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New-York tribune., 1900-01-30
THE BATTLE AT sPIoN KoP.
BRITISH FIGHTING AN UNSEEN ENEMY
CONTESTS DESPERATE NATURE.

London, Jan. 3O-A dispatch from Frere
Camp dated Friday. January 26, says:
1 have just ridden in here, having left Cen
eral Buffers forces in the positions south of
the Tugela, to which they retired in consequence
of the reverse at Spion Kop.
The fighting, both before and after the occu-
patton Of the mountain, of a desperate
character. Spion Kop is precipitous mountain
overtopping the whole line Of kopjes along the
Upper Tugela On the eastern side the noun
tain faces Mount Alice and Potgieter's Drift,
standing at right angles to the Boer central
position and Lyttleton's advanced position. The
southern point descends in abrupt steps to the
lower line of kopjes On the western side, oppo-
site the right outposts of Warrens force it is
inaccessibly steep until the point where the mex
joins the kop to the main range. Then there is
a gentle SLOPE which allows easy access to the
summit.
The mex strongly held by the Beers, who
also occupied a heavy spur parallel with the
kop, where the enemy concealed in no fewer
than thirty-fve ri1epits, and thus enabled
to bring to bear upon our men a damaging cross
fire, the only possible point of attack being the
southern side, with virtually sheer precipices on
the left and right
A narrow footpath, admitting in single file
only to the summit, opens into perfectly fiat
tableland probably of 300 square yards area,
upon which the Boers had hastily commenced to
make transverse trench. Our men were able
to occupy the further end of this tableland,
where the ridge descended to another fiat, which
again succeeded by a round, stony eminence
held by the Beers in great strength.
The ridge held by our men faced by a
number Of strong little kopjes at all angles.
whence the Beers sent concentrated fire from
their rifles supported by Maxim -Nordenfeldt
and big long range gun. What, with the rifles,
the machine guns and the big gun, the summit
was converted into a perfect hell. The shells
exploded continuously in ranks, and the
rife fire, from absolutely unseen enemy, was
perfectly appalling.
Reinforcements were hurried up by General
Warren, but they had to cross a stretch of fiat
ground, which literally torn up by the fly
ing lead of the enemy. The unfinished trench
on the summit gave very questionable shelter
as the enemy's machine guns SO accurate
ly ranged upon the place that often sixteen
shells fell in the trench in a single minute.
Mortal men could not permanently hold such
a position. Our gallant fellows held 1t tena-
ciously for twenty-four hours and then taking
advantage of the dark night, abandoned it to
the enemy.
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er the bulk of the Sixth Division has left Cape
Town The cavalry reconnoissances have sug-
gested the probability that Lord Roberts in
tends to carry the into the enemy's coun-
try as speedily as possible. That will be the
policy which the military writer's are known to
favor, but it will leave Ladysmth and Kimber-
ley dependent upon their own falling resources
There is another consideration which Lord
Roberts and Sir Alfred Milrer cannot afford to
overlook. The Cape Colony Dutch have been i'm
pressed with the utter failure of General Buffers
campaign with his army corps and it may be
highly dangerous to send the Sixth Division to
Natal. The safest course may be to mass it south
of the Orange River, to reinforce it with the
Seventh Division now beginning to arrive and
to clear the way for operations in the Free
State, where there are no kopjes.
The soundest military policy may not be one
which will be the most helpful to the Minister'S
who already in dread of the moral effect of
the fall Of Ladysmith. Both here and in South
Africa they were holding inquests upon General
Buffers plan of campaign at official dinners
last night, and the dissecting knife was also in
use at feast of the Opposition chiefs.
summary of one of the least promising of
the Queens speeches of her reign was in every
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Mr.. HENDRICKS NAMED.
HIS NOMINATION FOR SUPERINTENDENT
OF INSURANCE SENT BY THE GOV
ERNOR TO THE SENATE

