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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-23
onn.,l Nnntn 1enne Of Abeenee.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Nov. 22.-unI-
ted states Consul Macrum, at Pretoria,
has asked the state department for
leave of absence with permission TO
take advantage of It at once. He
pleads domestic reasons for leaving his
post and offers to place in the consul
late as the representative Of the Uni
ted States, Vice Consul Attlebury, who
is now on the ground, The department
however, refused to accede to the re-
quest, and Mr.. Macrum will stay where
he is, unless he sees 1T to quit his post
without permission.
II is learned that so far Mr. Macrun,
has not been prohibited by the Boer
government from caring for the wei
fare Of the British subjects now In the
Transvaal and tho Free State. or Mt
least he has not yet so notified the stnte
department. There has been some frIc-
tion encountered in the effort OF the
British government to secure permIs-
sion for the United States consul TO
dlsburse funds for the benefit OF the
British soldiers held as prisoners Of
war;
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AN UPRISING OF
NATAL FARMERS
NOW IMMINENT
Number Of Colonial Beers in Those
Districts Have Already
Joined Kruger.
WAR NEWS FROM PRETORIA
Must Be Taken With Grain Of AL
lOwance-only Ninety Beers
Reported Killed SO Ear.
,snsc,sl Associated Press Cable to
Tho Intelllgencer,l

PRETORIA, Nov. 22.-General sny-
man who is outside MafeNing, reports
heavy lighting Monday afternoon. The
BrItsh briskly fred on the French
cannon and Boer forts. The Beers re-
nlIed bombardlng the British forts with
GOOD effect. The loss OF the British is
unknown. The official returns Of the
Trapsyaal casualties since the outbreak
NJ the war, show that ninety men have
heen killed and 200 wounded, of whom
n number have recovered and returned
to the front.
Newspaper reports from Cape Colony
say general rising of the Dutch far
ners is imminent in Natal and thai the
colonial Beers in those districts, which
have been proclaimed Republican terri
tory, have already Joined the Boer
forces. The following dispatch has
been received from the Boer headquar-
ters near Ladysmith:
"The field cornets of the Pretoria
commando reported that British gun
carriages and some horsemen had been
heard moving last night In LadysmIth.
Our outposts observed the British en-
deayorIng to sortie toward Lombard's
kop and Bulwama hill. where our Max
inns opened fire. The range was too
great and therefore our artillery began
ebellIng, which drove the British back.
About daybreak the British batteries
fred upon our positions. Two burgh-
ers were wounded. It is supposed that
the object of the sorties was to relieve
the Estcourt force, who had sent an
urgent message to LadysmIth re-
questIng aid. The burghers captured
the messenger, but finally allowed him
to proceed"
1t is reported that the Natal police
have captured a number Of Transvaal
dispatch riders. In his latest report
General Joubert says:
II am cutting on the retreat Of the
Estcourt troops to Pletermarltzburg
and driving them back on the Tugela
river"
1t is also reported that the Boer COM
mander with the forces near Ladysmith
has "eomprehensIvely surveyed the diff
ferent points from which the fall of
LadysmIth can be insured"
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ArTAoK coNTEMP1ATEp.

Large Number of Beers Congregatirg
Near Pietermaritzburg.
LONDON, Nov. GA dispatch TO the
Daily News from Nottingham Road,
Natal, dated Tuesday, says the Beers
have arrived there.
The Morning Posts correspondent at
PIetermarItzburg. telegraphing Tues
day evening says: 1.-THE Beers are now
all around Mool river station, where an
other Of your correspondents is report
ed to be with the troops.
The Daily News has the following
from Pletermarltzburg under Wednes-
days date: "Your correspondent man
aged to escape from the Mooi river dis
trict yesterday before the arrival Of 5000
Beers, who are looting the farmstcads
in all directions. The Natal Beers, en-
couraged by the successes of the Trans
vaalers, Join in the lootIng.
The main body Of the Beers made
rapid march from Ulundi, southwest Of
Estcourt, 10 a point near Fort Noting
ham, south Of the railway in single
day. They are within forty miles Of
Pletermaritzburg at the farthest. and it
is said that they intend to attack the
town.
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PUBLIC MEN
GPTEYE OVER
THEIR LOSS.
Partial List of Persons Who WIN At
tend vice President Hobart's
Funeral Saturday.
THE BODY WILL LIE IN STATE
In the Library at HIS Late Home.
Official Statement From Pri-
vato Secretary Evans.

