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PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.. APRIL 13, 1900.
VOL. IX, NO. 44.
THE NEWS. Establshed Nov.5,lMl. Consolidated Jan. 1. 1S95.
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STATUS AT WEPENER'J
British Claim It Is Not IMlikult
to Stand On" Boers.
BURGHER MOVEMENTS REPORTED
I.uiikT4 Scattered All 0er the Scene of
Military Operation No Sign of Anion
by ICobi-rts Vet and Nothing Further
l-t;arl!iic That Alleged ltritioh !." at
Itraiolfort or Mrrrkatalontriu-Ueruittn
I'rnlrMor on the l"nvor Shown Great
Britain by Portugal.
Atiwal North. April 13. News from
a Boor source ill Wepeiier, officially
communicated, says that four Boer
guns have been disabled ami four com
mandants killed or woumlfil. On Tues
day nii:lit tin ltritiU made a sortie,
capturing a Boor iftm and taking some
prisoners.
Irf.ndon. April l-'- The following
t. l.-rauis are rec eived herefrom South
Africa:
-Aliwal North. April 12, p. m. The
T colonial troops are still holding their
own splendidly at Wepeiier. Cannonad
ing recommenced ihis morning. The
Boer attack yesterday was not very
serioii. The British are carefully hus
banding their ammunition and their
guns an: making excellent practice.
The r.oers are short of ammunition.
A patrol returning from Smithtield re
ports that small group of Boers are
i.-iblc"
fa p.- Town. Airil 1:!. The Bloem
' fontcin correspondent of The Cape Ar
gus say: 'Olivier's commando is mov
ing in the direction of Smithtield. Five
d'tfereut laager are located between
Rflhany and the Kattir river, lying i
parallel to the railway, twelve miles
eastward." .
New rroin the Transvaal Capital.
A dispatch to The Daily Mail from '
Iorenzo Marques, dated yesterday,
says: "It is reiM.rted from Pretoria
that a Boor commando is moving
through Basutoland. This is said to be
a clever iue to draw the British (
away from Wepeiier. About 2.0u0 for
eigners constitute the new foreigu
legion in Pretoria, including some
t'ossacKs in uniform. Several fresh
recruit left here for Pretoria today. I
including a French captain, brother of
the late General de Villelols-Mareuil.
How a Special K plain It.
London, April 13. The Bloemfon
tein con espondent of 1 he Daily Tele
graph, telegraphing Wednesday, says:
"Lord Roberts wisely declines to ex
the elusive Boers until his prcpa ra
the elusive Boers until this prepara
tions are complete. lie will leave to
the enemy the barren comfort of the
occupation of a few farms for a short
time.-
I mm a German Point of View.
Berlin. April 13. The military critic
' of The Berliner Tageblatt explains
that the inactivity of Lord Roberts is
not due to the preparations he is mak
ing for the winter, but to the Inability
of his troops to take the field in num
ber siitttcient to take the otliensive
against Kroonstadt. The view prevails
In military circles here that the recent
British defeats are due to the discour
agement of the troops resulting from
their consciousness of "bad general
ship." DlsllSKS I NT Kit NATION A L LAW.
Willi Relation to Mooted Portuguese Fa
tor to Gceut Itritain.
Berlin. April 13. In the forthcoming
number of The Nation, Professor Vou
Bar. of the University of Goettingen,
will discuss the international law as
pect of the transportation of British
troops through Portuguese territory
and the action of Lord Roberts in re
quiring the Boers of the Free State to
take an oath not to partloipae in fur
ther hostilities against England. He
considers the former a serious breach
of neutrality. The authorities whom
he cites, including American and Eng
lish jurists, are unanimously opposed
to such proceedings where a previous
treaty providing for it does not exist
Where such a treaty does exist the
authorities are divided, but Professor
Vou Bar contends that such a treaty
caunot be universally accepted as a
principle of international law. He
conjectures that the Anglo-Portuguese
treaty contemplates only troops to be
ued against negro tribes, nnd is,
therefore, inapplicable to the Trans
vaal. He cites the case of Belgium
and Switzerland, which In 1S70 re
fused to permit the movement across
their territory of French or German
troops: and he expresses the opinion
that if the war should result in the
independence of the two republics
European nations would demand in the
peace treaty better guarantees of the
neutrality of Portuguese territory.
The action of Lord Roberts in parol
ing Free Staters Is pronounced by
Professor Von Bar as "decidedly con
trary to international law," and the
opinion is expressed that President
Kruger has "rightly declared the oaths
to be witlKut binding obligation." In
the course of the article Professor Von
Bar complains that t'h.miberlain's
leadership has caused England to do
"various things in the present war
which are painful to England's old
friends in Germany."
United State Army Officer Die.
Quincy. Ills.. April 13. Major Mar
tin Burke, United States army, in
charge of the quartermaster's depart
ment in St. Bonis, died here yesterday
of pneumonia. Major Burke was taken
ill while transferring the lodies of
several hundred civil war veterans to
the National cemetery near here.
Persuaded to Join the Union.
