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v Minnesots

odevzdano phi posledni volbe die
nfadnfho scitani hlasn naslt dovne:
Pro McKinleyho 100, 46I, pro
Bryana II2 9oI, pro Woolley -ho
1855, Debse 3o6s pro kandidata
socialni strauy delnicke 1899.
Mckinley -ova vetsina obnasela
tudfz 1850 hlasn. Pro guvernera
obdrzel Van SAINT rep. I52,oo5,
Lind, dem, I5o,65I, Haugan,
prob, 543o, Lncas, soc. dem,
3546, krese, soc. del, 866 a
Fairchiid, Pop, 1863 hlasy.
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Rychlym a spolehlivym lekem
proti nervove bolesti hlavy, ner-
vosnosti, duSevnfmu vysilenf, ne
spavosti, sklieenosti po pitt . hos-
kosti jsou Severovy pskJky pred
bolsstsm hlavy neusalgif sse.
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omazske k tomu tastkou $40, 900
pfispslo. castky teto pouzito BY
bylo k pfikoupeuf pozemku, tax
ably zfskano bylo staveniste roz-
msrn I2oxroo stopach ku stav-
be pfistoupeno bylo by casnx
jara. Jelikoz vseobecne uznavana
jest potfeba d1stojneho divadla
So. Omaze, soudi klub,ze sehnani
pozadovane castky nebude vyza-
dovati zadnych velkych obtfzi.
We ttvrtek v noci naIezeny
ma nosci parostroje Missouri Pac-
ifc drahy Els. aa5, kdyz tento do
So. Omahy pfijel. zbytky tsla
lidskeho a okamzite zavedenym
vysetfovanfm zjfsteno, ze nestesti,
jfmz zivot lidsky utracen byl, uda-
10 Sc ma kfizovatce 26. ave. - 2
dopisu, kapse nalezeneho, zii-
steno, ze nestastnfk jmenoval Sc
Ed. Rich, ze pochazel z Vermil-
ion, S. D. ze bratra Omaze ma,
tento vsak dosud nalezen byti ne
mohl. Zda Rich ma trait spal, ,ti
zda pfi pokusu ma vyskoceni ma
parostroj sklouznul a pod kola
padnul, jest nerozfesenou dosud
zahadou.
Ddlezity pro South Omahu
rozsudek vydan Y sobctu soudccm
Baxterem a sice stale Sc tax, v pfi-
pade L. Connerse, kteryz pozado-
doval vracenf $1,000, jez zaplatil
co dan "a dlazbu "a. I'll. dive nez
ulozenf dane te nejvyssim soudem
neplatnym prohlaseno bylo. Po-
zadavek svdj opodstathoval tim,
ze pry, kdyz dane ony platil ne.
vedel, ze ulozenf jich nezakoni-
tym bylo ze tudfz mel by mfti
tychz prav, co ii, ktefi dan onu
do DOLBY te nezaplatili a rozsud-
KEN onfm placenf teze zbaveni
byli. Soudce rozhodnul, ze toto
stanovisko jeho spravnym neni a
ze jedine tenkrat dane vraceny
byti by mu molly, kdyby byl pfi.
placeni jich protest svtj ohlasil,
- So. Omazska rada mestska
zanasi Sc myslenkou ma ulozeni
dane zivnostenske, kterouz pry
by zubozenemu stavu fnanci tam
nfch znatnou m2rou pomozeno
bylo. Mayor Kelly navrhuje ulo-
zeni nasledovnfch obnosn: Ho-
stincnm po $50, jatk4m po 5000,
ohradam dobytcfm 1000, groce.
rim Sro. komisionafskym frmam
$40, odevnfm a krejtovskJm OBJ
choddm IS, lekarnam s25, po-
hrobnfknm a restauracfm DO sIo.
Potita, ze pfidanf toto pokladna
mestska nejmene 0 $1,000 rotne
obohacena by byla.
IL Smele pfepadenf udalo Sc '
Albright sobotu vecer sice pfc
paden byl grocerista Fr. Hart v
obchodu SVEN tfemi zakuklenymi
lupiei a znatne poranen. Hart
postavil Sc lupichm ma odpor, pfi
cemz pazbou revolveru K zemi
srazen byl, nacez lupiti dal; Sc na
dtek, aniz by ceho byli odcizili. -
Jelikoz die dobrozdanf lekafe ra-
nou onou lebka rozrazena mu by
la, mtze poranenf ono snadno
smrt "a nasledek miti.
B. Smith dostal Sc sobotu
"a mfize ma obzalobu pokusu
oloupenf P. VOLTA, ma 46. R
ul. bydlfcfho. Smith videl VOLTA
v hostinci jednou ma "a. ul. vecer
msniti petku a kdyz ven vysel,
nAsledoval pfepadnul jej, chtsje
mu penfze kapsy vyrvati. Pokfi-
KEN VOLTA ptivolany hostinsky
pfispel tomuto ku pomoci a Smith
zadrzen a policii odevzdan.
- V sobotu o II. iodine We
eernf pfisel ma 29. Q ulici pod
koly poulicnf drahy 0 zivot 5olety
VIM. Rowley. Phi pfechazenf
trate byl totiz srazen, pfi cemz
obe nohy mu pfejety a jinak po-
ranen, tax ze smrt zahy nasledo-
vala.
Tfmto Sfslem skonSena Jest
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Statistic xeleznie.

