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A million Dollar Fire.

Newark. n. j., March 1.-The great
est Brc Newark, n. b.. ever experienced
swept through the retail dry goods dis
trict, Tuesday night, destroying a
score or more of buildings, ine loss
IL estimated at more than $l,000,000.
Several lives are supposed to have
been lost and several persons were
badly burned.
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suddcu Death,

st. Louis, March Emil w. Glogdu
n well-kpown real estate OPERATOR
died suddenly at his home, about i've
o'clock Tuesday evening, from heart
failure, said to have been caused by
acute gastritis. Mr.. Glogau had np'
parently been in his usual health up
TO 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon,
when he was suddenly stricken.
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VIII Not Accept.

St. Joseph, Mo-, March LIN "A per-
sonal letter to a prominent Burling'
ton official here, w. c. Brown, Of Chi
cago, general manager of the Chicago,
Burlington g. Quincy, says he will not
accept the presidency of the Kansas
City, Pitsburg g. Gulf, and has so no.
titled the members of the reorganiza.
tion committee,
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KILLED by Nltropiyccrine.

Marietta, o., March i.-Three men
were killed near here, Tuesday, by eN-
plosons of nitroglycerine Harvey
Benedict and Chester Campbell, Of
Willinmstown, were blown to atoms
while preparing TO shoot well. A
few minutes later, near the scene OF
the first accident, load Of nitroglyo-
crime exploded, annlhilating Samuel
Fleming, his team nnd wagon.
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Pietcr's HiII GnIIantIy Taken.

Washington, March 1.-The last
London, Feb. 2S.-The war office
has received dispatch from Gen. Bull
Ter announcing that Peters Hill, the
enemy's main position, was magnih-
Gently captured, Tuesday, and 60 pris-
oners taken,
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CcOrpe II. BARROW In IN Asylum

New York, March 1.-George b. Bar
low, who, with his wife, kidnapped
"Baby" Clark, in Central Park, New
York city, last year, ard who was sent
to Sing Sing prison for IA years, has
been sent to the asylum for insane
criminals at Matteawan, n. y, having
become insane,
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OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

The Moberly (Mo) creamery was
burned Tuesday. The loss is placed
at Si 800,
Acquilla Woods, aged so years, and
one of Nirden's Ull,) Oldest residents,
died Monday night.
The Illinois state board of health
will hold physicians examinations at
Mount Vernon, beginning May Is.
Fire destroyed the City laundry at
Grcenville, H., Tuesday, and rendered
useless a portion of the machinery
The post Office at Ivan, Wis, was
burned Tuesday, and Herbert Bates,
the postmaster's son, perished in the
flames.
Secretary to the President Porter
has completed collection of crayon
portraits of his predecessors at the
White House.
Samuel LARSEN was killed by a
dynamite explosion in quarry at
Great Falls, Mont. His body was hor-
ribly mangled.
Mrs. A. c. Mitchell, daughter OF
County Commissioner George W. Neel-
ey, was burned to death at her home,
nine miles west Of Dallas, Tex.
The house committee on military af-
fairs decided TO report fayorably the
bill TO raise the adjutant general TO the
rank and pay Of major general.
BY the bursting Of ily-wheel, Tues
day, Eugene Springer was instantly
killed, a large section Of the wheel
passing entirely through his breast.
The Baldwin locomotive works OF
Philadelphia has received an order
from the Paris g. Orleans railway, OF
France, for 80 ten-wheel passenger en-
gines
Senator Depcw, OF New York, I'D
dressed the senate Tuesday on the
Philippine question. His oration Is
described as beautiful in thought and
diction.
Representatives OF several Porto
Rico delegations in Washington pre-
sented TO congress n protest against
the passage of the Puerto Rico tariff
measure.
Nine business houses were destroyed
at Aurora, Mo-, Tuesday. The fire oc'
cured on the west side of Madison nv
enue, IN the heart of the business gee
ton of the city
The senator's Of Edinburg university
have decided to confer the degree OF
doctor of laws on Miss Eleanor A..
Ormcrod, who acquired worldwide
famcns an entomologist.
Henry Wa,terson now advocates the
modification Of the Gocbel election
law IN Kentucky because II might
cause the notification Of the stnte's
vote IN Il close national contest
Lieut. j. c. Gilmore, the leader of
the Yorktown's little band who were
held captive by the Filipincs for 80
many months, has started on his way
home from Manila ON the Solacc.
Several western governors are OPP
posed to the Live Stock associations
plan In reference TO grazing lands, A
meeting to consider the question will
be held at Salt Lake, Utah, on April
Is.
Cardinal Ladochowiski, prcfcct OF
the congregation of the propaganda,
who has been III, at Rome, for several
months, has suffered serious relapse
and fatal issue Of the malady Is
feared.
Fire, Tuesday, destroyed the old El
pnso (Tcx,) ore somping works in the
western suburbs and threatened u
residence close by. Four box ears
were consumed and six others slightly
damaged.
Henry 4, McDNniels, employed in
the Office Of the chief engineer Of The
Big Four Railroad Co., at Cincinnati,
was struck by street car and killed,
Tuesday, just after having alightcd
near his home,
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A Matter for Inquiry.