Albany. Jan. % (SpeciaD D.-Governor Roose-
welt nominated ex-senator Francis Hendricks,
of Syracuse, for Superintendent of the Insur-
ance Department tonight, to succeed Louis F.
Payn whose term will soon expire. This nOml-
nation was sent to the State Senate, whose
members listened to the reading of the Gov
ernor's message with languid interest. In the
language of Wall Street the Senators seemed
to have discounted" the announcement last
week. and therefore did not have keen per-
sOnal interest in the affair. The nomination
was referred by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Wood
ruff in a matter of fact way. to the Senate In
sllrance Committee, and then the Senate pro-
ceeded to the consideration of other business.
BENJAMIN B. OdeI, jr., the chairman of the
Republican State Committee, arrived here to-
day and had some chats with the Republican
Senators. He is confident Of the confirmation
Of Mr. Hendricks. At first it was thought that
arrangements could be made to hold caucus
upon the nomination tonight, but finally the
caucus was deferred until tomorrow afternoon.
Senator Amber, who represents Mr.. Payns
home county of Columbia, stated tonight that
he should attend the caucus and abide by its re-
suit, if a majority of the caucus favored Mr..
Hendricks. Therefore he he will have twenty
seven votes in his support for superintendent OF
the Insurance Department or one more than
the number requisite to pass bill in the Sen
TO secure Mr.. Hendricks's confirmation.
Evidently the Democrats are displeased over
the apparent fact that there viii be no Re-
publican quarrel over the office OF Superlntend-
ent of the Insurance Department, but they con-
slider it good policy not to express their disap-
pointment. Senator Grady sad IN )9cular
of the twenty three Democrats to use their vote
to divide the Republicans:
body of Hessians ever gathered together in this
State"
New-York tribune., 1900-01-30

boiler room was completely lifted from the build
ing. and the flying iron and steel fell in all diree-
tions Heavy beams and portions of the masonry
thrown from the foundations. The men We're
crushed to the ground on the spot where they
were attending to the rolls and those beside the
boilers were scalded by the escaping steam The
bodies of the burned and begrtmed
that they were scarcely recognizable.
The families of the workmen who live in the
neighbOrhood realized the extent of the accident
the moment the explosion was heard. and women
and children rushed at once to the mill, crying
for those who were believed to be buried beneath
the ruins. 1t impossible for the cooler heads
to keep back the torrent of humanity that surged
up to the gates. and for time the frantic women
interfered with the work of the rescuers
The mill had been stopped over Sunday, and the
boilers had just been fired preparatory to starting
the mill again. More than a hundred men were
standing about ready to go to work when the
plosfon occurred. One of the boilers rose end
and a sheet of flame shot out of the furnace door,
completely enveloping Holland.
The cause of the explosion cannot be known until
a thorough investigation is made No estimate OF
the property loss could be had.
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LESS HOURS FOR sHIPTARD EMPLOYEES
MOVEMENT AMONG THE MEN TO MAKE PROPOSE
r1oN TO THE COMPANIES ON MAY l.

MOVEMENT AMONG THE MEN TO MAKE PROPOSE
TIoN TO THE COMPANIES ON MAY 1.
Newport News. Va. Jan. % (SpeciaD.-Reports to
the effect that the employees of the large American
shipyards. including the men at work in the New
port News yard. would go out strike to support
the strikers at Cramps IN their fight for nine
hour day, are again in circulation but the labor
leaders here declare that they groundless
far the shipbuiders in this city concerned.
1t is admitted, however, that on May the ship
yard employees throughout the country will make
the heads of the companies business propositions
looking the adoption of a nine hour day for the
pay given for ten hours. This will not be
demand it is stated and if the shpyards can
demonstrate to the workmen that their profits will
be lessened one dollar by the establishment of a
nine hour day, with the wages allowed
for ten hours, the proposition will be withdrawn
The labor assert that the average workman.
with the prospect of getting off hour earlier.
do as much work in nine hours as he does IN
ten. and that the expenses of nine hour day will
be greater than at the present. If the strikers
at Cramps lose. of course, the nine hour move
ment will avail nothing.
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KILLED BY BOILER EXPLOSION.
ONE MAN DEAD AND A DOZEN HURT IN A
PITTsBURG ROLLING MILL

