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PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.. APRIL 17, 1900.
VOL. IX, NO. 45.
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I'iiiiiecl to Out Politics.
Jvomlou, April 17. A correspondent
of The Daily Telegraph at Ladysuiith,
'Hie Uufrs are down again at Dew-
dorp. ea.t of I.advsmiib
'1 lie Blocinfoiitcin corrcsimndeut. of
The Daily Telegraph, in a dispatch j
dated yestcr.lay, says: "The. Boers j
have raised the siege i f Wei'Uer and
lave left Rouxville. A majority of
them has undoubtedly returned north,
With tin' exception of a ImmIv of aloUV
(5,Ikn, now reported to be going toward
Bcthulie."
The Iaily News lias the following
from Reddersburg. lated Friday:
Jen. "hermside saw the rear guard
of tlie Boers disappear .southeast ill
full retreat. The enemy apitcar to be
in strong foie fourteen miles fast of
Reddersburg. Tliey are falling back
before our advance guard."
The Itloemfouteiu corresiy.mdent of
The Standard, telegraphing yesterday.
mvs: 1 tie liners arc in inn retreat
from Werner, hugging the Basutoland :
border. Th,- Rasutos are marching I
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parallel with them along the frontier, j
waiehing auerlv for the slightest en- :
croaehmeiit.- '
Looks tor Aincrirnn Intervention.
Loudon, April 17. The Lourenzo
Marques eorresiondent of The Daily
Mail, telegraphing Sunday. April 15.
pays: "The tone of The Standard &
Diggers News showsthat the Transvaal
governineut is relying strongly uion
America ii intervention. Great results
are expected from the campaign of
Webster Davis and from the presi
dential contest.
While the scmi-bloekade of Delagoa
hay has not done the slightest harm
to the Transvaal it has enriched for
eign linns at the expense of ruined
I'.ril ishers."
I atest ' from Mnfekini;.
Ireii.o Marques. April 10. Lieuten
ant Sniith-Knian, a Uhodesian scout
who entered Mafeking through the
liner lines, has returned to Colonel
I'lumer's camp with dispatches from
Mafeking. saying that all was well
there April S.
Iioudoii. April 17. The Daily Mall
has the following from Iidy Sarah
Wilson, dated Mafeking. April 3: "The
pim-h of hunger is lx-ginuing to be felt,
and relief seems more distant than
ever."
SHUT POWlToFwiRE MILLS.
Prenld .-in Oaten Says It In lteeaute of Over
prod notion.
New York, April 17. John W. Gates,
of the American Steel and Wire com
IMtiy, was seen yesterday "in reference
to a dispatch from the west which
Mated that a number of the constitu
ent concerns in the main company had
suspended operations. He continued
the statement and said that twelve of
the mills in the constituent companies
have been shut down. They are lo
cated at Pittsburg, Cleveland, Joliet,
Wuukegau and DeKalb (Ills.), and
Newcastle and Anderson (Ind.).
Gates said the cause of the dosing
down of the mills was overproduction
He added that he was unable to state
when the mills would resume opera
tions, as they first would have to as
certain the extent of the overproduc
tion. When asked as to his view as to
the trade situation and outlook Gates
stated that the shut-down of the mills
was the best evidence of the current
situation. Four thousand nion and
girls will lose their work by the shut
down. Two Die by Inhaling Gun.
Chicago. April 17. Two deaths by
gas were reported to the coroner yes
terday. Both are supposed to have
been accidental. Mrs. Nina Fuller, 72
years old. was found dead in bed at
her home In Argyle I'ark. The other
victim of gas was a man of the name
of Kuhlm.-in. 00 years old. He was
found dead in l'd at his home.
Wolves Are I'retty Abundant.
Sparta, Wis.. April 17. Wolves have
again gotten to be a nuisauce in this
section, especially in Farmer's valley.
Last Monday a hunter of the name of
Hughes brought to town six, and on
Sunday ten of those animals, making
sixteen for the week. The wolves have
been killing many sheep.
Itoer I'rl"iier on St. Helena.
Jamestown. St. Helena. April 17.
The remainder of t lie Uoer prisoners
were landed yesterday and sent to
Deadwood. Colonel Schiel and two
others who had been confined at the
citadel after their attempt to escape
have been released aud they also have
gone to Deadwood.
Kun into by a Kunamay Tram.
Kokomo. Ind.. April 17. John Thrail
kill was fatally hurt in a runaway
Sunday. Thrallkill. a prominent Jack
son township farmer, was returning
from town when a runaway farm team
ran into his buggy. The wagon tongue
entered his body, piercing the lungs.
Ke aIIa LHaboliral Crime.
Washington, April 17. The postof
fiee at Iike City. S. C, has been re
established and Mrs. Delia D. Carter
(white) appointed postmistress. This
was done upon petitions filed by prac
tically all of the white and colored cit
izens. Ie Molne Waiter on Strike.