Frankfort, KY, March Unknown
persons, Tuesday night, stripped the
state capitol building of the cmblcna
Of mourning with which the front OF
the building was draped account OF
the death of the late William Goebel
Soldiers were on duty during the
night. Capt. Cochran, who is IN
charge, will hold court OF inquiry
to-day.
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Enrthounke shocks Reported.

Anaheim, Cal, March 1.-Jamcs
Pachstein and w. X. Krebs, who have
arrived here from the Santiago noun
tains, report that there have been
many earthquake shocks in that sec
ton since last Christmas, being very
severe on January 22 and February IL.
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TERRIBLE TRIPLE TRAGEDY.
A West virginia Farmer Kills His
Daughter, Her LOycr ana
Then Himself.

BlueRcld, w. Va, Feb. 2s.--Joscph
Clean, farmer, llving six miles north
of this place, killed his daughter and
killed himself Tuesday. Clean had
forbidden Marsh to call on his dnugh'
ter, and finding him In the porlT or
dcred him to leave, Upon Marsh's re-
fusnl, Clean fired ut him with u shot
gun. Ellen Clean sprung In front Of
her lover and received the charge in
her throat, dying instantly. The Sec
ond shot killed Marsh. Clean then cut
his own throat.
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ArchhI.hop Henncssy Much weaker.

Chicago Feb. 2s.-A special to the
Record from Dubuque, Ia, says; Arch
bishop Hennessy is gradually growing
weaker. Owing to partial paralysis OF
his stomach he is able to take but
very little nourishment. Opiates are
bcing administered.
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Seven Inches and SIN Coming.

Bryan, O., March l,-One of the heaV-
lest snow-falls Of this winter began
at midnight and at 0 a. IN. the ground
was covered to a depth of seven in
ches and the snow was still falling
The temperature dropped 20 degrees
last night.
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Proud 20 Have Lived Among Them.

Ottawa, Ont, March THE gov
crnor general has received the follow
ing coblegrnm from Princess Louise,
the wife of the marquis Of Lorne,
formerly governor general of Canada.
"London, Feb. Ell desire TO eS-
press congratulations on Cronjes sur
render, effected by gallant CANADIAN
mid, Deep sympathy for Canadian
losses, Am proud to have lived among
them,
(Slgned,) LOUISE
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pu.,ues, suspcnded at Joliet.

Jiiet, H., March l.-Since early
Tuesday night the worst snow storm
known here for years has prevailed.
Huge drifts have formed and there are
no signs of abatement of the storm.
Business is suspended, street cars are
stalled and railroad trains are behind
time.
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The storm AT Cleveland.

Cleveland, O., March From three
to seven inches of snow fell within u
very short time throughout northern
Ohio. On the trunk lines trains were
reported from 80 minutes to two hours
late. Many street car lines in this city
were completely tied up during the
morning.
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Dismissed the Ministry.

Victoria, B. C., March 1.-Lieut, Gov.
McInncs has refused TO sanction the
combination secured by the govern
mcnt party, led by Mr. Semlin, with
five members of the opposition, by
which power was to be retained, and
has dismissed the ministry.
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rhc Queens sympathy.

London March THE queen has
tclegraphed Gen. Butler as follows:
81 have heard with the deepest con-
cern the heavy losses sustained by my
brave Irish soldiers, and | desire to
express my sympathy and admiration
of the splendid fighting qualities they
have exhibited throughout these try.
ing operations"
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Gen. Lord Roberts cabled the British
War office, from Paardeberg, at 7'4S
bn the morning of the 27th: Gen
cronie and all of his force capitulated,
Internationally, at daylight, and Is
low prisoner in my camp 1t was
he anniversary OF Majuba Hill, fought
10 years ago.
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A REAR.END COLLISION.
Tuesday Nights Accident on the
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Near Independence, Mo.
TWO ARE DEAD AND ONE IS DYING.
Six others are More or Less Serious.
Had Rendered Conditions Such
that the Wreck Could Not be
Helped.

