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New-York tribune., 1900-01-13
Railroads..
new YORK CENTRAL
HARLEM DIVIGIi5N.

O.l2 A. III and ass p NJ. ssrs. except Sunday "a
Pittsheld; Sundays only Al $40 4. NJ.
Wagner Palace Cars all through trains
Trains Illuminated with Pintsch Light.
Ticket offices at rs. 26l. 4l3 and 1916 BrOadway d
lnon So, w, 2S5 Columbus Ave. 81 West l15th 81
i25th ST. and lSsh stations. York 33S ana "a
fulton ST and 1Oi Broadway, E =. BrOoklyn ~
Telephone 1850 Cortiandt for New-Ycrk Central Cab
Service. Baggage checked from hotel residence nv
Westcott Express Company "
GEORGE H DANIELS General PASSENGER Ar.,.
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DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA & WESTERN
WEST SHORE R,R,

Trains leave Franklin 81. station ". Y as foloWA
and 10 m. later from foot OF w. 42d St:
'1St40 T.. NJ. CONTINENTAL LIMITED for DetroI
Chicago ana ST. Dining Car.
'0;l5 ?. NJ. Chicago and ST. Louis Limited.
iStOO y, NJ. Buffalo and Niagara Falls Express.
'eil6 P. NJ Detroit and Chicago Express
.oely. Except sunday:
Timetables a principal hotels and Offices Ragxags
checked from residence by Westcotts FNpTssN
c. E. LAMBERT. General Passenger Agent n Y,
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NEwYoRK DAILY TRIBUNE. SATURDAY. JANUARY 13 1900

short rib IS to 20 m Cd long clear mdass m sPs' m
40 10 9s m 94s ga long clear middles heavy 90 70 ~ 10
s4s short clear backs IS to Is 10 abs ed clear OeTs a
to Shouders-Squsre. II 20 ~ 10 .'.
Gas Cd. Lard hrmi prime western IN sm American
finest white SIS Cd American finest colored 59s ao~
Prime city hrm 27s; Australian In Lono9n III am
2Ts al Cottonseed oiI-HuII refined. January
2Os sd Tlrpentine-Spirits firm. 39s Cd RosnC
firm As Cd Petroeum-Rehued, Tssd iAnseed OIL <is Oi
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ROYAL BLUE LINE.
FOR PHILADELPHIA. BALTIMORE AND

FOh PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE AND
WASHINGTON
o
Week days "4:3O, 500 1000 1I Dining Carr A N.
do0 Dining Carl 1;So t3;Oo Royal Blue Litsdl $500,
I0O4 On 30 Dining CaTl A NJ: 1:S0 600 ROYAL Bus
Additional trains for Philadelphia. days 30 800
A NJ, $3.50, $500. $3.50. 1880 '9;45 P NJ. Sundays,
50 100 A. NJ. $500. s9:oO P. NJ.
Tickets and Parl9r car seats a. foot of Liberty St.
way 80 9th Az . Union 81. West. 153 East 125ta
St. West l25th St. 2+5 Columbus New yorx-
Court st. 344 $50 Fulton St Brooklyn; ss Broadway.
Williamsburg The New York Transfer " call for
and check baggage from hotes 10 destna
ton
From Liberty St. only.
sFrom South Ferry five minutes earlier.
tFrom South Ferry at 20 ?. NJ
RFrom South Ferry 0:2O A NJ
bFrOm South Ferry $40 P N
jFrOm South Ferry 355 ?. NJ
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EUROPEAN PRoDucE MARKET

liverpool IL, Jan. 12-Closng: Wheat-Spot dun. NJ, I
sIiSrnia 1nS Us Sdqds 3lad, No Western winter
oS s iod No Northern spring. is. Corn-Spot steady:
Hmeilcah mixed, new. 3s bS4d: do old 9s "a. Itures
Janlay 9uiet as 59sd February steady Is SID; March
SSteady IS bSd. Peas-Canadian. 5s hIsd Flour 81
ess pus fancy winter hIm Is Hops London Paciac
s2s Cd prime 76s Sd Pork steady: prima ,ness
western 'is I'd, Hams ~ho.t cut, IA 10 l6 m Arm
dos "a Bacon nrm. Cumberland cut to 80 NJ 2gs IA
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pENNSYLVANTA
@ RALROAn

