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HE ATTACKED METCALF.
The Reason the Kansas Colonel Shot a
Filipino Prisoner.


Springfield, Mo-, Nov &c. L. Gro
gan, late of Company L, goth Kansas,
is in the city visiting his parents. Con-
cerning the alleged killing of sup
plicating unarmed Filipino by Colonel
Metcalf. he says he is surprised at the
statement made by Callahan, who was
his lieutenant. Grogan says Callahan
and Hall We're five companies back
from where Metcalf was at the time
of the killing and could know nothing
of the matter from their own personal
knowledge. Grogan says he and five
other privates We're detailed to bury the
dead Filipinos after the battle of Ca
loocan, on Feb. TO- While he and a
private from Company l were at work
together, they came upon the body of
a Filipino with a knife in his hand, who
seemed to have fallen while fighting.
His companions looked at the body and
said it was the one Metcalf had shot.
He said the fellow had been taken pris-
oner and was unruly. Metcalf stopped
to talk with him and tried to get him
to go along. The Filipino sprung at
him with his bowie and would have
plunged it into his body had Metcalf
not shot him instantly.
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them. The artillery took immediate ad-

them. The artillery took immediate ad-
vantage of the enemy's retirement.
"Eearly in the action 500 Beers at
tackled our rear guard. The brigade met
this and also protected the f1anks. The
naval brigade acted with the greatest
gallantry and suffered heavily, but no
particulars are yet known. The enemy
showed the greatest stubbornness and
must have suffered greatly. Twenty
We're buried. 1t is known that 81 were
killed and 4S wounded. More than so
horses were Mound dead in one place.
One battery fired 500 rounds.
Our force must halt one day at
Gras Pan to rest and replenish ammuni-
tion The force worked plendidly and
IS prepared to overcome many difficult
ties. The naval brigade. the royal ma
rines, the light infantry and the first
battalion of the North Lancashire reg
iment especially distinguished them
selves.
Regarding Thursdays fight, 81 Beers
We're killed. A large quantity of pow
der, $4,000 rounds of ammunition and
$50 shells were blown up. Commandant
Albrecht, chief of the Orange Free
State artillery, commanded the Boer
artillery"
The admiralty is in receipt of the
following dispatch from Rear Admiral
Harris, dated Cape Town, Nov. 26:
| deeply regret to report the fol-
lowing casualties in the action at
Grass Pan yesterday.
Killed:
COMMANDER ETHELSTON of the
Powerful.
MAJOR PLUMBE of the Doris
CAPTAIN ----- of the Monarch.
Wounded:
Flag Captain Prothero of the Doris,
severely.
Lieutenant Jones Of the Doris.
The other casualties are not vet
known. Commander De Horsey, Cap
tain Morgan and Lieutenant Wilson,
all of the Monarch, have proceeded
to join the naval brigade with Lord
Methuen
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WILLOW GRANGE FIGHT.
Guns Were Dragged Up an Almost Inac-
cessiblc Eminencc. ..so.

London, Nov ga special dispatch
from Estcourt, dated Thursday, Nov.
%. and describing the engagement at
Willow Grange. says:
General Hildyard's plans were to
attack Beacon Hill and the hill be-
yond with the bayonet. Both We're oc-
cupied by the Beers in force. with in
trenchments and with four guns in po-
sition on Beacon Hill, which is about
$50 feet high. A column under COM
mand of General Hildyard marched
five miles over undulating ground and
then began the steady work of climb
ing the height. The naval gun and
battery Of field artillery were dragged
by sheer strength and with the great
est difficulty over the veldt and up
an almost inaccessible eminence.
The Beers retired On the off side
of Beacon Hill, while the British were
climbing the near side. At this mo-
ment a terrific thunder storm burst.
continuing for hours AT o'clock the
and rife exchanges closed the days,
operations, darkness falling and the
prospect being very dismal. The
heavy rain renewed, but when the
storm had spent itself the British
march was resumed, until, after sew
eral hours .cf dangerous and tedious
work climbing the hills and crossing
swollen rivers, the advanced pickets
of the Beers We're reached in the small
hours of the morning. T.. ..--...l
''The West Yorkshires were movi.yZ;
stealthily along and We're within bay
onet striking distance, when an arous-
ed private fired his rifle. This warn
ed the Beers and they fed. The York
shires charged as best they could,
clearing the Soers from the final po-
sition just at daybreak with three
ringing cheers.
1.-The Beers rallied and attempted to
ride the British down. but when the
bugle sounded the charge and the
British responded with cheers. the en-
emy fled and the position was won.
The Beers left heaps of guns, ammu
milton, rifles and blankets, as well as
80 horses.
1.-The British losses are estimated at
eight killed and AZ wounded"
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A Chance to Intervene.

