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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-02-23
PRESIDENT
FAURE DEAD.
SUDDEN DEATH OF FRANCES
CHIEF MAGISTRATE.

After a Few short Hours Hines. M.
Faure succumbs to a stroke OF
Apop1exy-All That Medical Sci
ence Could Do Was of No Avail
Against the Grim Reaper-Had
Been Apparently in Good Health
Up to withdn Four Hour. of Hi.
Death-The French People Are
stunned by the suddennc.. of the
Blow.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-02-23
GOMEZ ILL.
Cuban General Said to he III Sc
riOus Condition.

Havana, Feb. 1S.-Gen. Gomez is ill
in Cienfucgos. He is reported to be in
a serious condition. though the Cubans
assert that it is a passing indisposition
and that the old general will be ready
to resume his journey toward Havana
in Il few days.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-02-23
SCAT TERED
!. BY GEN. KING
THIS BRIGADE HAS AN ENCOUNTER
WITH NATIVES.

After an Exchange of voIIeys the
Rebels Reiterated Into the Jungle
and Disappeared-Amcri Line
Now Holds Natural Defenses-Oc-
casional Brushes With the Enemy
Occur, but No Casualties Are
Among Native Forces in the In
tcriOr-Visayas Have Enough.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-02-23
FIREMEN KILLED.
Crushed to Death Under n Mass of
Falling Debris.

Philadelphia, Feb. 19.-While about
a dozen firemen We're at work in the
ruins of the store of the Emerson
Shoe company, which was burned out
at last nights big fire. a mass of iron
and stone crashed down from the up
per floors, burying the men beneath it.
Three of the tiremen We're killed.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-25
GENERAL
WHITES
TELEGRAM
To the War Office Makes no Men.
ton Of Joining OF
NOROOMFOR GENERALIZATION.
Has England Over the Result
Of the Recent Natal
Operations.

LONDON, Oct 25, Although there IL
no reason to doubt the accuracy Of the
dispatch from Cape Town to the Daily
Mail regarding General Yule's move
ment, 1t is curious that General Whites
telegram to the war office Is also dated
at 0 p. M, but makes no mention Of a
joining Of forces.
When the war Office dispatch was Is
sued, just after midnight, the officials
announced that nothing more would be
communicated until wednesday morn
ing, SO that It is tmpoesibie to confirm
or deny the news. General Yule had a
heavy march Monday over the STRAIT
ford Stop and the Zurfontein Table,
both over 5000 feet high, and arrived
after dusk at Beth. which Is half way
between Rorks Drift and Waschbank.
He stiIl had heavy march and was
hardly expected to Join General White
at LadysInlth until to-day. His move
ments were actuated by sound judg-
ment since he soon would have been
surrounded and in a desperate position.
The combined forces at Ladysmlth, now
amounting TO some 1900 men, viii be
amply sufficient to act on the defensive.
A few more victories like Glencoe and
Elandslaagte, however, would leave the
British troops without officers.
While the Beers have failed to take
advantage of their strategic position,
owing to the Incompetence or haste Of
their leaders, the British have no cause
for congratulations over the results Of
the Natal operations. They have guf-
fered heavy losses In men, and their VIC
tories have practically gone for nothing.
the whole Of northern Natal being now
abandoned to the Beers.
II would have been better to have
concentrated on LadysmIth in the first
instance. but Gen. white and Gen. sy-
mohs had TO yield to political exIgencles
and to the local reluctance to abandon
an inch Of territory more than was nee
cssary. It is not expected that the
wounded left at Dundee will suffer, ex-
cept in being prisoners OF war. The
news Of unrest in Basntoland cnuses
much anxiety. The correspondents who
were taken prisoners in the train at
Elandslaagte have escaped. They re-
port that they were well treated by the
Boers, and that In the collecting and
assisting the wounded Beers and British
seem to have been mutually helpful. AT
Cape Town 1t is proposed to raise Cape
Irregular force.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-25