STATIONS foot Of West Twsnty-thfrd s,rset ana -
and CortIaudt Streets. 49,
eEThe leaving time from DesbrosSe- ana
cortiandt Streets fs Ave minutes tater than
that given below for Tweaty-thIrd sfrree
station, except where otherwise noted
$500 "A. M. FAST MAILe-Lamted 10 TWO slIgsr ParIor
Cars New York TO Pitts6urs Fiitsbas "a
O. S5 a NJ NO SS4 sS9ehes Ts,iS e Pitss6gTs Co..
055 A. NJ. PENNsYLVANiA LGIirED.-1uillaTn. CON.
Cars For chiesEo Cleveland Toledo. cInsiasss.
IS5 p n cHicAGo ASD AZ I9SF' sT LOUIS ExPREss
sor Louisville (via cincinnat Ind.anaDolis chicago
S55 2. ". wEsTEEN ExPREss.-For Chicago. 7Os
7Ss 5Srr p AH;o5 y soqTITE5TER . .5 R
.5S 55Ggisll; p s. l0dP591aR3,: IS I9qi. ~ ,s
kouts Sonn;.ts hr Cleveland except ss5urday.
ou'g and points West daily sunday No coaches
WASHINGTON AND THE SOUTH.
$50 s2S s5S CDesbrosses and cortlandt strssr.
5io 3Dss5osss, nsns cS SD3 10 50 DHi.s cs 81 q q 2sS
SssiI11i 81 S5s, Lin az Parlor and Dining Cars). as
1s - 20 as SniRS i6s SAB a5s x eaI a. no no
Soo TO- cong sssiOna Lin. all Dining
ars ~ 20 as Dining Carr. ass Dining carr s
SOUTHERN T,1bi 5s;S RAILwAY-E1press s2s AS n l2s
NoRFoIK or 2.x, AND WESTERN RAm.wAY-For M.m0s,,
ATLANTIC COAST II LfNSHE,6ai!:y,. 2; n daily. sz
Ca5ESAPEAK5 55S. Pc OHIO RAILwAY-T55 a n WEEK.
FOE 8LR PodST sGS C8aIFoRT oRFoLK-7s5 n
ATLANTIC cTTY@i55 m o. d@i1g, ~ v..s s,~. =
ana combined Coach. Stsacas
GAPE MAI.-l255 ?. N. week-dsya
FOR points on New York Long Rranrb
west Iwenty-third Street Station) s55 a - ,s ,ssos7
30 ana : % p. m Sundays, 925 a. N az LN0
from Desbrosses and Cortlandt StreetsS ~ D. n
i25O $50. and $40 D m sundays . 4 a m - a. N.
FOR PHILADELPHIA
o-Io tDeS6rosses and CortIandt Streets G2O ~ "a.
50 500, as $50 Pen1a Limited 1910 CDes6ro.sss
and Cortandt Streets, 102O Dining Car) IO55 eS-s
Car). ll59 a. 1855 2l0 CDesbrosses aad Co-rie,3
SIess <<Ol 800, go. 300, D 425 dining Carr q
iiD5nins 70 In Ssr) 555 Dining Csrl 555 9 925 n
X ~ nisht sundays. 61O. S-25, &5j. 925. as 5Th
irted( s55. lo55 Dining Car) 80. IS5 CB1I5<
Sar1 80. 355 423 Dining Carl. 455 Dining
-;. 80 Dining Car) I55; SIS. 90 m, p 10 hight
Ticket o1ces Nos 461 S44. 1885, 1854 Ill 28i Br,.
way; Astor House. West Twenty-third Street Sfsfs-
and stations foot OF Desbrosses COrtland ss49.
Court Street. $50 Fulton Street. eS Broa5Tsv -
Pennsylvania Annex Station. Brooklyn: Station -
City. The New York Transfer Company EUI All y.
and check baggage from hotels and residences tSroxs
Railroad Cab Service.
J. B. HUTCHINSON. ! p WON
General Manager. General Pass S-s..S
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CENTRAL R. R. OF new JERSEI.

