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9 pr HBIIH Secretary Chamberlain Makes Announcement In Commons BOERS NOT READY FOR PE AOE Dpcldrn to right to the Hitter Knit Unless Atom lntornltU Conditions Arc Iruuted and Hope of Speedy Ktutlng or Wrr io UllmitierliiE London March 10 Joseph Cham berlain the colonial secretary has Just Informed the house or cominoiiH thnt General Botha has rejected the peace terms offered him General ltothn Mr Chamberlain said hud conveyed the Information in a letter to General In which he announced that he was not disposed to recommend the terms of peace General Kitchener was In structed to offer him to the earnest con sideration of his government Gen eral Botha added Unit his government and Its chief olllcers entirely agreed with his view The Issuance of parliamentary pa pers on the negotiations between Gen eral Botha nnd Lord Kitchener has been delayed The Idea that Lord Kitchener initiated the negotiations rather than General Botha as sup posed is unpalatable to the dally press The Dally Kxpress under the cap tion Our Bojected Suit asked why the government Instructed Lord Kitch ener to sue for peace after the mur der of the pence envoys and concludes Let the war be pressed to the utmost nnd let further reinforcements be pushed forward but above all let us have no more negotiations Former Postal Superintendent Dctul Chicago March 20 Leander D Parker for 18 years general superin tendent of the Postal Telegraph com pany died at his home lu lOvanston yesterday after a long Illness Mr Parker resigned his position with the Postal Telegraph company the first of the year owing to ill health Mr rarker had charge of the construction of the western lines of the Postal when that company was extending Its system throughout the west lie entered the service In 1S55 and for the tlrst three years of the civil war served as a military operator Mr Parker was bom in Canada in 1SI57 Not In a Conferring Mood Cedar Haplds la March 120 Vieo President Williams of the Burlington Cedar Ituplds and Northern gave a statement to the Commercial club in answer to the charges of the men and suggested they send a committee to confer with him with a view of set tling differences The men are now preparing statements claiming Mr Williams has not presented the facts as they exist They show no inclina tion to send a committee to confer with Mr Williams and It Is probable there will be no settlement before the end of the week Country Belle Slashes Rival Portsmouth O March 20 Word has reached this city of a terrible fight which occurred on Turkey creek about 15 miles from this city Mollie Wissmnn and Nellie Gray two young country belles quarreled over the at tentions shown them by Ed Montgom ery Miss Wissman stabbed Miss Gray In two places one wound in the back being over six inches In length She was arrested and will toe held pending developments Status of the Transvaal Washington March 20 The status of the Transvaal and Orange Free State In the eye of the government of the United States will be for the first time fixed when a consul general Is sent out to Pretoria to succeed Adel bert Huy who has just returned to Washington on leave of absence but without the purpose to go back to Pretoria It is said that so far there has been absolutely no official declara tion on that point Indict Switchmen Treasurer Buffalo March 20 The grand Jury has reported three indictments against John E Tipton secretary treasurer of the Switchmens Union of North America each charging grand larceny In the second degree for having ap propriated money belonging to the union The total shortage In his ac counts Is Bald to be 203 Liquor Laden Vessel fines Ashore St Johns N V March 20 The French barkentlne Aquitnlue from Bayonno for St Pierre witli a cargo of wines spirits nnd supplies for the French Bank llshlng fleet Is nshore off Capo Ilunp on the south coast of Newfoundland Its crew escaped Tho ship Is badly damaged and the coast folks are looting it Stepmother of Gaueral Lew Wallace Dead Indianapolis Murch 20 Mrs Zer lda G Walluce widow of tho late Governor Wallace died yesterday at the homo of her daughter Mrs J II Stelner at Cataract near this city aged 84 year Mrs Wallace was the stepmother of General Lew Wal lace the author Hirer Season Opens Tuesday Burlington Ia March 20 The river season will opon hero next Tuesday The river Is entirely clear of floating Ice and the