LONDON. Oct. 25.-The Daily Tele-
graph has the following from Dc Aar,
Cape Colony. dated Monday evening:
"The Transvaal government are
about Issuing proclamation declaring
the district north OF the Vaal river and
including Bechuanaland, to be Boer
territory.
''Commandant Cronje who has been
twice repulsed at Mafeking is said to
be advancing on Kimberley and to be
lmpresslng men and seIzihg stores and
munitions in British territory. He left
a small force investing Mafeklng. The
Free State Beers are moving westward
in order to join him for an attack on
Kimberley.
zone dispatch rider who get into
Kimberley last Friday was hcased Il
miles by Beers, narrowly escaping with
his life. The same man returned safe
ly with dispatches TO Orange river to-
day
HE reports that the Beers are three
miles from Kimberley but are afraid
to attack the place and are awaiting
the arrival OF Commandant Cronje. No
Beers are to be seen south OF Belmont,
which is twenty miles north OF the Or.
nnEe river. The defeats in Natal are
taking all the fight out Of them and
they will not attnck the British troops,
though they may defend few posi-
tlons. Indeed, 1t Is believed here that
the heaviest fighting OF the war is over
except for n battle near Pretoria"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-25
THE BOERS
ESTABLISH
THEMSELVES
In an Exceedingly Strong Position
on the Highway
Leading
FROM LADYSMITH TO DUNDEE.
Yulc's Column Indulge in Some
Shooting, With Great
Accuracy.
ARTILLERY GOT POSITION
By the British, Quickly sitlenclng
the Single Gun oithe
Enemy.

LONDON, Oct. 25.-The following dis
patch from General Sir George Stewart
White to the Marquis of Lansdpwne,
secretary of state for war, received last
evening at II o'clock, was posted at the
war office soon after midnight:
"LADYsMITH, Oct "a, p. m.-In-
formation received yesterday showed
that the Beers had established Them
selves in considerable numbers in an
exceedingly strong position west of the
main road leading from Ladysmlth to
Dundee. also had information that
the Dundee force formerly commanded
by General symons and since his
woundIng, commanded by General Yule,
was falling back on LadysmIta by way
Of the Helpmakaar road, Beth and the
valleys Of the Waschbank and Sunday
rivers and was expected to reach Sum
day river valley to-day. ] therefore
moved out with strong force to cover
the movement OF Yule's column. The
enemy was discovered about seven
miles out Of Ladysmlth in a position OF
great natural strength,west Of the road.
When he saw that preparations wera
being made against him he opened fire
with one gun with great accuracy.
"our artillery soon got into position
and the gun was sIlenced. Our troops
were ordered to occupy a strong ridge,
parallel TO the enemy's position, but
nearer to the road.
II confined my efforts to occupying
him and hitting him hard enough to
prevent his taking action against
Yule's column. Numbers of the enemy
fed to the west and the firing had prac-
tlcally ceased at 9 O'clock
General WhIte has not fought his
way out of LadysmIth. as published in
New York. because he left Ladysmith
Saturday morning and captured Eland',
slaagte, which is eighteen miles out and
he has since, apparently. moved to-
wards waschbank. He expected to
unite with General Yule in the neigh
borhood of Waschbank Tonight, so his
fight with the Orange Free State troops
to-day must have occurred nearly
twenty-five miles out from Ladysmith
and as 1t took place on the Ladysmith
New Castle rond which runs some two
miles west and almost parallel with the
railroad, he evidently encountered the
Free State force which had taken up n
position In the BigSArsberg hills and
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-25
BAsuTE CHIEFs
Said to be Anxious TO go to Docrs
Asslstnncc.

Assistance.
CAPE TOWN, Oct 2g.-The following
advices have been received here from
Maseru, Basutoland. dated October p:
"a reliable native lately visited a
laager of Orange Free State troops just
opposite Maseru, and found It to con-
slst Of wagons surrounded by turf piled
three feet high. he noticed only few
Mausers. The Boer commandant ques-
toned him regarding the feeling Of the
different Basuto chiefs, principally the
paramount chief. LOrothOdi. and in or.
der to draw the eommandant, the ma
tive replied that the chiefs sided with
the B0erB.
"Thereupon the commandant said the
two republics wished to kill the British
ers and to take over and govern the
Basutos, restoring to the latter that
part OF the country which the Free
State formerly took from them. AS TO
the BrItishers, those whom they failed
to kill they would drive into the sea,
"The cOmmandant wished a decision
on the part OF Lsorothodi and the other
chiefs as soon as Observation-Disclosures
they would fight the Beers or the
Britlsh-because his contingent was
anxious to help the Beers elsewhere
Me acknowledged that his men were
afraid Of the Basutos because their
wives and families as well as their
cattle, were within reach Of Basuto
incurston and he said he was prepared
to enter into an agreement with the
chiefs, signing the same to give a very
substantial recompense to the tribes
men for assisting the Boers. Failing
this, II the RRsutos would give n writ
ten undertaking not TO assist either side
the commandant said his force would
withdraw from the Rnsutoland border
and 20 to the assistance of their cOun-
trymen where the fighting was hottest
The Beers on the Rasutoland frontier,
according to the best information oh
tainable at Maseru, number about
$500"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-25
YlrrInln synod Convene.

