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HE OMAHA DAILY BEE. OMAHA , THUTLSDAY MO'RNING , OCTOBER 19 , iSOO-TWELVE PACES , SINGLE COPY FIVE ClINTS , UNCOVERS BOLD Give-Away Letters of Candidate Harrington of Sixth District , NO ROOM FOR POPULISTS AFTER 1900 Only Ono Party and that to Bo Manned by Democrats , PERJURED CERTIFICATES TO AID NEVILLE Chairman Boyle Resigns Rnther Than Be Party to a Crime , ' \RRINGTON \ LETTERS INSPIRED BY BRYAN Original Document * In the Cane. In rne-Mnille that should Open then I'opnllntn null n > cn of Honest DcinociniN Kver > where. KBAUNBY , Neb , Oct 18. ( Special ) "Why did Juan Boyle rcalgn chairmanship of the democratic congrcuslonal committee for the Sixth district ? " That Is the question that has been frequently of late propounded by The Heo , but no fuslonlst of the district has ruiihcel Into print with the explanation Bought. In pplte , however , of the evident disin clination of the fuslonlsts to discus * it , the answer Is given today over Mr Bojle'a own signature In nn nddress to the democrats of the Sixth district published in the Kear- ne > Democrat calculated to open the ujes ot populists and democrats who have been blindly following the so-callud fusion lead- cmIt will be remembered that when the popu- HstH and democrats met in two conventions pome weeks since nt Lexington to nominate a candidate for congrefo to fill the vacancy In the Sixth district created by the death of the late W L Orceno lust winter In Omaha , the efforts of the fusion conspirators to secure u combination upon a Joint candi date slipped a cog. As a result two candi dates were pHccd In nomination. The demo crats presented M. C. Harrington of North Platte , nnd the populists put up William Neville of the oamo place. At the time both parties were obdurate nnd considerable bitter feeling was engendered by the un availing contention. No sooner was the result of the conven tions heralded broadcast than the leaders of the fusion machine , who conveniently find ilcdgoment In both parties and manage to net OB bellwethers to the neighborly herds of confiding voters , began to clamor for the withdrawal ot Harrington. For a time Har rington and his frlendH put on a determined front , protested that the democrats were entitled to the nomination and that ho would certainly make the race. This apparently dauntless determination of Harrington to hold to the nomination remained unshaken until the gathering of the fusion clans later at Omaha for the triangular state conven tion , when Uwent out with a suddenness aVIn to that which marks the extinction of . an cjectrln. IjRht lt&le jtea roken ' circuit. " * Ofcour8p * Colone tBryaiiiTVBs'ln > Omaha at that time , and from hie room tri a hotel was directing the operations of the thrco con ventions through his lieutenants In each much as ono would marshal the pawns upcn the boards In a threo-cornored , ono-slded game of chess. llryuii Klxcn the Deal. Noon of the day of the conventions , before - fore they had been called to order , saw a rush of Sixth district fusion statesmen to ward Bryan's room. Among them was M. C. Harrington , and It was given out that the "row In the Sixth district was about to bo straightened out" Just what occurred in that room during the secret conclave that followed may never bo definitely known to those not actually present , but , Judging from ovcntfl that Immediately followed , a plan wan agreed on that contemplated the elec tion of a populist to congress from the Sixth district by the aid ot deception and perjury , the conspirators being moved to this sacrl- flco by the consideration nnd understanding annoug themselves that "After 11)01) ) there -will he no iicccn- nlt ) of a third part ) anil h our many nucriac.cnwe -will win over nearly all the popullntn to our party. " U la not merely surmlbed that this was the moving consideration that prompted tbo pirllclpnnta In that meeting. U Is abso lutely known that Mr Harrington came out of the meeting Imbued with thut conviction , as it appears In his correspondence subse quently hail with Juan Boyle , the chairman of his congressional committee. Whether Harrington suddenly conceived this Idea or Imbibed It from llrjun Is not stated , but something new must have been presented to him during that meeting by his doughty lender which prompted him to relinquish his nomination , ns that Is the reason ho assigns to the chairman of hla committee for giving up his light. It must have been Bryan who suggested to him that his withdrawal would vvlpo out the third party by winning the populists over to the democracy. It was also undoubtedly In pursuance of the plans adopted nt that meeting that Harrington at once placed himself In cor- lospondcnce with Juan Bojlo , chairman of his committee , In order to Justify his with drawal Ills letters to Bojlo afford an In sight Into those plans , -which can rest on nothing less than downright pcrjurj. In ono of thorn ho writes to Boyle a , suggestion that must bo of Intense Interest to the honest follower of tlio populist cause , namely , that "We mint accept the Inev llnlilc The future of deinoeriiC ) lu the Sixth illn > trlet ilepeiidn largely upon the num ber we enii draw from popullnt rniiKi. There will he hut two partlen , mill the IcnderH of the democratic parly now will lie thu reeiiKiilieil lender * then , Mihmlt Kraccfnll ) , even though we have to otreteh a point to ilo NO , " What Harrington meant by this Invitation to "streteh a point" Is the act nt which Juan Bojlo balked H meant slmpl > that Bo > lt should make n sworn certificate to the effect that the convention which bad Dominated Harrington had by resolution authorized the congressional coirculttee to nil any vacancies thut might occur on the ticket With the letter Harrington tent a certificate ready prepared , even embodying therein what purported to bo the resolution adopted for the fllllug of vacancies. The reawin Mr. Dojlo balked waa that no such resolution was ever passed by that conven tion , and ho was not ready to perjure him- iclf oven for Brjan's sake That was the rock upon which the ark of fusion conspiracy epllt for a time , until a more servile tool was found nnd Mr. Bojle. finding that his scruples had inado him distasteful to tome of his former associates , resigned This la the simple * story of facts revealed In the correspondence of ! U participants , the ( Continued on Ninth "ageT ON LEVEL Poll i ' ( J fe * T'l"w * ° " * ' I'enil nnd l'riii > nlityViKit ) Morn I'erUheil In Hi-cent Moiitiitm Morni. 11BNVBH. Cole Ort IS A special to the Republican from Ore-it Tails Mont , sis I'our men arc known to be dead nnd prob ably tight more In Teton "ounty from the rr- ccnt s'torrr The dead are .ill sheep herders. They arc as follows Norman IJriilce and one other , rmplojed by W. K. Klowcroe , Will Oraham , worklns for the Homer Sheep company , and a man named Li del. cmplo > pd by Wnllnco Taylor. T o herders named Mclnlosh nnd Conley , working for J C Qulgley , nro probably dead , I as they are mlrnlng , though their sheep have been found Many parties are In tbo mountains , includ ing women , which have not been heard from They ha\o tents and food , but may not escape - cape They are William Coburn , Charles McDonnell and their wives of Pupler , now in the Sunrlfio reservation , nnd W. P I'alston and four sons In Birch Creek einyon. The severity nf the storm ma > bo Judged by the fact that It took four horees four da > s to bring In the body of Will Oraham on n toboggan Snow Is four feet on the level In pans of Tcton county. HENDERSON STUMPING OHIO pxt * ) penUer of the House Moot * nlth mi HnthiiNlaMlc llci-cptlnn nt Daj ton. i DAYTON , 0 , Oct IS The Victoria thea ter was filled to overflowIng tonight to hear the next speaker of the house , D-ivid 1 ! Henderson of Iowa , and Senator Joseph Bcn- RDV i vc tf PYTiirifV r tiiinirv BluAw hbiMUllli d lAiili'AHiH Silver Champion Helps to Support the Qoebel Election Bill. DENOUNCED EVEN BY THE DEMOCRATS Mrninre Conceived for th 1'tirpone of I'lnoliiK the 111 tin * lliuiiU nf n Vo\ IIIK 1'olltlelniiNi I LINCOLN' , Oct IS ( Special ) The latest political move of W J Hrjan In emlorslnu Candidate Gocbel , the author of the "Kin- tuck ) force bill , " Is not genernll } under stood In this section of the countr > , even by the free silver chimplon's supporters. Urjan has been naked to explain why he went to Kentucky to participate In n fic tional fight , but n jet ho Ins not given A satisfactory answer More than a month ago , when It became known thut Hrvnn Intended to support ( ! oc- bel and his InfninoiiB election law. n num ber of prominent democratn and democratic newspapcis , among them the Now York Journal , buggcstcd that such a course on his pait would hi Ing about disastrous rcsulta .ind place the state In the republican column In IStOO with a good safe majority. It being admitted that the Oocbel law was not only unfair , but In direct violation of the con stitution. These warnings were not heeded by Hryan and the natural conclusion It th.it ho Is more In favo' of the fioebcl law than of the IOWA SOLDIERS IN A STORM " Monmer AVlilcli Left I oknluinin Mioiit the Sumo Time linn n HniiKU Jlxiicrlence , VICTORIA. U C , Oct , IS The steamer Kmprcss of India , which has reachtd here from Japan , has completed the roiKhe't trip of Its fortjthreeoynges. . The swond day out from Yokohama It encountered a typhoon which smashed all telegraphic communUn- tlo > i between the cnglno room and bridges and destroyed some of the boats The storm continued unabated .1 day and night Pears are expressed by oHlcers for the transport steamer Senator , currj-lng home the Piftfirst town regiment It lett Yokohama hama foi Pan Kranclsco cUht hours before the Hmpress and haflng luimensj upper works would faro badly In a gale SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. IS The transport Senator , with the lovvnolunteer on board , Is expected to arrive from Manila next week The news of the terrible experience of the steamship Kmpress of India while cnrouto from the. Orient to Vlcl-rla , when It en countered a typoon , caused no nliriu hei-e for the tnfety of the Senator , which Is supposed to have also passed through the typhoon The Senator Is n good vessel nnd ableto withstand the rigors of a storm of unusual so\crlty Till H I'ATHIOTS AT YOKOHAMA. lilttlc Colony of Amerlennn llierc lluie Cured \oluuteerM. . YOKOHAMA , Oct. 6 Via Victoria , B. C , Oct. 18. The Fifty-first Iowa regiment , the last of the volunteer regiments to touch at the port on ltd homewardbound trip , ( II I'K HI .J' England Loaves Nothing Undone to Prevent Any Foreign Complications. ALL MILITARY FORCES TO BE UTILIZ D to He Sent to South Vfrlpn nnd 'llielr 1'lneen TnUeu hi the Mllllln Moro Shnrp < rltl- cUnt Ii > Stenil. ( Cct vrlRht , IS-n by 1'ress I'ubllshliiB Co ) LONDON. Oct IS ( New York World Ca blegram Special Tolegrum ) Calling out the inllltla Indicates plainly that this gov- eminent considers It necessary to t.iku timely precautions ngalnst &omc forelf.n complication which threatens to supervene upon the Transvaal trouble The effective strength of the mllltla on laet > ear's lists was 103r > 31 men , with 20,931 reserves. The mllltla Is only to lx omploed to take the place In the home garrisons of line regiments going to South Africa The gov ernment has not thought It advisable , in view of the hostile feeling evokevl In Ire land by the attack of the Door republic , to rcduco the Irish inllltarj establishment below Its normal strength of10,000 men U Is Intended to set free the regular regi ments stationed In Ireland for war sorvlio by substituting Hngllsh militia battalions In the Irish garrisons , the Irlhh mllltla being sent for dutj to England , The mllltla can bo sent on foreign service , but such a mcas- uro was never contemplated , except In time "ONLY ONE MORE YEAR OF FUSION. " Harrington's Inspired Letter. < -y * * - _ " J * &O "tt-iPs scr&tez6 ton Toraker on the Issues of the campaign. General Henderson arrived in the after noon nnd was driven out to the Soldiers' home , where 6,000 veterans gave him n rojnl greeting and announced , ns he said tonight , that they Intended this fall to make It "straight republican. " Tbo speaker was escorted to the opera house by 300 marching members of the Young Men's McKlnley club. He eald ho came to Ohio to help in this campaign bc- couso national Issues nro ut atake nvery utterance of endorsement of the adminis tration was cheered by the vast assembly. SUIT TO RESTRAIN MARCONI Iinrneil of Ilontoii Claliim to Hold I'll to ut oil the 1'orelcner'n Sjnteni of "VVIrelcNH Telegraph. NEW YORK , Oct IS Lman