Washington. April 12. Many of the
coal miners have left for their homes,
after Inducing most of the non-union
men to become union men. Several
hundred are still here and say they
will stay until every non-union man
joins their ranks. There was very
nearly a riot when the police arrested
a man who had beaten a non-union
man and the miners rescued him from
the iolice. The miners refused to al
low the sheriff or the police to make
any arrests.
Miner Strike for an Increase.
Houghton, Mich.. April 11. One hun
dred miners at Franklin Junior mine.
seven miles north of Houghton, struck
Saturday for an Increase of 10 per
f cnt- lu wages. On April 1 the man
agement gave practically 5 per cent.
Increase to laborers and trammers, but
did not advance miners' wages. Th
miners on company account are now
getting fol per mouth.
i
FATAL BUILDING COLLAPSE.
tree Persons Killed, Sis Badly Hurt,
Other Slightly Injured.
Pittsburg. April 13. With si rush
Bm a roar the four story brick build- j
lnff at the corner of Second avenue and
Wood street collapsed yesterday, bury
ing In its ruins a number of people,
three of whom were taken out dead,
six were badly hurt and several others
slightly injured. The dead are: Mrs.
Martha Jones, aged 04; Eugene Bern
hardt, of Allegheny, salesman; Oscar
Bigler. carpenter, home supiosed to bo
near Harrisburg.
Injured Noel Ca.ier. of Euisworth,
salesman, lei? broken, badly bruised;
Joseph Sloss, lieutenant lire company
No. 1. ribs broken; Michael Shan,
steamfitter. leg broken and arm
crushed; James Sullivan, steamfitter,
badly cut and bruised; James V. Sims,
carpenter, badly cut and bruised; An.
gust Ferdegard. aged 04, suffering se
verely from shock.
The building was occupied by the
7 irwVi
Annstrong-McKelvy Lead
UUl Jll
comiKiny. It was being remoaeieu uy
contractors.
FOUND DEAD BY THE LAKE
With Hi Head in About Ten Inches of
Water Iowa Tragedy.
Fort Dodge, la.. April 13. The body
of Truman I). Harker, president of the
First National bank of Storm Lake,
was found In about ten Inches of water
on the lake shore near that city. After
the bank closed he took his gun and
started duck hunting. Not returning
ot a late hour the family became anx
ious and searching parties were or
ganized. After two hours' search the body
was located among the weeds on the
shore of the lake. There were no
marks of any kind on his person and
the gun by his side had not been dis
charged. His accounts are in excel
lent shape.
CRANKYNHETHEATEK
Two Girls Who Were Too Constant in
Their Attendance.
Fort Dodge, la., April 13. Sheriff
Dowd and wife have taken to the
Mitchellville State Reform School
Clara and Minnie Montgomery, aged
respectively 14 and 10 years. With
this commitment Fort Dodge loses its
only matinee girls.
The chief charge against the girls
was their constant attendance at every
performance in local theaters, both
afternoon and evening. The mother
Is an invalid and the father announced
to Judge Birdsall that he was unable i
to coutrol the girls. j
Oregon Republican Coil ventieu.
Portland. Ore.. April 13. The Re
publican state convention met yester
day and nominated one justice of the
supreme court, food and dairy com
missioner, four presidential electors
and elected four delegates-at-large to
the national convention at Philadel
phia. The convention indorsed the
gold standard legislation of the present
congress and the course of President
MeKinley's administration in the Phil
ippines. Pinsree's Comments on the Porto Rico Bill
Detroit. Mich.. April 13. Governor
Pingree in commenting on the passage
of the Porto Ulenn bill by the house,
hinted pretty plainly that he will fight
the rei.otni.iation of Corliss, who rep
resents the DetroM district. "We need
some new congressmen from Michi
gan." said the governor, "but Henry
C. Smith won't be one of them. I In
tend to vote for a new congressman
myself."
Tramps Gets iuto Trouble.
Hebron, N. D., April 13. After a
lively light, lu which numerous shots
were tired, six tramps who Iield up a
freight train here were arrested and
lodged In jail. They shot at the con
ductor and terrorized the train crew,
but were rounded up by a posse of
citizens with rifles. The only casualty
was a wound in the knee received by
one of the tramps. "Who will lose his
leg.
Ohio Democratic Clubs.
Columbus, )., April 13. The Ohio
Association of Democratic Clubs be
fore adjourning to meet in Columbus
on May 15. l'.xn. passed resolutions re
affirming the Chicago platform; de
nouncing Imperallsm, the Potro Rican
tariff, the trusts and railroad comblna
tions, expressing sympathy for the
Boers and demanding a solid delega
tiou from Ohio for William J. Bryan.
Dies of a Blow in the Head.
Indianapolis. April 13. Paul Theo
dore Weiss, a salonkeepr at 705 South
east street, died yesterday from a
wound received Monday by being
struck over the head with a whisky
bottle in the hands of an unknown
man. There were no eye witnesses to
the trouble. The man who struck
Weiss did so after refusal of a flask of
whisk on credit.
Sent to an Asylum While Sane.