ST. Petersburg, Nov Pa Russian
newspaper announces that the British
charge daffaires has informed the Rus
sian government that Great Britain
has been in a state of war with the
Dutch of South Africa since Aug. II.
The Svet, commenting upon this, says:
England, in giving this notification.
withdraws her declaration that she is
not carrying on war, but is merely
subjugating rebels"
The Novoevremya, which attributes
far reaching Importance to the British
notification, says:
1.-THE powers are now in position
to send not only Red Cross agents, but
military agents as WE'LL and they may
judge this fitting time to intervene,
especially as the Afrikanders are go
ing more and more to the Boer side"
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d On n Secret Mission,

Chicago, Nov. ga special to the Rec
ord from San Francisco says: The United
States ship Ranger. now lying at Mare
island. has been quietly fitted out for
some long voyage and rumors are current
that she is bent on some secret mission.
The officers of the warship refuse to dis
cuss the nature of the voyage. Several
6-inch guns are being placed in position
on the vessel The only thing the officers
will admit is that the Ranger has been
ordered to Panama and will sail early
in December Sealed instructions have
been received wrom Washington. to be
opened on arrival at Panama. 1t Is be-
lieVed BY naval men here that the
Rangers ultimate destination is Manila,
and that she will be anchored for shore
duty, at some of the new ports recently
taken from the rebels.
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mand of the department of the Platte.
His marriage occurred here and was a
prominent society event.
PROVINCE SURRENDERED.
The beginning of the End of Hostilities
in MindanaO Island.

Washington, Nov. 26.--The secretary
of the navy to-day received a telegram
from Admiral Watson stating that the
entire province of Zamboanga, island
of Mindanao. surrendered to Command
er Very, of the Castine, Internationally
Nov. IS. Delivery of all guns promised.
Local chiefs declared themselves loyal.
"Cavite Nov. 26, 1S99.-secretary Of
Navy. Washington: Nov Is entire
province of Zamboanga surrendered to
Very, Internationally. Delivery of all
guns promised. Numerous local chiefs
have declared loyalty. WATSON"
Ihe information contained in Admiral
Watson'S dispatch was received by the
president and his advisors with uncon-
cealed satisfaction. The surrender of
the province of Zamboanga is regarded
as the beginning of the end of the rev.
olution in the island of Mindanao, and
1t is believed, will be a hard blow to
those VINO are still endeavoring to main
tain the insurrection in the island Of
LuZon.
On the 21st inst, Admiral Watson ca
bled the navy department that Com
mander Very had captured the city of
Iamboanga on the 10th. He was aided
by friendly natives and was holding the
town, pending the arrival of reinforce
merits from Jolo. On the same day
General Otis informed the war depart
ment that he had ordered two COM
panies of infantry to be sent to Fam
boanga from Jolo.
Zamboanga is the principal city of
Mindanao, which is the second lar
geest island in the Philippine group. Ad-
vices from Admiral Watson indicate
that the entire southern nalf of the is
land, which comprises the province of
Zamboanga, has yielded to the Amer
lcan forces and acceded to the author
ity of the United States
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Maintained Its Reputation.

