Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 36, Petersburg, Pike County, 12 January 1900 — Page 2

8TOOP8, Editor and Proprietor. UBO. INDIANA-Brig.-Gen. Davis, military governor of Puerto Rico, arrived in Washington, on the 5th, in response to the eumf nkons of the president, who desired to consult him regarding conditions and proposed legislation for the island. jOn the 5th Gen. Otis reported to the war department the complete success of the military operations in northwest Luzon, and the rescue of all the American prisoners which the insurits took with them in their flight. ith the arrival at Manila of the nsport Grant with the Forty-eighth it (colored) Gen. Otis will have nd of an effective force of 65,000 men, of which 31,000 are lore and the rest the new volunregiments. Gen. Buller is about ready for another attack on the Boer lines at Tugela river. Scouting parties * are daily sent towards the'Boer lines in order to develop the enemy’s position. The Colenso trenches are kept under a ‘constant shell fire. -

The French high court (senate), rendering its verdict, on. the 2d, in the conspiracy cases not previously disof, decided, by a vote of 136 to 37, Ijhat M. Deroulede was guilty, and by a vote of 200 to 1 decided on extenuating circumstances. A Correspondent recently stated that “Misis Clara Barton resides ih Georgetown, D. C.” This is a misstatement, and |s troublesome to the posCbSice and Confusing to correspondents. Miss Barton never resided in Georgetown, and her address is always Washington, D. C. . • V .1 The French senate, Sitting as a high court, on the 4th, sentenced M. Guerin to tenl years’ confinement in a fortress, and Mm. Buffet and Deroulede and the * marqqis de Lui-Saluces to ten years’ banishment. The convicted men are <; also fo pay the costs of the prosecution. I Col. ! Bong, quartermaster at San , Francisco, notified the war department, pn the. 4th, that the animal transports Victoria and Flintshire, on their way to the Philippines with horses j and mules, had arrived safely at Honolulu without the loss of a single dnipial. * An order-in-council was passed J*v the Dofninion government, on the tth. renewing the modus vivendi for another year with the United States iu regard to the permission for vesselspf this country entering any port orfuie Atlantic coast for^jpirchasing bait and supplies and other purposes.' Dr. Samuel L. Schenck, who won international fame through his theory for the | predetermination of se®:, has been forced to retire from his professorship in the Vienna Royal university and has been reprimanded by the government! for “breach of professional etiquette in seeking notoriety.” 1 The internal revenue bureau has decided. that a physician who prescribes for his patients whisky, brandy, wine or any other alcoholic liquor that is not com ponded into a medicine by the admixture of any drug or medicinal ingredient therewith, is required to a! tax as a retail liquor dealphy spec: er. In accordance with the notice previously given by him, Senator Aldrich, Island, on the 4th, opened ssion of the financial bill in e with a speech in explanation of the senate substitute for the house bill. The speech was carefully and was read front* manuof Rhode the discs the senat prepared, script. Touro Robertson, yiee-preeident of 'the American Bank Note Co., died s-ud- . denly of heart- disease at his residence * Ln New \ork city on the 5th. The des* - ceased ’ w as one of the best-known* ^printing authorities in the country and -a pioneer in the bank note business. He invented the first steel plate print;ing press! ever used.

The following dispatch from Cavite, Luzon, was received by the navy department, on the 5th, from Admiral Watson: “On December 21, Wentz- ; baugh, commanding the Albay (a little gunboat), hoisted the flag on Sibutu island. The chief dato provided :nnd raised the pole. Natives and North .Borneo authorities are pleased.” The-senate committee on Cuba held iits Srst meeting on the 4th. No action wvas taken, but there was a general dis- • .cussion of the attitude of the United 'States toward the island. The prewailing opinion seemed to favorable rt©.the Teller amendment promising independence to the Cubans as soon as pacific conditions should be5 restored. The stockholders of the National City hank o£ New York met, on the Sd, and ratified the proposition of the directors to increase the capital stock from 551^060,000 to $10,000,000. After "the meeting a statement was given out in which jii was announced that of the 10,000 shares 9,287 were represented, none voting against the proposition. The steamship Tauric, of .the White Star line,! which arrived at ffcew York, on the mail many of the Briti; thorities boats to brought over 633 sacks of ing to the withdrawal of so be liners, for transports, by government, ibe postal auare hard pressed for fast K which is grossing. a freight ship, was 11 da/s in carry the mail. The Tuwric,

