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We tS -Hera KXY jltd PLATTSMOUTII, NEB... MARCH 30, 1900. VOL. IX. NO. 40. TlIK NK. KM-i.lnsn.-d Nov. 5. If f I . Const. i!(.Hie1 Jau. 1. lfV5. T' : : t; f.:. A I.Ii, i !:! i:!n .1 April III. 1 t. i f 4h UT I it V A rn ii IJ.mms Concent rating Fifteen Mile From iSloeinfonteiii. lt'iri;hers Are liiriiri;ly Ajjirei ve In Small Huilif. and Io ICui.l.riK Clone to Kohcrts' Headquarters Mctliueu : dered Hack to Klmherley Krnger In sists That lie Will Ketake liloemfontein Within a Week Some Further letails of the Ir.ulli uf Joulicrt. London, March MO. Tin Kloeiufoii lein corrcsi.oinleut of Tlie Morning Post, telegraphing Wednesday, says: "President Kruger boasts his intention to retake Rloeuifoutciu within a week, Bii.l it appears probable that the Boer ore advancing in for.-e southward." London. March .".. The Boers are concentrating in font- about liftcen miles lioir j. of Bloemfoiitein, in the rear of ; It ii. and Lord Roberts is send ini: forward ti-oois to engage them. Tho Seventh infantry division ami part of General l-'ii-ii. li's cavalry have been vit up to join tin- fourteenth brigade, ami the two ravalry regiments that aro holding Glen and its en irons. It doO:i not seem probable that the I'.oers will igve serious I-attle in t lie fairly open country north of Glen. Still their evi dent strength iiitli.-ate.s more tliau a corps of obsi-rvatioti. Il.icrs Are Hurinuly A t rfi e. Iii s.-uiill affairs tie- Boers are daring ly aggressive in all parts of the lie-Id of war. The Johannesburg mounted police, esteemed by the RoerS to brJ their best mounted eommando. Is raid ing the country near Bloemfontein, harr.issing the farmers who have Riven up their ainis to the British, ami car rying off tattle. There is a Boer re port from Natal that a Russian soldier of fortune. Colom-I Ganotzki, with 100 birrs. iiicii. is operating close to theBrit ih outposts on the western border. Ifurifhrr Kcoc-upy C'anibeli. The Hirers have reoectipied Campbell, and are in strength near Taungs and Barkly West. Tliey shelled thy Brit-I isli eamp at Warroiitoii Wednesday,' but moved out of range tliat night. Yes terday two r.ritish jrnns enfiladed thu lioer t reiich.-s. ipiieiing their Mausers.! Lord Methii'-n and the forces that had bet n operating in tlie I'.arkly district' have been recalled to Kimberley by Lord Roberts. No explanation has been given ofr tliis. but the nionnted troop' are dissatisfied at having been ordered bark. The Boers and disloyalists at oKnhardt have been dispersed and caused to retreat. Cetieral Parsons Is . alrout to enter tho town unopposed. ICoberts Safe gnurdini; What He Says. Ird Roberts is making extensive ar rangements to police iind safeguard all the I'ree Slate towns in the territory occupied. Dispatches from Maseru as esrt that tlie P.oers who returned to Ladybraml from Clocolan have taken Tip strong positions ami sent pickets far in every direction to watch Basil to land, in the expectation that part of general P.uller's army will invade tho Free State on that side. According to Pretoria ail vices Mafeking Mas bom-banh-tl for seven hours on Tuesday. Detail of tlie Heath of .louhert. London, March SO. The following has bei-u received here: "Pretoria. March :0. General .Tou-bt-rt was taken ill Sunday morning. lie was at his otlice the previous day. lie suffered great pain, but became uncon scious some time before death. The complaint was acute inflammation of the bowels. The body will lie in state tomorrow- and will then lw taken by special train to tlie farm at Itustfoon tein. near Wakkerstrooin. where it will be buried tiuietly, as .lotibert often re quested, and without military honors." littliianTamerican. C.eii. H'duiI th l ather of at-irl Horn in Havana. Havana. March CO. Mrs. Wood, wife of the governor general, gave birth to a ten-pound girl at tlie palace at noon yesterday. Mother and child are doing well. The records of Ha vana do not show the birth here of any other governor general's child. Under the Spanish regime tlie wife of a gov ernor general invariably left for Spain, that tlie child might be Irorn there. The afternoon papers had gone to press before the palace event was an noticed. although The Discusion learned of it indirectly and was thus aide to say: "We wish all happiness to the governor general, to his wife and to the Cuban little girl, who, we hope, will be a fervent partisan of the independence of her native country-" Color I ine on Trial Again. Alton, Ills.. March :io. Alton's cele brated school rase, in which the lie Toes of tin? city seek to gain admis sion to the public schools attended by the whites, is now on its third trial be fore .Indue Schaffer in the Madison eonnty circuit court. The first trial re sulted in a verdict for the whites, but this was reversed in the state supreme court and the case remanded for re trial in tlie secoud. In this case a sin gle juror stood out for the negroes. Itulinga fo Koreiftn Companies. Philadelphia, March !. The state supreme court yesterday tiled an or der in which the court holds that a company incorporated under the laws of another state anil which fails to register in