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PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.. MARCH 13, 1)00.
Jan. 1,1895.
VOL. IX, NO." 3(5.
KAISER STANDS ALOOF
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Conflict.
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triliral Annj 1 ?,000 Strong Reported In
Position with Eighteen Gnus Itrilish
Amy but Twelve Mllci from the Free
State Capital Farms on the Line of
Mirrli Deserted and White Flags Flying
from the Houses.
London, March 13. The following
dispatches have been recei ved here:
"Durban, Monday March 1-'. The
Transvaal havliigappeaied toGermany
lor mediation, or Intervention in the
war with Great Britain, Germany has
replied that .she declines to interfere,
as slie is in no way concerned in tha
conflict."
"Venters Vlei. Orange Free State,
March 12. livening. The British
forces, which since the lighting at
Ireifoutein hate lcen inarching rapid
ly hither, have turned the Boor posi
tion. Our cavalry are ahead. The
I'.oers were reMrted this morning
about IJ,ini strong, with eighteen
gnus in position on a range of kopjes
commanding the direct road to Bloem
f(. at. -in. which is distant fifteen miles."
Only Twelve .Miles from Itloemfonteiu.
London, March 13. The Daily News
has the following dispatch dated
March 12, evening, from Venter's Vlel:
"We left Assvodel kop tliis morning,
preceded by cavalry, ami marched
her', a distance of about fifteen miles.
The army has been following Kaal
SECRETARY WYXDHAM.
Represents the war otiice in the com
mons. spruit, and we are now rather to the
south of I'.loetnfontein. and only about
twelve miles off. All the divisions have
now joined the main advance. Lord
Roberts' headquarters are at Gregor
owski's farm. You will remember that
the reform prisoners were tried before
Judge Gregorowski."
"Hobs" Goes Round the ISorri Again.
"By advancing along Kaal spruit
Lord Roberts lias again outwitted the
Boers, who had intrenched themselves
along the M odder, thinking that our
route would be in that direction. We
found most of the farms along our line
of ma n h deserted, with white flags
Hying over the houses. All the be
longings wort li removal had been taken
away, and there were evident signs
that the occupants left in a great hur
ry, tilings being littered about The
commander-in-chief has given strict
orders that nothing is to be touched.
It is not expected that we shall meet
with great opposition in entering
Blocmfontcin."
AS TO III E TALK OF PEACE.
Hal Tour Promises the Commons to I'resent
the Papers Shortly.
Loudon. March 13. Iu the house of
commons yesterday Balfour, replying
to a question as to whether consistent
ly with public interests he could state
the essential conditions on which alone
the government would entertain peace
porposals from the South African re
publics, promised that papers in this
connection would shortly be presented
to the house. Being asked if there was
any foundation for the report that
President Krugerhadaddressed a com
munication to the government, Balfour
reiterated his promise that papers bear
ing on this subject would be presented
to the house within a short time.
It is learned that the papers promised
by Balfour will be presented today
and will confirm in every respect the
news cabled Friday last that the peace
rumors were founded on the fact that
President Kruger had appealed to Lord
Salisbury for a cessation of hostilities,
setting forth at length by cable the
terms which he was willing to accept,
and also that t lie cabled dispatch to the
premier was signed by President Steyu
as well as by President Kruger.
Lord Salisbury's answer is ex
actly as given by the Asso
ciaed Press at the same time
namely, that the advances had met
with an emphatic rejection at the
hands of Iord Salisbury, who also said
that no attempt to retain the Independ
ence of the Transvaal could be consid
ered for a moment by the British gov
ernment Leonard II. Courtney, M. P.. and oth
ers, in behalf of the South African con
ciliation committee will niemorallze
Lord Salisbury to make ieace now
that the British arms are triumphant;
on the basis of equal rights to all whites
and disarmament, leaving the two re
publics national life within their own
borders.
Our Consul Calls on Cronje.
Cape Town, March 13. James G.
Stowe. United States consul general
here, has paid a visit to General Cronje
at the Litter's request, on board the
British cruiser Doris. They conversed
tvith the aid of an interpreter. General
Cronje expressed great satisfaction
with his surroundings and with the
treatment he had received at he hands
of the British.
I.eyd's letter lo Clancy.
.Loudon, March 13. The letter of
Dr. Leyds, tLe diplomatic agent of the
Transvaal, to Mr. John Clancy, Irish
Nationalist member of parliament for
the north division of County Dublin,
thanking the Dublin corporation for
the resolution of sympathy for the
South African republics, says: "The
resolution was greatly appreciated by
me. I know how keenly it will be
prized by our much suffering country,
"till struggling for independence and
liberty. It is a satisfaction to know
that a considerable part of the Irish
population in the United Kingdom,
mindful of the blood being shed in
South Africa, continues to extend sym
pathy to our people. May this sympa
thy be reechoed by numbers of your
countrymen."