NEW YORK, Nov. 22.-The funeral
Of the late GarTet A. Hobart, vice pres
ldent of the United States. will take
place on Saturday. The morning SER
vices at the residence will be attended
by only the members of Mr.. HObart's
family. President Mckinley and his
cabinet and Mr.. Hobart's most intimate
friends. At the Church of the Re-
deemer. in Paterson, the public service
viii be held at 2:SO o'clock in the after
noon.
The body will not lie in state in the
city hall. as was desired by the city au-
thorlties. but on Friday afternoon the
casket will be open in the library Of his
home and for three hours the public
may view the face Of the late vice pres
ident.
The body lies in handsome casket
of oak, the plate bearing this inscrlp-
tion:
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TO CLOSE THE WAR.
Steps to That End Being Taken by
Prominent Afrakander-Bad Food
Story Denied by British officials.

Steps to That End Being Taken by
Prominent Afrakander-Bad Food
Story Denied by British officials.
LONDON, Nov. 22.--It is reported
that Mr.. Hofrmeycr, the Afrikander
leader, has taken an important step In
the hope of fastening the close of the
war. He is said to have charged Mr..
sauer, the minister of public works, to
get in touch with the Free State forces
in an endeavor to arrange that the
Beers shall apply for an armistiee. The
ostensIble object Of Mr.. sauer's trip is
to induce his constituents at AlIwal
North to remain passive.
Boer requIsltIonIng of men and sup
piles proceeds brIskly on the northern
border of Cape Colony, but General
Gatncre hopes soon to be in a position
to push the Free staters back within
their own borders. The re-OccupatIon
Of Naauwpoort by the British, is the
first step in this direction, but strong
forces Of Beers are laHgered at Coles
berg and threaten a further immediate
advance from there.
Various officials Of the British ad-
mlralty have been interviewed by rep
resentatives of the Associated Press
regarding the London Daily Chronicles
bad beef assertions, and they say they
have not received single complaint as
to the quality of food furnished on the
transports. The chief of the victualllng
department said:
"The first we heard of the matter was
through the press and, though doubtful
OF it's accuracy, we have set on foot In
uulrles on the subject. The only specI-
fc instance mentioned is that of the
NubIa. We bought large quantities of
provisions in New York, but we have
there responsible agents who are not
likely to accept rotten meat or meat
which has already been refused by 9TH
or governments. It is understood that
the term "embalmed beer Is applied in
the United States to canned meats. We
have not bought any of these. Our
supplies are confined to salt beef and
pork, packed IN casks commonly hlV""
nj sea as salt horse, the same as serv-
cd in NIL the nnvies OF the world for
years past. We have not, so far heard
n word against this form Of food, and
Judging from the health OF the men In
the United states navy, In the war with
spaln, 1t must have agreed pretty well
with them.
ut is barely possible that our soldiers
who aro not accustomed to salt food nre
not altogether satisfied with this diet
ana arc, perhaps, inclined unofIIclnlly'
to declare It UNFIT for consumption. We
have yet to lcnrn that tho provisions
purchased in the United states are not
all as represented and, though inycst-
eating tho allegations, we have no rea-
son to suppose we win discontinue pur-
chasing In the United States when cir
eumstaRees demand outside resourcGs'"
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PAIL BEARERS SELECTED.
Committee Of the House Of Represen
tatiyes Who viii Attend.

Committee Of the House Of Represen-
tatives Who Will Attend.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 22.-The
pall bearers selected on the part Of the
senate are: Senators sewell, Kean,
Frye, Fairbanks, Hanna, Mcmillan
Coclrell and Daniel. The house pail
bears win be designated by Mrs. Ho-
bart and have not yet been named.
The present understanding is that all
the members of the United States su-
preme court, with the possible excep-
ton of Justice White. will attend. Mr..
White is i'll and probably will be COM
PEELED 20 remain in washington.
Following is a list of members Of the
house, selected to attend the funeral:
Representatives Henderson, Brosius,
Joy, Livingston, Meyer, Hepburn. Ball.
Kleberg, Rixey, Cushman. Barnham,
Boutell, Robinson, Long, GIllett. Norris.
Clark, Mercer, Loudenslagerr Gardner,
Howell, Salmon. Stewart, Parker, Daily.
Fowler, Ketcham, Mcclellan, sIbley,
Bingham, Dalzell, Adams, BrownlOw,
Alexander, White, Robbins. Davis,
Burke, spalding, Benton, showalter,
Clayton and Jones.
Orders have been sent to General Otis
in the Philippines, and General Brooke.
in Cuba, and General Davis, in Porto
Rico, to have flags at all garrisons half
masted on Saturday, the day of the fu-
neral of Vice President Hobart.
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ONLY sEVRN JURORS.
No Progress 1Eade Yesterday IN th,
1Eolineaux Trial.