Pennsylvania, cannot recov er at a suit at law. Nrgaunrr fafi Invalitl Marquette, Mich.. March 3'. The supreme court has affirmed tlie de cision of Judge Stone declaring invalid the Negannee taxes of ism;. The amount Involved is about .i".iMHl. SjUlicr Tumi Out a It rlrl rr. Madison. Iud.. March :.0. Klme: Parson, a returned Spanish war 601- dier, plea. led guilty to robbing Adams' hardware store ami was committed un der tlie Indeterminate sentence law. German Irunt in Soap. Washington, March 30. Consul Gen eral Guuther, at Frankfort, writes to the state department relative to a trust of soap manufacturers formed last summer in six of the Ilhenish prov inces. with the object of establishing uniformity in the prices of both hard and soft soap. Poor Counterfeit Iicoved, , Washington, March 30. Chief Wll ki, of the secret service, has an nounced the discovery or a very poor counterfeit ?1 treasury note, check let ter 15. series 1S91, 15. Iv. Bruce, regis ter. LOOKS 111 II 1 IT DA LB DERATIC POLITICS. Oranlrntl hi in Indiana I'rolrat.illtien r. Jto the I'latfornt I-thii-. f Indianapolis. March 3o 1. W. Fur-, puson and A. L. I let ford, of Springfield. ' Ills., representing the national Demo- -,i a lie I'uiuiuuit'i', ail- unc I'arks Martin, state Democratic chair man, in making a thorough canvass and organization of the state and to collect funds for the national commit tee. Herford will have charge of the work and will have under him from twelve to fifteen assistants, who will visit every part .of the state. He was asked if Illinois will send a Bryan dele gation to the national convention. "There Is no question about that, so far as Illinois Is concerned." repUed Herford. "We know Mr. ltryan. He is really an Illinois man and our state will stand by him." "What about the free silver issue?" "Well," said Herford, "the feeling among the free silver Is strong as ever, but there is a disposition to let that Issue rest that is, not make It the leading issue. The Chicago platform will be reaflirmed. That takes the free silver plank in, and that's about all that will be done with it." MICHIGAN-LANDVASK MOV ED Old Mill at Taw an City That Was Ituilt Forty-Six Years Ago. Tai was City, Mich., March 30. By the removal of what has of late years been known as the Winona Salt fc Luinborconipanj- mill, Tawas City and Tawas bay looses its oldest mill. This mill is tlie oldest landmark of Iosco county. It was built In lSTri by G. O. Whitttemore Ac Co., of Pontiae, and was opera ted by the Whittemores un til 1S7G, C. II. Whittemore being pro prietor for several years. MclJain c Whittey purchased it iu ISTtJ, and it was operated for a time by William Nisbet ami J. C. Adams. It was afterwards purchased by the Winona Salt .fc Lumber Co., who con ducted it until lS'.Ki, since which time it has been idle. The salt block in connection therewith was built in 1SS0, and has produced as high as 20,000 barrels of salt in one season. Lodge May I!e Chairman. "Washington. March 30. According to the plans of the ltepublican mana gers Senator Lodge of Massachusetts will be permanent chairman of the Philadelphia convention. The tempo rary chairman has not yet been se lected. Neither has it been decided who shall present MeKlnley's name. President McKinley is now planning to make a visit to the Pacific coast during the summer, when the battle ship Ohio is launched at the Union Iron works, Saii Francisco. He will probably make speeches eu route. Michigan Christian KiuleaTor. Grand Kapids, Mich., March 30. The thirteenth annual Michigan Chris tian Fndeavor convention opened iu this city Tuesday evening with two rousing meetings which packed the Park Congregational and Fountain street P.aptist churches to the doors. At tlie Fountain-street church, Itev. Archibald Hadden, of Muskegon, and Iter. It. W. McLaughlin, of Kalama zoo, and others delivered addresses. Wiltl I oe Is Worked I" p. Wautoma.Wis., March 30. The citi zens of tlie village of Wild Kose, nine miles north of here, are considerably worked up over a disease that has ap peared in the family of Postmaster F. M. Clark's family. His little 0-year-old daughter has lreen ill for several days with smallpox. All due precau tion has been taken against thespread ing of tlie disease and the family put in quarantine. Congressman and Kx-Consul Fight. Terre Haute. Iud., March 30. A fight on tlie ..street occurred between Congressman George W. Faris and II. C. Pugh, ex-United States consul to Pelmero. growing out of the manner of the withdrawal of the congressman from the race for renomination. The congressman was knocked down and badly bruised but suffered no other 111 effects than a blackened eye and bleed ing nose. Itarglars with "o Sentiment. English. Iud., March 30. Burglars entered the home of Andrew J. Peters, near liristow, after the family had re tired for the night, and carried off a gold watch and considerable jewelry, much of which was presents to Mrs. Peters on her bridal day. There was also a purse containing ?200, which was stolen. Coincidence in liath. Chicago, March 30. Harvey L. Gooddall, proprietor and publisher of the South Sitle Daily Sun and the Chicago Daily Drovers' Journal, and