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PAGES 1 TO 12. HE OMAHA SUNDAY Hv ESTABLISHED JUNE 1 ! ) , 1871. OMAHA , SUNDAY MOHX1XG , .TAXUAKY 21 , 1900 TWENTY-FOTK PAGES. COPY FIVE ( " 13 NTS. lu SE THE MIDWAY -Movement Under Way to Eliminate This Feature of Paris Exposition , , WtTITIONS PREPARED FOR CIRCULATION 2'Motbcn Throughout France Are Expected to Enter Vigorous Protests. MAN/G MENT SIMPLY SHRUGS SHOULDERS Goes RiRht Ahead to Prepare the "Hottest Thing" Ever Witnessed , PUBLIC EXPECTS NO SUNDAY SCHOOL SlnlUtlen from Monte Cnrlo Hliinv Hint Hlnee the. Opeiilnu ot Ihe Sennon Seventeen Sulelile" Ilnvc TnUen I'lni'c There. ( iv.r , right , 1MO. liy Press PiibllchliiB 1IIIS 1 , Jan. 20. ( New York World Cable gram Special TcloKi-am. ) Opposition to a Mi'UNay" ' attachment to the exposition Is J.iir.R . seriously organized under the lender- i.hip nf Senator Bcrcngcr and Duchess U I zca. Petitions are being prepared for rp. . Cation among mothers throughout FiaiKe. Despite the protiwts the show is evidently destined to outdo all the prcvloim li-i'r--ciirles ' . that have been given licenses. Dnci-tor Plcard , when Interviewed , shrugged his shoulders nnd said grumbllngly : 1 People coming to the World's Fair don't expert n Sunday school ntmocM'hcre. If this movement galiiH strength It Is bound to BpnatiBly disorganize us , and surely half the Intending visitors will remain away. " S'tiro ' the opening of the Monte Carlo sca- hoi this year not IPHH than seventeen sul- tu'eH ' have1 taken place there. This list in cluded four women nnd ono American , a uiialncHM man from Dallas , Tex. Theao trapedlefl are always carefully guarded from the public , each Parln paper receiving a i ocular monthly subsidy to Ignore them. 1 leuvn that gambling American men and veinen wuro never more numerous In Monte C'arlo than at thn present time. Prlnco Cantacuzcno nnd his bride ( who was Julia Dent Grant ) occupied a box to night at. the opera house at the "Masked Ball. " an entertainment as lively as any provided by the French capital. Otoro almost lost her life In a carriage fi'ddcnt two days ago. Her coupe collided v H h n runaway cab. The shock threw Otero'n coachman down. She tried to jump , fpll and her arm was run over. She Is now veil WnntN to See Her Iliixhiinil. 1 It li not because she Is so anxious to BPC her native land that Mrs. Rosalbn Collins lias decided to return to America , but be cause she la , anxious to have a calk with her husband , Charles Lymnn Collins ol Now York. Mrs. Collins , who was formerly n Casino chorus girl , and has been fi-"oui'iilly heralded lis u i.-omlns'prnnrt opern Blngcr a.bout to make her debut after years cf study , never seemed to "arrive. " Latelj Mrs. Collins has been In financial straits anil Bhi % ha.-i organized concerts to make ends meet and her success has not been so great that she proposes to continue. In Paris Mr. Collins Is supposed to bo n millionaire , which Is not true. He la a part ner in n white goods Importing firm In New Yorl. His wife has announced to the American colony that she has decided that c tbor her allowance must bo resumed or she will re'.uru to New York and live with her husband. If neither of these things Is possl- bl"she will return to the stage. W. K. Vandrrbllt , jr. ; and his wife ( whn wan Virginia Fair ) arc hero shopping ami BlfihtBoelng , Yesterday they went to Fon- talncblenu. spemjlng the day In visiting the chateau. A telegram having reached them today from Gibraltar that the yacht Valiant hud passed eastward , the young couple an- noum-cd they would start for Marseilles to- monow to meet the party. Denial liy lloiil'H Mother. The venerable Marquise do Castellane , mother of Count Bonl do Castellane , today made this statement : " 1 have been distressed beyond measure by the cowardly and slanderous attacks ji-nelo upon Count Bonl de CaBtollane when ho Is so far nway that it Is Impossible foi him to defend blniHclf. "When wo first read the newspaper ac counts the martinis and myself were dazei' ' wlh grle.f. Imagine what It meant , oui poti. the heir of our name , a defaulter , exe cuted and treated llko a dangerous conlldcnci man. Wo had never known the count tc 8 | < ceulitu ( nnd fevlt veVy sure that even I cacght In a disaster ho would apply to hli f in liy for help rather than bo disgraced , "H wan evident to us from the * first tha the newspapers had been purposely mis informed hy sonio