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PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.. APRIL 20, 1900.
VOL. IX, NO. 46.
THE NEWS', Established Nov. 5. Iff I 'Consolidated
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Jan. 1, 195.
BAIN MANACLES AIMS
Operation .In Soutli Africa at'
a Standstill.
TEN 1)AYS OF MOIST WEATHEE.
C'n-ehs Art; Torrents, Koails tuag-inii-t
Very Little News Chica
go 1 lishiitcii Join tlic B.en.
IoikI..!:. April 2". A deluge of rain,
lasting teu days, has brought the op
erations in the southeastern part of
the Free State almost to a standstill.
The ereeks 1 1 a e become roaring river-
and tin mads are streams f mud.
A singular niesr:ige, da led l;loeniIO
t. in. April li:.V a. in., and begiu
uing "Via Press Censor, Bloemfoii
lc:n." iv,urls ;in exchange of t-hots
lit the direction of DeWet drop, where
the Boers :m- said to be concentrating
fritter their withdrawal rrom Wci
"ciier." There is nothing else to indi
cate that th- in v.v-t mt-iit of WeiMiier
has I.e. ii :i I.andnn. d by tin' Boers. Not
withstanding ihe rniii, the British have
made some progress, as De Wet's drop
has Im-i-ii occupied liy them, probably
by i In- advance of General Bundle's
division. I e Wet's drop is about twen
ty four miles from Wepetier.
l.v. rj tlilin; l Pretty (llnrurc.
An obscure message from Aliwal
North, dated April IV). says that Gen
ti a I Brabant has arrivi'd there, but
w 1 1 t ! i r In relumed alone or with his
troops is not eh ar. ISin-r reports from
Aliwal North aver that from N.0k to
lti.iMto l'ltMs are at Wcycuer. Kxtended
re;irts of tin- Blocmfniitcin eoncert for
the I 'tielit of the widows and orphans
liave been raided. No less than seven
separate accounts have been published
in London today. The concert, the j
weathei;. and the bare statement that i
Lord oWberts Is ready to move are
about the only things that the censor i
has allowed to pass, and the corre- !
spotident who aniiounees that Iord
1,'oberts is ready to move does not
sj ify tilt' direction in which he is go
ing, j
Willi Kniiinn .Ire Ahuiiilaiit. I
The I'.loernfoiiteiii corrcsiondent of
'1 he Morning Post telegraphing '.
Wednesilay says; "Thiscity of canards
lias been breeding impossible peace
minors during the last few days. Ev
ery one now await eagerly the an-I
notineetnent of a renewed advance. 1
The la. st arrivals of remounts show
an Improvement on the earlier ar
rivals." yiiwn WillM'lmiim Sees the Knvoy.
The Hague. April '. The Boer
peare commissioners, headed by Dr.
Leyds. had an audience of Queen Wil
heliniua yesterday afternoon, lasting
.l ipiarter of an hour. The delegates,
'apparently, were much gratified by the
affability of her majesty. Subseuently
they were rtveived in private audience ;
ij '..if- ioe, r.'s niotner.
r.sr: or vuilation of faith.
Alleged Amlnilanie Corps Men Take I'p
Arm at Pretoria.
Washington, April 20. The report
that the Irish ambulance corps that
left Chicago for the Transvaal some
weeks ago and recently arrived at Pre
toria had taken up arms for the I'.oers
is continued by a cable to the state de
partment, l.'nited States Consul Hay
has iiotilj.nl the department that mem
bers of the Chicago ambulance corps
took up arms in the Itoer army instead
of continuing with the hospital corps
to which they had pledged themselves
uion leaving the United States. Appar
ently the Portuguese authorities at
I,orcnzo Marques had doubts as to the
actual neutrality of these men, for the
party was detained many days at that
port before they were allowed to pro
ceed over the railroad to Pretoria.
The dispatches stated that a letter
from Miss JSarton turned the tide in
their favor. Miss liarton was said to
have declared that certain members of
the party were known to her and be
lieved to be going under true colors.
The otlicials here say that nothing can
be done by the government to prevent
sin-h violations of faith unde our neu
trality laws. The Portuguese authori
ties also probably found themselves
obliged to let the unknown men pass
through Lorenzo Marques, and itwould
sippear that unless the l'.ritish govern
ment can induce the Portuguese to
lake a different view of their obliga
tions, Portuguese South Africa will re
main an open doorway for recruits en
tering the Transvaal.
This ambulance corps was formed
by the Irish-A niericau societies of Cld
.43 '- and sanctioned by the American.
Hod Cross society.
.lohn Hull Having Truulile Klwhre,
Accra, (odd Coast Colony, West
Africa. April 20. The governor. Sir
Mitchell Hodgson. wires from Kumassi
that the other tribes are rising again,
and he asks for assistance. The loyal
P.ekuis have been attacked by the
Aslmntis. ami ok) have been killed. It
is feared that this will compel them
to join the rebellion. Evidently the
matter is extremely serious and was
minimized until it was too late.
Woman Shoots Her Husband.