Pittsburg. Jan. 29.-The steel department of Phil
lipps Nimick & Co.'S rolling mill, in West Carson
ST., was completely wrecked and a dozen men were
injured by explosion of a battery of four large
boilers. The shock OF the bursting boilers was
felt throughout the lower end OF the city, and
several thousand persons were attracted to the
scene of the accident The loss to the plant will
be enormous.
All the injured men were quickly removed from
the ruins. Five mutilated almost beyond
recognition. and two more deaths may result
The injured taken to a temporary hospital
and physicians summoned to relieve their suf-
fering. rescuing party then went to work
searching the wreckage. which 1t Is supposed en-
tombs others of the workmen.
Following is the list Of those most seriously hurt:
Simon Holland fireman, lived near South One
hundred -and-tenth-st.. died at homeopathic Hos
pital; Daniel Noonen. badly cut and scalded; Con-
stantine Gallagher. badly burned and cut; Frank
Stone. cut over the eyes; jeremiah Collins, W. T.
Cook and Peter Bynos.
The explosion one Of the most terrific that
ever occurred in Pittsburg mill The roof Of the
New-York tribune., 1900-01-30
A DISASTROUS REVERSE.
DESPERATE NATURE OF THE
FIGHT AT SPION K0P.
rps REPORT OF OFFICERS KILLED
THE QUEENS SPEECH IN
PARLIAMENT.

PARldAMEN1-
.A.. 1900 BY The New-York Tribune.l
fay CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE.l
LONDON jar 80. g. m-As yet no reliable
.,o4c,aI account has been published of the
bs+t,e Of spion Kop. but the few kilograms that
..e come TO hand emphasize the serious nature
>, the engagement and the fierce character of
-. sgbting No estimate has been made of the
.,+o1 losses Of the British troops. but in view of
-. large number of officers reported killed
twice as many as at Magersfontein and four
+,r,ss as many as at Colenso. there is only too
r,uch reason TO fear that spion Kop will turn
ont 10 be the severeA reverse which the British
army has sustained in the campaign up to the
present
At all events, in graphic picture Of the battle
telegraphed by the Central News correspondent.
the summit Of spion Kop is shown as a perfect
hell" the rife FIRE from the well concealed
r3oers being Of the most appalling description,
and the wonder is not that General Warren's
forces abandoned the position but that they
were able to held it for so long as they did.
The Queens Speech at the opening of Parlia-
ment to-day will naturally refer to the war,
and the loyalty and devotion displayed by Brit
fish subjects not only at home but also in the
colonies viii be mentioned, but no assurance
viii be given in the speech that the British
Ministers have adequately realized the grave
responsibility cast upon them in the present
crisis I. N. F.
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KILLED BY nUTIsEERs AND cANN1B4Ls.
NEw-zEALAND VESSEL sCUTTLED-oFFICERs OF
DUTCH STEAMER EATEN IN NEw-GUINEA.

DUTCH STEAMER EATEN IN NEw-GUINEA.
Victoria, B. c.. jan 29.-Mail advices received
here tell of a wholesale tragedy the New-Zea-
land brigantine Ethel learned at the Straits Set
Elements. She sailed from BroOme Western Au-
stralia, about the end of November. with a cargo
of lumber. and has been posted missing. A tele-
gram received by the Governor of the Straits
Settlements from the British Consul at Batavia, to
the effect that the vessel had been scutted b part
of her crew. who had mutinied and murdered the
captain and owner. John Alfred Riddle. together
with his son. the mate. the carpenter and three
of the
The mutineeTs, who numbered thirteen. after they
had landed at Adult. had quarrel among them
selves. a result of which. when they reached
Macassar. one Of them informed the Dutch author
ties who arrested the mutineers and seized the
valuables and other property they had stolen
News has also reached here of the capture OF
five officers of a Dutch mail steamer, who impru-
IDENTIFY went ashore and were attacked by the saw
ages of New-Gulnea. A relief party next daylfound
ashes of bonfres and traces which led them TO be-
lieve that all five mad been killed and by the
savages. The New-Guinea authorities have sent
q WarShip
New-York tribune., 1900-01-30