Des Moines. Ia.. April 1C. Two
hundred waiters working in the hotels
and restaurants of this ciy have
truck for an increase in vraaa.
Rateliford a Labor Statistician.
Columbus, O., April 14. Governor
Nash yesterday appointed M. D. Ratch
ford. of Massillon, state commissioner
of labor statistics, and Elmer C. Bid.
dison, of Athens, state Inspector of
mines and mining. Uatchford is fornjer
president of the United Mine Workers
of America-
Held Her Lite Very Cheap.
T St Louis, April 14. Easter flowers
- In profusion deck the bier of pretty
Wllhelniina Steekhau. who kniM hor.
celf because denied a new hat for to-'
morrow, when all her friends would be
so adorned, she thought.
REVOLVER AND STILETTO
At-vsunt for Four Dead and Two Wounded
I In a Drunken Kow.
, . jounsiown, fa., April i.. rum pri-
mius are ueau mm io uir ujusciuusij j
wounded at the mining town of Wind-,
ber, near here, as the result or a (trunk-
en row in a disorderly house there Sun
day night. One Italian is charged with'
the w holesale crime, but it is believed ; TAX IS PAID BY TH CONSUMES,
that he Is already beyond the reach of
the law, as a man answering Lis de-
seription was ground under a train at w...,, m ., c
South Fork yesterday morning, rwpositton Afflnned by the Sapicme
dead are: John Halverson, a Swede:
Ed P. McCauley. an American; Gust
;rleyiack, a Mav; Samuel fcinves. an
American.
Some of these are victims of a re
volver and some the deadly stiletto.
the two wounded men, Thomas Kip-
Jin!? aud "Jerk" Ituol
((f & Fren(,hwoman t
kwalter, both be
lie latter instru-
rurred at the home
known as Mrs.
Steux until a couple of weeks ago ,at
which time she married an Italian.
WILD WINDS IN IOWA.
Damage Ion to Town Property Small
Building Leveled.
Hamburg, la., April 17. A tornado
did considerable damage In the north
part of town jesterday, completely
wrecking Fred Johnson's brickyard.
! All his sheds, corn cribs, and wind
j mills were piled In a Leap in the mid
dle of his lot. His stock was consid
erably injured by flying missiles, and'
his house was removed from the'
foundation. The residences of Lark
; Miller and Johu Crane were complete
j wrecks, but no one was seriously in
jured. All the damage was done in a radius
of one mile. There was considerable
j . .
uoue to orner property m tne
destruction of small buildings, etc. No
reports have been received from
'ioumr-v' l)Ut " Is Uot thought any g
damage was done there.
the
reat
MURDERED BY A STRIKER.
Sergeant of the New York Militia Shot
While Relieving Guard.
Croton Lauding, April 17. The first
blood shed as the outcome of the strike
at the Cornell dam was the life's blood
of Sergeant Kobert Douglass, of the
Eleventh Separate company, of Mount
Vernon, who was shot dead by an un
known assassin while he was relieving
guard at 8:30 last night. The wildest
excitement prevailed throughout the
camp as soon as the news of the assas
sination spread to the different tents,
and the soldiers are frantic over the
crime. No one doubts that one of the
strikers did the deed.
American Jockey Are Winners.
Iiondon. April 17. The American
Jockeys repeated yesterday their suc
cesses of Saturday last at the Kemp
ton Tark Easter meeting and the
Birmingham Easter meeting. At Kemp
ton park Martin oiened by winning
the Ashford selling plate on Morgante,
and was followed by J. Reiff, who fin
ished first for the Queon's plate, with
Chevening. Martin won the Rich
mond Park Easter Handicap on Full
Ripe. Tie Rothschild Welter Plate
was captured by Disguise, II, ridden
by Sloan.
Tax on Abstract Hooks.
Lansing. Mich.. April 17. Attorney
General Oren has given Prosecuting
Attorney Smith, of Jackson county, an
opinion to the effect that abstract books
owned by an individual or a corpora
tion are personal property and should
lie assessed for taxation. An opinion
has also been given Food Commission
er Grosvenor that honey and glucose
cannot be sold under label of "glucose
mixture." but must bo branded and
sold for just what It is.
Only One Man Was Hurt.
Bay City, Mich., April 17. A De
troit aud Mackinac freight train and a
switch engine drawing six cars col
lided head on in the Fifth ward in
West Bay City. The engine crews, ex
cept Engineer Shipman. of the freight
train. Jumped and escaped. Shipman
was scalded on the face and hands, but
not seriously. Roth engines were dam
aged and one coal laden car was
thrown from the track.
Hannu Goes Hack to Washington.
NewiHrt News, Va., April 17. Sena
tor Hauna left Old Point yesterday
for Washington. The stories sent out
from Fort Monroe and Norfolk regard
lug the senator's illness were greatly
exaggerated. He was slightly indis
posed w hen he reached Old 1'oint
Thursday, but was well enough Sun
day to spend practically the entire day
out of doors visiting points of interest
in this vicinity.