Edward Ii. Ityder, one of his book keepers, died Wednesday. Goodall died of heart trouble at 9 p. m., at his home. Ityder died of pneumonia at 11 a. m. Philippine Commission Meets. Washington, March' 30. The Philip pine commission met anil agreed upon the personnel of the staff that Is to accompany the commission to Manila. Thev also agreed on certain outlines which they will follow in their work In the Philippines. These will be sub mitted to the secretary of war. F.lopment Th.t Was a Success. Mattoon. Ills., March 30. William Ma gee. of this city, and Miss Garnet Long, of Newman, eloped to Tuscola and were married Wednesday. The bride's mother objected to the union. The bride is a daughter of S. W. Long, a prominent banker, who died recently. Revolution Worries Colombia's President. New York. March 30. Word was re ceived here yesterday by thesteamship Athos, of the Panama line, which has arrived from Colon, that the revolution in Colombia is causing the government much uneasiness. Killed by Falling Slate. Saginaw, West Side, Mich., March 30. A miner named Stewart Smith was killed in the Pere Marquette coal mine here, by falling slaie. He leaves iriilov. Refused to Extend the License. Kockford, Ills., March 29. The city council bv a vote of U to 5 refused to grant an extension of the franchise granted several years ago to the Car bon Dioxide company, of Chicago, un which a nipe line was to be put in for refrigeration and fire extinguish ing purposes and illuminating gas, as n bv-nroducL to be sold at $1 per 1,000. Another application for a gas fran chise has been presented to the coun cil by the Equitable Gas company, fathered by J. W. Chisholm, of San I-nncisco. which nromises gas at 50 cents tier 1 000 TARIFF CLAUSE - STAYS Test Vote On Porto IUcan Issue Has lieen Taken. Vote Is Iecisive, 33 to 10, and Probablj Tells the Story of the End Details of the Jtoll Cull Ouitt Day In the Military Committee and No liloodshed Turkey Opens War on Our Pork, Which Is Re sented with a Protest. "VYashington, March 30. A direct vote was taken by the senate yesterday on the proposition to etrike from the Porto Rico measure the provision levy ing 15 per cent, of the Dingley law du ties on Porto i:ico products. The prop osition was defeated by a vote of 10 to 33. While the vote is regarded as presaging the passage of the pending measure it is not regarded as indicat ing the final vote on the bill. The feat ure of the debate wns the speech of lieveridge. While he advocated reci procity between the United States and Porto Itico he announced that if all ef forts to secure free trade should fall he would support the pending bill. The bill was under discussion throughout the session, several important amend ments being agreed to. Details of the Test Vote. The vote on the motion to strike out the lo per cent, tariff was as follows: Yeas P.aeon, Hate. Herry, Clark of Montana, Clay Cockrell, Culberson, Harris, Jones of Arkansas, Kenney, Lindsay, Morgan, Pettus, Sullivan, Turley and Wellington 1!. Nays Allison, P.aker, Pard. Carter, Chandler. Clark of Wyoming, Cullom. 1 eboe,Fairbanks.Forakor.Foster, Frye, Gallinger. Gear, Hale Uainia, Hans brough, Hawley, Kean. Kyle, Lodge, McHride, McComas. McMillan, Perkins, Qua l ies. Ross, Scott, Sewell. Shoup, Spooner, Warren and Wctmore 33. How th Pairs Were Arranged. The following pairs were announced, the last-named being opposed to tho amendment: Martin and Jones of Ne vada. Daniel and Penrose. McLauriti and Pritchard, Hoar ami McEnery. Taliaferro and Mason. Turner ami Aid rich. IJavvlins ami Wolcott. Money and Teller. .Caffery and P.urrows, Petti grew and Piatt of Conecticut. Simon, and Depew, Chilto and Elkins, Heit feld and Piatt of New York, and Ilutler ami Deveritlge. No announcement or pairs wai made of the following senators who were alrsent from the chamber when their names were called: Allen. Davis. McC umber. Mallory, Nelson, Proctor, Stewart. Thurston, Tillman and Vest. .Morgan's Silver Amendment. Morgan maintained that the people of Porto Itico were citizens of the United States and as such wereeutitletl to the rights and Immunities prescribed by the constitution. He oTTered au amendment to I lie section of the bill i which proposes to redeem the Porto i Kicau silver coins in United States' money, giving a cents of American money for the Porto Iiicau peso Thu, amendment proposed to pay loo cents for the peso. Morgan held that in the promised exchange of coins the United States was taking advantage of tlie, Porto Uicans, because the peso con-j tained the same amount of silver as the American dollar. The Porto Ui cans. he said, are entitled to loo cent for their pesos, because that amount of silver in money would be worth llKi cents on the dollar. This amendment was irondimj at adjournment. A FT Kit THE STOKM A C4I.M- i House Military Committer Coot (iently a a Srin kinsr D.re Nnw. j Washington. March 3D. The Coeur : d'Alene investigation opened yester day with no outward evidence of the, exciting events of Wednesday, although there was considerable good-natured1 laillery among members as to when the "first round" would be called. Gov ernor Steunenberg was again on the