Mezistatni komisf obchodnf wy
dan bude v tecHto dnech vykaz
pffjmo, vydani vytezku drah We
Spoj. Statech z pfedbszne zpra-
w vyjimAme nasledovni: Pffjmy
drah, spravujfcich celkem I9o,4o6
nil trait, obnasely v uplynulem
roce $I.48o,673,o54, neb $7776
ma Jednu mfli. 2 obnosu toho bylo
1895, 800, $50 "a dopravu cestujf-
cfch sI,o4S. a6S. .S75 "a dopravu
nakladu. Vroce pfedchozfm OBJ
nasely pffmy $I.3I3,6i6,IIS. Wy
dAnf obnaselo s956,sI4,4Ia, neb
$5o25 ma milf. cisty vytezek OBJ
nasel s5a3,S5S,oI2, F3,IIo,747
vice nez pied rokem. Dividend
vyplaceno celkem $1o9. 400, AT, 0
$27,555,3S8 vice, nez pied rokem.
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zpRAvY 7ELEeRAFIcKt.
yysledek presldeutskk volby.

v nasledovnf tabulce podavame
vysledek posledni presidentske
volby, die 1fadnfho seitanf hlas6
odevzdanych:
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j omrAcil, tu, nejsa tim spoko-
jen, jeste j chloroformoval po-
loziv il do l1zka, pefiny ma nj ma
kladl poliv tyto petrolejem, je
zapalil ma to pax souseddm jeste
vniknuti do vnitf branil, pod tou
zaminkou, ze pry by zivoty jejich
ohrozeny byly. - Freeman k cinu
svemu pfi pfedb4znem vyslechu Sc
pfiznal.
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KRONIKA UDAL0STf. .
Postoyni posel oloupen.