crew of the Elolso the local packet went to Keokuk yester day to bring the boat out of her winter quarters Storm In Nebraska Lincoln Murch 20 A storm of snow and wind raged all over southeast ern Nebraska yesterday Railroad trains are slightly delayed In Un coin street curs were Impeded and traffic an some of the lines was aban doned mOTING IN CZARS CAPITAL Fillce Open llre on Students Kilting lrl nnd Wounding ICIglity St Petersburg March 20 Scrlotii riots occurred In St Petersburg yes terday on the occasion of a solemn mass In tho cathedral of Our Lady of Kasnn for the repose of tho soul of M Bogliepoff the minister of pub lic Instruction who was shot nnd fa tally wounded by Karpevleh The po lice tired their revolvers and It Is ru mored Unit live students were killed ami 80 others wounded Wholesnln arrests Including many women fol lowed the rioting Three hundred arrests were ninde today The minister of Justice was fired on last week and the life of an other minister has also been attempted WEST Is STORM SWEPT Missouri Valley tho Center or a Hllrard High Winds and lusts or Snow ltallrond Trnnio Dolujed Chicago March 20 A snow storm approaching a blizzard in severity swept over the Missouri river valley yesterday and last night Nebraska western Iowa Wyoming Kansas and Missouri felt the effects of the storm which tied up street car traffic In many cities and delayed railroad traf fic In northwest Michigan where tho roads had not recovered from the pre vious storm a heavy wind has come up which Is expected to do much dam age Wisconsin reports heavy snows with the rivers nnd streams out of their banks Near Itaclne serious floods are feared At Prairie du Chlen the lower part of the town Is Hooded and IS Inches or water Is over the railroad tracks Minnesota was also In the grasp of a severe blizzard Withdraw Cnutlrnry Cliuigrs Louisville March 20 In the police court yesterday the conspiracy charges against W Greer Campbell E G Ben nett and Wilbur Beatty Denver cap italists were dismissed on motion of tho prosecution The charges were preferred by p Gait Miller of Louis ville and were the result of a transac tion by which the Denver men sought to purchase a big tract of land belong ing to the defunct Cumberland Land company and the Commonwealth Land company The Denver men discovered thnt they could not secure a clear title and they sought to recover money they had paid on the deal Adtlses Judgment Agaluit Hunk St Louis March 20 Former Judge James A Seddon who was appointed referee to hear testimony in the 2r0 000 damage suit brought by ex-Governor William J Stone receiver of the Mullanphy Savings bank against the directors of the bank for alleged care lessness lu tho management of the bank has filed his report in Judge Douglas court recommending that Judgment for large amounts be ren dered against the bank officials Warning to the Public Washington March 20 In response to numerous complaints of damages to fragile articles sent through the mails the postoffico department has ishued a general order warning the pub lic to use more care in nronnrlnir tides to stand rough handling Post masters are also directed to warn par ties mailing Insecure r nut mi niwk ages that tho packages are very liable to damage In transit Mob Cheated of Victim Dallas Tex March 20 Sheriff Johnson has returned from San An tonio where lie took Andrew Norris the Corslcana negro whom the mob had voted to burn Norris is In dicted for criminally assaulting and murdering a white woman uear Cor slcana and was lu the Dallas Jail to prevent lynching TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS Madlsouville Ky suffered a fire loss of 125000 Tuesday Seven gunners were killed by the explosion of a howitzer shell at Secun derabad India Tuesday The Tennessee house Tuesriov nnnn Imously rejected the bill limiting raco meetings In Tennessee to ten days F II Lord general passenger agent of the Chicago Great Western railway lins resigned J P Elmer will take his place The Minnesota senate Tuesday passed the Slvright oleomargarine bill which Is extremely strict lu Its pro visions Amos Rusie the Hoosicr baseball pitcher signed a contract Tuesday to play with the Cincinnati team the coming season Reports from various portions or the Texas wheat belt show the outlook is not promising The Hessian fly has appeared la central Texas and great damage has been done Tho condition of Chief Dennis J Swenle of