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NEWS IN BRIEF, Compiled from Various Sources. « FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. In the senate, on the 3d, during a.session of little more than an hour’s duration, a large number of important bills were introduced, and the hour of two o’clock, oc the- 4th, was fixed for proceeding with the financial bill. Mr. Hoax (Mass.) entered a protest against the summary disposition of resolutions asking for information about the conduct of the war in the Philippines. .The tenth instant was named as the day for pronouncing eulogies upon the late Vice-President Hobart.In the house during a 15-min-ute session, a resolution introduced by Mr. Sylaer <N. Y.) asking for information concerning the relations of the treasury department with the National City Bank of New.York was referred tp the committee on ways and means. ■ In the senate, on the 4th, Senator Aidrich opened the discussion of the financial bilf in a speech explaining the senate substitute for the house bill. The Pettigrew resolution concerning the Philippine war went over to the 8th, to which date the senate adjourned. In the house the only incident of the brief session was the | unanimous adoption of the Sulzer resolui tion of inquiry into the action of Secretary | Gage in distributing government funds ; among certain banks. ' PERSONAL AND GENERAL. On the 3d Gov.-Gen. Wood of Cuba issued an order giving freedom to 40 men in the province of Santa Clara, Cuba. Some of them had been detained ing excessive punishment. On the 3d Wm. Waldorf Aster con-' tribufgd £1,000 to the prince of Wales’ hospital fund. The Venezuelan government has eon-, ferred the order of the “Bust of Bolivar” upon Admiral Sampson, Captains Taylor, Cook, Sigsbee, Chadwick and Goodrich, and Commanders Mead. Day- ; ton, Svmonds and Todd, of the United | States navy, and .Representative Hit*, ! on the 3d, introduced a bill authorizing the acceptance of the decorations. Albert B. Hilton, son of the late L»J«t3ge Henry Hilton, of New York, apj plied to the United States district j court, on the 3d, to be freed of his i debts. His application was opposed "by I two creditors,’ who were given tea days in which to file specifications, j On the 3d Gov.-Gen. Wood issued an | important order giving freedom to 40 men in the province of Santa Clara, Cuba. Some of them had been detained without trial and others were suffering excessive punishment. . Gen. Wheeler has drafted' a bill for the establishment of a .permanent army post at Huntsville, Ala., and it will be introduced by Congressman J. F. Stallings, with the support of all the Alabama congressmen. The American bark Sachem, Capt. Nickel, from New York, December 13. for Hong Kong,, with kerosene, arrived at Sr. Thomas, D. W« I., on the *ith, in distress. The promotion of Gen. MacArthur by the president was confirmed by the Benate pn the 4th. The Davenport, Rock Island^JXorthwestern road, one of the ‘new lines built in Iowa this year, was opened for freight traffic on the 4th. Mr. Wilson,' of Idaho, introduced a • bill in the house, on the 4th, for a conj stitutional amendment authorizing uni- | form marriage and divorce laws. | tV. Murray Crane was inaugurated ; governor of Massachusetts on the. 4th. At the same time the other state offi-cers-elect took the oath of office. Gov. Crane’s address was devoted wholly to ' matters of state interest, ! Because the Arkansas authorities j would not pay any more than $75 foi* ■ his return to the penitentiary in that s^Btate,whence he escaped, eight month - | ago, having 11 years yet to serve, the i police of Denver, Col., have turned without trial and others ; Wyatt Sharpe loose.