Janesville, Wis., April 13. Mrs. Law
rence Ward, of Spring Valley, who
was declared to be insane by the
Rock county physicians and has been
thirteen months at Mendota and four
months at the Rock county liospltal
for the Insane, has been declared to
be sane by a jury In the county court
She has a husband and five children.
Record for Age and Waddings.
Perry. Okla., April 13. Auntie Rod
gers, colored, who was 100 years old,
and who has been married six times,
fell dead a few days ago. She was
married to four negroes, one Indian
and one white man. She said that of
all her husbands she loved the last
the white man the best.
.
Gov. Tanner at Ills Post Again.
Springfield. Ills.. April 11. Governor
Tanner is at the executive office in
the state house yesterday for the first
time since he was taken sick In Feb
ruary. He seemed to be in excellent
spirits, and put In the morning; receiv
ing callers. Among these were quite
a number of local politicians.
Postofilce Gutted by Fire.
East Liverpool. O., April 11. Tle
East Liverpool postotflce has ben
gutted by fire. Much of the loose njail
and that in boxes was destroyed, ifhe
mail still In pouches was saved. The
loss on mail cannot be estimated.
Damage to the building will amount
to about $1.000 t
Navigation Prospects at the "So-j."
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., April 13.
The cold weather of the last two days
has stiffened the Ice. Loaded teams
are crossing to Drummond .Island,
where last Sunday they were foi-ced to
turn back. Navigation will be delayed
as long as present indications prevail
and the opening will not be much, ear
lier than April 20. The ferry stevsmer
now Is running between the two Soos.
CAPITAL CITY DOINGS
iiollse passes a Bill to Benefit
Widows of Spanish War.
SOUTHERNER'S VIEW OF DESERTERS
Those Who Left the Rebel Army to Serve
tor the I'nluit Tswney Proposes the
Abolition of a Batch of Stamp Taxes In
the War Revenue Bill Charles H. Al
len Appointed Governor of Forto Rico
Under the New Law.
Washington, April 13. The house
yesterday, after a spirited debate,
adopted the resolution reported from
the insular affairs committee to au
thorize the secretary of the treasury to
designate deiositoiies In Forto Rico,
Cuba and the Philippines for the de-
iKsit of government funds. By the
' ...... ... 1 1 a.-i
terms oi me resolution n
Cuba only so long as the isiana snau
be occupied by the United States. An
amendment to include the Philippines
lu this provision as to Cuba, offered,
as stated, to emphasize the desire of
the opposition not to restrain the isl
ands, was defeated by a party vote,
A senate bill which will permit the
dependent mothers of soldiers or sail
ors of the Spanish war even though
they married Contederato soldiers to
receive the benefit of the general pen
sion law, passed.
Would Not Pension Deserters.
After tills bill was called up "Why
not reieal sectin 4710V" asked Gibson
of Tennessee, "and let Confederate sol
diers who afterward served in the Un
ion armv be jensioned V"
"No. no," called out William of Mis
sissippi. "We don't want to pension
deserters from the Confederate sol
diers." Broslus Objects to a Cirtoon,
While a resolution looking to the
election of United States senators by
lopular vote was tinder discussion
Corliss too part and displayed a car
toon on the subject which attracted a
large group of members alnnit it
I'.iosius called for order. Corliss re
sponded: "Why dtes the gentleman
from Pennsylvania object? Ioes he
Ihink it rolled upon his state?"
I La lighter.
"No, no," replied Bros! us.
TO REPEAL REVENUE TAXES.
Several Claues or the War Tai on Taw
uey's List.
Washington, April 13. In view of
Secretary Gage's statement of the
growing surplus importance attaches
to a bill Introduced In the house yester
day by Tawuey of Minnesota, a mem
ber of the ways and means commit
tee, to repeal the following provisions
of the war revenue act, to take effect
July 1. I'.mhc
Contract, broker's note, or memoran
dum of sale of any goods, etc., 10 ceuts.
Conveyance, deed, instrument, etc..
when the consideration or value ex
ceeds S1m) and does not exceed .o00,
oO cents; and for each additional $o00
or fractional part thereof in excess of
Ml, .10 cents.
Lease, agreement, etc., for a periotl
of one year. ".1 cents; exceeding one
year and not exceeding three years, 50
cents; for a period exceeding three
years. $1.
Mortgage or pledge, etc.. exceeding
$ LOt mi, and not exceeding $1,.Km. 'St
cents, and on each 3.m in excess or
$1..Hm. M cents.
Power of attorney, or proxy, etc.,
10 cent.
Power of attorney to sed ami convey
real estate, etc., 'S cents. Protests,
etc.. 'S cents.
Tawnev says that the secretary of
I the treasury estimates that the provi-
r. . f(s .l-
stons to lie repealed ny tne inn oniy
furnish S.'iiM.'.MU. but that they are
very onerous anil vexatious.
SIGNS THE PORTO RICO BILL.
Firt Civil Governor of the Island Ap
pointed l uderlhe Meaure.