Kansas City, March 1.-Two are
dead, one is dying, and six Others are
more or less seriously injured as re-
suit of Tuesday nights tail-end colli'
sion of the Missouri Pacific railroad
near Independence, Mo.
The Dead,
Mrs. j. G. Schmidtlapp, Cincinnati.
An unknown woman. cremated; be-
leved to be from St. Louis.
The Injurcdi
Miss Emma Schmidtlapp, of Cincin'
natl; cannot live.
W. r. Vaughn, Cincinnati newspa'
per man. arm broken in two places.
Mrs. j. Bake, mother of Mrs
Schmidtlapp; arm broken and badly
burned about face.
j. G. Schmidtlapp, husband Of Mrs
Schmidtlapp; arm broken and head
bruised,
L. +. Sheldon, Sedalia; badly bruised
and cut.
William Ryan, baggagemaster;
slightly injured.
The dead and injured were brought
TO this city, four hours after the
wreck occurred, and placed in hos
pitals. Mrs. Schmidtlapp's body was
taken TO the morgue. or the injured
ali save Miss Schrnidtlapp are reported
improving while it is stated she can
not recover. The body of the un'
known woman is still in the wreck OF
the engine and parlor car.
Railroad officials Ccnsured.
The railroad officials are severely
ccnsured for the delay in getting re-
lief train to the scene, but they claim
that the binding snow storm and the
position of n freight train on the track
made it impossible for them to reach
the wreck sooner.
The blame for the wreck is attached
10 no one. it is conceded that the
storm had rendered conditions such
that the wreck could not have been
forestalled.
Doctor Did Heroic work.
Ut, WIN, huSslllilil, VI A'N" VI E"
city, who was on the forward car OF
the wrecked train, rendered heroic
work in alleviating the sufferings OF
the injured.
Vaughan, the Cincinnati newspaper
man, whose arm was crushed and who
was pinioned for some time under u
window frame, displayed great nerve
in waiting to be eXtricGted. lie went
for three hours without medical treat
mcnt.
Wns Not Told of His Loss.
Mr.. schmidtlapp, who lay on cot
in an adjoining ward, asked repeatedly
during the night concerning his wife
and daughter. Although Mr.. Schmidt
lapb's injuries are not dangerous, the
attending physician did not consider
it wise TO let him know of the fatali'
ties, and he was led to believe that his
folks were resting easily.
Vaughan, though suffering great
pain, will undoubtedly recover, but
the physicians have slight hopes OF
saving his right arm, which Is crushed
out of shape.
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Additional British Casualties.

London, March Lord Roberts has
forwarded an additional list of the
British casualties during the three
days fighting at raardcsberg, showing
twelve killed, cighty-two wounded,
and four missing and including seven
officers and four Canadian privates,
wounded.
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Amounted to the Regular Army.

Chicago, March IA special to the
Record from Galesburg, ILL.,, says;
Dr.. j. d. Shepard, division medical
director for the Chicago burlington &
Quincy relief department, accepted an
appointment rs surgeon in the regular
army. IIe leaves for Manila April /.
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Representative Loud, author OF the
M relating to second class man
natter, secured a special rule, on the
|sd, giving two days in March for The
kneideration of the bill and proyld'
he for final vote.
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Now Premier Named.

Victoria, b. C., March 1.--Joseph
B. Martin has been named by the gov
ernor as the premier of British Column
bia. There will be general election
Immediately, probably on federal party
lines.
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snow plows and shovels all night but
the tracks are blockaded so that cars
run intcrmittently. The Thermometer
has stood at about 20 degrees ever
since the storm started.
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At Chicago nnd Vicinity.

Chicago, March Local traffic was
blockedin all parts of the city by the
storm which started Tuesday night,
and trains were delayed. The weather
bureau announced that the snow fall
was the greatest since the winter Of
1898, averaging nearly seven inches in
the middle western states. 1t was
stated that the conditions give no
promise of any abatement Of the storm
before Thursday.
The greatest snow fall, according to
the weather map. Is in Illinois, Mis-
souri, Kansas, southern Michigan,
northern Indiana, southeastern Iowa
and southeastern Wisconsin. Rail-
roads running through these states re-
ported trains from half an hour TO
five hours late. The Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy Kansas City train was
reported five hours late at Galesburg
and making progress only with the aid
of snow plows, All the roads sent out
their pIows during the night.
In Chicago traffic was carried on
with the greatest diiliculty-the
streets being blocked by great drifts
of snow. \ mile Of cable cars were
tied up on the North Side line for
hours, and in other portions of the
city the snow blockade was so effec-
tive that many people were compelled
to wade through the snow to their
places of business.
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The Central Pacific Railroad Co. has
h,ticpated the payment of one OF ita
Notes for $2,9OO,000, due more than a
Near hence, and has received in turn
he same amount in Union PaciIic
bonds which were pledged as collater'
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Prisoners at MOdder River.

