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PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.. APRIL 30, 1900.
VOL. IX, NO. 43.
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NEW STYLE FOR DENTISTS.
News of What Is Transpiring at
Itlocml'oiiteiii.
Railmay and Telegraph Working Well,
but HM-r ltaider Are Clowe to the Line
Watching Their Chance Wepener Cut
OiV but t ied lor Defense Tommy At
kiiiH m rle I ooks to (on an Doyle Itoers
loli: In- Tit. r I urol .
I.OIII.UU. April 111. The Times pub
lishes tli' following fro.ji Wepener,
dated Sunday, April S: "The Wepen
er garrison Is practically Isolated. How
ever, the lines are enormously strong
ami the force I fully provisioned.
Desultory tiring Iwtweeu out'iosts con
tinues. A commando estimated at
with four guns, went into laager
last night live miles from here, in the
direction of De Wet's dorp."
lmplre Slate Man Get Rid of an Aching
Tooth Suddenly.
New York, April 10. Walter Smith,
of Bloomvllle, bad been suffering from
toothache. In vain he tried to extract
the molar with a pincers and string.
Then his anger rose, and when Lis
wife taunted him with not having a
particle of sand he resolved upon des
perate measures. Procuring a yard of
stove pipe wire, he fastened one end
of it firmly around the deeply rooted
tooth in such a manner that it could
not pull loose, and the other end he
wound around the ramrod.
Taking down his shotgun he placed
an extra charge of iowder in the bar
rel, rammed the rod home, and, step
ping to the door, he cocked the gun,
opened his mouth and lired skyward.
There was a loud explosion and tooth
ana ramrod
GAS CASE IS DECIDED
Is of Interest Wherever Natural
Explosive Is Found.
IDEM MM
; wi m-m itllll j rj a UX. . 111.
I
Austin, Texas, a Heavy Sufferer
From a Flood.
Knight of Pythias l ose a Life Insurance
Disputation City Anti-Cigarette Ordi
nance Sustained Pension Court of Ap
peals Wanted by the O. A. 11. Proposed
Kevlsion of the I-avr of June 27, 180O,
! Suggestions Therein.
Washington, April 10. Justice
White, In the supreme court, yesterday
handed down the opinion of the court
In the case of the Ohio Oil company vs.
the state of Indiana. The case In
volved the validity of the state law-
sailed away skvward. I prohibiting neron from lrin tt-ii
.Smith has not siuee been troubled with ' to permit the escnne of u,tn tt,
toothache.
London. April l'. The Bloemfon
tein correspondent of The Daily Tele
graph, telegraphing Sunday, says:
'"The railway am! telegraph are work
ing well. Works and trenches have
been prepared in suitable positions
around Jlloenifoiitein. The greatest
vigilance is exercised. Some of the
troops sleep in I he trenches. Continua
tion has been received of the report
that the Itoers are in laager in consid
erable force, with guns, yt DonKers
poort. eighteen miles southeast. The
British scouts report another body still
closer. The Itoer patrols have grown
very daring, venturing much nearerour
tents."
.Movement of Troops Is le Uttering.
The P.loeiufonteiu correspondent of
The Morning Tost, telegraphing Sun
day, says: "The movement of troops
continues with bewildering frequency,
brigades and divisions appearing and
disappearing at brief intervals. No
specific accounts of such movements
are permitted. Some remounts were
lired on yesterday on the railway,
while they were on the way here from
the south. The enemy are rejRirted to
be in considerable numbers to the
southeast of the line. The Boers are
also apparently feeling their way fre-
qucimy to i ne west ot the line. A par-
has been thrown forward and has
t.v
reoccupicd i he laager at Paardeberg,
probably to search for buried arms and
ammunition."
ditacre Has a Narrow I'.sc-ape.
The Bloeml'ontciu correspondent of
The Iaily Mail, telegraphing Sunday,
says: "The air is thick with rumors of
large forces of l'.oers to the southward,
but there is no positive otiicial informa
tion on the subject. On the other hand,
the railway N said to be well guarded."
The Hloei.ifontein correspondent of
The Times, telegraphing Sunday, says:
"Two captured Boers agree that only
fifty men remained nn wounded out of
the whole British column captured nt
Reddersburg. General Gatacreand his
staff were tired on from enclosures
while they temporarily occupied Iied
dersiiurg. Considerable movements of
troops have occurred here with the ob
ject of preventing a surprise."
CON AN IXltLK ON TOMMV ATKINS.
I'irturrnue Description of the British Sol
dier Allual North News.
London, April 10. The Daily Mail's
Bioemfonteiii correspondent, tele
graphing Sunday, says: "Dr. Conan
Doyle contributes to The Friend of the
Tree State a picturesque description
of the British infantry. He says: 'Who
could have conceived that had seen
this prim soldier in time of peace that
he could so quickly transform himself
Into this grim, virile barbarian? Bull
dog faces, hawk faces, hungry wolf
faces every sort of face except a
weak one. Most of them have swarthy
faces and lean a little forward, with
yes steadfast aud features impassive
but resolute.
"'Here is a clump of mounted In
fantry, with a grizzled fellow like a
tierce old eagle at the head of them.
Some are maned like lions; some
have young, keen faces; but all leave
nn Impression of familiarity upon me.