Washington. April 13. The presi
dent at 7 p. m. yesterday signed the
Porto Kican tariff and civil govern
ment bill. Only Secretary Root and
Cortelyou, the assistant secretary to
the president, were present when the
bill became a law. The president also
appointed the first civil governor un
der the bill. He is Charles II. Allen,
assistant secretary of the navy. To
ward the close of the afternoon Allen
was summoned to the White House bv
the president, and the formal tender of
the post was made. Allen returned a
practical acceptance.
Then the president and the next gov
ernor of Forto Rico spent an hour In
close- conference respecting the mat
ters to be arranged in the immediate
future. Owing to the fact that little
more than two weeks time intervenes
before the civil government must go
into oieration. according to the terms
of the act of congress, it was
decided that it would not be
practicable to complete the cab
inet of the governor in that time.
Therefore Allen will go alone to San
Juan at the earliest possible moment
after Secretary Iuig's return to
Washington, which should be on Sat
urday next.
No Cliantce in the Canteen.
-Washington. April 13. Relative to
a published statement, ascribed to
Bishop Hurst, lo the effect that the
president has made a .substantial
change in the army ,eanteeu. it Is
learned at the war department that no
change whatever lias lKen made, or is
contemplated. , '
. More I. anil for Settlers.
Washington.' April 13. The presi
dent has signed a proclamation open
ing to settlement the northern half of
the t'ol.vllle Indian reservation in
Waslyfgton. The proclamation will
go info effect October 10 next
Money Orders for Cape Nome.
Washington, April 13. The iostof
flce department has arranged to pro
vide a first-class money order systeiw
tor Cape Nome. Alaska.
Buying Horses for John Bull.
Indianapolis, April 13. Local deal
ers on order from Kansas City bought
three car loads of horses to be used
bv the English cavalry in South Af
ilea. They are Indiana horses and
brought from $50 to $100 each. They
will be sent from Kansas City via
Galveston. Texas.
New Stat? Bank for Illinois.
Springfield, Ills.. April 13 A permit
has been Issued by the auditor of pub-
lie accounts to B. Pullen. W. D. Rich
nrdson. E. S. Condit to organize the
Merchants State bank, of Centralia,
Ills., with capital of $50,000.
EIGHT ACCUSED OF MURDEtt.
The Viottra Being a Sheriff Killed While
Doing His Duty FaltSifully.
Belleville, Ills., April 13. The trial
of Charles Hastings, George Godfrey,
John Dugan, James McGerchln, Mi
chael Kennedy (alias Harry Wade),
Richard Fralnke, John Bennett (alias
Monk Baxter), and John Llddy, under
Indictment for the murder of Sheriff
Herman BarniekoL has been begun In
the clrgult court here. Judge Bur
roughs, of Edwardsville, presiding.
James Allen, also under indictment for
the murder, will be tried at Carlyle
this month, having secured a change of
venue.
Sheriff Barnlckol was killed while
seeking to prevent a wholesale Jail de
livery. The work of selecting the Jury
to try the Indicted men progresses
slowly, onlv three having been secured
the first day. They are Jonn uanm;
farmer; Frank Zooellers, laborer, and
Theodore Emery, coal miner.
WILL BUILD A FINE HOTEL.
Site of the Historic Bates' House, Indian
apolis. To Be Used.
Indianapolis, April 13. Stockhold
ers and directors of the Clay pool hotel,
which is to be erected on the site of
the famous Bates House, from the bal
cony of which President Lincoln made
a speech on his way to Washington to
be Inaugurated, met yesterday and
adopted plans for the new hosterly.
The Claypool will be eight or ten
stories high, and cost $1,000,000.
Alreday $750,(KH in stock has been
taken. This hotel, with the Coliseum
now projected, will give Indianapolis
facilities foraccomodating national con
ventions. A committee, headed by
Henry Lawrence, proprietor of the
Bates, went to Chicago yesterday to
Inspect the hotels of that city and se
cure pointers.
SHOT BY AN INSANE MAN.
Victim of the Shooting Is Probably
Wounded Unto Death.
Corydon, la., April 13. John
Koontz shot and probably fatally
wounded John Hullyer seven miles
east of her. The rifle bullet passed
through Hullyer's baud and entered
his abdomen. Both men are farmers
and married.
When a deputy sheriff went to
Koontz' home to arrest him Koontz
shot at the officer. The man was
overpowered and brought to the jail
here. He is 42 years old and believed
to be insane, though he says he shot
Hullyer because the latter had har
assed him. Hullyer is 24 years old.
Mar Abolish the Thesis.
Madison, Wis., April 13. It looks as
though the old practice of requiring
thesis on some particular line of in
vestigation or research before grant
ing a degree to graduates of the uni
versity may be abolished. The fac
ulty has had the matter under consid
eration and It seems that the objec
tion of crowding too much work into
the senior year will stand and that the
system will be changed or entirely done
away with. The "swing-out" of the
graduating classes, when all of the sen
iors will appear la cap and gown on
the canipus for the first time, will be
held on April 2,1.
Miscreants Recommended to Mercy.