At the instance of School Trustee Keating’, who is president of the An* cient Order of Hibernians, the school management committee of the Chicago board of education ordered all histories of England that refer to England as the “mother country’’ to be thrown out of the list of supplementary* reading for seventh and eighth gradescWhile in a fit of rage, on the 4th, Charles lioot, a Kalamazoo county (Mich) farmer living in Texas township, cut his wife's throat and then his own in the presence of their two children. The elder is only two years old, and can give no intelligible account of the tragedy except that his parents had been quarreling. The Philadelphia grand jury returned true bills of indictment in the election fraud cases in the thirteenth division of the Seventh ward, during the recent election for state treasurer, when JJeut.-Col. Barnett of the Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers was elected. There are nine defendants. The power house of the Cudahy Oil Co.* located north of Mancie, ind., in the Blackford county oil filet’s, was demolished by an explosion, causing a k*3s of $10,000. Forty producing oil wells must, lie idle until repairs are made in the machinery. Andrew Carnegie has promised the college of Emporia (Kas.) $50,000 for a library building as soon as the present debt is paid. B. JEL Gragg, financial agent of the college, raised $3,080. on the 4th, from the Topeka presbytery. Emporia citizens have given $5,000, and the synod of jjtansas promises $10,000, which will be enough to pay #11 obligation# of tbs college.

The world’* first aluminum telephone system was put in operation between Pittsburgh ana Net/ Kensington, Pa., a distance of 18 miles. It proved so much of & success that it is said the Pennsylvania Kailroad Co. has ordered a similar system. • The president issued an executive ojjler, on the 5th, settirig aside certain lots of ground at Honolulu as military reservations, subject' to outstanding leases and private rights. Mrs. lily Langtry, the actress, arrived at New York, on the 5th, on the steamer Luc&nia. Failures in the United States for the week ended oto the 5th, as reported by B. G. Dun & Co., were 273, against 243 for the-corresponding week last year. In .Canada the failures were I 25, against 24 last year. The statement of the condition of the treasury issued on the 5th showed:. Available cash balance, $283,891,027; gold reserve, $236,251,838. Dr. William A. Hammond, former surgeon general of the army, died in Washington on the 5th.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. Rev. C. 6. Thomas, of Kalamazoo, Mich., was stricken with .apoplexy in • his pcipit on the 7th. He had just finished his sermon and raised his hands, saying-, “Let ust pray,” when a pained expression shot over his face, and he fell to the floor of the pulpit. His condition was pronounced by the physicians as extremely precarious. A dispatch from London, on the 8th, s&id: “The British public is at last fhce>Hface with a critical moment.in' vhe campaign. It may safely be said that at no previous time have there ween «uch anxious hours of suspense as will be passed through until the arrival qf further news regarding the" fate of Ladysmith.” The supporters of Mayor Samuel H. Jones of Toledo, O., in his non-partisan campaign last fall, are organizing his strength into a party or movement which has for its object the control of the congressional districts of Ohio next fall, and if possible the election of Mr. Jones to the United States senate in 1902. Brevet Brig.-Gen. Wm. Glenny died in New York city, on the 7 th, aged 09 years. In the civil war he rose to be colonel of the Sfxty-fourth New York volunteers. He was breveted a brigadier general for gallantry. He was severely wounded at the battle of Fair Oaks. The reports sent out recently that Rev. John G. Fee, the founder of Berea (Ky.) college, and the noted abolitionist, was dead, Werd|not correct. Dr. Fee, who was*.qtpte ill, is recovering. Many flqtal offerings were sent to Berea, thinking the noted divine was dead. / RevVDr. Edward McGlynn, rector of St. Mary’s church, Newburgh, N. Y., died, on the 7th, after an illness of severifr'weeks, of heart failure, superinciueed by Bright’s disease. Dr. MeGivnn enjoyed the respect and esteem of people of ail denominations. Dr.. Franklin W. Fisk, president of the Chicago Theological seminary, has Resigned' and will retire from active work next May. , He will then have complete® his fortieth year of connection with the seminary, and will be 80 years old. The annual convention of the National Buihling Trades council opened in Milwaukee on the 8th.. Among other matters steps will probably be taken towards the organization of £ conference board, to prevent strikes. CURRENT NEWS NOTES.

