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VOTES TO EXPUNGE LETTER
Annnjmoti Coiuiitttulcntlnn Iterteetlnff
Upon Ierry H Ilrntli NtrltiUen From tho
Jlrconl KnlMT Itn Anotluir Innlng A
rlenlturat Approprlntlon Mill In Hmiate
Washington lVb In tlio Hoiinte
Air Spoonor oITitim the fol
fostenluy
owing amendment to tho army appro
priation bills
Thnt nil tuttltnrT civil mul Jmllrlnl pnw
M IKMCHHIIIT III KDMIII till- tlllllpilllll 11-
tiuli xlinll until otlicrwlnu prnvlilMl I it
ooiiRn KH be vihIpiI In mieh piimiim mul
fclinll tn cxrrdsiil In suclt mntimr mm Dm
trpililrnt of the United NlntoH kIiiiII direct
fr tlio ontiibtlHhliiiiil f civil mivcrnmpiit
ml for mnliitnliilnp nnd protiollin tlio
liilmhttmit of snlil IhIhiiiIh In tlio free enjoy
tiiciit of tliolr lllirrljr pronilr nml rcllKtoii
provided Hint nil frnnrlilnoii hiiuiIimI umlor
tlio nutliorlty lioro when nIimII contain it
rcncnntlmi of tlio tight to niter aicml or
fcrpint tint nniiio
HOUSE HELP3THE WIDOWS
IMiiofl llllt Mentoring Tlionn Dependent
Upon Tliolr Own tjibor for Nupport
Washington IM 0 Yesterday was
probably I ho last tiny to be devoted to
private pension legislation by tlio
house of representatives In this con
gross High water mark made In tlio
01st congress wiih alinoHt reached yes
tonlny wbun 181 bllln were piihhuiI
ngalnst 117 passed at u Mingle session
In the former congress In all tlio
house at tills congress linn piiHsod
about 000 bills u number eoiiHlderably
exceeded In the 5 1 h t A general pen
Ion bill was passed to rcHtore to the
pension rolls widows of soldlora of the
rebellion who subsequently married
nnd beeaine widowed or divorced By
tho terms of the bill however Its ben
efits arc limited to wIiIowh of soldiers
who wcro married before the clone of
the rebellion and who arc now depend
ent upon their own labor for support
SUBSIDY FIGHT IN SENATE
Inoireelital rnort to Secure Agreement for
Fluiil Votu on tlio Meuura
Washington Feb 0 Ait Ineffectual
effort was madu In the senate yester
day to secure an agreement upon n
time for a llual vote upon the shipping
bill Vigorous protests were inatte by
opponents of the measure ngaltmt any
audi agreement uvea for a date In
tlio lmlellulte future Prltchard Ucp
K O spoke In support of the shipping
bill and then the naval appropriation
bill was considered tho rest of tho day
the shipping bill being laid aside In
formally The naval bill had not been
cted on when tho sonnte adjourned
MEETING OF CABINET
Cuban CoiMtltutlou mul Kitm Neulnnnf
Congremi tlio Topic Dlcued
Washington lYb D Among the
subjects discussed at yesterdays cau
lnet meeting were the Cuban consti
tution and the possible necessity for
un extra session of congress Persons
In position to bewcll Informed as to
tho presidents purpose believe that
on extra session will bo Inevitable
without congress shall take some ac
tion with respect to Cuba and Its rela
tion to this country With that matter
disposed of there Is good reason to
believe that uu extra session will be
avoided
SATURDAY
Washington Feb 11 If consider
ation of tho naval appropriation bill
la completed today as It Is supposed it
will be the ship subsidy bill will tin
called up by Senator Frye and that
bill will continue- to receive the atten
tion of the senate during the remain
der of the day Senator Cattery will
tuko the tloor when the bill In taken
up and Is expected to occupy the re
maining portion of the day whatever
time there may bo left Senator Proc
tor has given notice that as ciialrmau
of the committee on agriculture he will
call ut tho agricultural appropriation
bill tomorrow There will be no effort
to prevent the displacement of the
subsidy bill by the appropriation bills
The committee on appropriations
hopes to be able to report the fortillco
tlons appropriation bill by the time
the agricultural bill shall be disposed
of and tho army appropriation bill Is
expected to bo reached later In the
week
The plan Is to have all appropriation
bills acted on ns promptly as possible
nfter they are reported but when there
tire no bills of that character before
the senate tho subsidy bill will con
tinue to have the right of way No de
cision has been reached yet as to
whether there will be renewed effort
to secure night sessions In the sub
sidy bill but the present Indications
are thnt thoro will be no further Im
mediate attempt In that direction