Watertown, Wis., April li. Charles
Wright, of the town of Emmet, Dodge
county, was accidentally shot by his
wife with a shotgun. Mrs. Wright shot
at a large hawk which attacked the
chickens near the barn door just as
Wright was passing out of the barn,
at d the charge tore through his body,
killing him almost instantly.
Milwaukee Invitps Iewey.
Milwaukee. April 10. The Milwau
kee Carnival association has extended
invitations to Admiral CJeorge Dewey
to le the guest of the Milwaukee
Carnival association during the week
of the annual festivities. June 2" to 20.
Koiitau Catholic Clu ntor.
Chicago, April 10. The second an
nual convention of representatives of
Konaan Catholic colleges met yester
day morning at St. James' high school,
Twenty-ninth street and WabasTi av
enue. The discussion was devoted to
the question of adopting uniform en
trance requirements for all Iloman
.Catholic colleges.
V' Terrific Bail in Iowa.
Newton, la.. April 10. A terrific hail
ftorni passed through this section Tues
day alKiut two inches of hail falling in
some places. Oreat damage was done
to early milts, dui oiuerw ie uui iuucu
harm was done. A rainfall which
amounted to a cloudburst followed Uia
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-GIGANTIC" FARMERS' TRUST.
VIII He Called "Kniicht or the Soil" and
Will Corner Wheat,
Topeka, Kan.. April 20. The pre
liminary steps toward the organization
of a gigantic farmers' trust to -nibraee
all of the farming communities of the t
Mississippi valley, were taken at Abi
lene, Kan., Wednesday night. The new
aKs.x-iation will be known as "Knights
of the Soil," anil is designed to take the
place of the Farmers' Alliance, -which
has beeoiue extinct. This organization
will differ from its predecessors In re
infect to the object sought to be ob
tained In effecting the organization.
Instead of devoting its time and en
ergies to a discussion and attempt at
settlement of the iolitical questions of
the day, this association will l.e a busi
ness union of farmers, its chief object
being to enable the farmers to hold
their grain aud products during times'
of low prices without paying Interest
on a loan. The trust's secondary ob
jects are much like those of the alli
ance. In that it aims to Improve the
farmers condition in all res'K.'cts. j
THEY WERE BOSOM FRIENDS, j
i
Coincidence in the Heath of Two Promi
nent Oetrolt Men.
Detroit, Mich., April 20. There was
a sad coincidence in the death Wednes
day of S. M. Cutcheon and George It.
Angell. Cutcheon was 77, a prominent
lawyer and financier, and died at 2
o'clock in the nioiaing of erysipelas
and heart trouble. At 7 o'clock the
same morning a well-known art pa
tron, while at breakfast read the head
lines announcing Cutcheou's demise
and collapsed and expired almost in
stantly. Cutcheon wasAngell's lifelong friend
and the two were associated in many
business enterprises aud works of
charity. The shock of the death of
Cutcheon caused Angell's heart to give
way. Angell was 74 years of age.
lioth men were wealthy and leave
families.
BASE BALL IS RIPEAGAIN.
eaon Open in the National League with
Full Bleacher
Chicago. April 20. The League base
ball season opened yesterday aud the
attendance was large at all points. At
New York it was 1.j,hj0, at lloston !.
0o. Following are the scores: At St.
Louis Pittsburg . St. Louis 3; at Cin
cinnati -Chicago l.'J, Cincinnati 10; at
New York Prooklyn 3, New York 2;
at Boston Philadelphia 10, Boston 17.
American League: At Detroit Buf
falo s. Detroit 1; at Kansas City
Minneapolis 0, Kansas City at In
dianapolis Wet grounds.
Remains l .Jennie O'Neill l'otter.
New York. April 20. Jennie O'Neill
Potter's funeral services were held
In New York this morning at 10 o'clock
at the chapel of St. Luke's hospital,
and the body will leave for the west
tonight. It will arrive in Chicago Sun
day morning and will be taken that
evening to her old home at Patch
Crove. Wis. At 1 o'clock Monday aft
ernoon the funeral will be held at the
little Metho!ist church in the village
in which she spoke her first piece.
Burial will Ih? in the church yard.
Vere Sweethearts Fifty Years Ago.
Bushville, Iud., April 20. W. D.
w estertield. a wealthy Ilusn county
farmer, aged 74, and Mrs. II. .T. Con
way, of New York. 73 years old, were
married Wednesday. -Fifty years ago
they were sweethearts and had not seen
one another since that time until
Wednesday. In 1S-I8 preparations were
made for marriage, but circumstancesj
nlterel plans nnI thfy drifted apart.
l)ach married and each lost the patiuer
about two years ago.
Fairbanks Declines to lCun.
Indianapolis. April 20. United
States District Attorney Wishard has
returned from Washington and stated
that Senator Fairbanks will not be a
ctiandidate for vice president. "I spent
two nights at his home while I was in
Washington." said he, "and can say
that he would not accept a nomination
if it were tendered to him. He likes
his place in the senate." He says the
senator will be here for the state con
vention. (lets $1.30O from the Company.
