1 I 1 J A TH iS IN Botha Gets Safely Away With Men and Guns LYDENBDRQ A NATURAL FOET Lord llobarti In Hoitlnc rrapurfrtory to Bending Fnrm tn Hunt llor From the Mountain ltullcr nnd Jlirlttlan l Astto on Ilrluf Armistice Lonjion Juno 7 Military operations in South Africa nru apparently at a Btumlstill For a day or two the tired troops are resting and Lord Roberts is lining tho maiznzlncs and warehouses at hie now headquarters Pretoria prepar atory to a long chase after tho flying Boers iu tho direction of Lydenburg His cavalry aro probably seeking to check Commandant Botha Sonic dispatches wore sont whilo tho fight was going on outsido of Pretoria One says Toward tho end of tho day when the British naval guns wero slioll ing tho northern fortB a number of the projectiles burst damaging tho sub urbs General Botha waB fighting an essentially rear guard action his object being not to defend Pretoria but to delay Lord Roberts until tho railway switch had been cleared and tho main part of tho Boer army had started to withdraw The British advanco ap pears to have left open to tho Boers tho best lino of ro treat along tho railway Possibly Lord Huberts may have been obliged to cut tho railway boforo a full retirement was effected That Pretoria would bo defended was apparently given out after tho council of war with a view of minlcniling tho British Lyden burg the district into which tho pro visions originally destined for Pretoria have been diverted and where a car tridge factory has been erected and re eerve supplies of all sorts aro stored is a volcanic region of fertile valleys en closed by great ramparts of rocks pene trated by narrow winding passes Thero aro herds of eattlo in tho valleys and there is much nativo labor available for tho fortifying Tho Boers used both heavy and light artillery at Pre toria What is supposed to havo been the labt train out ot Pretoria arrived at Loureuzo Marquess Sunday evening The passengers includod a number of foreign volunteers who wero leaving the Boers and also tho wives and chil dren of Hollanders They described Pretoria as destitute of food and cloth ing What tho Boer officials could not take tho natives and townspeople did Probably tho most important Boer army is at Laings nek where both f jdos ire passive Genera Huudlo wi Brabant havo withdrawn a little south ward General Baden Powell has extended martial law to the Marico and North Lichtenburg districts Shots were ex changed between Boer and British patrols 18 miles east of Mafeking May 28 Part of the forces lately at Pretoria aro reported to have gono westward to meet Baden Powell and to make n show of holding tho country through which ho and General Hunter are moving Tho Loureuzo Marquez corrospoudont of the Times telegraphing Juno 5 says According to refugees from Pretoria thousands of burghers under General Botha have taken an oath to continue the struggle to tho bitter end Kouerts Surprliad at Keceptlon London June 7 Lord Roberts tole graphed to tho war ofllce as follows Pretoria June C Tho occupation of the town passed off most satisfactorily and the British flag is now hoisted on top of the government offices Tho troops mot with a much more enthusi astic reception than I anticipated The Third battulion of tho Grenadier Guards lined tho square when tho march past took place Owing to their having been on duty nt somo distance nround the town very few cavalry and infantry were able to take part in the ceremony Several of our olnoera who had been prisoners wero among tho onlookers Agree to mi ArmUtlee London Juno 7 A special dispatch from Lourenzo Marquez dated Tues duy says Generals Enller and Chris tian both met at Lninga nek at Bailors request when a thrco days armistico was agreed upon CROWDS CHEER GOMEZ Demonstration In Ills Honor at Ilavunn TliountniU In Lluo Havana Joue 7 A mass meeting end procession was held in honor of General Maximo Gomez last night and was a great success Sovoral thousands were in line which included four bands of mubio and a large torchlight proces sion General Gomez was received with marked enthusiasm by the crowd who seemed bent more on cheering than listening to the general who made a short address in which ho Eaid that the people could rest assured that their wishes for absolute independence would soop bo satisfied NoKroe Orifaulse farty Philadelphia June 7 Tho first itep looking to tho organization of a national negro party have boen taken iu this oity Prominent negroes bish opB ministers editors and lawyers at a meeting decided to place a presiden tial ticket iu the field with negro candi dates The plan is