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J L ' BOER LOSS IS HEAVY
Uoport That Over
nt
DUTCH GET AMMUNITION AT VRYBURG
Commandant Sohooman Eiaily Seizta the
Town of Krofcodileport ,
DESTROYS RAILWAY BRIDGE THERE
Boers Threaten Native Chiefs Who Are
Loyal to Qrtat Britain.
TRY TO HEAD OFF RHODESIAN FORCE
Intend to Dontroy Itnlluny < o Ilnlu-
vm > n ntnl Prevent Colonel I'liini.
mcr IIiiltiK to llcllcf of the
llrltlNh. at MnfcklnK.
LONDON , Oct. 27. The magistrate at Vry-
lurg Is responsible for the report made to
1'rcinlcr Schrelner nt Capetown that 513
Boers were killed nt Mafeklng.
LOURENZO MARQUEZ. Oct. 27. The fol-
lowing dispatch has been received here
Irom Pretoria , filed jcstcrday :
"Tho government has Issued a proclama
tion , declaring that no rents or Interests on
bonds can be claimed during the continu
ance of martial law , nor within a certain
fixed period after the repeal of the same.
"Tho Boers at Vryburg have Hecurcd a
quantity ot ammunition. Commandant
Schoomnn has seized Krokodllcport and de
stroyed the railway bridge there.
"President Kruger Is In excellent health. "
IloerH Threiiteii > utlvc Chlrfn.
CAPETOWN , Oct. 27. A telegram from j
Buluwavo , Hhodcsln , dated Monday , says- '
'
A Boer force Is threatening Chief Khama
nnd Chief Llnchwo , who are lojal to Great
Britain. The two chiefs' country lies at the
cxtrcmo northwest ot the Transvaal and
includes Bcrhuanaland. It seems a gross
mistake for the Boers to provoke war among
\ho natives. The probable explanation la
that the Boer force Intends to destroy the
railway to Buluwayo and thus prevent any
nttempt of Colonel Plummer's Uhodeslau
force to go to the relief of Mafeklng. Al
ready thcro have been stories of a Rhodeslnn
armored train engaging the Boers some dls-
tanco north of Mafeklng.
G'hitiiiuurliiliv UmlorMed nt I'olln ,
LONDON , Oct. 27. The parliamentary
bje-clectloa for the Bow and Bromley di
vision of the Tovvor Hamlets , London , held
today to replace the Hon. Lionel R.
Holland , conservative , was fought on the
government's Transvaal policy nnd resulted
In a big voctory for the government , the
conservative candidate , William Guthrle ,
being elected by 4,328vote * ? against 2,123
voles cast for his liberal and radical op
ponent , Harold Spender. The conservative
majority was practically twice that eecured
ot the election of Mr. Holland.
PARIS. Oct. 27. Ari authoritative state
ment was Issued this afternoon , formally
denying the rumors ot Intended Franco-
Ilusslan Intervention In the Transvaal war
nnd declaring that France has no ground
nnd no desire for any such Intervention at
present , nnd tliat Russia la meat likely
placed In the same position , adding that
Germany Is the only power directly con
cerned In the matter.
Iluerit Are AKKre le.
LONDON , Oct. 27. The Dally Telegraph
has the following from Ladysmlth dited
Wednesday :
"Our cavalry patrols have been fired on
this .forenoon and chased by the enemy near
the scene of the Rlctfonteln engagement.
The Boers show signs of becoming aggro-
live. Wo learned of the capture of the
llubtara In response to n military wire sent
to Commandant General Joubert. "
DAVITT GIVES HIS REASONS
IrlHh Lender TcllN Why He
HIM Jlcmoemhlii In the HOUIIC
of Commons.
( Copyright , 1899 , by Press Publishing Co. )
LONDON , Oct. 27. ( Now York World
Cablegram Special Tolegram. ) Michael
Davltt has given me the highly Important
tlcncd statement that follows , setting forth
Ills reasons for resigning his eeat In the
British Parliament :
"My resignation Is prompted by three
reasons , clcpely related to each other.
"I have spoken In the house of this war
with the Boers ns 'organized Infamy. ' This
is what the clvilUed world , outside ot the
Jingoes will call It. But the House of
Commons approves this war. supplies the
money for Its prosecution nnd indorses the
criminal policy which led up to It. The
only protest etlll loft to mo to make against
thta monstrous action of tbe British Parlia
ment Is to cease to be a member of It.
"Secondly I feel most strongly about the
non-attendance of the nationalist members
In the house during the fight for the Trans-
Mini's cause. To combat the selfish ferocity
of the Jingo war policy were left only Dillon
nnd three or four more of us , with an aver-
ngo backing of thirty. In the division our
colleagues remained In the lobbies. This
Is a disgrace to the popular representatives
of Ireland , who number clgbty-ono men.
Bomo of the absentees nro known to bo pro-
Urltleh nnd opposed to tbo Boera In this
war I shall do my best , now that I am
\ iigain a free man , to hunt these supporters
of British Infamy out of their Irish constit
I.V uencies.
"Thirdly I urn convinced that It Is n
nauto of tlmo nnd energy for mo to remain
In the house appealing for justice to an as-
bcmbly that Is dominated by money and lust
for conquest. England In now the most un-
the civilized
fci rupulous enemy of liberty among
lized nations. Her money and her callous
wells of liberty
c .mmerco ore poisoning tbo
all over the world.
