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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-27
GERMANY MAKES COMPLAINT
oBJEcTs TO THE UNITED. STATES
CUSTOMS REGULATIONS.
Says That They Require the Giving
OF Information to the Consular
Agents, which Can He Used 70
the Detrfment of German Trade.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-Secretary Hay
has sent to Speaker Henderson for supmis-
sion to the house copies OF complaints OF
the German government presented by its
ambassador here, DR.. Holleben, against
the existing customs regulations OF the
United States, applicable to mercnanoise
imported from Germany
These complaints, as summarized by Mr.
Hay, are as follows:
"First-That the regulations governing the
Authorization of invoices by the consular
officers of the United States confer on them
information as might be used to the detri-
ment of the German trade, II disclosed 20
American competitors. and that in any
event the details which. may be inquired
into by the consul constitutes a hindrance
to the speedy transaction of this business
and is a source OF Inolestation.
''second-That in the American ports OF
lined with regard to their form while the
market 'value'o of the goods is finally decided
by the American customs appraisers with
out regard to the invoice system;
t'Third--TlIat owing to the mode OF pro-
cedure ofthe appraisers 1t Is hardly possible
to prove the correctness of the declarations
in the service, because their decisions are
rendered on the strength of assertions and
facts which never come to the knowledge OF
the exporters" g sa
Secretary of the Treasury Gage, in let
ter reviewing the ambassadors complaints,
states that the existing consular and GUS
toms regulations cannot be modified with
out departure from the law of 1890, and that
such regulations were equally applicable
to shipments from any foreign country and
did not discriminate against or In favor of
any particular foreign market"
Mr.. Gage suggests that congress deal with
the matter
Ambassador Won Holebens letter speci-
fes that the system Is highly calculated
to injure the German export trade and in
some cases lead to an entire disclosure of
the conditions OF production and the BUSH
ness secrets of the German industry
In conclusion he asks Secretary Hay ito
give to the complaints of my government
the kind consideration demanded by the
friendly relations existing between the two
countries.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-27
LADYsMITH is WATCHING,
Prfhctpsl 4 DISSIPATION ~ te look ~
the nnratinx shells BuIier n
M ScndlnG to the l0ora.

ae Sending to the uOora.
NEW YORK. Jan. ga dispatch to the
World from Ladysmith. January o.. by
runner from Freere camp. January "a, says:
"Our principal occupation now IS watch
ing the bursting Of shells fired by Gen.
Buffers men advancing from the west.
This observation tends to raise the spirits.
The heavy artillery makes most joyful
sound.
.,rhe Boer bombardment on Ladysmith
has practically ceased. although the Bull
wanna gun sometimes fires.
1.-THE Telegraph hill Creusot fired single
shell this morning which wobbled rernarka-
bly, 1t is probable that our howitzers have
again damaged the gun.
Recently the Beers began to shell OBJ
servation hill from Surprise hill with an s.
inch mortar, throwing a round shot with old
fashioned. touch wood fuses. The British
field artillery siienced this gun. killing
twenty, 1t is said.
Saturday afternoon there was some gun
fire from the eastward. II came from Bull
wana and Lowbardskop This probably was
q put up job to make us think the British
reinforcements were advancing from the
east. The fire may have possibly come
from scouts belonging to some irreg-
uiar forces, to whom we understand Butler
has given rowing commission. There was
rifle fire In the same direction but further
south on Saturday night from II o'clock to
midnight. 1t was sharp and intermittent"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-27
AT BATTLE OF COLENSO.
Correspondent Describes How Britt
ish Loss Occurred, Saying Boer
Position Could Not He Fixed.

