Willmar tribune., 1900-05-30
FOREIGN INTE,LLLIGENcE. /,

Near Aquason 500 Filipinos am.
pushed so American scouts and in the
fight which followed 81 of tie enemy
and two Americans were killed.
Roberts sent an official report OF
the relief of Mafekihg and Baden
Powell has been made a major gen.
eral. There is no truth in the report
that President Kruger has sued for
peace -: -> ..-
Gen. Otis order for the organiza-
ton of municipal governments in
southern Luzon has been revoked by
Gen. Bell because the troops are in
adequate to enforce American author.
ity over the Filipinos. ~.
On the Chinese coast the steamer
Foo Chow was wrecked and 40 lives
were lost.
At Tarlac two companies of insur.
gents, with arms and ammunition. sur
rendered to Col. Liscum. This is the
first instance in the islands of surren.
der of the organizations complete and
is regarded as significant and i'm
portant.
Spain's queen regent has signed the
postal convention with the United
States.
The Boer government announces its
intention of fighting to the last and
foreign consuls at johannesburg have
been notified that the city will be de-
Tended. British mounted infantry
were ambushed near Vryheid, and Col.
Methuen reported loss of 66 men.
The viceroy of India reports that the
number of persons receiving relief on
account of the famine is 5,607, 900.
LATER NEWS.
The Jackson apartment building in
Chicago burned. All the inmates es-
capped.
The fast mail train on the Michigan
Southern was wrecked at Westfeld,
n. Y, killing Engineer Reagan and
Fireman Leighbody.
Calvin Kimblern, after being dragged
through the streets of Pueblo, COL, at
the end of rope for 200 feet, was
lynched by mob. The rope broke
twice before death ensued. Kimblern's
crime was the assaulting and killing
OF two little girls IN Erie's orphan
home.
The treasury department will an
tlcipate the interest duesJune on the
old per cent bonds now being received
under the recent call.
The fifth annual convention of the
Operative Millers of America met at
Kansas City the 2Sd.
All grades of refined sugar have been
advanced 10 per cent by the trust.
Frank B. Carpenter. the we'll known
painter, died in New York. His great
work was the picture of Lincoln read
ing the emancipation proclamation to
the cabinet.
The gold democrats of Indiana held
an important conference at Indianap-
Oils to determine their position in the
coming national campaign.
The Methodist general conference
abolished the time limit of pastorates,
thus disposing of one of the most i'm
portant questions before the great
Methodist body.
Once more Lord Roberts is advanc-
ing in force. The wait at Kroonstad
is over and already the main British
army is about twenty miles north of
It's former resting place. Judging
from the dispatches of Lord Roberts
at Honing Spruit station, while flank
ing him on either side of the railroad,
General French's cavalry and General
Ian Hamilton's mounted infantry are
both slightly in advance of Lord Rob-
erts and threatening to envelop the
Boer position, which extends for twen-
ty miles due north.
Jim Jeffries and Tom Sharkey will
fight again.
Secretary of State Hays gave an
informal luncheon to the Boer dele.
gates.
All of the troops have left Frank.
fort, Ky.
Two military prisoners. John Arnold
and Geo. A. Fryman, serving sentence
at Fort Riley, Kas., were shot while
trying to escape.