K.icine, Wis., April 20. In the case
of Adam DeShoy against the Milwau
kee Street Kailway company, the jury,
after being out eighteen hours, re
turned a verdict of SI, 300 for the
plaintiff. DeShoy sued for $5,000 dam.
ages for Injuries he sustained in get
tins on a car which he alleged started
before he w as on, throwing him to the
ground. The company will appeal.
International Itas Rail League.
Detroit. April 20. A meeting of rep
resentatives of cities which are ex
pected to join the proposed Interna
tional Base Ball league was held in
the Gnswohl House yesterday after
noon. The following Michigan and
Canadian cities are reported: Grand
liapids, Muskegon. Saginaw, Manis
tee. Port Huron, Loudon, Hamilton
and Chatham.
Xat Ration at the Soo."
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., April 20.
There is nothing to prevent vessels
getting to Lake Superior. The river
and Mud lake are all clear of Ice, which
disappeared under two days of heavy
rain, i ne season opens with water
at 17 feet 0 inches. The opening has
come so suddenly that so far as known
here no ships are headed this way.
Delegates in a Row.
Montgomery. Ala., April 20. A row
among the delegates to the Republican
convention started before the body
had lecii called to order. After a
scene of great excitement, accompanied
by some shooting, in which one man
was seriously hurt, the governor
cleared both factions out of the state
house building aud grounds.
Interstate Commerce Men at Denver.
Denver, Colo.. April 20. Two mem
bers of the interstate commerce com
mission, J. W. Fifer and J. C. Cle
ments, were hearing testimony in this
citv yesterday in a freight rate case.
Relnlt Company in the Guard.
Madison. Wis., April 18. The Beloit
militia comnauv. reorganized, will be
readmitted to the Wisconsin National
Guard by order of Colonel Falk. re
ceived at the adjutant general's office
T-PRtprd.i v. Maior A. B. Cambier, of
Milwaukee, will muster the company
in, probably within two weeks.
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Czar Anxious for a Son.
London, April IS. The Berlin corre
spondent of The Standard says he is
iuformed that the main' object of the
czar's visit to Moscow is to pray for a
' son. Pious Bussians believe that such
supplication are especially effective
I during holy week.
CUBAN CMS FACTS
Total Population of tlie Island
31 ore Than a Million.
NATIVE WHITES HOLD THE POWER,
Having a Majority of Voters Over AH
Others Dewey Emphatically De
liies a Campaign Story.
Washington, April 20. General
Banger yesterday made public the com
pendious results of the Cuban census
taken undr his direction. The figures
am very instructive, and in the opin
ion of the war department otlicials
fully Justify the decision of the admin
istration to allow municipal suffrage
in Cuba at this early stage. The offi
cials are gratified to find that the na,- !
tive Cubans constitute so large a por
tion of the population; that the whites
so greatly outnumber the blacks, and
that so large a proportion of tne native
population can read and write. In their
opinion there seems to be no room for
the objection that the proposed basis
of suffrage would result in turning the
island over to the control of Spain.
Total I'opulatlon of 1 ,5 7 2,7 i) 7.
The total imputation of Cuba is 1,
C72.707, including 815,205 males aud
757,502 females. There are 447,372
White males and 4G2.02U white females
jf native birth. The foreign whites
number 115.700 males and 20.45S fe
males. There are 111, SOS male negroes
and 122,740 female negroes. The mixed
races number 125,500 males aud 145,
Uo5 females. There are 14,004 male
and Hi'! female Chinese. The popula
tion of Havana city is 235.0M. aud of
the province of Havana 424.sl.
Analynin of the Population.
Of the total population of the island
1,H.S,70 persons are set down as sin
gle: 2h;,35l as married: while 131.7S7
live together by mutual couseut. There
are S5.112 widowed iersons. Of the
total population, according to citizen
ship, 20,47s are Spanish, 1,200,307 are
Cubans, 175.S11 are in suspense, 70,520
are of other citizenship, and 010 are
unknown. The Spanish by birth num
ber 120240. Of the children 10 years
of age and over 40,414 have attended
school. Of the total population 443,
42G can read and write, and 10,153
have a superior education.
Will He 140.000 Qualified Native Voters
The table oa citizenship, Illiteracy,
and education is regarded as specially
important as forming the basis of suf
frage alnnit to Ik conferred. Because
so many citizenships are still in sus
pense, and for other reasons,
the returns are not quite com
pleted; but the conclusion is drawn
that there will be at least 140.00O qual
ified native Cuban voters under the
proposed basis of suffrage. The ne
groes are in the minority In Cuba,
const it ui ing only 32 ir cent ef the
poi-iMuiioii, being most numerous in
Santiago, where they constitute 4:? ier
cent. The native whites constitute
more than one-half rhe population, or
5S per cent. Nearly f jht cent, of the
inhabitants were born in Cuba.
DENIAL. OF A CAMPAIGN STOKY.
Dewey Repudiate a Sentiment That Was
r 1 t il to M m.