Ashland Instead of liultitli.
Milwaukee, April 17. A Evening
Wisconsin siievial from Washington,
says the United States supreme court
yesterday handed down a decision stat
ing that Ashland, Wis., is the terminu3
of the Northern Pacific railway. In
stead of Duluth, Minn. The effect of
the decision will be that the road
comes into possession of large tracts
of valuable timber and agricultural
lands.
Fought Out the Old Grudge.
Bloomington, Ind., April 17. Doug
las Yaughan, manager of the Jordan
Poultry company, at Pa oil, was fatal
ly wounded in a fight with James Wal
trip, a prominent farmer, at Todd Sta
tion, a short distance south of here,
Sunday. The trouble was the result of
an old grudge. Over forty gashes were
found upon the body of Yaughan. Wal
trip has left the county.
iield the l'artrldKe In His Hand.
Rushville, Ills., April 1C Willam
Robinson, aged S years, held a dyna
mite cartridge between his fingers
while a companion of the same age ap
plied a match. Tlie cartridge exploded
and the lad had the first finger and
thumb on both hands blown off, while
his companion was badly powder
burned.
Iowa Silrer Republicans.
Des Moines, April 10. V. A. Spur-
i rier, national committeeman for Iowa,
Miver itepuDiican party, announces
that the party will hold a convention
in Des 3?oines May 3 to name dele
gates to the convention of the national
organization at Kansas City. The state
convention will be held on the same
day.
I"i reworks Go OA Prematurely.
Racine Wis., April U. Shortly after
11 a. m. the people here were startled
by a terrific explosion. The fire de
partment and police were called to the
store of Mox Wolk where It was dis
covered that a stock of fireworks and
crackers stored In a tin boiler had gono
off.
oik naa kept a supply of $75
worth t explosives on hand,
Little
damage was done.
NOT ON THE COMPANY
stamps On Express
Packages
Must Be Paid By Shipper.
-ouit- arm uispute uver the
Coeur d'Alene Inquiry,
Washington, April 17. The shipper
pays the freight, says the supreme
court otherwise the man who sends
a package by express must "pay up"
for the storage that goes thereon, not
the company. The original proceeding
in this case consisted of a prayer for
a mandamus commanding the com
pany to receive packages for trans
portation by express and to Issue a
receipt with stamp duly canceled with
out seeink to compel shippers to pay
i for the. stamp. It was tried by the
' t : . i : . . .
Michigan supreme court, which decided
against the company. The express com
pany contended that the question as
to who should pay for the stamp was
one for adjustment between the ship
per and the express company. It was
alleged also that the company had in
effect but increased its rates on ex
press shipment by adding to the pre
vious rates the sum of the stamp tax.
It was contended that there was no
inhibition in tlieactof congress against
this increase.
Crucial Point in the Cae.
Justice White, in his opinion, said
that it was unnecessary to consider
whether the law forbids the express
companies from requiring the shipper
to furnish the receipt stamped, since
it would not be decisive of the cause
if it should be conceded that the act
imposes on the company the duty of
paying the tax. It was essential, he
said, also to ascertain, whether the act
forbids the company from shifting the
burden of the tax by means of an in
crease of rates. The whole decision,
therefore, turned upon the construc
tion of the law on this point.
Hon the Justices Argue the Matter.
Quoting the section of the law im
posing the tax upon express company
receipts. Justice White said: "There
Is nothing In this provision which by
the widest conjecture can be construed
as expressly forbidding the person up
on whom the taxes are cast from
shifting the same by contract or by any
other lawful means." Continuing, he
said that the contention in behalf of
the shippers amounts to saying that
the act is not merely one for levying
taxes, but is a stattite determining
that the burden must irrevocably con
tinue to rest upon the one w hom it is
primarily placed. "The result follows,"
he continued, "that all contracts or
acts shifting the burden, and which
should be otherwise valid, become void, j
To add by implication such a provision
to a tax would be contrary to its in
tent, and be in conflict with the gen
eral object which a law levying taxes
is naturally presumed to effectuate."
Justices Harlan and McKenna dis
sented. CONTROVERSY IN COM M ITTKF.
Haily
Kow Tukcn Places ut the
Coeur
d'Alene tn veitigatlon.
Washington. April 17. The Coeur
d'Alene invest igatinn was resumed yes
teiday with W. It. Stinison. one of the
former county commissioners of Sho
shone county, on the stand to rebut
.features developed in the testimony for
the defense. His evidence was to the
effect that he was removed from office
by the state and military authorities
because they believed he would, not
serve their purposes, lie declared in
answer to questions that" his reniuval
was brought alnnit by the legal aud ju
dicial "toolfs" of the Hunker Hill mine
and t lie Standard Oil company.