of his many social am Vertical enemies. Paris llfo Is full ot tbli Bert of troflchery. However , In order t < ginrd against any possible delusion wi might hnvo been under , my husband , tin marquis , wrote the dentals to the news' ' pni.ers. Wo Imagine the Now York dalllei nrn full of this matter and that when m : ton nnd his wife arrive thcro tomorrow the ; will bo greeted with this awful story tin Tiiome > nt they land. That Is why I earnest ! ; rciiuest you to publish a rectification. " The correspondent assured Mm p. la Mar eiulfe that her statement would bo cablet immediately. ( iiui-Ne of the I'nrlx I'lipci-N. The Tomi-B. Matin anil Plgaro are thi three papers which nlmultnncously publish ? the Bteiry of Count Bonl do Cnetollano'i bourne eltoaster last Thursday. Next da ; tlu count's father wrote to the editors let tern denying the truth ot hla eon's ruin Ln Matin and Lo Tumps Inserted It with out comment. The Figaro , however , prae ( .rally teitrrated Its original charges agalns Bonl , remarking that because of the grav < .consequences of the count defaulting 01 ' 'change" It was natural that his fnthe should do lila utmost to discredit the story Moreover , the same paper registered th rumor that the * old marqulH had 8uUultutei himself for Bonl , mortgaging the ehabb ; remnants of his estate nnd signing notes t cover the debts. This was said to bo th rruson why Anna Gould's husband was no . "executed. " The last assertion has been P far left uucontradlctcd by the marquis. Reporters of several other Amerlcai ne\vsiipi'rB | ; , desirous of making a eensatloi > at any cost , have telegraphed strong con > tlrmations of Count Ilonl do Castollane' Iboureu IOCHCM , but their stories , examine | | og-ny. | | | will show no proofs In support o ihpy nfllrm so positively. I have in aicd the case thoroughly and whll "I would not care to state that Bonl did na and lone. I will ay. without tea ppj CTniruiliiilun , that Uio American corre whn confirmed the first rumor fylro ( \ out of thetr oun heads , because th ircoft ) , 0110 way or Ihe other , at the prwen r ritiUH' , t unavailable , Meanwhile many pee plf will nreept the father's oolcmn word of honor that Bonl de Caste-IInne lost no money on 'change and never gambled in slockn. GRIP'S ' RAVAGES IN LONDON I -n li Hnlc Dnrltiir tinTnil Woi-fc N TlllrJSovrii.Vlillt - .Nor mally It Is MiH'tivn , ( Copyright , Ifxm , by Press Publishing Co. ) LONDON , Jan. 20. ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) The ravages of the grip In London nowadays are worse than at any tlmo since the original epidemic In 1S31. The death rate last week wag thirty-seven , nn compared with a normal figure of nineteen. Undertaken ) nro worked to death , the re serve of caskets Is almost exhausted and 11 Is extremely dlfllcUlt to get laborers to repair the deflclcnoy. The medical fratcrilty Is convinced that the extreme depression caused by the war conduces to aggravate this epidemic. The funerals are BO numerous that the supply of bind ; horses has run out and the undertakers nro using dark hays , to the great disgust of the mourners. Two peers , the cnarquls of Lothian nnd Karl Mnnvcrs , died of the grip this week. Among those now 111 with thr > grip are the duchens of Devonshire , the cinrohhness of Lnnsdownp , the countess of Warwick , the countess of Ilosslyu , Karl nnd Cmmtcss Spencer nnd the marquis nnd marchioness of Londonderry. The epidemic got foothold In the. queen's household nt Osbornp. but Immediate Isola tion restricted It to the nine undersorvnnts originally attacked. The duke cf York got n alight attack at Sandrlngham , from which ho Is recovering. The House of Commons , always a center for the grip , Is being carefully fumigated throughout , with a view to the opcnlm ? on January no , nnd the clerk has besn directed to arrange for n complete fumigation of the chamber nnd nil the members' rowns twice weekly until further notice. I On the nreat Eastern railway alone nlncty- I three station mastois , 1100 conductors and I 1,070 porters have been laid aside by the epidemic , which also afflicts 32 per cent of the prisoners and warders nt Hollow-ay penitentiary. A leading medical paper advises those who desire to escape the epidemic to "avoid all causes of depression , whether from overexertion - exertion , underfeeding , fear of the malady or Inordinate apprehension of immediate or future results of the war. " LONDON