"Apart from this war against the Dutch
English forces ba > o
Africa.
race In South .
slaughtered thousands upon thousands of na-
tlves In the region of the Soudan , the negro
In Sierra Leone , Coomusslo , Uganda and
vears I have been
elscvvhoro during the seven
In tbe houso.
" murder and robbery on
"To mo all this Is
a scale of Imperial magnitude and for too
basest motives. It has been done hypocrit
ically , piofcsalng the purposes of civilization
and human edict , which the devil blmeclt
would bo ashamed to assume , under sucn
circumstance *
'Laitly , I ask myself this question : H
two little nations like the Transvaal and tlio
Orange Free State , with a combined popula-
tlon Iras than that of San Francisco , can
challenge England's military might on tue
field of battle , con beat English foldlers ,
even when outnumbered , aa tbo Boors did
both at Dundee and Elondsloagte , can
threaten the prestige of England with the
most serious blow it has received during
this century ; If , I say , a handful of people
can do this In their light tot Independence ,
the Irish race , which numbers at least 20-
000,000 nt the present day , Is called upon
to view the problem of home rule In the new
light ot these startling facts
"Today we arc simply scolding about Kng-
-vfli.d" rule In Ireland. Women could do that
mc" lf that ls n" mc" can Jo >
will be dead and descrreJIy
MICHAEL DAVITT "
ORDER CRUISERS OUT
Iteport Hint n s.nuulr.iii IM lo lie Menl
to UeliiKon llnj nt nn Hurl }
Dnte.
PARIS , Oct 28 The Jrurnal niscrts that
five cruisers of the French squadron now
at The Piraeus , the Port ct Athens , have
been ordered lo place themselves In read
iness to go to the Cape.
A dispatch to the Petit Journal from Tou
lon says
"Two or three of the fastest cruisers have
been ordered to go to Delagoa bay and Rus
sian warships will follow them. "
The Figaro , whllo pointing out the con
tradictory rumors from Toulon on the sub
ject ot the dispatch of a naval division from
the f > outhtviet toast , sajs "It li certain
that the cruiser Cassard sailed from Toulon
to Port Bald on the receipt of an Important
telegram enclosing sealed orders. "
TUESDAY'S BATTLE IN DETAIL
Ilrlllnh Account of the Conflict nt
Illotfontelii Shovvt It to HiDlft -
tlnctlj a liner Ilofeiit.
( CopyrlKlit. ISM , by Press Publishing Co )
LONDON , Oct. 27. ( Novv York World
Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Adv Ice-s
from Ladjnmlth dated October 24 , at 6-25 p.
m , , glvo the following details ot Tuesday's
battle at Illctfontoln.
"Tho British -force rested two miles south
of the point where the railway crosses Mod-
dcri'prult. On the left Hank are two enormous - |
mous kopjes with a smaller kopje between.
" 'Tho Boers at the right at 5 a. in. fired
toward the British scoute near Moddersprult ,
then suddenly fired nt the staff. The
first shell dropped within fifteen yards , whilo' '
the Torty-second British battery promptly
came Into action. The first shot silenced j
ono Boer gun. |
"At 8.30 a. m. continuous firing was heard i
io the British right between them and the |
rldgo lying In from the kopjes. At 9 a , m.
the Forty-second battery reopened from
this ridge , the Fifty-third following eult.
The mountain battery came Into the action
shortly after.
"Tho Natal volunteer forces recalled from
Moddersprult took the extreme left nnd
engaged the Boers on a different kopje. The I
Gloucester and Llverpools formed the first' '
nfantry fighting line , taking cover along
the summit ridge. The Dcuons , originally
reserve , afterward manned the rldgo on the
left.
"From 10 to 10 30 a. m. the firing waa
heavy , but by 11 a. in. the Boer firing became -
came desultory. At 11 o'clock the heavy
Maxim firing of the British on the lett was
lieard.
"At 12 30 there wns renewal of heavy fir
ing along the whole line.
"At 1 o'clock from eny position on the
firing line I saw at least 500 Boers retreat
ing on Bestcr's. The total force IB esti
mated at T.OOO. At 1:30 : p. m.'only a few
Boer sharpshooters were left.
"At 2:30 : p. m. the British force retired ,
though a few Boers kept up desultory flrlna.
The British artillery made a splendid prac
tice.
tice."It
"It Is Impossible to estimate the number of
Boers killed. The character ot fighting wns
quite different from Elandslaagte , a elnglo
Boer marksman aiming at individuals , es
pecially officers. The object of the
attack TV as to prevent the Free Staters
froni reaching Helpmakaar to Interfere with
Yulo's retreat.
"A burial party returned from Elandslaagto
bringing Chlsholm's body and reported hav
ing burled sixty-seven Boers , also
that the Boere carried from the field many
of their dead In wagons. The Kaffirs state
that the Boers practiced artillery from
Intlnehonl yesterday afternoon In order to
find the ranges. This accounts for local
rumors ot heavy firing. The action la re
garded by the Biltlsh as distinctly a Boer
defeat. "
CHAMBERLAIN UNDER FIRE
OnpniientH of Hln I'ollc > Continue to
Ilnrnnn Him ivlth Clnrntloiiit
lit I'lirllnmeiit.
