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FIGHTING IN PHILIPPINES
Rebels Severely Punished ina Mum.
Der Of Small Engagements
Recent Casualties.
Washington. Jan. r.-eeneral Otis ca

Washington. Jan. 17.-General Otis ca
bles as follows:
"Bolomen and armed insurgents, rob-
bers from the Iambeles mountains, at
tackled two companies of the Twenty
fifth infantry, O'Neil commanding, ut
lba January 6. They were driven and
pursued with loss to them of fifty mem:
no casualties on our side. Schwan's
troops cast and south of Santo Tomas,
Batanzas. Yesterday Cheatham's bat
talon of the Thirty-sevcnth struck the
enemy at East Santo Tomas. on the San
Pablo road, and left five dead on the
field. Cavalry soon appearing pursued
the force eastward: no report of result.
Cheatham's casualties, one wounded. An
derson, with the Thirty-eighth, while en-
route to Lipu yesterday, struck insur-
gents a few miles south of Santa Tomas
and drove them through Lipa to Rosario.
The enemy loss was twenty dead and
wounded. Sixty Spanish prisoners were
liberated and $4,000 taken. Schwan lib
Grated about 200 Spanish prisoners, who
are now ell route to Manila. Anderson's
casualties yesterday were one man killed
and two wounded. Whenton's force is
actively operating in western Cavite and
Batnaga provinces. All important towns
are held and there Is constant patrolling.
IA great many Filipinos returning to their
homes are believed to be insurgent de-
serters.''
General Otis latest casualty list:
Killed i'll action near Naic. January .,
Eleventh cavalry, Company l. Robert
Napier; in action at Comanzi, January s.,
Twenty-!ifth Infantry, Company B, Nor
gan 6. Washington. corporal; prisoners
killed near Comanzi upon approach of
American troops. January 5, Ninth in
fantry, Company b, Charles C.. Cook,
Alo 1zo Brown.
.Wounded-company b. Joseph w. Cook.
chest, severe; Twelfth infantry. Chris
tian. Peterson commissary sergeant,
thigh, severe: Company B, Edward Nor
iyal. groin, severe; IN action at Barrie de
~Letmubara, January q. Twenty-eighth
infantry. Company NJ. Enos NJ. Williams,
throat, mortal; Company l., Fred C. Me
Wood, first sergeant. thigh. severe: Rob
ert Cunningham, back, severe; Alexander
Riddet, shoulder. slight; James Goodrich,
neck, severe; Company. J., Harry D. Lam
dault, knee. slight; Barrie Futola, January
7, Twenty-eighth infantry, Company A,
Martin Wentnik. hand, slight; Angus
Edder, corporal. neck, slight: Patrick
Mcconnell. elbow. slight. Company B,
James Wareham. wrist, slight: Comanzi,
January s. Twenty-tifth cavalry, Com
pany L. James 7. Charles. ankle, severe;
Company *, John w. Harvery, slight,
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do not support me I willldenounce 9
and your connection with the raid?
At thisppoint President Kruegers be.
came excited and shouted SO loud maj
people in the stopped to listen.
Mr.. krneger continued:
tsAnd now IRE demonstrating
with me about arming. 1T is true 4 am
arming and tits because i see clearly
that Unjust defend my country
To this Mr.. Robinson replied:
..The British public is aroused. II
there is again an attempt to enter TINS
country there would be a great cutlery
in England"
President Kruger approached MI.
Robinson, placed a hand on his Q
der, made violent effort to suppress
his excitement and said:
"Yon mean well, but ] have lost az
confidence. What has happened would
take place again and / am determined
to guard against it"
Later Mr.. Kruger said:
What is to prevent Rhodes ana ms
coadjutors ngnin entering into some
diabolical attempt against the indie
pendence of my country
Mr.. Robinson intends to publish a
book giving 1.-THE True History OF the
Jameson Raid"
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sTIRs UP HEARERS.
Altseld's Presentation of Issues
Said I o he Clever. 75