The opponents of the bill declare that
In case of a renewal of tho night meet
ings tho friends of tho bill will bo com
pelled to keep constantly In the cham
ber a Quorum of their won While
they made frequent demands for a
call of tho senate during tho evening
sessions of last week they always
thcmscolvcs replied to their names
when cnlled It Is now understood
to be their purpose not to do this In
case of further efforts to bring the bill
to a vote by carrying the senate meet
lugs into the night
Cuba and Philippine
Much Interest Is felt lu tho effort
which is to be made to secure legisla
tion in connection with fhe army ap
propriation bill in regard to the Philip
pines and Cuba It has been always
supposed that any nttempt In either
direction would opeu up tho entire
colonial policy of the administration
and lead to interminable debate but
thoro is now unquestionably a quite
general acquiescence in the effpjt to be
made for Philippine nml Cuban loi
lulinii Whether this Is duo to tho fact
TANGLE OVER WAR TAX
Itnue Will Dlngrc to Hctialn Amend
ment to Kedtietlon Hill
Washington Feb 11 The revenue
reduction hill will come before tlio
house today with some prospect of
uu animated discussion The ways
and menus committee has already de
termined on a recommendation for a
disagreement to tho stymie amend
ments to tho bill and that a confer
ence with the senate be asked But
thin determination has aroused consid
erable feeling among the majority
members of tho committee and this
may llml expression wheu Chalrmnn
Puyno presents the report antl moves
for a conference Following this mut
ter the diplomatic and consular appro
p rliitlon bill will claim attention the
general discussion of foreign questions
particularly the Philippines being
still open Tho army appropriation
bill and the sundry civil bill also will
receive consideration luring tho week
Among the measures of general legis
lation likely to come up is the Import
ant bill for government aid and partic
ipation In the Louisiana Purchnnc ex
position to be held at St Louis Chair
man Tawney Having tlio subject in
charge has received assurances of
early recognition and expects to take
up the bill the first pnrt of the week
The bills retiring officers of tho rcre
nne cutler service and establishing a
standardising bureau continue to be
special orders when appropriation
bills do not have the right of way
Legislation regarding West Point haz
ing may coin up at any time al
though It Is likely to he dealt with In
conference In connection with the mili
tary academy appropriation bill
MONDAY
Washington Feb 11 Yesterday was
a Held day In the house being by far
tho liveliest day during the present
session A very Interesting debate
over the constitutional limitations on
the power of tho senate over revenue
legislation Initiated by the house was
precipitated when Chnlrman Payne
brought In tho resolution of tho ways
and means committee to disagree to
tho substitute proposed by the senate
ns nn amendment to tho war revenue
reduction act and to ask for a confer
ence with the senate Tawny cham
pioned tho cause of the house and Its
paramount rights over revenue legis
lation but was unfortunate In not
bringing forward a resolution to re
turn the bill to the senate with tho
declaration that the senate had
transcended Its powers In substituting
an entirely new measure for tho bill
of the house The subsequent debate
showed that had this course been
adopted tho proposition would have
commanded u large vote Instead
however he Insisted upon a division of
the resolution and after the first por
tionto dlsagreo had been adopted
ho made the point of order that tho
second motion was not in order be
cause the sennte In its substitute had
Invaded the constitutional prerogative
of the house The result was that the
members were not confronted with
tho direct Issue and tho house voted
2113 to itS to ask for n conference
Later In the day during the consid
eration of tho diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill an Impassioned
pro Boer speech by Sulzer N Y drew
from Million Pa a recital of the rais
ing of a fund of about 1200 for tho
benellt of the widows of Boer soldiers
at a meeting held in this city at which
Suler presided Ho declared that
after tho terrapin and cold bottles
got In their work only 18 was loft
for the Boer widows This stung Sul i
rer to reply at length Ho said ho had