Yet I have not seen Irregular British
cavalry before. Why should it be so
familiar to me this loose-limbed,
head-erect. swaggering type? Of
course, I have seen it in the American
cowboy, over and over again. Strange
that a few mouths on the veldt should
have produced exactly the same man
n springs from the western prairie.'"'
AliwaiNorih. April 10. Small bodies
of the enemy have been seen across
the river, near the town of Odendoal
stroom. The pout (ferry) has been de
stroyed. There is a Boer commando
of (TOO at Rouxville. A larger one has
left Smithfleld for Wepener. There
are two commandoes around Wepener,
but thus far there has been only out
post tiring. A lieutenant of Brabant's
horse has been captured at Rouxville
by B.vers who had previously sur
rendered. The landrost is also said to
Lave broken his oath. (
Many Itoers who had already taken
the non-combarants' oath are rejoining
their old commandoes.
Klu-arilt Formally Iteanneted.
Carnarvon. Cape Colony. April 10.
Kinsardt was formally reannexed to
Caje Colony April 1, amid the cheers
of the assembled troops. A large num
ber of insurgent colonists. Including
many of their leaders, are now impris
oned here. Colonel Drury's column,
including the West Australians and
Canadian mounted ritles and artillery,
left here Sunday for De Aar.
Mil t ter's Wife Iturned to Deaih.
Owatonna. Minn., April 10. The
wife of Rev. R. L. Ludham was burned
to death about two and a half miles
north of here yesterday morning. Her
husband was at work on his farm at
some distance from the house when he
saw his wife running toward him, hei
clothing in flames. She fell uncon
scious, and died despite all efforts to
revive her.
Modern Woodmen's Picnic.
Elgin, Ills., April 10. The Elgin
Modern Woodmen do not seem to care
much alout securing the- big picnic
of the Southern Wisconsin and Modern
Illinois association in 1901. At Madi
son Elgin was favored by the commit
tee, but the delegate from here secured
a postponement of final action till It
could consult the home camp. No ac
tion has lecu taken by the Elgin camp,
but the feeling is against having the
picnic, the arrangements being con.
eidered too great an undertaking. This
leaves the field own to Belvidere.
Janesville and other places that have
indicated a desire to get the event
tiiven Poison by .Mistake.
Neenah, Wis., April 10. The 3-year-
oia ciina of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Sherman is in a critical condition, the
result or a uose of carbolic acid ad
niniistered to him by mistake. The
child is ill with scaiiet fever, and the
nurse, thinking that she had the right
medicine, gave him carbolic acid. The
mistake was immediately discovered
and doctors summoned. They worked
over the child for several hours and
hopes for his recovery are entertanied.
AVell-Known Fanner Disappears.
Shelbyville. I rid., April 10. John
Coleman, a well-known farmer, disap
peared from his home Feb. 7 and ev
ery effort was made to locate him
without result. Sunday Mrs. George
Ross, a medium, was consulted and
stated that Colemau had been drowned
and designated the spot where the
body could Im found. Search was made
and the Itody found. Coleman had be
come entangled in a seine he was
using.
Eleven Filipinos Shot Dnnn.
New York. April 10. Corporal Leon
ard Mygatt of the Twenty-third Infan
try, now in the Philippines, has writ
ten a letter to his sister, Mrs. Henry
A. Powell, wife of a well-known
Brooklyn lawyer, in which he alleges
that eleven Filipinos were shot down
after a drumhead court-martial for the
murder of two American soldiers. My
gatt is attached to Captain Cloman's
company, now stationed at Bongas.
Founded on Imagination.
Madison. Wis., April 10. The stocr
that President Adams, of the Univer
sity of Wisconsin, Intends to resign
appears to have its foundation in
some one's imagination. Deans E. A,
BIrge. K. E. Brayant, J. B. Johnson
and W. A. Henry, with Secretary E,
S. Riley, of the board of regents, say
that they know nothing of such an In
tention of the president.
New Cases of Smallpox Reported.
Springfield. Ills., April 10. Five new
cases of smallpox are reported to the
state board of health from Pollonda,
Hardin county, two of them being serl
ous. Since the 1st of March there
have been twenty-seven cases at this
place, with one death. Several new
cases of smallpox are also reported
irom .ew (irand Chain.
Fell Off a Bridge and Drowned,
Joliet, Ills., April 10. James Cole,
an old resident, attempted yesterday
to cross the framework of the Cass
street bridge, now in course of con
struction by the drainage trustees. lie
stepped, fell in and was drowned, the
body being carried nearly a mile be
fore benig rescued by the police.
Iowj Man's Cur ous Suicide.
Ottumwa. Ia., April 10. Andrew
Newman, near Farmiugton, suicided
by removing his coat and vest and ly
ing face downward In fifteen inches of
water. Thirty years previous his
father suicided in the identical manner
In the Des Moines shallows within one
mile of the same place.
Death at a Hallway Crossing.
LaCrosse. Wis., April 10. An east-
round .Milwaukee stock train struct
.buggy Sunday evening at Bangor, near
iieie, Kiuiug .nnie Arenz and breakin
the- legs, arms and collar-bone of James
Merlo. It is feared he cannot live. A
third occupant of the vehicle jumped
and escaped death.
Anthracite in Wichita Mountains.
Wichita, Kan., April 10. Anthracite
coal of excellent quality has beeu
found in the Wichita mountains. An
El Reno coal merchant declares that
the opening of the Kiowa and Com
manehe country will result In giving
access to an immense coal field.