Assistant Secretary of the Interior* Webster, Davis has arrived safely at Cape Town. President McKinley has designated certain lands in Honolulu to be used as military reservations. The high school building, erected at Lincoln, 111., at a cost of $25,000, was dedicated Friday with public exercises. K3 vlt is stated at the treasury department that the experts of gold will nave no effect upoh the gold fund in the treasury. A. Mexico has granted permission to the United States for the vessels on the Pacific coast to have target practice along the Mexican coast. Toxhali Keene, of Xew York, son of the well-known Wall street operator, James Keene, broke his collar-bone while riding to hounds in England, g Mi. John P. Lain was held up an?l robbed within the very shadow of the Jefferson club at St. Louis. The club is mainly composed of policemen. David D. Haggard, the oldest business man of Bloomington, 111., died, Friday,from pneumonja.ir.Min'iieapplis, Minn., where the wag. visiting a daughter. f 7 Two million pounds—erf fresh beef and l,0i[>0 tons of hay. have been shipped from New Y'ork, recently, for the use of the British troops in South - The italie, of R^ui^reports that a Hamburg steamer bovmd for Lourenzo Marquez has been seized at Naples, her cargo not agreeing with the bills oi lading. Bradstreet’s review of hank clearings lor 1S93 shows that the total for the United States was $93,504,932,656, an increase of $25,004,596,428 over'ike total Of 1.S9S. , ; ' ' Mrs. liecrge Slack, of Pekin, 111., on Friday, presented triplets to her h\:sband, all *,daughters, weighing from seven to eight pounds each. They aro p!l doing' well. The war department has received a cable message from GcpI Otis saying , that the troop-ship Logan and the animal tKinsport Wyefield hail arrived sa' ely at Manila. Mrs. If. 'M. King, the greatest individual ranch owner in the world, was seriously burned by the explosion of a Lump .at Corpus Christ;. Tex. LLt r inj'Jiies will not prove fatal. i

NEWS E^OM INDIANA.; \ * Latest Happenings Within the Bor* tiers of Our Own State. B*ud Ha»d and Foot. •Terre Haute, Ini, Jan. 5.—Lewi* Knapp was brought from Grant Station, a mining town, bound hand and foot. Be had broken into a saloon at that place owned by his wife and had kept the entire population of the place at bay. A deputy sheriff after breaking down the doors managed to overpower his man. The saloon was a complete wreck, the furniture anti fixtures having been totally demolished. ° *•

Dies at Sluter's Bier. Jeffersonville, Ind., Jan. 5.—Mrs. Lucy Howard Armstrong died here ol a complication1 of diseases, agedj 56 years. H,er sister, Mrs. Martha Howard Baird, 63 years old, of Louisville, after being notified of Mrs. Armstrong’s death, hastened to the home. While kneeling, at the bier Mrs. Baird was taken suddenly ill and died a short while after of paralysis of the brain. Will Grant Demand. ..Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 5.—The Indiana Bituminous Coal Operators’ as- | sociation held a meeting behind closed ! doors. A prominent operator said after the meeting that the operators will go | into the national miners’ convention ready to grant the demand for an increase in the scale, which will be rearranged in March. | A New Commandant. Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 5.—Gilbert S. Stormont, editor of the Princeton Clarion, has been elected commandant of the Indiana state soldiers’ home at this place. Capt. Stormont served in the Fifty-eighth Indiana regiment, during the civil war and is past department commander of the Indiana G. A. K. Causrht After Fourteen Years. Kokomo. Ind., Jan. sf—Defectives arrested Peter Dunkle near Henpeek for the murder of May Hohvig at Franklin, ! O.. in 1886. For 14 years a reward of i $1,500 has been standingfor the appre* | hension of the murderer. Dunkel will be taken to Ohio as soon ps requisition papers can be procured. ^ Tunnel Caves In. Bedford, Ind.. Jan. 3.—A serious cavein on the Bedford & Bloomfield branch of the MOnon railroad occurred at the tunnel between this city and Owensburg. Seventeen bents gave way. and this was followed by hundreds of tons of dirt, reck and other debris, completely filling up the tunnel. New Officers. . Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 5.—The new officers of the state board of agriculture elected at the meeting here of ; the board of directors are: Aaron Jones, of South Bend, president: | Charles Downing, of Greenfield, secretary; J. W. Lagrange, of Franklin, treasurer. • : — Nine Times Married. Mxtneie, Ind., Jan. 5.—A wedding | took place in the suburb of Whitely, [ in which Mrs. Sarah J. Stansberry and I for the groom and the third time for | her. He is 73 years old aqd the bride is 65. Hotel Burned. Portland. Ind., Jan. 5.—--For two hours the fire department battled with a stubborn blaze, which started in the third j story of the Commercial hotel and nearly destroyed, the building. The hotel block is owned by John F. Hill, Chicago. The stock is owned by E. Laura Borden. Swine Breeders. Indianapolis, Iflid., Jan. 5.—The Indiana Swine Breeders’ association held its twenty-third annual meeting here and L. L. Moorman, of .Winchester, was elected president.. The wool growers at their meeting rt-elected W. A. j Guthrie, of Dupont, president. ik 'Gets a Divorce. Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 5.—Dr. P. JL Patton,, the physician of this city who some months ago created a sensation | by a seeming deathbed statement that j he was dying from the effects of poison administered by his wife, has been divorced at Sullivan.' „ j