C. learned of Boston has brought suit In the United States circuit court against Gugllemo Mar coni to restrain him and his agents from using the Sutem of wireless telegraphy , which Larned claims Is nn Infringement of patent now controlled by him The plaintiff In his complaint alleges that the original Inventor of this ojntem of tele graphing was Amos lmerson Do 1 bear. It was patented by him October 5,1SSB , under assignment to the Dolbcar Electric Tele phone Company. These rights were trans ferred to learned on July J2 last. Larned alleges that the means described In the patent , under which Marconi pur ports to carry on his njstcu ) , cannot be need for uch work and are not adapted foi commercial use Lnrned asks damages In the sum of $100,000 and for an Injunction restraining Marconi from using the alleged Infringing sybtcm , pending the termination of the suit TO URGE REMOVAL OF OTIS 11 r. l.eliuiire , I'roprletor of 'Manila Amorlonii , llcailoil for "VVaNliliin- ton for Til nt VANCOUVKK , n C , Oct 18 Prof. D C. Worcotor and Colonel Denby , Philippine commissioners , arrived here today on the Emprcsb of Japan and left this afternoon for Washington , where they will make their report to tbo president. Until tbo report Is made public neither gentleman will make a statement for publication Among the passengers was Mr Letroorp , proprietor of the Manila American His mlpslon U to urge the removal of General Otis and the promotion of General Law ton Letmore says Law ton U frequcntl ) dcnliM the fruits of victory b > the hesitation of General Otis candidate , Its author. In Kentucky the democratic party IK divided with very strong opposition to the author of the Goe- bel law The Goebelltes , of course , claim that Dijnn Is i > lmply Aorklng In the Interest of the candidate and that his support In no Aa ) Indicates that he approves the law Dryan , having gone to Kentucky to speak for Candidate floobel , he must necessarily endorse tbo Gocbel election law , which Is the dominant Issue In the campaign in that state. Having endorsed the law In Ken tucky , It may bo presumed ho naturally would favor the flame sort of a law In Nebraska should his party over re gain absolute contiol of the fitato govern ment. Outllue of the lllll. The last legislature of the state of Ken tucky was strongly democratic and Mr. Gocbel , ono of Us members , Introduced what Is known &u tbo Ooebel election law. In brief. It provided that the legislature , then lu session , should appoint three election commlhaloners for the state These In turn were to appoint three election tommlssion- ors for each county lu the state nnd the threu men thus appointed In each county were empowered to appoint election boards for each precinct. This Jaw placed the election machinery of tbo state ahsolutelj In the hands of the three dtmocrntlc com missioners appointed by the legislature. The state constitution , which prohibited the legislature from making appointments , vvna totally Ignored The republican governor of the state , William O Iliadlev , vetoed tbo bill , at the saino time transmitting to the legislature a long and comprehensive message , showing not only tbo unfairness , but the uncon- stltutlonallty of the bill The next day the legislature passed the measure over the veto of the governor and the tlireo commlsElon- crh were appointed to carry out Its provi sions and the Intentions of Its democratic author. This , In short , Is the law that W. J nryan cndorcos The Goebel wing of the democratic party , which mot In Louisville , nominated Its author for governor of the state and adopted a platform containing the following plank liorhel Democrat I'lalforin. Wo tndoreo the amendment to the state elec'lon law piusc-d n > the lust o > moeratic general ns eml > lv of Kentucky over the veto of the republican sovernor We cleclarn that nmendmtiiu to be In the interest of fair and honest elections lt faithful en forcement will render lim > os llUi the com- m'sston of un > such frauds att wrre perpe- trited In this stute In ISSfi. vvherein the will of the ptoplo WUB overthrown and the Htntu lost to Wlllltim J llrjan The antl-Goebel wing of the democratic part > met In convention at Lexington Au gust 1C and adopted the