ttvrtek 3lety poslfcek Victor Will
Itch peti cernosskymi kluky olou-
pen o hotove penfze a nekolik re-
gistrovanych zasylek, penfze obsa-
hnJicfch. Loupez spachana ma
s. ulici mezi Market Walnut a
pilnemu patranf podaiilo Sc poll
eli diva klukd zahy dopadnouti.
Ma KabH
odebefe Sc pry po novem roce ar
cibibiskup Ireland sice pojede
pry tam co zvlastnf zastupce pre-
sidenta McKipleyho, ably vysetfil
tam jiste zalezitosti, zajmn cfrkve
katolicke Sc tykaifci. S MIN pojede
pry biskup McGoldrick a oba
procestujf cely ostrov.
SkonSeni stAvky.
Stavka telegrahstd ma draze
Santa Fe byla cd vyboru vykon-
neho odvolana a "a skoncenou
prohlasena Trvala IS dnf aniz
by stavkafnm nejakych who'd pfi-
nesla, byla odyolana. Mnozi 2
telegrafstt ztra,i praci, aysak vstsi
jeIich Cast bude opet pfiiata do
sluzeb drahy, nebot neni telegra-
fstd ma :zbyt. Spolecnost drahy
Santa Fe nebude vice uznavati
jednotu telegrahstd bude pfiji-
matt do prace, kdo Sc pfihlasi
bude schopen.
Spravedlivy soudce.
v Bostonu svedl zubnf lekaf
Taylor fadnou dfvku Marion Reg
anovu, nacez j pohrdlive odmf-
tnul. Zk.amana provedla ma svndci
Gin pomsty tim, ze mu villa do
obliceje zfravinu, ktera drs. Tay-
lora ma vzdy zraku zbavila. A "a
tento Gin pomsty zrazene dfvky
stsrY soudce Bond vyfkl rozsudek
osyobozujfcf. We SVEN rozsudku
pravil, ze Taylor byl znam CO
sy6dce Zen ze ku svedenf fzdne
dfyky upotfebil isti opojnych nA.
poj0 kdyz doszhl 1cele sveho,
ze j bezcitne odkopl. Ano. on Sc
chlubil tfmto svym vftezstvfm a
svedene radil, ably Sc oddala 1.-Two
tu prostituce. Pro tento zlotfily
Gin svndce neni omluvy q jen jest
co litovati, 4e svedena dfvka ne
ponechala vykonanf pomsty moci
vyssf. Ma to soudce Bond vyfkl
mad divkou rozsudek osvobozujfcfl
fka, ze behem jeho 4olete cinnosti
soudnf Sc mu podobny pffpad me-
naskytnul, tax ze osyobozenf div.
Ky bere ma vlastnf zodpovednost.
Podil : vyt9xku.
Chicagsk4 spoleenost Craneova
vyt91ila b9hem tohoto roku 81
ooo. 900 tistych, avsak : vytezku
toho ustanovila dAti east SWIM
d9lnfkdm. Ma konci roku obdrzi
ka4dy zamestnauec Craneovy spo-
letnosti S procent pffdAvku ma
mxde CO dar. Tedy ten, ktery
behem roku vydelsl SIooo. obdrzi
nynf $50 hotove. Spoleenost ta ma
svl odvetvf Omaze, New Yorku,
San Francisku v jinych mestech,
kdex bude asi SIoo, 900 rozdeleno
|eamestnancom jejf.-Take Ameri-
can Express spoleenost podeli sve
sfixenes xIasJm petidolarem ksx-
deho, kter5 se We sluzblch jejich
nejmtnS sok aaltxk. SpoIeenost
= slsvf selstt iubilsum svtheI
|tsv<aL
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zavra4dsn v lfadovne.