Special Dispatch to the lntelliEencOr.
HUNTINGTON, w. Va, Oct 2l,-The
Virginia synod of the Presbyterian
church met here this evening in it's one
hundred and twelfth session. in the
First Presbyterian church. The synod
embraces in territory the whole of vir-
glnlO, West Virginia. the District Of
Columbia, and portion Of Maryland, and
has membership OF over $4,000. forty
four ministers and twenty-three ruling
elders were present at the opening ses-
sion. Devotional exercises were con-
Quoted by DIR. Finley and Rev, NJ. l..
Lacy. Rev, Newton Donaldson deliver
ed an address OF welcome and Governor
j. HOge Tyler, OF Virginia. the retiring
moderator, mnde response. Rev. w.
w. Moore, ID. D., Of Richmond, was
elected moderator. and Rev. S. w.
summcrvlllc, OF Frederlcksburg, Va,
was chosen as clerk.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-25
TERRIBLE VOYAGE
or the Schooner Hera from Cape
Nome TO scnttlc-Two Men Die from

or the Schooner Hera from Cape
Nome TO scattle-Two Men Die from
Starvation.
SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. 2i-After
voyage of twenty-elght days from Cape
Nome, during which two men died from
starvation and others were half crazed
from want OF food and water, the
schooner Hera arrived in port to-day
with nearly 200 passengers on board.
News OF the wretched plight of the He
ra's passengers was brought here Sun
day night by the steamer Lakme. The
revenue cutter Grant and The tug Sea
Lion Immediately started after the
schooner. They succeeded In finding
the schooner yesterday about nifty miles
from Cape Flattery. The two deaths
reported are those OF j. S. Ryan. who
cnme on board n well man, but through
bad food and lack OF attention gradually
grew worse until he died on October is.
The other case Is much the same. George
Lnmby, through want OF nourishment
Rnd confinement In ill-ventilated quar-
ters. was taken with typhoid fever and
died on October q. While he was sick
lie had absolutely no medical attention.
Both men were buried at sea.
From the statement OF other passen-
gers, It is learned that the agent OF the
ship at Nome guaranteed them plenty of
good provisions on the way down. They
were charged $50 for their passage.
When they were few days out. meat,
sugar and butter ran out. The menu
consisted Of salt pork and canned mutt
ton. There was a little dried fruit on
board, but only enough to supply the ta-
bic three times with dried peaches and
twice with dried prunes. From that
time on for nearly tweaty-four days
their food consisted OF flour md coffee.
There was plenty OF flour, but the water
was short. Four days ago the last of
the unpalatablc salt pork was conEum-
ed. Had Il not been for rain storms,
which fell for n few days. they would
have been without water also.
When the Hera anchored In the
stream the majority of the men were so
weak that they could not carry their
gold dust ashore without assistance,
Several passengers were craEed from
their terrible experiences and had to be
carried ashore and taken care Of. Even
taking their terrible voyage Into con-
alteration, the passengers unite In de-
claring Nome to he the greatest camp on
earth, and many of them will return In
the gprlng,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-25
RFINFORCEMENIS ARRIYNG.
General Otis Prohibits Loea1
Papers from Printing Troop
Movement News.
AGUINALDO is KEPT POSTED
AS to the Whereabouts Of Every
Company in the
Army.

MANILA, oct. "a, $3.50 .. in.-Iloilo q
stirred by the expectation Of important
flghting. General PullOn begun "une
rolling the bloody scroll" as 40 pr0tlS
ised his followers In q recent speech, ~
firing volleys at the American outposts
nightly. Since Sunday relnforcements
have been arriving from the north. This
activity is designed to divert the Vt4a-
yans from their dissatisfaction against
the Tagalos.
Aguinaldo has ordered the release on
parole Of Areneta and other vlsAyan
leaders, who are disposed to negotiate
for peace, and is watching them 70 pre-
vent further negotiations
The Fourth infantry reconalssatices
about linus found that the insurgents
had returned to Das Marinas. Their
bugles blew when the Americans ap-
preached. 1t is reported that they are
recognising at Malabon and other
towns. The leading inhabitants Of that
section have requested Major General
Otis to garrison the towns, because the
insurgents are living on the people.
sudiclent troops are lacking for this.
General Otis has prohibited the local
papers from printing the arrivals, de-
partures or any movements Of troops
Agulnaldo, IL he is student Of the
Manila papers, has been kept posted ~
to the whereabouts of every company
in the army.
The news that the spaniards at
tempted TO surrender the rebel artillery
at Santa Rosa has reached Tarlac and
has spread through the country. The
FilIpInos are taking Vengeance on the
prisoners by curtailing the few privi-
iaRns they had.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-25
ACTION FOR s225,OOO