uas Kxpiosion. Peru, Ind., Jan. 5.—A natural gas ex- | pio=ion at 'he county poor farm, a few mi es south of this city, blew out a side | and an end wall <?f a large brick ward- j room and otherwise damaged the build- ! ing to the extent of $1,000. Xo one was ; injured. c -,j Tools the Risk of a Frost. __JMuncie, Ind., Jan. 5.--Julius C. Risk , and Miss Mary Frost were secretly j married in this city. The couple came from Ehvood and eloped, after the I parents of both had made strenuous objections to their marriage. Asked to Find Him. Butler, Ind., Jan. 5.—Chicago officers have been asked to look for W. H. Curtis. wanted here on a charge of embezzling $1,280 from the Butler Canning company, of which he was treasurer. j Died In a Baggy, * Sullivan, Ind., Jan. 5.—Thomas McCarty. a young farmer who lived near Carlisle, was driving in a buggy with a neighbor when he suddenly fell over in his companion’s lap and expiree^ ^ School Revenues. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 5.—State Superintendent* of instruction Jones m his annual report to the governor shows that the total school revenues of the state in 1SS9 were $6,534,298. Reappointed. , Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 5.—Enos H. Nebeker, of Covington, has been reappointed by Gov. Mount as member of the board of trustees of the Indiana 'ftlate prison at Michigan City,

m DEATH OF REV. DR. M»GIlfjl ft, The Well-Kaown Catholic 4 a Dies linpectfd by People *<li All DeuoMlnationi. Newburgh, N. Y., Jan. 8.—R* v. Dr. Edward McGlyr.n. rector of St. ..a *y’a church, died at the reetdry at ||:20 o'clock yesterday afternoon, af ;««■ an Illness of several weeks, of hen. t allure, superinduced by Bright’s ise. A minor surgical operation wi* formed on Dr. McGlynn, Sa; lasikay night, but this did not affect t a .* patient or contribute materially ;a> his death.; j. During the night Dr. McGlyr.u aad several sinking spells,-and the physicians were called early to hi s niedeide. where they remained unt .i he died. tPif! J Apparent the End Wu Xe; uv At noon it was apparent that t t *nd was near, and Dr.. McGlynn rt : ;>Ved holy communion from the asMint rector of St. Mary’s, who, later, i.drUiuistered extreme unction. After I ]gh mass in. the morning Dr. McGlyrx vas anointed. t 4