tho Chicago Are department Is very serious and his physicians de clare that he must never attempt ac tive work again The grand Jury of Hudson county New Jersey Tuesday handed down an Indictment ugalnst Thomas G Barker for tho shooting of the Rev John Keller at Arlington on Feb 8 Mrs Emmons Blaine according to an announcement by President Will iam R Harper at tho University of Chicago convocation Tuesday has given 1000000 to Uie University of Chicago school of education J F Elder auditor of the St Joseph and Grand Island railway confirms tho report of his resignation He says he is to become the general mnnuger of a new road now building In the southwest His successor is U W Mllllmau of Atlanta i rwnm wawmiumem II VUUIUIUIIILSUUU SSSSSSSSSSBS THE NORFOLK NEWS FRIDAY MARCH 22 MJ01 D E Thompson Named for Short Term Scnatorship DEADLOCK ON LONG TERM Rnsrwater Lends In the Hallollng With MelUleJohn and Currle for Males Antls Ueiiinlu Away From Caucus and Kefiise to llo Hound by Its Autlou Lincoln March 20 In the Repub lican senatorial caucus last night Da vid E Thompson of Lincoln was nom inated for the short term vacancy on the seventh ballot receiving M voles llvo more than necessary under the rules of the caucus Fifty three or llfty four attended out of a Republican membership of 71 Seventeen or eighteen members de clined to go Into the caucus under the rules provided In the new call and as they refused to be bound by Its ac tion It Is a question whether Mr Thompsons nomination will be ratllled by the Joint convention of the legis lature ut noon today The caucus was called together at 8 oclock Thomp son led from the start the tlrst ballot giving him his normal strength There was no material change until the sixth when he received 10 On I ho seventh ballot ten more votes said to have been hose of the supporters of Edward Rosewater were thrown to him and he was declared the nom inee The members who refused to enter the cnucus were Arends BrKleilek Brown Furnas Cain Crounse Evans llathornc Juvenat Marshall artln McCarthy Mendenhall Oleson Owciih Rohwer Steele and Swanson These men refused to sign the Thompson call which required 45 to nominate In the caucus The nomination of Mr Thompson H popularly supposed to be the result I of an agreement with Edward Rose I water at least there was an exchange j of votes between the two When the confusion ami excitement following the nomination had subsided balloting was begun for the long term But three candidates were brought out Rosewnter Melklejohn and Currle The Thompson men divided between Rosewnter and Melklejohn mid the contest soon settled down to Ihese two tho vote throughout -10 ballots when a recess was taken for lunch Rtuiidliig about the same the -Mill re sulting Rosewnter 50 Melklejohn 15 Currle 8 The members who re- Chances Noted In Joint llnllot Lincoln March 20 Six changes j were recorded on Joint ballot for United States senators yesterday Ilinshaw gathered in two votes Snn dall and Sinlthborger that hud been with him before Crounse nlso brought back two in Whltinoru and Owens while Lowe returned to Melklejohn and Lull In to Currle These changes reduced Rosewuter to 15 and raised Ilinshaw to 20 and Crounse to ft being plainly merely a movement of the so called antls PASSES SUPPLY BILL Kebrak t House KimoU Measure for Nor mal School at Peru The home resumed consideration of tho salaries and appropriation 1111 and finished the schedule for the Peru normnl school The llnance ways nnd means committee recommended an appropriation of 45000 Hawxby moved to Increase it to 50000 but was defeated A motion by Taylor to raise it to 17000 was finally car ried The senate after two days debate on Senator Millers amendments In troduced for the purpose of making Ineffective the waste bond bill was voted down the chair casting the de ciding vote Wholesale Desertion From Nary Norfolk Va March 20 Wholesale desertions from the ships at the navy ynrd are reported Some men who de serted from the Topeka have Immmi ap prehended and will be tried by sum mary court martini Many of the ap prentices nnd seamen aboard the cruiser Dixie however have escaped Tho deserters are all Inland JudB or lake sailors The report that n heavy draft of the men from tho Dixie was to be sent to the Asiatic squadron Is given an the probable cause of the de sertions It Is said the total number of deserters from tho Dixie Is 81 Death or Wind Cava Guide