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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-19
CROSSED THE TUGELA.
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80, Africa before January 10. An additionai
-, South Wales battery Of artillery Is 10 san
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FRANCIS 1roUEER VAN BENscHorEN

Word was received In this city yesterday that
Francis Luqueer Van Benschoten, former resident
Of this city had died suddenly from pneumonia In
Portland Ore Mr.. Van Benschoten was born IN
New.York He was thirty-seven years old. his
father was the ate James Van Benschoten, or THIS
CITY The son was for many years a member or the
Tth Regiment. and the time OF his discharge
IN 1899 he was sergeant in Company Z. His
mother Mrs. Catherine l. Van Benschoten, OF No
17s West Eighty-SiXth-st.. survives him.
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COMMITTEE ON LITERATURE APPOINTED
Washington Dsc 1s-Chairman Hanna. OF the
,,,L,,.or National Committee. has appointed
porry { Heath Charles G.. Dawes and Senator
Shoun committee the distribution OF literature
on anthorized by the National Committee.
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LORD ROBERTS TO SAIL SATURDAY.
CONSUL HOLLIS ARRIVES AT PRETORIA

Washington Dec. 1S.-United States Consul
Hollis has sent a cable dispatch to the State De-
partment announcing his arrival at Pretoria this
morning. He will act as consul there until the
arrival Of Adelbert Hay Mr.. Macrum whom he
relieves al Pretoria, was to sail to-day from
Lourenco Marques
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-19
rv-sryATOR GRAY CONFIRMED AS JUDGE.

vosn,reton. Dec. s-The Senate to-day con-
,rr,od rho nomination Of George Gray. Of Della
ware to be United States Judge for the lid Ju-
dtcIai Circuit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-19
VIOLATION OF ANTITRUST LAW ALLEGED
CHARGES AGAINST GENERAL ELECTRIC AND
WESTINGHOUSE COMPANIES PRESENTED TO
ATTORNEY GENERAL GRIGGs.

Washington. Dec. 18-Daniel NJ. OCalaghan' an
attorney at law, OF NewYork City to-day hled
with the Attorney General charges alleging that
an agreement in violation OF the Antitrust law
existed between the General Electric and Westing-
house Electric companies. He asked that an ac-
tion be Instituted In New-York against the com
NAMES The Attorney General listened 10 Mr..
S'CaIlarhan's presentation. but reserved his de-
cision. The charges alleged that board OF con
troll OF representa- ives OF the two companies eX-
listed for the regulation OF prices.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-19
MP cosCHEN TO THE VOLUNTEERS.


london Dec. 1s-George ]. Goschen. First
- NJ the Admiralty. when distributing medals
- yo,pnteers and rifemen in London this even
ing said:
,r,t,a thought when accepted this invita-
~" rot I would address men to whom an
uom had been made to stand shoulder 10
,boulder with the regulars in South AFRICA Inc
sasson of 100000 volunteers VIII be re-
pporded by the country, am sure, as a grea.
stor1snt Of security and I am confident that
,hsv are all prepared to do their duty ,
III, Inc and Canada and Australia are TO the
fore. welcoming the opportunity to go 10 Inc
front Enthusiastic cheeringD
After praising the great services OF the naval
h-,eades assisting the troops in South AFRICA
and testjfyng TO the constant anxiety OF naval
wan N he in the thick Of the fighting. Mr..
Goschen said;
T, e impossble to grant their desires. al
though these soldiers and sailors would be gao
N 20 to South Africa in thousands. because
uben one hundred and twenty thousand resu-
las have left our shores the responsibility for
the efficiency OF our navy will be Immensely
increased.
,on,r,bnted essentially to assist Britons to re-
main calm and confident. despite the black out
look. ~ 49,.
at the situation and at possible emergencies an
around: and, without being an alarrnist wouo
insist that must sacri1ce much 10 lhe III,
perative duty that every ship be fully ana
properly manned
Mr. Goschen concluded with an eloquent trio-
ute 10 the unanimity Of the country and the
colonies in supporting the Government In
grave crisis.
LORD ROBERTS TO SAIL SATURDAY.
London. Dec 1s--General Lord Roberts and
his staff sail for South Africa on the Dunottar
Castle Saturday
Cairo. Dec 1S.-General Lord Kitchener. who
has been appointed chief Of the staff Of General
Lord Roberts. Of Candahar. the new Commander
In Chief Of the British forces in South Africa
VIII leave Ondurman TUESDAY and WIN ar
rive here on Friday. He will start for Cape
Town as soon possible.
CONSUL HOLLIS ARRIVES AT PRETORIA.
Washington, Dec. 1S.--Unted States Consul
diSDa oh ~ he
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-17
MEDILL'S LAST WORK
Was a Story of the Alamo Written at
San Antonio.