London, Nov. 26.-At wellington bar
racks, London, the following telegram.
undated, was posted from Colonel
Grabbe of the Grenadier guards, re-
specting the fight at Belmont:
THE Grenadiers on the right and the
Scots guards on the left successfully
carried a point east of Belmont The
battalion fully maintained the reputa-
tion of the regiment.
THE casualty list shows that, in ad-
dition to Lieutenant Freyer, killed and
Colonel Grabbe, and six other officers
wounded, p men were killed and SIS
wounded. with five unaccounted for"
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A WARNING SOUNDED.
The Emperor Must Stop Attempting to
Fetter Public Thought

Berlin, Nov. 26.--The Cologne volks
Zeitung, in a powerful editorial, calls
upon the imperial chancellor, Prince
Hohenlohe, to keep his promise to alb
rogate, before Jan. l, the prohibition of
political coalition, declaring that if this
promise is not kept he must retire. It
asks him to tell Emperor William "the
real truth about the internal situation
in Germany" adding that 1.-The emperor
will then surely abandon these unceas-
ing experiments to fetter public thought
and to devise bills to squelch political
opponents"
This was written on behalf of the
center (the clericals), the section of
the reichstag which makes or mars leg
iSla ton.
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Is Growing Weaker.

Nebraska City, Neb,, Nov, Ex-senator
Hayward had another bad night and DR..
Whitten was considerably discouraged at
the condition of his patient this morning.
The senator is gradually growing weaker.
his pulse is accelerationg and it is thought
by those best acquainted with the case
that he cannot survive the week.
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Acquitted of Murder.

Sedalia, Mo-, Nov. 26.--J. II. McMani-
gan, charged with murder in the first
degree in killing Capt. Thomas c.
Young of Lexington, Mo-. in Septem-
ber 1898, was acquitted to-day. Nc
Manigan, who is a youthful telegraph
operator, stabbed Young during quar-
rel. Young was a veteran of the civil
war and at the time was attending a
confederate reunion. For a time Nc
Manigan was threatened with lynching
by the old soldiers and later he attempt
ed to commit suicide
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viii support Bankhead.

Austin. Texas, Nov. 26--In the coming
congress Hon. j. w. Bailey will it Is
said. support Bankhead of Alabama for
the minority leadership long as that
gentleman remains in the race. He is in
clined to the belief that there will be a
deadlock between candidates remaining
after Bankhead w!thdraws, in which
event he will propose Hon. S. ". T. Ian
ham, who is his second choice believing
that the gentleman from the Eighth Tex
as district will prove acceptable to the
different factions
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The Rumor Unfounded.

Halifax. n. S. Nov. 26,-Speaker Mott
of the Newfoundland legislature has ar
rived here. To the associated press cor
respondent he stated that the reports sent
out from St. Johns, N F., that Minister
of Marine Morine had resigned and that
the present colonial government would ba
shortly dissolved. was incorrect He said
Mr. Morine's resignation had not. even
been thought OF and that the government
would not think of running the risk of
an elec cton.
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Remains of Major Howard.

Omaha, Neb., Nov. 26.--When the re-
mains of Major Guy Howard son of Gen
eral o. o. Howard, who was killed re-
Gently in the Philippines, arrive in this
city tomorrow they will be met by a
delegation from army headquarters and
escorted to the home of the father-in-law
of the deceased officer, Judge j. NJ. Wool
worth. where later in the day the funeral
services will be held. The services will
be private. Major Howard was well
known IN Omaha, having spent some
time here while his father was in COM
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In the Hospital.

London. Nov 26.--A further dispatch
from Cape Town, dated yesterday, says:
The officers, non-commissioned Off
GERS and men in the hospital at Nyn-
berg are doing well except a driver and
a gunner, both of whom are seriously
i'll. Two privates have died Of pneu-
monia. The Belmont wounded are due
here tomorrow by the ambulance train
Lord Methuen is In photographic COM
munication with Kimberley"
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Methodist CONGRESS-

st. Louis, Nov. 26.--The Methodist
Episcopal congress began its sessions to-
day. There was no formal organization
and the proceedings took the form of
the usual religious services. The sermon
was preached by Bishop Henry W. War
rem of Denver. who took his text from
Romans Lie. There were present dele
gates from every section of the country.
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AGAIN DEFEATED.
General Methuen Drives the Beers From
Gras Pan.