1Eolineaux Trial.
NEW YORK. Nov. 22.-The dramatic
feature in connection with the trial Of
Roland B. Mollneux on the charge Of
causing the death by poison Of Mrs.
Katherine ]. Adams, occurred immedl-
ately after the noon-day recess to-day,
when Barlow 8. Weeks. counsel for the
prisoner, emphatieally protested
against the publication Of q story to
the effect that the plea OF the defense
would be insanity.
Recorder Con commented upon the
complaint Of the attorney for the de-
fense at considerable length, in con-
cluslon stating that Mr.. Weeks might
present to the court at his convenience
any information concerning this mat
ter that the defense might see at 70
produce. he asserted that the court
would consider the subject and make 9
disposltlon Of Il In accordance with tho
merits OF the case.
District Attorney Osborne eoncntrea
with Mr.. Weeks and pledged his hearty
cooperation. The newspaper which
offended by outlining the plea which 1t
was claimed the defense would make
contained statements tending to show
that number Of relatives Of Roland
B. Molineux had suffered from various
forms Of insanity.
Not Juror was selected to-day, al-
though more than fifty talesman were
interrogated. Five seats in the Jury
box stlll remain unoccupled, though
over $50 candidates in all have been ex-
amined. OF the talesmen on the stand
to-day. eleven escaped because they
were opposed to circumstantIal evi-
dence, twenty-three did not believe In
capital punishment, four lacked general
intelligence, seven had formed optn-
ions of the case and SIX were chHlleng.
ed without stated reason.
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nlnnlE Firm,a EnbnrranIment.

NEW YORK. Nov. 22-FFoedHian
Bros., one Of the most important cloak
manufacturing firms In New York, arc
in financial dimculties and have placed
their affairs before their creditors With Q
view TO obtaining Q settlement and eon-
tinuing the business. The total hAlbtl-
tiles Of the firm, both secured and unse-
cured, are $S49,166. Of which Sl2s,beS y
secured by mortgages on real estate:
there are 5000 due for taxes and some
interest, which leaves the business lla-
billtleS az about $l1S,000 Joseph Kohl-
er, representing the arm, said that tho
total assets at bottom figures nre $l0S,"
S09
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rnllnn,a MinuInn snnn...fnl

NEW YORK. Nov 22.-The mission Of
Lord Mayor Daniel Talon. OF Dublin,
and John E. Redmond, NJ. p, 20 this
country in the interest OF preserving the
Parncll homestead In county Wicklow,
ireland, has been successful Tonight
Thomas F. Smith. private secretary to
Richard Croker. and general secretary
OF Tammnny Hail. presented to the lord
mayor In the name OF Tammany Hall,
a certified check for $4,000 to save the
Parnell homestead, This was 5000 in
excess OF the amount needed. In pre-
BentinE the draft, Mr.. Smith said II gave
him great pleasure to present the draft
on behalf OF Mr.. Croker, who had COM
missloned him to do so.
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Wrecked Grow In Port.

BALTIMORE. Nd. Nov. 22,-Thc
Donaldson line steamship LoknnIO,
Captain McNclll. arrived at this port
this morning with the crew of the Brit
ish steamship Manchester Enterprise,
which foundered on November 10 $50
miles southeast OF Cape Race The res
cued nuu'ber ~, Of whom nine are cat
tlemon returning from Liverpool. The
Manchester Enterprise sprung leak
during severe gale on November Is.
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ESCOURT NOW CUT OFF.
Beers in Control of Railroads Below
That Point, and Are Constantly
Making Unexpected Appearances.