Washington, April 2. In reply to a
letter from the editcr ef the Hamilton
Demo. -rat. Hamilton. O.. relative to a
paragraph which has been going the
rounds of the newspapers. Admiral
Dewey yesterday sent iho following-
communication:
"Dear Sir: I am in re eipt of your let
ter of the 17th inst. asking if I am cor
rectly reported as saying. 'Well. I'll tell
you what a Democrat is: In time of
war a Democrat is a d - d traitor; in
time of peace he is a d d fool. In
reply I have to state that this is one of
the thousands of lies uttered concern- j
ing nie, to attempt to contradict all of
which would require more time than '
is at my command. However, since you '
extend the opportunity, it gives me
pleasure to state thatl have never said
or thought of such a thing as the fore
going statement accredited to me. I
have a very fond remembrance of thou
sands and tens of thousands of 'War
Democrats whom 1 knew, ami who
wire some of The best ti.ghlers this
country ever saw. Very truly vours,
"G i:o KG K DEW EY."
Stenn:-r Carry'Sup plies to Inula.
Washington. April 2. The navy do-pf-tnient
hassecuriHl a 5. ihmMoii steam
er to carry the wheat and other food
supplies collected by charitable or
ganizations in New York to the plague
and famine sufferers in India.
Cuban Klettion in Ju.ie.
Washington. April 2. The follow
ing cablegram was re-cived at the war
department yesterday from General
Wood at Havana: '"Census returns and
electoral law will be published late this
afternoon. Election June 10."
Heavy Deal in Timber La ml.
Chippewa Falls. Wis., April 20.
A. B. McDonell. president of the Lum
bermen's National bank of this city.
with J. J. Kennedy, of Kib Lake, has
purchased a belt of timber of OO.imhi
acres. The timber standing on it is
estimated at one billion feet. The tract
is located immediately north and north
east of Bib Lake, Wis. This is the
largest timber land deal made in Wis
consin for years past and involves a
large amount of money.
He Kan with the" Rocket."
Des Moines, la.. April IS. Edward
Entwistle. aged 87, who ran with
George Stephenson on the first trip of
Stephenson's 'Bocket" in 1S20, was
in t ahd into I es Mob.es lodge No. 113,
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
on Sunday. He was 10 years old and
an apprentice in a Liverjtool machine
shop when the first locomotive made
its trial trip. Stephenson had taken
a fancy to him. aud he was taken as
an assistant on the trip. He has been
a steamboat aud stationary engineer
all his life until a few years ago, hav
ing come to America when a young
man.
Fire in a Woodenware. I'lant.
Escanaba, Mich.. April 18. The but
ter dish department of the Escanaba
Wooden ware company's plant was de
stroyed by fire Monday, entailing a
loss of JOO.OOO. The fire started in a
dry kiln in the north wing of the fac
tory and spread with such rapidity
that many of the girls employed on the
second floor had narrow escapes. Four
of the girls were compelled to Jump
from second-story windows and a num
ber of others lost their wraps In the
nantc.
SHE CLAIMS AN ESTATE.
Another, However, a Man, Ha Nine
Points of the Uw,
Chicago, April 20. Mrs. Anna Mur
phy, an invalid widow living at 43
Pearson stiet, announces that she is
the daughter of Baron Hildelirand Au
gvtt von Glahn and heir to an estate
and properties now in the possession
of August von Glahn, a Chicago law
yer, living at 719 Fullerton avenne.
Mrs. Murphy, born Von Glahn.
claims to be the only child of the
baron's first-marriage; Hat he was
never divorced from her mother; that
the nuptials were duly solemnized in
.St. Andrew's Roman Catholic church
in New York city, and that she has
been keDt out of her rights by. her
uncle, who was executor of the estate
and who administered it In favor of
August von Glahn, of Chicago, her fa
ther's only child by a second mar
riage. According to the claimant'9 story,
her parents were married in 1S59. Her
mother's name before she married the
baron was MeCabe. Her father left
their home, 25 East Broadway, New
York, soon after the child was born
and came to Chicago.
August von Glahn, the successful
heir to the baron's millions, when
asked Wednesday night about Mrs.
Murphy's claims he said: "She may
be a daughter of my father I don't
know anything aliout that but I am
positive my father was not married
to her mother."
SAWYER LEFT $3.000.000 BEHIND
All Ones to the Family Except $ 10.C00 to
a Ladles' Society.
Oshkosh, Wis., April 20. The will
of the late Philetus Sawyer was filed
for probate yesterday afternoon. The
estate Is estimated to be worth over
$3,000,000 and all goes to the family
with the exception of $10.0000 left to
the Ladies' Benevolent society, of Osh
kosh. To his daughter, Erna Sawyer Good
man, of Chicago, all the capital stock
of the Sawyer-Goodman company, of
Chicago, 220 shares of $1000 each of
capital stock of Wisconsin National
bank of Milwaukee. 250 shares of Se
curity and Trust company of Washing
ton; $10,000 in bonds of Clover Paper
company, of Stevens Point; $10,000 of
Itoyal Trust company. Chicago. To
her son. Kenneth Goodman, and to his
son, Phil Sawyer. $10,000. To Nina
Sawyer Chase, $10,000; and the. same
to Julia Chase. The Ladies Benevolent
society, of Oshkosh, $10,000. All the
balance goes to Edward Sawyer.