Begun In New York by Henry Hehts.
Henry Havemeyer, the Sugar King,
Defendant.
NEW YORK. oct si.-The trial OF
an action brought by Henry Hehts
against Theodore E. Hnvemeyer, Hen-
~ o. Havemeyer, Frederick Hayemey-
er ana CHARLES II. Semi to recover
$2as,OOO commissions for his gervices in
the consolidation OF the companies
which now form the American Sugar
Refining Company. was commenced In
the supreme court to-day before Jus
tlce Andrews and q jury.
The pIaintih alleges that he was ln-
tinlAteiy acquainted with all the de-
tails Of the sugar business and with
the sugar rehners and operators
throughout the country. He was sent
for. he claims, by the defendants IN
1885, when the subject Of the CONSOLE
dalton OF the sugar interests was de-
stroSed. Many conversations were had
between him and the defendants, who
suggested the advisability Of the ANAL
gamatlon OF the firm OF HaVemeyer &
Elder with the other companies. These
negotiations went on between them,
the plaintiff alleges, for a period Of
nearly three years, when he was finally
asked to bring about the consolidation
OF the different sugar refiners. For his
services he was to be allowed GER
tain sare In the Interest Of tho DEFEND
ants at the rate OF one per cent on their
stock.
He claims that Havemeyer & Elder,
together with other companies. signed
a deed of trust for the purposes OF the
consolidation. A board OF eleven, with
power to increase the number to thtr-
teen, was created to take charge Of the
matter, and Haveneyer & Elder re-
ceiVed certificate for l4,S22, 600 when
the new company was formed. Dur
ing the years 1881 and 1892 another
company was formed, known as the
American Sugar Refining Company,
aud the defendants were allotted $l5,-
100000.
Mr.. Parsons, on behalf Of the de-
fendant Henry o. HaveIneyer, denied
that the negotiations between the de-
fendant and HentZ were the result Of
any OVertures on their part, and claim
ed that HentZ offered himself as a vol
unteer, and never rendered any valua-
bic services MS far as the consolidation
was concerned. He also alleges that
the first company, which HentZ claim
ed was formed as the result Of his exc
ertionR, was subsequently, declared to
be illegal, and that HentZ could not,
therefore. in any case claim commits
siOns for his alleged services.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-25
pIr zinc Combine.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Oct, 24.-A COM
bInatlon known as the National Lead,
zinc and smeiter Company. with cap
italisatlon of 100000 and with sur
plus OF 100000, has been formed to con-
troll and work large interests In the
Joplin qnlena District The concern
was promoted by Marcus POllRsky,
president OF the National Mine Com
pnny, OF Kansas City, who has Just re-
turned from New York. where he sue
ccedcd in interesting eastern capitalists.
An n result Of the organization. lead
and zinc stocks VIII be listed on the
stock exchanges of New York, Boston
and Chicago. At present the officers Of
the company will he located in Kansas
city.
Mir. PollRskcy says the Joplin-GRlena
District now produces about seven
cighthB OF the zine ore OF tho United
states and about One-fourth Of the
worlds supply
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-25
CLUSTERING BoERs.
Threaten to Attack AFasuru and
Other Stations.

Threaten to Attack AIasuru and
Other Stations.
LONDON. Oct. 2i.-The Colonial Of
flce this evening published cable dis
patch received from the British high
commissioner in South Africa, Sir. Al
fred Miner communicating sIgnlf-
cant dispatch from Sir Godfrey Lag
den, the British resident commissioner
in Basutoland. calling attention to the
recklessness Of the BasutOs. who, he
says, he has been trying to calm. The
resident commissioner adds:
"Our policy, however, has been made
difficult by the clustering Of the Beers
who have freely threatened to attack
NIasuru and other stations. Those
threats, combined with the intriguing,
have contributed to rouse excitement
among the natives. wish to plnce 1t
on record that the Beers have unwlsely
attempted to shake the allegiance of
the Basutos and frustrate our efforts
towards tranquility. The Beers, there
fore, are responsible for any commotion
and for the alarm regarding native In
vasIons which now prevails"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-25

WINNIPEG, Man, Oct. 2I.-There
was great enthusiasm to-day when the
train bearing the MnnitObn and British
Columbia contingent for the Transvaal
pulled out for the east. Only fifty men
from each province would be accepted.
and these had been carefully selected
from each battalion and troop SO that
every regiment in the dominion service
would have n representative. Citizens
raised $500 to furnish comforts to the
men. A hnlf holiday was proclaimed
End an immense crowd watched the
embarkation in drlzZllnE rain. Cap-
tain Leybourne commands the Manito-
bn contingent
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skIrrnIsh near NlaFekIng.