Redmond Registers a Kick.
Dublin, March 13. William Red
mond, M. P., has written to the clerk
of the corporation protesting against
the nrouosed address of welcome to
Queen Victoria, and expressing his In
tention to resign his seat In the coun
cil if the address Is presented.
Covered the Loan Twenty Time.
London, March 13. The subserfp -
tion list for the khakis, otherwise the
British war loan of 30,000.000. closed
for the town last night and will close
for the country today. It Is understood
that the loan was covered twenty
times.
HOLOCAUST IN NEWARK
FOURTEEN PEESONS ARE DEAD.
Txo Others Are Seriously Wounded as the
Result of an Ineeudiary Fire in a
Crowded Tenement.
New York. March 13. Fourteen per
Eons lost their lives, two iersons were
seriously injured and many others
slightly burned iu a fire in Newark,
N. J., yesterday morning. The lire
men, after the flames had len sub
dued, took thirteen bodies from the
ruins, and while they were thus en
gaged another victim of the fire died
in the city hospital. One family was
wiped out completely, and of another
only the father lives ami he is in the
city hospital, where it is believed he
will die.
The list of dead and injured fol
lows: Killed Nunziata Bold!, wife
of Salvatore Boldi; Teresa Boldi, 7
years old, daughter of Salvatore Bol
di; Angela Casillo, wife of Uggenio
Casillo; Benninita Casillo, 4 years old,
daughter of Uggenio Casillo; Antonio
Casillo, 0 years old, son of Uggenio
Casillo; Frank Casillo, 24 years old.
sou of Uggenio Casillo; Carmina Ca
sillo, 1 year old, daughter of Ugge
nio Casillo:. Antonio Palmisano; Se
bastlana I'aimisano, wife of Antonio
Falruisano: Guizeppi ralmisano, 7
years old, daughter Antonio I'aimisa
no; Nunziata I'aimisano, 1 year old,
daughter of Antonio Palniisano; An
gelo Rosso, died at city hospital of
fractured skull; unidentified body of
child about 4 years old.
Seriously injured Salvatore Boldi,
burned about the hands; Uggenio Ca
sillo, contusions sustained by jumping
from a window.
The building In which the fire
broke out was a veritable fire trap.
It was old, of frame construction and
extended two stories above the ground
floor. Until three or four years ago
the structure had been used as a
church, but It was converted Into a
tenement. The police are confident
that the tire was of incendiary origin
and they have arrested Vite Credan
za on suspicion. There was a disor
derly card game in one of the rooms
that lasted well Into the morning.
Credanza was a participant and is
said to have made violent threats
against his fellow players.
Corbett'a Alibi Is Stronn.
Racine. Wis., March 13. The prin
cipal witness yesterday in the Corbett
case for the defense was Mrs. Croders,
a colored woman, who swears that Cor
bett was at her house, near the corner
of Wisconsin and Fourth streets, at
U:43 o'clock on the morning of the
shooting. She says taht the accused
talked witu ner tor some minutes to
get her to have a picture of herself en
larged. She says that she watched
him after he left her house and saw
him go into several other houses In the
vicinity. The prosecution subjected her
to a hot cross-era ml nation, but to no
avail: the woman stuck ot her story
and would not waver in the least Oth
er witnesses corroborated her testi
mony. Robust at 103 Years of Age.
Racine, Wis., March 13. John L.
Thomas, who is believed to be the
oldest person living in this state, cele
brated his 10."th birth anniversary in
this city Saturday and during the
greater part of the day was walking
about the streets receiving the con
gratulations of many friends and ac
quaintances. He was born in the par
ish of Whitford, North Wales, March
10. 17!).", and when 19 years of age
enlisted In a Welsh regiment and
served for eight years.
Condition of Gen. Ilarnden.
Madison. Wis., March 13. There
was little change yesterday in the con
dition of General Henry Ilarnden and
no material improvement is looked for
until the fever has run Its course of
nine days. Ills temperature was low
er than Saturday, registering about
100. The general is able to take but
little nourishment, wine being his
chief sustenance. His illness is not
true pneumonia, it is said, but a pneu
monic type of grip.
Preferred Death to Cancer Sickness.
Burlington. Wis., March 13. George
Nelson Y ticker committed suicide by
shooting himself in the right temple.
Y'ucker returned from Arizona about
three weeks ago suffering from a seri
ous cancer of the throat and knowing
he could not get well ended his life.
He was 3.8 years old and unmarried.
trench steamer May lie Lost.
New York, March 12. There Is
growing anxiety for the safety of the
overdue steamer, the Paulllac, of the
French line, which sailed from New
York for Havre Feb. 5, carrying a
crew of forty-five men and cargo val
ued at $3,000,000. including many con
signments for the Paris exposition.