Chesterfield. S. C, April 13. The
jury In the Cassie Boan case yester
day rendered a verdict of guilty with
a recommedatlon for mercy. Harvey
and John Jackson will receive life
sentences. Tom Steeu, who was im
plica ted in the murder, turned state's
evidence. The Jacksous had made
threats against the girl, and on March
20 her burned, lacerated and blistered
body was found In a forest near Jet
fersou. There were four deep gashes
across her body and all of her clothing
had been burned off. The woman was
a half Indian.
WILEY TO 00 TO PURDUE.
Head of the Chemistry Bureau Likely To
Be a College President.
Washington, April 12. It Is proba
ble that Professor II. W. Wiley, the
head of the chemistry bureau of the
department of agriculture, will become
president of the Purdue university, in
Indiana. Professor Wiley said: "My
2atne has been suggested to the board
of trustees, of which ex-President Har
rison is the chairman, but it Is only
one among a number. I do not mind
saving, however, that should such an
offer be made to me, notwithstanding
the fact that the acceptance would
call me to a field of harder work than
I at present occupy, I should feel
obliged to accept the offer, because I
do not think that I would De lustineu
In refusing a call to a wider field of
usefulness, and where I would nave
the opportunity to benefit one of our
greatest institutions."
Professor Wiley occupied the chair
of chemistry at Purdue for nine years
before coming to the department of
agriculture In 1893. He says that the
Institution is the most important
technological school in the country
west of the Alleghenles, and Is steadi
ly increasing In its influence.
BRUTESASSAULT A WOMAN.
Two Men Suspected of the Crime and Are
Put In Prison.
Alnena. Mich., April 12. Mrs. Adele
Ruelle, aged 37 years, who lives alone
at her home on River street, notified
the police that two men had broken
Into her home Friday evening. J.ney
flourished a revolver and threatened to
kill her. and then each assaulted her.
Joseph Wrinkle applied to the hospital
for treatment. He had been shot in
the left lung, but refused to Inform the
police as to who did the shooting.
Later in the day William McCIintocK
was arrested charged with the shoot
ing. but Wrinkle refused to swear out
a warrant against him.
McClintock declared that he did not
know the revolver was loaded, and
snapped the trigger In fun. The police
in their Investigation of the assault
upon Mrs. Ruelle claim to have secured
evidence connecting Wrinkle and Mc
Clintock with the crime, and Wrinkle
has been locked up with McClintock
pending further Investigation. Tubllc
leeiuig is much stirred up.
Heavy Shortage In a Bank.
Topeka, Kan., April 13. The Citi
zens' State bank of Yates Center was
closed yesterday by Deputy Bank
commissioner waterman. There Is a
heavy shortage.
Chicago Man to Wed a Rockefeller.
New York. April 13. Mr. and Mrs.
John D. Rockefeller last night an
nounced the engagement of their
daughter Alta to E. Parmalee Prentice,
of Chicago.
BADEN -POWELL DEAD;
Burgher Are Reported 35,000
Strong Near Kroonstadt.
aviso That TUey Have Ninety Guns and Are
Fortified to the Limit Buller Says He
Has Silenced the Boer Attack on Him
No Confirmation of the Reported Disas
ter to the British Some Discrepancies
Noted Correspondents' Notes of What
Is Going on at Bloeuifontt-in.
London, April 12. The following
telegram has been published:
"Pretoria, April 10. It Is reported
here that Colonel Baden-Powell (the
British commander at Mafeking) is
dead."
"The latest news from the front it
that fighting is continuing at Elands-
laagte (Natal) and De Wet's dorp (Or
ange Free State), but uo particular
have been received."
London, April 12. The Daily Mail's
corespondent, at Lourenzo Marques.
telegraphing jesterday, says: "Thirty-
flve thousand Boers, with ninety guns,
are concentrated on the range of hilla
between Kroonstad and Win burg. The
whjle line is fortified and is almost
uipregnable,"
The war office has received the fol
lowing dispatch from Lord Roberts,
dated Bloemfontein, April 11: "Bullet
reports that the enemy attacked his
right flank yesterday while he waa en-
ganged in changing his position, but
our artillery sileuced their guns and
they did not press the attack. Our
losses were four killed and eight men
wounded. There is no further news
yet from Wepeiier." Note. This re
fers to the attack on the British camp
at Blandslaagte, a few miles from
Lady smith.
That Mysterious Alleged Disaster.
This dispatch from Roberts adds to
the Incredulity felt here regarding the
story that some British force had been
attacked by the Boers north of Bloem
fontein and 000 killed and wounded
and OoO taken prisoners. The battle ls
reported "officially" from Pretoria to
have taken place south of Brandfort.
It is also stated In a press dispatch to
have been fought at Meerkatsfontein.
Now there ls a place of the latter name
about five miles from Kroonstadt. But
Brandfort is not fifty miles north of
Bloemfontein. It is impossible it
would seem for a disaster like that re
ported to have taken place so near
Bloemfontein without Roberts hearing
of It. It is almost equally impossible
that a British force could have been so
near Kroonstadt, wl h is 100 miles
north of Brandfort.
Chicago Men Were Suspected.