to organize tho party iu every state of tho union and nominate candidate for state and con irresional ofliuea iirugtfli at jsiuiucu Bkairice Nob June 7 At the session of tho State Pharmaceutical as sociation yesterday Lincoln was selected as the meetiug plaoo next year and tho date fixed May 7 8 and 0 e Norfolk Weekly News DOCKERY FOR GOVERNOR MlMourl Democrat Tut Up Fnlt Stale Ticket anil Indomo II r ran For Governor AirxANiirit M Dornrnv Lluutrnnnt Governor JollM A LtK Beorntarj of Stato B H Cook Mate Auditor AiurnT O Alilc Attorney General C Chow HtatoTTrmurirKKiUKiNTATlvi WtliUMi linllwny Com Jombpu Hkuuisotos iVAKoTmTaL Kansas City Juno 7 The Demo crats of Missouri in htato convention yebterday adopted a platform for tho coining campaign and named a full state ticket They wero in session con tinuously from 030 a m until 830 p m declining to tnko a rocess till their work had been completed Tho con tests in tho St Louis and Kansas City delegations which it had t niton tho credentials committeo tho whole of Tuesday to untangle were decided iu fivo minutes time by tho prompt adop tion of the committees report Tho report was a victory for tho auti machine elemont When the resolutions committeo presented its report thoro was a fight to strike out tho inont of Governor Stophons It lasted for but a niiuuto or two and tho report was adopted amid much enthusiasm The platform reaffirms allegiance to tho Chicago platform of 1890 particularly specifying 10 to 1 ontirely indorses Bryan denounces trusts and declares emphatically against imperialism Hon William S Cowherd was mado permanent chairman and later in a ringing speech that sot tho convention wild with delight named A M Dock cry ex congressmun of tho Third dis trict for governor Mr Doekery was the only candidate for that oflleo and ho was nominated by acclamation It took three ballots to select a lieutenant governor KERN IS NOMINATED Indiana Democrats IteiUllrm Alleslnnco to tho Chicago riutform For Governor John W Kehn Lieutenant Governor TomnCLawiUU Secretary ot Statu Aiiam HrlMiinitiJKlt Statu Auditor John W Minek Statu Trunurer Tkhomi TlKltrT Attorney General C P DiiUMMOMi Indianapolis Juno 7 Tho Demo cratic state convention was harmonious from beginning to finish With but two exceptions tho nomina tions wero mado eithor on tho first bal lot or by acclamation Tho platform indorsed William Jennings Bryan for tho presidency reaffirmed tho Chicago platform and omitted mention of tho ratio of 10 to 1 Its reading wns fol lowed by a burst of tumultuous ap proval and tho platform was unani mously adopted Tho following wero selected delegates at Samuel Morss Hugh M Daugherty James Murdock and Georgo B Menzios Electors-at-largo Allen Zollers Nich olas Cornell Prisoner IlaiiK HlnmIf Kkavsnky Neb Juno 7 Andy An derson a Swede about 50 years old and who has lived in Kearney for tho last 20 years hanged himself in a coll in tho city jail yesterday Anderson had been put in jail for being intoxicated An derson had torn a strip of clothing from tho mattress forming tho cell bunk and tied ono ond around his neck and the other to a chain which held up ono end of tho bed Anderson was a married man and leaves a wife Cleveland Dead Beatrice Neb Juno 7 William E Hoyt brother-in-law of ex President Cleveland died at his homo iu this city yesterday of inflammation of the blad der Ho was 71 years of age Ho wa born in Now York city and has beon a resident of Nebraska for 10 years His wife Mary Oloveland Hoyt and two sons United Suites District Clerk R O Hoyt of Omaha and O G Hoyt Indian agent North Yakima Wash survivo him TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS Tho Panama companys representa tives have received orders from Paris to resume work on a largo scale Wednesday was tho most uneventful since tho strike on the St Louis Transit sybtem was inaugurated a month ago Naval Constructor Hobson tho hero of tho Merriniac now at Manila has beon found unfit for duty bocnuso of his physical condition Georgo J Browne a wealthy New York drygoods man committed suicide Wednesday in his bedroom by shooting himself through tho head The steamer Tampican has arrived at Kingston from Colon with nows that tho robel forces aro operating just out side of tho town successfully Under orders from tho navy depart ment tho battleships Massachusetts and Indiana at tho League Island navy yard aro being prepared for sea Tho polico stopped tho 25 rounil bout betweon Billy Whistler and Harry Lyons in Fords opera house Baltimore Wednesday at the closo of tho 18th round Tho annual meeting of the stockhold ers pf