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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-29
THE MURDERER STAYS.
Refuses His Liberty When Other Pris-
oners Saw Their WAY Out,

Mexico, Mo-, Nov. 27.--Five prison
ers held for burglary and assault, es-
capped from the county Jail here some
time last night, saving the casing of
the inner cells and chiseling thru the
brick wall. Eleven other prisoners,
among them being Ed Spencer,
preachers son, convicted of murder,
refused to leave.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-29
IN BLEEDING KANSAS.
Village Bank Receives 100000 De.
posts in One Day.

Topeka, Kan, Nov. ga bank was
opened at the village of Burns, in But
Ter county and before o'clock $780,
900 had been deposited in it's vaults.
Farmers, stockmen and citizens came
into the little town with their money
in old tin cans, stockings and purses.
Bank Commissioner Breidenthal says
1t was the most remarkable occur
renee in the history of Kansas bank.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-29
EDUCATE FILlPINos.
Iowa State Normal School Will AdmiS
a Number Free.

Cedar Falls, Nov. 24.-The trustees
of the Iowa State Normal school have
agreed to permit number of native
teachers from the Philippine Islands
to pursue course of study in the in
stitution free of tuition.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-29
KILLED BY THE CARS.

Supposed Insane Man Struck Near
.shelIsburs This Morning.
Cedar Rapids, Nov 27-(Special) -
John Skvor, of this city, supposed to
be insane, was struck and killed by a
B., G. r. & N. passenger train near
Shellsburg this morning
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-29
RECOVERED LOST MONEY.

Judgment Awarded Man Who Lost
Money on Board of Trade.
Chicago, Nov. 27,-Judge Kohlsaat,
in the United States circuit court to-
day entered a decree awarding $6,204
to William Srichtenoth, of Cincinnati,
for money lost in speculation on the
Chicago board of trade. The court al
so refused to dismiss another case in
which S2O,50O was asked for, and or
dered the defence to continue the pro-
ceedings.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-29
ENCOUNTERED THE Beers.
British Have Number of Brushes at
Widely Separated Points.

London, Nov. 27-Lord Roberts, cab
ling from Johannesburg yesterday, re-
ports number of encounters with
the Beers at widely separated points
in which the British captured some
cattle and a few prisoners. suffering
slight casualties.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-29
NEWSPAPER MAN DEAD.
President of the New York Mail and
Express Company Expires.

New York, Nov. 27.-Robert e. A.
Dorr, president of the Mail and Ex-
press company, and publisher of that
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-29
Iowa Pensions.

Original-Jacob Luft, Hinton, s.;
John w. Keller, Leon, Sc; Hendrick
Bauman, Pella, IS. Increased-Zeph
Reed, Fredonia, SIT. Original widows,
etc.-Minor of Ferdinand Herber,s
Charles City, $40; minor of VIM. H.
Alexander, Mt. Ayr, $40. War with
Spain, original-Wm. H. Wysong, Bed
ford, $14.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-29
ABsoRBs MORE RAILROADS.

Vanderbilts Buy More Lines Of Rail-
way in Michigan.
Marshall, Mich, Nov 27.--The Van
derbilts have come into possession of
the Cincinnati Northern railroad which
runs from Allegan to Toledo, and from
Jackson to Cincinnati The informa-
ton is announced here today, F. w.
Whiteridge having been elected presi-
dent of the Cincinnati Northern, and
Whiteridge, director of the Lake Erie
and Western, both Vanderbilt lines.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-29
RAILROAD PROPERTY BURNED.