not Springs S D March 20 John Stabler who lias become well known to visitors to Wind envc died of Brlghts disease and was burled here Monday He was familiarly known as Honest John When Mr Bryan visited the cave a couple of years ago he was so favorably Impressed with tho genial story teller who nctcnl as guide that he had him as his guest In the town that evening Grain Dealers Convention Council Bluffs March 20 The an nual meeting of the grain dealers union of southwestern Iowa nnd north western Missouri was In tho league rooms at tho Grand hotel yesterday and had one of the largest attendance In years These officers were elected President D Hunker Hamburg In Vice president E II Van Sholuck El liott la secretary and treasurer G A Stobbins Coburg la Storm Hampers Ilustuess Beatrice Neb March 20 A heavy snow storm prevailed here yesterday A high wind with a speed of 30 miles per hour mude It almost Impossible for podestrlnns to reach their places of business Trains are somewhat delayed and telegraph lines are more or leas affectwl as well as telephonic j NO CONCESSIONS IN RATES SMiUl Aloctlug or lritiismiilliptnl l scngnr Association Chicago March 20 A special meet lug of the Transcontinental Passenger association was held yesterday for tin purpose of devising way of strengthen ing the rate situation It win llnally decided that the sale of colonist tickets nhouhl be strictly confined to Tuesday nnd that there should bo no more deviations from that rule All the roads gave pledges that they would not make any concessions In the an nounced rates for the Epworth league convention lu San Francisco nett July A schedule of circuitous route rule was prepared for Unit event mid It will have to secure the consent of roads not members or the association before It can be effective TRAINSCRASH IN STORM ami freight on lint lliiKlon Meet lu llmd On Collision rirtiiiirn Is Killed Johnson Neb March 20 A wreck occurred on the Burlington and Mis souri about two miles east or here at 415 p in yesterday passenger train No PS east bound colliding with westbound freight No llt Fireman Fred Jensen of the passim ger train Is dead and Engineer George McMllleu of the same train is seri ously Injured but It Is thought not fa tally Both men lived lu Nebraska City nnd have families No other trainmen nor passengers were Injured A furious mid almost blinding snow storm had been raging nil day drift lug badly and Hilling all the cuts The freight wns stuck In a drift and the engineer of the passenger train evl dently fulled to hear torpedoes or sen the signals which were given As a result the passenger crashed Into the engine of the freight which was stuck In the sonwdrlft owing to the blinding storm The urcimiu and engineer of the passenger probably did not have time to Jump after seeing the Impending danger It appears that the llieinan attempted to Jump but probably was caught some way and ns a result was nevoroly scalded or strangled by the steam anil died In about an hour RANGE WAR BREAKS OUT Masked Cnttlommi Shoot Two Hundred Muiei lliilonglng to A C Iuiltlus Delta Colo March 20 Trouble has broken out between cattle and sheep men In this section Sixty live masked men shot 200 sheep belonging to A C Perkins which were In territory claimed by the cattlemen as excluslvo grazjng ground for cattle Chase Iteiused to S rr Des Moines March 20 W P Chnse refused to sell his Des Moines baseball franchise for 10000 while attending the meeting or the magnates of the Western league at St Paul Minn which adjourned last Monday night after a three days session Indian apolis nnd Louisville were anxious to get the franchise of St Joseph and Des Moines ho said St Josenh wns offered 10000 outright and was willing to take It and get out If Des Moines would do the same The two hnd to go together It was the same way with Denver and Colorado Springs They could have sold for that price but Colorado Springs would not take any price Neither would Des Moines Ilnuk Itobbers IIo Dynamite Emporia Kan March 20 Burglars entered the bank at Madison 20 miles south or here yesterday and used dynamite to blow open the doors of the vault The force of the explosion aroused the Inhabitants and the rob bers were frightened away before they secured nnv money A posse started In pursuit but the fugitives escaped The officers here believe there Is an organized band of bank robbers oper ating lu this part of the state as this