Transvaal Miners in Michigan.
Houghton. Mich., April 10. Many
miners are arriving at the Lake Su
perior copper and iron districts from
the Transvaal. The number reaehin
Michigan mining fields in the past few
weeks exceeds 1(10.
Urisish Steamer hank.
Cape Town. April 7. The British
steamer Mexican of the Union line,
Captain Martin, which arrived here
March 14. from Southampton, and
which left here April 4. has been sunk
in collision with a cattle transpoi .
The Mexican's passengers returned
here on board the cattle boat.
Boy Kills a Playmate.
South Bend, Ind., April 7. Antono
Lambert, a 17-year-old son of Angus
Lambert, accidentally shot a playmate.
lias a New Line to 'Frisco.
Chicago, April 10. The Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe announced yes
terday me completion or Its new line
into San Francisco, the comoanv now-
having its own rails from Chicago to
San Francisco.
Costs $800 a Year to Sell "Budge.
Wayne. Mich., April 10. The village
council has raised the price of saloon
licenses from $."k)0 to $S00 per yeai
and the londs of saloonkeepers were
fixed at .3,000. The village treasury Is
empty.
HaniMrgrr ln Buiciae.,
Detroit. April 7. Harry Ilamberger,
the youth convicted of the murder of
John M. Relndel. attempted suicide at
11 o'clock yesterday by slashing his
threat with a razor, which he had se
cured from a fellow prisoner. Jail of
ficials Interfered In time to save his
life.
to permit the escape of gas into the
atmosphere, as opposed to the general
interests of the community. The oil
company in its petition alleged that
the enforcement of this law was a Vio
lation of the federal constitution, in
mat it amounted to taking property
without due process of law, declaring
that it practically meant that the oil
In a certain district could not be re
moved unil the gas was exhausted
The state courts upheld the law, re
fusing to accept this view of the case.
lestcrday's opinion sustained that
view. Justice White said that the oil
company had apparently proceed ed
under a misconception of the law, for
under the view presented each prop
erty owner could proceed to do as he
might please with his property to the
injury of an entire community.
Explained the Decision of the Court.
For this reason the prohibitory law
of the state was held to be
yalid and not in contravention
of the constitution of the United States.
Justice White said there was a co
equal right of all the owners of the
surface soil to the gas and oil below.
Tt follows," he continued, "from the
essence of their right and from The
situation of the thing as to which it
can be exerted that the use by out? of
his power to seek to convert a part
of the common fund to actual posses
sion may result iu an undue proixirtion
being attributed to one of the posses
sors of the right to the detriment of
the other, or by waste by one or more
to the annihilation of the rights of the
remainder."
DwMon In a Pythian Case.
The opinion of the circuit court of
appeals for the Fifth circuit in the
case of the Knights of Pythias vs.
Josephine R. Withers was affirmed by
the supreme court. The action was
originally leguu in the circuit court
of Hale county. Ala., by Mrs. Withers
to recover of the Knights of Pythias
the amount of a oiicy of insurance
uion the life of her husband. The pay
ment of the polLs was resisted on the
ground that the secretary of the sec
tion in which Withers ' resided had
failed to make his return of premiums
paid within the time required. The
Pythias took the position that the sec
retary was the. agent of the insured
only and not the agent of the order.
and that therefore the body was not
responsible for his neglect. The su
preme court, however, refused to ac
cept this view.
Anti-Cijjarette Orlinanre Siittim-d.
The court also sustained the anfi
cigarette ordinance of the city of Chi
cago. The case was that of Guiidling
vs. the city of Chicago. Gundling was
convicted in a police court of that city
of violating the city ordinance forbid
ding the sale of -igarctts without a
license, and was lined .S."0. The case
was ap-penlcd to the state supreme
court, and was there decided against
Gundling. He then brought the case to
the federal supreme court, alleging
the ordinance to be contrary to the
constitution of the United States. The
ground of the court's decision was prac
tically that it had n jurisdiction,
the matter being one for the state
courts to determine, and an exercise of
the police power.
GOV, TAXXER HOME AGAIN.
Illinois Executive Looks Better and Says
lie Feels Much Better.
Springfield, Ills., April 10. Gover
nor Tanner arrived here yesterday.
The weather was bad, and the streets
were filled with clouds of dust driven
by a cold wind- As he stepped from
the car he was greeted by his son, J.
Mack Tanner, and a number of polit
ical friends and state officers. His
wife and Dr. L. C. Taylor were next
to alight. The governor looks better,
and. telling his friends how much bet
ter he felt and how glad he was to be
home, he walked unassisted to his car
riage, a block away.
Dr. Taylor stated that the governor's
conditoin is much improved. He may
be a trifle tired, for he has been out
every day the last ten days, and, if
anything, he has overdone it. He may
feel the effect of the change In weath
er, but not seriously. "There is abso- sections of the state, $3 000,000,
le.tely no truth in me report sent out Fully 30,000 people gathered at the
iiom x jc.iv.o iuji xjt- 13 uui sums flam nn.l r..
to live six months because he has 7 , SU"1U" J"1"
tuberculosis." said Dr. Taylor. "There J,?3 to ltIies the ruins of the plant,
is not a symptom, not one. of any such e wate"s of the Colorado river were
trouble. The correspondent at Jack- Etl11 Plunging and foaming around tho
souviile made the story out of whole wreck, eating away the big pile of
cloth." , granite which once formed the dam as
lllOll'Ml if W'Q,- Tl . . t 1 , I i . .1 1 1 1
..u uuiiiui, uiuic man cuaiK
.' op the cry and the" news of the dls
; aster was known before the flood
reached the lower part of town. The
telegraph also was utilized where it .
j was possible to send messages.