London, Nov. 26.--This afternoon the
war Office posted the following dispatch
dated Cape Town, 1920 p. m. to-day,
from General Forester Walker:
Lord Methuen reports that he moved
yesterday Saturday at $3.50 a. m. with
the 9th regiment, the mounted corps,
the naval brigade and two batteries,
the guards following with the baggage.
Near Gfas Pan (about 10 miles north
of Belmont on the railroad line to Kim
berley), $500 Beers with six guns and
TWO machine guns opposed him. The
action began at a. M Our batteries
nred shrapnel very accurately until the
heights seemed clear. Then the naval
brigade and infantry advanced to the
assault The firing was desperate until
l0 a. M, when the heights were carried.
Inc Boers retreated on the line, where
the 9th Lancers were sent to intercept
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Wounded at Belmont.

Cape Town, Nov. 25.-On the arrival Of
the Belmont wounded, with the Boer pris-
oners taken in that engagement. most
of the wounded will be lodged in Buford
hospital, where 1875 beds have been pre-
pared. One of the Boer prisoners who
was wounded in the Orange river en-
gagement on being asked what he
thought of the British bayonet charge,
answered, Almighty, do you think 1
waited for that?"
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Joined Hildyard,

London, Nov. 26--A special dispatch
from Estcourt dated Sunday says:
The Moo column has Joined Gener-
al Hildyard's force, and is bivouacing
this morning at Frere, about midway
between Esteourt and Colenso."
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Tho Advance started.

London. Nov 26.-Special dispatches
from Pietermaritzburg announce the
arrival of General Butler there. Rail
way communication between Estcourt
and Mooi river has been restored by
Lord Dundallis' force, and the Mooi
column entered Sunday. The Estcourt
column Immediately started the ad-
vance toward Colenso
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A brilliant sucsess.

Cape Town, Nov. 26.-Reports re-
.ceiyed here of the brilliant success Of
Lord Methuen at. tras Pan say that
the Beers had.S0 killed and many
wounded, and that the British took nu-
merous prisoners
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End Near Mt Hand.

Washington. Nov. 26.-The war depart
ment has not been advised of the sur
render of the province, as reported in Ad-
miral Watson's dispatch, Secretary Root
saying sto-nishts that he had no news. to-
day from General 7Dtis. Both Secretaries
Long and Root are elated over the infor-
nation sent by the admiral and express
the belief that the end of the insurrecton
in the Philippine islands is near at hand
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Seized the Rifles.

Cape Town, Nov ga dispatch from
Queenstown says the mayor of Bark
ley East, who has arrived there, asserts
that last Wednesday 70 well-known
Barlzley East farmers seized the local
magazine with 800 Martins and 1000
rounds Of ammunition. They made a
lively demonstration, and rode through
Hartley's bar and billiard room. Dur
ing the evening Is Free State burghers
arrived, and Immediately Joined them.
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Boer Prisoners,

Cape Town, Nov 26-Evening-Th
Boer prisoners from Belmont arrived
this evening. The wounded prisoners
went to the military hospital and the
others to the convent. which has been
converted into military prison. All
appeared to have lost heart, and were
in a dilapidated condition
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Are Coming South.

Durham, Saturday Nov. 25.-Advicas
from Mooi river say that a Kaffir
brought in yesterday, who was impress
eral Joubert as a servant. asserts that
General Joubert and four sons, with a
commando. are coming south. The kaf-
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Germany Notified.

Berlin, Nov. 26.--The Reischrachten
says that Great Britain has notified
Germany that since Oct. 12 a state of
war has existed with the two Dutch
republics. The Kolnische Zeitung,
commenting upon this says:
''The announcement is of two fold
Importance. In the first place, it
proves that England receded from her
former view point of regarding the
Beers as mere rebels"
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fir estimates, the Boer strength at from
1000 to 1900 men. According to his
story the British smashed one or two Of
the enemy's big guns at Ladysmith.
There was heavy thunderstorm at
Mooi river Wednesday night. All Is
quiet there, and two wagons from the
naval brigade have arrived.
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Prize Court Established.