Is the third robbery attempted in this county within two weeks and dyna mite lias been used each time Save Many Head of Stock Washington March 20 Secretary of Agriculture Wilson estimated yes terday that over 0000000 worth of young live stock throughout the country were saved during 1000 by the prompt use of medicine for black leg sent out by the department In formation he has Just received shows that over 2500000 doses of vaccine were distributed by the department during the year HajsTwoStilUe Will He Ordered Shainokin Pa March 20 George Hurtleln secretary of District No 1 of the United Mine Workers union said that If a general tleup Is ordered two strike orders will be issued simul taneously one to the miners and the other to the engineers pumpmen and tlremen In this event he says the mines will flood of their own account unless the ofllclals operate the machin ery lloralina aud the Abbot Matched Boston March 20 Boralma and The Abbot have been matched to race ror a purse of 50000 the race to take place at Reudvllle next September The owners of both horses will each post 10000 today at a meeting to l held in New York The match was arranged by telephone fit Joseph Capitalist Dead St Joseph Mo March 18 Peter Hughes aged 08 for many years a prominent business man of this city died suddenly in Washington yester day He wus the builder and owner of the Hughes otllco building aud other business htores of this city hick Soldiers Iteturn Snn Francisco March 18 The trans port Kllpatrlck with 400 sick soldiers has arrived from Manila Four pri vates died on the voyage Iff NO 1 esi Tirnfe cccnei wrBsaMHsi w WBBUWU ifflBsep SHRS IV WJT flsi 3 WILL MAKE YOU RICH fl Tbls Isa dsrtnff lUtoment but fliu tars semis bear It out srsr tlms Combination Corn flrtnscoraonBirthWlllpoiltlTsljr roTOluuunisn corn gruwiutf Billion DollprOrnuB flrratnit marrri of the ksj lxtoDsofbsrpcrscrs First cropslx weeks altar sowing What Is It i Catalogue talis HI lOo tTAHPt s4Uls NOTICE null r uulw 10 aitim mflMlocluduiKSUiTKlM MIU S3 Lu va A OUJ ZiQ bobrl lr AA Rti 0srlcTUliitirAIIuuLUWerlStllissu4tl I John ASalzerSeedCoUCrosu wit HT prM m m asT a TRY CHANCE SLIP flE LJasfaBffaf ftM Y4M Fasal asBBBslfll h D9 ST THE NEWS FOR UP-TO-DATE PRINTING jl H mm For 14 Cents Ws msll tba Mlowlrlf twt tS BMtlllM 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Neb March 111 -Andrew a Peterson was found dead hanging to a feme post He had lived with his Ron Andrew lfi miles KoulheiiHt of Leigh The man had made a rope out of several plecon of binding twine tied it around lils neck and hung the loop of the other end over the top or Hie fence post When found his lifeless form whh lu a sitting posture par tially resting on the ground No Postponement of 8t Ionls Fair St Louis March lll Kormer fJor ernor Francis who returned to fit Louis from New York yesterday stated that the rumor that the worlds fair would bo postponed until 1001 wns without foundation As soon an the Worlds Knlr company Is organized nnd Incorporated work will Immediately commence und will be pressed toward completion with all possible haste Koenistein s Pharmacy Corner 5th and Main Sts 3STOKFOIK 2STEB GAvltyvVvyvvtyi QQun YEARLY to Christian tpuUU niun or woman to look tor our growing lmsinees in thin fuf adjoining counties to act an j manuger and correspondent work T can bo doue at your homo Enclose self addressed stamped envelope j for particulars to H A Sherman Gonoral Manager Corcoran Build- ing opposite United Statea Treas Z ury Washington D O ii4iSl Illinois Central R R ANNOUNCEMENT FOR wnsraEJR toubists Tho Illinois ntrnl dnsiroii to call attention to the unaxcollwt Horvice thnt Is offered by it linod to tho boutli for tho baiiboii of 1KW 1900 c ALI FORN I VIA NEW ORLEANS A Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars FROM Personally conduct CHICAGO ed Uuub tlirougu to Log AriKoIett nnd Han Francisco via New OrliiniB in coimoetion EVERY wllhtlioSmithemPa WEDNESDAY cc innvlng Chicago momTVJo on tho Controls fait MORNING Now Orhians Srww ciiil connection also mndo by this train witli dnily trains out of Nour Orloium for tho Pacific Const Tho Limit from ChicuKo every een iiifr connects on Mondays and Thursdays at Now Orloims nftor Docemlwr 18 1K99 with thj SUNSET LIMITED of tho Southern Pnciflo Hiving special through service io sau rraucisco fL O NASHVILLE RI D VIA AND 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