Correspondence of the Associated Press
LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE correspondent
of the Times, with Buffers army. writing
from Chiveley camp, December q, after
giving interesting details OF the battle OF
Colenso, says:
1.-THE Beers position was excellently
planned their trenches and emplacements
at by the guns, whose position we could
never find, and were never sure ex-
actly where the musketry fire came from.
1t was one of the conditions of modern
warfare. We had to attack an invisible
enemy whose position could not even be
fixed by the smoke of his rifles.
1T was rife fire that caused our losses.
Their shell fire, though accurate enough,
was not deadly, and during the advance
men did not drop until they had come
within effective range Of the rifles. This
far the greater number Of the Boer shells
burst, and burst accurately. too, some
times right In the middle of our men,"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-27
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The question OF establishing department of com
meree with cabinet officer at its head is being
to include in it a bureau OF manufactures and 10
transfer to 1t various bureaus from other depart-
ments Of the government.
1t is said that Curt Ernst Wilhelm. Baron IN,
Biedenfeld is lighting the British with the soldiers
of Dom Paul. The nohleinan. who left Chicago
last April, following his ac1uittal Of the murder
Of Constable Charles a. Mcdonald. is said to be
in the thick Of the South African war as a com
missoned officer in a Boer regiment
The Chicago Herald says; 1t is announced that
the plans for providing working capital Tor the
United States Flour Milling Company are practi-
eally sure OF success. and that A. c. Lorine man
ager OF the Northwestern Milling Company uf Min
neapos. Is fully convinced that there will ne no
further difficulty in raising the 81 80 600 rpqtted
by the mills Of Minneapolis under his control, as
4 Working canitsl,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-27
AN OFFICER DESCRIBES IT.


CORRESPONDENCE of the Associated PreSS.)
LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE following ac-
count OF the battle of Colenso, written by
an Infantry officer present, was received
by today's mail:
After that most terrible one-sided bat
tie OF ColenSo, last Friday, / tainted when
! got to camp from surstroke. and on
Saturday morning 1 found | had dysen-
terry, How any one escaped on Friday Is
a marvel to me. We. were nine hours and
o half under fire and it was like severe
hail storm on tin roof. l could not put
my glasses up without hearing 'phit. phit.
phit.' From the very first saw 1t would
be no go. Directly we got under fire, a
corporal said to me. 1 wonder how many
Beers there are hidden in that wood oppo-
site the Tugela?'
IT said I expect it is full of them, as
Butler has never shelled it at ALL / was
right Two companies of the Twenty
third went in and jolly soon came out,
through us, and exposed our camps to a
double fire, and | do not see how we es-
capped at all. Then ! saw about three
companies of the Seventh fnsiliers go in
on the left of the taken guns, and they
told to advance bit, and eventually We
were called off, as escort to the lost guns,
with the result that we retired twhen or
dered to, and Tommy did not like that
and over 100 men killed. wounded, missing
or prisoners, out of total OF thirteen Of
ficers and 3I2 men with which we started
at a. m.
II never was in such veritable fix, and
hope shall never be again; and then, to
add to it all. they peppered us with shot,
shell and those beastly one-pound Maxim
Nordenfeldt shells and Mausers, until we
had retired well out of range.
But poor Tommy was simply grand.
On the troops went, through 1t ALL They
never hesitated one moment, never finch
ed. On they went with destruction and
death and agony all around them / shall
never forget the sight. man was hit,
on the line went; shell fell between two
men at six PAGES. on they went: shell
blew a poor captain OF the Connaught
rangers to bits. A subaltern of the Innis-
killings close by looked back but could
see absolutely no trace of his comrade
left, and I see he IS reported as missing
as they could not find him, and yet on
went the line My own company was
most light-hearted. One old soldier, who
used to be the quarternaster's storeman
at Chatham, was in front of me while we
once were ordered to turn in file TO the
left, and wheel to right, to double about
half a mile to the right flank of the guns.
and when a bullet whlzzed very close to
him he began to play antics and skip
about, laughing and joking the while. The
bullets fell thick as bees, and / had sew
eral mighty close to my head Directly We
halted and lay down showers of bullets
came. 1t was truly one-sided game, as
we could see no one to aim at at ALL"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-27
A COMPLICATED ACCIDENT.
Railroad Wreck Causes Dynamite
Explosion, killing Five and In
turing Eight Men.