4'J*. >i t* vas ••JfKBi, Have Mercy on Me/ ’]'■ All efforts towrni prolonging life were made Joy the physicians, V i at four o’clock the priest lapsed in ij < on* consciousness, his last audible if.iyav being ‘'Jesus, have mercy on me.” p He passed away without reco paring ccnscioilsness. For two* days Dr. McGlym; been troubled with hiccoughs, bi able to take liquid nourishment ;•> the last. Dr. McGlynn was aware that death was .near, receiving the ; >rd tranquilly. * 1 Relatives and Friend* Srnnm d. ' Yesterday morning telegrams y ere sent to Dr. McGlynn’s nephew^; tnd nieces in Brooklyn and several Crjbolic clergymen, his warm friends, wet* notified. A dispatch was sent to , i cli* bishop Conigan, and his secreta:> ‘ telegraphed, “His Grace will an /in Newburgh at S:10.” t Archbishop Corrigan had a le idy made arrangements to visit Dp M> Glynn, and would have come on tp c ay. The relatives missed a train, ape; did not arrive until Dr. McGlynn h id become unconscious. Efforts! wereprltde to locate.Frank McGlynn the a» Yo% a son of Dr. McGlynn’s brother, ’ .he lives in California. Cheerful to the hast, p The cheerfulness that cbhr»ctpr|ii:*d Dr. McGlynn was exhibited to thy list. Even when the physicians were /using salt waterj to keep him alive It -lew hours longer, Dr. McGlynn ei* sped much interest, and finally rein; it Hjkl:. “Well, the ways of physicians an wonderful.” Honored by All Denomtnadti i The citizens of Newburgh wet;* preparing a testimonial for Dr. Mcft j an. who celebrated his first mass i ‘St. Mary’s church on New Year’s day?; 1:95. end who had been, in the ministiy foi 40 years. People cf all dene min.« iims were to have United in honorir.a : lie priest, and a purse was to have o *eu presented to him. News of Dr. id* Glynn’s death canned profound sen r ,»w. Prayers had been offered in both llrq* testant and Catholic churches fp. ■ his recovery. ■ |i' ■). * Dr. McGlynn** Illness, p Dr. McGlynn was first stricter v ith illness on November 16, at the re rory.’ He was seized with a severe col:, urel was compelled to see}* his Jred. Ti. * igh he was obliged to break engage, e at? to lecture, no alarm was felt 1. his friends until the following Moi.hay. when he suffered a .severe chill. fphe first serious attack occurred Nownbet 26, and a day or two later there > s s a consultation of physicians. It w :; announced that Dr. McGlynn was dt. iertng from chronic kidney disease/ Deceptive Symptoms. Early in December Dr. McGlynh ; uffered two attacks, of heart failure : /ad his relatives were hurriedly sumirr >ved. He rallied, however, and until :iiljurday night he appeared to be he!ding his own, add ' gradually re« i red strength. He whs able to sit IP his bedside for a few minutes each thy. but was never-Jble to leave his Ir > wn. Dr. McGlynn was V2 years obi asi September: When he was strielya hr was robust and of fine physiqu ?. out he became greatly, emaciated*, ‘to ' .his long illness. -J

FIGHT AT A MURDER TI iJ,. Two Men Killed an«l Four Ser e sij j Wounded—( ;mrt A d jo urn 1 / While the Battle Rased. f * _‘ ' ji ' . * London. Ky., Jan. T.—Xews re * ied here to-dav of a general fight on s Her creek, Clay countyjt in which Itge Lewis and Gene May were she t ; -ml killed and four other participant' seriously wounded. The -fight 6erb***ed at a school house on Otter creek, i ere one of the Jacksons was on tri ' before a magistrate for killing ai yt ler Jackson. The fight was startec 3 on after the trial began, and cour ■ >as adjourned and the fight was e ed an both in the school house andj& e rd. Four men were brought to Mali 1 ester last-night and placed in jail. :; f ge Lewis, one of the men killed, a brother of ex-SherifF Joe Lew};, of Clay county. . |, AT BOTTOM OF DOVER STE h T. ---- s Che Steamer Glasgow, in Col . s »■ With the Ormuz.' Sank iifi Dnngeaess-All Hands Save ■ _ .'.jib. London,Jan. 7.—The British st • j: Glasgow, Capt. Leslie, which -T from Buenos Ayres, December . Hamburg, has been spills? off J geness, in Dover strait, having i in collision with the British s;0 yi Ormuz, Capt. Yale, bound fror ney, for London. The passenger erew of the Glasarovv have been a %t Dovfci V her led for tin?en ner yctuid iw

5EN. WHITE IS HARD Pi Ik* Bo«n Mak« ft D$(«riBta«ti it.Corf. JUookH inc to th« Capture uf “< ladj* taith, London, Jan. 8.—Gen. Bailer has Wired the war office the following, dated January 6, from Frere Camp: ’The following message was received from Gen. White at 1 p. m. to-day;- - “January 6, 11 a. in. “Atthck continues, and enemy hasbeen reinforcing south,*' The following was received at four o’clock this afternoon from Geo, White; jf “January 6, 12:43 p. m. . “Have tJeaten enemy off at present,, but Urey are still around me in great numbers, especially to the south, and 1 think renewed attack very probable.’* - The sun has failed, and 1 can not get further information from Ladysmith until to-morrow. ,r , 7 GEC WHITE-; VERY 1EAHU PRESSKl). Camp Rumor that He Defeated the Enemy, Taking Many Prisuteert. London, Jan. 8.—Gen. Bullet sends the following from Frere Camp, dated to-day: . 1-. ' , •‘This from White, dated Saturday, 3:15 p. m.: . “ “Attack renewed^ Very hard pressed.’ v "1 have absolutely no more news, and there is no sun. There is a camp rumor that White defeated the enemy at five this afternoon, anxl took 4Ut> prisoners. * “I sent all available troops-yesterday to make a demonstration at Coleuso. The trenehes were all occupied by the enemy.*’