An exciting controversy occurred
when the petition to the secretary of
war front several hundred citizens of
the Coeur d'Alene district asking for
the retention of federal troops was
presented in evidence. Stilzer de
nounced the petition as "bogus and
fraudulent." declaring that many of
t lie signatures were forgeries and that
other names had been secured by In
timidation. He asked to introduce affi
davits attacking the petitiou. but after
an animated controversy these were
ruled out. the vote being on party lines.
A motion by Sul.er calling on the pres
ident ror ailKla vits bearing on the peti
tion was similarly voted down by the
committee. Suler sharply commented
on the course of the majority and his
exchanges ' with Acting' Chairman
Marsh were al times personal and em
phatic. Dr. Hugh France who Is regarded as
au important witness, since he acted as
coroner when the Hunker Hill mill was
blown up and shared with Bartlett Sin
clair in the direction of affairs follow
ing that event, was put on the stand.
Dr. France said he was graduated from
Rcllevue hosp'tal. New York. He de
nied being in the employ of the liunker
Hill mine, as had been alleged, and
said he was chosen by the miners as
their physician and surgeon, receiving
his pay from them. Dr. France de
fended the work of the coroner's jury
against criticisms made during the tes
timony, and explained the regularity
of the various steps taken.
Heet Sugar Factories In Canada.
Washington. April 17. Commercial
Agent Johnson at Staubridge, Canada,
writes to the state department that
the establishment of a $.31 m.i.OUO factory
for the manufacture of beet sugar will
be undertaken shortly bv American
and Canadian capitalists. The Cana
dian government is to be asked to olace
u ..u... vn , in- ii-ouuciion or
sugar in Canada.
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Conscieure Hnrt Him ft23.
Washington. April 17. The secre
tary of the treasury yesterday re
ceived in an envelope postmarked "C.
& St. L. It. 1. O." from an unknown
person a conscience contribution of
$t$23.
Stamp Tdx Repeal Bill.
Washington, April 17. Griffith of
Indiana yesterday introduced a bill In
the house repeallug the stamp tax on
checks, drafts, etc., and on proprietary
txedicines. ,
Long Would Accept Nomination.
Washington, April 16. Referring to
the use of his nam in connection with
th vice presidential nomination Sec
retary Long is understood to have in
formed a number of his friends that if
the nomination were tendered him ae
would accept It.
STRIKE OF MLUE MANAGERS.
AU the Miners Ordered. Out to Enforce
Reoognitlon of the Union.
Springfield, Ills., April 17. As a re
sult of the meeting of the Mine Man
agers' association at East St. Louis
Sunday, all coal mines In the state have
been ordered closed at 5 p. m. yester
day, and to remain closed until such
time as the operators shall recognize
this association and treat with it as
such. The operators have refused to
treat with this organization, on the
groun that the mine managers are in
n measure confidential officers of the
mines, and are in a certain sense state
officials, since they nold state certifi
cates. There is no affiliation between th
miners' union and the Mine Managers
association, and It is thought very
doubtful here that the miners will stop
work upon the order of the association,
On the other hand, all the mine man
agers In the state dc? not belong to the
association, and there are a sufficient
number holding certificates to step In
and take the places of those who be
long to the association and who are
grieved at the action of the operators
In refusing to treat with them.
GOLD MINING" SYNDICATE
Ornanized to Search for the Yellow Metal
at Cape Nome.
Marquette, Mich., April 17. A eyn
dicate of Marquette men has been or
ganlzed to do gold mining in the Cape
Nome district by a novel process, and
two representatives of the company
will leave this week for the field of ac
tion. The scheme is to Introduce
pump as an adjunct to placer mining,
and furnish water to parties already
owning claims for a part interest in
the output of gold.
There is a concern here which manu
factures gas engines of a very success
ful and powerful type. A pump and
one of these engines of four horse pow
er will constitute the syndicate's first
outfit,
Saloon Consent Petition Case.
Des Moines. Ia., April 17. The su
preme court has decided a case from
Fayette county Involving the validity
of a saloon consent petition. The peti
tion was submitted to the supervisors
of the county showing forty -three more
than the necessary 05 per cent, of vot
ers. Afterward, aud before it was can
vassed by the board, seventy signers
requested that their names be with
drawn. The supreme court holds that
names can be withdrawn at any time
before the petition is canvassed but
not afterwards.
Speaker Henderson's New Leg.
New York, April 17. Speaker David
B. Henderson, of the house of repre
sentatives has a brand new leg. He
got it Sunday and took it to Washing
ton with him that night. The speaker
Is very proud of it, for it enables him
to walk a distance without a cane, for
the first time in many a year. The
leg is of rubber, light and pliable and
provided with artificial knee and ankle
joints, which perform their functions
almost as acceptably as the real thing.
Hoke Smith Out of Journalism.
Atlanta. Ga., April 17. Hon. Hoke
Smith yesterday sold his Interest In the
Atlanta Journal to II. M. Atkinson.