LONDON, Nov. 22.-There has. ap-
parently, been no communication with
Estcourt, Natal, since noon, Tuesday
and the Beers now control the railroad
thence to the Mool river. Consequent
ly momentous developments may be ex-
pected at any time. The Beers, 1t
seems, are swarming southward. Large
bodies OF them are reported all around
Estcourt and parties Of Beers appear
to be threatening PletermarItzburg
The Beers encamped at Highland sta
tlon are we'll supplied with artillery
ond all evidence tends TO show that the
various forces are being largely In
creased by accessIons from the disaf-
fected Cape burghers. The serious de-
ficency in cavalry Is being felt by the
British, who are unable to keep in touch
with the mobile Boer forces whose
presence is hardly reported before they
IRE lost sight of, to reappear at an
other vital point along the line of COM
munlcatlon. General Hildyard's forces
anchored at Estcourt by the naval
guns can do little but await an attack
until General Clary's column Is capable
Of taking the field.
According to Cape Town dispatch.
General Methuen's division left Orange
river and reached wItteputs half way
to Belmont, yesterday and adyices from
Orange river to-day show that the
Doe occupy Belmont in force and that
The naighboring hills. are crowned with
bosr cannon. A patrol OF Lancers
which has returned to Orange river,
came unexpectedly on two Boer laagers.
Three shrapnel shells burst close to the
lancsrs who. however, were unframed.
The Bs.lIsh transport Klldoan Castle,
said 70 be the largest transport in the
world, which left Southampton Novem-
her I, with 5000 men, their kits. wen-
pons, machine guns, ammunition. bal
looms, pontoons, wagons, etc, arrived
at Cape Town this morning. About
$4,000 Of General Buffers army corps
have now arrived.
The transport NubIn, with the irst
battalion of the Scots guards, has ar
rived from Cape Town for Durham. The
transport carlnthla arrived at Cape
Town yesterday
Advices from Cape Town sny Mr.. Col
lett, the correspondent of tho London
Daily Graphic. who was arrested by
the Beers while conveying n message
from Mr.. schrelncr. the premier of Cape
Colony to President steyn, of the
Orange Free state and who was taken
TO Bloemfontein, has been released and
sent back with President steyn's reply.
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WOOL STILL ADVANCING.
High Prices Have No Eject on the
Demand-A Tremendous Business
Transacted Last Week.

High Prices Have NO G1ecs on 'ns
Demand-A Tremendous Business
Transacted Last Week.
BOSTON, Nov. 21.-The American
Wool and Cotton Reporter will say to-
morrow:
The wool market continues excited.
Prices are steadily advancing towards
d higher level and as quotations rise the
more intense seems to be the eagerness
Of many to buy. A tremendous busi-
ness has been transacted, the sales of
the week aggregating over 1S,oOo,oOO
pounds, which has been pretty well dis
tributed among consumers, SPECTATORS
and members of the trade, many Of
whom are compelled to buy in the open
market In order to attend to the needs
Of their customers. The markets abroad
continue to display a hardening ten
dency and late advlces state that in
Melbourne some Of the very best stock
has been disposed Of at prices which
mean 81 per pound, clean, landed in
Boston. The active demand for wool
has depleted stocks so that 1t is esi-
mated that we will reach shortage
from 100000 to 1OO,OoO,oOO pounds by
next May, in which case 1t is quite
probable that importatlons will result.
During the past week carpet wools have
apparently begun to share in the actlv-
H., ,,.ts q, ether grades. Carpetg have
opened at advanced prices and large
purchases have been made.
The sales Of the week in Boston
amounted to 12,s7S,OOO pounds domestic
and 10000 pounds foreign. making q
total OF 1s,74SOOO against a total of 49,
S17,77s for the previous week and total
of s,s7s,OOO for the corresponding week
last year.
Sales since January I, 1899, amount to
S1I,O67,57s pounds against 11s,slo'OlO
pounds last year at this time
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COUNTY ELECTION BOARD.
In Session at Louisville and oficial
Vote Announced,

In Session at Louisville and omcial
Vote Announced.
LOUISVILLE, KY. Nov. 22.-The
county election board convened to-day
70 hear argument on the motion to throw
out the whole vote Of the city of LouIs-
Vile and to receive from the account
ants footings in the otticial count for
Jefferson county. The vote for COVER
nor was announced as follows: Taylor.
1s,445; Goebel. 1908; Brown, 2,672; Tay-
lor's plurality, 3422.
The motion to throw out the vote OF
Louisville was then taken up. Judge
HarEis was permitted to read afiidavlts
from Mayor Weaver. Chairman Lyons.
OF the board Of safety; Chief Of Police
Haager, Henry Bell. sheriff, and others
relative to the presence of militia in this
city on the day Of the election. These
affidavits state that the presence Of the
militia in this city was uncalled for, and
that the municipal authorities were am
ply able to cope with the situation on
that dAy
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ninlomnts and senatOrs.