PAPERS WAKING UP Mnll'n Adoption of Aincrlenii Method * Force * ( 'liimne In the Stiinilaril Other Moven. ( Copyright , 1900 , by Press Publishing Co. ) LONDON , Jan. 20. ( New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) The Standard , the most old-fashioned and conservative * ot the London journals , baa nt last been forced to move with the times owing to the severe competition set up by the success of the Dally Mall In adopting American methods. , W. H , Mudford , editor nnd trustee of the Standard for thirty years under tie ! will of the late proprietor , Wallace John ston , with a secured life Income of $25,009 , retires to make way for G Byrnn Curtis , hitherto ondgtnnt edltorv who will bc-aa socisUod with young Wallace J&hnston In the future management of the paper. Mudford is a man of great culture and ability. Ho is n bachelor and has lived the life of a perfect recluse , never going Into Boclely , to a club or to any entertain ment. His sole ambition was to make the Standard rival thn Times In willdlty and the stern exclusion of nil but severely didactic matter. The Interview hns never been per mitted In the columns of the Standard , but the new management Is expected to change all that. A new weekly Illustrated fi-cent paper called the Sphere will be produced hereunder under the editorship of Clement Shorter next month. Shorter left the Illustrated London News lo start the new venture , and Sir William Ingram , Its proprietor , now advertises the publication of another new weekly Illustrated , the first number to be Issued two days before Shorter's nnd to be named the Spear. AMERICAN SCHOOL EXHIBIT Shotrliiix to He Mmle lit I'lirlN Will lie llevelfitlon to the lCiiroieun ZViit IOIIM. ( Copyright , 1900 , by Press Publishing Co. ) PARIS , Jan. 20. ( Now York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) M. Plcard , commissioner general of the Paris expo sition , announces that most of the buildings are now In nn advanced tate of construction nnd the opening of the exposition will take | place on the advertised date. The American i section Is the -subject ot many appreciative i notices In the press. The Republlquo Francalso Bays : "From every point of view the United States will have a place worthy of them. " And adds that it consider ! ) that the exhibit of American schools will bo a revelation to European nations. Space has been secured - cured for exhibits from Cuba , Hawaii and Puerto Rico In the portion allotted the United States for Its colonies , and the ex hibit will bo shown under the American nag. Mnvliu Solving Acrlnl Flight. ( Copyright. 1900 , liy Press Publishing Co. ) LONDON , Jnn. 20. ( New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) Lord Uay- lelgh. the famous scientist , speaking nt the I Royal Institution , said : "I agree with Hiram I Maxim that n solution ot the problem of aerial flight Is only n question of money. Maxim has overcome many of the difficulties himself. There nro many birds which eeem able to maintain themselves with Httlo ap parent effort. It la nil a question of relative motion , as a uniform horizontal wind U of no use lo the snllUig bird. There has been a good deal of scepticism aa to whether It la a waiter of suction from above , but I have conclusively proved by experiment that IB the case. " Oueen Will \o | Hull | n Vnrlit. ( Copyright , 1900 , by Press Publishing Co. ) LONDON. Jan. 20. ( Now York World Ca blegram-Special Telegram. ) Queen Vic toria. It Is stated , will never trust herself on the magnificent now royal yacht which careened when It was being Heated out of the dock. A grave blunder was made In the construction , as the vessel must be sunk fifteen inches below the water line to attain stability. The yacht IB aistlng $1.000000 Sir William White , the chief constructor and navy designer , gays alterations were made which ho declines ! to approve. lletrothal of Count of Turin , ( Copyright. 