Morris Brandon aud J. R. Gray, of
Atlanta. The minority stockholders
also disposed of their holdings. Smith
realized three for one on his stock, and
the money turned over to him for his
fifty-three shares was $130,000. The
amount involved in the entire transac
tion is $270,300.
Death of a Friend of Ingersoll.
Lincoln, Ills., April 17. James Tur
tle, of Atlanta township, whose funeral
oration Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll had
promised to deliver, died Saturday
evening. He was past 93 years of age
and was a native of Ohio, moving to
Illinois when 10 years of age. He
amassed quite a fortune at farming.
Turtle and Colonel Ingersoll were close
friends.
Uiltla Is Oat of the Church.
Chicago. April 17. Newell Dwight
Ilillis no longer a member of the Chi
cago presbytery or the Presbyterian
church. The name of the Brooklyn
preacher, who renounced the confes
sion of faith of that church, was erased
from the role of the presbytery at its
weekly meeting yesterday.
Kansas City Carpenters Strike.
Kansas City. April 17. Slightly over
400 union carpenters went on a strike
yesterday for an Increase of wages to
37 cents an hour.
NEWS FACTS IN "OUTLINE.
Small cyclones are causing much
anxiety and loss of property in Texas,
Kansas and other regions thereaway,
but there have been but two fatalities
reported so far.
A squadron of the Third cavalry sur
rounded a village in Luzon, Philippines,
and of 200 Filipinos killed 53, and cap
tured 44. The village was burned.
Our men had one wounded.
Dankmar Adler, of Chicago, one of
the leading architects of the country,
is dead.
The president has nominated Charles
II. Allen, of Massachusetts, to be gov
ernor of Porto Rico.
The Kentucky governorship case
will be heard by the United States
supreme court April 30.
A great Dane dog valued at nearly
$2,000 was killed by a $2 bulldog in a
Chicago suburb.
A religious fanatic in Trinity Epis
copal church at Chicago startled the
Easter worshippers and interrupted,
the Easter services.
Rev. William J. Rutledge, who first
suggested the formation of the G. A
11., Is dead at Jacksonville, Ills.,
aged 86.
Tersia is In danger of a famine, ow
ing to the failure of the crops.
Marquis de Gallifet, French minister
of war, has had a turn for the worse
and his recovery Is not expected.
A New Jersey man has declined a
nomination for alderman because all
the other members of the common
council are Germans and German Is
the only language spoken at the meet
ings. Breach of Promise Suit Uelaved.
Portland Ind., April 14. Miss
Louise E Bradly, of Chicago, sued
David E Studebaker. of Decatur, for
breach of promise, $10,000 being asked,
w hen the case was called In the cir
cuit court the defendant filed a motion
for a continuance. The Judge over
ruled this motion, but the plaintiff was
then thwarted by a motion for a
change of venue, which was granted.
Two Men Instantly Milled,
Abbottsford, Wis., April 17. August
Krahan and Carl Da gee were struck: by
a locomotive on the Wisconsin Central
last evening and instantly killed.
WATCHING WEPENER
That Point Seems to Be Center
of Probable Disturbance.
EIP0ET OF BOER EEINFOECEMEITTS
Also That Kruger Has Visited
Front for a Conference.
th:
Ticklish Situation for the Boers Where
Col. Dalgetty Holds Up the
British End.
London, April in. The Cape Town
corresiondent of The Dally Telegraph,
telegraphing yesterday, says: "An un
confirmed report is in circulation here
that General Brabant has inflicted a
crushing defeat upon the Iloers at
YVepener, capturing guns and taking
prisoners."
Reddersburg. April 10. Colonel Dal
getty wired Saturday: "All well. Ene
my apparently slackening attack."
General Chermside's division is en
camped seventeen miles east of the
railway. Boers are supposed to be in
the vicinity, but an attack by them is
Improbable.
Kruger Attends a Conference.
London, April 10. The Bloemfon
tein correspondent of The Daily News,
telegraphing Saturday, says: "Presi
dent Kruger attended a conference of
the, Boer commandants at Brandfort
on Thursday. It is believed that a de
cision was reached to withdraw the
Transvaal forces to the north of Vet
river, preparatory to a general retire
ment across the Yaal river, if hard
pressed, leaving the Free Staters to
their own resources."
Indicative of Fighting Ahead.
The Bloemfontein correspondent of
The Times, telegraphing yesterday,
says: "It is reported that reinforce
ments for the Boers, with sixty wag
ons, have arrived at De Wet's dorp, en
fi, A w,, rr..- i. l.i '
rate an action. The statement that
Prlont Tv.,H,n. wn ti, onma
to confirm the reports that the Boer
are getting disheartened. This con
tinned exertion of his personal influ
ence appears now to nave become a
necessity."
Free Staters Disregard Their Oaths.