newspaper office and the Cabinet was IN every
stage of repair among the London gossips with
intervals OF airnless conjecture over the possi-
bilities OF European mischief making, a range
which has been svidened -by-D Leyds's recep-
ton at Berlin.
There was no news worthy of serious at
tention at late hour, and the only CLEAN Of
light on the morning of the gloomiest opening
of Parliament since the Crimee the loyal
devotion of Canada and Australia to their
mother country. 1. N F.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-30
BALTIMORE SUNDAY BUSINESS ARRESTS
MANY WITNESSES GAVE FALSE NAMES AND JUS
TICE MAY MIsCARRY.

h
Baltimore Jan. % (SpeciaD.-The Grand Jury has
been partly blocked in it's plan rigdly to enforce
the old Sunday blue laws. OF the thousands OF
names of witnesses as well violators, gathered
nv the six hundred police yesterday, it Is safe TO
sav that more than two-thirds fictitious. Boot
blacks and others gave wrong names and the col
lection of Browns" and Smiths" on the police
lists almost equals the number in the city directory
II the policemen were deceived to the extent re-
ported there will be a lively time in serving the
summonses and Sheriff Schwatka's men Will be kept
busv The members of the Grand Jury wanted to
see the law vigorously carried out, and are cha
grined over the partial miscarriage of their plans
1t would be manfestly most partial ana unfair
way conducting the prosecution II witnesses IN
of the cases had given tnelr rl9ht names ana
had substituted fictitious names in other cases.
If the most of the names reported py the ponce
are fictitious, the only course Tor the Grand Jury
TO pursue is to order the arrest of the voaors and
next Sunday have all witnesses arrested and held
until their identity is fully established The Grand
Iurv to-day began consideration of some of the
cases reported. Owing to the great inconvenience
and ANNOYANCE caused by the enforcement OF the
old purftancaI laws, the citys delegation to the
LEGISLATURE is considering a bin TO be introduced
this week TO amend and moulIy the statute, which
"No person shall work or do any bodily labor on
the Lords Day, commonly called Sunday, and no
nsrsor having children servants shall command
or willingly suffer any OF them 10 do any manner of
work or labor on the Lords Day works of neces-
sitv or charity always excepted shall any one
siIfPeT or permit any children servants TO pro-
fame the Lords Day by gaming, fishing. towing
hunting or unlawful pastime or recreation"
II was passed by the State Legislature in 172s
New-York tribune., 1900-01-30
NO FASTER TRAIN TO CHICAG,

than the Pennsylvania Limited. Electric light,
steam heat, barber shop hot and cold baths iadie:
maid stock quotations, stenographer and tyne
writer and weather reports. A wonderful train
New-York tribune., 1900-01-30

CHAMPAGNE DRINKERS ACCUSTOMED To
drinking different brand than MOET & CHAN
DON WHITE SEAL will be surprised at the re-
markable excellence OF WHITE SEAL Compared
with other brands.-Advt
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MRS. PLATT NOT IMPROVING.
CONDITION OF THE NEw-YoRK SENATOR'S WIFE
NOW CAUSES SOME ALARM

washington. Jan. 2s-Mrs. Platt. wife of sena-
tor T. c. Platt OF New-York. who has been Ill for
several days. is no better to-day. She suffers from
periodic attacks OF an affection OF the heart. and
her condition causes alarm
New-York tribune., 1900-01-30

MoET s. CHANDoRS WHITE SEAL CHAM
PAGNE Is very dry and fruity. The vintage or
1Sas being sold by every one. is the finest ever
imported.-Advt
New-York tribune., 1900-01-30
GENERAL GREELY BETTER.