zavrazdsn v lfadovne.
We Washingtonu zavrazden byl
v sobotu ministerstvu valky au-
ditor vsletneho odboru F. H.
Morris z Ohio 1fadovne sve
Samuel McDonaldem 2 Ohio, kler-
KEN teze dfadovny, kteryz hned
ma to do podbfisf Sc stfelil pero-
fizkem KIRK 81 podfiznul. Melon
maid nenavidel Morrise nasledkem
toho, ze pry tyz snizenim platu
jeho vinnen byl to take nejspfse
as pfitinou tragedie teto bylo. =
Kterak vec vlastne Sc udala, I'd
stane as rro vzdy zahalena rous
kou ta1emstvi, nebot Ifadovne,
kdez vrazda Sc udala, nalezali Sc
oba samotni a poranGni Mcdonald
ova jsou razu takeho, ze zachovan1
jeho pfi zivote jest tenet pravol
nemoznosti. On sam odpira ton
mluviti doznava pouze, be vrazdr
spachal.
Stavku
prohlasili v nedeli zfizenci Scran
ton Railway Co., nasledkem ceho2
doprava mezi Pittston a Fores
City, Pay delce 80 mil zastavens
byla. Zfizenci Wyoming Traction
Co., mezi Pittston Nanticoke
hrozf tez zastavenim prace, kite
remzto pfipadu pferuseno by byle
spojenf mezi Scranton, Wilkes
barre, Pi.tston Carbondale, po
kud aspoh drahy elektricke Sc te
tyce. Pozadavkem delnfkn jes
zvysenf platu ma 2 o ctn. "a hodinl
a zavedenf 1ohodinoves DOLBY pra
covni. Spolecnost tvrdf. ze ma
zvyseni platu pfistoupiti uemdze
ynitrozemnfch dani
yybrano bylo die zpravy 1fadn
n listopad s25,344,2S5, coz jes'
o s886,S51 vice nez temze me
sici roku minuleho. z pfijmu toho
pfipadalo SI,o75,32o ma dan z
lihovin, S4,oo5,o67 ma dan ia.
baku, s5,447,7S7 ma dan napojd
lihovych, s23S,627 ma dan oleo-
margarine, So.374 ma dan riznou
a $1,000, 100 ma pffjem rdzny.
Ia poslednfch S mesfcd obnasel
pfijem vnitrozemni dane S13I,-
27o, 1877 0 sa,71S,76o vice nez
temze obdobi roku .1linuleho.
Otec a syn usmrceni.
We Filadelfi pfisli sobotu Ed.
Clark, 68 rokn stary kovaf 2 Cam
den, N. j., jeho 38lety syn
William, ktefi pracovali jedne
tamni tovarne hroznym sphsobem
o zivot. - Mlady Clark pfi praci
nahle zachvacen byl mrazenfm a
po zebfiku vylezl ma jeden z par
nieh kotln. ably Sc zahfal. Sotva
ze sc ale IA kotel dostal zaslechli
vsichni delnfci, mezi mimi otec
Williama, sykot unikaifcf parry
Starry otec special po zebtfku sy-
novi ku pomoci, smekli Sc ale a
padl ma velke odstfedovaci kolo a
byl k smrti rozdrcen. Para kolem
kotle houstla stale vice delnfci
nemohli proniknouti k mlademu
Clarkovi, ktery byl We vaffci pale
Y pravem slova smyslu uvafen. -
Mlady Clark byl zenat a otcem
nekolika ditek, z nichz nejstarsf,
I4lety chlapec, byl ocitym sved.
KEN hrozne smrti otce a deda.
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~ NJ" b|S/j- -OS O,oCOs0@f
Vetsina McKinley-ova S52,242.
Pied ctyfmi roxy odevzdano pro
McKinleyho celkem 7,167,3o4 a
pro Bryana 6,533,o8o hlasd.
vetsinou 6o3,5I4 hlasd pro Nc
Kinleyho, tax ze letos vetsina re-
publikanska 248,728 hlasn IVY
Sena.
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Wesley sibenienik.

v Paris, ILL.,, zavrazdil jakysi
John Owens Jamese Hoyne, zatez
byl odsouzen na sibenici. Poprava
Owense byla vykonana I'll. pros.
a vrah zemfel velice statecnG.
Kneze pied popravou k sobe ne
pfipustil fka, ze ma velice ma pilno.
Iatfm Sc bavil We vezeni naslou-
chanim fcnografu, cemuz Sc srdec-
ne small pfi jednom veselem po-
pevku zvolal: IS tim chlapfkem
Sc Ultra pekle seperup Ma po-
praviste Sci klidne sam dal powell
ku spusteni padaku. Nikomu ne
fekl, kde ma pffblzne, a zda Sc,
ze ami jmeno Owens nenf jeho
prave.
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v EsthervilIe. Ia, spnsobena
koncem tydne znaenx sensace "a
teenfm John Freemana. v<4neho
dosud obcana = pfedniho elena
cirkve. M obzalobu ze zavrAxd9nf
manxslky. Mansele ' dtesf se po-
hfdali . tn Freenaa W slosti
uhodn 1sau bosuu - hIovy . kdYB
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Po 40 letech

podafiio Sc konetne, jak nedeli
z Tamaqua, Pa, oznamepo, OBJ
meziti polar v uhlodole Summer
Hill fadfci,tak ze nynf nadeje jest,
ze We dvol letech opetne bude Sc
tam moci pracf zapociti. Pozarem
tfmto stravena byla dplne loziska,
ma IS akrech sc rozkladajici a spd-
sobena skoda paci Sc do statisica.
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zastoupeni V kongresu.