Hffl. HH -.
Huron. S. d., Jan. 17.--Ihe visit of
Ex-Governor John 7. Altgeld to South
Dakota is proving to be one of the
most clever political moves yet az
credited to Senator Pettigrcw. The
party is anxious to win converts, and
the bringing of Governor Altgeld into
the state to make half a dozen
speeches in opening the campaign is
now regarded as a very shrewd piece
of work on the part of those in charge
Of the new party. That the speeches
of Mr.. Altgeld are thoughtful, argu-
mentative and forceful is aeknowi-
edged by I'LL; and that his presenta-
ton of public questions and national
issues II exceptionally clever from
the standpoint of his political faith,
Is evidenced by the full discussion
given his u~tterances by thoughtful
men in all parties. What Mr.. Altgeld
says is not so light. but that it COM
inands the consideration of his hear
ers, and the impressions made are
certain to carry weight III n political
ense. They will have more or less
influence upon the republicans in ev-
cry city where he speaks. That the
opposition will be called upon to re-
fnte the charges and statements made
by Mr.. Altgeld is certain; that party
cannot afford to let them pass unno-
ticed, and already leading republican
papers are editorially giving much
space to the discussion of Mr.. Alt
geld's addresses. The campaign may
trutl,fully be said to have commenced
ind from the present time until the
November election there will be poll
tics in South Africa without limit.
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Troub,es or n N.wsnoncr Man

: NbSkbhpS r.
Deadwood. S. d., Jan. 17.-Theodore
Laws. the Minneapolis newspaper man,
who was so seriously hurt in the Orig
inal Hardin mine last Thanksgiving,
will not enter suit against the COM
pany for damages. but will start for
his home in Minneapolis this week.
Laws has had Il rough experience in
the past few months. which will cause
him TO remember The west" as long
as he lives. He left Minneapolis three
months ago to accept a position on ii
paper in Chicago. When he arrived in
that city he found that another man
had taken his prospective job, After
searching for work for a month in Chi
cago he struck out for the Black Hills
and soon had prospective work on Il
mining Journal in Deadwood. Not
knowing anything about mining, he
got a position in the Original Hardin
mine. in tle Two Bit district. on some
light work. The second day in the
mine. he was caught in n slide of sew,
the spine. He was examined by the
company's physician in Il casual way
and was pronounced both by the ply
stefan, the manager of the mining
company and the state mine inspector
to be uninimed and perfectly able to
work. Some of Laws Deadwood
friends had him brought to this city,
where IL careful examination was
made. 1t was found that three of the
vertebrae of the spine had been frac-
tured and that the lower limbs were
partly paralyZed as 4 result.
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LEYDs ON MEDIATION.
No Definite statemcnt.C Can &c Made

No Definite StatemcntsCa lie hlauc
nt Present.
Brussels, Jan. 17.-Dr. w. j. Ileyds,
the minister plenipoteniiary of the
South African Republic. accredited to
all the governments of Europe, said in
an interview:
''Tbe cause of mediation is in too
critical a stage at the present mo-
ment to make any definite statement
as to the probability of it's success.
"Rcmember it is England, not we,
who is mainly responsible for this
bloodshed. and who has repulsed all
outside effort to bring about a suspen-
sion of hostilities.
"As for a refusal of an e%xeqnatur to
Mr.. Hay, the new United States con-
sui on his way to Pretoria to replace
Mr.. Macrnm, that rumor appears to
come through what IRE called Boer
agents in America. Let me state thai
no such person exists. No man in
America has any authority to speak in
behalf of the government at Pretoria.
AS for the report itself, l can neither
confirm nor deny it, but | know OF no
reason which would lead the govern
ment at Pretoria to make such a de-
cision."
Taking up. a clipping from the West
minister Gazette, of London. accusing
the Beers of firing upon surgeons and
ambulances on the field, Dr.. Leyds
continued:
This extract from the Westminster
Gazette has come under my notice. l
declare without hesitation that the
Boer soldier does not exist who would
knowingly fire on a nan employed on
IN GRAND of mercy. That mistakes
occur on both sides is too evident from
the reports published from time to
time of alleged crueities which a fuller
examination has proved to be the re-
suit either of u misunderstanding orof
ignorance of the rules of warfare. But
the mere accounts in the English
press of the chivalry of II men are in
themselves n refatation of such
charges. ,
One report says the Beers were
made to dig their wv graves before
beir.g tied to a stake for execution. Ii
this is true can only express my hor-
ror and indignation. Such acts of bar
barity must henceforth sully the an
nails of British warfare"
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KRUGER AND THE JAMESON RAID