DASTARDLY MURDERER
HONORS NEARLY EVEN
In
; Kills a Girl on the Street Because He Was
j "Infatuated" with Her.
' Waverly, X. Y.. April 9. Miss Kate
More Than a Score Are Drowned by the I Tobin, 20 years of age, Was Shot and
Kush or Waters w hen a Costly Bam i Instantly killed in the street near her
Gives Way and Sneeps Everything to i home in this city Saturday night by
Kuin in its Path Works That Cost Aus- ! FTt'd Krist, a young married man.
tin $ 1,750,000 Are Kazed in an Hour' Kris ws about 30 years of age and
Late Exchanges Between
South African Forces. '
Damages in Other Farts of the State Ks
ti mated at $3,000,000.
Austin, Tex., April 9. The following
j had been separated from his wife for
a couple of years. For some months
he had been attentive to Miss Tobin,
although his acquaintance was bitterly
Citizens Are I.oynl to I) n murk.
St. Thomas D. W. I., April 10. The
king's birthday, Sunday, was unusu
ally celebrated at St. Thomas and St.
Croix. There was an outbust of loy.
nlty to Denmark and demonstrations
against the sale of the Islands.
Among other features there were day
and night processions, the people be
ing costumed in the national colors
and cheering the king. Telegrams were
rocK. jo nerce was the current that
great bouldr rs were carried half a mile
from the dam, beiug rolled over and
oer ny the turbulent tide. The power
house, which succumbed to the terrific
wash of the water at - o'clock yester-
uay morning, lies a mass of wreckage
on me edge of the river, all the valua-
me machinery either having been
inrown :nto the river or badlv dam.
sent by the inhabitant to the colonial "moei.s ol me pow-
council, w isliing his majesty a long ,
i Situation in the City Is Serious.
Danish flag would ever wave over the ,The. wrc!'k of the I)Iaut is complete.
isinn.is noil tiiit tiiev would rdnwin x nQ situation in the city is most seri
under his sceptre. The feeling against ,us; ."'wreckage of the plant means
the sale of the Danish West Indies is th:U " wlH take several weeks to securo
stron i even a temporary water and light sys
tem, tr it can Le made possible even
men. in tne meantime the city
will be in a bad sanitary condition. All j
the hotels, private residences, stores
ana tne ute are without water, and
Churches
is an estimate of the havoc done by opposed by the girl's family. He
floods in this section Saturday Lives 'seemed madly infatuated with the girl,
lost, 2G; loss of Colorado river dam and ! ris,t,tlra"k l"vily and then watched
power house, $1,730,000; loss in other m! i . hl wLudow
sections of ti, L,tL "?at commanded a view of her home.
toiiortiy after he took his position he
saw her leave the house, accompanied
by her sister.
He immediately left the hotel,
walked up to the pair, and grasping
Miss Tobin by the wrist held her for
a moment while he fired a bullet
through her head. Miss Tobin dropped
to the ground and died immediately.
Standing over her, Krist fired three
more shots at her lody. He then sur
rendered to the police. Krist says that
he intended to kill the girl and both of
her sisters, and does not know why
he did not shoot at the sister of the
dead girl who was with her.
CHICAGO'S REPRESENTATIVES
At the Joliet Penitentiary Are Numerous
and of Promlnenes.
Chicago, April 9. The following
financiers of Chicago are serving sen
tence in Joliet on conviction of having
violated the banking act in receiving
deposits while Insolvent; Charles .
Spalding, president of the Globe Sav
lngs bank, which failed in ApriL 1807:
Convicted two years later; indetermi
nate sentence. Robert Berger, former
partner of the firm of E. S. Dreyer &
Co. Convicted In March, 1900; indeter
ruinate sentence.
Theodore Schnitz, mortgage banker.
Convicted in lSttS: ten years. George
1j. Magill, president of the Avenue
Savings bank, which failed in Septem
ber, 1897. Convicted March 17. 1900;
indeterminate sentence. Similar cases
are pending against: Edward S. Drey
er, president of E. s. Dreyer & Co. C.
E. Churchill, cashier Globe Savings
Memorial Service to Sawyer.
Oshkosh, Wis., April 10. A me
morial service for the late Philetus
Sawyer was held at the First Congre
gational church Sunday morning. Saw- there is no fire protection.
yer was a member of this church and were unable to hold services last night
always took a lively interest m its lor want of light, and all nnblie niPPt
auairs. i.ev. r.uwaru ii. j-imtn, pas- ings were-abandoned. The d.iilv new
tor of the church, conducted the serv-' papers are handicapped in their mil ill.
ice. Mr. Smith took for his text the cations, belnc deprived nf thoir oWti-t
. . .... ... - - - . . . . .
wonis: "t win endeavor mat ye may power. The river is now falling,
be able after my decease to have these , Whole Country i nder Water."
mings aiways in remembrance. "lie- t., , , i v 1
ing dead, their works do follow them." ' tlZ .T'-"Z S"" ,coun- A. W. Harlan, director of Globe
i lVF '" i mm oeryumig is l Savings hank
I ju n lllittuisou COUI1CV,
north of here, railroad bridges and
i trackage have been laid Tvnato nn,i oil
es- . r i. . .
terdav in -rttin- nut f.,n ' "ul.us "a e topped running. Hundreds
. . 1 T 1 - . a . . ...