New Line for the C, M. and St. P.
Des Moines, la., April 20. It is an
nounced on the best authority that the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Taul road
will this j-ear complete ts-rPlan of a
Des Moines-St. Paul line, fey building
from either Boone to Lehigh, alout
thirty miles, or from Boone to Clarion,
eighty miles. At either Lehigh or
Clarion connection would be made
with the Mason City and Fort Dodge,
over wliicli trains would run to Mason
City, thence into St. Paul over the
present lire of the St. Pan, ".rstem.
The Mason City and Fort" Dodge is
practically, if not absolutely, controlled
by the St. Paul.
Condition of Yellowstone Park.
Sioux City, la.. April 20. Captain
II. M. Chittenden, the officer in charge
of the improvement of the Yellow
stone National park, says that the pres
ent condition of the reservation is as
promising as at an3 time in its history.
The activity of the various geyser
basins shows no signs of diminution.
There are some changes, but of no im
portance. The various features of in
terest are more accessible to the pub
lic than ever before. The game in
the park, with the possible exception
of the buffalo, is constantly increas
ing. Four Deaths in the Tamarack.
Calumet. Mich., April 20. Four men
have been killed at the Tamarack mine
within a week, two by explosions and
two by fall of rock. Vincent Chapp
was the fourth victim, and he was in
stantly killed, while tramming 2,000
feet from the surface, in No. 2 shaft
yesterday morning.
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE.
Spain has changed her cabinet again,
but Premier Silvela remains, with four
others of the old ministry.
Primroses were thick all over Eng
land yesterday. It was the anniversary
of D'lsrael's death.
A bill to give Longstreet $50 a month
Mexican war pension is before the sen
ate. Professor .E. Benjamin Andrews has
accepted the chancellorship of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, and will leave
Chicago.
F. W. Schell's shoe store at Dodge
ville. Wis., was closed by the sheriff
on attachment In favor of the Beats
& Torreny company, of Milwaukee,
on a claim of $1,500.
James Sowe Is on trial at Neillsville,
Wis., charged with attempting to kill
his wife.
Arrangements have been made to
build a starch factory at Wautoma,
Wis.
The first session of the fourth an
nual meetlngof the American Academy
of Political and Social Science is in
session at Philadelphia.
The bubonic plague Is primarily due
to a microbe so small that 250,000,000
of them would "be reauired to cover
a square inch of surface.
Two Bussian admirals and forty
two other officers are said to be under
arrest for swindling the government.
Bats are used by a Marquette, Mich.,
mining company as underground scav
engers to eat the scraps and fragments
left from the miners' dinners.
The first five G. A. R. departments
in order in the parade at Chicago will
be Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
New York and Connecticut.
Speakers at the banquet of the
Brooklyn Democratic club denounced
the Chicago platform and urged the
retirement of Bryan.
It is admitted in New York that Miss
Helen Bertram, of the Bostoulans is
engagea to . Ueorge Kssauei
wanted in Chicago for connection with
a bogus bond deal.
Serious riot resulted from a demon
stration made in favor of the army at
the memorial service for Colonel Vil
lebois Mareuil in Paris.
Colored men caught on the streets
of Tort Tampa. Fla.. after 10 o'clock
at nigat without a pass signed by th
mayor are sent to jail and fined.
Went Home to Commit Snlrlde.
Kewanee, Ills., April 20. Miss Jen
nie Davis, employed in the treasury
department at Washington, and home
on a vacation, committeed suicide by
drinking: carbolic acid.
EIGHT-HOUK DAY LAW
Is Proposed For CJovenuneiit
I'niployes.
FIGHT IN COMMITTEE ABOUT 0LE0
Squabble in the House Between Ohio
and Mississippi Gi-osvenor Kt
plains McKinley'ti Views.
Washington, April 10. The housa
sub-committtee on labor, in charge of
the Gardner eight-Jiour bill, reached
a decision yesterdaj- on the final form
of the bill and on several amendments,
all of which will be reported to the
full committee on labor tomorrow,
when it is expected that final action
will be taken. The bill has attracted
much attention In labor circles, being
actively urged by the American Fed
eration of Labor, and has been energet
ically opposed by many large steel,
armor, shipbuilding and ammunition
concerns doing business with the gov
ernment, as the measure will have the
effect of fixing an eight-hour day on
armor and like commodities and in the
building of warships.
Amendments That Have Been Made.
The amendments made yesterday are
intended to overcome objections raised
during recent extended hearings. One
of them provides that the act shall not
apply to transportation. This is to over
come the objection that goods en route
to a factory where government work
was being done might be held up be
cause the train hands did not conform
to the eight-hour rule. Another amend
ment provides that the act shall not ap?
ply to goods bought by the government
in open market. This is to overcome
the objection that the eight-hour re
striction could be carried back to thti
mines, lumber camps, and all points
producing raw material which later
goes into government articles.