stand, with Lenrz conducting the cross examination. The evidence was on unimportant details until Governor Steunenberg was questioned as to a re cent petition from the Coeur d'Alene district asking the secretary of war to retain federal troops then. This pe tition has not yet been presented to the federal authorities, and the com mittee went into executive session to determine what to do with the docu ment. The committee decided t file the petition with the secretary of war. and in the meantime it will not be made public. It is understood, however, that it is an extensive document, bearing about l.otio names, and states in substance that while people at a distance may regard the policy adopted by the gov ernor and military authorities as harsh, yet that the signers fully up hold the policy adopted and consider it necessary to overcome tlie lawlessness and disorder which have existed for seme time. It requests the secretary of wtir to continue the guard of troops in the Coeur d'Alene district. Governor Steunenborg'sexamiiiation was resumed at the open session, de veloping little additional and at noon the committee adjourned for the day. TlItKKV AND AMKUICAX HOG. Our Charge at Constnutimrple F iles a Pro test Which Is Approved. Washington, March 3d. The newt from Constantinople that the Porte had struck a blow a tour hog was inter esting at the state department. The cable statetl that "the porte has in formed the United States legation that iu future the importation of American pork will be prohibied. giving as a reason for the prohibition that the meat is injurious to the public health. Lloyd c. ( .riscom. United States charge d'affaires, protested energetically, de manding the annulment of the "meas ure." The department here had no official information on the matter. The sec retary of agriculture said that if any steps were taken in tlie matter by this government the state department would conduct the negotiations. "If it has been decided ft bar out all pork," said the secretary, "there can be no cause for complaint; but if American pork is discriminated against we will have good cause to protest, as there can be no valid reason for ex cluding it. as it Is rhe best In the world." It is probable that the action of the porte was taken -on religious grounds, as the religion of the Turks prohibits them from eating pork. Statistics on file at this department show that during the last live years the value of liog products exported from the 'United States to Turkey has averaged $13 a year." Griscom has acted of his own volition in lodging this protest. It mav lie stated, however, tnat his action js" thor oughly commended by the officials, and he will be supported to the utmost in his protest. While it cannot be so stated officially, no doubt is enter tained here that the action of the Turkish government is -directly at tributable to tl secret iniluence of some continental powers wiiose posi tion in resistance to the doruands of the United States for the admission of American meat products might Ire strengthened could they point to simi lar exclusive action by other powers based on sanitary considerations. Discussing the Eight-Hour Day. Washington, March 30. The house committee on labor yesterday pro ceeded with the hearings on tlie bill to extend the eight-hour law to all gov ernment work. Including that done in private establishments. W. YV. Hyde, of Hartford, representing several car tridge and ammunition factories, op posed the bill, and President Gompers, of the Federation of Labor, submitted a number of letters showing how it would affect labor in various indus tries. Commander Very Relieved. Washington. March 30. Commander S. W. Very has been relieved of the command of the Castine and ordered home from Manila by regular steamer. LUNATIC DEFIES THEOFFICERS , Barricaded in His House He Guards It with a Shotgun. LaCrosse, Wis., March 30. Bar ricaded in his abode, and guarding the approach with a double-barreled shotgun loaded to kill, Fred Green wald, of Gill's Coolie, taiee miles northeast of this city, has defied the officers of the law to arrest him. Green wahl is an elderly man and a tiller of the soil. For some time back ! he has been acting very strangely and in order to guarantee the neighboring farmers that no violence will result from his demented condition, it was decided to bring Greenwald into court and ascertain whether or not he was insane. He learned in some manner that Drs. Wakeiield and "uton, of West Salem, were appointed to exam-1 ine him and without losing time he fled to his house and nailed the doors i and windows, and then went on guard as noted above. KILLED ON THE RAILWAY. Three Men Lose Their Fives at Chicago, One of Them an l iiknovn, Chicago, March 30. An unidentified man was killed yesterday at Sag Bridge, Ills., by a train on tl;e Chicago and Alton railroad. The man, a stranger in the locality, was walking on the tracks when struck by the en gine. The agent of the railroad notified tlie coroner by telegram. Leonard Danderhiur, of Hammond, Ind., a car repairer, employed by thu Chicago Terminal Transfer company, was fatally injured at East Chicago while working under some. cars. He