-.lip .-sre uuMUnif .1 rtt !ow.
Washington. April 10. Great activ
ity was manifested in the house
.WRONG MR. LANGWORTHY.
e 1 . .
the approaching final contest on tin .., or "ie ,ave 1)0011 drown
ivo-fv. tm i,iii -ri.a . r , and miles of fencing torn down and
..vs. av. ne. 1 rirs i a lu j m T j. I ' . . -
sent bv supporters of the bill to absent . "Z ' "".- i" j;tsirop county ami """""""s me toss oi .u-i. un March
But He Got $304 In "Kasr Money from
H. Wlrth All KighU
Cadillac.Mich., April 7. H. Wirth Is
PF.XSION Ol 1ST OF AITtCAI.S.
at
Something the Gr-.ind Army I Now
Work n - .'fusion Act Kevivimi.
Washington. April P. The commit
tee of the Grand Army of the Republic,
consisting of Commander-in-Chief A.
D. Shaw and General Dani.-l Sickles,
which is endeavoring to secure legisla
tion looking to the creation of a conn
of pension appeals, has submitted the
proposed measure to some of. the most
eminent jurists of the country, and it1
has been indorsed by them. The com
mittee also lias conferred with the
president on the subject. The purpose
of the conrt will be to decide cms.. a
where the claimant has been defeated
in h!s claim before every other body
passing upon such claims'
The most important piece of general
pension legislation before congress,
that revising the pension act of .Tune
- 10, and other sreneral t.oiiw.m
laws, was passed upon in a tentative
manner yesterday by the house com
mittee on invalid pensions.
of the committee taken on re
porting the bill to the house and plac
ing it on the house calendar for eurlp
consideration. The revision has been
advocated by delegations of the chief
otlicials of the (J. A. It. and Pciisi.m
Commissioner Evans has been hetrd
at length on the subject. The commit-i
members brought a number of re
sponses, hut is was developed that the
number of absentees was unusually
large and the telegraphic exchanges
cava no positive assurance that all
these absentees would return.
Kural Free I lliery Crows.
Washington. April 10. The rural
free delivery systein of the iot..-rheo
department has grown to such propor
tions that it has been found necessary
to create two new divisions ro proper
ly handle it. An order signed by the
postmaster general yesterday estalv
lishes four divisions eastern, middle,
western and southern, with headquar
ters respectively at New York,
Indianapolis, Denver and Washington.
Ha.i Treaty Itiitilled.
W ashington. April 10. The president
lias just ratified 1 he Hague conven
tions providing for universal arbitra-
In the southern portion of thie omm.
j ty similar conditions prevail, every-
dk oeing uncier water and much loss
ot -property Is report etl.
TLoss of Life Confined to Austin.
The country tributary to the Colora
20 man claiming to be Harvey Lang-
worthy came to this city and arranged
to purchase a pair of horses from
Wirth. He offered in payment a check
on the First National bank of Manis-
Blght thder Koherts 'ose Kr lifer's Men
Surround Fle Companies ol lirliUhers.
'sui. "cm ior i weiity-ftonr Hours and
Capture What Are Left Dublin Paper
Has an Issue Suppressed Ileeause of an
Alleged Seditious ArfH-le Queen Vic
toria Drives in a Humble Quarter of
Dublin.
London, April 7. The war office yes
terday posted a dispatch from Lord
Roberta announcing Lord Methuen's
capture of lifty-four Boers and the kill
ing of General Villebois deMareuil, the
chief or stuff of the Boer army. This
news had been judiciously started a
few minutes, when a second telegram
was bulletined, reiortiiig the loss of
ttve companies of British infantry. The
lost companies are part of the force
guarding the railroad at Pethauy, thir
ty miles soutli of Bloemfonteln. The
Boers are evidently operating in force
near the railroad and there is a possi
bility of the line being interrupted for
a brief period at any time. As the cap
tured British soldiers were in a posl
Itien to defend themselves for nearly
twenty-four hours and were then
forced to surrender the fighting must
have been severe.
Mareuil's Loss a Heavy One.
In the death of General Vlllebois
Mareiul the Boers lose their best in
structed soldier iu continental methods
of warfare. As ihe late General Jou
bert's chief of staff his brain devised
tne lioer defenses against General
Buller's advance to the relief of Iidy
smith. He is supposed to have chosen
the gun positions aud to have laid
down the covered trenches. He dis
posed the Boers at the centers, from
which they must have ent massed to
the defense of any part or a wide are.
General Villebois de Mareuil wai the
mot notable of all the soldiers of for
tune nerving with the Boers. He had
written occasional Interesting letters
to French correspondents.
Methuen's Capture of Roers.