South African EnRlishman's Inter-
view With Dom Paul.
London, Jan. Ill. b. Robinson,
the South African millionaire, in a
signed article in the Daily News re-
lates conversations he has had with
President Kruger and describes sew
eral interviews i'll which the Jameson
raid was talked over. On one of these
occasions President Krueger said:
DO you mean to tell me that you do
not know that the men who organized
and engineered the raid organized it
FOR their W benefit? They had de-
cided how they would divide the
Transvaal and how each of the parties
was to have certain interests in this
country. Many reformers who were
put in jail We're perfectly innocent.
They We're innocent of the schemes in
the inner circle. There were only
twelve men in that inner circle and
they were to divide the Transvaal
among themselves. Do you think we
are so innocent as not to think that
Cecil Rhodes, metaphorically speak
ing, held a pistol to the head of Ger.
lain men in England, saying: If You
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BIG STRIKE LIKELY.
Freight Men on the Great North-
crH Threaten TO OMIT.

Freight Men Nh the Great North
crn Threaten TO Quit.
Minot, NJ. D, Jnn.s IA strike of Sc
rious proportions is threatened by train
operatives of the Great Northern. This
applies to freight men only, but it is
thought that unless an amicable settle
ment of the differences is brought about
II general tieup will result. Last night at
an informal meeting of t%rainnen held
here II was decided to go out Tuesday
unless II modification of the rule lately in
troduced compelling freight crews to do
switching at terminal points was granted.
This rule is looked upon as a great hard
ship by freight crews. In case the men
go out the entire system will be affected.
Minneapolis, Jan. 1.-THE above dis
patch from Minot is only a part OF the
story. A poll of the entire system OH the
question of whether trainmen should
reject the ~company's schedule was taken
yesterday. The leaders are confident it
VIII be unanimous and practically in ia
vor of a rejection. 1t was. taken at the
professed to believe the sentiment OF the
trainmen was not behind their grievance
committee. The men do not want TO
strike, but prefer that to a retreat from
the position they have taken. One of the
leaders said there was no doubt about
neers II necessary. They think President
Hill has been misled by subordinate otii-
Gals into n false position. They profess
good will toward. the management, and
say that otherwise they would have
brought a elimination of the trouble in
business of the company will be less liz
jured than at any other time.
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BIG SHORTAGE CHARGED.

s.L.cnis, Ja~n.l7.-'The hoard of .d;.
rectors of the widows and orphans
fund of the German Orphans Cath
Ollie society, also the Central Nerein
met at the Southern hotel last night
The principal business of the meeting
was to receive the report of the com
mittee appointed at a meeting of tn,
Central verein in st. Paul. Mimi, las,
September to investigate the accounts
of Henry J. Spauuhorst, secretary o,
the widows and orphans fund. TIL.
committee claimed he was indebted
to the society in the sum of sl3, 766.s6
Spaunhorst denied most strenuousl,
that he owed the society anything.
and claimed, on the other hand, tina,
it was indebted to him in the sum q
s6s.
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TO PRESERVE CUBAN FORESTS
General Rivera Urges That Steps

Havana, Jan. 17.-General Ruis Rivera.
secretary of agriculture, Industry and
commerce, has addressed a communica-
ton to General Wood. advising that steps
be taken Immediately, to protect Cuban
forests belonging to the public domain.
He urges that he be empowered to APP
point six inspectors at a salary of $2.00o
each, with Instructions to locate public
of the rural guard In the various prov
incea as to the best methods of .preserv-
Ing the trees which are now being used
at. the pleasure of the first person who
desires to cut them, the result being in
many parts of the island n wholesale de-
struction OF young trees.
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PINS FAITH TO KITCHENER.
Britnin Looks TO the sirdar to Alto,
49, Situation In South ACIiCn.