the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad company was held in Chicago Wednesday To old board of directors was re elected Through an arrangement entered into by tho postal dopartmentH of the United States and Canada it will bo possible to bond mail to all plaoes in the Daw son and Alaska gold districts The North German Gazotto semiofil cially announces that Dr Stoubol tho German minister at Chilo succeeds Dr von Bnohka as director of the colonial dopartmont of tho foreigu office who has resigned Tho Duko of Norfolk who is liouten ant colonel of tho Second battaliou of the Royal Subsex yeomuury uow in South Africa haw mot with a somewhat berious accident by falling from his horse His hip was dislocated aud he received other injuries NORFOLK NEBRASKA THURSDAY JlNH 7 1100 BATTLE WITH BOXERS Many Reported to Have Been Killed on Both Sides SITUATION GROWS ALARMING Humor That dapanric IMeet llr Ilccn Ordered Molilllrel at Lnrllrtt Pottltite Moment London Prrn DtmiMiiU That Ilrltlth IntureaU llo Protected Siianoiiai June 7 The soldiers dis patched to attack the Hoxors havo fought an engagement quite close to Pekin Many were killed on both sides Alarming reports are current hero of tho hurried completion of the mobiliza tion of tho Japanese fleet In conse quence of tho representations of Japan tho landing of a largo Russian force at Tnlrti in nlWixl to luivo boon stonned It is believed hero that should Russia persist iu sending a prcpondcriug mili tary force to tho front a collision with Timm will innvitublv result- Tho Russian minister at Pekin M do Giers has made another attempt to induce tho Chinese foreign oflleo to formally request Russian assistance to restore order but tho oiler has not yot been accepted Pukin Juno C Tho situntiou is growing steadily worse Events move with such rapidity and nllnirs owing to tho excitement of tho natives aro so critical that tho foreign ministers hold frequent meetings They feel the need of a free hand for energetic action without a reference to tho homo gov ernments Sir Claude McDonald the British minister is wiring for 7f more murines Nativo employes who have retired from Fenghi say they left tho Boxers openly drilling in tfc i adjacent village HiiKlxild Called to Action London Juno 7 Affairs in China aro gradually working up a crisis of the first magnitude Tho morning papers think that tho British squadron is rec ognized as inferior in strength to tho Russian as well as to tho Japanese Tho Daily Telegraph says Wo regret that Great Britain is too much occu pied in South Africa to settlo tho Chi nese business with a strong hand It is generally considered that inter vention in somo form is necossary Tho Pekin correspondent of the Times says No traiu either left or arrived at Pekin yesterday Further damage to railways is reported The Boxer movement is spreading unchecked throughout tho province Not ono Boxer has yet been nrrested or pun ished Anxiety is increasing in regard to tho fato of missionaries at the various stations Tien Ttdn Tliouglit Seenrr Tikn Tsiv June 7 The Clnnoso ser vant of a Belgian engineer who left Pao Ting Fu two days after the Belgians saw five foreign and two Chiuese dead bodies in tho grand canal one being tho body of a foreign woman A Boxer placard threatens tho ex termination of tho foreigners hero on Juno 10 It is rumored that the Boxers and Catholic Christians fought at Tung IIu Tuesday threo Christians being killed Ono hundred and thirty one British 31 Gorman fiO French and -15 Italian marines havo arrived hero These re inforcements render Tien Tuin secure NO STREETCARS AT NIGHT People of St LonU Still Forcod to Walk After Dark St Louis June 7 There is no chango in tho street railway situation negotiations between tho strikers aud the Transit company aro at a standstill Tho posso coraitatus is constantly grow ing in numbers Sheriff Pohlmann now has nearly 1500 special deputies under arms Bills are pending in both branches of tho municipal assembly to rovoko the Transit companys charter for failure to run cars according to schedule One line in addition to those in operation yesterday is running cars under polico protection but not a car has been run ovor tho Transit companys sybtem at night since tho strike began A delegation of St Louis business men which went to Jefferson City to urgo Governor Stophens to call out tho stato militia to preserve order in St Louis roturnod last night They said that tho governor told them ho would not tako any action in tho matter until ho camo to St Louis and informed himself- upon tho situation and seo if con ditions warranted tho step