London, April 7. The Daily Tele
graph has the following from Boshof,
dated Thursday: "Lord Methuen's
Mafeklng relief force was concen
trated here today. The Boers are in
force a few miles distant on the Vaal
river. This town is practically de
serted, all the men being with the com
mando under Commandant Duplessis,
wh controls the district. Lord Meth-
uen commanded in a spirited little ac
tion seventy Boers on a kopje. Not a
man escaped. We took fifty-four orU-
oners, sixty horses and a quantity of
oaggage. General de illebois was
killed during the action. A Boer
hoisted a white flag aud then fired
immediately after killing a British ofH-
do river all the way down its course Is vey Langworthy. Wirth proceeded to cer- The murderer was instantly shot
iTved r r. " ie tato ? the 0,-kfn-s v,..t to ww.
. .i - , s" tm tK as pronounced good, and after
liiuiitru HI f-.YCCCH
iOJJie '!') (HN1. 1 Iieniir indorsed Kir I .minrvrl h rwl it I Results In th s.linr. r -.. I... ...... r
counting Austin as the largest loser. Wirth, the cash was turned over. ' irish,en-Her Majesty. Drive,
cording t?S,H 1 jl'ownod.-nc- , The difference. $a04. was paid over Dublin. April 7. The Dublin police.
!? MmfrJ , P to "I Vwritinp by Wirth to Langworthy. A few mis- by order of the government, seized
is limited to those renorted Sntnrd-i i.t. ? . . "... : r ..... .
vu i ei i-uineo. concerning I wiuiuai issue ot lue uuiteu irisn-
. . oiottinugs me mentincation of the man, on ac- men, as
..... ..... -,r iicii me nam count or his
uiowe ana cntignt the victims
a wares.
a print "calculated to nro-
not coming after the duce discontent, disaffection and du.
nn- horses, steps were taken to investigate loyalty." The immediate cause of the
LIST OF THOSE DROWNED.
roots I p Twenty-Six In All Description
oi tne isurstlnjf of the Dam.
Tl tl
rouowmg is a list of the identified
tion of international disputes and for and unknown dead: John Balz, work-
ine leguiauoii oi me use oi warlike in- man; wainn Blossom, workman;
piiiiimun. i l nillltf inkl n '.,lt.
......... iU, iiaui-i joiiuson;
jouuson, ju years old, and
jonnson, i' years, sous of Walter;
Thomas Johnson (colored) laborer;
i iuuh. iviuuey, io years old; Thomas
Kirkpatrick, workman; Joseph New
man, years old: l rank Pintret- ou
gineer; .Milton w hlte, farmer; Dan
(colored), laborer: unknown eol-
ored family of four persons: unknown
student at State university; unknown
me men, believed to be delegates to
me araie i-avelers Protective asso.
the matter. It was found that the
check had been stolen, and that the
right Langworthy lived at Le Boy. The
impostor leit no trace.
Southern Wisconsin Teachers.
Doi.khoixiurs Leaving Manitoba.
New lork, April 7. A Winnipeg
special to The Commercial Advertiser
says: A party of forty Doukhobours
left Thursday for California where
they were taken by an American em
ploj-ment agency to work for o0 cents a
day.. They said they wanted to go to
a warmer climate. The immigration
authorities are becoming alarmed at
the movement, as It is said the whole
colony will leave in the course of two
or three years. The colonists have
made little progress since settling in
Manitoba, as they do not like the cli
mate and know little or nothing about
farming.
seizure was an article entitled "The
Famlnne Jueeu."
The queen drove out in an open
carriage yesterday, accompanied by
the Princess Henry of Battenberg and
A Ifld r.ln.U'ii i t In ir un.l it ... I V-. e...,M
Tlr, o - ry-. , . i . icu uj ivui
","-'" ""-t ii'iu - icum au-i mountea constables auilu a sergeant
eturned at
people filled
an o Mii.lan.A r ..:.!.. . ,T " " ""-'-
" Ui niuiiS iraturrs o i iion oi seeing the queen pass. The
nearly 2,000, the largest in the historv miptii'! rout wii.1 tln-.-kn.rli ....A .t 1,..
e , . . .... . I - " " ...v.ieu v. I.MV7
oj. me association.
...iuc, iii-., nimi .. iuc icDinan- mounted constables audu a
nual meeting of the Southern Wiscon- of the Dublin police. She it
sin Teachers' association commenced a 6:30 p. in. Crowds of pec
two days' session here yesteray with O'Couunell street in fruitless
Closing Work of the Iowa Solons.
Des Moines, la., April 7. The senate
passed the omnibus appropriation bill
j carrying nearly ?l,2iUHX. This sup-
ports the state Institutions education'
I a I. penal and charitable. The hou:;e
: passed the valued-policy bill which
nad already passed the senate, making
Iowa the twentieth state with this
kind of legislation. Laws taxing ex
press, telephone and telegraph com
panies passed the house in the form in
which they passed the senate. The
Twenty -eighth general assembly ad
journed yesterday at noon.
Lake Business To Ite Pooled.