Committee Was Hot Unanimous.
These and other amendments are de
signed to free the measure from the
chief objections brought against it, and
some of them were drafted by the
Federation of Labor authorities. The
action of the suD-conimittee was not
unanimous in ordering a report.
Controversy Over Oleomargarine.
A lively controversy has beeu going
on of late in the house committee on
agriculture over the Grout bill placing
a heavy tax on oleomargarine. The
measure has been in charge of a sub
committee presided over by Lorinier of
Illinois, who with Chairman Wads
worth, of the full committee, is In the
city. Neville of Nebraska gave notice
at a special meeting of the committee
yesterday that on next Wednesday he
would 6eek to have a definite time set
for. taking a vote by the full commit
tee, thus restricting the time within
which the sub-committtee can act. Will
lams of Mississippi gave a counter no
tice that Ve would n-sist the course
proposed with all his ability.
LKFT AN OFFICIAL. VACllM,
Oversight in the Porto Kiean Kill Points
In the House Debates.
Washington, April li. The president
has sent to congress a message call
ing attention to the fact that the
Porto Bican law will create vacancies
in offices in the government of Porto
Bico before uew appointments can be
made. When the uiessage was read
in the senate Foraker offered a joint
resolution providing that army officers
might continue to serve in t!ieiosition.s
they now hold until civil officers could
be appointed. It was referred to the
Porto Bican committee.
The debate on the naval appropria
tion bill under the live-minute rule in
the house yesterday drifted into poli
tics, and for a good portion of the aft
ernoon members fought hammer and
tongs across the political aisle. The
partisan rancor almost culminated in
a sensational scene between Grosve
nor, the champion of the adminis
tration, and Williams of Mississippi.
Some of the Democrats began worry
ing Hawley of Texas by pointedly
asking If thepresideut had not changed
his mind on the Porto Bican tariff
question, and Grosvenor finally threw
himself into the breach. Williams
made an interruption that drew a
sharp rejoinder from the Ohioan about
the "unfair" advantage taken by the
Mississlpian.
This aroused the wrath of the latter,
and after Grosvenor had concluded he
made a sharp response in which he
said parliamentary language would not
permit him properly to characterize
Grosvenor's offense. Later Grosvenor
disclaimed intentional affront and there
the matter ended.
Grosvenor's explanation of the presi
dent's course was as follows: "As soon
as It became manifest to the president
that money had to be raised in some
way, and that the ways and means
committee of this house had brought
in a tariff bill providing for 15 per
cent, of 23 per cent., the president recog
nized the right and power of this
house to originate that tariff bill. Up
to the very last moment of the passage
of that Porto Bican bill gentlemen
on the other side insisted that the
president was still in favor of free
trade In Porto Bico. But I
call the gentleman's attention to the
fact that in the message of the presi
dent he gave no sign or indication of
when he desired that free trade meas
ure should go into effect. We. by our
vote put it so that within the next six
ty days, ninety days, four months, any
time after the organization of the civil
government, the people of Porto Bico
can have free trade. The presidnt has
signed it and thereby given his ap
proval to it. I say he did
not change his opinion In any material
respect: be simply changed from the
original idea of free trade to what was
almost the condition of free trade that
we appondJ to the masure."
Ol'R RELATIONS WITH TI KKEV.
Report That tVa Have Sent a Sort of l ltl
inatum to the Sultan.
Washington, April 1U. One of the
New Y'ork correspondents here tele
graphs to his paper that "the United
States charge d'affaires at Constanti
nople will be directed to inform the
sultan that this government must in
sist on the payment without further
delay of the $100,000 indemnity for
utraason American missionaries ana
destruction of their property," or dras
tic measures will be adopted to collect
the same, and the correspondent sug
gests as a measure that may.be adopt
ed the seizure of the port of Smyrna
and administration its customs rev
enues until the judgment and the ex
penses of collection are canceled.
Three successive American m misters
have prosecuted these claims; each has
received a protnls of prompt settle
ment, and yet not a dollar has been
paid. With European diplomats
that is an old experience, and
those here have consequently
been somewhat surprised at the
announcement that the United
States government is actually going
to insist upon performance instead of
promise. President Angell, after try
ing his hand at collection for two
years, recommended that a United
States warship be sent to seize Smyrna
and collect revenues at the custom
house there sufficient to meet our
claims.
This suggestion was not seriously
entertained, nor is it now. In the first
place, according to the state depart
ment officials, most of the important
business interests in Smyrna are in
the hands of foreigners, not Turks,
and a bombardment by a United States
fleet might result in a pretty bill for j
damages against us. Then, as there is
still a remnant of a Turkish navy, the
United States would have to send a
squadron instead of a single warship.
Such a movement would without doubt i
be resented by the remainder of Eu- '
rope, which could not contemplate '
with equanimity an action by the
United States that would perhaps de
stroy the fruits of many years work
of the greatest European statesmen by
precipitating a final crisis in Turkey.