Aliwal North, April 10. The North
ern Post asserts that the Rouxville
district furnished 1,(hx) recruits to the
Boer force as a result of the invasion
Five hundred Boers under Comman
dant Swanepoel forced his Royal Irish
Ktries to evacuate Rouxville. The for
mer landrost, who had been acting for
the British, offered to go to the front
to prove himself a true Free Stater.
and almost to a man the Free Staters
who had taken the oath rejoined the
Boers. Nearly every one produced a
Mauser. The Boers admit having shot
Mr. Guiney, the hotetkeeper, for taking
rorage to the British.
ENEMIES IN FRONT AND REAR.
Position of the Burghers Who Are Trying
to Take V epener.
London, April 10. The followin
dispatch is published here:
"Maseru, Basutoland, April 14. Sir
Godfrey Lagden, British resident com
mission, returned here yesterday from
the scene of operations near Wepener.
He and the paramount chief have sta
tioned 3,000 armed natives to resist
possible Boer encroachment. The or
ders of the resident commissioner are
that the Basutos are not to be allowed
to cross the Free State frontier on any
pretense whatever. Two natives who
crossed and looted an abandoned Boer
farm are now in custody.
"Colonel Dalgety s iwsition is strong
and well chosen, but he is completely
surrounded. The Boers have their
backs against Basutoland, and if they
6tay much longer they will be hemmed
in. The British operations are keenly
watched from the neighboring heights.
Shelling and sniping have been going
on steadily during the last six days.
Colonel Dalgety's guns are admirably
serred, and there is no waste of am
munition. The Boers, when they see
tb electric flash of the cordite, bolt
Into their holes or behind walls.
"So near are the Boers and the Basu-
to guards that they converse. The am
bulances are close to the border, but
the killed and wounded are not re
moved until nightfall, in order to con
ceal the number of casualties. The
Boers are fatigued aud their horses are
tired and footsore. The Boers attacked
fiercely the British northern position
on April 9, but they were beaten back
at daybreak. Nothing is known here
of the casualties on either side."
The following is from Aliwal North.
dated April 13: "It is officially report
ed that the British losses at Wepener
in four days' fighting were eighteen
men killed and 132 wounded."
The following Is from the same point,
dated April 14: "Colonel Grenfell wires
that he casualties at wepener include
Quartermaster Williams, Lieutenant
Halford and Lieutenant Duncan, and
fifteen men wounded. Sir Godfrey
Lagden, resident commissioner at
Maseru, telegraphs that no shelline has
been heard from the direction of Wen-
ener today. A regiment of British in
fantry and a battery of artillery ar
rived Friday. General Brabant's head
quarters and all the mounted troops
have gone to Rouxville.
ROBERTS SENDS IN A PROTEST.
Says the Prisoners Are Not Treated
They Should He.
London, April 10. A Bloemfontein
dispatch says that "Lord Roberts has
strongly protested to President Kruger
against the treatment of pr'osners, sick
and wounded, in the hands of the
Boers and has formally demanded the
observance of the Geneva convention.
In his telegram of protest to President
Kruger regaraing me treatment to
which the colonial officers and troops
who are now prisoners at Pretoria have
been subjected the marshal complains
that the Boers have treated them as if
criminals confined in jail.
'He points out that here are ninety
cases of enteric fever and dysentery in
the prisoners' camp at waterval; that
tne UTansvaal government failed to
supply on demand of the doctor the
necessary medicines and medical com
forts; that the prisoners were forced tc
bivouac on the open veldt; that the
sick were placed in an open shed with
an iron roor, and that it was only
when the new doctor threatened to re
sign that medicines and mattressei
"He invites President Kruger ot rem
edy this state of things aud contrast!
it with the treatment the British lev
j to Boer prisoners, sick and wounded,
' who, as Lord Roberts says, 'receive the
same treatment as our own soldiers.' "
Boers Captured a Lord.
London, April 1G. A special dis
patch from Bloemfontein, dated April
14. says: "A patrol of Royal Irish,
with whom was Lord Rosslyn, has
been captured. Lord Rosslyu has been
sent to Kroonstad."
TEST OF AN INDEFENDENT POINT
Petition Filed in tl Supreme Court for
Mamlaiuns In a Political Case.
Springfield. Ills.. April 16. Charles
Dickerson, Democratic candidate foi
Jircuit clerk in Knox county, Saturday
filed a petition in the supreme court for
a writ of mandamus against M. O.
Williamson, county clerk, to compel
him to print Dickersou's name on the
official ballot for the November elec
tion. Williamson refused on the
ground that he could not determine
whether the Democratic party cast 2
per cent, of the votes of the county,
and was therefore entitled to go on the
ticket as a party or by petition, until
after the judicial election in June for
menilHT of the supreme court to suc
ceed Craig. The point involved is
whether the June election, which is the
last preceding election before the gen
eral election m November, is a "gener
al" election.
If it is a general election the Demo
crats must either make a nomination
as a party in the district, or be com
pelled ot get candidates on the ticket,
by petition throughout the district.