The vessel was sighted when six days
out In mid-Atlantic, by the White Star
steamer Germanic, but has not been
seen or heard of since.
Iowa Republican Convention.
Des Moines. Ia., March 12. The Re-!
publican state committee will meet
here tomorrow to decide on the time
and place for the state convention to
select national delegates. The con
vention will be held early in May.
Representative Cousins will be se
lected for temporary chairman. This
is partly because he is a member of
the house committee oa foreign af
fairs. New Lake Steamship Company.
Detroit. March 12. The Great Lakes
Steamship company will be incorpor
ated iu alout four weeks in Delaware
state, with a capital stock of $2,000,000,
of which $1,000,000 will be paid In. The
company will oierate two mammoth
passengers steamers between Buffalo
and Chicago, touching at Mackinac isl
and, Detroit, Cleveland. A round trip
will be made every week.
Broke Through the Ice and Drowned.
Chamberlain, Miss., March 12. Har
ry Beck, an old resident, while at
tempting to cross the Missouri river
on the ice broke through and was
drowned. He made a desperate fight
for life, banging on to the ice for fully
one honr and a half waiting for as
sistance, but finally became exhausted
and passed under the ice.
:. TROUBLOUS QUESTION
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to do About Legislation
Island of Porto ISioo.
Tells Kickers That if the Objections . t &"
Fending Kill Do Not Ceas HeWi'liO
troduce a Free Trade, Full Citizenship
Measure That Democrats Would Support
Witness in the Coeur d'AIene Case
Gives Some Sensational Testimony.
Washington, March 13. The senate
chamber and adjoining committee
rooms yesterday were the scene of a
conflict of opinion which found no
place in the congressional record. The
basis of the disagreement was For
aker's bill providing a form of govern
ment for the island of Porto Rico, and
cnly Republican senators participated
in it The controversy grew out of ef
forts to have the bill amended. There
are some senators who hold that legis
lation for Porto Rico, for the present
at least should be confined to provid
ing for the immediate needs of the in-
habitants of the island, and not in
; elude efforts to establish a form of
j government There senators general-
ly believe that Porto Rico should re
ceive no favors in the way of tariff
reduction, and are content to allow the
present tariff rates to continue until
there is more time and the senate is
better prepared for the dispassionate
considerations of the question. Their
idea is to leave the island in the con
trol of the war department
Fo raker Makes a Threat.
Foraker, representing the friends of
the pending bill, and as chairman of
the Porto Uicau committee, met the
proio.sitIou of inactivity - with a
declaration that if it was persisted in
he would not only drop the bill now
before the senate entirely, but would j
introduce as a substitute for it a meas-1
ure providing for the organization of j
the island as a territory, giving it all j
the officers and all the privileges and
immunities of such territories as Okla
homa, New Mexico and Arizona not
only making the Porto Ricau people
full-fledged citizens of the United
States, but establishing complete free
trade between the Island and the Unit
ed States proper.
Afraid the New Measure Would Pass.
When the purpose of Foraker be
came generally known there were
mauj- hurried conferences among the
Republican leaders, and the Ohio sen
ator was immediately besieged by Re
publicans of all shades of belief on
Porto Ricau policy. While several of
them supported his proiHsition as a
wise one, many others contended
against it as calculated to commit the
country to a course which might be
more easily repented of than rem
edied. They held that it would be eas
ier in the future to change from a
present policy of imposing a tariff to
free trade than it would be to change
from free trade to tariff. Fear was
felt by the advocates of a tariff that
such au amendment could be passed
with the assistance of the Democratic
free trailers.
Uhio Man Will Let llune -n-ir.
Foraker is wedded to the bill under
consideration, ami on account of this
predilection he decided, after confer
ring with almost every one of the Re
publican senators, to allow matters to
drift for a few days. After the senate
adjourned a number of senators held
an informal conference in Allison's
rooms, but they declared with one ac
cord that no dciinite conclusion had
been readied as to a line of policy to
be pursued with reference to Porto
Rico.
G1VES SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY.
Oneof the Witnesses for ths Prosecution
in the Coeur d'AIene t'nse.
Washington. March 13. L. J. Simp
kins, au electrical engineer at Ward
ner, Ida., testified iu the Coeur d'AIene
investigation before the house commit
tee on military affairs. He said he did
not participate in the riot, but soon after
that event he was arrested by a squad
of United Slates troops, who also ar
rested others and took all to the "bull
pen." The witness said one of the pris
oners, a Swede, was taken with a fit,
whereupon a negro soldier struck him
senseless with t lie butt of" a gun. The
corjoral of the guard came up. and,
turning over the fallen man. said: "I
guess you've fixed that fellow all right."
Simpkius said one of the prisoners was
robbed of .!'.