London, April 12. Thecorrespondent
of The Daily Mail, at Lourenzo Mar
ques, telegraphing yesterday, says:
The departure of the Chicago am-
bulance corps for Pretoria was delayed
on suspicion of filibustering. The nieni-
bcrs left by a special train this after
noon, accompanied by a motley fol
lowing of French and Germans, 100 in
all. The departure only occurred after
many stormy Interviews with the
Portuguese authorities. The members
have no passports, and no credentials
beyond a letter from Miss Clara Bar
ton to the effect that she knows some
of them personally and believes them
to be genuine, but many have openly
expressed their Intention of fighting.
The Boers are paying from 30 to 40
per month for such recruits.
Boers Exhibit Indecision.
The BloemfonteSn correspondent of
The Morning Post, telegraphing Tues
day, says: "The Boers to the south
east are exhibiting Indecision of move
ment, possibly in consequence of our
occupation of the railway. Bodies of
the enemy are still moving from Win
burg southward through Thaba N'Chu.
Their destination has not been ascer
tained. The Boers in the neighbor
hood of Paardeberg show no disposi
tion to Interrupt our communication
with Kimberley, from which point civil
convoys are still arriving.
Making Bloemfontein Secure.
The Bloemfontein correspondent of
The Daily Telegraph, in a dispatch
dated Tuesday, says: "The permanent
defenses are nearing completion, so
that the town can be held by a rela
tively small garrison. A British scout
who has visited the Bloemfontein wat
erworks reports that the machinery
and dam are Intact. Only a few Boers
remain in the neighlorhood. The en
emy have trekked six miles north and
formed a laager near Waterval. News
from General Brabant at Wepener
shows that all is going satisfactorily
there. The troops are getting new
khaki serge uniforms and boots."
BOER ENVOYS TO EUROPE.
Oae Says Milner Went to the Cape to
Bring on a War.
Rome. April 12. me .apies eorre-
spondent of The Tribuna telegraphs
an interview he has had with Fischer,
l 11a iqs iifiji u 1 1 11 t if.ir-
one of the Boer peace commissioners,
who arrived there Tuesday. Hscher
said he was convinced that Sir Alfrel 1
Milner. when appointed governor of
Can Colony and British high commis
sioner in South Africa, went to Cape
Town with a fixed intention with a
mission to bring about the war, and
opposed the Transvaal's "generous ef
forts ana concessions to avoid war, as
though he had received precise In
structions to follow this line of policy.
-iiAN hue the Transvaal was making
concessions," said Fischer, "Great
Britain was gathering troons along the
frontier." The Boer envoy accuses Sir
Alfred Milner of falsifying dispatches
In fact, according to the commissioner,
accusations against Sir Alfred Milner
constitute one of the principal features
In the negotiations which the commis-
sioncrs seek to carry tnrougn. j.ne
Boer envoys left Naples yesterday, go
tn hr the way of the St. Gothard
pas. and without stopping here.
German Comment Is Quiet.
Ttortin Anril 12. The German press
ClOU. iA T1.
comments auletiy upon tne receui out-
isn cheeM m aouiu jwi.a, niuMiruiij
net attaching great
tance to them.
military impor
BOERS FOVGni DESPERATELY.
Didn't shoot very Weil, Though, and Out-
rageci me rnce nag.
London, April 12. Marshal Roberts
telegraphed the war office as follows
vesterday:
"Bloemfontein, April 11. Methuen
reports that the party of Boers de-
feated April 5th madeagood resistance
for four hours, and only gave in when
our trooBS with fixed bayonets were
Within fifteen yards of them. Seven
of the enemy were killed, eleven were
wounded and fifty -one were made prt
onrs. Beside Lieutenants Boyle
Williams, Sergeant Patrick Campbell
was killed and two of our men were
wounded.
"Williams was killed deliberately,
after the white flag had been held up.
The perpetrator of the crime was at
once shot. Methuen speaks in nigh
terms of the Intelligent manner in
which the Imperial 3-eoinanry and the
Kimberley mounted corps behaved."
beautiful" snowTaoain.
6torin fcxtends All Over the Northern and
Western States.
Chicago. April 12. It snowed half
the day here yesterday and at night
there was a depth of two inches of the
'beautiful" on the ground outside of
the business portion of the city. The
storm extended all over the northern
and western states. In the middle
Rockies the unfortunate westerners
were having an excellent Imitation of
winter. Denver was shivering In a
temperatureof 8 above, whileCheyenue
had a temperature of 6 above.
These conditions prevailed through
out the Wyoming and Colorado regions
and extended in a somewhat milder
degree to the southwestern part of
Kansas. The storm was moving rap
Idly over the middle states of the Mis
sissippi valley and was pushing south
of the Ohio river. Rain and snow flur
rie accompanied the storm center
from the middle and southern Rocky
region eastward over the lower Mis
souri, lower Mississippi and Ohio val
leys. HE ROBBED THE MAILS.
His Mother and Bride Plead with Justice
In Vain.
Springfield, Ills., April 12. W. Winn
Bramble, aged 20, mailing clerk In the
Decatur postofilce, has been arrested
and brought to this city charged with
embezzlement. He confessed and said
he had stolen $250 since last December.