LONDON , Oct. 27. The third reading of
the appropriation bill In the House of Com
mons tod.iy gave the opportunity for further
attacks on the government's war policy.
Gavin Drown Clark , radical , formerly consul
general of the Transvaal , accused the secre
tary of state for the colonies , Mr. Chamber
lain , of publishing on emasculated version
of the Iloer francblso bill paused by the
Voiles ruad.
Mr Chamberlain tartly repudiated this.
Ho said the bill was published exactly as
received from Secretary of State Reltz.
Thomas Gibson Howies , conservative mem
ber for Lynn Regis , referred to the heavy
military task before the government and eald
he feared the foreign powers would take ad
vantage cf Great Britain's difficulties to
make an attempt upon Us possessions , All
the great ponern , except Austria , ho as
serted , hated Great Britain.
Mr. Llojd-George , radical member for the
Carnarvon district , declared the offers of
the Transvaal had been misrepresented ,
whereupon Mr. Chamberlain and the speaker ,
William Court Gully , Intervened. Mr. Llovd-
George then withdrew his expression regard-
lug misrepresentation.
The session was then cuspended until 2
o'clock In the afternoon. When the house
reassembled the queen's ' speech was read
and Parliament was prorogued , with the
usual formalities ,
The queen's speech at tbo prorogation of
Parliament today was as follows.
My Lords and Gentlemen : 1 am hnppj
to b < > uble to release > ou ot the u.\ceiitlonul
dutliM which have been Imposed upon vuu
by the exigencies of public bervlcc
1 ronurutulato o on the brilliant
dualities whic-li have been displaced by the
liravo reglmtnti. upon whom the task of
lewlllng the Invasion of my faouth African
colonies has been laid In do'iiR ' so I can
not but express nil profound Borrow that
BO many gallant ottlcers and soldiers hliould
bav fallen in the performance o/ their
Gentlemen of the House of Commons : I
lacknovvlnlite with crutltude the liberal
i provision * > nu Imvo made to repay the
| expensed of Oie military operations In South
iiiy L-UIUO and Gentlemen I trust that
tliu dlvlm blessing ma > rct upon vour
efforts and those of my gallant army to
leutore peace and good government to that
portion of my empire and to vindicate the
honor of this country
The House of Commons paescd the ap
propriation bill prior to the suspension of
business there , after which the measure was
I taken to the House of Lords and passed
I through all the atagts
Miie Hundred Iloer I'rUoners ,
LONDON , Oct. 27. A opeclil dispatch
from Plotermarltzburg , Natal , dated Octo-
'ber ' 24. soys Nine hundred and elghty-
i eight Boer prisoners arrived here this morn-
I lng They Include Captains PeWItt , Ham-
, roor , Forthue , l > or y , Van LegBer and Dott-
ut-r.
T11URSTON TAKES THE STD1IP
Nebraska's Senior Senator Begins Cam *
paigning in His Homo Slate.
TALKS TO GOOD AUDIFNCE AT WAKEFIELD
DlnviiA p * the Tariff In a.
'Manner nnd I ( ilioliln the Ailinln-
iNtrntton'ft Pnlli-y In the t'lilt-
liilnr | Istniuln ,
WAKnriELD , Neb , Oct. 27. ( Special
Telegram ) Senator John M. Thurston
spoke to an audience hero tonight tint filled
the largo opera house to Its utmost capacity
and never In the history of the city did anj
political speaker receive a more enthusiastic
ovation. A delegation of 100 or more was
hero from Ponder , accompanied by band
nnd marching club Lirgo delegations \vcro
i present from the other towns of Dlxon
I county and from Wayne
1 The speaker devoted hla attention to the
tariff question first , and made a masterly
I argument for the republican position. IU >
| devoted some tlmo to the Philippine sltua-
I tlon and upheld the president with logic
| and vigor. It was a great event * or Dlxon
I county icpubllcans and the senator's speech
wns a vote winner from start to finish.
Senator Thuralon was mojt hospitably en
tertained while hero by State Senator H. P
Shumway nnd other enthusiastic republicans.
FARMERS LISTEN TO KINKAID
rininlnlu vinlllcj'K Tour In Inter
rupted li > 111 IK-NX other Mect-
IIIKM of IlcpiilillcniiN ,
COZAD , Neb. , Oct. 27. ( Special. ) M. P.
Klukald spoke at this place this afternoon
to a largo audience composed largely of
farmers. The meeting was to have been ad-
diessed by Chaplain Mallley , who was taken
suddenly 111 and unable to travel. The largo
nudlcnce , though much disappointed , listened
with close interest to Judge KInkald , who
Gpoko for an hour and a half , making an
excellent Irnpresslon upon his hearers. The
Lexington Knlghta of Pjthlas band enter
tained the people after the speaking. In the
evening Norrle. Brown delivered a splendid
address to a largo audience. Republicanism
Is nt high tldo In tills county and Daw son
county will give a good report In November.
ALnXANDRIA , Neb. , Oct. 27. ( Special. )
Wednesday night U. II. Hlnshavv of Pair-
bury spoke to about 1BO voters in Knox's
opurr. house. The weather was unfavorable
for any gathering , it having rained all night
and the roads were very muddy. Mr. Hln-
shaw drove across the county from Tobias.