no connection with tho expenditure of
tho fund to which ho had contributed
175 and a very lively row followed
the climax of which was reached when
Sulzer had read an anonymous letter
which made a sensational personal at
tack upon Perry S Heath late assist
ant postmaster general who was sec
retnry of the Republican national com
mittee during the recent campaign
charging him with being Neelys spon
sor nml then denying It nfter tho
rest of Neely nml also making allega
tions against Heath In connection with
government deposits lu n Now York
bank Sulzer declared that although
flip communication wns anonymous he
fathered every word of It and would
be responsible for It as a member of
the houso and as nn Individual
Senate Pase Naval Hill
Washington Feb 12 Shortly after
the senate convened yesterday the
naval appropriation bill was passed
The shipping blil was then taken up
and kept before tho senate during the
remainder of the legislative day Caf
fery occupied the tloor throughout
tho session Opposition seuutors made
the point of no quorum several times
and dopmuded a call of the senato
Finally this drew out a warning from
Frye that If senators desired a rivet
aud harbor bill to be reported at this
session they would better not Inter
rupt the committee having the
r ajf mm iff 3 Ute V
THE NORFOLK NEWS Fill DAY FEBRUARY 16 MM
tiro undor consideration Even after
that there wan one call of tho senate
tii ti i
n
that there has not been time to con- w ui uih
after having spoken for nearly
nltlcr the bearing of these two prohen
- JM the lloor for nn
posed ainetidmenls HUlllelenlly or to
PTniMitlvn npnhIoii
tlie general uesiro to tivoiti an extra
Session of congress does not yet ap
pear Be thai as It may a majority at
least of the Democrats seem quite will
ing that n vote should be penciled ion
both these provisions Indeed It Is
understood to be the position of Hen
ntor Ion es and of his Immediate sup
porters In opposition to tho subsidy
bill thai there will be no obstacle to
getting a vote upon any bill before
the senate except the ship bill and
possibly the oleomargarine hill
In all probability however the Cu
ban and Philippine questions will be
discussed at considerable length and
even I hough there may be no desre
to defeat them they may be used to
hold off the subsidy bill
TUESDAY
Washington Feb 111 The house
passed the army appropriation bill and
entered upon consideration of the sun
dry civil bill the Inst but one of the
big money bills The debate on the ar
my bill was ooulliiotl largely to dis
cussing the question of bills removing
the charge of desertion against sol
diers and was caused largely by a
statement of AlcClellan N Y com
paring the cost of the soldiers In Eur
pcan armies with those In the United
States According to his figures In
cluding the cost of pensions etc each
United States soldier Involved an an
nual expense of 2828 while a German
soldier costs 227 and u French soldier
22
Previous to consideration of the ap
propriation bills the letter rellectlug
upon Perry S Heath which Suler
Introduced Into the proceedings Alon
day was expunged from the record
During the debate upon the motion to
expunge Sulzer renewed his attack
upon linn tli reiterating his statement
that he was willing to father the state
ments In the letter and declared that If
iKtlon wns brought against him he
would not iead his constitutional Im
munity
AcrliMlturiil 11111 In Smintn
Washington Feb III During the en
tire session of the senato yesterday
tho agricultural appropriation bill was
under consideration After six hours
of consideration the hill was little
more than half completed The de
bate upon tho measure dealt almost
entirely with administrative details
of tho department of agriculture many
commendations of tho work of the de
partment being made by senators on
both sides of the chamber
Fuvr PrnHcnt In Cabinet Meeting
Washington Feb 13 Only four
members of tho cabinet were present
at yesterdays meeting and no business
was transacted Secretary Hay Is
oontlned to his home by Illness and
Attorney General Griggs Secretary
Boot and Pftmnster General Smith
are out of the city
WEDNESDAY
Washington Feb 14 Tho ceremony
of counting the electoral vote for pres
ident and vice president cast at the
election last fall took place in the hall
of the house of representatives yester
day at a Joint session of the house