Craig is the independent candidate In
the district for re-election. The Dem
ocrats support him and make no nom
ination, but if Williamson's action is
upheld they must either make It a
straight party fight for him in the dis
trict overwhelmingly Republican, ot
pet all the nomination on tickets this
fall by petition.
BRUTAL CRIME OF TWO TRAMPS
Results in the Heath of One Woman and
the Lunacy oi Another.
Toledo, O., April 10. Shortly before
midnight two tratups with handker
chiefs tied over their faces stopped at
"J? "uc ui iu sisu-rs, ivaie ana
I " t of w-V VnVi ..kS
I Tyesst of .est loledo. knocked at the
door and as Johanna opened the door
one of the men struck her across the
head with a club, knocking her down.
Kate sprang to the assistance of her
sister, when a second tramp felled her
with an axe-helve. The women were
then bound and gagged aud the house
robbed. Johanna died in a short time,
and Kate is a raving maniac as the
result of her injuries. The tramps es
caped with $200 in money.
Woman's Latest Business Invasion.
Sioux City, Ia.. April 16. A hand
some young w o:nan of this city has in
vaded the fast-diminishing realm that
masculine n;an claims exclusively as
his own, and is succeeding as a solici
tor for cattle and hogs. In other words
she is a cattle buyer aud a hog buyer,
and a good, one, too. Mrs. Ollie North
lake is he pioneer of the fair sex In
the live stock business, and so far as
is known is the only one in the coun
ty.
Byers Withdraws from the Race.
Des Moines, la.. April 10. H. W.
Byers, or Harlan, has announced bis
withdrawal from tiie contest for the
Republican nomination for congress in
the Ninth district. Representative Mc
Pherson, recently appointed federal
judge, will resign from congress and
Byers was considered the leading can
didate for the succession. He retires
in favor of Judge N. W. Macey, of
oneiny.
Telephone Men Want a Raise.
Milwaukee, April 16. Two hundred
linemen employed by the Wisconsin
Bell Telephone company have asked
for an increase of wages of from $2.25
to $2.50 a day, and a decrease in hours
of work from nine to eight hours. The
matter will be considered by the prop
er officials. In the meantime the men
will remain at work. It is claimed
the increase asked governs in several
other cities.
Railway Line To Be Extended.
Fort Dodge, Ia., April 10. It is an
nounced by the officials of the Mar
shalltown and Dakota Railway com
pany that it will extend its line from
Gowrie to Rockwell City this season,
for which purpose a corps of surveyors
will be placed in the field early next
month. The puriose Is to connect with
the Illinois Central, with which a traf
fic arrangement has been perfected.
Aid for the Starving East Indians.
Des Moines, Ia., April 16. Governor
Shaw will be the leading speaker at a
mass meeting this evening to start an
Iowa movement for the raising of aid
for famine-stricken Indian. The min
isterial union and state and city of
ficials have become interested and the
intention is to have a state commis
sion appointed by the governor to take
charge of the work and organize it.
Third Man Has B.en Arrested.
Alpena, Mich., April 14. Jamei
Dopson, married" and 37 years old, has
been arrested on a Joint charge of
criminal assault with Joseph Yv'rlnkls
and William McClintock. The two lat
ter were arrested Monday, charged
with assaulting Mrs. Ruelle, who lives
alone. After the alleged assault was
committted. Wrinkle was shot by Mc
Clintock, it is claimed, accidentally.
Receiver for an Insurance Concern.
Des Moines. Ia., April 14. R. J. Mo
Kee has been appointed receiver of the
Commercial Mutual Insurance com
pany upon application of George A.
Jewett the typewriter manufacturer.
TI.LIl!! . - . . .
iiauwiues are stated at zii.ooo: as
sets, $30,000. The receivership is due
to the state auditor's refusal to
Issue a certificate on account of the
concern s financial condition.
r . 7
v Woman Killed by a Fall.
Chicago, April 14. Mrs. Annie Luff,
the wife of Thomas Luff, a ooliceman
at the stock yards station, fell thlrty-
nve ieet irom tne rear porch of her flat
at 113 East Fifty-third street, and was
Killed. She was leaning against the
porch railing when It gave way.
Andover Professor Dies.
Andover, Mass., April 14. J. Weslev
Churchill Bartlett, professor of sacred
rhetoric and professor of elocution at
Andover seminary, is dead. He wai
widely known throughout the country
as an elocutionist and reader.
Lady Elgin Survivor Dead.
Milwaukee, April 14. John Coper,
one of the few survivors of the Lady
Elgin disaster, which occurred on Lake
Michigan forty-one years ago. Is dead.
Mr. Roper lived in Milwaukee for the
j past forty-five years.
REPULSED
Brabant Said to Have Severely
Handled the Boers.
Significant Absence of Censorship Visible'
In a Couple of Specials, One of Which,
Says -We Are AH Right" aud That the
British Have the Boers -Just Where
They Want Them" Estimated Total
Loss of the Federals.