following plank We denounce in the most unreserved man- ( Continued on Third Page. ) i cached hero on October 3 and left yes terday for San Pranclsco. The Tcnnessoeana , who form the extreme j guard of the roturnlng troops , are reported as under orders to proceed direct from ' Nagasaki on account of the urgent need I of transports for reinforcements now hostelling to Manila. j The departure of the lowans ends one of tbo most remarkable features of the war , whether it bo considered In the light of the Irreproachable conduct of the great army of Americans passing through or In that of the patriotic resolution of the llttlo American community here , which has In every possible way administered to their needs. It has been a gigantic task for the handful of Americans hero to feed an army of 12,000 , ! to organize for them an extensive bureau I of information , to guard them against 1m- I position , to care for all tbo sick , even to the I extent of taking them Into their homeo , to I furnish free baths , to provide delightful I headquarters and In every -way to remind j them that they were among friends and countrymen , I Of course the women of the colony have | berne the brunt of the work , whllo the i men have furnished the means nnd that most liberally. All this Ins been done , too , 'with ' I a national prldo which would not per- , rnlt the acceptance of foreign aid , though freely proffered. Seldom has such work ; j been better done , and It may bo added sel- { doin more freely appreciated and rewarded. The great nrmy of returning Americans has responded with an unbullled record , 12,000 to the ainu7cnient of all the foreigners having proved themselves in every regard an army of g lemon "Will Moot Volunteer * . DCS MOJNKS , Oct 18 The Associated Press dispatches Indicating fears that the transport Senator , now on the Pacific with the ntty-flrst Iowa regiment , may have Buf fered on account of heavy weather. Is caus ing great concern Governor Shaw today an nounced the cancellation of his speaking dates and will leave at once for San Tran- claco to meet Jho regiment nnd assure proper care for the troor * In case they have Buf fered severely I lllluolM Catholic * Meet. ST. LOl'IS , Oct 18-'Wio twenty-second 1 annual conference of the wik-tern conven tion of the Western Catholic union of Illlnci's nut toduj , at Belleville Addresses of welcome were ilellvir-ed commlttCfH were nppolnted nn < l after that an adjournment vva taUtn for the p.aradu this afternoon t nnnlilrr Technical ( tiicxIIoiiK. CHICAGO , Oil -CoiiBlderai on of tech nical queitlow connected with the manage ment of traMlon lines occupied the. atten tion of delegates to thu American Street Hallway association hero toda > of extreme national peril , when the home. defense will bo committed to the \olun- teero. This calling up the mlllltia his added appreciably to the general cfitlmato of the gravity of the situation , Mcnil IlreaUrt Ioo o W. T. Stead has lesuod a pamphlet on the Boer -was entitled "Aro We In the Illght , . An Appeal to All Honest Men ? " It Is a powerfu' ' Indictment of Chamberlain's di plomacy , bringing Into the strongest relief the persistent and provocative course fol lowed by him throughout the negotiations with the patent object of forcing war on the Transvaal , But the most sensational part of the pamphlet is Stead's solemn declara [ tion that Rhodes Informed him that Cham berlain was privy to the Jameson raid and that the parliamentary Inquiry Into the origin of that conspiracy was hushed up j I because a point had been reached in ( bo 1 Investigation which if exceeded would Im plicate the colonial secretary directly In the plot. Dr. Rutherford Harris , secretary of the British South Africa company , Stead sa > H , wan Rhodes' Intermediary with Cham berlain , and the latter after some hesitation was finally roped Into the conspiracy by a cablegram from Hhodes , elating that unless - less facilities were given for the organiza tion of Jameson's force England would lese South Africa In the House of Commons today Philip Stanhope referred to Stead's positive charges ns matters Chamberlain should not bo al lowed to Ignore. Chamberlain speaks tomor row , when hit answer to Stead Is awaited