The Great Northern Suffers a Big
Loss Today.
Blackfoot, Idaho, Nov. 27.--Fire de-
stroyed the round house, many en-
gines, a rotary snow pillow and much
valuable property of the Great North
ern Railroad company here today. The
loss is 100000.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-29

Waterloo has over twenty-three
miles of cement walk,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-29

The mayor of Cedar Rapids has
gone to Forida to spend the winter.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-02

over mel felt startled nj his audacity.
II was some weeks before / was able to
get TO that point. And the young men,
Der had better not speak for little
while. He has to learn some things be-
fore he gets on his legs.
But IL a member has made UP HIS mind
that he Is going to be parliamentary
figure and that he has the ability for that
position--in short. If he knows that poll
tics Is going to be the main purpose and
occupation OF his life for the rest OF his
days--then the sooner no begins to tako
an interest in the proceedings OF the
house of commons the bettor.
Disrael said long aso--and he succeeded
largely by sheer industry as well ms hy
genius-that the young member should
he always In his place in the house ex-
cept when he was in the library reading
"Hansard" And the house takes to a
man who attends TO his business there
OF course there Is the Scyila OF over
talking ms well the Charybdis OF par
liamentary neglect. IL Is impossible for
a man TO know everything. and there
fore II is right that the house should re-
sent its being addressed on every sub
Jcct by the same member
The very first night the late Sir George
Campbell-who was very brilliant and
almost omntscient man--the very frat
night he appeared In the house he said
something about land tenure in Ireland,
about crops In India, about wine In
France and roads and bridges in Scot
land, with the result that he was there
and then damned: he never WAS able 70
make a position for himself aftorward in
parliament. and yet he was one of tho
abest as well as enc of tho very best
men who ever entered that assembly
II II were not for HIS extraordinary
abilities MIR. Bowies would have split
himself ON the same rock OF omniscienfe,
for he has spoken In the same evening on
trnwling, the Berlin treaty. the declara-
lion OF Paris and the Incidents Of the
death dnties lie knew a great deal
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-02
PRINCES GALORE IN PARIS.
Never since the Empire Has " Been
So Full of Mobiles.

''Nevcr since the empire" says morn
ing Journal. have there been in Paris
so many princes. archdukes. grand dukes
and heirs prcanmptive as at fhis moment.
All the 'Goiha' is on tho banks Of the
Seine III several luxurious hotels should
publish tomorrow the real names OF their
guests there would No such list az u
seen only at ahe coronations of sover-
eigns"
For the tuft hunter and the snnb tho
pleasure OF penetrating total and inter-
mittcnt incoRnitos ard OF dazzling ac-
quaintances with revelations which Imply
nm intimate knowledge OF the personal pc
cnilarities and habits Of the privileged Is
far superior to that OF heholdlpE nohil-
ity and royalty in all their trsppinss.
Rarely, "a the above paragraph Indicates.
dooa Paris furnish such an opportunity
as tho present for INDUCING In this high
toned amusement. and many persons arc
frequeuting ssslduoualy fhs likely spots
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-02

81 the exposition and hs pnriieus with
thlH sole ehject tn view
Jbrsr nfna'eurs u she titled detect tbs
traamsYse of iheir dHstre under the most
careful siarufsua ThHy sYen. detect them
where sfsay De- H0t exist, 81 which re-
voeet thry 81 net differ Frsatiy from the
afsatrufa ~ eia wagssrs. did furniture and
old china Thus. NOS safisasd with as
serglpg Fhas ms king % Belgium hae been
rs Parts a1FeHai dimes HiRes ihs opening
~ tAa opposition whleh 81 probable
enough IN vfeN ~ she ngfnrsous fast
shat COS FrencH metropolis has leHg hesn
az anch homo CD Leopold az fhs Belgian
eagital~thsy claim Nsth q wealth u hlBh-
W 6iv,TisaK ceTeDaafatiye detail that shs
iasaer3aI Treasures ~ she German pavilion
Aaye h~en lneseete1 ey no lsks q person
aEe 90 fha kaiser himself-whleh is 20
lmNFshaflr thaf 3 may ~ rated I'M
Possible. The captures. real ana mag
inzrg - taaRe court ferreta. ~ they serve
no other purpose, srs immensely useful 20
fhr journalists ~ the society press who
only too eias 20 have sensational copy
into their hands 80 easily feed and forl-
de shs rapactous little beings wfsheu.
stint OF scragie. Boston Evening Tran
script
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-02