London, April 14. The war office
has received the following dispatch
from Marshal Roberts:
"Bloemfontein, April 13, 1:30 p. m.-
The enemy's movements south have
been checked. Wepener is still sur
rounded, but the little garrison is hold
ing out well. Troops are being moved
to thejr assistance. The health of the
troops Is good and the climate per
fection." "Bloemfontein, April 14. Accounts
received here of the fighting of the
troops under Colonel Dalgety at Wep
ener show the Boers attacked them
vigoruosly, but were repulsed with
great loss. The Boers subsequently
relinquished the attack aud it is said
here they are returning northwards."
Two Significant Telegrams.
The Bloemfontein correspondent of
The. Daily Telegraph, in a dispatch
dated yesterday, describing Lord Rob
erts and the troops attending Good
Friday services, says: "But the troops
are marching forward as well as to
services."
The Bloemfontein correspondent of
The Daily Mail, telegraphing Thurs
day, says: "There is nothing whatever
to cause uneasiness. It will presently
be seen that the Boers are just where
we want them. In a word, we are
all right."
Boer South of Bloemfontein.
The Bloemfontein correspondent of
The Morning Post, telegraphing Thurs
day, says: "The enemy have evidently
determined to adopt entirely new tac
tics. Two columns are known to b
moving to the south of Bloemfontein.
They are relying on Cape carts for
transport and are carrying scarcely
any forage and only sufficient food to
meet the immediate requirements of
the convoy, with ox transport follow
ing at a secure distance. The Boer
columns are thus enabled to move al
most as quickly as cavalry. It Is re
ported that there are 9,000 Boers to
the south of De Wet's dorp. The force
extends from that point to OdendahL
The burghers who had returned to
their farms are undoubtedly rejoining
the enemy. Lord Roberts has ap
pointed the Duke of Marlborough to be
assistant military secretary at head
quarters." PRETORIA ACKNOWLEDGES ERROR.
Possible Explanation of an Extra British.
Disaster Military Changes.
Loudon, April 14. The following is
from Pretoria, dated April 11: "The re
port to the effect that the total British
prisoners taken In the operations
southeast of Bloemfontein was 900
was an error owing to two Boer gen
erals reporting the same engagement
under different names. The correct to
tal of prisoners Is under 1,000." This is
possibly the explanation of the recent
claim officially made at Pretoria of
another disaster to the British in
which they lost 1,500 men.
Bloemfontein, April 14. A new di
vision, consisting of two brigades, has
been formed under General Ian Ham
ilton. General Hutton's brigade is com
posed of Canadians, New Zealanders
and ail the Australians except the cav
alry. His staff follows: Colonel Mar
tyr, chief; Lord Rosmead, aide-decamp;
Colonels Hood, of Victoria, and
Bridges, of New South Wales, and Ma
jor Cart wright, of Canada, assistant
adjutant generals. The brigade con
sists of four corps of mounted infan
try under Colonels Anderson, de Lisle,
Pilcher and Henry.
The first corps consists of the first
battalion Canadians under Colonel Lis
sard, and the second batalion Cana
dians under Colonel Herchmer. Strath
cona's Horse, under Lieutenant Colonel
Steele, and the Victorians, under Col
onel Price, are in the fourth corps: The
second and third corps are composed of
Australians. Each corps has a battal
ion of Imperial mounted infantry at
tached. The Canadians and New South
Wales batteries and a number of Vick-ers-Maxims
will also join the division.
General Ridley's brigade comprises all
the South African troops.
2EM,natp1 Total Loss of the Boers. mm
London, April 14. The Daily Mail
publishes the following dispatch, dated
yesterday, from Ixmrenzo Marques:
"The Boers are manufacturing shells,
especially Yickers-Maxim. in large
quantities at the Begbie foundry, Jo
hannesburg. The actual Boer losses to
the end of March, including prisoners,
are estimated at 12.000. At present
there are several thousand Boers in
Natal and 35,000 in the Free State."
Resort Buildings Burned.
Kaukauna, Wis., April 14. The
buildings of Eden park, a summer re
sort immediately adjoining the city
limits of South Kaukauna, were de
stroyed by fire Thursday night. The
destruction was total, as being out
side the city limits the fire department
was not allowed to act.
Plague Riots at Cawnpore.
Bombay, April 14. Plague riots
have taken place at Cawnpore, where
the segregation camp has been de
stroyed and ten persons have been
killed. The rioters killed five con- -
stables and threw tawir bodies into
the burning camp. Order is now re
stored. Good Friday at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati. April 14. In the observ
ance of Good Friday here thousands
climbed yesterday for high mass the
330 steps to the "Immaculate Church"
on Mount Adams, for which penance
the faithful, by a papal decree, have
the same privileges granted those who
ascend tae sacred stairs, at Rome.
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