Thirty-one letters were found on his
person when arrested, three of whlcn
were decoy letters by means of which
he was detected.
He was given an examination before
United States Commissioner Kidd, and
held In the sum of $2,000 to await the
action of the grand Jury, failing to
alve, which he went to Jail. His
mother and bride of a few months
pleaded before the commissioner on
their knees for his release, but In vain.
San Domingo Rebel Sentenced.
New York, April 12. A dispatch te
The Herald from Puerto Tlata, Santo
Domingo, says: "The trial of Perico
Pipin, who recently led a small upris
ing against the government of Santo
Domingo, has ended with the convic
tion of the prisoner. The trial wu be
gun on March 5. At its conclusion the
governor of Santiago de Lo tjabel-
leros ordered all business estaensn
raeuts closed lu order to prevent adem- j
onstratlon. Pipin was sentenced to
twenty years' imprisonment and to pay
a fine of $30,000 In gold. A warship
has taken him to the capital. He will
ask for an appeal."
Master Plumbers as Journeymen.
Chicago. April 12. Eight master
plumbers wiped joints and laid pipe in
the new Merchants' Loan and Trust
building at Adnnis and Clark street
yesterday. Under the supervision of
James Baggot. of the firm of E. Bag
got & Co., the masters labored in an
effort to help the plumbing firm to fin
ish the stipulated work. Extraordinary
precautions are being taken by the
contractors to prevent the Identity of
the plumbers becoming known.
International Demonstration.
Berlin, April 12. The Berliner Tage
blatt learns from Kiel that an Interna
tional naval demonstration will taki
place at Taku. The German squadron,
consisting of the cruisers Ilertha,
Gefion. Irene and Kaiserin Augusta
and the gunboats Jaguar and litis, un
der Admiral Bendemann, is at present
stationed conveniently, so that within
a few days the ships can be concen
trated in the Gulf of Pe-Chl-LI.
Frlrk to Sell Out His Holdings.
New York. April 12. A special to
The Tribune from Pittsburg says: " 'II
C. Frick will dispose of all his holdings
something over $1G,000,000 in th
Carnegie company just as soon as he
can. said a big stockholder or the Car
negie company. 'He won what he con
tended for. and will not remain to ham
per Mr. Carnegie or his partners.' It
is said Frick ana Frestaent Schwao
are not on pleasant terms."
Van Hlaren Not Lacking In Friends.
Neeuah. Wis., April 12. L. Van
Blareu. the aged man who was almost
beaten to death oMnday, baa found
friends In Neenah to such an extent
that counsel has been engaged ia his
behalf and August Wauck has been
arrested charged with assault to do
great bodily harm. The case came up
in Justice court, but was held over.
Hurt by a Powder Explosion.
Calumet, Mich., April 13. John
Matta and Richard Hill, miners at the
Tamarack mine, were badly Injured
1 . j - . . ... .
Dy a powaer explosion wnne wording
In the mlue. There is a slight chance
for their recovery.
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE.
Peter Larsen, Joseph Madsen and a
woman, all drunk, were drowned at
the entrance to the outer harbor at San
Pedro. Cal.
The telegraphers on the Southern
railway have gone on a strike. They
number 1,200.
It Is reported at Vienna that th
pope lias warned Ferdinand of Bui-
gana that if he Joins the Greek
church he will be excommunicated by
Rome.
Maine Republicans in convention
clared for McKinley.
it Is stated at Chicago that arties
at Berlin liave made an offer for the
Ferries wheeL
A bequest by John Halstead, of New
York, to Cooper Union amounts to
$.300-000.
Ebenezer Burges Ball, the nearest
relative of George Washington, is dead
I n 4- U n.,.l....l ,l.t..l I l 4
ui iue imnuuai vawuoi, ageu o-.
1 iee a Quarter of an Inch thick
- formed at Wichita. Kas.. Wednesday
night, and farmers report the fruit crop
killed
The City of Mexico has made a con
tract for the paving of seventy-five
streets With asphalt.
steps are being taken in the east to
amalgamate all companies making au-
tomobiles.
Emperor Franz Joseph has conferred
the order of the Golden Cross of Merit
on Eleanora Duse. actress,
At the request of Mrs. Potter Palmer,
American club women have petitioned
for recognition at the Paris exposition
' on the iury of awards.
S'M- EIGHT MAJORITY
Put. Porto Kican Tarifl Hill
Through the House.
Some Republicans Voting; Against the Bill
and Some Democrats for It Anilysis of
the Vote and List of Pairs Mag-oou's
Opinion That Porto Rico Is "One of Ls"
Read la the Debate Its Orlgla Ki.
plained by Meiklejoha.