acts has much better chance Of being
called than the member who rises but
seldom, The speaker or the chairman OF
committees gets in the habit OF calling ona
member. Is familiar with his name and
face, with the result that he calls him
instinctirely inssead of the mem-
Der whose face he does not know. whose
personality he does not nj once recognize.
whose appearance does not set In motion
those cells OF the brain which form menu
ory and association of ideas.
Finally the young member should dis
courage visits from friends to the house.
They are awfully distracting and some
times expensive. and ne busy member
can really attend to the terrace and tho
house OF commons. Exception should he
made In the case OF influential constitu-
ents. especially when they come up from
the country.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-02

United States proper. The state OF Wash
ington, for example is equal TO an en-
pire. That New York state IS as large as
England Is a "reminiscences OF school days
which most people win recall having been
set forth in their geography lessons, but
It will surprise many TO learn that Bel
GUM, Switzerland, Holland, Portugal. Tur-
key, Roumania, Bulgaria, Servia, Greece.
and Palestine could be set down COM
fortably within the borders of Texas. The
New England states would harhor the
British isles, Montana Is equal to Japan,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-02

HTN o crafty the curiosity of Europeans,
whose interest in the United States
and its people has been stimulated
by the recent history making
episodes that have brought this country
into the focus OF the worlds eye, ILLUS
tration. of Paris has printed map OF
the United States and established COM
parison between its area and that of other
important political divisions of the globe.
This map affords n means of impressing
one with the immensely OF the territory
comprised within the boundaries of the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-02

Spain Is no larger than Utah ana Me-
vada, and Germany contains approximate
" the same number OF square miles as
Michigan. Wisconsin. Indiana and Illinois
together Italy and the Philippine islands
are equal to Arizona. and Pennsylvania
matches Cuba Five OF the middle West
ern states, Minnesota. Iowa, Nebraska.
Kansas and Missouri, and the territory
of Oklahoma. are as large as Egypt.
other Interesting comparisons may be es-
tablished by carefully examining the map.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-02
just read of it

we are expanding again-We say again because
you'll remember it was just this time last wear
that we expanded two stories" and now we are
adding as much more space. We feel that you
are interested IN the news Of this store you have
helped to build and it's really more Of an item of
regular news than marks Of advertising-and
good news, too Each Expansion move" land we
partment and the charging and betterng Of IA
cllltles tor the increase Of trade The expansion
this time is 10000 square feet, or, to be more
definite, we have taken the second floor, the
ground store and basement Of the Holyoke Block
next door to The new store space will be
given over to the exclusive use Of our stove,
range and heater department, which has greatly
outgrown it's old space having become one of the
most important features of the store. There must
be a reason for all thngS-the reason for the con-
slant growth and remarkable success of this store
Is your confidence IN us and our ability to
serve you as you should expect from a represen-
tatve store of this character. 1t is not often we
speak of ourselves chats for your doing), but we
are enthusastic-we must tell Of good news and
show appreciation that you have made it all
possible We honestly believe we have not only
the brightest and best selected, but as we'll the
largest and most complete store and stock of
homefurnishings you'll find west of Chicago and
north of San Francisco You're welcome here
buying or looking and you know about your
credit IS good.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-02

Larss~ g., else if~f-f Army
One hundred AID tairiy-thres soalhern
lawyers became generals Ia the cOnfed-
crate array during tbs war Of tAe rebel,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-02

- HERE win be so many new mem
bers In the British parliament re-
Gently chosen that some time will
- be required before the house OF
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-01-05