Anthracite coal used exclusively.
-Four tracks Pneumatic Signals
stations IN New York. OF Liberty
and South Ferry.
Leaving time from South Ferry Is the same a. fraa
Liberty St. except when noted.
On and 1900.
Trains leave foot Liberty
For Easton Bethlehem. Allentown Mauch Chunk.
'4;UN SI:l5 s9:1O A NJ ts12:OO VI. East1ul,
E4:4O. Gj:45. 81 30 P. NJ SUNDAYS s4s3n
(sI 100 TO EastOn) A N. s1;OO 80. $500 P. VI.
For Wtlkesbarre. Pittston, Scranton se:la
A. NJ, 1870 p. N. Sundays. "4;3O A. NJ
For Reading and Harrisburg 800 $50 7.3O sa10
1000 1880 70 Reading A NJ. 80. $3.50 $40 90.
$50 10 Reading P ". s12:15 night sundays '4sO
Oil 30 to Reading A NJ. 81 90 100 $50 5000 $500
70 Reading P. NJ. s12:15 night
For stations on the NEW YORK AND LONG BRANCH
X: & R. 40 t'5;5o 10 Red Bank onlyl $50 la9:3o
Red Bank Only) 1l3O A NJ. Isl 45 and i4.1O
Qnly9 $3.50 b6;2s P n sundays $500 ('1O:15 Red
FOR LAKEWOOD and Lakehurst. 40 a9:3o A. n.
81 40 $3.50. j4:1O. 200 p. NJ Sundays s1O:15 A.
For Toms River and Barnegat, $50 a9-30 A NJ
t4:iO p NJ. Sundays. H10:15 a NJ
FOR ATLANTIC CITY. $50 A. As (s3 50
p NJ. Atlantic CITY special with vestbued Coaches ana
Pullman Parlor Cars.
For stations between Atlantic Highlands Long
Branch. via Matawan. $3.50 $50 and i-3O Atlantic
Highlands only A. NJ. s1:45. $3.50 (45 IS bS23
lantic Highlands only p NJ Sundays $500 NJ. s&O0
P NJ.
stations between Long Branch Highlands
Of Navesnk. via BranchpOrt '4:3O $3.50. 113O A n.
.
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Srct cotton IN the local market ruled quiet prices
rneangsd on the basis Of 7ssc for mddlng upland
T1sc for miGdling Cult Sales 23 bales Southern
spot markets middlinR qu9ted Officially reported
hv follows: NeR-Orleans firm 5-l6c: Mobile
STEADY 74c steady 5-i6c: Charleston au,e
71te: Norfolk steady l6e: nominal 79sc
Augusta firm. 7-1sc; Memphis steady 1Izc: 81 Louis
steady. 7-iee- The export movement follows:
Great Britain France Continent
lo-aay --.------- ---------- tsl6 S,7O7
Thus far this week 43S67
Ghcs far this lO5OOS 4Rs ga5 I274 2sI
Eew-Or.esns receipts morrow are stimsted AZ from,
leaeO TO 800 bales. agsnst 5ssl same day last
week and 3J62 bales year ago. Houston from
S5e1 % 1900 bales expected morrow against
6s3 last Saturday ana $500 last year
KeceiPIs At the interior points -day com
pared with the same day last week and ast year:
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Jan. 12spring wheas-N9Sh1s 9,II SGles sesfNo
Inquiry offerings light No red quoted at alcs
offered T0hc: No white. zoe aeked com HI,Im, 20
yellow 37IGc yellow, 3Tc No yellow 5o7sci 70 Z
corn S6Ih G364c: corn 361zc Oats steady ialr d
Tnand. No white % G3Oc white 2s q pzSc; NO
4 white 2si2c; No mixed. 27o: No mixed 267ec rye
dull: No track 6l1zc- Flour dull' easy
chicago Jan 12-The leading ranged as fol
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NAVAL STORES.

There good demand from jobbers for spirits tur
pentine, which firmly held at former rates Tar
was moderately active ana steady Pitch was dull.
Rosn ruled firm with full prices quoted We quote:
TAR-Reguars. 81 So oil bbls. 81.
SPIRITS TURPENTINEt-j EQ53c.
ROSIN-Common to good strained. 81 62lgaSl 80; r.
81 20; F. 81 T5 g. 81 So H. 81 95 l. 81 o5; X, 81 10 NJ
81 80; n, 81 80: w G. SO 80; w ". 81 10.
STOCK ON HAND.
spirits turpentine' [o9o
Charleston. Jan. 12-Turpentne firm at 49c Rosin
firm, unchanged
ceipts. l5S bbls; sales. l07l bbls exports 293 Dds
Rosn firm; 2 155 bbs sales. 4116 bbs exports
6,434 bbs Quoted: A. b. c. d and +. 81 %; F. ~ 80
G. 81 40 H. 81 I0 l, 81 50; r. 81 go NJ 81 10 y, 81 90
W G, So 10; w W. So 81
Wilmington. Jan. 2spiriis turpentine firm. 49i4q5oc
receipts 42 casks Rosin 81 - and 81 % receipts
4O2 bbs Crude tupentne steady. 81 90 and 81 80 Tar
London, Jan. l2.-Turpentine- Spirits ass I'D
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e of contract prices in the local market to-day

