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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.
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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
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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
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