S-New York, William Noble, builder, vol
untary bankruptcy; 81, OPT 400.
9-Lima, o., American national bank; vol.
untary. Memphis, Tenn, Continental
national bsnk IL Voluntary q f yGett. nrvats
22ISilver Creek, n. Y, Excelsior bank.
28-Kansas City, No, w. V. L. Lippincott,
president Lippincott Rental Co.; $1,000
600 with Sl25 assets.
Apr. Johannesburg, Mo-, Farmers and
Merchants bank turns business over to
Citizens bank. Brooklyn, N. Y, Full
ton bank sold to Mechanics bank of New
York.
Hummer & Mex enzie.
2l-Lakeport, N. H., Lake Village savings
bank
Jun 5-Cocheco N. H. savings and Coche-
co national banks. First bank of Skag-
uay, Alaska.
lO-Houghton, Wis. Dane county state bank.
4-In Colorado, Miners bank at Crede and
banks at Hooper and Monte Vista.
20-New York, Henry Post, banker, volun-
tary bankruptcy; s., 464, 575.
3o@Bay City. Mich, Spencer o. Fisher;
Jul. 7-Savings bank of St. Paul.
8-Niles, Mich, Citizens national bank.
l4-Perth, N. j., Middlesex county savings
bank.
l7-St Paul. Germania bank.
AmN. Y; National Building & Loan Assn;
Aug. lO-Alex. Mcdonald, king of the Klon
dixie; $6,0O0,0OO.
Sep. 5Atchison (Kan.) national bank
l8-Penn Yam, LIST national bank.
20-Wichita, Kan, Davidson Investment Co.
25-New York, H. j. Sloss, clothing manu-
facturer; $735, l62.
Oct. 27-Lexington, KY, D. A. Sayre CO.
bank.
Nov. Levy r. Doty, Chicago coal mer
chant; S., 900 900. Rutland, Me-, Wood
bury & Moulton's bank; 100000.
l3-Bank of Athens, Ga.
22-Yankton, S. D., savings bank;
23-Butte, Mont, Farmers & Merchants,
bank. Lebanon, Ind, Central state
bank.
Dec. l5-Boston, j. P. Squire & Sons, pork
packers, 100000.
l6-Boston, Broadway nat. bank.
l9-Produce Elk. Trust Co, N. Y; $11 ;649,-
900. :. Port Jarvis, N. Y, nat. bank.
2l-Boston Globe Nat. Bank.
26-Boston, Lowell Arms Co.. st. Louis,
Siegel-Hillman Dry Goods Co.; $22l, ZOO.
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FOREIGN.

Jan. 19-U. S. cruiser Philadelphia ordered
to Samoa as result of clash between Ger
man consul and the British and American
representatives.
22..Germany disavows action of consul in
Samoa.
Feb. 6-Gen. Count Won Caprivi dies at Sky
rem, Ger.
16-M. Felix Faure, president of France,
dies dies 81 suddenly in Paris of apopleSy;
l9-Emile Loubet elected 7th president of
France by national assembly at Versailles
Mar. Premier Sagasta and Spanish min
+ istry resigns.
Apr. 9-Mining disaster in Coahuila, Mex
leo, caused loss of IL lives.
May l2-Jews forbidden to reside in st Pc
tersburg.
l8-Peace' conference, called by car of Rus
STA, opened at The Hague; 16countries rep
resented. NJ. de Stael, Russian ambassa-
dor to Great Britain, made president of
the council.
Jun. 2-Spanish queen regent announces
cession of Marianne, Caroline and Palaois
islands to Germany.
Scout of cessation in Paris annuls YER
dict of court -mar,ials in 1894, and orders
retrial of Dreyfus. .Jo hann Strauss, ia
nous musical composer, dies in Vienna:
aged IA
I7-Rev. H. S. Phillips, his wife and Miss
SER, missionaries, with native converts,
massacred at KEN Yang.
in London.
Jul. l0-Grand Duke George, brother of Rus
sian czar dies at imperial palace in the
Caucasus; aged q.
Aug. st is reported Mexican government
has Yaqui Indian revolt well in hand; have
killed SO Indians in Sonora.
Sep. Capt. Alfred Dreyfus convicted of
high treason by court-martial and sen.
fenced to 10 yrs. in prison.
l9-French cabinet decides to pardon Drey
fus-Jules Guerin surrenders after being
besieged 6 wks. in house in PARIS.
Oct. 3-AngloV enezuelan boundary COM
mission decision lat Paris gives CT. Brit
ain great part of disputed territory.
Nov. 4-U. S., Ct. Britain and German dis
solve tripartite agreement regarding Sa-
moan islands; U. S. guaranteed possession
of Tutuila.
2O-Emperor and empress of Germany well
coined at Windsor BY Victoria
Dec. 2Mexican troops kill 4S Yaqui Indians
in battle near Cocori
5-kurds pillage Armenian village of Kos
tur, massacreing 800 persons.
Earthquake on Ceram, one of Malay
islands; 5000 people perish.
pat Frelingheim, 40 Belgian school chill.
dren drowned by breaking through the ice
on a skating pond
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Oct. 5-Ex-U. s. Sen. Jas. Harlan, at NJ.
Pleasant, Ia; aged 70.
25Chas. Grant Allen, novelist, in London;
aged 81.
26SBrig. Gen. Guy v. Henry, U. 8. A., At
New York; aged 60.
Nov. l-Ex-Gov. and Ex-U. s. Sen. Alvin
Saunders, at Omaha. Neb.; aged 50.
2l-Vice Pres. Carrot A. Hobart, at Pater-
son, n. j.: aged IS.
Dec. 5-U. S. Sen.-eiect Monroe L. Hay.
ward, in Nebraska City, Neb.; aged So
l7-Lieut. Thos. NJ. Brumby, of Marietta,
Ga, Dewey's flag lieutenant, at Washing.
ton; aged A.
6sIS Ns.! L. s MeSd 3 evangelist at North
26-Prof Elliott Cones, ornithologist, at
Baltimore; aged 81.
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CASUALTIES.