Chicago, I'LL, March 1.-THE death of
Joseph Medill, editor of the Tribune, in
the Hotel Menger, San Antonio. Tex,
was the result of heart disease and kid
ney trouble.
Mr. Medill has been an invalid for
three years. The death of his daughter,
Josephine, in Paris, and later his wife.
in California, proved a severe shock He
has spent his winters there many years
in a more cOngenial climate than Chi
cago offers. He first selected Southern
California, but after the death of Mrs.
Medill he gave up the coast. Last win
ter he went to Thomasville, Ga. In
December last he selected San Antonio
and, accompanied by his grandson,
made the Texas resort his winter home.
The end came suddenly Wednesday
night young Mccormick telegraphed
that Mr.. Medill was critically ill., but
later said he had rallied. The great edi-
tors end was painless. His two sons
in-law, r. w. Patterson and r. S. Nc
Cormick, are now on the way to San
Antonio.
Despite his 76 years Mr.. Medin was in
the harness to the last. He was one of
the hardest workers on the Tribune, his
daily output of copy and reprint aver
aging three columns His last copy, >"
with the famous mark, Must, J. NJ, -
mark that night editors can never for
get, was a story of the Alamo scis-
sored, pasted and partly rewritten.
Neither time or distance could stop him
from guiding and writing for his pa
per.
Mr.. Medill died several times a mil
lionaire. He owned 81 per cent of the
Tribune stock. and it was said he was
offered SO, 100000 for his holdings. He
had large real estate and bond invest
ments. He leaves two daughters, Mrs.
r. W. Patterson and Mrs. r. S. Nc
Cormick
kilograms of coincidence have been
received by the family from President
Mckinley, Senators Hanna, Cullom
Mason and many other political leaders.
ie inc iT1e Of
among all Chica goans-
Mr.. Medil was recognized as sturdy,
independent. a hard fighter and a fast
friend of the west. He was the last
of the great war editorss, but kept
pace with the evolution in modern jour
naliSm.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-17
BATTLE FOR GOLD
American Miners and British
Subjects Engage
In Bloody Encounter in the
klOndike.
FOUR MEN ARE KILLED
MEN ARE KILLED
The BritOns Fly Back to Their
Own Territory
Leaving Three of Their Number
Dead on the Field.

New York March ia special from
Vancouver, B. c., says:
Carl Slummerfelt, German, who was
a passenger on board the steamer Lees,
which arrived here from the Lynn
canal, brought the news that battle
had been fought between American and
Canadian miners a few miles off the
Dalton trail. Four men are reported to
have been killed outright and a number
of others are said to have been serious
ly wounded.
When the alien mining laws of British
Columbia were enforced a few months
ago, the American miners left Atlin, the
new Canadian gold district, and struck
north They found, short distance
off the Dalton trail, on the Porcupine
river, a district rich in placer gold. 1t
was generally conceded that the new
placers were in American territory, and
the miners vowed that no Canadian
should stake a claim. Some Canadian
mounted police, however, did stake
claims in the American territory and
justified their act by moving the Cana
dian flag from Mount Pleasant, on the
trail, so as to make the line take in
rich part of the district. They were fol-
lowed by at least forty Canadian miners
who all located good claims. A fort
night ago about 100 American miners
held a meeting and decided to send no
tees to all Canadians to leave the coun
try within five days.
The notices We're sent out, but no
heed was paid to them. Slummerfelt,
who left the Porcupine district two
weeks ago, said:
early on the morning of the sixth
day the American miners met and pro
ceeded to the Canadian camp.
Il don't believe they intended blood
shed, although they were fully armed.
Before they could even state the OBJ
ject of their visit, some one, 1 don't
and then every one seemed to be
shooting. Several rounds were. fired
and four men, L was told, were killed
Outright-an American and three Canad-
ians.
THE battle was brief and resulted
in the Canadians, about fifty in num-
Der, flying across the border The
Americans then retired to their own
camp. I was informed that the follow
ing Americans were leaders in the bat
tie, but can not say for certain: c. G.
Lewis and Charles Leitch of Los
Angeles; w. S. Hawes, Minnesota; A.
McConaghy, Chicago, and F. w. Bor
nugh of Denver.
Il did not ascertain the names of the
killed. From my location about fifteen
miles north of the Porcupine river, L
heard that a squad of Canadian North
west mounted police had left Lake
Tagish for the Porcupine, the news of
the fight having reached them. The
Americans are determined and I fear
there will be another conflict.
There is no doubt in my mind that
the new district is American terri
tory
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-17
PROMOTIONS IN MANILA.
Colonel Funston Makes Recon-
mendations of Officers For Places.