kongresnf vybor ma zalezitosti
censu rodal til rdzne zpravy o
tom, kterak by narod Spoj. Statn
ma zzklad9 letosnfho censu v kon-
gresu zastupovAn byti mel. .Zprava
vetsiny vyboru navrhuje, ably 2fisti
snem zzstupc1 sestAval re 357
poslanc0. Sest clen0 vyboru toho
podali nzvrh. ably snem sestaval
ze 386 poslancd a indiansky "a
stupce Crumpacker navrhl, ably
sestavAl re 374 poslanco. DIE
navrhu vetsiny BY bylo ao8, S68
obyvateld zastoupeno jednfm "a
stupcem, tax ze by Sc pocet "a
stupcn kongresu nezmenil. Tim
by nektere staty ztratili nejake
zzstupce jine by je nabyly. Ably
Sc to nestalo. odporucuje mensina
zastoupeuf takove, ably 4Adny ze
stAtd neztratil zzstupce lidnatej-
u stAty aby obdrzeIy zastupitcl-
stvo vets. Crumpacher sice pod
poruje stanovisko mensiny. avsak
poukazuje We sve zprave ma stAty
jizni, ktere obmezily przvo voleb-
NJ zAdA, ably tomtez pomeru j
jejich fepresentace v kongresu OBJ
mezena byla.
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Jiznf horka krev Ease byla hojne
prolevana We Florid9. v Sop
'choppy, ' jakemsi odlehlem hnfz-
de floridskem. Sc pro nejake OBJ
chodnf nedorozumenf dostali do
hadky statni senator Rouse, Ed.
Minis, Edwards Walker. Jak Sc
to zhusta stava, sahnuto bylo ku
zbrani nasledek toho byl, ze
Minis znstal ma mfstG mrtev, sen.
Rous brzy ma rany zemfel zpy-
vajicf utrpeli take vazna poranenf.
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Stihatele ternochI.

V malem mestetku mississippi
skem Gulf Port Sc dostal mestsky
marsal Richardson do hadky $
cernochem, pfi temz byl cd jine-
ho cernocha zastfelen. Ma to Sc
vsichni cernosi rozbehli, ktefi had
ce te pftomni byli obcane Sc je
jail stfhati. Jeden mich byl
chycen ac niceho nespachal, byl
cd rozezlenych cbtana zastse!en a
v pronasledovani ostatnfch Sc po.
kraeovalo.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-15
BOERS REINFORCED.
Brisk Fighting in the ColesbMrg
District.
SPECIAL. RY CABLE.