Milwaukee, April 7. The Daily
News says: Negotiations are being
carried on between the larger lake
transportation companies with a view
of pooling their business, and it is
likely that when navigation opens this
year a pooling agreement between the
Goodrich Transportation company, the
narry uros.' 1 ransportation company
. .1 ... . , ... - I
ice ucciueo lw uue me bin or senator: and the Graham Sc Morton company
Gallinger as a basis of action and to.' will be in force, which will control the
n', V. """'""""irs. cast shore and the Milwaukee and Chi-
i ne uei.iiis oi me cnaiiges are not c.io business
made public for the present, but It is! .
understood that the most important of Arrested for Klflins UaRtrase.
these increases the age limit on which ' Toledo. O., April 7. Fred Burmeis-
i-i-usions are t pe allowed and fixes a i Ttr a2e" vears. or mitlalo, baggage-
snning scale between the ages of r."
and .n. viz.: SC. :,t r.-j rears. .S at CC
$in at US and l2 at 70. Another in
port ant amendment increases from
to S2.V) the amount of annual income
which a widow may have without for
feiting the right to a pension. As
amended the bill is to be reported, but
Chairman Sti'loway is given consider
able latitude in the matter in order
that an opportune time may be chosen
to secure practical results in the house.
Greedy Calf Loses Its Life.
Elgin, Ills.. April 7. A calf belong
ing to Frank McConnelL of Burling
ton, knew a good thine at sight and
Achille Debaets, aged 14 years, son swallowed $SO In hills which McConnell
Julius Debaets. The bullet entered' had dropped. The owner found his
the boy's right temple and produced money uninjured, after sacrificing tho
Instant death. ( beast life.
man on a Lake Shore train runnlnc
Detween here and Buffalo, was ar
rested on the arrival of his train from
the east yesterday, charged with hav
ing rilled baggage in transit. The com
plaint is made by John L. Freeman,
general baggage agent of the Lake
Shore, who says that Burmeister's
utpieuations have been going on for
me iasi two years.
Methodist Lecture Course at Chicago.
s-.v.is, -A I 'I 11 i. 1 llO T..
Looks a Little That Way. I Committee of the eerier-, 1 X,?r'""Jri
TT-r.t.l..ln T . , .7 A X1 - n o. e 1 . ir.l 1!-, ' , u V c
,1 iisuiusiuj, auu., vjirn ao. M'Trn .'iniiuiiiM ivpiscopal cliurcli has
hundred coal miners arrived here yes- completed arrangements for the lecture
terday from neighboring counties witn course that Is to le given in connec-
the determination, it is reported, of or- tion with the conference durin" May
ganizing the two non-union mines at in Chicago. All the entertainments
this point. It is feared some overt act 1e riven in the great hall of tho
win iireciiiiiuie a. uisiuroance. J.ne iiuunurmm.
mines here are said to be the only ones
outside of the union In this state.
Died Following: an Operation.
Sparta, Wis., April 10. Dr. Samuel
II. Esch, elder brother of Representa
tive Esch, died yesterday. He had an
operation performed for abscess of the
kidneys in Chicago last winter, and
had "been ailing ever 6ince.
elation; unknown three men. fisiiin
oeiow tne dam and caught in the flood.
The havoc was the result of a flood
In the Colorado river caused by rains
that were continuous and heavy from
Wednesday night until Saturday morn
ing, the fall averaging six inches an
hour and extending along the water
shed north of here of the Colorado riv
er. The break in the $1,400,000 dam
at this place occurred nt 11:15 a. m.
Saturday, causing an" instant rise of
fully fifty feet in the river below the
dam. This torrent of water swept
down uion the broad vallev below in
all of its force, leaving death and de
struction in its wake.
The power house, the municipal wat
er, electric light and power plant, situ
ated immediately below the dam, was
flooded Immediately and eight persons,
men and boys, were caught in the
power-room and all except one were
drowned like rats in a trap. Those
who drowned in the power-room were:
John Balz. Walter Blossomti Frank
Pinget, Thomas Kirkpatrick, "Old
Dan," colored all employes and
three boys who were watching the
Hood rrom the power house windows.
Frank Jones, au engineer. miraculous
ly escaped by grabbing a belt and
hauling himself out hand over hand
through an opeming in the roof of th
building before the water readied
him. At the time the masonry work
of the dam gave way there was a
crowd of probably r,(M jiersons gath
ered nera the east end of the struc
ture watching the flood pour off over
the crest to a height of ten feet Sud
denly and without warning a break
occurred near the center of the dam
and a stretch of the masonry work.
The sessions are devoid of ntui-ni l
presided over by President J. II. Nat- have been decided upon in cousequeuce
rass, of Shullsburg. Yesterday was de- of her desire to leave no part of the
voted to routine business, the tiro- district unvisited mi n,. t he
gramme being varied by a number of subjects neglected.
interesting addresses ou important ed- There is no mistaking the surprise
ucational questions of the day. The caused by the presence of the vener-
feature of the convention will be the ble ludv Who lll1 lr Vrl that s.la.minfa
o address by Booker T. Washington on under conditions that kept many oth-
r -Negro i-romem in the South." ers indoors for it rained all day
yes
terday in Dublin. Last evening there
Kis Load ot Corn for India. I wm aavother small dinner party at the
Topeka. Kas.. April 7. Governor vice regal lodge, after which the Duke
Stanley presided at a mass meeting s11 Duchess of Counaught, Princes
held here for the purpose of innn-1 brtetlan. Earl and Confess Cadogan.
gurating a movement to raise 1,000,000 lrd end Lady Dunraven and Lord
bushels of corn to send to the famine an Lady Londonderry, with others,
sufferers of India. Rev. Charles M. attended a concert at the Theatre
Sheldon was the principal sneaker and Boyal, where there was a great patrlot-
etarted the subscriptions by pledging ic demonstration.