WILKESBARRE, Pa, Jan. 26.-Five men
were killed and eight badly injured as the
result OF a runaway train and explosion of
dynamite that followed, on the Central Rail-
road of New Jersey, at Ashley last night,
The complete list of the dead is:
Frank Mclaughlin brakeman, aged 2S
Michael Bird, brakeman, aged %.
Peter Frey, engine wiper aged f6
Charles. Haney, aged 10.
One unknown tramp.
Haney went to the engine house to idle
time away, instead of going to night school.
Injured:
John Rochig, engineer.
John Bovin.
Henry Geissler, engineer.
Thomas Rowe, brakeman.
Michael Coole, fiagman.
John Ruehf, engineer.
Edward Hughes, fireman.
William Brown, foreman roundhouse
Some of the injured were taken to their
1t is thought all will recover. Bovn is
a tramp. and was stealing q ride.
Many houses in Ashley and vicinity were
badly damaged and the inmates were in
jured, though none seriously. Many thrill
ling escapes are chronicled. John Thomas.
an invalid, was thrown out of bed on TO
hot stove. He was rescued by other mem
bers of the family.
The freight car containing dynamite was
crushed into splinters, and large hole
and seventy freight cars were wrecked.
Conductor Law and Edward Meehan
brakeman. and Robert Carroll were in the
caboose of the freight train. and had mar
row escapes.
The accident was due to long train of
into n locomotive near the roundhouse.
The shock exploded thirty boxes of dyna-
mite In one of the cars
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-27
ROBERTS, SALARY AND MILEAGE.
Question whether He win Receive
Them or Not Is Undecided.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-The question
of salary and mileage allowed for Mr.
Roberts is to be considered by the house
committee on accounts. There is about
$1,000 on mileage and like amount for
salary conditionally due Mr. Roberts, but
there is some doubt as to whether those
sums should be allowed.
The attorney general, on application
has refused to pass on the subject, as 1t
is not in his jurisdiction, and the comp
troller of the treasury has also referred
the matter back to the committee on ac-
counts. The latter body will now seek
to get at the law in the case and reach
a decision.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-27
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NORTH YAKIMA'S FAIR.
Citizens Decide to Raise Money to
Supplement the Approximation,

Special Dispatch to the Post Intelligencer.
NORTH YAKIMA, Jan. 26.--At a meet
ing of citizens tonight. it was practically
decideds to guarantee a sum sufficient to
pay the premiums OF a state fair and
it is, therefore reasonably certain that a
fair will be held
The commission had expended all but 5000
of the appropriation for two years on the
first fair of the biennial period and being
unable to create deficit had decided to
hold no fair this fall when the North Yaki-
ma people came to the rescue.
Considerable sums were pledged at the
meeting tonight and a committee was
chosen to raise the rest of the. money
needed q
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-27
TO ENCOURAGE FREIGHTERs.
Suggested Changes in the Shipping
Subsidy Bill.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-The subcom-
mittee of the senate committee on COM
merce appointed to consider the ship SUBJ
sidy bill today agreed to recommend sew
eral charges in the bill One of the
amendments was agreed up. limiting the
amount to be paid in any one year for
twenty and twenty-one-knot vessels TO
81. 900 in the aggregate. Another change
places the vessels of eleven, twelve and
thirteen knots speed in the special pre-
MUM class, this action being taken to
third amendment provides for the admis-
sion of foreign built ships of certain
classes, where a majority of the stock is
owned by American citizens. The re-
quirement in the bill as introduced was
that so per cent. of the stock should be
owned in this country
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-27
MRS. Rich CONVICTED.
Goes Up for Fourteen Years for Muir
dering Her Husband.

Ell PASO. Tex. Jan 26-Mrs Matte
D. Rich. who is alleged to have shot and
killed her husband, John d. Rich, at
Cuidad, Juarez Mexico. last March es-
capped TO the United States, and was ex-
tradited to Mexico for trial, was today
found guilty in the district court and SEN
fenced TO fourteen years Imprisonment.
John ID. Rich was q son of the promi-
nent banker at Fort Dodge Iowa, and the
prisoner was an actress. They met dur
ing the Worlds fair at Chicago. fell in
love ct sight and We're married on the in
slant.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-27
EXPEDITION IN BORNEO.
British Force Brings the Rebellfous
villages to Subsection.

LONDON, Jan. 26,--The British expedi-
ton against the rebellious Tagas, under
Mat Salleh, in British North Borneo, has
been entirely successful.
Capt Harrington, with 100 sikhs, after
two days fighting. January and .,
against thousand rebels, captured two
forts and two villages, blew up the rebel
magazine and killed or wounded sixty
Tagas. The British had four men wound
ed. The remaining villages of the dis
turbed district submitted.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-27
Partisan Carpenters strike.

PARIS, Jan. ga great strike of car
penters employed on the exposition build
ing involving 5000 men, has been inalI-
guratef The strikers demand an increase
of wages from is sous to franc per hour
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-27
spanish neing Repatriatca.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2s.--Gen. Otis ca
bled the war department as follows today:
Manila JAN g.
Released Spanish prisoners. seventy
officers, 1000 enlisted men. twenty-five civ
ilian officials. twenty-one wives and thir-
ty-five children were furnished transport
tation to Spain yesterday"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-27
steamer Miami Breaks in Two.