Governor Stanley has received a letter
from Colonel Funston of the Twentieth
Kansas. In this letter various recon-
mendations have been made as to pro-
motions to fill vacancies in the regiment
at Manila. Among the suggestions is
one that First Lieutenant VIM J. Wat
son be promoted captain to succeed
Chas. Christy, resigned. Col. Funston
expresses the hope that his recommen-
dations will receive more consideration
from Gov. Stanley than they did from
his predecessor in the executive office
and that recommendations which he
bases solely on merit and seniority will
be given preference over endorsements
based on political pulls.
Governor Stanley believes in follow
ing the custom prevailing in the regu-
lar army that the colonel of a regiment
be the referee as to promotions and that
they be made, as Col. Funston sug
gests, on merit and seniority.
The governor has carefully investi-
gated Funston's recommendations and
finds that in every instance they have
followed the custom existing in the reg
ular army. This unwritten law would
result at times in a first lieutenant of
one company becoming captain of an
other, the service recognizing the lieu
tenants in the regiment as whole.
Lieutenant Craig is strongly urged by
his own company for Capt. Christy's
Dlace.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-17
PROF. GEORGESON'S WORK.
He Will Establish a Government Ex-
pertinent Station at Sitka-

Washington, March 17.-Prof. G. c.
GeorgeSon of the department of agricul-
ture will leave here Saturday for Alas
ka to establish at Sitka an agricultural
experiment station and look after the
agricultural possibilities of that region
Prof. GeOrgeson is a native of Denmark,
and thoroughly familiar with the condi-
tions of agriculture in northern Europe
and has had a long experience as a. pro-
fessor and experiment worker in Japan
and Kansas.
THE inquiries will be conducted on
systematic basis and advantage will be
taken of the experience of the past two
seasons in that region. Prof Georgeson
was conducting Investigations in the
territory last year and despite late
planting the oats, barley, fax, potatoes
and a number of different kinds of veg
etables of good quality matured, and
clover and grasses made an excellent
growth. This spring an experimental
building will be erected at Sitka, to
contain offices, Laboratories and quarters,
not only for the special agent in the ex-
perimentaI work, but also for weather
observer A full equipment will be pur-
chased to meet the requirements and
later small buildings will be erected on
reserved land at Sitka and kenai for
field experiments. The experiments now
will be limited to growing different
crops studies of soils and different
methods of culture and preservation OF
grasses and forage plants, and before
long experiments in the care and feed
ing of live stock may be feasible.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-17
CONTINUED HER SONG.
Fraulein Pevny Not Daunted by a
Stage Accident

Chicago. March 17.-Fraulein Olga Pen
w IS regarded as little less than heroine
performance of ''Das Rheingold" yester-
day afternoon Frauiein PenVy took the
part of Welgunde one of the Rhine daugh-
9ers. Shortly after the curtain rises these
young women are represented as swim
ming in the river below the surface.
Yesterday the audience was startled to
see Welgunde take a sudden dive for the
bottom that certainly didn't seem to be
in the opera.
And it wasn't, either. One of the wires
of the swimming apparatus had broken.
precipitating Fraulein Penvy nearly %
feet
Fortunately two stage hands succeeded
in catching her before she reached the
floor, or she might have been seriously if
not fatally injured.
All those behind the scenes who witness
ed the accident We're scared half out of
their wits except Fraulein Penvy herself.
She got her cue to sing just as the wire
broke and began to phrase while falling.
She sang it right through to the end.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-17