LONDON, Oct 2A-The war Office
published Tonight n dispatch from
Colonel Baden Powell, the British COM
mander nt Mafeklng, dated October Is
and forwarded from Cape Town:
"All well here. In n fight to-day four
miles from MafeklnE the armored
train. IL section OF the British South
African police and two squHdrons OF
the protectorate regiment repulsed the
enemy, losing two killed and ilfteen
wounded, the latter including Lieuten-
ant Bentinck, Ninth Lanclers, aud
Lieutenant Bray OF the PFotectoTate
regiment, both slightly.
"The enemy's loss Is estimated at 70
killed, besides many wounded. The
names OF our killed and wounded will
follow. All worked splendldly and are
very anxious for the next meeting with
the enemy"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-25
Russln TO ArbItrnte.

LONDON, oct. 24.-Russia, Il has
been learned by The Associated Press.
has at last agreed to arbltrate with the
United States the claim resulting from
the seizure of sealers in the Bering sea,
which have been pending for about
eight years. A protocol between the
two governments has been drawn up,
the final formalities are expected to be
concluded next month and the arbitr4-
tion win probably take the form OF the
Venezuelan court,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-25
WORST FEARS REALIZED.
General YuIe ADandOns Dundee ana
Glencoe Nothing flinders Bocrs
From Following His Retirement.

General Yule ADandOns Dundee ana
Glencoe Nothing HIndnrs Bocrs
From Following His Retirement.
LONDON, Oct. 25.-Thc war ofEice
dispatch seems to realize the worst
fears. General Yule has abandoned
not only Gundee, but Glencoe also, and
80 far as present news would Indicate
he has neither Joined General White
nor reached Ladysmlth. Gen. Whites
Successful action announced In par
lament by Mr.. wyndham. seems to re-
solve Itself into mere engaging Of the
attention OF the Free State troops
while General Yule is slipping south
ward.
1t Is evident from the official dis
patches that both Commandant Gem
cral Jnuberts column on the north and
the Orange Free State troops on the
west now occupy strong pOsltolnS and
that nothing hinders the Beers from
following up General Yule'B retirement
and getting around Ladysmith from
the southeast Until reinfOrcements
arrive, It seems that General White Is
Obliged 10 concentrate on Lndysmith.
u Is believed that the government has
other dispatches that have not yet
been published.
The secretary Of state for war left Mr.,
Choate's residence Immediately at the
end OF the banquet to General Hhrri
son and proceeded to the war office,
where even after midnight, there was
considerable activity. many visitors
calling 70 Inquire for Information,
among them sister OF General Sir
Archibald Hunter.
The Cape Town correspondent Of the
Daily Mail, ielegrapbing al O;:45 p. m.
yesterday says:
General Yule has performed brit
liant strateglcal movement. BY swift
march to the south. leaving Glencoe
empty, he has effected n junction Of his
forces with those Of Sir George Stew
art White. slightly to the north Of
l.adyRmlth. The two are now In
position to offer battle.
The two sections OF the Boer army
together outnumbcr the entire British
force by three 10 one. Hard fighting is
certain at very early date. Our men
are confident and there IL much en-
thusInsm.
THE lighting to-day outside Lady
smith was n mere brush. The losses
on neither side wcr significant. II was
merely an artillery duel, In which the
Beers came ofr decidedly the worst"
Government Approprintcs Beds.
CAPE TOWN oct, 24.--A private
telegram from Delagon Bay says n man
who has Just arrived thcro from johann
ncsburg asserts that the Transvnal
government has appropriated $50 beds
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LA PORTE, Ind, oct. 2-colonei
James Allen, of this city, left for San
Francisco to-day, In response to q dis
patch from Washington, assigning him
to the command of the signal corps iR
the Philippines. Colonel Allen enjoys
the distinction OF having communicated
the first news to General Greely, chief
of the signal service, of the presence Of
Cervera's fleet In the harbor at sanh-
tyn