Special Dispatch to the t-Intelligencer
NANATMO, b. c.. Jan. 22.--rhe steamer
Miami has broken in two on the reef near
White Rock, the forward half sliding down
into deep water
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-27
Danish steamer Ashore.

LONDON, Jar. 26,--The Danish steamer
Lividia from Hamburg for Philadelphia,
ashore at Terschellng. has become total
wreck. The crew has been safely landed.
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Ex-Minister Phelps Very Low.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Jan. 2e.-The con-
dition of e. J. Phelps, ex-minister to En-
gland, who is Ill from pneumonia, was
unchanged this morning. He is thought
to be weaker, however, and is very low.
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-AA,..sfa x,tfY,,,s,t hnv annrrritthln result -
- 80. ~ ~, s,,,,t,,a,,tat ,,,htia-
SUES VI y - y ~ .,, 49,,
uon enu ~ u'o $3.50 =, 100 . ar, q ~
Dv.sl as.s 4, 4. 49, ga, ...ra,,a
u.'ns " NV 1890 a.. rsar-
.aT 49, 49, 800. 800 !, q. .s.sss.,,. ~ ~.
,n' ~ ~ - !,
&
Fositicns are pncnsnReo.
sne position Of me brit'sh armies y.
800 Nuo.ls = "a, ~ arst EEL
"9s"u' ~ -, w.. ~ 90 s,,n,,ar,,
- rsSvsn' ~ ~ - pos 80 MI. an,,r.
arr ae cans ..er 'ss'Ns anu $3.50,
aso ino,spu.a ssA s
ae'aeNs' Atoiu 4'' VIZ le''' SO
me moplty ol me noe as. - su us,s,, u,as
Ivy 49, SassS,.r s.,.rst,,n sshs,, .frik
ing home. simply means new 'front.'
The Daily Mail, referring 10 Bcer resist
ance and what may be necessary to over
come It, alludes to saying OF Napoleon
that no position could resist 100000 men.
uw,,.-,. urr,a...ut n,.u.tch. w
ID. - - = 49,. IA
The war ottice yesterday morning post
ed the following dispatch from Gen. Bull
Ter:
..snearmans c,amp. Ian. 2s. noon.
..fsar warya,,,s ,arrisnn I an, sorrv ia
49,, a,,d th,s ,no,nirg had In ina night.
abandoned Spionkop"
Nav IN. Ncv. WA. Resolved.
~. anora, ,,,,,,,,o T. oonorn.d
80 49,. - a.. az. - ,..,,ra,, ~.
- .,.ar u $500 .,,,v,,s sta,s,,,, yvhar naws-
s...~.' u ~
~s. ..s,s....,.s.. s..sss,,.s,., .s,,a.rsa 4.
~ $780,. ~. $500 s,,.,.., - -. .ha
- 80 $500 10 800. ~. ~. Dss
hansoyn cabs 10 h,,s,nasst man burrv,nr
edwards. all could be seen scanning the
news with dazed expressions. The signs
Of pleasure which were visible everywhere
yesterday have now given place to a wave
OF depression, but there have been no out
ward demonstrations or scenes. In the
west END the rapidity with which the bad
news travelled was remarkable t"H
war omc. wv. rroxxaea.
~,
rev minutes oeioe o.ciock tnis
morning the dingy war office had de-
serted appearance. only few reporters
and messengers being visible. few min
utes later however. almost simultaneously
rytth tba ,o.t,s,.r ~ t,rI,or,s a;sn.tcb car.
r,apes and cabs came rolling I'M. people
with anxious faces fastening to the notice
boards, and the Hobbies soon became
crowded.
..tsorcea hsr,
'.She,led out. / suppose.
Great heavens, he's had to go back"
THESE ana similar expressions were heard
on AZ sues WIZ oowncast commentaries
tne ions stream VI caners nnaue 'neir way
oach 70 tue street. WINE 'helr places were
occupieu ~ new coners, Ing aiternooh
papers oniy ofieliy common. on .ne sltn'-
t'on' pieieiii"s " awaie iuii PAL uoui"is'
various Heports Heceiva'
'he ua1e..e ,ouay pupisnes q huiiipei "
u'spa'epes iio'' ven. Dui'Vi' '.s 10y W
but a's containing nothing later than the rec.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-27