Therefore the next step to be taken ,
by our government will not be war
like, but will still suggest in a most
dignified manner the indignation felt
by the United States at the betrayal
of Turkish promises. How this atti
tude will bear upon the Turkish min
ister in Washington cannot be foretold
at this moment.
BRINGS VP TF1K COLOR LINE.
Resolution Introduced by Chandler Re
garding the Nero Vote.
Washington. April 19. Chandler yes
terday introduced a bill in the senate
"for the prevention of the denial or the
abridgement of the right of citizens of
the United States to vote on account of
color." In presenting the bill Chandler
said that he did so by request, and was
not yet prepared to press its considera
tion. He said, however, that he had
drawn the bill himself.
It provides that "any requirement of
any qualification for suffrage pre
scribed by any state in its constitution
or laws which directly or indirectly,
by express words or by any device or
subterfuge, is made to apply In its
terms or in its operation to the great
body of t lie colored citizens of the
state, while it is not made to apply to
the great lody of the white citizens, is
hereby declared to be unconstitution
al, null and inoperative."
Other section! of the bill authorize
colored citizens to vote regardless of
race or of state restriction. Colored
citizens also are given the right of ac
tion of damages against registration
boards refusing them the right to reg
ister. Vermont Republicans Meet.
Burlington, Vt., April 19. The Re
publican state convention for the se
lection of delegates and alternates to
the national Republican convention in
Philadelphia next June was held here
yesterday and duly transacted Its busi
ness, adopting a standard Republican
platform that reaffirms allegiance to
"all the great historic principles for
which our party has stood from its
foundation as the consistent advocate
and champ'! n." and indorses the pres
ent administration.
JSAKL. WEliS iaLlE COOKE,
While According to liritinh Lair He Still
Has a Wife in Kngland.
Reno, Tex., April 111. Aniarriage li
cense was issued to John Francis Stan
ley Russell and Mollie Cooke in this
city Saturday, April 14. They stopped
at the Riverside hotel Saturday night
and were married Sunday by District
Judge F. Curler. They left Sunday
night for the east, their destination be
ing unknown. Mollie Cooke's son,
about '23 years of age, was with the
couple. They came to Reno from
Glenbrock, Nev., a small summer re
sort on the shores of Lake Tahoe. The
man in the case is said to be Earl
Russell, a British nobleman who was
living in judicial separation from his
wife, the countess.
Loudon, April 19. A close friend of
Lord Bussell, in coufirming the an
nouncement of the earl's marriage,
adds: "For some time Lord Russell felt
that his years of suffering and annhoy
ance had released him from all obli
gations, moral or otherwise, connected
with his first marriage, and that he
was free to do as he desired. I do ont
believe the question of bigamy will be
raised, but at any rate Ixrd Russell
and his Irish bride are returning to
England next month." There Is no
doubt, however, that the case is one of
bigamy here and Countess Russell de
clares the marriage Is "terrible" under
the circumstances. The divorce case
between these two ended in obth be
ing refused a divorce, the courts mere
ly granting both parties judicial sep
aration. MOUNT IS NOT TO PRESIDE.
Hanly To He Chairman at the Indiana Re
publican Convention.
Indianapolis, April 19. It Is report
ed that Governor Mount will not be
chairman of the Republican state con
vention next week. It has been the
impression for several days that the
governor would receive the honor, and
he had been given the assurances to
that effect. However, the crowd that
does the real work says Frank Hanly
will be the chairman. It Is known
that the governor was at work on his
speech, and had promised advance
copies of it to certain persons.
The situation as to the governorship
nomination has not clarified in the
least. Griffiths and Durbin appear to
be In the lead, with Hogate a strong
probability should it be impossible to
nominate either. Ex-Judge Howard,
of South Bend, who has been men
tioned as candidate for Democratic
nomination for governor, was here
Tuesday, and positively announced
that he would not permit the use of his
name. He favors B. F. Shlvely, of
South Bend.
Trnubleat a St. Louis Church.
St. Louis. April IS. It took eleven
policemen to keep order at the vestry
election of Mount Cavalry high Epis
copal church Monday night. The trou
ble was due to a factional fight be
tween those who wished to retain the
Rev. P. W. Fauntleroy as pastor and
those who wished to expel him from
the church. The pastor won by a ma
jority of one when the votes were cast.
Fauntleroy is the man who defended
Maxwell in the famous murder trial
and went into the ministry because be
lost it.
FIRING LINUS QUIET
The Boers Still Seem to lie lie
sieging' Wepener.
STOEY OF GEN. WAEEEN'S EEOALL.
British War Office lecUiics to Confirm
Kiuger's Offer t Pay the
Delajfou Buy Award.
London, April 10. The war office de
clines to give any Information in re
gard to current reiorts yesterday that
Geueral Warren had beeu recalled.
Pretoria. April 1V. The latest offi
cial reports from the Orange Free
State are to the effect that Geueral De
Wet is still surrounding Brabant's
Dalgetty'sV forces, though the British
are strongly entrenched In Boer fash
ion, indicating that they are colonials..