Cupc Town, Monday, Feb, 26,--There
nre now 600 prisoners at Moddcr River,
most of whom surrendered Friday and
Saturday. They are kept under guard
between wire fences,
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Secretary Root is so well satisfied
nth the record made by the troops
iecruited from the natives of Puerto
Rico that he has determined to IN
kease the number now in service ny
mother battalion.
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WIS Not Told of His Loss.
Miss schmidtlnpp Dend.

Kansas City, Mo-, March Miss
Emma Schmidtlopp, of Cincinnati
died of her injuries at the University
hospital in this city ehortly before
noon,
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Admiral Won Tirpitz, German secre
tory to the admiralty, has Informed
the reichstag budget committee that II
thc naval augmentation bill is adopt
ed, ar order for steel plates to the
talue Of 270, 100000 O0marks will go joins
In tu the Stumm Brothers and to lleri
Erupp. Herr Eugene Richter, th'
rnGical leader, asserts that this vii
give u clear profit TO the mhnufactur
ers Of l76,000,000 marks.
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The pending naval appropriation
Nh carries on item of $350,O0O to be-
lin work on the extensive project fol
lew quarters. The total cost is limit
Nj to $2,500,000. The total academy
appropriations for this year are $bT'
DO.
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PAYMENT of Dividend Deferred.

New York, March lit is an
nounced that the directors of the
Third Avenue Railroad. Co. have de-
cided to defer the payment of the divl-
dend of one per cent. now due until
further orders OF the board.
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Appointcd Temporary Receiver.

New York, Feb. as. Ey Mayor
Hugh j, Grant was to-day appointed
temporary receiver Of the Third Av-
enue Railroad Co. by Judge Lacombs
OF the United States court
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The tablet presented to the nava'
lcpdemy by the Maryland Society OF
b. lighters of the Revolution was un'
,ciled in thet chapel at the academy,in
A, napolis, Md, on the 22d. The tablet
h dedicated 10 the officers, soldiers
Md sailors who lost their lives during
he war of the revolution.
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Nr,,i.b Aun,n occupy nensburg.

LONDON, Feb. 2s, ib3 p, ma dis.
patch from Arundel says that the
British troops have again occupied
Rensburg.
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American Ship Burne d.

Souraybaya, Java, March 1.-The
American ship st. John, Capt. Fales,
from New York, for Yokohama, is re-
ported lost by fire. All hands were
saved and landed at Banjoowange.
The Van Buren press., 1900-03-03

Hon. Arthur Sewall, of Bath, Me.
tpndidate for vice-president on the
icmocratic ticket four years ago, had
n conference. on the 23d, with MI
b. van on the train which took the Ne
81 haskan to Atlanta, Ga. Mr., Sewall
kchned to reveal the nature of theb
nterYieW.
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The Deepest snow for Years.

Wichita, Kas., March 1.-The deepest
snow that has fallen in this section
for years covers the ground. 1t is a
foot deep on the level.
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v At the Metropolitan Methodist Epis
Npal church, in Washington, on the
,sth, Bishop John +. Hurst preached n
Gemorial sermon at a special service
held in honor and remembrance OF
Bishop John p. Newman. The audi
kriun was filled to the doors. Presi
lcrt Mckinley was an interested audi
pr
The Van Buren press., 1900-03-03

& Victor Hochenstein, Of Spencer Ind.
Has filed claim for 100000 against
D. Spanish government for i'll treat
nen; received from Spanish soldiers
b. Cuba while he was in the service OF
De Red Cross society. He publicly
elarged in Havana that the Spanish
Blew up the Maine, was seized and con
Hned in Moro castle.
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feat of Gen. Cronie r. grim silence.
None will consent to be quoted for
any expression except that the issue
was what might have been expected.
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Plenty of Beers Left.