Witness then went on to say that he
was taken from the -bull pen" by a
squad of four soldiers and marched to
an open Inclosure. where he was placed
with his back against a building. The
soldiers stepped back and cocked their
guns, apparently making ready to shoot
him. At this point, he said, a high of
ficial of the Bunker Hill mine appeared
and said they had evidence enough to
hang the witness or send him up for
many years, but if he would tell who
blew up the mill he would be turned
loose. Simpkins said lie protested that
he did not know who the guilty parties
were, and the effort to get evidence
from him was finally given up.
The witness stated that at another
time, while in the "bull pen." a party,
who said he was authorized bv an of
ficial, offered him $10,000 to implicate
two persons in the blowing up of the
mill. The party said it did not matter
much who were imiIieated. but the
names of certain miners and the coun
ty assessor were given out. whom it
was most desired to implicate, for the
purpose, the witness said, of hanging
them or getting them out of the coun
try. He said he afterward learned
that the assessor had trouble with the
Bunker Hill mine over their assess
ments. The witness detailed an interview
with an army officer, in which the lat
ter declined to permit a priest to be
summoned to one of the prisoners who
was -dying, and also refused to allow
him to communicate with his partner
as to the disHisition of his property,
lie detailed many other instances of al
leged cruelty. One of his recitals was
ns to a brief visit by General Men-la m
to. the "bull pen." and the refusal to
allow prisoners to communicate with
him.
Dewey's Case Advanced.
Washington. March 13. The case of
Admiral Dewey and the otlicers and
men of his fleet who participated In
the battle of Manila bay will be ar
gued In the supreme court on April 9.
The hearing was advanced lo that
date by an order issued by the court.
The case Involves the amount of
bounty to be paid for the destruction
of the Spanish fleet.
Answer to the Frltk Complaint.
Pittsburg, March 13. Late yester
day afternoon the answer of the Car
negie Steel company, limited, defend-
ant 'in the equity suit or li: c. Frick. j
to determine tte value of his holding j
In said company, was filed in common ;
pleas court No. 1. The answers tiled;
are a general " and specific denial od
pretty tiiuch all that Frlek charged j
against Carnegie.
Groirenor Attacked by the Grip.
Washington. March 13. Grosvenor
of Ohio, who has been confined to his
bed since last Tuesday by a serious at
tack of grip, is reported somewhat bet
ter. Under orders of his physicians,
however, he will not leave his bed or
attend to any of his congressional du
ties for the next week or more.
Sunday Observance at I'urii.
Washington, March 13. The presl
dent has sent instructions to United
States Commissioner General Peck at
the Paris exposition to see that Sunday
is observed as far as possible iu the
American section during the progress
of the exposition.
HAY GOT ALL HE ASKED.
Canal Treaty Not Dictated by England
Senate Amendment Kills It.
London, March 13. No communica
tions have passed between Washing
ton and London in regard to the Nic
aragua canal treaty, and the reports
cabled here tlrat Lord I'auncefote had
sent dispatches to the foreign office '
bearing on this subject are incorrect
The Associated Prens is authorized to .
say that the attitude of the British
government is that having agreed to
all of Secretary Hay's requests with
out asking for a quid pro quo it can
do nothing more, nor express any
opinion, until new requests are made
through the same channel. As noth
ing of the kind had been done no no
tice could be taken of the senatorial
action.
The United States charge d'affaires
here, Henry White, had an interview
with Lord Salisbury yesterday, but as
far as the Associated Press is able to
ascertain the Nicaraguan canal mat
ter was not discussed. Under the cir
cumstances it is difficult to definitely
say what the probable attitude of
Great Britain is on this question, but
the indications point to the fact that
the adoption of the senate amendment ;
will result iu Great Britain refusing '
to further consider any modification .
of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty.
Boy of 17 Commits Suicide.
Oshkosh. Wis., March 13. Buel Da
vis, the 17-year-old son of Buel T. Da
vis, former superintendent of the pub
lie schools of Oshkosh, has been miss
ing since Sunday evening at 8 o'clock.
The police and the boy's father
searched for him ail night, but failed
to find a trace of his whereabouts.
Yesterday morning scraps of paper
torn iu small bits were found in his
room. which lead to the belief that he
committed suic ide In the river.
INDIANA flOLD t)EM005AT3
Will Not Bo Reconciled to Urjan at
Free Silver Platform.
Indianapolis, March 12. The uncom
promising gold Democrats of Indiana,
who will not accept Bryan on any plat
form, are carrying on correspondence
with eastern gold men with Intent to
hold a Irtltlonol AAuwentlnn liurp nml
nominate a presidential ticket. They
declare free silver would be much more
disastrous to the interests of the coun
try thau the violation of principle in
volved in the Porto Rico question
would be.