and senate Great crowds thronged
the galleries to witness the interesting
spectacle
The announcement of the electoral
vote of the several states was at
tended with tunny delays owing to the
certiticates not being uniform
Upon the conclusion of the an
nouncement of the vote of Wyoming
by direction of the presiding officer
the tellers formally ascertained the
totals Senator Chandler announced
the total number of votes cast ns 447
of which William McKlnley received
292 Wllllnm Jennings Brynn 155 and
of which Theodore Roosevelt of New
York received for vice president 202
and Adlal E Stevenson of Illinois 155
Thereupon In accordance with tho
statute Senator Frye proclaimed the
state of the vote as delivered to him
Nomination for Ilrlcniller General
Washington Feb 14 The executive
session of the senate was for the pur
pose of considering the nominations
for the office of brigadier general but
tho session closed without action ex
cept In the cases of Generals Batos
Wilson and Lee The nomination of
General Bates was among the first to
bo considered nnd Senntor Pettlgrew
opposed continuation because of the
fuct that General Bates had negotia
ted the treaty with the sultan of Sulu
which treaty the senator criticised
sharply None of the other nomina
tions was taken up but Incidental ref
erence was made to General Woods
nomination because of the fact that
he was promoted over so many offl
cers of higher rank In the regulur
army
Rennta Proceeding
Washington Feb 14 When the sen
ate convclicd yesterday the bllud chup
lnln made a beautiful and touching
reference to the death of Mrs Thomas
C Piatt wife of the senator from
New York During the greater part of
the day the senate was engaged in
executive session and in tho counting
of tho electoral vote for the president
and vice president of tlio United
States Late In tho afternoon consid
eration of tlio agricultural appropri
ation bill was resumed but littlQ
progress was made At a night ses
sion tlio District of Columbia code
bill was read
Ilouie Debate Suudry Clrll Hill
Washington Feb 14 The house de
voted yesterday excepting an hour
and n half cousumod in counting tho
electoral veto and promulgating the
result of tho prosldeutlnl eloctlon to
the sundry civil appropriation bill
General debate upon this measure was
completed but little actual progress
was made with the bill During tho
debate tho opposition opened a gen
eral assault upon the extravagance of
the present congress
In the district court at Topeka
Wednesday Judge Ilazen allowed nine
out of 10 injunctions filed against
owners of buildings where Joints nro
located to restrain them from renting
the buildings for the use of Joints
The case against Robert Swab
charged with the murder of his wife
Rosa Swab by choking her to death
wns dismissed at Springfield Ills
Wednesday by Justice BrinkcrbolT
The evidence showed that Mrs Swab
died of heart disease
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Radical Clauses Toned Down
by Editing Committee
WILL BE ADOPTED TODAY
CniiimlMlon Appolntml lu Draw Up Dae
lnrnllon Defining Future Itelntlons Willi
Till Uniintry CUtia HrBanllng Per
ulolotu Forlfiicri U Strlitkan Out
Ilnvnun Feb 14 Tho finishing
touches were given yesterday to tho
constitution by the editing commit
tee who will report the corrected proj
cct to the constitutional convention
today when It will probably bo adopt
ed At the last moment the reference
to pernicious foreigners was struck
out and a clause was Inserted provid
ing for two sessions of congress be
ginning In April nml November In
stead of one Senors Do Quosndn
Tamnyo Gomez Vllleundcz and Sllvn
were appointed a committee to draw
up a proposition defining the relations
to exist between Cuba and the United
States General Rivera In a letter to
tho press objects to tho convention
making any nttempt to settle the ques
tion of future relations He says tho
matter should bo decided by the re
public after the constitution Is ndopt
ed If the United States are allowed
coaling stations In Cuba nml permitted
to draw up the program of our foreign
relations he adds there will be no
independence left
On the other hnnd n mntorlty of
tho delegntcs are In favor of settling
tho question now and probnbly a meet
ing will be nrrnnged between Gov
ernor General Wood and the commit
tee to consider some proposal that will
bo acceptable to the United States