Durham, Nov 26.-The governor of
Natal. Sir Walter Hely- Hutchinson, in
his capacity of vice admiral has pro-
claimed the establishment of a prize
court to deal with prizes captured by
British warShps.
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Cape Town. Nov. 26.--The Cape Ar
gus says: Lord Methuen's letter to
the Boer commandant warned him
that the British commander would not
recognize anything but flag Of truce,
adding:
To place a white handkerchief on
a rifle and take advantage Of your
enemy Is a cowardly action, which
neither you nor I can countenance."
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A Heavy Loss,

Bowling Green, Ohio, Nov 26-Near-
ly half of the business portion of Wes-
ton was burned to-day. Twelve build
ings occupied by about 20 business firms
We're destroyed. Loss estimated at
S60, GOO; insurance about half.
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Lost His Diamonds.

Chicago, Nov. 26.-Daniel Earl a dia-
mond importer, lost leather pouch
containing $7363 worth of diamonds,
rubies, sapphires and other precious
stones while carrying it from his office
to safety deposit vaults last night. He
placed the pouch in his inside coat
pocket and missed it while on the
ct
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Going to the Front.

Durham. Saturday, Nov 25.-Sir Redvers
Butler. looking the pink of health, arrived
here this evening and Immediately pro-
ceeded up the country in the governors
car. He was enthusiastically cheered by
the people.
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S.ormberg Occupied,

Cape Town. Nov. 26. midnight The
Beers occupied Stormberg, Cape Col
ony, Sunday morning
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Forces Still Out.

Durham, Nov. 26, noon.--Advices from
MOoi river announce a reconnaissance in
force with the forces still out
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Cable Interrupted.

Alden, Nov. 26.-The Zanzibar cable
is interrupted. causing delay in the
transmission of dispatches from South
Africa.
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Estcourt, Nov 90, noon.-Commandant
General Joubert IS retiring from Mooi
river on Ladysmth
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Communication Restored.

Durham, Nov. 26 photographic
communication with Estcourt has been
restored.
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A EIntterins Recention.

Berlin. Nov 26.-The German newspa,,
pers give an almost flattering reception to
the news of the British victory in the
Soudan.
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If We Don't, Tell Tell Us. -
What You
See OF Our
Suits and
Top Coats

Tells tale of superiority, to be
sure, but what you don't see,
the vital parts, the inside trim
mings, make the life of gar
ment. There, we claim, the
chief advantages of our cloth
ing exist.
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TIE JEWS IN RUSSIA.

st. Petersburg correspondence OF The LONDON
Post
That the importance OF the regulations recent
" published with regard to the position ot
Jewish merchants in Moscow is by no means
imaginary is proved by the satisfaction ex-
pressed by the "Novoe Vremya" at their prom
ulgation This journal has for many years
been marked by anti-Semitic feeling OF the MT
terest description. and il is invariably founo 10
support any measures calculated 10 restrict Inc
activity of Jews in Russia According TO us
latest utterances on the subject. the laws which
no means too severe Jews have been able 10
settle in the great towns which oher such a
fine field for their enterprise. and have fastene
not only on their trade but also on the so-caiied
liberal professions In St Petersburg, TOT
instance the headquarters OF Russian hnance
and the chief money market OF tne err
pre nearly all the banks are in the
hands Of the Jews In Moscow. the chief cen
tire of Russian commerce, where In looo, 10
the shame OF the Moscow merchants. petI-
ton addressed to the emperor praying
that Jews might, account of their NUMBERS
and influence be allowed to reside unmolested IN
the district the laxity of the laws has encour-
aged not only the richer Jews but also "a mass
CT sn aller people who followed them IN tne guiSe
of clerks or servants. and adopted some iraue
as a screen for usury and all the jewish arts
to obtain great influence in mercantile matters
and also to acquire controf OF the iocai PRES.
This state of affairs will be altered by the new
regulations They are not retroactive, but
they will impose real restrictions on the future
settlement OF Jews in MOSCOW and other toWhs
of that district, and on their participation IN
the local management of trade AFFAIRS Iheir
PRONUNCIATION, concludes the writer VIII Hake :,
deep impression on Russian society. and VIII
be accented as a proof that the principles OF
Russian policy with regard to the Jews remain
unaltered.