DELICIOUS and fragrant smoke-Z aIina
cigarettes. Russian blend,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-27
NJ upon ne seslonishing manner in.

msnls upon the "sstonlshins manner in
which South Africa swallows up troops
Wholesale without any appreciapie result"
goes ON to refer to the continental jubila-
ton and to the predictions regarding Gen.
Buffers character, It says: 1T is hui
initiating 10. find that the Natal terrene
has been more accurately studied IN Ber-
lin than ut our own Headquarters on the
Tugela."
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-07-04
MARRIED IN THIS CITY.
Parents of Child Found in Little River
So Testify.

Parents of Child Found in Little River
So Testify.
Middletown, July 3.-Coroner Stephen
b. Davis held an inquest on Monday af-
ternoon on the death of the child found
in Little river last Friday which devel-
| oped some important facts regarding
the identity of the child, but nothing Of
special Importance regarding the cause
| of its death.
Michael Whalen, brother Of Della
! Whalen, or Mrs. Malona, testified as
:, follows: Il went to Hartford week
ago to see Mrs. Plum, where my sis
ter had been. She had child with her
which she said belonged to my sister
Della. I took the child to New Haven,
to 10 Fair street, where my sister was,
and gave it to her. Mrs. Plum, my sis
ter and myself went back to Hartford.
1 left them at the Asylum street depot.
which was the last I saw of them My
brother and myself have sent my sister
money to pay for her board. | don't
know how old the child was but think
it was born last February"
Charles Malona, arrested with the
Whalen girl, said he was married to
Della Whalen in New Haven on May
20, 1900, by court judge of that city
He said about two weeks ago my
wife left New Haven with the child for
Middletown. | came two days later and
was met at the depot by my wife. I
asked her where the baby was and she
said it was dead"
Mrs. Malona was told by Coroner Da-
Wis that she might make a statement
if she wished to, but that she was not
obliged to say anything. She made no
statement at the inquest, but subse-
quently told DR.. McDougall that her
child died in her arms while she was on
the street near Indian Hill cemetery,
after she returned from New Haven
Coroner Davis will not announce his
finding for several days.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-07-04
MILFORD.

July 3-Mrs. Ellen Beach is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Edwin B. Baldwin, on
Library street.
Mrs. Toby of Hartford is the guest of
Mrs. Alice Buckingham.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Frank r.. Bristol Of New
York are enjoying vacation with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry ].
Bristol.
Miss Kate Tomlinson Of Boston is en-
joying q two weeks vacation with her
parents.
Miss Ellen Smith of Wheeler's Farms
is seriously i'll with an attack of typhoid
fever.
John A. Birge, who has been attend
ing the Paris exposition, has returned
home.
DR.. and Mrs. Albert House of Tor
rington are visiting their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Elias House.
Mrs. Julia Fem is staying with Miss
Charlotte Strong
Mrs. William Augur and children of
Brooklyn are visiting her parents Mr..
and Mrs Edwin B. Baldwin, for the
summer
Hon. George M. Gum is having the
interior of his house remodeed by Hez-
el1iah Beardsley.
A hymn tablet has been placed in the
Methodist church. 1t Is % oak to match
the woodwork of the church
Miss Georgia Parshley of Boston is
visiting her sister, Mrs e. B. Hallow-
ay
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-07-04
NEW HAVEN ROAD
Competing for Hartford Freight Wit
Boat Line

Competing for Hartford Freight With
Boat Line
The New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad is taking advantage
of it's ownership of the New Haven
steamboat line to compete actively with
the Hartford and New York Transpor-
tation company, which operates a
steamer line between New York and
Hartford, Conn. The New Haven's
freight rates by it's all rail route be-
tween New York and Hartford have not
been altered, the reductions put in force
being confined entirely to the combined
rail and water route, via the New Ha-
ven Steamboat company boats from
New York to New Haven, and rail from
the latter point to Hartford. The COM
petition is said to have become particu-
larry active in the last month, the New
Ravens agents actively soliciting
freight consignments from large ship
pers In some cases, it is said, the New
Ravens rail and water rates are lower
than by the water route of the Hart
ford Transportation company, and In all
cases are at least equal to the rates of
the Hartford boat line.