1D-X - ) , by Press Publishing Co ) ROMK. Jan. 20. ( Now York World Cable , gram Special Telegram. ) The betrothal of the count of Turin. King Humbert's nephew to the luf'inta Maria , elder sister of the king of Spain , will shortly be announced. j The Infanta Maria recently refused Prince Henri of Orleans , who wu worsted m a I duel by the count of Turin. The coum s i faih"r the duke of d'Aosta , oc"uped | tha I Spanish throne for sonic time. HANGING IN BALANCE Continuance of Cabinet in Power Depends on War Developmsntt. CHAM3ERLAIN PLANNING TO HOLD ON If Buller Can Relieve Ladyamlth Present' Ministry Will Continue. ANOTHER DEFEAT WILL CAUSE UPHEAVAL Prominent English Yachtsman Argues for Use of Dumdum Bullets. PROTESTS AGAINST HUMANITARIANS ! HOOT * u e tinM mixer mul Follow Humane .MrthoilM lit Coniliiol In On * War Dutch DiirlNitiK IN Threatened lit Cniio Colony. ( Copyright , 1800 , by Press Publishing Co. ) LONDON , , Iun. 20. ( Now York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) The , ip- liroach of the opening of Parliament ex cites uctlvo speculation as to the piobablo Immediate political results of .tho loss of British prustlgo In South Africa. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain , seeing the radicals concentrating all their forces for an at- t.iek on him , has caused the slgnllicant pro- nunclamento to bo published In his Blr- mlngham organ that the cabinet will stand or fell as a whole and If deputed in the House of Commons no reconstructed ministry will ueult , but an immediate general election. This threat of a general election Is cal culated to appeal with equal strength to the disqualified unionists , whoso ro-ulccttun1 would bo jeopardized , and to the radicals , who as yet are unprepared for an appeal to the country. Even in n supreme national crisis like this claims of party expediency arc , In a final resort , the dominating in fluence In Parliament and Chamberlain takcj his measures accordingly. The Tory papers which have been attacking the government , frightened by the effect of their words , are moderating their criticisms and if Buller can relieve Ladysmlth before Parliament mcelu the Tory clamor against the ministry and the War department will bo completely stilled. Another disaster , on the other hand , would certainly provoke a peculiar crisis which the politicians could not prevent from overwhelming the ministry. Refinement of Cruelty. The duke of Somerset writes to the papers pretesting against the continued employ ment of "Ark IV" bullet by the British forces on the grounds of clean wounds It makes. He strongly urges the use of the "dumdum" bullets as the best means of disabling the Boers. W. B. Jameson , the famous yachtsman , who sailed the prince of Wales' Britannia throughout its career , writes supporting the diike of Somerset's suggestion , saying : "Tho PUlXaJiujnauIlariaulstn .tha.t , > appipvcs lyddlto TiMUs anit * professes to 'be shocked 'at the use of dumdum bullets In one of those puzzles which afflict mankind. " In view of these cold-blooded counsels to brutality the reports of the special cor respondent of the British Medical Journal on the wounds received by the British soldiers at the battle of Colonso arc especially in teresting. He writes : "The wounds of the Mauser bullets are humane In the extreme. The wounds , both of entrance and exit , were small , presented a. clean , punched-out ap pearance and were almost entirely free from contusion or laceration. " Thus the Boers , who are fighting desperately for life and independence , are content to rely on humane bullets , while Kngllth swells , engaged In a war of wanton aggression , cry out for missiles to mutilate the Boers. On the subject of wounds Surgeon Major Young Bays that out of 300 bullet wounds under his cognizance nt Cclenso nineteen were In the head , seven In the face , three in the neck , twenty in the back nad opine , seventy-six at the upper extremity and IIS at the lower extremity. There were only eight shell wounds and only four gunshot fractures. MIIncT lii u Quit mill py. Sir Alfred Mllner , British high com missioner in South Africa and governor of Capo Colony , is in dire quandary over the trial of forty-one Capo Dutchmen taken at araiB nt Douglas and now undergoing a preliminary magistrate Investigation at Capetown. They can only be convicted by the unanimous verdict of a jury , and unless all the Dutch jurors are challenged it is feared that no verdict will ho obtainable. But this ' resort to jury-packing by the exclusion' the Dutch , one of the com monest Instruments of the government in Ireland , would precipitate a Dutch revolt which only the Incessant cxortlous of Premier Schrelner's cabinet and ex-Premier Hofmeycr have hitherto prevented. Trial by jury could be abolished tem porarily by u proclamation of martial law , hut Premier Schrelner will not assent to that measure and Sir Alfred Mllner Is afraid