with the keenest interest So far the mln- IsterH have been severely handled In the commons' debate , and there Is a noticeable change In the temper of the ministerialists from the arrogant aggrerslveness they dis played at the opening of Parliament. KAISER WILL VISIT ENGLAND CuIoKiie fiiisettit Announced Kniperor AVllllani AVI 1 1 Start for IlrltUh 11 , BERLIN. Oct 18 The Cologne Gazette Announces that Emperor William will start for England November 11 LONDON. Oct IS The Dally News thl morning icfrrrlng editorially to the coming visit of the German - " emperor eajs"There Is no reason why ho should not meet with a hearty reception The emperor's neu trality and pacific counsel to the Boers have atoned for his famous Kruger telegram H la qulto clear that some now negotiations of which Samoa Is the turning point are In actlvo progress and the understanding will probably extend far beyond the Saraoau question. " ONE DEAD , SEVERAL INJURED 1'iclulit Trnln HIIIIH Into n AXiiKon- loiul ofoimu Men Ailtli fright ful Itcmiltx. SUYMOim. In. Oot IS ( Spcelil Te'o- glim ) A frightful ar-ldcnt cccurrc I here at T 20 this evening , In which one person was kilted nnd nlnoothe. s Injured , perhaps s-cv- oral of them fatallj. Dead J W. CUl'PLKS. Injured Asa , Bucler , Injured In spine and hip. David Dinah , shoulder , splno and hip Hnrl.in Hunter , ccalp wound , lujuinl In spine , piolnbly ttrlous Norlan Anlson , badlj bruised nnd cut on I head. | On In Airlron , two scalp wounds. I l-arl Hcstullcr , unconscious' . J. M. I'urs , slight Injuries. J L Mzltcjnoldb , slight Injuries. James A. llamlHu , blight injuries A crowd of : .oung . men had started to the countrj to charivari a newly mairied couple nnd a i tlioj droui acioss the Uock Island track , In the east limit ot the cltj , the > were Mm U by tlio oastliouml moat train and Knocked from the track. Will Cupples was killed outright , anil his bad > was found launched upon the pilot of the engine The othir members of the pirt > were thrown promlstuouslj along the track and the wagon was complete ! ) dcBiiollthed and the harnc-bs torn from the horses Ono of the horses was Injured , but the other escaped I'relght No ! )3 ) Ind sidetracked nnd cut the crossing to await the pasting of the meat train The position of this train h large ! ) icsponslblo for the accident , ns the fast freight could not bo seen b ) the party In the wagon A ) ouug man who bad crossed the track and saw the train coming , called to the party In the wagon to stop and ho was heard by Brakcman Lewis of No U3 , who rushed to the crossing and used his best endeavors to stop the team , but the bos wcra all laughing and cutting up and evi dently did net sco his signal. TRYING TO STOP RATE WAR Ofllelnlfl of 'IciitN I.llloH Making UfTortn to Settle I'lKht on rack- In K Iloune Itatc-t. CHICAGO , Oct. 18 General traffic offi cials of tlio Texas lines were In session today considering rate matters in the ter ritory between St. Louis and points in Texas. The mo t Important subject to be considered Is in regard to the Kansas City , Plttsburg & Gulf taking a hand In the fight between Kansas City packers nnd the Bur- Ungtou , Lcoaus thu latter tps reduced thu Omafia-KanBas * City differential on packing house products. The Southwestern Trafllo association lines find they will have to meet the reduced rates announced by the Kansas Clt ) , Pitts- burg & Gulf and ma ) lo compelled to juake corresponding reductions In packing house product rates from St. Louis and other Mis sissippi river points. As this will borlously affect the revenues ot the roads , strenuous efforts are being made to induce the Burlington and the Kan sas City. Tort Scott & Memphis to scttlo their trouble- regarding the Omaha-Kansas City differential. The managers of the Kansas City , Pitts- burg & Gulf say they will restore rates to Texas points as soon nt > tbo Burlington and Toil Scott & Memphis restore their tariffs from Omaha and Kansas City to points In the southeast , No decided action was taken at the meet ing today. RICH FARMER IS DECEIVED I'nnill } of ( "nl\ln Cox Ilntor Into u. IMot ami rice ly Mglit tilth Seven Iluuilreil Dollarn. MARYV1LLH , Mo , Oct. 18 ( Special Tel egram. ) A new kind of buncoo