Jan. l-Ishpeming, Mich, miners by up
setting hosting cage.
yacht Paul Jones.
9-West Dunellen, N. j., ls in railway col
lision . .Sunal, Neb., in railway wreck
l4-Tacoma, Wash, harbor, British ship An
delena sinks; 10 drowned. Gregg coun-
r IT, Tex; e 6 in G eyelGneci ~, ,,,;,
ll-Silver Plume, Col, "a miners in snow
Slide: OF Nab. lightship, la by founder
ing of boat.
l2-Near Yankton, S. D., II in burning cot
tage of insane asylum.
l4-Of South Carolina coast, by wreck of
steamship William Lawrence. :. Corner
stone, Ark, in burning home. In Tex
as during days intense cold, IA frozen.
Mar. S-Near Norfolk, Va, II drowned by
l7~New York. is during burning of Wind.
l9-Near Edwardsville, Ala, IL in cyclone
27-Chicago, in flames of Armour's curled
hair and felt works.
Apr. 3-Joplin, Mo-, by caving in of mar
row trench.
Eureka, CAL, 10 by capsizing of steamer
New York, IL in burning home of Wal
lace G. Andrews.
e--Near Glendive, Mont, II by flood in
lS-Near Beverly, Mass, II in wreck of fish
ing schooner.
27-Kirksville, Mo-, 80 i'm tornado. New
town, Mo-. Is by cyclone.
Ma. H-Off Grand Marais, in Lake Su-
perior. by laundering of schooner.
27-Near Waterloo, Ia, s in railway wreck
caused by washout. Near Hardeeville, 9
in burning home. -. In Bijou hills, south
of Chamberlain, S. D., Z by, cyclone .
Near Dawson, Alaska, drowned breaking
through the ice.
Jun. Near Alberta, N w. T., 80 Indians
by upsetting of boat in Lake of Clouds.
S-Ross Hollow, Ark, % by landslide :. In
vicinity of Austin, Tex, 25 bycloudburst
and consequent floods.
l3-Herman, Neb., 10 in cyclone that prac-
tically destroyed the town.
l6-Rosaiia, Tex. 81 during freshet.
29-In Lake Erie, off Lorain, O., by foun-
derlng of steamer.
l3-New York, 81 to date from lockiaw. due
4th OF July pistol wounds.
1S-1n northwestern Iowa, 10 in emigrant
wagon by cloudburst.
Sl-Hampton, Va, Z from yellow fever in
soldiers home. Big Prairie, Mich, 6:
thrashing machine exploded.
Aug. Crooks inlet, % gold hunters
drowned.
2s-Chieago, by falling arches of new Coli
capsizing boat.
Oct. l4-Of Sands point, L. l., Il in burning
steamer.
lS-Teton county, Mont, Il in blizzard.
25-ln Montana, sheep herders in storm
while trying to save hocks
26-Faires, Ala, IA in fire.
Nov. l-Off S. c. coast, Ii in shipwreck.
l2-Of Frying Pan shoals, N. c., 10 in ship
wreck.
l5-Off st. Pierre, Md, in shipwreck.
l9-Humboldt, S. D., in railway disaster.
pit is reported that % have been killed &C
cidentally in Adirondacks by hunters. :.
caught by ice jam.
Dec. During Mimi. and Wis. deer season.
IL hunters accidentally killed.
Son Lake Erie, steamer Niagara reported
lost with l6 persons.
e--Carbon Hill, Wash, 81 by mine explo.
sion.
l6- On Lake Superior, Whaleback barge lis
with crew of men given up for lost.
l9-New York, in tenement fire.
2-Quincy, Ill, II school children, in FIRE.
23-Brownsville. Pa. IS by mine explosion.
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BRITIsH-BOER WAR.