a special relief train. A relief train was
also sent from Mcfarland and wrecking
trains from Herington and Horton.
AS soon as the physicians arrived the
injured were cared for in the Pullman
sleeper and the small room of the sta
ton house. By an early hour this
morning the wreckage had been cleared
away and the track opened.
Conductor Thomas and Engineer
Riley, with engine 922, were in charge
of the train. The cause of the derail-
ment can only be surmised The wheels
of the engine passed safely over the
switch and the wheels of the tank were
the first to leave the track. 1t is be-
lieved that the f1ange on one of the
wheels gave way as the tank struck the
switch.
When the tank broke loose from the
engine it pulled it around across the
track and there it remained. The en-
gineer and fireman were considerably
shaken up, but not injured in the least.
William Freeman, the baggageman
burned to death in his car, was a man
about so years of age, and had been in
the employ of the Rock Island for a
number of years. His family resides in
Kansas City, where he makes his home
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-17
WAR MUSEUM CRAZE.
First Issue of $4,000 Free Tickets to
Libby Prison Exhausted and
10000 More Ordered.

Chicago. March 1.-THE famous Libby
Prison War museum, which soon will be
seen by a good portion of the residents of
this city owing to the offer of free admis-
sion made by the Chicago Tribune COM
pany: The Tribune had 5000 tickets
struck off as first installment. These
throughout the city for distribution to
those who wished to. see the exhibit of
war relics before it is removed. These
tickets. which We're offered for distribu-
ton several weeks ago, went off like hot
cakes" The supply has been exhausted,
and there is still a great demand.
To enable a larger number to see the
museum, the Tribune has had 10000 more
tickets printed. These. are ready for dis
tributiOn today, and will be good for to-
night and Sunday night.
While the wreckers are under contrac
new coliseum on March 20 there is a pos
sibility that arrangements may be made
for the postponement of this work for a
x-apl
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-17
NO ToPEKANs AFTER ALL.
at Least the Two Accredited to To-
peka Can't Be Identified.

The majority of the passengers in
jured in the Rock Island wreck were on
their way to their homes, and after hav-
ing their injuries dressed this morning
were able to continue travelling. Those
of the injured who live east of here
passed through Topeka en- route to their
homes this morning.
James McSpadden, the news agent,
sustained the most serious injuries. His
head was badly mashed and it is feared
he is injured internally. His injuries
may prove fatal. McSpadden's home is
in Kansas City and he was taken there
this morning.
The names of the two men, H. L.
Hall and c. F. Clark, reported to be
residents of North Topeka, do not ap-
pear in the city directory. They were
only slightly injured and continued on
their journey.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-17
NEGRO ROWOIES
Wearing the Uniform of the
United States Soldier
Held Responsible For the Pal
mettO Affair
BY GOV. GAMBLER.
Sight of Them Has Inspired
Others With BOldness.
A Long List of Crimes of Which
They Have Been Guilty.

Atlanta, Ga, March 17.-Governor
Gambler is very bitter in his denuncia-
tion of the Palmetto affair. He attri-
butes the trouble to the fact that negro
regiments and soldiers have been pass
ing through and the sight of them has
placed in the mind of the negro spirit
of boldness. 1.-The Palmetto lynching
was as deplorable as it was bloody and
cowardly," said the governor. ut as
true, the town was burned in the night
time, endangering the lives of all of its
women and children. 1t is true that
had offered heavy rewards for the ap-
prehension of the incendiaries and that
these negroes had been arrested and
some of them had confessed their guilt
and implicated the others in the crime.
But it was cowardly and barbarous to
slaughter them as this mob did, for they
had been arrested and were in the
hands of officers of the law awaiting a
committing trial. The law was adeQuate
for their punishment, and there was no
doubt of their speedy trial and punish
ment if convicted.
Until recently there was no race fric-
tion in the state. The Georgia negro is
not naturally vicious nor prediSpOSed to
the commission of atrociouS crimes. This
was demonstrated during the years of
slavery. The Georgia white man is not
his enemy, as he has had abundant rea-
son to know since he became a free
citizen. Such outrages as this never or
seldom occurred in this state until regi-
diers, the scum of the cities north and
south, were quartered here. The mob
of negro soldiers ran riot in Tampa and
outraged women in broad daylight. An
other gang of drunken vagabondS in
Macon defied and tried to fire on the
police. For months another regiment
of these lawIess vagabonds, wearing the
uniform of the United States soldier.
terrorized Chickamauga and the town
of LytIe, in north Georgia, to say moth
ing of the Griffin episode and other sim
liar occurrences. They had to be es-
corted through every southern city
through which they passed after they
were discharged by a battalion of police
to prevent them from looting the stores
and terrorizing the people.
THE Leesburg outrage, the Palmetto
burning and many other similar crimes
committed in Georgia by negroes during
the last few months are due TO the
baneful influence and example of these
lawlesS rowdies, who disgraced the uni
forms they wore. This is the primary
cause of all these troubles. Still, this
does not justify the bloody and bar
barous retaliation of Leesburg and Pal
metto
"The white men who participated in
these Sanguinary dramas are as unjuS-
tif1abIe for their conduct as the negroes
they Iynched. Both are a disgrace to
our civilization and a reprOach to our
state and all the power of the state shall
be used to prevent a recurrence of such
crimes and to punish the perpetrators"
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-17
STORY OF AN EYE WITNESS.
Edward Switzer, Brother-In-Law of
Maj Tom Anderson, Tells of Scenes
at the Wreck