WASHINGTON, d. c.. Nov. 22.-The
diplomatic body in Washington is not
to be formally invited to attend the fu-
neral Of the late Vice President Ho-
bart, a study of the precedents in such
cases being against the invitation.
They will44sOslVa ea6A n simple note
announcing the demise Of Mr.. Hobart.
orders will go out to-day from the
navy department to the commanding
officers of the naval stations at home
and abroad to observe the formallties
indicated in the Presidents proclama-
ton of yesterday, respecting the de-
ceased official.
The sergeant-at-arms of the senate
has received notice from the following
senator's who will attend the funeral,
meeting for that purpose at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, New York, on Saturday
morning:
Aldrlch, Allison. Bacon, BeverIdge,
Baker, Berry, Burrows, Clark. of Wy
oming; Clark. of Montana; cOckrell,
Culberson, Daniel. Depew, Fairbanks.
Foraker, Foster, Frye, GallInger, Hale,
Hanna, Hansbrough. Harris. Hawley'
Heitfeld, Hoar. Jones, of Arkansas;
Jones, OF Navada; Kean, Kenney, Kyle
Lindsay, Lodge, Mccomas. McLaurin.
Mcmillan, Martin, Mason. Penrose.
Platt, of Connecticut; Proctor, Ross,
Scott, sewell. spooner, TalIterro, TILL
man. Wetmore and wolcott.
OF the senator's so far heard from
who cannot attend, Messrs. Bate. Hay
ward, Mallory, Vest and Warren are
sick. Some others may be added to the
,,., hotwnan now and Saturday.
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BALTIMORE & ONO Wreck.

Express CraShes Into Rear End Of a
Freight 9rain-Four Men Killed
and Two Missing.
GARRETT, md, Nov. 2a.-The heavy
baltimore q Ohio limited, passenger
train, drawn by two locomotives, ran
into the rear end Of a freight train near
McCool, small station tifty miles out
Of Chicago. this afternoon. Both the
passenger engines were dltched and
their crews were killed. The freIght
trains was almost total wreck. Its
conductor, Mr. Butts and Rear Brake
man Hamilton are missing, and It Is
supposed they are buried under the de-
bris OF their caboose. A gpecial train
reached here about noon, having the
following named victims Of the wreck;
Dead;
Henry Bradford. engineer.
p. n. sarber, engineer.
Elmer orr, fireman. i
John stine. fireman.
Injured: James Cannon, Allegheny,
right wrist crushed; F. R. Ferguson,
Chicago. postal clerk, bruised about
the head ana body; B. ]. Bloomer,
Newark, Ohio, bruised about body;
Frederick Hudson, Columbia, Ohio, cut
about head and arms, and legs injured
Each Of the dead men leaves a fam
ily and alIiwere among the best known
employees Of the road.
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Cen. Wheaton's Next Move.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22-The next
move OF Importance is to be made by
Gen. Wheaton. who will go up the coast
by transport to Vigan, at the mouth Of
Abea river. This will land his forces
far to the north of where Aguinaldo Is
supposed to be, the intention being to
cut on his retreat to the north. From
the military information bureau 1t Is
learned that east Of the route AEuin-
aldo is taking are mountains inhabited
by tribes which are not friendly to Ag-
ulnaldo and would be likely TO attack
hi mif he attempted to cross their terri
tory. The country along the coast Is
quite well settled. There are several
little rivers making hArbors from which
It Is feared Aguinaldo may escape by
boat. Gen. Young, II is believed, is
watching the smaller ports with part
Of his force,
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Pnhlic oaiees to 0lose saturday.

WASHINGTON, Nov. GIN response
IN n large number OF telegraphic inQui-
rles the treasury department desires It
stated that the Offices OF all collectors OF
customs, and collectors of Internal reve-
nue., stamp deputies and other officials
will be closed on next Saturday, the day
Of the funeral of Vice President Hobart:
At the request Of Attorney General
GriggE, the secretary of war has direct
cd that 200 regular troops be sent to Pat.
crson, N. j., on the day of the funeral OF
vice President Hobart. These troops
win be on police duty in the vicinity OF
and around the residence, The British
ihck over the British embassy was at
half mast to-day as a mark Of respect
for the late Vice President Hobart.