Fivo hundred motormen and con ductors formerly omployes of tho rail ways of Baltimore and Philadelphia mil arrive horo within tho next 21 hours to tako tho places of strikers Recruits from Chicago Milwankeo and Cleve land will Bwell tho number in w Imjuviit Over Allen McKean Omaha Juno 7 An inquest wai held yesterday afternoon in tho room of Undertaker Tnggort upon tho body of Alice McKenn of Kearney who died Tuesday under nnn6ual circumstances at 001 North Eighteenth street The verdict was to tho effect that tho de ceased had come to her death from blood poisoning As to tho moro re mote cause uo mention was mado nor was there roferenco to any criminal liability on the part of any ono con nected with tho affair Holt Named for Icavrnnr Pakkkusuuhg V7 Vu Juno 7 After u tumultuous icssion tho Demo cratic state convention last night nomi nated Judge John 11 Holt of Hunting ton for goveruor and udjourned until today when tho ticked will be com nlotod HOOTS WIFE AND HIMSELF Vliarlet Itelnlinrt lFnil a Kniiilly ynnrrel With a Ilutnl Siovx Cnv Juno 7 Olmilos Rein hart formerly of this city shot and killed his bride of two months at Ode bolt la yesterday then shot himself twice He will not survivo Reinhitrt and his wife quarreled iu tho morning over some family affair Mrs Rein hart expressed her determination to leave hei husbands house and go to relatives living in tho vicinity of Wall Lake Reinhart voluntoeiotl to drive her there and she accepted the offer Reinhart himself admit n that ho planned his awful deed with doliboia tiou After the quarrel he purchased a revolver in Odebolt Shortly after noon ho and his wife started on their way to Wall Lake by buggy When they had got about half way toward their destination ho pulled his revolver and turned it upon his wife Fearful that one bullet would not do the work he had planned ho pulled the trigger twice moro and the woman was help less to save herself Satisfied that ho had accomplished that much of his pur pose ho sent two bullets into hiH own lungs loua Mainiift ICIeetlou CrDAK Rai ius la Juno 7 At yes terdays session of tho grand lodge of Iowa Masons it was deeidetl to hold tho next annual communication at Daven port Ollleers for the ensuing year were elected as follows Grand master William L Eaton Osage senior grand warden Sumner Millor Guttenberg junior grand warden lames E Ilruce Anita grand seeietary T S Parvin Cellar Hupitls grand treasurer M P Miller Washington Kx CnnKieflHiiiaii Holme limine Din MniNTs Juno 7 A 1 Holmes ox congressman a well known Iowa politician living at Boone was declared insane by a committee yesterday llo served two terms in congress and was elected sergeant-at-arms of the house following his letiremeut from his seat Financial troubles aro said to bo tho cause Convention at trenton CisrsroN la Juno 7 Next Tuesday and Wednesday the Ancient Order of Hibernians will hold their stato conven tion in this city About 105 delegates are expected and also U00 visitors Tho meetings will bo held at Patts opera house Narrow Ineapo of Trainman Room la Juno 7 Cook Paxtou a switchman was struck by an engine nud thrown under a passing fi eight tram Ho caught a stay rod and was drugged over the ties nearly a quarter of a mile Ho will recover SOUTH dAKOJTA DEMOCRATS Stato Convention Inilorio Tou iio and Senator IVtljrow CiiAMiiKULAiN June 7 Tho Demo cratic stato convention for tho selection of eight delegates to tho Kansas City convention concluded its labors last night The delegates wero instructed for Bryan Tho resolutions contain paragraphs eulogistic of Charles A Towne Populist nominee for vice presi dent commending tho courso of Sena tor Pettigrew aud recommending that tho Democratic convention to bo held at Yankton Jully 11 indorso Mr Pet tigrew for re election thus binding evory Democratic member of tho legis lature to his support After a pro longed debate tho resolutions wero adopted Sympathy is extended to the Boers and imperialism nnd trusts aro denounced Maris Taylor of Huron was elected member of tho Democratic national committee The following delegates to Kansas City wero then elected G W Mat thews of Douglas county Stephen Don ohue of Minnehaha S J Kcnna of Clark T W Taubman of Aurora T W Childs of Spink John J Conway of Faulk Charles S Eastman of Fall River and J R Wilson of Lawrence Eight alternates were also elected CLUB WOMENS TICKET Un Lowe for Irotldmit ami Mn Denlion for View President Milwaukke Juno tl Reorganiza tion the issue of tho day iu tho Leneral Federation of Womens clubs will come to a vote today Those who spoko in favor of reorganization wero Mrs