BOTH DEFEAT AMI VICTORY, Seventy British Soldiers Cni»turcd— Fitt) Boer* Killed. London, Jan. S.-^The war office publishes the following dispatch, from Gen. Forestir-Walker, .commanding at Cape Town: .-=■ ? v “Gen. French reports, under tiate of January 6: ‘The situation is much the same as yesterday, but I' regret to report that a serious accident has happened to the first battalion cf the Suffolk regiment.’ “From news just eonuvto hand'trom them I"gather!hat, with the authority and with the'consent of Gen. French, four companies of the battalion advanced by night against a low hill one mile from their camp.* They attacked at dawn. Col. Wajsom, commanding,, gave orders to charge. He was at once wounded. Orders for retirement were given. Tliree-quarteT^of the forge retreated to camp. The rehipinder held their ground until they Were overjjowervd by greater numbers, when they surrendered. Seventy were taken prisoners. including seven officers. “Gen, French reports that the Hocr commando' which made the attack January 4 lost aO h'dhd, besides wounded and prisoners. T+he commando was dispersed.” 't - \ f BRITISH MOVlAli OA fOLE.VSO, Cannon Fire AUAlon^ the Line Fait* to Evoke, a Reply. London, Jan. S.—A special dispatch from Frere Camp, datedSat urciay, Jan-. uary.6, 7 p. m., says: h . ‘•At two o'clock jhis afternoon tne whole of Gen. Clery’S division marched out of camp to attack Colehso. Gen. Hildyard’s brigade was on the left and Gen. Barton's on the right, with cavalry on the extreme right. “The attack slowly developed, and at 4:30. the British field guns advanced on the center and commenced shelling the Boer positions on the fiat land between Planwane hill and Fort Wylie. “About this time a heavy thunder*storm raged over the enemy's positions. At 5:30 our troops were still advancing, and had reached a point very near Colenso. The naval and field guns were busily dropping shells into the enemy’s trenches along the river, and the forts of. the enemy had made no reply.” ' ■ '^ : ?V'ffiGt

4 Tills CCHRS CAPTIRE KIHOIAX. The Garrison Snrreatter*. Ueldisg Ip Their Arms. Pretoria, Thursday; Jan. 4, via Lourence Marques.—Field Co/net Ytsser, \ ■» uftder date of Tuesday. January 2, re- ’ ports as follows frcurKuruman. British Beehuanaland: "Commenceda bombardment of Kurumanyesterday 4 Monday), aiming at the police barracks. The fight viasterl until six in the evening, when the garrison surrendered, issuing front the forts and yielding up arms/’ “We took 120 prisoners, including Capt. Dennison, Mr. ilillyard. the magistrate, and eight officers. We also captured 70 natives, together with a number of rifles anti revolvers and a quantity of ammunition.” ■4 . Buer* Repnlved hr the U&yonet. . ’ London, Jan. 8:—A special dispatch from Frere Camp, dated Saturday .January 5, 7:28 a. m., says: “Gen. White heliographs that he defeated the Boers this morning-. They crept up so close to the defending forces that the Gordon Highlanders and the Manehesters actually repulsed them at the point of the bayonet.” Urithlr Retreat from Dordrecht. Lourenzo Marquez, Thursday, aJn. ♦, —A dispatch from the Boer headquarters near Dordrecht, says: “The British have been compelled toretreat from Dordrecht. Fightirig continues around Colesberg. where the British occupy some of the outside kopjes / , - “Fifteen British were wounded. They are being attended by us with the help of Dr. Berney, an English ^physician. “The hordes, oxen, mealies and hour taken from the prisoners r^ns b en sent to Pretoria by waj- of V icy in:;-.'* M MM