government The committee Is ex
pected to report next Monday
Ouublur Shout Ofllccr
Denver Feb 14 Philip D Klllam
was shot and probably fatally
wounded In the gambling house kept
by lames Marshall and Hub Heatly
Killain gasped Jim Marshall shot
me and became unconscious A
force of special olilcers under Deputy
Sheriff William Arnett hnd been sent
by tho owner of the premises to oust
Mnrshall and Heatly who are In ar
rears for rent Klllam was one of
these officers While they were as
cending the stairway several shots
were fired at them and they retreated
Klllam was wounded In the head
chest and arm Marshall has been ar
rested
Modern Woodmen at Wlehttn
Wichita Feb 14 About 200 dele
gates are In attendance at the state
camp of Modern Woodmen of Amer
ica Judge Johnson who Is well
known as the Democratic national com
mltteemnn from Kansas has intro
duced a resolution condemning the na
tional executive council for alleged In
justice to himself Ho was general
attorney for the national order nnfl
wns ousted two years ago no ac
cuses Head Consul Northcott and
other leaders of personal animosity to
ward himself
Kebraika Lumber Dener Meet
Omaha Feb 14 About 200 lumber
denlers of the stnte were present at the
opening of the 11th annual convention
of the Nebraska Lumber Dealers as
sociation yesterday The meeting was
called to order by President E L
Myers of Newport who delivered his
annual address The report of Secre
tary Cleland showed the lumber trade
to be In splendid condition throughout
the state
Ruiilnn Stuilent In Revolt
St Petersburg Feb 14 Tho Rob
slya prints a telephonic dlspntch an
nouncing thnt 308 students of Moscow
university met In n hnll declared them
selves In favor of obstruction and suc
ceeded In stopplng all lectures as a
protest against the Kleff students sen
tences The authorities hnve nppealed
In n local paper to the students ask
ing them to resume their studies
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
Alfonso Hngemaun a great hunting
friend of Emperor William is dead
in Berlin
There is to be an international con
gress of nurses to be held lu Buffalo
next September
Fire Wednesday In the five story
block at Essex and Kingston streets
Bostou did damage estimated at 150-
000
Connecticut Louisiana Tennessee
nnd Washington have been selected
as the names of the four warships
authorized by tho house
Hattle L McBride was fined 1000
in tho federal court at Kansas City
Wednesday for making falso atll
davits to ponslon papers
Tarkersburg W Va has filed in the
supremo court a petition for a writ
of mandamus to compel the directors
of the census to make a new nnd ac
curate recount of its population
Tho ninth annual conference or
church clubs of the United States be
gan In Philadelphia Wednesday the
opening session being presided over by
Frank M Osborne secretary of the
Church club of Minnesota
T N Fordyco of Detroit has se
cured from tho stato of Ohio a 30
years lease of the Miami and Erie
canal from Toledo to Cincinnati Tho
plan is to build an electric railway
and tow tho caual bouts by means
of a motor
The annual meeting of the American
Cereal company was held at Akron
Wednesday The old olilcers were re
elected The total asets of tho com
pany are 9052011 Tho company
TILT OVER NORMAL BILL
Senntor Allen Ynnni nml Iroutite In Hit
puln lloimtnry Ooiniiiltalon
Lincoln Feb U Tlio senate got Into
a wrangle over the manner lu which
the normal school bill had been re
ferred to the committee on normal
schools this having been done by tho
chair without the knowledge of tho
senate after having llrst referred tho
bill to the committee on school lands
Senator Crounse who Is opposed to
the bill objected to the chairs method
nml lu the discussion which followed
a half dozen senators had the floor
at the same tlino Allen claimed the
bill had been In the hands of lobby
ists which was vigorously denied by
Young and Crounse
The house pnsscd house roll 214 by
Cnln to authorize the governor to ap
point a commission to determine the
boundary line between Nebraska and
Missouri
A motion to reconsider Thursdays
action lu postponing houso roll 80 hy
Wilcox to require the union label on
state printing was defeated by a votu
of 41 to 4 1
PREY OF FLAMES
Btreal Cur Kuril lit Uniuln mid Sixty Cur
UustrojiU by llrulaiilo lu llo
ullul Adjoining
Omaha Feb 0 Fire wrought havoa
with the Oinuliu Street Railway com