Mar 2O-Jos Chamberlain addresses parlia-
ment on the Transvaal.
May l6-Arrest of alleged British officers
in Transvaal for conspiracy.
circumference at Bloemfontein between
Pres. Kruger and Sir Alfred Miner.
Jul. l0l9-New franchise bill passed by
raad.
M-Kruger threatens to resign.
Aug. 2l--kruger in diplomatic note offers to
make concessions on condition that Eng
=, gland abandon claim of suzerainty.
S-Chamberlain replies such terms cannot
be considered.
Sep. Chamberlain insists on joint inquiry
to make sure no multiplying conditions exist
behind kruger's proposals.
IS-kruger answers with less favorable pro-
posas than before.
22-Britain formulates note that she will
ZS.Orange Free State votes to aid South
African Republic.
Oct. 2-Gen. Sir Redvers Butler appointed
to command in South Africa.
l0-Boer ultimatum that Britain must with
draw troops from South Africa.
u-Announcement at johannesburg that
war would be in effect 10 a. M, Oct. II.
2-Boers invade Natal
13-,-Armorsd train captured by Beers at
kr,..1pan. Gold seized by Transvaal re-
H.Kimberley besieged by Beers. .Arsen.
al train blown up near Mafeking.
2oGGen. Symons MORALLY wounded in bat
tie at Glencoe.
22,-Gen. Kock killed in battle of Glands
laagte.
3l-Royal British fusileers, No. 10 mountain
battery and Worcestershire regiment sur
rounded at Ladysmith and obliged to
-, capltulate after losing heavily.
Nov. 2-Boers capture Colenso completing
Investment of Ladysmith
l6-Boers wreck English armored train
north of Estcourt, and kill, wound or cap
ture 100 of Dublin fusileers
S-Gen. Methuen wins battle at Belmont;
% killed, l47 wounded and Is missing.
2S-Methuen defeats Beers at Modder
river, but with heavy loss.
Dec. l0-British under Gatacre drawn into
trap at Stormberg and 672 taken pris-
oners.
l3aaMethuen repulsed at Magersfontein;
Gen: Wauchope and marquis of Win
chester killed. Total British losses. 1853.
to-Gen. Butler reports reverse near Colen-
50; British troops again led into trap, 10
guns being captured, l destroyed; l,097
casualties
H-Baron Roberts, of Kandahar and Wa
terford, appointed to chief command in
South Africa with Gen. Lord Kitchener
as chief of staff.
N-Portugal reported to have sold Delagoa
bay and other African possessions to Eng
land. and Asiatic possessions to Germany.