Foreign Cofee Ma-kets-Ssntoe-COf market firm;
ge0o average Sant1s- 9sl00 10000 bags stock
el2oJp hasF Hamburgtlotfee market opened 4 pfennig
htEner: at 2S0 ?. 4di2 pfennig higher sales
zl.e0O bags Havre-Coffee market opened steady al
franc higher: at - N. = franc lower; p.
lower but steady; al $50 y franc higher;
New-York tribune., 1900-01-13

Ro-Cofee market firm: = Rio. 9Sa50: exchange,
receipts, 5000 cleared United States
Il. .eoo bags; stock. Is9 90G bage.
The statistical position
New-York tribune., 1900-01-13

May ........-.li 90 II 12lz II 90 1888
Receipts Of breedstuns interior points in thousands
last three c'phers OOO omitted -four bbs, bush
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-01-04
TODOWN TRUSTS.
CHAIRMAN or NATrONALrANTr COW
FERENCE ISSUES A STATEMENT.
Idea II Advanced That the Az Must
be Laid NJ the Root Of Special
Privileges.
BY Wire From Chicago. Jan. ..

S
Members Of the executive committee Of
the national antitrust conference to be
held in Central Music Hall. Feb. IL, held
short conference yesterday ut the Sher-
man house. M. L. lockwood, Pennsylyania.
chairman Of the committee, afterward issued
statement in which he said:
Every day the antitrust sentiment
throughout the country is becoming inten-
sified and everywhere the cry il going nm
What can be done to save the country from
the oppression Of trusts?' The mission Of
the conference IL to answer this crv. To
the political economists and statesmen OF
the conference, rather than to the poll
ticians OF the country will the people look
Tor an utterance which will lead to their
deliverance
THE axe should be laid to the root Of
the tree OF special privileges. The plan is
TO treat the causes rather than the effect
70 strike at special privileges hardest and
nrst. In government ownership only can
railway favoritism be prevented Govern
ment control under corporate ownership has
proven a failure.
In order to destroy the trusts we must
take from the special advantages which
nave created them and they will wither of
their own weight, as they meet the ener
getic competitive capacity Of the American
people.
1T Is the plan to organize all who are
opposed to trusts with the view Of uniting
the friends OF freedom in every state, coun-
" and school district in that concentrated
actlon which alone can prove effective"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-01-04
FACES A BRIBERY CHARGE
John HI. Whallen, of Kentucky. Said
~ to Have offered a Senator Money,
Gives Bonds to Appear.
BY Wire From Frankfort, KY, Jan. 3.

John H. .Whallen, who is accused by Sen
ator 8. B. Harrell of having attempted to
bride him by offering him 81, 500 to vote
against Goebel, in the gubernatorial contest,
arrived here. yesterday afternoon and gave
bond in the sum Of $4,000.
He was accompanied to the sheriffs Of
flee by Gen. P. Wat Hardin and other anti
Goebel leaders. His examining trial is set
for o'clock today, when his attorneys
will enter plea to the Jurisdiction of the
local courts claiming that the offense. If
there is one, was committed in Louisville
The Louisville Trust company officers re-
fused to turn over to the authorities here
the safety box in which the money Is said
to be deposited, and Judge Cantrill issued
attachments. for them.
Both houses of the legislature organized
at noon by electing the nominee of Monday
nights Democratic caucus.
Ex-senator Blackburn will be formally
named by the Democratic joint caucus of
the legislature to succeed Senator Lindsay
The Republicans of the house caucused in
secret in the morning. Representative John
P. Haswell. of Breckenridge county. was
nominated for speaker Senator Deboe. ex
Gov Bradley and others were present. and
went over with the members the general
policy of the session.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-01-04
WARNING FOR THE GIRLS
Woman Who Has Tried 1t Says For.
efgners With Titles Are Good Men
Not to Marry.
BY Wire From New York, Jan. 2.