Washington, Jan. 2s-General Greely. Chief Sig
nal oficer Of the Army. was reported to be better
to-day.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-30

DRY. DELIcATE AND DELICIOUS IS THE
CHAMPAGNE now being sold in this market. No
other wine compares with t-AdVt
New-York tribune., 1900-01-30

AT HOME AND ABROAD BON WANTS.
declare that MOET & CHANpON WHITE SEAL
CHAMPAGNE Is deservedly popular, excelling al
other brands In richness OF Quality.-Adyt
New-York tribune., 1900-01-30

very bestis issEa 8oETA Any y &c ,e4IAsAMPAGNE Bot THE
word-Adyts LIST Of champagnes consumed aiaeE 4, SEAL
New-York tribune., 1900-01-30

FASTEST AND FINEST TRAINS TO INDIAN
APOLIS.
Leave New-York every morning and afternoon
via Pennsylvania Railroad-Advt.
CHAMPAGNE DRINKERS NOW DRINKING
Ns0FT q CffANDON WHITE SEAL cannot be In
aneed 10 drink any other champagne.-AdvL
New-York tribune., 1900-01-30
A LULL IN THE STRUGGLE.
GENERAL FORWARD MOVEMENT NOT EX-
PEcTED FOR A FORTNIGHT.

London Jan. 30-History pauses for time in
South Africa 1t is one Of those unsatisfactory
pauses that are nearly as trying to British
nerves as a sequence Of reverses. and. appar-
entity, II Will terminate only when Lord Roberts
gives the word for the forward movement into
the Free State. which. according TO the most
Continued on third page.
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Continued on seventh page.
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FhENcHs MANGUvREs

u me three days operations of Ia.lesu account
,. oSe neadquarters are in the esds,a teiicH'
80 a'Aeo and shelled the enemy an -. ie ,1 mas
ba north Of colesberg, and tbe lug
r. se' trap for The Dutch worth, 80 :,
e,at'. themselves. The hints are too -. '.'e
TIM any one TO forecast the trsnd - ~ -
operations 1t is not even knou,n ,,,,ot,. .,-'
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Continued on third page.
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,-,.v-ebt: 1900. BY The New-York Tribunel
rBT CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE-l
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
CHARLES STEwAR.

chapter will urge a single head for the Police
Department. the Commissioner TO be appointed
by the Mayor and to have largely increased
power, including the authority to remove
suspend the Chief Of Police on charges.
But whatever the report may contain there
Is doubt that it will have an influential bear
ing on all police legislation at Albany. Gov
ernor Roosevelt has announced that he will
make the report public he sees it, so
that the people will have time to study 1t before
the meeting Of the Legislature.
The committee has come to agreement on
the question of Borough School Boards. The
plan they have adopted IS a much more CEN
tralized than exists at present The bor-
ough boards to be abolished. and all the
power is 10 be vested in central board con-
sisting of seventy members. The boroughs,
while not having local school boards. will have
boards Of inspectors or supervisors. one for
each Senate district. whose duties will be con-
fined almost entirely 70 seeing that the schools
in their districts are kept Is good condition
Each of these boards will he composed of Ave
persons. of whom must be member OF the
Central Board. The other four required TO
live in the district. The Mayor will appoint
them. Manhattan and The Bronx will have
twelve members in the Central Board, Brooklyn
will have seven and Queens and Richmond one
between them
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
INJURED BY RINAUAIS.
WOMEN THROWN UNDER CAB AND A
POLICEMAN DRAGGED IN
TENDERLOIN.