"Republicans who were howling
about the Porto Rico bill a week ago."
said a gold Democrat, 'a're now silent
Chairman Hernly, of the state commit
tee, has brought this about since his
return from Washington, and leaders
say the senate will not pass the bill
until it is thoroughly understood."
TWO PAIRS' INTHE DEAL.
How Fortune Has Dealt with a Married
Couple in Detroit.
Detroit, March 12. Mrs. Michael Mc
Donald gave birth to two boys and two
girls. The babies weighed an average
of three and one-half pounds at birth,
and all are reported doing well, Includ
ing the mother, at this writing. Mrs.
McDonald and her husband came here
from Canada about six months ago.
The mother is about 35 years old, rath
er stout and florid of complexion.
She does not recall that any of her
ancestors were favored with twins,
triplets, or quadruplets, but McDonald
Is a twin. McDonald is a day laborer.
He keeps right along at work, justify
ing his industry on the ground that he
would have to work every blessed min
ute to earn a living for his family. Mrs.
McDonald is very proud of her unusual
achievement.
ALIBIS VERSUS IDENTIFICATION
Is th Issue in tlte Trial of Henry
F. Cor-
liett at Racine.
Racine. March 12. Positive identi
fication on the side and positive testi
mony that the identification is wrong is
the situation in the Corbett case. Henry
V. Corbett is on trial for murderous as
sault on Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Cheney.
The minister and his wife have both
iedntified the prisoner positively as the
man who assaulted them and the time
is fixed by Mrs. Cheney and by other
witnesses as 0:50 a. m.
Now comes many witnesses of credi
bility who swear for the defense that
Henry F. Corbett was half a mile from
the scene of the assault between 9:45
and 10:15 a. in. of that day.
Mt Cook Going to the Philippines.
Napa, Cal.. March 12. General Ed
ward McCook,- who has been at the
Yountville Veterans home for the past
week, suffering from inflammatory
rheumatism, has so far improved as to
feel that he will be able to continue
his journey to the Philippines as sec
retary to Judge Taft, president of the
Philippine commission. He has been
up and around for the past day or so,
and talks quite cheerfully. He ex
pects to be in good physkial condition
in the near future.
Liberal Religionists of Iowa.
Sioux City, la., March 12. At the
regular semi-annual meeting of the
Iowa Association of Unitarian and oth
er lilteral churches held here last
week, resolutions were adopted estab
lishing a summer school at Lake Oko
boji and fixinK ies Moines as perma
nent headquarters for the association.
One of the principal topics of discus
sion was the change in the tendency
of the age from the materialistic to the
spiritual.
Campaign for Cltjr Officers Opened.
Burlington, la., March 12. The
Burlington city campaign was inau
gurated Saturday night by the Repub
lican nomination of C. J. Caster for
mayor over N'anman, the present in
cumbent The election takes place
March 2t.
IS GO AT NIGHT
Alter
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a Hay's Fi-litinjj I'mlc
'ieM ."Marshal Koheits.
Roberts Sees the Act II i iiim If uisd Sends a
Sharp Letter to tli9 i'r,-ilciiti British
lint rniiitj-liK1 Mil front Kloelil loii
tcin Two Report Aloi.t Mafel.lng
One That It Is About to Full, the Other
That the Siexe Has It' cn KuWed Kru
ger's Peace Proposition.
London, .March 12. The Daily New s
has the following from Asvogel Kop,
dated March 11: "The Britkh are now
only twenty-five miles from Bloemfon
teiu. One of the Boi r prisoners says
the siegeof Mat'eking has been raised.''
A correspondent of The Daily Mail
at Lorenzo Marques, on the oilier
nan. i, telegraphing Saturday, says:
"According to Boer reports the fall of
Mafeking is certain. The Boers have
bten shelling the town from all the
outlying forts."
Loudon. March 12.
dispatch was received
Driefontein. Orang
-The following
here yesterday:
Free State.
March 11,
cavalry bri;
0:35 a. in. Broad wood's
ide. advancing on Blocm-
fontein, unexpectedly found the Boers
in a strong position in the Driefontein
kopjes yesterday. General Kelly-Kenny's
division arriving severe lighting
ensued. The Boers resisted stubborn
ly, but were driven from their center
position, leaving a number of dead and
forty prisoners. The British force is
moving forward today. During the
fighting, in which five regiments took
part with artillery, the Boers, though
forced from their center position ciiinir
tenaciously to the other kopjes, shell- j
ing the British freely with liiree guns I
and two Vickers-Maxims. The British '
cavalry began to turn the Boer posi- I
tion. but night fell U-fore the move- I
ment was completed. The Boers re- i
tired during the night.
Rohcrls on ii rm tle News.