was placed on a train and sent to Chi cago, but while In the ambulance on the way to the Mercy hospital from the station he died. Henry DiUnian, 5129 Ashland ave nue, was killed by an AtchiPti, Tope k a and Santa Fe train at Forty-ninth and Lanin streets. His body was taken to his home. Fatal Fall from au Apple Tree. Greentown, Ind.. March 30. William Ellis, a farmer, was fatally hurt by falling from an apple tree which he was pruning. Three ribs on his right side were broken, besides internal in juries. NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE. Thousands attended the funeral at Cincinnati of the late Kabbi Wise, there beirig a very large attendance of distinguished Hebrews. Mrs. Langtry's play "The Degener ates" has been prohibited at Pitts burg. Queen, the oldest lioness at the Lin coln park (Chicago) zoo, has been sold for $400. Fifty counterfeit passes were con fiscated one by one at the door of the Grand Opera House at Chicago in one night. The citizens of North Holland, Mich., have had the name of their town changed to Cronje. Burglars broke into the postoffice at Tonce, Porto Rico, and took what mon ey was in the place. French troops have been sent to Igli. a town claimed by Morocco. The deaths from the plague at Cal cutta Tuesday numbered 217. Renewed trouble between Russia and Japan Is imminent perhaps and the Japanese fleet has been moved toKure, only twelve hours sail from Korea. Baraboo. Wis., is now in the list of cities entitled to free delivery. The receipts of the postoffice have reached the ftlO.OoO mark. An alumni association of the Wis consin State university will be formee" at Oshkosh April G. There is a movement now on foot tt establish starch factories at Wild Rose and I'laintield. Wis. The sawmill owned by Bentze & Son at Caledonia. Wis., was destroyed by fire. Loss, $2,000. Allen Baer. editor of the Taris edi tion of the New York Herald, died of smallpox in Paris. The revenue of the Manchester (England) ship canal in the last six months was 110 511, and the expendi ture lyo.KOG. Heavy snow is reported in Iowa, South Dakota and other northwestern and western states. An inch of wet snow fell at Chicago. The Federation of Labor executive committee has refused to put the Chi cago Record and News on the unfair list. It is said the Duke of Orleans has bought an estate in Hungary and will live there. Two banana trees in Washington park are burdened with ripened fruit. Liberia's navy, consisting of two gunboats, has been destroyed by acci dents. Ex-Senator J. J. Coyle, of Philadel phia, was acquitted of the charge of bribery. The Chicago Telephone company will reduce rates. The charge of $123 a year for private telephones will be cut to- $100. The bill repealing the Ilorton box ing law has passed the New York senate yesterday, now goes to the governor for his signature. He will sign it and it will go into effect iu September. Disappointment iu a love affair is thought to have caused Arthur Wheat on, 17 years old, Chicago, to commit suicide. Burglars entered the home of John Bandemer In Melrose Park (Chicagt A in Tlieir 3Iost Kciiowiicd Leader Iies at the Capital City. London I-.ditors Speak Kindly of Ilrit uiu's t.rcutest Foe in South A t'rii a tit-eat ,u:i:i titi.-i rl' Stores At . ii.i. nh-.tc.l ut Jllociiifuutciu Thought to Indicate a Movement Forward by Lord IColrTt Jo F.ntfuKemciit i:pei lnllurTHii Weeks If He lures Move. Lu.loti, March 2i. The death of General Piet Joubeit, commander-in-chief of the Itoer army, was oiiicially rcportcd yesterday, lie died Tuesday night at 11:30 o'clock. The Pretoria correspondent of The Daily Mail, tele graphing yesterday, says: "General Joubert died of perintotiitis. The fu neral will take place tomorrow. The government is pleading with the wid ow to allow a temporary interment here, with a state funeral. Joubert always expressed a desire to be buried iu a mausoleum built on his farm. His GT3TKRAL P. J. JOCKEKT. successor in the chief command will probably be General Louis Ilotha, now commanding in Natal." Brussels. March 2S. A private dis patch has been received here from Pretoria which says that President Krugor will now take chief command of the Transvaal forces. London Comment on the Fvcnt. London. March 2!. The afternoon newspapers yesterday publish long biographies f General Joubert. Gen erally they are in a kindly tone. The Pall Mall Gazette says: "Piet Joubert was tlu? one contemporary Transvaal I.oer, except ex-Chief Justice Kotze. whose death could call forth a sincere tribute of respect from Englishmen of all parties. He was, personally, hon est, straight ami clean-headed." All the morning jvipers print sin gularly kind editorials concerning Gen eral Joubert. They praise his military skill, uphold his chivalrous endttct. and regret that so strong and moderate a mind should be absent from the final settlement of the dispute. Specimen of His C. -ncraltlil p. Although some of the younger com manders tho.ight the old soldier want ing in dash ami enterprise, his raid to the ountry so considered tlie bes south or the Tucia is st piece of Boer lead ership during the whole war. It is now known that he crossed the Tugela with only 3.