Ho spoke for over an hour on the political
Issues of the day nnd described Judge M. B.
Reese ns a jurist , gentleman and scholar.
HERMAN , Neb. , Oct. 27. ( Special. ) Sen
ator Van Dusen ot South Omaha and Judge
Baker addressed a good-sized audience at
Herman last night. About 150 voters were
In attendance. Both addresses were well
received. At the close ot the meeting a re
publican club ot thirty members was organ
ized , with J. II. Chambers , president ; H. II.
Herzog , vice president ; Colonel Ranklu ,
secretary , and Giles Mead , treasurer. The
republicans ot Herman will give the entire
tlck.ctftiso < jil voto. .
SYRACUSE , Neb , Oct. 27. ( Special. )
Last night Hon. J. J. McCarty of Dlxon
county delivered a forcible nnd able speech
on the issues ot the day. Holcomb's rec
ord on the district bench and In the gov
ernor's chair was laid bare. Paul Jessen ,
candidate for district Judge , was the next
speaker. Jessen appealed to the sterling
common sense and patriotism of the people.
j During the meeting several songs were ren
dered by a quartet of native Filipinos , who
have declared their Intention to become
citizens.
CARLETON , Neb. , Oct. 27. ( Special. ) A
large crowd In the opera house listened
with attention last night to good repub
lican speeches. E. H. Hlnshavv and C. L
Richards were at their best. S. W. Chris
tie ot Edgar and nearly all the county can
didates were present and made a fcood 1m-
preeslon. The music was an attractive fea
ture.
CIIOWI ) AWAITS I'AIHIIAMvh.
Iiiillniiii Senator Arrived \fter Ilpliiy
and In AVoll Ileeelved.
YORK , Neb. , Oct. 27 ( Special. ) Owing
to Senator Falrbank's failure to make train
connections a large number of farmers were
disappointed In not hearing him yesterday
afternoon at the auditorium. Ex-Congress
man J. B. Strode very acceptably filled his
place and delivered ono of the best speeches
on state Issues heard In York. Posters
were gotten out In the afternoon announc
ing that Senator Fairbanks would be here
and speak nt the opera house In the morn-
Ing. A large audience gathered and pa
tiently waited until nearly 0 o'clock , when
the senator arrived. The tpecch was loudly
applauded throughout.
Senator Fairbanks contrasted the condi
tions prevailing now with those three jears
ago when manufacturers could not pay
wnges and tradesmen could not obtain work.
Ho described the situation leading up to
the Spanish war and praised the wisdom
and skill with which President McKlnlcy
carried on the campaign , Ho deprecated
the attitude of Americans who compared
Agulnnldo to George Washington and point
ed out the mercenary spirit of the native
chief. The speaker defended the acquisition
of the Philippines , the key to the Orient and
ono-thlrd of the world's population.
I.HJIIT TlinOWV 0 > STATE Ib&URS.
Kdnnril llonevv liter DIKCIIHHCH Attl-
tiulFH of the VnrloiiM CtniitlilitteN ,
WAHOO , Neb. , Oct. 27. ( Special. ) Ed
ward Rcrewatcr , editor of The Bee , spoke
to on audlonco of attentive listeners at the
Wahoo opera house last night. Upon being
Introduced by Chairman T. X Plckett , Mr.
Rosowaler entuird at once Into a clear and
forcible presentation of all the live political
Issues , state and national , In which the
voters are at the present time Interested
Ho dUnusied the trust nnd war questions
and Bhonctl up the sophistries of Bryanlsm
i In the stand taken upon these two Important
| subjects Ex-Governor Holcomb's unsavory
record In connection with the house rent ,
ballot frauds and farcical settlement with
ex-Treasurer Bartlev , was reviewed a' '
length and many present were for the firs !
tlmo fully and clearly Informed of the
details cf these scandalous transactions. Mr
Rosewater spoke two hours and bis speech
was an educator
CIIAI'MI.V .MVII.I.nV AT MIM'OHI )
Hi * IlouiFK KnthiiNliiHin nnd TnlK to
n 1-nrcc Anillenee ,
MILFOUD. Neb. , Oct 27 ( Special Telegram -
gram ) Chaplain Mallley of tbo Fighting
First Nebraska opened the republican cam
paign hero tonight and never In the history
of the city did a speaker over receive a
greater ovation than that tendered him I' '
waa by far the mc * > t enthusiastic meeting
of the campaign in this locality and to Il
lustrate the general feeling It need only bo
compared with the meeting held by the pop
ullsts Tuesday , at which W D Oldham ad
dressed sixty-five or seventy men , women
and children The fusion meeting was belt
in the Maccabeo hall , which eeoti 110. Mall
ley delivered his nddrrM In Masonic hall ,
which has a capacity of about 300. All the
ecats were occupied nnd standing room was
at a premium The speaker received the
closest attention nnd wns liberally applauded.
Ho paid a glowing tribute to the patriotism
of William McKlnlcy and strongly en
dorsed the attitude of tho'administration
toward the Philippines , tils explanation ot
the situation In the Islands was heartily ap
* '
* "
proved.
WILL NOT GRANT MANDAMUS
llnfttliiRn Decide * AKnlnnt the
UeiiiilillPiiiifi In the Saline Count }
llnllnl Cnne.