Britain Looks 10 the Sirdar to Alter
Situation in South Africa.
New York, Jan. 18.-Frederick Cort.
land Penfield, of this city, was for a
number of years the diplomatic agent
OF the United States at Cairo, Egypt,
and during his residence there he be.
came well acquainted with Genera
Kitchener. At the-New York club Mr..
Penfield said:
Britain is clearly pinnfng her faith
to Kitchener to rcvivify her cam.
paign in South Africa. The sirdar is
a remarkable soldier and executive,
and the British government admits
this by turning to him in its hour OF
despair and humiliation. Lord Rob
erts is Kitchener's senior il years and
rank, but the younger Irishman is go.
ing to occupy the center Of the stage
in the re~organized attack upon the
Boer forces.
THE Butler campaign has collapsed
this is the word that best fits the
present situation of the cumpaign--
and Great Britain has called in her
general whose capacity as an organ
izer amounts to little short of genius.
Kitcheper's forte is, of course, desert
campaigning, but he will readily adapt
himself to conditions in South Africa
He and Roberts will net deliberately.
and it is probable that they will make
their move upon Pretoria from an EN-.
tirely new base. Their campaign is
almost sure to possess some novel fea-
lures.
tBritain is certain to win-must wiz
for she has no intention of dropping
to the rank of a fourtl-rate power,
but the Beers + nssuredly going to
make Britain pay an appalling price
for success, even as Kruger promised,
,"If Roberts and Kitchener emerge
from the campaign with no serious
blunder charged against them the
gratitude of the British people will
know no bounds. Roberts career will
then be gloriously ended, and kitch.
cner, not yet so, and with twenty
years of usefulness ahead of him, will
! be the man Of the period.
ut may seem a startling predic.
| ton" finished Mr.. Penfield, ''but il
would not be surprising if Kitchener
became Lord Wolseley's successor as
commander-in-chief of the British
army,"
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WAS MONITORS PiLoI.
Death of I%.ieutehant Samuel How
0rd fh wRshfnpt0n.


ard IN Washington.
Washington, Jan. 17.-Licutenant
Samuel Howard, who was pilot of the
Monitor in its memorable battle with
the confederate ram Merrimac, died ut
his residence in this city yesterday as
the result Of an accident last Tuesday.
He was in his 18th year.
On Tuesday he went for a walk and
on his return was ascending the steps
ut the door of his house, when he
slipped and fell, striking his head. He
was picked up unconscious and never
regained his faculties. Owing to his
advanced age the accident proved fatal
and he died Mt ) o'clock yesterday
morning. The funeral will take place
on Tuesday next and will be in charge
Of the q. a. r. and the Masonic fra
ternity, of which Lieutenant Howard
was a member. Interment will be at
Arlington.
Samuel Howard was born near Dub
lin, Ireland, and came to the United
States when still under age. His par
ents settled at Newport, Il. i. Young
Howard ran away from home aud
went to sea. For half n century >he
spent his life upon the water, and dur
ius tuc civil WIZ WAS IN OF
the gnnbont Neosho, doing parol duty
on the Mississippi. He was sent to
Norfolk on the Amanda and arrived at
the latter port just ut the time lIrics-
sons Monitor came down to battle
with the Merrimac. The man engaged
to pilot the Monitor through Hamp-
ton Roads declined the undertaking,
and Howard took his place.
FL 800 IL II - 49, TX - IL
confederate terror Howard was at the
wheel of the little union vessel. stand
ing in a small, square, i~ron-covcred
turret in the bow, half above and half
below the deck. He came through that
terrific engagement without a scratch
and was never wounded even during
his perilous service Oh the Mississippi.
After the war he vas appointed lieu
tenant in the revenue marine service,
and continued ON that duty until
about ten years ago.
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ANOKE N THE DEAD ROOM.
snss s.. IiopI. woman Come. Ne,

Ifsnst ST. Louis Woman Comes Nea,
Being Einbalmed Alive.
East st. Louis, ILL.,, Jan. 17.--Mrs
Christian Hirth awoke from d trance,
in the dead Room of the county hos.
pital yesterday. Only by a slight mo.
ton of her eyelids was she able tG
make life manifest TO the undertakyr.
who was busy embalming her. This
faint culver was sufficient to throw u
weight from her eye, md thereby
saved her from death by embalmins
fluid, or escaping that, by premature
burial.
Mrs. Hirth is 50 years old, and for
three months has been suffering from
a complication of ailments which have
greatly weakened her. Night before
last it was expected that she would
die and her husband remained at her
bedside all night.
In the morning she grew much
weaker and with a deep sigh seeming
" expired. The doctor came and felt
her pulse and applied other tests and
pronounced her dead.
The county undertaken was called
and the supposed corpse was taken
to the dead room, the body was laid
out on n cooling boartl, then washed
and partially bleached. Clothes sat-
uruted with bleaching fluid were
placed owe the face and the body.
The shroud and clothing in which she
was to be buried We're prepared.
While busy with his preparation TO
inject the emhalming fluid the under
taker was startled by q. noise proceed
ing from the direction of the corpse.
He glanced hastily, but there was no
motion in the white-sheeted figure.
When he came to remove the sheet
from the face, however, he noticed
that II of the weights had fallen off.
In replacing it he thought that he de-
tectedsa slight culver in the eyelids,
but, attributing it to his Imagination,
went about preparing his instruments
for the injection of the embalming
fluid.
Again the noise and the. fallen
weight. This time the CULVER in the
eyes was more pronounced.
There was no heart motion or
breathing that he could detect. and he
was about to inject the fluid when
again he noticed the quiver, and then,
to be thoroughly satisfied, he applied
the most powerful test of life known
to undertakers. There was an unmis-
taxable though faint indication of life
in response.
Assistance was summoned, the par
tally embalmed woman was removed
TO q bed and restoratives were applied
by the doctors. She was able, after
several hours, to speak in a whisper
and move herlmusries, but the weak
ness caused by her illness and the ter
rible ordeal through which she had
passed told heavily upon her, and she
could make no statement as TO her eN-
perfenccs while in u trance.
From the signs it is supposed that
she realized how near she was to be-
ing embalmed alive. Her husband was
thrown into a paroSysm of Joy owe
the sudden restoration of his wife to
life.
Several of Mrs. Hirth's women ac-
quaintances believe that n miracle was
performed in answer to their prayers,
The doctors are doubtful as to her
ultimate recovery, though they say
she may take a turn for the better.
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Safe Robbed by Himself.