A dispatch to the war otiice from
Lord Roberts da ted Driefontein, March
11, 7:15 a. in., says: "The enemy op
posed us throughout yesterday's inarch,
j and from their intimate knowledge of
the country gave us considerable trou
j ble. Owing, however.. to the admirable
conduct of the troops the enemy were
: unable to prevent us reaching our
j destination. The brunt of the fighting
1 fell on Genet al Kelly-Kenny's division.
two battalions of which, the Welsh
and r-ssex, turned the Boers out of
two strong positions at the point of the
bayonet."
lioers Leave 103 Dead on the Field.
A dispatch to the war office from
T.ord Roberts. dated Driefontein.
March 11, 1:55 a. in., says: ' I cannot
get the precise number of casualties
before I march, but will communicate
it as soon as possible. The Boers suf
fered heavily, !Ol of their dead being
left on the ground. We captured about
twenty prisoners. Among the killed
tain Lomax. of the Welsh regiment,
and Dr. McKartie. a retired Indian
civilian attached to Kitchener's horse."
Kruger's Movement for Peace.
London. March 12. The Daily Mail
has received the following dispatch
from Pretoria, dated March 10, anil
censored by the Boer government:
"President Kruger and President
Sto.vn have wired to Lord Salisbury
peace proposals on condition that the
independence of the two republics be
respected and the rebel colonials am
nestied. Yesterday the foreign con
suls were called into conference and
were requested to invite the interven
tion of the power's they represented
in order to prevent further bloodshed."
IJOKRs ACCFSFD OF TKEACIIEKY.
Lord Itolu-rts Says They Huve Mutely I'sad
the White Hag.
London, March 12. The war office
has received the following advices
from Lord Rolterts. dated Driefontein,
March 11. 0:15 a. in.:
"The following telegram has been
addressed by me to their honors. th?
state presidents of the Orange Free
State and the South African republic:
'Another instance having occurred of
gross abuse of the white flag, and of
the signal of holding up hands in token
of surrender, it is my duty to inform
you that if such abuse occurs again I
shall reluctantly be compelled to or
der my troops to desregard the white
tiag entirely.
" ' The instance occurred on a kopje
east of Driefontein Farm yesterday
evening, and was witnessed by several
of my own staff officers, as well as by
myself, and resulted in the woundingof
several of my officers and men.
" 'A large quantity of explosive bul
lets of three different kinds was found
in Commandant Cronje's laager, and
this has been the case after every en
gagement with your honors' troops.
Such breaches of the recognized usages
of war and of the Geneva convention
are a disgrace to any civilized power.
A copy of this telegram has been sent
to my government with the request
tli at It may be communicated to all
neutral powers. "
A dispatch to The Daily Mail from
Asvogel Kop. dated March 11, says:
"The white flag treachery was person
ally witnessed at Driefontein by Lord
Roberts, who was looking through a
telescope when the Welsh were char
ing and saw the Boers hold up their
hands, show the tiag. and drop their
guns. He saw an English officer ad
vance to receive their surrender, where
upon a Boer volley was tired and the of
ficer fell."
IIETIIl NK ENGAGES THE DI P.G II EKS.
Finds Their Position Too Strong: and Re
tires Rebels Lay Dow n Their Arms.
Durban, March 11. The N'atal
Mercury has the following dispatch
from Greytown. dated today: "A force
composed of Bethune's mounted in
fantry, the Uruvcti mounted rifles and
ttir Natal police, with three Maxims,
under Colonel Bethune. reached Pom
eroy March S. The following morn
ing the Boer pickets opened tire. "A
general engagement soon ensued, the
Boers using; two big guns. There was
heavy firing on both sides. Colonel
Bethune, seeing the impossibility of
dislodging the Boers without artillery,
retired south of the Tugela with one
man wounded. The Boer loss is said
to be considerable."
Cape Town, March 11. Xews from
Lady Grey, Herschel and Aliwal North
rtow that the rebels are laying down
their arms In large numbers, and that
the Boers all along the liorder are in
serious straits. The rebels assert that
BOE
the Boer are subsiatfiiij on bread and
water ai.d so-called coffee, made from
rye. Other rebels are leaving to fight
In the Free State. British rule has been j
restored at Lady Grey, where a big!
tight is reported to have occurred,
many rebels being killed. It is report-,
ed thatthonsauds of rebels contemplate ,
surrendering to General Brabant. j
Sigiiilicunt Order from Pretoria.
London. ' March 12. The Durban
correspondent of The Daily News says' !
On March 1 an older was issued from
Pretoria to field cornets to make an !
Immediate return of all the women !
and children in the Johannesburg dis-
trict. with particulars as to whether I
each family would possess moans of
transport in case of sudden removal. !
The order t reated a sensation.
Doers Hore a Tunnel.
