods
house of Strong, Lee q Co. was also
badly flooded, making total loss OF
approximately 5000, 600.
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BODY PLACED IN A TOMB.
Impressive Funeral Rites Over the
Remains of Vice President
Garrett A. Hobart.
SIMPLE SERVICE HELD AT THE HOUSE.
The Church Decorated with n Pro-
fusion of Cut Flowers, smflax and
Palms-SermOn Preached by Rev.
Dr. Observation-Disclosures of Mourning
mt Paterson and Washington.

Paterson, n. j.. Nov. 27.-Because OF
the funeral of Carrot A. Hobart, vice
president of the United States, Satur-
day, business houses, with few eXcep-
tions, were closed and many private
residences had flags at half-mast be-
sides other mourning emblems.
Floral Decorations.
The military lined the streets be-
tween Carroll hall and the Church OF
the Redeemer, where the public serv-
ices were held. The church floral
decorations were magnificent.
band of smilaX over three feet wide
and thick enough to hide the wall
ran around both sides and the front
of the main auditorium. Above the
windows the wreath ran unbroken be-
fore the pipes of the great organ.
The PalIbearers.
There were 80 pallbearers, eight rep
resenting the United States senate;
eight representing the house of rep
resentatives; eight personal pallbear-
ers, selected by Hobart two months be-
fore his death, and eight senate police
who carried the casket.
Simple Services at House.
The service at the house was brief
and simple. 1t was held in the library.
which was banked with flowers sent by
friends of the late vice president. Mrs.
Hobart, with her son Garret a. Hobart,
Jr., sat near the head of the casket, while
near her were grouped the president
and his cabinet, judges of the supreme
court, the honorary pallbearers and
the immediate friends of the family and
the family servants. Rev. DR.. Magic Of
fered the prayer, and read passage of
Scripture. The president, cabinet and
supreme court judges and those present
took a last look at the face of the dead,
the casket was closed, and all that was
mortal of Vice President Hobart was
carried out to the hearse by members of
the senate police.
The Services mt the Church.
The services at the church lasted an
hour and were conducted by Rev. DR..
Magic They began with an organ
prelude and reading of Scriptures by
Rev. Charles p. Shaw, pastor of the
Second Presbyterian church of Pater-
son. Then followed the singing of the
hymn, Nearer My God, to Thee by
the Orpheus club. DR.. Magic then
preached the funeral sermon and Of
fered prayer. This was followed by
the anthem "Weary Hands, sung by
the Orpheus club, after which the
benediction was pronounced by Dr.
Magic.
The remains were consigned to a
temporary resting place in the receiv-
ing vault at Cedar Lawn cemetery,
near this city.
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Mourning Mt Washington.

Washington, Nov. 27.-Official Wash
inton is in mourning for the dead vice
president. Business in all the executive
branches of the government is suspend
ed and the departments are closed.
Nearly all of the prominent officials of
the government have gone to Paterson,
to attend the funeral of Vice President
Hobart and flags throughout the city
are at half-staff. AS evidence of the
popularity of the late vice president
hundred of private residences displayed
mourning emblemS.
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Three Killed.

Coshocton, o., Nov. 21.-A work train
returning from the Morgan Run and
Wade coal mines on the Wheeling &
Lake Erie railroad collided with a
freight train, killing three people, AS
bury Human, Squire West and Moses
Cation, and njuring 25 others.
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Boston. Nov. 27.-The building used
as the bending shed, one of the oldest
structures in the Charlestown navy
yard. was destroyed by fire, entailing
a loss estimated at between $4,000
and 100000.
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Cleared Itself of Debt.

Duluth, Mimi, Nov. 27.-The First
Methodist church of this city celebrated
its thirtieth anniversary Sunday by
raising S35,240, enough to clear its en-
tire mortgage debt. IL. NJ. Bradley was
the principal subscriber. his offering
amounting TO S12 900.
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Record Broken.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 27.-John /.
Fisher, of Chicago, at Convention hall
Sunday night broke the indoor worlds
bicycle record for one mile, paced, max
ing the distance in :52 2-5. The
former record, 1:56 2-5, was made by
Harry Elkes in Madison Square garden.
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Gen. Miles Returns

Washington, Nov. 2s.--Maj. Gen.
Miles, commanding the army, has re-
turned TO Washington after tour of
inspection which included the fortif-
cations on the Pacific coast and the
Gulf of Mexico.
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As n Mark of Respect.

Washington, Nov. 2S.-Out of re-
spect to the memory of the late Vice
President Hobart the president has
cancelled all his social engagements
for the present. The members of the
cabinet have done likewise and the
administration will observe a period
of mourning.
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Broke All Records.

Boston. Nov. 2S. 49, On the run from
this city to Hampton Roads the battle
ship Kentucky broke all records for
ships of her class, the average speed be-
ing Is knots an hour.
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Drowned Dead.

ST. Paul, Mimi, Nov. 27.-Capt. Edwin
V. Holcombe, superintendent of the
dining and sleeping car service of the
Great Northern railroad, dropped dead
on the street here Sunday from heart
disease.
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Immigration Statistics.

Washington, Nov. 25.-Reports to the
immigration bureau show that the total
immigration to the United States dur
ing the last four months was 1926. an
increase over that of the corresponding
period Of last year of 0,544.
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Ex-Conrressmnn Dead.

Bedford, Ind, Nov. 25.-Ex-Congress-
man A. j. Hostetler died at his home.
eight miles east of Bedford, Friday of
paralysis. He represented this district
in congress in 1880. He was ST years of
age.
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xyel-Kuo.yp Io1yan nend.

Muscatine. Ia, Nov. 27.-Josah Proc
ter Walton, widely known in Iowa as a
state historian and scientist. is dead
He was "A years of age and has resided
here 81 years.
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Treaty Not Accepted.

Washington, Nov. 2S. The United
States has declined TO accept the agree
ment' as to the disposition of the Sa-
moan islands reached by Great Britain
and GERMANY
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balance battalion Twenty-second: two bat
tallions Thirty-third en- route for Nigan By
military post road. Young's reception by
Inhabitants enthusiastically; they give all
aid possible. Aguinaldo has collected more
than coo of his troops at the north, prob
ably most will desert him. Number small
attachments insurgent troops throughout
country north of Manila have been cap
tured and inhabitants manifest gratitude
for deliverance. Indications are that in
surgent force south of Manila disintegrat-
ing and troops going TO their homes. Re-
ports from southern islands favorable.
Evncuate ManEaIaren.
Manila, Nov. 2S.-The insurgents
have evacuated Mangalaren, province
of Pangasanan, leaving seven American
and "a Spanish prisoners, who escaped
in the confusion on the Filipino retreat.
Spanish Prisoners Reach Manila.
Manila, Nov. 2S.-Three hundred
Spanish prisoners who escaped from
their captors before the American adj
vance, including civil officials of rank
who had been in the hands of the Fill
ipinos for more than a year and many
officers. have arrived at Manila during
the past week.