Aberdeen, s.. D., Jan. 17.--ln the cir
cult court for Marshall county, in ses
sion at Britton, G. b. Lindlcy. q
Langford, was found guilty of having
robbed his own safe of S700, a little
owe a year ago. The money was PLACED
therein for safe keeping by u. Lyons
and the next morning there was foun,
the appearance of burglars, the SAT.
vas open and the money gone. 1t il
alleged the efforts at making it appear
that robbers had opened the safe were
crude and bungling. William Cox, o:
Groton, was convicted by the sam,
court Of having stolen S110 from til.
house of Clarence Whitney, Il Marshal
county farmer.
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Deadwood, S. d., Jan. 17.Th>
working women of Deadwood have or
ganized the Working Girls union
which starts out with u membership oil
twenty-five. The organization will
meet III the mems union hall in the
First ward of the city and The order,
will be governed by the same rules rs
the Labor union. 1t is proposed to. or.
ganize other women's unions in Other.
HInck HiIlc r;t;ec
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Probably. the most baftle-scarred
hero of the Tr%ansvaal war up to date
is Lieutenant Meiklejohn of the Cor
don highlanders. At Elandslaagte he
received three bullets through his up
per right arm, II through the right
forearm, one through the left thigh,
two through his helmet. a snick in the
neck, one of his fingers blown away
and his sword and scabbard We're shot
to pieces.
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At a dinner in New York recently
some one jokingly commented on pro-
hibition in Maine. E~S-Speaker Reed,
'whose turn came later, defended his
old home against the mistaken view
of the result of prohibition there He
said 1t had resulted in Maine men los
ing all taste for liquor. This was met
with bowls of deris'a1 and sarcastic
laughter, but Mr.. Reed never cracked
a smile. He said the popular mistake
was due to the fact that whenever a
New Yorker went to Maine the hos
pitable people of that state broke the
rule and gave him drink only to save
his life.
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Branch OF American League.

Deadwood, S. d., Jan. 17.-Tht
American ieigue has o~rganizeaa q
branch in this city, with u good sized
membership. The officers elected are:
President, Hon. Freeman Knowles;
secretary. James Conzett. 1t is the
purpose of the organization to hold
public meetings III the city and county
from now on for the purpose of work
ing against Imperialism, m~ilitarism
and the organization of capital by the
government. Ex-Governor Altgeld
will be received with great demorstra-
ton tonight III this city blythe new
organization.
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Mizpah IS from the Hebrew and in

Mizpah is from the Hebrew and in
that Language it is "NIitzpah.n 1t was
the name Of several places in Pales-
tine. The first recorded use Of the.
word fully explains its meaning. In
the thirty-first chapter of Genesis,
f~orfy-eighth and forty-ninth verses,
the story is told of Jacob and Labnn
raising a rude heap of stones to serve
as a witness to their covenant and as
alandmark of the boundary they had
agreed upon ms making their respcc-
tive possessions. The word means Wit
ness, or watch-tower, and comes from
the Hebrew word, .tsaphah''--to look
out. As Laban, the Syrian, uses the
word it is supposed to have come
originally from some other language
than Hebrew.