London. March 12. The Cape Town
correspondent of The Standard tele
graphing yesterday, says: "It is re
ported that the Boer prisoners at Sim
ons Town were found boring a tunnel
underneath the lines of the camp. The
work had made considerable progress
before discovery."
HOT TIME IN KENTUCKY
AGAIN ON THE VERY OF WAR
Taylor Ho!ds llu Capitol ISuildiiig with
Troops Attempt at Krnpe and
Arr. t of Act-used Men.
Frankfort. Ky., March 12. Saturday
was a great Iav in the recent lnstorv
of the state. First, the circuit court
at Louisville threw the Republican case
as to the official count out of court de
claring that the legislature only had
jurisdiction and that the body that de
clared lor the Democrats was the It
Ilature.
Next the Democratic civil officers
tried to enter the capitol building to ar
rest Secretary of State Powers aud
Captain John Davis, of the capitol po
lice, and were refused admission by
military guards who were iosted ail
over the buildings and around them.
Next Powers and Davis, disguised as
soldiers, got on board a train for Lex
ington, en route as they claim to a part
of the state where Governor Taylor
is acknowledged, so that they could
stipulate for a fair trial before they
surrendered. But when they got to
Lexington they were arrested, alter a
warm struggle iu which Powers was
badly clubbed. The Democrats at
Frankfort "got onto" them and tele
graphed for their arrest, and although
they were guarded by militiamen the
latter did tint protect them from ar
rest Both men deny ixtsltively their
guilt, and ascribe their attempt to es
cape to fear of the kind of trial they
would be given and of the $100,000 of
fered for the arrest and conviction of
the assassins of Goelni. Both men
had pardons from Governor Taylor iu
their pockets, given with the same gen-j
eral purpose, they say. and Governor
Taylor says, to protect them from ille
gal and perjured arrest and conviction.
The result of all this is that the two
state governments are now hostile
camps. At the capitol aud executive
building the Republican state guard is
the Democratic state government head
quarters, the Capitol hotel, is a com
pany of state guards organized yester
day by Governor Beckham. This was
owing to a rumor that the Republicans
were going to arrest Beckham.
The legislature has but two more
days to y't. and will have to adjourn
then.
licmy laHureat St. I 'a nl.
St. Paul. .March 12. William Cun
ningham, dealer in woolens and tail
ors' trimmings in this city for fifteen
or sixteen years, after consulting with
his creditois, has decided to go into
voluntary bankruptcy. The liabilities
are placed at imuxmi and assets .$l(t0.
(WM. about two-thirds of the assets be
ing classed as very good. The busi
ness extended through Wisconsin, Min
nesota. Iowa, t lie Dakotas and Mon
tana, being the largest of its kind west
of Chicago.
Lynched by His Own People.
Ilern.iiiiio Miss.. March 12. Thomas
Clayton, a nemo, was siiot to death in
this county by members of his own
race because of a crimnal assault on
a 10-year-old girl. He was called to his
cabin door and bullets from a dozen
Winchesters were tired into his body.
The blacks refused to bury the corpse.
There is little or no excitement among
the plantation hands.
Kfuiie to Succeed Hennessey,
Sioux City, la., March 13. News
from what is considered a reliable
source reaches Sioux City that Arch
bishop John Keane is to be Archbishop
Henessey's successor. It is said that
the archbishops of the country and the
archdioceses have unanimously agreed
to send his name to Rome. It is fur
ther stated that there are to be two new
Roman Catholic sees in Iowa, with
Sioux City "and Des Moines as see
cities.
Foot lljlt Man Ones to Work.
Madison. Wis.. March 13. rhil
King, the star coach of the university
football eleven, has hung out his shin
gle as a lawyer in Madison. Mr.
King's duties as coach of the univer
sity athletics do not require more than
a few hours' time in the afternoon.
He announces that he will put the
base ball team through hard practice
work from now on until the season
opens.
NEWS FACTS IlToUTLIXE
The czar has ordered a mobilization
of the Russian" army and navy.
A party of Frenchmen propose to
reach the Klondike by automobiles.
Foreign insurance companies are re--fused
permission to do business in Ja
pan. The front tire of an automobile ex
ploded at Chicago with a terrific
shock.
Kentucky's Democratic legislature
will appropriate $100,000 to organize a
new state militia.
The naval committee of the Italian
chamber of deputies favors spending
$s,(.km,(mio on t lie navy.
The Montgomery county (Tenn.) ;
court house was destroyed bv fire, j
.viost or the records were saved. Loss,'
?125.O0O. j
Benjamin Ide Wheeler, of the Phil-j
ippine commission, says the wwers
have agreed to abolish "spheres of in-,
fluence" in China. j
Seven-year-old Richard Essig, while
playing with a revolver at his home in
Chicago, accidentally shot and severely
wounded his mother.