(mm riflemen and six guns, but so bold and rapid were his move ments that the British commanders thought 10.(WM Boers were marehimr on Pietermaritzburr. For a few davs, ' nltlioiifrli in the Tri-esenco of rrca tl v ! superior frees, he isolated General Hildyard's brigade at Estcourt and at the same time threatened General Bar ton's camp at Moot river. Then as British reinforcements were pushed up Joubert re-crossed the Tugela with out losing a prisoner, a wagon or a gun. General White's estimate of him, pronounced on Tuesday, before he died, as a gentleman and a brave and honorable opponent, strikes the tone of all British comment. INDICATIONS OF A MOYF.MFNT. Sines Thai Roberts' Army Will HeKin Its March Very Soon. London, March 20. General French, who has arrived at Bloomfontoin from Thaba Nchu. says that Commandant Olivier has tr,H0 men and is north of Ladybrand. Immense quantities of stores have now been accumulated at' Bloemfontein. and Lord Roberts' in- j fantry is seomingl about to move. nA Impression- -w hich can be traced to the war office is abroad that the advance will Iregin next Monday. lioer obser vation parties are hovering near Bloemfontein, but Lord Roberts has 133 miles to cover before reaching the great position which the P.oers are pre paring at Kroonstad. Moving ten miles a day is probably the best he can do with field transport. Therefore he can hardly engage the Boers in force for two weeks. The re construction of the railway behind him may even delay an invasion of tlie Transvaal until May. Meanwhile all the imiortnnt towns in the Erce State within Lord Roberts' reach are being garrisoned. Thaba Nchu, Philippolis. Fauresmith and .Tagersftintein are thus held. Sir Alfred Milner is touring in the disturbed newly acquired territory, Investigating conditions and arranging the administration. He is understood to begetting materials for a report to Chamberlain concerning a plan of civil government. A" special to The Daily Mail frm Fiotermaritzburg, dated March 28. says: "British scouts have thoroughly reconnoitered the passes of the Drak enslierg range. The number of Boers holding them does not exceed 2.0O0. who are working half-heartedely in who aTe working half-heartedely in constructing entrenchments. A Preto' dispatch to The Dailv Mail, datet. -larch 2n. says: "An of ficial dispatch reports a heavy bom bardment of Mafeking in progress on March 20, which was meet ing with a spirited response." Michael Davitt had an interview with President Krugor today. Something the HrHi-h i:Brt. Iondon, March 20. The Blnv4iifon tein correspondent of The Daily Tele graph, in a dispatch dated 'i .-. -uay, March 27. say: "I :' -i -'"'" r re gret that owing t the st.r.e of the ro-.ids ami of our horses. Commandant Grovolarr's commando of O.immi men from Coiesbenr and and tlie southern district. got f. way north by traveling day and night cb-e to the Basuto border before our force could hope to get near them. The latest news is that the Boers have 4(i. turn men still under arms, of whom lo.ooO are in and around the Natal border. Although tent sand stores are reaching here a block on the railway is delaying arriv als from the south considerably." CirL Marouil's Appointment. London. March 29. A dispatch to BOERS LOSE li 1 1 1 U hf srr i ne j atiy Mail from Lourcnzo Mat qnes, date--Wednesday, says: "The En m h Colonel Villebois de Marouil has been appointed to the command of the for eign lecioii. which is operating in the Free State. General Priusloe. recently arrested, is charged by the liners with high treason." TYSON FAMILY IS WANTED. There Is a Matter of $ 1 a, 000,000 Coming ! to Its Members. New York. March 2!. Miss Elsie , Tyson, of Humboldt, Cal.. has sailed j for England with an Australian attor ; ney to assist in establishing the claim of the children and grandchildren of ' John Tyson, who died in New Provi ; der.ee. N. J.. thirty years ago, to tlie . .i::.(nii,(!no estate of James Tyson, who died fn Melbourne in Inns. Ever since : James Tyson's' death his attorneys of I Melbourne have been searching for I those lawfully entitled to share in his estate. The search has reached over ' two continents. i i On a farm in Humboldt. Cal., Mr.' Wilson, one of the attorneys, finally found Elsie Tyson, a daughter of John ' Tyson. She was working as a servant.' Through her was learned the existence of George Tyson, a blacksmith, in Morristown. N. J. Family records were searched, ami the lawyers finally reached the conclusion that John Ty-1 son, who died thirty years ago, was the older brother of- the man whoso J millions were seeking a lawful resting1 place. j In Englsnd the Tyson family tree will be searched from its root to its ut- j termost branches. Both of the Tyson brothers originally came from Eugland. j one settling in this country, the other! making his way to Australia. Most of the descendants of John Tyson are res idents of New Jersey, though one branch of the family reside iu Califor nia, where a daughter of the shoe manufacturer moved years ago. Two Fires at Halt itnore. Baltimore. March 2!. Two disas trous tires, involving a loss of about $2(0 (MM), visited P.altimore yesterday. The