There seems to be still a consl1era-
Bile body of them left on and under
Bulwana mountain. Our losses, ! hope,
are not large, They certainly are
much less than they would have been
were it not for the admirable manner
in which the artillery was served, es-
pecially the guns manned by the Roy
al naval force and the Natal naval
volunteers,
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Johns Hopkins university celebrated
Its twenty-fourth anniversary, on tht
e?d, by appropriate exercises in Me-
Coy hall at Baltimore, Md, The ora
Tor of the day was President BENZ
I. Wheeler of the University of Cali'
tornia, who dwelt strongly on the dig
nined side of politics, and made nu
Urgent plea for stronger men for polit
heal Office.
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Based on a total population Of B.,
b46,700, the authorities have dccidct
that the respective colonies are en-
Titled, under the federation scheme
10 the following representation in III,
Australian parliament: New Soutr
Males, 23 Victoria, 20; Queensland
light; South Australia, six, and Tas
hania, five; total, 81,
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Whit Might Have Bccn Expected

New York, March IA special to
The World from Washington says;
Continental diplomats accept the de-
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The Louren2o Marques correspond
hi Of the London Times, under date
III the 25th, says; "The feeling in Of
Hcial circles at Pretoria borders on
CONSERVATION. Gen. Louis Botha anc
President Steyn are both urging Pres
Gent Kruger to sue for peace. Al
Bloemfontein Gen. Cronje's position IL
teghrdcd as hopeless"
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There was dearth Of positive ncws
from the war in South Africa, on The
elst, the most important being thn;
Cooperate fighting was doubtless going
on between Lord Roberts forces ant
.the Eoers under Gen, Cronje, who had
probably been largely reinforced Tn,
heavy list Of casualties among officer,
Exported by Gen, Roberts indicated {
Inrge total killed and wounded list. II
WAS reported In Windsor that II bno
been given out from the castle that
ladysmith hnd been relieved.
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The Heaviest In Years.

Topeka, Kas., March 1.-The hcavi.
est snow in years fell in this section
Tuesday and most Of the night. In
some places il amounted to nearly two
feet, and In this vicinity was about
20 inches on the level. Street car
traffic In this city was suspended early
Tuesday evening, and up to II n M.
the company was unable to open up
any of its lines. Railroad traffic is
also badly crippled and trains are de-
layed on all the roads. The Missouri
Pacific train from Fort Scott, due hero
at $3.50 Tuesday evening, was tied up
at Lomax about e5 miles from here,
and has not yet arrived,
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the most thrilling and important
news received from the scene of hos
tilties In South Africa, on the ed
Wos an account of the bnttlc raging
Between Gen, Cronje's troops, partial
1y intrenchcd In the bed Of the Mod
Ger river, and Lord Roberts force,
Dressed by superior numbers,by whom
pressed by superior numbers by WHOM
he was completely surrounded, with
bo guns dropping lyddite, shrnpnel
AMI canister into his laagcr, whlcil
WAS In flames, the Free state com
Nander asked for IN nrmisticc Of ~
hours, Lord Kltchcncr's characteristic
}cply was Immediate surrender or re
sumption Of the eight" Gen. Cronje',
Answer was that he would resist to the
Heath. The battle was still In prog
tess.
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wv Tho United States transport Han
! rocK arrived ut San Francisco, on tn,
BED, from Manila, via Nagasaki, ant
went into quarantine. She brough'
100 discharged soldiers ten passcnger
NAnd SOC dead bodies. Two soldier
died on the voyage.
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Worst In Twenty-Five Years.

Peoria, Ill.,, March IA snow storm
amounting almost to n blizzard has
been raging in this city since five
o'clock Tuesday evening and at ten n.
m. showed no signs of abatement. Old
inhabitants declare It the worst storm
In this part OF the Illinois valley for
rs years. All railroad trains arc late.
Not Chicago paper for sale on the
streets at noon. The street railway
companies hnd their men out With
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STORN[D PETERS Hill.
Gen. Butler Still Hard at Work on
the Problem of Relieving
Ladysmith.
PETERS HILL MAGAIFICENTLy TAKEN.
sixty Prisoners Captured and the
Rest of the Beers in the Vicinity
scnttered-Gen. Butler speaks OF
the Admirable work Done by the
Artillery.

London, March 1.-The war Office
has received the following dispatch
from Gen. Butler.
"Headwaters, Hlandwani, Feb. % 5
q. m.-Fmding that the passage OF
Langewacht's spruit was commanded
by strong intrenchments, | recon
noitered for another passage, Of the
Tugela. One was found for me below
the cataract by Col. Sandbach, Royal
engineers on February 25' We com
menced making an approach thereto,
and on February &c, finding that |
could make the passage practicable, |
crossed the guns and baggage back TO
the south side Of the Tugela, took up
the ponton bridge on Monday night
and relaid il at the new site, which is
just below the present marked cata-
ruCt