The condition of the laboring popula
tion in the Barbadoes is so bad that
arrangements are on foot to send 20,
0"O jieople .to Saint Lucia.
Trvi
j urn!
Sheldon's i:xpriiniit Will Iff
a Financial Success.
That Seema to lie Assure. 1 irt.iu the Orders
Keceited for the Sheet " Hoys in the
Ottice W ill Have to For. Tobacco Pu
per Will OppUK tl, Philippine War
and Expansion-How lie Will Edit the
"Ads" in II i Paper,
Topeka, Kas., March 12. Rev. Chas.
M.Sheldon, who took editorial aud bus
iness control of The Daily Capital to
day, spent half au honr In the ottice of
the paper Saturday forenoon and then
went home lo finish ius Sunday ser
mon. He persistently declines to be
interviewed, but extended an invita
tion to the reporters to attend his ser
vice at 11 a. iu. yesterday, which they
promised to do. A great deal of gossip
is indulged in regarding Sheldon's pol
icy, but up to this limp nothing is
kuown. Many of his dose friends say
he will follow the idea outlined in his
famous novel "In His Steps." The
REV. CHARLES M. SnELDOX AS AN EDITOR.
circulation of The Capital for the week
is now very dose to a quarter of a
million, exclusive of news agency or
ders, and subscriptions are still com
ing in at an increasing rate.
Will Begin Reform on the : 'rinters.
It is stated that the new t litor gave
his first order Saturday afte noon. The
report goes thus: "I wish," lie said f
Harold T. Chase, associate editor of
'I he Capital, "that you would notify
the employes please not to smoke."
"How about the use of tobacco iu
the other form, Mr. Sheldon V" asked
base. "Does this request mean not
to use tobacco in any form?"
"Yes. that would be better, and
please don't make this thiug too con
spicuous." lie hastened to add, "just
quietly tell the men I would be picked
if they did not use tobacco."
- j - - - ....
In talking of his newspaper venture
Sheldon has been forced to take many
people info his confidence, and the fol
lowing may In- taken as an accurate
forecast of the editorialviews of The
Capital: 1. Oppose the war against
tlie Filipinos as one of injustice, ag
gression and unpatiiot ism. 2. Oppose
annexation and the general indicy of
expansion. 3. Inaugurate a crusade
on the so-called "joints." -4. Declare
for the. reform of the stage. .". Dis
card from this paper all patent med
icine advertisements.
"Ads" Must ICun the t.antlet.
15. Insist upon editing the advertise
ments witli as much freedom as lie
does the reading matter, even as to
their si.e position aud date of publica
tion. 7. Discard all. sporting news,
such as prize lighting, but devote es
pecial attention to manly and woman
ly athletics. S. Discard all police
court newsandeverythingof a scandal
ous character, as well as all criminal
news. !. In case of a murder, for in
stance, in Topeka. which would seem
to require the paper's attention, print
the barest possible account of the
tragedy mid devote ample space to
moralizing on the case. lo. Take no
part in the discussion of local, state,
or national political issues.
Killed by His Oh n Man -Trap.
De Soto. Mo.. March 2. William
Pearce. a farmer living three miles
west of this place was accidentally
shot and killed Friday night. He had
been missing large quantities of corn
from a crib in the rear of his house
and set a trap for the thief. He placed
a shotgun loaded with buckshot on the
inside of the crib, to the triggers of
which was attached a wire. Pearce
set the trigger Thursday night and
Friday night went to the crig for corn.
When he opened the door the load of
buckshot struck him in the breast.
Nothing: Small About This Girl.
Janesville. Wis.. March 12. Jennie
Ilenistoek. a domestic employed with
the family of .1. M. Bostwick. has been
arrested on the charge of having stolen
a tin box from the Bosfwicks contain
ing cash and securities amounting in
value to S1.1.mio. A portion of the
money, it is alleged, was found sewed
in the dress worn by the girl after her
arrest. It is reiKirted that the girl
has confessed her guilt to the police.
Miss Ilenistoek came to Janesville
from Racine.
Murdered by Ills Drother-ln-Law.
Sioux City. Ia., March 13. Christ
Bauer was murdered by Ernest Mey
ers, his brother-in-law, thirty miles
east of here Saturday night. Both men
are farmers. Bauer met death In de
fending his mother, with whom Mey
ers had picked a quarrel. Meyers had
been drinking.
Two Small IJoys Flay Kurglar.
Kalamazoo, Mich., March 13. Geo.
Coffee, living in the northern part of
this city, while playing burglar shot
his younger brother, William, aged 9,
with a rifle. The ball entered his lip
and tore his mouth badly. Although
the bullet has not been located he
may. recover.
Michigan Epworth League Convention.
Owosso, Mich.. March 13. On-Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, April G, 7
and 8, the State Epworth league con
vention will be held in this city. .
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