Early last evening three ruuaways occurred in
Broadway and Fifth-ave., between Forty-1rst-
st and Forty -fourth-st.. which resulted in the
injury Of one policeman and one driver At the
time of the runaways the streets and avenue
were, crowded with vehicles returning from the
Horse Show. and many narrow escapes from
collisions occurred a few minutes before 6
O'Clock a horse attached to hanson cab driven
by lanes Carr. of No 1153 Broadway became
uumanagea nIe at Broadway and Forty-fourth-
St in front Of ,he New-York Theatre. and
started 10 run away. AT Forty-second-s the
animal dashed into a Forty-seCond-st. horsecar.
Carr was thrown from his seat. but escaped in
jury.
PatroIman Reardon. of the Broadway Squad.
on duty at Forty-secoud-st.. caught the horse.
The car was crowded with passengers. many of
them women. hut no one was injured. The side
of the car was slightly damaged Reardon
warned Carr to place a curbed hit in his horses
mouth and allowed him to proceed down Broad
way.
Half an hour later Carr was driving the same
horse attached TO a closed cab at Forty-frst-st.
and Sxth-ave. when the animal SHE'D at
piece of white paper. The horse again became
unmanageahle. and ran through Forty-frst-st.
to Broadway. At the latter corner the cab up
set and four passensers-Mrs. Richard Dryer
and sister. Mrs, Dougherty and Mrs. Butcher
all of Sea Cliff. Long Island. thrown to
the pavement the cab falling top of them.
Carr was also thrown, and sustained slight in
iuries Policemen Barnes and Reardon, of the
Broadway Squad, lifted the cab from the women.
They escaped injury, and. taking another cab.
proceeded on their journey Carr taken
home.
The third runaway occurred a short time later.
The members of the Old Guard were being es-
corted up Fifth-ave. to their armory in Forty
ninth-st led by squad of policemen. among
them PatroIman John p. Day, of the West
Thirtieth-st. station. When between Fortieth-st
and Forty -first-st. Day noticed a horse at
tached to a delivery wagon coming down the
avenue at a rapid rate. He left the ranks and
caught the animal by the bride. Day
dragged along the pavement for a block before
he was forced to let go OF the animal. As he did
so the horse kicked him on the legs. inflicting
painful wounds.
Day with his clothing covered with blood and
hardly able to walk. continued with the organi-
cation TO it's armory, and then reported the
cident to the station. Sergeant Carson sent the
policeman TO Police Surgeon Johnsons office and
then excused him.
The horse caught several blocks further
down the avenue Several citizens who wit
messed the policeman'S act in catching the horse
visited the station and complimented Day. The
horse was owned by an ice cream dealer
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
FOR SJyGLE HEADED POLICE.
REPORT OF CHARTER REVISION COMMIT
TEE, NEARLY COMPILED. SAID TO
FAVOR ONE MAN POwER-ABOL-
ISHMENT OBJ BOROUGH
SCHOOL, BOARDS
SCHOOL BOARDS.

The various subcommittee of the Charter
Revision Committee are gathering their data to-
gether and preparing to hand in their final re-
ports. The complete report OF the whole COM
mittee must be in the hands of Governor Roose-
Welt by December /. The committee has been
having frequent meetings of late and its work
is almost done. It's members keep their doings
more less secret. and this is causing a great
deal Of guessing as to what they have actually
done
Politicians particularly curious to know
what recommendation will be made in regard
to the Police Department. They want to see the
draft of the proposed chapter on that subject
sfore it is sent to Albany. II Is said that this
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CAPTAIN COOK DIES FROM FEVER

Havana, Nov. 24-Captain Cook formerly of
the Engineers Department. in charge Of the
sewers and water works, died from yellow fever
at Las Animas Hospital to-day Captain Cook
returned to Havana on November 13 and
taken sick on Monday
There are now ffty-fve patients. including
two Americans, under treatment for yellow
feve
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
rHE TRAIN FOR PITTsBuRG.

The Pittsburg Limited via Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Leave New York. South Ferry, 655 p. m.
liberty St. Z p. m arrive Pittsburg S:55 a m.
First class fare 50; second class. $50. this
lrain.-AdVt
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25

FARE TWO CENTS MILE
To Niagara Falls and all other points the New
York Central; mileage tickets for 900 or LOCO miles
open 70 sveryone.-LAdyt,