pany last night and simultaneously
created wild panic at the Methodist
hospital which stands adjoining tliu
scene of the coullngrntlon
The building at Twentieth and Har
ney streets occupied as general ollicu
headquarters and storage barn for tliu
Harney Farnam and Dodge street
lines is lu ruins Only the walls uio
left and they are crumbled to the vcrgu
of collapse Sixty cars were burneu
The loss Is estimated at 150000
Prompt work of tho tlremeu pre
vented tho Humes from taking hold
upon the Methodist- hospital a shell
like frame structure less than 200 feet
south of the railway building
At one time it appeared certain that
the hospital would go and its 34 pa
tients were hustled out Into the crisp
midnight air Many of them were un
able to walk and thesu were carried
to places of sufety in the neighbor
hood
ANTI TRUST BILL HANGS FIRE
Judiciary Committee Consider It But
Doc Not Agree on Any Iloport
Washington Feb 12 The anti trust
bill was again under consideration by
the senato Judiciary committee yes
terday but no progress waB made to
ward securing a report A few mem
bers of the committee expressed the
opinion after tho close of the meeting
that no report would be made during
the present session of congress The
bill as passed by the house is satis
factory neither to the Republican sen
ators nor the opposition Tho latter
element hns however proposed that
the bill be reported as It passed the
house with a view of getting It bo
fore the senate and there attempting
to nmend It but the Republican sen
ators have taken the position thnt the
bill should be perfected In committee
The cbmmltteo has practically
agreed upon amendments exempting
labor organizations from the opera
tions of the law but has made no
other Important changes
SCHWAB GETS THE PLACE
Slatad for Head of tle New Consolidated
Steel Company
Pittsburg Feb 14 The new feat
ures in the Carnegie Morgan negotia
tions according to the Pittsburg
Leader are that the deal will be
closed Friday that President Schwab
will be the head of the new company
to be formed and that Andrew Car
negie Is to receive a sum larger than
has been given lu nny of tho many
estimates sent out from New York
The intelligence wns brought to Pitts
burg by n well known banker who hns
been In Now York for several days
nnd the statement that Mr Schwab
had been chosen president was con
firmed by a telegram from a gentle
man participating In the conference
at New York
PAPER MILLS BURN
Ktmberley Win Plant Suffers Los of
Half a Million
Appleton Wis Feb 14 The Kim-
berley mills of the Klmberley and
Clark Paper company located four
miles from this city were damaged
500000 by fire The print mill Is in
ruins Willie assisting at the fire D
Cowle superintendent of tho plant
fell and was seriously injured Sev
eral ribs were broken The Klmber
ley paper mills rank among the finest
in the west They were built In 1803
at a total expense of 1200000 Tho
plant will be rebuilt The origin of
the fire Is a mystery having It Is sup
posed started under the floor of ouo
of the machine rooms
Berra Notice of Sinaaliliiff Crusade
Solomon Kan Feb 14 After Mrs
Nations rnld nt Enterprise where
three joints were smashed injunctions
were served on all tho Joints In this
countv It has beon reported that
the joints hero have been doing busi
ness on the sly and yesterday a num
ber of women served notico of a
smashing crusade The county attor
ney anticipated trouble and sent the
sheriff with large locks which he
placed on tho already barricaded
doors Severnl hundred men women
nnd boys gathered on the streets but
made no nttempt to force the doors
ForKillliiff Dr Hamilton
Knoxville Ill Feb 13 The trlnl o
Alfred Aim chargedwlth the murder
of Dr Hamilton a prominent
clan of Marysville is on nt Knoxville
nronoses to enlnrge some of its plants this weeic Tue murder was com-
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Boer Commander Escapes th6T
British Concentration
WORD FROM KITCHENER
Hay IMtnnnl Mtnciuent of IlrltUh ITm
Upiot 1lauii nf the lCiiriny llntba At
tack Sinltl Dorrlau Hut I KepuUed
Attar Hevero Fighting
London Feb 11 The war olllce has
rocelved the following dispatch from
Lord Kitchener the
In South Africa
Pretoria Feb P Tho columns
working eastward occupied Ermelo
Feb 0 with slight opposition A largo
force of Boers estimated ut 7000 un
der Louis Botha retired eastward
About 800 wngons with families