$l.(K-0 of his share of the profits re- Lord Roberts' dispatch describing the
suiting from the Sheldon edition of disaster at Deddersburg was printed
The Capital. A committee, of which ,n tne Dublin evening papers and
Governor Staulev is chairman, will created general consternation. It
meet and arrange for a systematic cau-1 brought the populace with a quick turn
vass of the state for funds.
More Mob I -a it In Indiana.
Flora. Ind., April 7. The farmers in
the eastern part of Carroll countvseem
determined to compel the company
owning the Logansjmrt and Burlington
mrupiKe to ananuon the road. Not sat-
lsneu with burning two toll houses
luesday night and blowing up a
bridge with dynamite, they on Wednes-
from the rejoicing over the queen's
visit to the great issues of the war and
cast a sudden gloom over the gaiety of
the party at the castle. Four of the
five companies made prisoners there
were of the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Election Decided by a Foot Race. .
Oconto, Wis., April 7. One of the re
sults of the Oconto election was a tie
vote between Georce Jones and W. A.
day night blew, up another bridge four! Rosenfeld for constable. The two men.
nines north of Deer creek over Rock K Js said, expect to settle the contest
creek, thus" rendering tariff over the J a foot race, the winner to be de-
roaa from Carroll to Iocansnort out nt ciarert the constable. The election for
the question. I treasurer In the town of Peshtieo re-
, : suited in a tie vote for J. N. Aubin and
noiwauHoi ive children. D. Woodward. Th election will l.o
Kicnmona, a., April 9. New decided bT drawinc lots.
reacues nere mat me nouse of a neern
living at Clarmont, on James river,
was destroyed by fire, and five out of
ins ramuy of seven children nerishpd
i ii .
iu me names.
Attempt to Hreak Jail Falls.
Marquette, Mich.. April 9. Sir nrlc
oners awaiting trial in the United
States and county courts made nn tnof.
S, A i? I I V H 11 X. till JIKI.'VllI T IT HI ssVa ' m . s -" s , a
alKut r.00 feet long, swung around to ! lrA a"emnt to h Jail here yes-
x wo or them are
terday afternoon.
murderers.
the administration of affairs at Manila
the left. The great bank of water iu
Iake McDonald, formed by the dam.
instantly leaped into this wide open
ing and with a roar that was heard
for several miles the flood tore down
- . j 1 1 1 1 . 1 . . r l
HllO llie Wlllt-J- i.rio". " Is Pnnt.i!nl I
A few hundred vards be low tlio dam 7 " ""- J""- .
.... . ... . . . the war dpnnrtmpnt tw r'hnrd.aira
rioiiit or anu exieimeii a lour vtio . -. J
fpni into tne nver. in ere were n j- i irra;. iiim oineer ir-
thi noint at the time the break- nn. tlcularly antagonizes the ex-cha plain
- - ' M 1 . is a
curred a number or people, including VL omnieers wno nas Deen so severely
a woman and two children, several criticizing the morals of the American
photagraphers and a party of universi- lrops in the Philippines.
ty student. Before these people could . . .. r
gain a position of safety the water! , i 7,, , T" , T
struck the projection, covering it in-' r.y, ..' I,,s-. April Samuel Len-
etantly and sweeping the people away ?, uut waiKlnS along tne roaanear
The instant me nam gave wax tt. v " " ""'f.
Defense of Otis' Administration.
Washington, April 10. A defense of in the higher criticism, has left that
HEWS ACTS IU Ou liana.
The latest story of Aginaldo is that
he is hiding jn the Tagal quarter of
Manila.
A man has died from the bubonic
plague at Fremantle, western Aus
tralia-
All of the Paris exposition that is
under roofs owned by France will be
open on Sunday.
Rev. A. C. McGiffert, one of the nu
merous Presbyterian divines tolndulge
Fire Rums Town Keeords.
Robinson. Ills., April 9. Fire early
:-iJ ..I " -""', l"r.luuie TO ltw.11 n lnborinir mnn JLUUrsuay Q SCOVereu tne DOOy 0Z a
ctiiii r.iutr oi iowii. causing a loss f J . : " " t ,tt t
town clerk's records and tl p i. sreei toward the city, giving "s ,ORk , no,e . Lne,.eaa
, yeI..J r.O0,r(, Jam1 tlie recor.ds the alarm thnt the ainm iMS where the bullet had entered. There
stroved. 3 ' mi 0n WerC ae" hy. W another Paul lievere's W.hkh the dead
- i t.1,1. wi i . . mail . j iixv ut- 1 1 1 1 " 1 1 1 1 1 1 -1 1
church, the church authorities accept
ing his withdrawal.
Busniess men in the Wisconsin Riv
er valley are going to expend $5,000,-'
000 in developing the water power In
the Wisconsin River valley.
Work on the cultivation of "Pingree
patches" has begun in the suburbs of
Chicago.
Fire Sunday morning In the piano
factory of the M. Schult company,
Chicago, .caused a loss of $30,000.
Governor Roosevelt has agani de
clared he will not accept the vice
presidential nomination.
Captain Louis Ostheim, First United
States artillery, accidentally killed him
self at the Auditorium Annex Sunday.
He was to have married a Chicago
lady Wednesday.