game ivas worked near Ilopklna last nignt. Three ! dajs ago Thomas Cox nnd Mark Car- mlchacl offered to bet Calvin Cox , an old nnd wealthy fanner , that he did not have the nerve to take Jl.OOO from the bank and kcep it in his houfio all night The ) oung mun nro icspcctlvely the son and son-in- law of Cox. The latter , to show his cour age , took the wager and wont to get the money. The bank allowed him to take only (700 , but with thl.s In his pocket nnd a largo revolver In his belt he returned homo. This morning when he. awakened the flrht discovery ho tnado was that the cntlro $700 was gone and further Investigation revealed the fact that his whole family , Including bin wlfo , were mlrtslng The officers wort notified and Rt'L out In purmitt , but when last hoard of the fugitives had crobscd tin ) Missouri river Into. Nebraska nnd were forty miles ahead of their pursuprs. KILLS WIFE AND THREE SONS I'rnnlc K , llnheoeU. I'liriuor Near Itcil- Mooil FallH , VI I n n. , Vlnrilcrx IIU Family anil lllniHclf. MINNEAPOLIS. Oct. 18 A special to the Tlmeb from Redwood Tails , Minn. , says Prank 13 , Babcock , a farmer i esldlng near thin city killed his wlfo and thrco sons on Ills farm today In a fit of Insanlt ) . Bubcoek loaded hla gun and went to where his two llttlo bo)8 were plalng near the house and blew their brains out Ills wife , who saw him , rushed to the barn and hid Babcock searched for nnd found his wlfo In the barn and * hot her In the head Ho then walked a mlle to where lil.t . oldest son was working and blew the brains of this son out. He then killed himself in- fitantly. I'lillimm Director ) Meeting , CHICAGO , Oct IS J W. Dean , a promi nent member of the I'ullm in Car company director.irr've ' l hero tc < ln ) from New York to attend the annual meeting tomor row und Is suimwd to have the Claris of the much-talked-of I'lillnmn-WuKiicr < on- sol.d.itlon In his PO .Movement * of tlcenn Vcxxclx , Oet. IK , At Plv mouth An Ivifl Ornf Waldcrsee , from Now York , for Hamburg A < Liverpool Arrived Vancouver , from Montr l At lx > ndon Arrived Mesaba , from New Yolk At New York Arrlvi-d Victoria , from Mediterranean ports , II H Meier , from Hitmen , Majestic from Liverpool nnd giuenHtoun Sailed St Paul , for South ampton , W'MernlimJ. for Antwerp , Orennli for LUeipool At Hnuilmmpion Arrived St Louis , from New "Vork At Jloulorfnt ArrlvtdAmHtcrdum , from New York f > r lluturdum mid proi ceded At Quunst'iwn Arrivud Cauilonl.i from llot-ton for Liverpool Servm , from N w lork , for Llvtrpoo4 , and both proceeded. HOIST A WHITE FLAG Symbol of Surrender Sent tip by tta Britons nt Mafeking , CAUSE OF ACTION IS NOT MADE CLEAR Tree State Takes Upon Itself Responsibility of Cotnnianoiug Hostilities , ADVANCING THROUGH VAN REENEN'S ' PASS British Forces Meet Enemy in Neighborhood of Aotou Homes. NUMBER OF CASUALTIES RIPORUD lloer ' emit * Vie Hulitcil nt llnitlnu- Mirull. Se\rn .11IIen from llrltlnli 'i ' mid nn r.iiK'iR Imminent. LONDON. Oot. ! < . V Nprclnl ilU- imteli , ilnteil ut I'retorln nt noon j c - tcriliij , Bnjnt "Ifter a few Hhotn uero tired ul lliifelilnic the white llnu vtnn holnted. A lloer pnrlj licurliiK 11 11 MK of Iruee vvni Meiit to liniiilre whether the tovtn niirreudei e l. No definite re ply WIIN received. The lloer inexicii- Bcr wiin detnlned for nit hotirn ami then rclcnneil. " Another Mpeelnl dlspnteh from I're torln niirii 'I he lloer Krupu lint- terlen lire now enverliiK the town. Illlllnrj etiKlneerM ciin he oliNerveil In.i Intc n teniiiornry enllrond , vilileh will prohnhl } he lined In arnioreil tiiilu ilefeiiHe li > the Kiirrlitoii. LADYSM1TH , Nntal , Oct IS. An olTlehl note published hero says "A Kiec State com mando > CBtcidny commented iictunl hustll- Itlcs. The 1'reo Stnto has thus tal on upon Itself the responsibility of beginning war and cannot hereafter j > oao as the Injured party. " 5 05 p. m The Drltlsh rivalry patrols have been in nctlon at Acton Homes nnd Lester's station slncci midday and the ac tion Is Htlll in progress. A number of cas ualties have been reported Supports are leaving the camp and expect to light to monow. 