passed through Ermelo on the way to
Amsterdam and very large quantities
of stock are being driven east A
peace delegate under sentence of death
ami other Boer prisoners were taken
away by the Boers All the reports
show that the Boers are exceedingly
bitter Fifty Boers surrendered
Louis Botha with 2000 men at
tneked General Smlth Dorrlen nt
Orange Camp Bothwell nt 3 a m
Feb 0 He was repulsed after severe
fighting General Spruit was killed
General Randemeyor was severely v
wounded two field cornets wore killed
20 of tho Boer dead were left In our
hands and mnny severely wounded
Our casualties wore 24 killed and 53
wounded
Our movement to tho oast is report
ed to have thoroughly upset all the
enemys calculations and crcuted a
rcgulnr panic In the district
Christian Dewet appears to bo
crossing the line south of Jngersfon
teln road to the west this morning-
hnvlng failed to effect a crossing by
the drifts east of Bothutle
In Cape Colony Cnlvinln has boon
occupied by Colonel DeLlsle who en
tered Feb 0 the enemy retiring to
ward Kenhnrdt Colonel Ilalg Is driv
ing the Midland commandoes north
ward past Aberdeen
Dewet Evade llrltlsh Trap
London Feb 11 The Cape Town
correspondent of the Times wiring
yesterday and giving a general out
line ofthe British offensive operations
says The British forces directed
against Christian Dewets commando
Included seven columns under Knox-
Hamilton Maxwell White Pllcher
nnd Crewe They hoped to force De
wet upon the British corps concen
trated on Orange river The Boers
under cover of a detached commando -
swung wostwnrd and captured a
Pompom from Major Crewe and by
crossing the railway between Spring
fonteln and Endenburg evnded tho
British concentration
Dewet is now probably In the Phil
lopolls district and this probably ac
counts for the northwesterly move
ment of the Boers in Cape Colony
The Intest proclamation Issued by
Dewet nnd Steyn closes I shall now f
enter Cape Colony to give the farmers i
there n tnste of what we have our
selves suffered through this wnr
FATAL FIRE IN BOSTON
Three Killed and Five Dadly Injured lu a
Hlaze of Incendiary Origin
Boston Feb 11 Three persons dead
five others badly Injured and a finan
cial loss of 2500 is the summary of
damage caused bya fire that occurred
In a four story brick building on Har
rison avenue yesterday The dead
are Matilda Barry Nora Hart and
Mrs Frances Riley There Is a sus
picion that the fire Is of Incendiary
origin nnd two arrests have been
made Harris Levin and his wife
Bertha They are held pending an In
vestigation Levin had a shoe store
on the first floor of the burned build
ing and the arrests resulted from tho
suspicion that naphtha or something of -
that kind caused the fire together with
the disappearance of Levin his wife
and four children Immediately on the
discovery pf the fire The building
was occupied by 17 persons
Another Mining Stock Fraud
Colorado Springs Colo Feb 11 An
official examination of tho books of the
Goldstoue Mining company has dis
closed nn over Issue of 3000000 shnrea
and as the stock sold for 2 cents a
share the shortage amounts to 00
000 C P Bentley who Is now serving
a sentence of six months Imprison
ment for over Issuing 5000 shares of
Astor stock wns secretary of the Gold
stone compnny when the over lssuo
was made Since the discovery of this
and other stock frauds the Colorado
Mining Stock exchango has insisted
upon the registration of all stocks
traded In upon tlie board thus mak
ing further over issues impossible
Gentleman Cae Will Como Firit
Columbus Neb Feb 11 The regular
term of the district court began hero
today Hon Conrad Hollcnbeck of
Fremont presiding The case of the
stnte ngnlnst Nicholas J Gentlemnn
will bo the first one cnlled and It ts
generally conceded thnt it will take at
least a week and probably longer to
secure a Jury and try the case Gen
tleman is accused of having shot and
killed Soren Oleson a blacksmith In
the village of Platte Center on Dec
5 last
Maud Oonne Hack In America
New York Feb 11 Amoug the pas
sengers ou the steamer LaOhampagne
which has arrived hero from Havre
Is Miss Maude Gonne known as the
Irish Joan of Arc She was met at
the pier by large delegations of Irish
men nnd women Next Sunday Miss
Gonne will deliver an address at the
Academy of Music when she will
mako known the object of her Ylslt to
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