Washington, April 12. The long and
bitter struggle over the Porto Rican
tariff bill ended yesterday when the
house by a vote of 1CT to lo3 concurred
In all the senate amendments. The
bill then required only the signature of
the speaker of the house and the presi
dent of the senate before going to the
president for his approval. These
signatures will be attached today, and
before nightfall the bill probably will
be a law. As the bill originally passed
the house it was a simple bill Impos
ing 15 per cent, of the Dlngley rates
on goods fcjing to to Porto Rico from
the United States. As amended by the
senate and agreed to by the house ali
restrictions on goods coming Into the
LTnited States from Porto Rico art
eliminated and certain food stuffs and
other articles which heretofore have
gone Into Porto Kleo free by executive
rder are excluded from the operation
f the 15 per cent, duty Imposed on
goods entering the island from the
United States.
Scheme of Civil Goverment,
A complete scheme of civil govern
ment for the island is also attached to
the measure. Upon the final vote nine
Republicans voted against the bill
Heatwole of Minnesota, Crunipacker,
Lane of Iowa. Littlefield. Mct'all ot
Massachusetts, II. C. Smith of Mich
igan. Warne of Illinois, Fletcher of
Maine, and Lorimer of Illinois. Two
Democrats Davey and Meyer of Lou
isiana, were paired with Democrats In
favor of the bill, and one Democrat,
Sibley of Pennsylvania, voted for It
outright. DeVries, the other Demo
crat who voted for the original bill,
yesterday voted against concurrence.
Stallings of Alabama was the only
member on either side absent and un
paired. Legal Adviser Magoon's Opinion.
The vote came at 5 o'clock, after a
very interesting and at times exciting
debate of five hours, which covered not
only the bill but the special order un
der which the house acted. One of the
most dramatic features of the day was
the reading by Richardson, the minor
ity leader, of the original opinion of
Charles E. Magoon, the legal adviser
of the war department. In favor of the
view that the constitution extended
over Porto Rico ex proprie vigore. Ma
goon later gave an opinion the other
way. Dolliver of Iowa, in . reply,
termed Magoon a clerk who tried to
overrule "the great lawyer at the head
of the war department." Warner ot
Illinois. Crunipacker. McCall of Massa
chusetts and Lorimer of Illinois, all
Republicans, made speeches against
the motion to concur.
Names of Men Who Were Paired.
The pairs were as follows, the first
named leing in favor of the bill: Hull
yith Hay. Packer with Polk. Barney
'th Allen of Mississippi. Weymouth
with Broussard. Gillett of Massachu
setts with Thayer. Hawley with Coop
er of Texas. Burkett with Burke of
Texas. Malum with Otey. Minor of
Wisconsin with Rixey. Lybrand with
Gastou. Kerr with Carmack. Davey
(Dem.) with Crowley, Meyer (Dem.)
with Robinson of Louisiana. Otjen
with Brenner. Wachter with Small,
Stewart of New Jersey with Salmon.
Esch with Bailey of Texas, Boutelle
with Cochran of Missouri.
MAGOON'S PORTO RICO OPINION
Given for Personal Use and Not Officially
In a Pending Case.
Washington, April 12. The opinion
by Magoon, law officer of the insular
divisiou, relative to the extension of
the constitution over Porto Rico, was
given in May, 18SK). After referring to
Spain's cession of the island, the opin
ion says: " 1 heieuiou the territory
conveyed became a part of the United
States ami as such subject to the con
stltutiou. No further action by congress
was necessary or possible. The con
stitution does not depend upon con
gress for authority in any part of the
United States. J he reverse of the
proposition is the fact. From this time
on, congress must look to the constitu
tion for authority to legislate for Porto
Rico."
Meiklejohn, in transmitting the opla
ion, says that wheu criticisms were
made on the practice of the war de
partment In maintaining the tarirr
schedule adopted by the military gov
ernment he requested Magoon to fur
nish him a statement of the argu
ments against the continuance of the
practice. Meiklejohn adds: "The re
quest was complied with by the prep
aration of a memorandum. This mem
orandum was not made in any ease
pending in the department. It was
enttlrely unofficial, and intended for
personal use. Upon consideration the
argument against continuance was not
considered to be well-founded and no
change wa.s made in said tariff regula
tions." Subsequently, Meiklejohn says, Ma
goon furnished an opinion on the gen
eral subject, which has been made
public heretofore.
Canada Raises the Pulp Duty.
Washington. April 12. The state de
partment has been Informed that the
Ottawa government has given notice
of an Increase from 20 to "40 cents a
cord on the dues on pulp wood, begin
ning May 1. 1Q0. .
Injunction Case in Wisconsin.
Janesville. Wis.. April 12. Judge
Dick, of Beaver Dam. is here bearing
the ease of William Taylor and Mrs.
Kate Bllven against the Indian Ford
Waterpower company. The plaintiff!
ask for an injunction restraining tin
defendants from drawing water frorc
Lake Koshkonong and also for alleged
damages to the Taylor hotel, on the
lake, bv the raising and lowering ot
the water. The hotel was formerly
owned by William Taylor and is now
the property of Mrs. Bllven. It is
claimed that the defendants take the
water to use at Janesville, Beloit and
Bockton, Hls
Will Rnn for Governor of New York.
New York. April 13. The Press
savs: "Justice George C. Barrett, ac
cording to the belief of prominent poll
tlnlana fir hoth nartles. will be the
; Democratic nominee for governor this
fall."