LINCOLN , Oct. 27 ( Special Telegram )
At midnight tonight a message was received
at republican headquarters announcing that
Judge Hastings had denied the mandamus
In the Saline- county ballot case. The republican - |
, publican commlttecmnn had applied for a j
I writ to compel the county clerk to glvo the
| ' republican candidates the precedence on the
ballots After going somewhat Into the his
tory of the case , the decision ol the judge
rcids as follows
"Tho primary meaning of the word 'polled'
In connection with election seems to be to
register and count as votes , cause them to
i bo registered and counted. Such cleat ly Is
[ its mranlng In section 127 , whiro the polling
of 1 per cent ot the total vote Is required
as n condition to the official existence ot a
party. If that meaning Is to be applied here ,
then nny votes which a party secures to bo
polled for the head of Its ticket by fusion
or otherwise should bo credited to it. That .
the \vord 'poll' Is frequently used In the
(
sense of 'cast , ' In relation to votes , is no
doubt true. It is , however , only a derived
nunnlng nnd grows out of the fact that the
votes must be cast In order to bo registered
nnd counted. I conclude that cither the
legislature did not contemplate the present
situation or purposely used words requir
ing that the matter bo summarily deter
mined by examining the total number ot
votes cast for the head of the ticket at the
last election. In either event the right of
the rclator would seem not to be clear and
distinct. "
iiniicinjonTALKS WITH
CltlreiiN ofnlley County I.IMcti to
Ti\o t o < id Ileimhlienii SiienKern.
ORI ) , Neb. , Oct. 27. ( Special Telegram. )
Assistant Secretary of War Melklejohn and
Hon Norrls Orowu of Kearney addressed a
largo audience at the court house hero to
night. Mr. Melklejohn created great enthu
siasm during the two hours of his speech and
while many populists were present nearly
all were In accord with his sentiments.
Mr. iMclklejohn called the attention
of his hearers to the fact that pros
perity Is here and produced facts and fig
ures to provo It , Ho showed how labor had
been moro extensively employed and how
v ? ges had been Increased. After contrastIng -
Ing conditions under the present adminis
tration with the Cleveland administration
ho took up the war and showed how the op
position favored \ho war , how the trouble
all came about and explained all that the
War department had " done. Ho made
throughout a logical nnd powerful speech.
Norrls Brown spoke for thirty minutes and
waa cheered to the ecfio. Ho has many
friends here , who enjoy his wit and logic.
Ha has .heretofore mlide 6omo "of the best
speeches over made in the/'COunty and this
waa no exception. On the whole the meet
ing was a success and very enthusiastic.
The republican cause In Valley county Is
gaining support every day.
SI'KAKS AT
Iiidlnnn StnteNiium Hnndlen ftntlonnl
QneNtlonn In mi Abie Mnnncr.
COLUMBUS , Neb , Oct. 27. ( Special Tel
egram. ) Senator Chailes W. Fairbanks ot
Indiana addressed a large and enthusiastic
crowd at the opera house In this city this
evening. He was escorted from the hotel to
the hall by the Reese club , headed by the
Columbus Cornet band , and was Introduced
by J. G. Reedcr , chairman of the county
committee. He spoke for more than an hour
and wns paid the most marked attention ,
artlcularly by the populists nnd democrats ,
i number of whom were In the room. He
inndled the currency question In an able
manner and convincingly exploded the fal-
clcs of W. J. Bryan on that subject. He
ouchcd on expansion and imperialism and
eft no doubt In tbo minds of his bearers
hat the administration was pursuing the
iroper course In these matters. The treaty
t Paris and all the prominent events since
hat date were fully discussed and lett no
doubt In the minds of his. audience that
'resident McKlnlcy could not with honor
withdraw the American flag from the Philip
pines. That the senator made votes here
onlght Is generally conceded.
mscussns wonx TOPICS.
I'UNMeN from Silver ( tuentlon to TrnMN
a nil I'reNldent'N Wiir 1'ollcj.
BEATRICE , Neb. , Oct. 27. ( Special Tele
gram. ) W. J. Bryan spoke hero this after
noon , coming from Cortland , where ho nd-
Iressed an audience earlier In the day. Ho
was escorted from Cortland by a committee
! rom Beatrice. His speech was made from
an out-door platform. The day was pleasant
and a fair-sized crowd wns present.
Mr , Bryan , In the beginning of his speech ,
referred to the silver question , nnd this portion
tion of the address was prolonged by ques
tions from the audience. The greater portion
tion of his talk was devoted to trusts , im
perialism and the course of the adminis
tration In dealing with the Philippine ques
tion. He also gave some time to a defense
of the income tax.
Hnliier DlnneetN I'npoerntx.
ASHLAND , Neb. , Oct , 27. ( Special Tele
gram. ) E , J Halner of Aurora , former con
gressman from the Fourth district , deliv
ered n stirring nddrcrs to the voters ot this
precinct tonight. Mr. Halner began his
speech by referring to state Issues , showing
up the records of the- fusion "reformers. "
Ho then spoke on national Issues , taking
advanced ground on the subject ot expan
sion nnd showed the record of the demo
cratic party from the tlmo of Jefferson to
favor larger development of the nation. He
touched on the question of "government
without the consent of the governed , " ask
ing the popocratn whether the Indians con
sented to the settlement of America by the
white people nnd tracing the question up lethe
the present time. Mr. Halncr's speech was
a logical and clear presentation of the Is
sues.