largest of. those was in the cloth ing establishment of Likes. Berwaxiger & Co.. 12 East Baltimore street, which began at 3 a. in., and was not extin guished until nearly noon. The second lire started soon after the first in a building owned by F. X. Gauter, ii and 11 Pratt street. The occupants of the building were Digss. Currin & Co., shoe dealers, and the Heiser Shoe Man ufacturing company. Tho loss in the first lire is Sp;.",.i)oo. Iowa Orticials in a '.agreement. Des Moines. Ia., March 20. State Treasurer Her riot t issued yesterday to the public a seven column statement with regard to differences letween other members of the executive coun cil and himself over railroad assess ment, lie accuses the governor and other members of the council of hav ing made the assessment iu the inter ests of the railroads and that instead of beiug increased it was actually low ered. Tlie statement contains many insinuations against Governor Shaw. State Auditor Merriam and Secretary of State Dobson. Japan Ilir-s Its Own Citizen. i Wiij.litnptT-n.-- M-rr.li 2'.. Consul General Gowey at Yokohama una ' transmitted to the sfafe department a 1 copy of Ids reply to inquiries from Americans as to opprotunitios for em ! ployment in Japan. He recommends that Americans shall not come to that country seeking employment, as each 7? 'ils an increasing number -of young Japanese who have beeu edu- cated aliro.'iii coming homo, and the natural policy in official circles is to discharge foreigners as fast as tlieir places can be tided by the returning natives. Democrats If jve Iteveridge's Speech. Indianapolis. March 20. The speech that Senator P.overidge was to have delivered before tlie United States sen ate last Thursday on his free trade amendment to the Porto Rican tariff bill will be used as a Democratic cam paign document in Iudiana and other states. In some mysterious way the Indiana Democratic committee has se cured a printed copy of the speech, and intends to analyze it carefully before sending it nut. Another May and Deremlrer AVctldinpr. Milwaukee. March 211. Theodore Schintz, of Chicago, and Miss Mary Maslowska. of the same city, were mar ried in the main parlor of tho St. Charles hotel at noon Tuesday by Jus tice Zebulon Pheatt. Judge Pereles, of the probate court, granted a dispen sation for tile marriage. The remark able fact in connection with the mar riage was that the groom is 72 years old. while his bride is only 24. Detroit to t.ct the Meet. Detroit. Mich.. March 20. It is defi nitely decided that Detroit will get the convention of tlie supreme lodge of tho Knights of Pythias next August. Aft er spending tlie day here looking over the ground Major General Carnahan, of Indianapolis, supreme commander of the uniformed rank of Pythias, de cided iu favor of Detroit. Funeral of Champaign. Ills.. I'rof. Morrow-. March 20. Funeral services for the late Professor George F. Morrow, for many years head of the department of agriculture of the University of Illinois, were held at his home in Pax ton at 11:30 a. m. yester day, ar.d another service was held at 1 :30 p. m. in this city. Seems to Have a Cinch on Dunlap. Mil ford. Ills.. March 20. Dunlap. the notetl bank burglar, has been brought to this conntv and lodged in jail at Watseka. Pate and Cashier Webster, of Wellington. His., identified a cigar box found in Dunlap's possession, which was used for small change; also a shot sack siml a roll of nickels done up iu paper ami deposited by Postmas ter Dell. The paper around the nickels still bears the name of Dell, written by him when placed in the bank. Shaw Appoints an Kditor. Des Moines, la., March 29. Govern, or Shaw has anonunced the appoint ment of C. F. Wiunerstrum, editor of tlie Swedish paper in this city,, to be state labor commissioner. The gov ernor had recommended that the office either be strengthened or abolished. as its usf ulness at present is very lim ited. But the legislature has made no change, so the appointment of a new commissioner is made. NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE. Russian officials have now replaced all the Finns in the state department of Finland. The Chinese empress dowager has sent two cruisers to the Straits Settle ment to help capture or kill Yu Wei and other reformers. The Brown County (Wis.) Good Roads society has beeu organized with D. W. Britton as president. . 1. LCIIrS C'lAHIJES' Tells a House Commit tee;rl' thex Opening; ,!' His .Mail. AImi CiMii hiiiv T:.at the llnlisli Knew Or.r t iplter. a:.l TcIN of a Tro r. sal fr the I mid Nniie. ro :retent tho Vnr, Which the I'l ii'eii t Helmed Li tter from. Hay Tills ol an Apology I.enti liiid Huil in the Military Comnrittet l.ikely to l atitat Any Moment. Washington. Match 2.h There were interesting goings on in two commit tees of the house yesterday. The for eign affairs committee had before it ex Consul Macrum to hear his story of alleged indignities put upon the United States by the British censor at Dur ban. The military affairs committee had a riot nearly and there is no tell ing what the members of that commit tee will be doing to each oilier if thing i do not improve. Tin Macrum investi gation had as tlie