to take the entire responsibility for It. An indefinite postponement of the trial has been suggested , but that would be equivalent to confession of Impotence , which Mllnor holds would Immediately weaken the hands of British power. So the evil consequences of this unjust war continue to confound Its authors. Colonel Wyndham Murray , an ex-guardsman , writes to the Times suggesting that phonographs graphs be sent to South Africa to take mes sages to their relatives from dying soldiers and to register wills on the Held of battle. The Idi a is that each chaplain should carry around a phonograph , DUKE TAKES FULL RETINUE Mm , llrlmoiit Carol * for the Dui'lirxN DnrliiK ( In- Trying Mourn of I'nrlliitt. ( Copyright. 1000 , by Press Publishing Co. ) LONDON , Jan. 20. ( Now York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) The duke of Marlborough , to his great chagrin , failed to get an appointment on I/jrd Uoberts' staff. So ho has gone to the war after all as a lieutenant in the Oxfordshire yeomanry. His personal transport arrived nt Southamp ton on Thursday , The other yeomanry offi cers take each two chargers and one sump- tor ( pack ) horse. The duko'has four chargers and four eumpter homes In the care of four ecivants , a light luggage cape1 cart and o smart carriage. He U accompanied by two valets , two coachmen and two footmen and has provided hlmzeir with a largo stock of preserved delicacies , clgare , choleo wines , n mcdlclno cheat , burglcal appliances and enough llnt-a and underwear to render him Independent of laundresses for months. Kvcryono l roplipfiies that he will bo Invalided home in lciB than three months. He Is anything hut robust and Is young enough to bo liable tc get typhoid fever The duchees bad arranged to go abrdad Wednesday vlth her mother , Mrn. Dclmont , hut eventually decided to stay to fee the last of her husband and hns been staying HI ClaridRfc. Their rooms were n miniature department siore , littered up with the duke's mitfU. The duchess Is greatly depressed. There was n painful scene when the duke kls ocl her and their eons ro.'dbye. Mrs. Uclmont goes 'to Paris with the durhess. who will then Join Lady niaudford nt Home , where apartments have been on- , gngd at the Oraml hotel from February 12. U Is gossiped In her set that the duchess prefers her ( JAgUfh connections , but this Ir. belled tyffiV101 (1lflt ( eho CQblod for her mothet RaBr | irsi anxiety over the duke's f'XTjjrBy ; Lltllrff lSRdtord and his brother will remain I , jKgji1"- l * ' 1 t' ' " t Mrn. Bel- 111 out sf "JMgw stavinc with them during the due yj LJwnee , but the Mnrlboroughs have n 'i ' HHppcrvnnts , Including the wnu- dcrfultfj Hll family hcnd nurse , nnd n tclcphorjI V has been run to the doctor's Hudynrd Kipling , who goes to the Capo on hla doctor's orders after an attack of In- lluenzn , has UK company aboard the Duke of MtTrlborough , Lord Vnlehtla and Cecil Grcnfell. , v A kinsman of the duke , who accompanied her husband to Capetown , ' declares It the most expensive ami comfortless place on earth Just now. Hverythtng u nt famine prices , food , even lit the best hotels , Is in different nnd beds are $20 n night. OUIDA DENOUNCES' THE WAR Iniliitue * In SeadiliiK Criticism of KiiKliiii < l' > * Coiirne In the South Afrlenn AITnlr. . ( Copyright , I ! * * , by Press Publishing Co. ) LONDON , Jan. 20. ( New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) "Oulda" ( Louise do la Ramco ) , like George Meredith , Frederic Harrison , Oscar Biownlng and u majority of the other leadlrg writers , Is utterly opposed to Great Britain's war on the Boer republics. She fiercely denounces It In the following letter : "No change of fortune , no victories , no vengeance however complete If lardy no marching on Pretoria will alter the feeling of Europe as regards the violation of right and Justice of which Great Britain Is guilty In thld Insincere , Ignoble , gold- brokers' war , or as regards the fact that this six months after war was declared less than the British rcpresentnllvo had given his adhesion lo Iho International peace congress nt The Hague. * "Ever since the South Africa committee sat and presented to the worldla spectacle of secrecy , suborned evidence , Teuppresscd truth and distorted testimony , boil'de which the Dreyfus case was mefo'cmld'H play , Chamberlain has led the'EngUsh hatlon fiom one. fault or folly to another. ' Ho has perverted