IAN American girl had better be dead
than married to one of these foreign aris-
tocrats. Let these so-called noblemen
alone-that is my advice to every young
American woman"
Such was the advice spoken yesterday by
La Comtesse Loureau de Chavanne, at the
Waldorf Astoria. The comtesse was Miss
Ovirda Benson, of Brooklyn, daughter of
Capt. Henry John Benson, of the revenue
service.
eyes, let the American girl beware of
the titled foreigners" continued La
Comtesse. IF she is married to one she
will rue it. I know, for 1 have tried It.
1T is matter Of barter and sale. I
was an American girl and when young
married a Frenchman Of title. When he
died, not long ago, found among his papers
contract which he had made with a per-
son who was Ia that business to find him an
an eligible wife with fortune. He paid
in installments for the services of the per-
son who brought me to his attention.
HE squandered my money and nv life
was unhappy. My experience is typical Of
the rottenness Of the foreign aristocracv
and especially that Of France
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-01-04

the army must be maintained and that the
Dunishment in view Of the aggravated Ia
ture of the offense 10 none too severe
The matter IL now left in the presidents
hands. Renewed efforts will be made by
the delegation to have the president use his
power and grant the pardon. .Adjutant- Gen.
eral Corbfn intimated that clemency might
be shown after few months. provided the
boys made good prison record. The war
department has always been against the
regiment.
Representatives Fletcher and Morris called
on Ad1utant General C0rbin yesterday
and protested against the removal Of troops
from Walker. General Corbin informed
them that the troops were to remain and
II their removal was contemplated ample
notice would be given residents of Walker
,'7 GERALD
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-01-04
REPORTS ON "OPEN DOOR"
secretary Hay Makes Announcement
at Cabinet Meeting Concern
ing Negotiations With European
Powers.
BY Wire From Washington, Jan. 3.

The session of the cabinet yesterday was
brief, but it was the occasion of the import
ant announcement by Secretary of Setate
Hay that the negotiations with the powers
of Europe and Japan to secure a common
understanding for a continued "open door,
policy throughout China has been eminently
successful, and that favorable responses
had been received from Great Britain,
Germany, France Russia and Japan. The
only country addressed which had not vet
responded is Italy, and favorable answer
is also expected from her.
Secretary Hays statement to the cabi-
net fully confirms the information in the
Associated Press dispatches from this city
last Saturday. The announcement of the
success of the negotiations was extremely
gratifying to the president and cabinet. as
1t assures to the United States full share
in the future development Of commerce with
the great empire of China.
Secretary Root was not at the cabinet
meeting today, and therefore, none of the
matters which usually occupy such a large
share of the attention of the cabinet was
considered.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-01-04
NO FEAR SHOWN
MILWAUKEE, ALDERMEN DEFY THE
COURTS INJUNCTION.
Street Railway Ordinance Providing
Tor Lower Fares and Extending
the Franchise IL Passed
BY Wire From Milwaukee, Jan. 3.

In spite Of the fact that three injunctions
were hanging over the heads of the mayor
city clerk and members of the commission
council. restraining those officials from Gre
ating the street railway ordinance into a
law, that measure, over which there has
been a lively fight for several weeks past
was finally passed by the commission coun-
Gu at last evenings session by q vote of
70 TO l, IL members refusing to vote. The
ordinance was Immediately signed by Mayor
David s. Rose
BEFORE the vote was taken several legal
opinions on the validity of the action by the
council IN view of the injunctions were read
IL was held in each instance that no court
ol equity mad the power to enjoin a legisla-
1--WE BODY from passing such an ordinance
and amid considerable excitement the or
olnance as 1t came from the commission on
engrossment was read a third time and i'm
med1ately passed.
so fearful were the strongest advocates
OF the measure that hitch might occur at
the last moment by some unlocked for pro-
ceedure on the part of the opponents of the
Dill that the doors of the council chamber
were for time barred to every one not
ALREADY in the chamber. Policemen were
stationed In all parts Of the hall to prevent
any possible disturbance.
me opponents of the measure entered q
'uo passage az lulS Clme ana
penuing the outcome of the Injunction pro-
ceedlngs. The protest was of no avail, and
the ordinance went through with the same
support as it had when advanced to a third
reading. Further legal proceedings are ex-
pected.
Inc street railway company will probably
issue tickets at once in accordance with the
provisions OF the ordinance which call for
the sale OF 70 tickets for one dollar. good for
certain hours OF the morning and evening.
until 1905, after which time a four cent fare
VIII rule all day. The street railways pres
ent franchise and certain other new ones
are extended to 1894
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-01-04
URRENDER no MARCH
>.A0UINAEDO's1swKBs xND SISTERS
GIVE EzRDuaEEvEs UP.