Commandant Fronemauu reports that
he chased 4h troops across the river
in the direction of Aliwal North, cap
turing several prisoners. It is said that
Bethulie bridge has been blown up.
One Result of "Hobs' " Report.
London, April 19. Colonel Croftou,
who was in command at Spiou kop
from the time General Wood gate was
wounded until Colonel Thornycroft was
appointed to the iosiiion. and whose
heliograph messages to General War
ren caused General Buller to appoint
Thornycroft to the command, was
placed on half pay yesterday. Private
information received from Shrewsbury
is to the effect that General Gatacre Is
leaving South Africa this week to re
sume command of a local district.
Kruger's Otter to Portugal.
Pretoria, April 19. As soon as the
Berne award in the Delagoa Bay rail
way arbitration was published the
Transvaal government offered to lend
Portugal the amount she was con
demned to pay ($."i.(i)0,(i00) which, how
ever, was courteously declined, the
statement being made that the money
was already provided.
The government is receiving many
memorials from burghers on the sub
ject of sending the Boer prisoners to
St. Helena and will formally protest to
Great Britain on the subject. Secretary
of State Roitz says the Transvaal gov
ernment is not taking any resolution
regarding the destruction of the mines.
BELIEVED IN MRS. EDDY.
Refused Medical Aid and Is Now at Ills,
Ft -rnal Sleep.
Fort Atkinson, Wis., April 19. A.'
B. Wentworth. formerly of Milwau
kee, who died here of quick consuuip--lion
last Sunday, was a firm believer
in Christian Science, as was also his
mother, whom. It is said, he converted
to that belief. Some time ago he con
tracted a bad cold. He paid no atten-'
tion to it, took no treatment for it, and.
In time, grew better. Shortly after that,
he took another cold. As before, he
refused medical aid.
Finally his father, who does not be
lieve in Christian Science, realizing
that his son was growing rapidly
worse, insisted on a physician being
called In. Wentworth. however, re
fused to have anything to do with the
doctor and the latter was sent away.
The disease eventually settled on his
lungs and the young man died of con
sumption. The funeral was held Tues
day afternoon.
Question of Tuberculosis in Cattle.
Springfield, Ills., April 19. A com
mittee representing the stock raising,
and dairy interests of Illinois was in",
this city Tuesday to protest against
quarantine and tests for tuberculosis
which prevent cattle baing imported
until after the "tuberculin test has been,
made. They endeavored to see Gov
ernor Tanner, but he was too 111 to see
them. They conferred with the state
board of live stock commissioners, who
promised to meet them in Chicago in
the near future. The committee claims
that only 1 per cent, of cattle imported
into Illinois are found to have tuber
culosis, and those only in mild form.
Roy Kills His Playmate.
St. Louis. April 19. While playing
at Wild West Isaac Steinard, 10 years
old, shot and Instantly killed Arthur
Prince, 14 years old, the only witness
to the tragedy being Alex. Bass, a com
panion. 13 years old. Ihe three boys
were playing In the front room of
Steinard's home. 1318 North Eleventh
street. Suddenly Isaac leveled a re
volver at Arthur and ordered "hands
up." As the latter partially turned, the
pistol exploded, the bullet striking th
little fellow In the back of the head,
causing instant death. Steinard and
Bass was arrested. .
Hakes the Law Ex Pout Facto.
New York. April 19. President
York, of the police board, has come
out opwnly In stating the policy of the
board to refuse to grant licenses for
public boxing matches. "The board's
position is this," said he, "if it were
wrong to hold a boxing match on Sept,
1, it is wrong to permit one to be held
on the 1st of May."
Reward fur Stolen Gems.
Chicago, April 19. A reward of $4,
000 and no questions asked has been
offered by Orrin W. l'otter whose
Lake Shore drive residence was en-j
tered recently by porch climbers and '
diamonds valued at $16,000 stolen fori
the return of the gems.
Aged Woman Burned to Death.
Indianapolis. April 20. Mary Mc
Carthy, a widow. 03 years old, was
burned to death early in the morning
at her home. 231 North Davidson
street. She died in great agony, after.
snfferimr four hours. Her flesh was al
roost cooked from the bead to the
knees, and her eves were burned out.
The hair of her head was completely
hnmnl nfr. nnd her features were!
burned be vond recognition. With Mrs
McCarthy lived her daughter and a
small grandson. Mrs. Jlctanuy triea
to put out a fire which started In the!
house before calling for help and her
clothing ignited. The money loss waa .
small. : .
For and Agiiiui t, mn.u.
New York. April 20. The Journal
r,4 Afii'ttrriaor has notled as many of
the Tresbyterlan clergymen of Greater
New York as could be reached upod
the subject of a change of creed. The
result follows: "For a new creed 23;
against revision. 14: non-committal, b.
Woman Killed on tfie Bail.
Vtlalr Plvar Falla Wis . Anrll 19.
Mrs. Anna Strand, of Warrens, was
run over by a freight train at Mills
ton Tuesday afternoon and killed.