CroiiiiNi * SicnUn nt Illnlr.
BLAIR , Neb. . Oct. 27. ( Special Telegram )
Governor Crounso spoke to a well-filled
house tonight at Kennard and bla address
along the line of state and national Issues
was well received Tbo county holds him In
high esteem , and his words fell with heavy
weight on bis audience that had gathered
to listen to tbo distinguished fellow citizen.
Many a democrat went home from the meetIng -
Ing thinking new thoughts ,
I'nlltlenl Dehiite nt MemiihU.
MEMPHIS , Neb , Oct 27. ( Special ) A
conflict in dates In republican and populist
meetings at Memphis was the occasion of a
joint debate between Charles H. Sloan of
Geneva and Congressman Stark of Aurora
P. J , Hall was chairman for the republicans
and Grecley Gtlkcrson for the populists.
REPUBLICANS HOLD LEAD
FusionUts Fall Further Behind on Second
Day of Registration. .
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS SORELY PERPLEXED
I'ercetttnfre of Votem Who IJeoIInc to
hprolfj Thplr 1'nrty Afllllntlniik In
Iiicrennpil In Aciirl )
I'rci'luct.
nncJivrii.vTiox IN OMXHA.
lat lid
Iliiy. Iln > . Totnl.
Itentihlleniin MIT. S.H. % lSiO :
Ueiiioerntn l , tM l.SMK irll ( )
foiinllntn Ill HI US. , i
Silver It.-ii'im 5(1 ( . ' ! KIT ,
No inintter SOS l.r . " . : : S'Ml
Totnl (1,7(7 ( ( n.tur. iu.ini :
exer ( over fiinlim-
Itt'llllllllcilll CXlH'Nn OT till
otiiviH . inos
The predictions ol the party managers
that tlio second day of registration would
bo an Improtemcnt upon the first In the i
work of getting out the voters ot the city
were not substantiated by results , ns the |
registration fell several hundred short of
the figure reached the first da > . During tlio I
day the registration was dlscouraglngly slow ,
but during the late hours of the afternoon
and the closing hours of the evening rnoru
spirit wns manifested around the booths.
Especially did the predictions of the fusion
managers that they would win n lap or two
In jcsterday's registration , to atone for their
backwardness the previous week , provo un
timely. During the entire day the repub
licans maintained their lead remarkably
well.
The proportion of republicans to the total
vote registered jcsterdaj was not quite ns
high as laet week , but It was ample. In
the registration of the first day 05 per cent
of the totnl vote gave their party alllllntlon
ns republican. 22 per cent ns fuslonlsts and
13 per cent refused to state their party pref
erences. Yesterday 53 per cent of those reg
istering piofcsscd to be republicans and 24
per cent fuslonlsts , leaving about 23 per cent
unidentified" as to political animations.
The republican managers were naturally
elated over the way the thing was going ,
whllo the fuslonlsts were correspondingly de
pressed. The latter were much perplexed at
eome of the names they found enrolled as
republicans and were unable to explain the
situation , as they pretended to find many
enrolled as republicans whom they had
known formerly as fuslonlsts nnd workers In
the fusion cause. One of the party managers
stationed at headquarters unburdened his
wow as follows :
"I cannot understand why some of these
fellows nro registering as republicans. Why.
in looking over the lists I can find listed
as republicans over 100 men whom I know to
be democrats. 1 tell you there Is a big sur
prise In store for somebody on election day.
I haven't any doubt that when the registra
tion Is completed three-fifths of the voters
will too listed os republicans. In a total vote
of 20,000 , It these men vote as they refelstor.
tals-'would-givei-tho-republicans 4,000 ma
jority. Take the Fourth precinct of the
Third ward as an example. A year ago
there were eighty-one republican votes cast
there and eighty fusion votes , with a few
scattering , making the total 183. During
the first day of registration last week there
were ninety-seven votes registered In the
precinct , of whom forty-four registered as
republicans and nlno as democrats. Why ,
hero Is ono follow who Is registered as a re
publican who wants to officiate as a dem
ocratic Judge of election and I am told that
eomo members of the Jocksonlan club re-
fueod lo give their party affiliations. "
An Incident that occurred In oneof the
precincts of the Fourth ward may ex
plain the fact that many who have here
tofore been recognized as fuslonlsts are en
rolling themselves as republicans. When
ono of the applicants for registration cn-
counterml the query , "With what party do
jou wish to affiliate ? " he replied : "With
the republican party until the war Is over. '
In South Omaha the registration yesterday
exceeded by a considerable figure that of
the first day and ran remarkably even , BO
that at the close the republicans had 954
,
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CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forociat for Nebraska
1'nlr , Warmer , Variable Winds.
Tcmttcrntiirc nt Oninhii jeMerdi > i
Totals , two divs. | 713 | 20I | 20 S 157 1111
South Oni'ilin ,
FIRST "WARD.
First . . 07 21S
Second SI IS I
Third . . 100 1ID
Totals | 27S | ISO ] 01 ! 571
. SECOND WARD.
First 71 74 | 3 . . . 61 211
Second 70 Co RJ 1S7
1'hlrd 2J 25 t . . 2J 74
'
Totals . 1 7 | 61 7. . . . 133 472
THIRD WARD.