Frances Ford of Nebraska Mrs Conifer of Utah und Mrs O P Barnes of Ken tucky Thoso opposed to reorganiza tion which means tho continued recog nition of the Individual elub Instead of a nationnl federation mndo up of statu federations wote Mrs Baker of Colo rado Mrs Rteketts of Nebraska Mrs Gieeu of Ohio nud Mrs Wiles of Illinois The rhnncen are the color question Will not be pushed to a public conlio vorsy unlets Mrs Josephine ltulllutho colored delegate chooses to do so indi vidually Tho announcement t lint tho ticket would be mado up with Mm Ixiwo as ptosliletit and Mrs Charles Dcnison of New Yoik as vice president was some what of a surprise al let Mrs 1owou lepeated refusals but it uovorthlosH seems to please tho greater part of tho delegates ami thetu in little doubt that at least the head of the ticket will gc through with little opposition tlranlr Cnteiitij Woddlnff DitADWoou H D Juno 7 The eld est daughter of OltoOrantz of IiIh city tho owner of tho 1000000 mine north of Lead was uuuried here yesterday tn Henry J Coventry of Ijond An hour before the cei oniony the groom was ar rested for practicing medicine without a license His bonds were placed at f SMI which was furnished by tho fnther ot tho bride and tho wedding wont on Tho couple started for n years trip tluough Scotland The groom claims connection with tho duke of Coventry of Scotland Opena Dp Now Teirliory Omaha Juno 7 Next Monday Ihn Burlington will begin tho operation of regular train service Into tho now town of Guernsey t ho ostensible teriuiuut of its branch lino extending from Alli ance In Hritlgopoit and tinmen noifh westerly along tho north bank of the Platte liver to Guernsey apptoximately liiO miles from Alliance Wvoinlni SeleetM Deleuaten Lakamus Wy June 7 Tho Demo cratic btuto convention elected the fol lowing delegates to the national con vention at Kansas City A K Miller P C Alger C E Blidonburg Walter L Marsh R A Keenan William Hinton TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD Tmkoy has not yet replied to thn Rtibsian and American notoH on the subject of Armoiiin lvddie Connolly got tho decision over Matty Matthews in tho Until round at New York Tuesday Catcher Parke Wilson quit tho Kan sas City bnseball team Wednesday owing to a difference over salary The Soeiulihl Labor party in conven tion in New Yoik Wednesday nomin ated Joseph F Maloney of Lynn Mass lor piesideiit of tho United States A dispatch from Cucuta Venezuela says that alter ll days of lighting the Colombian lovolutionifits havo muted the government forces near Bucaraman gnra The tioublo which has long been brewing between tho American men li mits ot Bluclicldh and the government ot Nicaragua is rapidly coming to a head The post exchange and canteen build ings at Fort Wiugatu N M were to tally destroyed by firo Wednesday night Some of tho commissary stoics were saved Twelve persons at the homo of George 1 3 MeUarr at Summit Ga were pois oned by eating leo cream Mr McGiur is dead and tho doctors fear that nine others will die The jury on paintings of the Paris exposition have conferred medals of lienor upon James McNeil Whibtlerand John Singer Sargent tho two famous American painters Heavy thunder storms in tho central un I of Franco havo done considerable damage to crops Thero have been several deaths from lightning and large tracts around Thiers aro inundated Lead producers of Utah have taken the first steps toward forming a state and later a national organization to put np the price of lead by increasing exports They will work in co-operation with tho hineltcr trust Three men were killed by a passenger train on the Long Island railroad Wed nesday near Laurel Hill L 1 They were Matthew Clark Daniel Halpin and Patrick Ryan The men wero walking on the tiack when struck Japan is seeking American cattle to introduce among nativo herds aud im prove the general stock on tho islands Four Japanese officials especially com missioned to select and purchase fine btock have arrived at San Francisco Robert Fitzbimmons tho pugilist was examined at Bollevno hospital Wednes day by Dr John H Sullivan who an nounced thut FitzMmmons is suffering from un abtcess on his left knuckle and could not box with Runliu on June 1C B AKIN if P0WDE Imparts that peculiar lightness sweetness and flavor noticed in the finest cake short cake biscuit rolls crusts etc which ex pert pastiy cooks declare is unobtainable by the use of any other leavening agent Made from pure grape cream of tartar POYAL CAMNG pOiWDM CO NCW YORK k TYLKR II Hume AlloriHJHHllnH Norfolk 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