Agufnaldo . Win. Astsrs and 10 Filipinoa
have surrendefeE to MAI. March's battalion
Of the Third inf2ptry at Bontoe, province Of
that name. Thrse Filipino offcsrs also sur
rendered to Mat. March, and the Filipinoa
gave up two Spanish and two American
prisoners. ~.
advance occur1sdr yesterday morning. when
two battaiionSsiof the s39thrs infantry landed
occupied Cabuyao, ons tho south side of
Laguna de Bay. Twoa, Americans were
killed and fourrwsrs wounded. Twenty-four
OF the enemy1 dead were found in one
house. One hundred and nifty prisoners and
four six-pounder; rapid<Are guns were cap
tured.
The gunboat Laguna de Bay, bombarded
the town before the characterization Of the
troops from thess cascoes, which was made
under the enemy's -shrapnel hre. The
enemy evacuated the place before the charg-
ing Americans, .retreating to Santa, Rosa,
to which town they were pursued.
Heavy fighting occurred along the road
to Santa Rosa, which was occupied by the
insurgents retreating south toward Slang.
The Americans burned the country between
and around Cabuyao.
The gunboat returned to Calamba for re-
inforcements and thence came to Manila to
fetch ammunition. She recently captured
two OF the enemy's steam launches. one
under the nre OF artillery. at tCalamba, and
also four cascoes loaded with rice.
Other regiments are mobilizing at San
Pedro. Macati and Pasig, preparatory to con-
tinuing the southern advance.
Sundays capture Of bombs involved the
seizure of documents inculpating a thou
sand Filipinos who Intended to rise against
the Americans. sRarsrs were also found
showing distribution of the city into dis
tr1cts and careeuls assignment of leaders
and followers.
The precautions taken by the Americans
Saturday, 1t is nowf evident, alone pre-
vented an uprfsing.1 The provost marshal
has requested that two more regiments be
detailed for the protection Of Manila.
Three thousands troops are now actually
In the city.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-01-04
NOW AN OFFICIAL VICTORY
British War once Issues . Bulletin
ut COlesburg.
BY Cable From London, Jan. 8.

While the afternoon papers are disposed
to over-rate the brilliancy Of Gen. French
success 1t will doubtless have good mora
effect. and, II promptly followed up. al
seems likely from the fact that Remington
guides are already advancing on Achterlang
1t may result in securing Norvalspon
bridge. thus gaining an. Important strategi.
advantage, as thence Gen. French will prob.
ably be. able to threaten Bethulie bridge
which is the main line of retreat for the
Beers facing Gen. Gatacre.
Other official dispatches, dated Jan. /, say
Gen. Methuen's position is unchanged
The success Of Gen. French's column is al
length confirmed officially, the war office
this afternoon issuing a dispatch from
Cape Town, Monday, Jan. 1, as follows:
French reports at 2 p. m. today, from
Coleskopf. by heliograph as follows:
Leaving at Rensburg holding the enemy
In front, half of the first Suffolks and a
section of the Royal Horse artillery,
started thence at in the afternoon.
Dec 81, taking with me Ave squadrons
Of cavalry, half Of the Second Berks
and 80 mounted infantry, infantry car
rfed wagons and 10 guns. l halted for
four hours at Maidors farm and at $3.50
this morning occupied the kop1e over
looking and westward of Colesbure. Tho
enemy's outposts were taken completely
by surprise At daylight we shelled the
lager and enfladed the right of the
enemy's position. The artillery fire in
reply was very hot from a 15-pounder
using royal laboratory ammunition and
other guns. We silenced the guns on
the enemy's right flank, demonstrating
with cavalry and guns to the north Of
Cloesburg. toward the junction, where
strong lager Of the enemy was hold
Ing hill. and a position southeast Of
Colesburg, as far as the junction. Our
position cuts the line Of retreat via the
road and bridge Some thousands Of
Beers, with two guns, are reported to be
retiring towards Norvalspont.
All Hem1ngton's scouts proceeded to-
ward Achterland yesterday morning.
SIght casualties, about three killed and
lew wounded. Details later.
BRIEF Independent messages from Renshur1
1led the evening of Jan. 1. supplement Cen
French's dispatch but slightly. According
20 them the British were still Smelling the
0oer position at o'clock Monday evening
ana expected to enter Colesburg today.
Inc British losses were three men killed
ana seven wounded. No officers were killed
'r wounded. The Beers are supposed to have
SUFFERED heavily from the accuracy Of tho
BRUSH artillery fire. Gen. French's state
nent evidently refers to one of the British
guns captured at Stormberg.
lne Boer strength in the engagement with
zen. French was estimated at from < ooo -
1000 men. 0'OON "