First 5. 49 7. . . . 671 1RT >
Second i'S 77 6. . . . 40 IIS
Totals 77 12C U. . . . 07 313
FOURTH WARD.
First I 1S | 60 | 1 | . . . . | 61 | 14D
REGISTRATION IN SOUTH OMAHA.
First Second
day. duy. Total.
Republicans 414 : " > 40 ! > 54
Democrats 410 Ell ! I4'I '
Populists 3i 30
No answer 2H 3S2 C2ii
Totals 1,100 1,503 2,603
A in : i.t THI : LUAD.
Overwhelming Majority ( if Them
Have IleKlnterrd lit Lincoln.
LINCOLN , Oct. 27. ( Special Telegram. )
Today's registration shows an overwhelming
majority of republicans , the proportion be
ing about tbc same as the first registration.
The Indications are that u light vote will
bepolled. . Those registering , Including both
days , expressed their politics an follows :
Republicans , 1,817 ; democrats , 122 ; populists ,
07 ; prohibitionists , 25 ; silver republicans ,
52 ; refused , 322.
CRUSADE AGAINST ROBERTS
Ming Helen Could Donnten KiinOn to
Mnltc the Cniuiiulffii
Ariilniit Him.
NEW YORK , Oct. 27. Miss Helen Miller
Gould has given $6,000 to the League for
Social Service , to be used In a crusade
against Mormonlsm. The league has Issued
1,000,000 pamphletb In pursuance ot Miss
Gould's directions. They are aimed directly
at Mormonlbtn and Urlghani II. Roberts as
congressman and will be distributed all over
the country. When they are exhausted mil
lions moro will follow thorn. The pamphlets
and blank petitions will bo sent to 50,000
clergymen and to hundreds of clubs and
societies. These , together with a varied
assortment ot other printed matter , arc
expected to enlist the co-operation and
financial support ot people of all classes
throughout the country. Clergymen will bo
asked to preach on the subject of Mormon
practices and also to take up collections for
use In tbo crusade against them. AH fast
as the blank petitions are filled In they era
to bo returned to the league In New York.
Only the names of qualified voters will bo
solicited for the petitions and Instead of
presenting the names In a single. list there
will bo a separate petition for each con-
grcEslonal district. When they are re-
colvcd by the league they will bo presented
to the respective congressmen of the
districts.
CAPTAIN WATKINS' PLEA WINS
Cnltod htnteN hniier li ln c Innneetor
of Mrnm VeNNclH MndlfleM tinier
SiiNIiendlnir HI" I.leeiiHe.
NEW YORK , Oct. 27. Captain George H.
Starbuck , United States supervising Inspec
tor of steam vessels , has modified the order
of the local board of Inspectors In mispcnd-
Ing the license of Captain Frederick II. Watkins -
kins of the American Line steamship Paris ,
for two years , because ot his running that
vessel on the rocks near the Manacles , off
the coast of Cornwall on May 21 , last.
The ruling of the supervising inspector
suspends the license of Captain Watklns for
six moths , dating from jestenluy , October
26. This artlon was taken on the pica of
Captain Watklns that the grounding of the
Paris wns duo to an error on his part and
not to carelcFsnesH ,
FIGHT FOR WICHITA STREETS
Ilntrlet .Jinlue J > nle CirnntH Perma
nent Injunction HeNtrnliiliiK Street
llulMtny from OieratliiKt
WICHITA , Kan. , Oct. 27 Judge Dale of
the district court granted a permanent In
junction restraining the Wichita Street Rail
way company from operating Its plant and
ordering all the cars and track from the
street The Injunction was asked as a last
resort by the ma > or and city council to get
a new sjstem of street railway
A company with $200,000 capital was or
ganized two months ago and given a fran
cblso by the city council to build a now line ,
but the old company refused to surrender
the streets.
BIG MINERS' STRIKT ENDED
Vnllev Coal Compiiny Grnnta
Deiiiiiniln Mmle Ii ) ' .Miner * with
Due Kxveiitlnn ,
SPRING VALLEY , III , Oct. 27 The big
strlko Inaugurated by the 2,000 miners on
the Spring Velley Coal company on October
17 was brought to an end today
All the demands of the organization were
granted except that of weighing coal at the
bottom of the shaft * , and this was not
| prettied by the unlop
DONE TO HELP BRYAN
Reason Why William Neville's Name WRS
Placed on the Democratic Ticket.
SOME INSIDE WORKINGS OF THE COMBINE
Interesting Revelations Made in the Tostl-
mony in Bojlo Contest Oase.
Al TEMPT TO HOLD PARTIES TOGETHER
Harrington Forced Off and Neville Substi
tuted in Boy Orator's Interest.
ACTION MAKES ENEMIES FOR NEVILLE
ItellnMe Infnrnintlnti from the >
Mxth Indleiiten ( lint the lleiinlt
Ilcnn l'nr ( > Stniidn 11 ( iuod
dinner \VtiinliiR. .
LINCOLN. Oct. 27. ( Special. ) According
to tlio rcporte\l self-confessed statements of
Walter II. McNccl , secretary of the demo
cratic congressional convention of the Slxtn
district , the attempt to place Neville's name
on the ticket ns the democratic nominee for
ccngress wns made In the Intercuts of W.