star witness Macrum himself, and his statement was the same exactly as he made to the public after he had settled up his business with the state department a month or so sigtr. In fact he referred the commit tee to that statement, saying it em bodied practically all he had to say. In effect it was that his mail had Ireeu de layed by the British and two letters opened by the censor. Also that tint British had possession of our cable ci pher. Why He Wanted to Come Home. He explained that when he asked fur a leave of absence he desired ttr come homefor private business reasons and also because he desired to place before the Uuited Slates government certain fact which lie deemed it essential should bo known here. He understood, he said, th.ij tin British had possession of our cable cipher. He was not certain of this, but he had since had iuforma-. tioti which convinced him that his sus picions were correct. He also desired information as to his course when the ' settlement came at the cud of the war. He produced the envelopes which he said contained the opened letters. One was from a private citizen, addressed ttr tlie United States consul at Pretoria, ami the other was to him by naniefroiu Consul Stowe at Cape Town. Cipher Telegram Were Help Fp. The reason he believed the British knew our cipher was that he sent a message in cipher to Washington the subsistence of which was published shortly afterward at Durban, and he had mentioned nothing about his dis patch ttr anybody. He read to the com mittee a message from the cable com pany saying a cipher cable sent by him ttr the secretary of state Nov. 1 had been held up by the military censor un til Dee. 2. Asked if other consuls had suffered any inconvenience in the mat ter of communicating with tlieir homu governments. Macrum said the Belgian ami German consuls both told him that no cipher telegrams were allowed to go through. He said lie had not cnnipliiined of nny - - - ' iiie M.itv. ,ir-pai i iiient. not eveii when lie arrived at Washington or thereaft er, and that he preferred not to tell why lie had been silent. This raised a laugh iu the committee room. Ireiilent I)e-linel to Interfere. Mat-rum proceeded ttr describe an al leged meeting Ind ween President Steyn. of the Orange Free State?, ami Consul Stowe. of ('ape Town, at which he was present, in which he saitl Steyn was very " anxious that Stowe should do something to-set lie the difficulty which was brewing. He saitl that Pres ident Steyn suggested an appeal to the president of tlie United States, and that Sttrwe had replied that he would be glad if some such thing could be done. "And I have reason to lrelieve that the tpiestiou was submitted to the president of the Uuited States," addetl Macrum. "ami that he returned au unfavorable reply." The reason was that ho was told so by Stowe in a letter that is now on the files of the Pretoria consulate. HE RECOVERS HIS SPEECH. Chicago Homicide Attempts Suicide ard Can Tnllt Asaln. Chicago. March 21. Vito Paoletto, the Italian saloonkeeper who killed Michael Giavito, his partner, Monday night, and who was stricken dumb a few minutes afterward, tried to com mit suicide at the inquest. He failed, but the method he employed restored his power of speech. While the officers were talking to Deputy Coroner Weck ler Paoletto, unnoticed, placed the lower end of his crutch in his mouth ' and fell forward on it. He was Injured only slightly, and the officers lifted him to his chair. A few minutes later he discovered that he could talk. One of the physicians who exam ined him says that the shock produced iu Paoletto's throat by falling on tho end of the crutch restored circulation in the region of the paralyzed vocal cords, and the organs were able again to perform their functions. Paoletto said tlittt he had nothing to exolain about the murder. The coroner's jury held him to await the action of the grand jury. ST0RY0F A LOST CHECK. Itet timed to ItsOwnernith Interest Alter Thirty-Mx Years. Merrill, Wis.. March 29. Simeon Tripauier, now of this city, enlisted in company K, First Connecticut volun teers, iu LSG4. At that time he sent by express to his father at Montreal, Canada, his picture and a check for $300, which was deposited in the Bank de Paryue at Montreal. His father never got the check. About a year ago Tripanicr's brother saw in au advertised list of lost mon ey Simeon's name. He wrote him of the fact, and after an investigation of records to prove his identity Tripanier went to Montreal, presented himself at the Bank tie Paryne and was paid ?l.2('.o, the principal and interest on the money he deposited in 1SJ4. He lias just returned home. Signed with the Gotham Cliih. New York. March 30. Hawley, the Cincinnati pitcher, has signed with the New York base ball club, for the sea son of 1JKX. Youtsey Not Ready for Trial. Frankfort, Ky., March . II. E. Youtsey was brought before Judge Moore, but was not ready for trial and the case was passed. 'o IMnirue at San Francisco. San Francisco, March 20. The work of cleaningChinatown is still progress ing, but the stories which have been persistently circulated that bubonic pladi exists In San Francisco have so I T j