5 25 p m Tlio Ilrltlsh farces came Into contact with the enemy In the nelghboi- hood of Acton Homea and Lester's station , about filxteea miles out , this morning. The firing began at 10 o'clock. lliitriiueniciit I iiiiu I n en t. CAM" OL.UNCOI2. Nntal , Oct. IS. 2 p. m. Boor scouts have been sighted at Hat- Itngsprult , eeven miles from the British camp , and an engagement is Imminent. Prec Mute rorccn Ailv aiiuliiK. LONUON. Oct. 18 The Ladjsmlth dla- patches scut out tonight and the Camp Glen- coo dispatch of today refer to different Boor forces , the Camp Glen coo dldpatch referring to the Boers who aro'lnvading frim Lalns'a Nek and the Ladysmlth dispatihee to the Tree State forcen ndvnnelng tbrounh Vun Hcenen's PIIBR and the Tree Staters Invad- ins ever the Tlntwa pass to Acton Homes A dispatch from Ladysmlth snjs that a letter was brought to the British pickets by Doer cjcllsts , bearing a white Hag , elgncJ by the Newcastle magistrate and sent by permission of Conunaiidant Joubcrt , stating thai the Brltishoiu who remain in Nonvcastlo arc all well , KISI.NC 01' 'HIIJ WAUMICn THIIli : . Acw mill SerloiiN Klcment In 'rrmiN- tnnl 'Mllllllrj.Sltiiiitlou. . LONDON , Oct. 18 Up to noon today no confirmation had been received of the report of serious Hocr losses at MafekliiR , but stories .iro arriving fiom various points so persistently and circunibtnutlaJly that It op pears probable the burghers have mot wltli some measure of revcrae. Accounts of the action at Mnfcklng nro beginning to urrlvo from Pretoria. There fore , If the Boers had any success , It Ib bound soon to bo known. As foreshadowed vcstorday , they have suc ceeded in cutting off thi ) water supply at Mafcking , but U Is said that there aio euf- llclcnt wellB in tbo town to snpplj the In- li'iblt nits. A new nnd serious element In the military situation Is the rising of tlio warlike Irlbo of Ita.iutob , under Chief Mchoko , ngalnsl the Orange I'reo State. The British must koup the llasutoa ( inlet , and the paramount chief , Lerotliodi , has thus far behaved vvtll. lie- ports are current , however , that the otlur chiefs may follow the example of .Mchoko , Moreover , the unrest among the tribesman Is spreading Into Xululand. Advices from Pretoria , gummarl/lng tha reports to the Transvaal government from General Cronje , in command at the chief langcr on the > west side , announcu that the Marlco and Uustcnberg commandooi-c. with Hold telegraph , occupied Burman's Drift , near the outskirts of .Mafcklug , on Monday and took posECMilon of a fountain In the neighborhood , tlum cutting off tlio water supply of the town 'Jho Boer artlllciy then began shelling , but the British did not reply. Hour Side of Sdirj. A Boer a-count of the tUlrmlsh with the Brltlbh armored tiuln south of Klinberloy KIJS "Tho train came upon the burghers whllo they were destroying the railway The burghers llrcrt upon llio train with Mausers and subsequently with artillery The third shot lilt a truck and the train then steamed off , after which the burghers con tinued the work of destroying the line" Another dispatch from Pretoria na > that burghers linvc occupied Taungs , noulh of Mafeklng , and I/obari ( probably J/jlmtsI ) , to the northward , without oppcnltlon , With regard to NorvalBpont , it appoint thut the Capo railway ofllclals dcstrojod tha brldgo on their line on the Orange Tree Btate Hide and then ubindoncd the station The Ornngo Free State troops havd do- strojud the Modeler river brldgo without op position. A dlfpntch from niirbin , Niilal nays that rofugceu who arrived thcro yesterday ( Tues day ) from Pretoria declare that the Boors at the TrannvHRl capital admlttod a Boer rppulso nt Mafoklng , eight burghers doing Killed and a numbnr wounded All mcssageH to and from South Africa are subjected to scrutiny at Aden According to a Bpcolal dispatch from Dur ban , Natal , tlio.ulna ar arming with na- atgaln Chk'f Dlnlziilu mys he IB unable to restrain them It in expected they will bo Joined by the SvtaUls The Hotrs , aerordlng to a npoclal dispatch from Pretoria jentejiday , repulsed a tmall forcn of Cape mounted police near Ilerktley Went , Capo roloii ) . ( .apturlng two .Statement of \\iir Olllee , The war oflko has i.iaiifd the following glatunent NCVSH han been received from General Sir George Htowart While , the Ktu-