J. llrjnn as tbo presidential nominee In
1000. This eomcnhat sensational tllBcloauro
was undo today In the county court In the
case of Juan Bovlo ngnlnst Sen-rotary of
Stnto 1'ortcr and In addition to the assertion
relating to Brjan , McNccl la reported to
ha\o admitted that Novlllc wns not the man
for the democratic nomination.
Tlio case came up before Judge Cochron
on the order of the court for Secretary
I'orter to appear and show why the name
of Ncvlllo should lie certified as thp demo
cratic nominee. Secretary I'orter foiled to ' .
appear as ordered but was represented by |
A. S. TlbbUts. Juan Hoylo was present i
with his attorney , A. J. Sawyer , and William '
Neville was repri-Bcnted by his law partner , '
A. P. I'arsons. The attorney for the Hocrc-
tary of state raised tlio objection that fho J ,
'
county judge w.is without jurisdiction to try
the case , but this the court overruled. The
only defense entered by the dcfeniTant waa
along the lines laid down In his decision
last 'week. ' Juan Uojlo presented a long
petition containing over twenty distinct
points In support of his assertions that no
meeting of the congressional committee w n
held and further that It had no authority
to fill vacancies on the ticket.
A number of depositions were submitted
to the court corroborating Baylo's assertions.
Among them was ono signed by Dcach I.
Illnman of North Plattc , In whoso offlco the
men who appointed Novlllo mot. He teatl- '
ncd under oath that "at the time of the
meeting of Messrs. McNecl and Bojlo on
the 9th day of October I met Mr. McNccl
and Juan Boyle during the day and 'they
were at my office during the day. In the
evening , I should say about fi o'clock , I
wont to Mr. Harrington's office In his store-
*
and they were there discussing the legality
of the meeting that had been called I
announced to the throe Harrington , Boyle
and McNecl that Mr. Novlllo had served five
years as register of the land office under the
appointment of Cleveland and that directly
aftorwnrds he was elected to the office of
judge by the populists nnd democrats. I
nominated him made the nominating speech
and that during that time he never had
helped a democrat to anything. Ho em
ployed a.nephow , a republican , as dork and
stenographer during all that time and that
If ho went to congress no democrat would
get anj thing.
In llrinn'n Interest ! .
"McNool said very emphatically , " the dep
osition continues , " 'Wo know all that to bo
true , ' but the substance of the balance was ,
'Wo arc working for Bryan's election next
year. "
"Thero were some other words , but I
cannot glvo them all. All three Harring
ton , Boyle npd McNeel said that they did
not know of .my resolution giving authority
to the congressional committee to fill va
cancies If any should occur In the nominee
for congress In the Sixth congressional dis
trict ; that some parties claimed that there
had be ii such a resolution , but that they
did not know of It. "
Walter II. McNeel was put on the stand
and questioned by Mr. Illnman.
"Did I not also state that If Neville was
elected to congress this tlmo that ho would
also go the second tlmo in splto of you , "
asked Mr. Hlnrnan , "and that when ho got
there the democrats of the Sixth district
would not got a smell of any offlco ; that thoj ;
would all go to his nephews as they had
heretofore , or to popullsta ? "
"I do not icmember over Scaring his
nephews mentioned , " replied McNecl ,
evasively.
Other testimony of Mr. McNcol concern
ing the minutes and proceedings of the con
vention was Introduced , In which the de
ponent said that ho had no record ot a resolution
elution authorizing the committee to fill
vacancies. Ho also admitted that bo had
given the records to A. F. Parsons , Neville's
attorney , to bring to Lincoln nt the time or
the hearing before Secretary of State Porter
ter , When aokcd who authorized him to
call the congressional committee together
October 9 at North Platte , ho replied that ho
called the meeting as a member of tbo com
mittee , having no other authority.
Additional light was thrown upon the pro
ceedings of tbo convention by the deposi
tion of Pr. n. F , Baxter of Lexington , who
Introduced the resolution creating the con
gressional committee , his testimony concern
ing the resolution being an follows :
"I made the motion that the democratic
congressional committee for the ensuing
year consist of the chairman and secretary
of the democratic county central commltteo
of each respective county In the district and
upon that motion being paused , just after
the vote was taken , HO mo one suggested that
It be empowered to fill vacancies and wanted
to know whether I had any objection. I
stated that I had no objection , but that It
would have to bo done by resolution. Just
at that moment a report carmi In that the
conference commltteo wau ready to report
and nothing further was done with It ami It
ended just there. There was nothing further
done regarding any such power until aftertlio
conference bad reported that ull overturns
had been refused and that no agreement was
made , when Mr Harrington got up and of-
fcrcd to withdraw the consent of the com
mltteo , and after ho had made his talk ioma
one made a motion to adjourn and our ex-
Kansas populist delegate , Colonel Flebarty ,
jumped on to a clmlr and was waving his
hand and proclaiming that the committee
must bi empowered to fill vacancies. No ono
paid any attention to him and the motion
to adjourn carried "
The trial of thn case will be continued be
fore Judge Cocbran tomorrow. Secretary
I'orter IK not worrying about the result , an
the certificates have already been sent out
and probably cannot be recalled , The case
| Important , however , lor If it la found that
Secretary Porter was not justified In sending
out the certificate * ) there would bo Good