SPECIAL. RY CABLE.
London. Mondar. Jan. Il. - Copyright,
1904. 10y James Gordon Rennett. The Daily
Telegraph publishes this dispatch from its
special correspondent:
"RcndshurE. Cap" Colony. Thursday
night During tn" last few days the Boars
have hceu ro-cnforCed. This morning.
when an attempt WAS made to extend fur
thcr our "Ntrcm" right. the nerny met us
with stout resistance advancing and firing
p!uckily II the face "f our artillery fire
Down to the tim" Of writing no casualties
had occurred on IN" si3e of the British. but
the Bocr amhulances could he seen on
gagged.
AT the same time demonstra ton was
made on the extreme left. where for about
a hour the Berkshire regiment steadily
discharged a Maxim gun. the field artillery
also firing Internationally along with tho
heavier guns.
Advantage could row be taken of our
position. and there being apparently only
moderate distance separating TIE forces
cur guns wer" abb" to range on the ex-
trems right and left across the Boer posi-
ton"
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bodies of the advancing English troops
w"rc within Ssn wards nf each other ran
down between them without turning my
head to right or left. The bullets gave M"
wings. ] don't think that ever ran 50
quick. was lucky enough Ia get
to the horses without being hit.
Could not find mine. bat I got hold or an
other Then off I went on him. and man
aged To cet clear of the I-ansers. who w"re
pursuing Us | passed tn" night III an
abandoned kaffir kraaI. and the next morn
ing managed to Join the command" OF
Niljo"n. don't know what became "i
my comrades. int l hope that they w"r" as
lucky es ] was
The standard and piegSrs' News gives
this picturesque account Of the departure
of "A commando from Pretoria:
'Th" parade Of 4Fl sturdy warriors or
TIT" polio" commands excited admiration.
The Afrikanr!cr men have received their
mandate from the women folk. though
TN" shadow Of Elandsglaate hung ik"
r"h upon the mourning robes 81 many.
Nruerah" danes in kappes. and maids IN
"hintz and hahios q: all ages. upon whom
the warriors shower"l = vsiedictory hcHl-
son. clung and struggled frecely around
tho carriages Wlthcred tantcs, huNoT
Vrous and frail nichtjes tumhied over each
other for hnHl embrace.
1t was admitted that no finer or NOR"
s"rvirrahle force had been sent on. by
IN" time X gets tn the Natal border II
Will he 500 strong. II Is under the Com
mandant OF Police. Cert NJ J. Van Dam,
with l.sutcgauts bnsthuiS'n. f"htInah'
Murphy AID Jacobs next In command &.
II. schultz addressed tho
'N"G are going t. defend your rights
your liberty ana your Independence, that
dearly bought Independence God has grant
81 you and which j. once again contested.
You are not going to night for honor, or
money. or mcrcrnary ambition. or sordtd
gain %
cnc of the soldiers rescued from the
wrecked tran-por; Ismore writes:
"rh" mos; ~ satisfactory part nf the whole
business has been the splendid action "t
al tho troops. They were steady and
quiet as II We wcr" paradinG the hdTrack
square. Every man stood in his proper
plac". There was not the slightest c"ntu-
sion or hurry. aud they did exactly as they
were told.
There Is not the lrast doubt that II ts
owing TO their splendid discipline that all
We're saved. Had there been the slightest
panic dreadful loss of life must have oc-
Cured. aS getting tn, boats of was most
difficult business. owing to sHe heavy swell.
90 that half an hours baiIur had tn be
done before We dared let them start Every
thing had 70 hr done hy the soldiers. a. the
ships crew were all employed in trying TO
shut the vafertight door to keen the sea out
of the engine e-room. II II had got in there
before the fires were put ont. fearful OK
plosion would have occurred and the ship
would have heen blown in half"
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Morning Posts military expert. comment
ing on the situation. says: The absence
of news from General Bulier is not reas-
surfing. ON Thursday evening he teIe-
graphed from Springfield the seizure Of Pot
gister's drift. and IT, is Incredible that
neither the General nor any of the cor
respondents should hdv" sent messa Sc
either on Friday. Saturday of sunday.
There is no announcement that the ca
bile has broken down. and the Silence Of
the correspondents is probably due to the
censorship. hut the silence of the General
is ineXPiicable. The only hypothesis is that
he has sent a message or messages. which
rhe Government does not think IL expedi-
Snt to publish.
"Rut "ne thing is clear-ought not to he
concealed This is the decisive event in this
phase of the campaign. and victory now
would go far to place the issue of the war
beyond doubt, while failure would he very
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January :? via Lorenzo MARQUEE. d'scrih-
ing the assault on January upon Lady
smith. says.
THE British made no attempt &" h"ld
the first line of hrcastwnrks. hut made an
exceedingly stubborn resistance At the n"At
row. Every inch was s;uhb1ruly contest
Cd and conspicuous bravery was displayed
on both sides.
After 10 o'clock the British artillery fire
slackcnad. and a terrible individual con-
test ens,ed among The rifemcn for the pos
session cf Pltt-Raud Ridge. At noon a
heavy thunder storm interrupted IN" nat
tie lasting for Jwo hours.
Although the BurGh,rs succeeded in hii-
maiely gaining possession Of most al
The British positions 0i tn" western Sil"
of tn. Flat nd. thry were finally obliged
to retire from most of the ground ih"N "'-
curf,-d The British were most strongly
IonphoIe,I. and tn, combat Was 81 clos" that
rifles were frequently fired ai arms length.
II was hant-to-hand encounter The
mon On both sides fought like demons. ana
the horror and bewildermcut of the scene
could scarcely H. paralle,ed.
The operations were continued the next
is reported that as a result uf on" If tn"
fcrlorn hopes. one gun and two ammunition
wagons wer" captured
DtR.A> RtMOR.
Durham. Friday. Jan. l2.-Thc entire 7h-
sence Of news from ChieyTl"y or frere
Camp continues. but there is persistent
rumur here that IDsdysnaith has been re-
lieved.
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RESOLVED TO AID BOERS.
Irish-Amcrican Society VIII Try to
Equip Soldiers.
REPTRIIr SPECIAL.