Edward SwitZer, who was seriously
injured in the wreck at Volland this
morning, is a brother-in-law of Major
Tom Anderson. He had been visiting
his father in this city since last Sun
day, and left last night to return to
his home at Carver, Oklahoma. He re-
turned to his fathers home here this
morning.
Mr. Switzer was knocked insensibIe
and is probably injured internally,
though it is believed not dangerously.
He was still unconscious when removed
from the smoking car a few minutes
before it caught fire
Mr.. Switzer was sitting in a forward
seat in the smoker when it jumped the
track. He was half asleep, but remem-
bers having heard the engine whistle
a minute or two before the accident.
The next thing he heard was a loud
crash as the car toppled and he was
thrown violently out of his seat across
the aisle. His head struck seat on the
other side of the car and he knew moth
ing more until he found himself stand
ing outside a short distance from the
burning cars. Another of the paSSen-
gers was trying to get an overcoat on
him.
At that time Mr.. Switzer says, the
baggage and smoking car was burning.
Men with axes were chOpping at the
side of the derailed baggage car in a
vain endeavor to rescue William Free
man, the Imprisoned bagga geman, but
the heat became so intense a few min
utes after he regained consciousness
that they had to give up the work In
the midst of the flaming wreckage the
baggag geman's body was consumed until
only a few charred bones remained.
1.-The fire spread very rapidly to the
other cars" said Mr.. Switzer today,
land in a few minutes the country all
about the wreck was almost as light
as day. Many of the men were hatless
and coatless, having scrambled out of the
cars as best they could without think
ing of taking what clothing they had
laid off or what hand baggage they had
with them, and some of them were run
ming around like wild. There were a
a number of women among the passen-
gers and half of them We're crying. One
very f1eshy woman who had rolled all
the way down the embanknent after
jumping off the platform of the chair
car, was screaming at the top of her
voice as though some one was trying to
murder her. 1t was some time before
it could be impressed upon her that
there was no danger and that she was
not badly hurt.
After a little while the people began
to get their wits about them, and those
of the passengers who were not hurt
looked after the injured. They helped
them into the station room and a small
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-17
TWO BIG STEAMERS
To Be Built by the Union Iron Works
at San Francisco.

San Francisco, March 1.-THE Union
Iron Works has just been awarded the
contract for two of the largest freight
steamers ever built in the United States
The vessels are for the American Ha-
waiian Steam Navigation company,
with headquarters in New York, in
which Dearborn & Co, and FiIbert &
Co, are interested. The company is to
ply it's craft between New York, Phila-
delphia. San Francisco and Honolulu,
with the possibility of extending the
route
The first steamer is to be turned out
in April, 1900. and the second one at a
later date. Each will have a carrying
capacity of $500 tons. The first vessel
will be 40 feet long, with 81 foot beam,
and a depth of 80 feet. Her engines are
to develop $500 horse power.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-17
TREATY IS SIGNED.
The Queen Regent of Spain Af-
fixes Her Signature Today.

Madrid, March 1.-THE queen regent
has signed the treaty of peace between
Spain and the United States.
NOTICE WILL COME FROM FRANCE
Washington, March lin the alb
sence of any direct diplomatic communi-
cation between the United States and
Spain, Secretary Hay expects to re-
ceive his first formal notice of the rati-
fcation of the peace treaty by the
queen regent through the medium of the
French embassy here.
The next step must be taken by
Spain; that is she must name her spec
ial envoy and notify the United States
government of the probable date upon
which he will present himself in Wash
ingtOn, with the exchange copy of the
treaty of peace