REPT-RriC SPECIAL.
Kansas city. No. Jan. 14--At a secret
meeting. hold to-day, of the Kansas CITY
Executive committee of the Irish-Amcricar
Socicty, which was attended ais" by dele
gates from 81. Louis. Springfield and ssv,
eral Kansas towns, II was decided to hold
simultaneous pro- Bocr meetings in all tn.
large towns of Missouri, and possibly Kan.
sas within a few weeks
These meetings will not he held TO adopt
resolutions. but to raise funds for the Boer
cause II Is proposed to Use a part Of the
funds raised I'm equipping a considerable
number Of young Nssourians. who. IL is un.
derstood are anxious to join the ROer army
Only tho Springfield delegate opposed this
plan. To-dsy's meeting was held to con
slider the proposed Fenian raid into Can
ada which was not approved. and the
scheme for giving direct aid 10 the Rocr7
adopted instead.
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WAS IN A SHOOTING MOOD.
Tennessee Soldier Ended Lively
Day by Killing a Man.

IIeenwood. Tenn. ian. 4.--At Amy. four
miles from here. Andy Chitwc"d. highly
respected young man, was shot and instant
" killed last night by Elvin Philips. The
mon had quarreled over some change.
Philipps was a member of the Fourth
Tennessee Volunteer Infantry. While AT
Oneida last Wednesday he shot a drum
mers valise to pieces and the same day
shot a man named Chambers ON Saturday
lie shot Charles keeion. held mp the Paint
Rock engine that carries the mail from the
mines to Oneida and at 10 y. M. killed Chit
wood. At a late hour Tonight Phillips had
not been captured.
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LORD STRATHcONA'S OFFER.
To Equip and Mount Forr Hun
drrh tanadianS.

London. Jan. 1.-THE Associated Press
learns that Lord Lansdowne. Secretary OF
state for War. accepted on Saturday the
ofer OF Lord StrathCOua. Canadian High
tommissionsr in London to provide dis
tinci from IN" Canadian contingent a force
rf at least .oo mounted men from Manitoba
Northwest Territory and British Columbia.
and tn arm. equip ard convey them TO
South Africa at his own expense. All will
he expert marksmon. rough riders and
scouts.
II Is estimated that the offer will involve
an expenditure Of f9AaGG The War Office
regards Lord Strathcona's proposal as an
extraordinary proof OF colonial patriotism
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NO PEACE FOR ENGLAND.
German Press Says She Must Fight
II Out.

Berlin. Jan. l4-Tn-,Iays news that n
peace movement Is growing in Great Britain
is received with inCreduiity. The I,olxaI An
zeiger says the British Government could
not bc Influenced hy such n movement
Great Britatus prestige imperatively de-
mands since once she has gone upon the
warpath that she should carry matters ia
n successful issue"
The Lokal Auz.iger contains an article by
General Won SChmsting Critic!sing the war
and saying that II is questionable whether
Great Britain. even with Lord Roberts and
Lord Kitchener and 1laCA1 men Will win.
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TO ATTACK METHUEN.
Cronje and Kruger Said to Favor
Aggressive Move.

SPECIAL. RY CABLE.
London. Monday. Jan. I5.-fCnpyriGht 1890
by James Gordon B.nnettp-The special
correspondent uf tho Daily Mail sends this
dispatch.
"Modder River. Wpdre=fay.-At o'clock
this morning distant and heavy firing was
heard 10 tho north. The enemy has eyi-
IDENTIFY again turned his attention to Kim
berley.
Il; is rumored that President Kruger is
visiting Bloemfontcin. with the object Of
giving support tp Cronje's representations
in favor Of attacking our position"
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