and poisoned the uilgd'of the country. Inflated its worst passions , fed its moat greedy appetlle and Ihe nation does not retain either ( ho courageV&r common sense to call him tci account , althr"jgh min isters less guilty have been imnj ihed for far minor treasons. ' ' "I don't believe the co itr.y la realizes the arvamo It dras self In the eyes of the othi-r uii Ing Its colonial minister in Joseph Chamberlain , not two small African ropnollca , ! enemy of England. H "Kit 14iu reii Jewt XV 4 - t M * utUtas 'and ridiculous In tun eyes ot Wiwflpe. Ho nnd those who made this possible should alike be removed from nil power In future for evil. Until England shows herself capable of doing this she must remain without dig nity , capacity or honor In the sight of other peoples. "What shall It serve the country if It gain u hemisphere for Its colonies and lose Ua own good name ? It Is its good name in the eyes of the world that England loses and will loao so long as the tawdry Imperialism of speculators and the morality of whloh Chamncrlaln Is the chief prophet shall scream from her tongue and blaze on her banners. "That her press * with a few exceptions has been sold to this doctrine marks her action against it morn difficult , hut also nero Incumbent nnd Imperative' . "I know this to bo the opinion of many of the clearest and finest minds on the con tinent and therefore think It my cfuty to say so if you care to give It publicity. "OUIDA. " FnmoiiM IMctnre Sold. ( Copyright. 1900 , by Press Publishing Co. ) WINCHESTER. England , Jan. 20. ( New- York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Sir Benjamin West's famous picture , "The Raising of Lazarus , " an ornament of Win chester cathedral for more than a hundred years , has been sold for $7,500 to Tiffany of New York. ' Dean Stephens says : "To the best of my knowledge the picture is Intended for the new cathedral of St. John the Divine , In New York , n much more fit ting homo than this cathedra ) , where It Is out ot harmony with Its surroundings and spoiled In proportions by the new altar and screens. The proceeds of the sale will be devoted ito various decorative works. " Local feeling Is hostile to the sale , but the denn and chapter are the supreme authority in such matters. Though the picture has been carefully preserved , It has suffered somewhat , and It is feared that bomo of the pigments employed were in different. It must undergo some restora tion before being rehung. Ilriizillnii MliilHter to RIO DE JANEIRO. Jan. 20. The minister of foreign affairs. Dr. do Magulhaes , will probably resign January 2C , with Senhor Vlera , the minister of industry. The chief of police , Senhor Vega , will ali-o tender his resignation. The minister of Bolivia had a conference today with members of the gov ernment. Ho claims the state of Amazonaa Is aiding Galvez in Aero and demands that Brazil send troops nnd vessels to subjilgato the rebel government. MnniiilH I.fiivi-H lluiiiiiiitlt * Will. ( Copyright. lf 0 , by Press Publishing Co. ) LONDON , Jan. 20. ( New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) The Marqula cf Winchester's v.ill is declared to contain romantic revelatlrns. It Is said ho has left the bulk of his f jrtune lo a lady who twice refused him. The marquis had ! n Incurable disease when bo went to the C pe. IrUh .fonii of Arc ; Coii'lnir. ( Copyright. IS-'O , by Press Publishing Co. ) PARIS Jan. ; ' 0. ( New York World Cable gram Special Telegram. ) Maude Gonne , the "Irish Joan of Arc , " sailed from Havre for New ork today on the s. earner Nor- mandle. mandle.'n. < 'n. to of .Milieu Null * . NEW ORLEANS , Jan. 20. The British steamship Corlntbla cleared today for Cape town with 1,100 mulea for the British gov ernment , also a large quantity of feedstuffs. Movement * of Oceilll VCNNC ! * , Jnn , 111 , At Now York Sailed Ems , for Genoa , etc. Arrived Ileperla. from Marseilles Now York , from Southampton nnd Cher bourg ; Covle , from Liverpool ; Oera , from Bremen ; Campania , from Liverpool and OueenHtown. At Genoa Arrh'Pd Columbia , from New York At London Arrived Michigan , from New York t At Uremeri- Sailed Dresden , for New York and Baltimore , FIGHT ALL DAY LONG Olery with Part of Warren's Fores in Ao.ion Thirteen Hours. ADVANCE THREE MILES DURING DAY Bailer Reports the Troops Are Bivoutckins : on the Ground Gained , MAIN BOER POSITION STILL IN FRONT New Guns Throwing Eight-Inch Shells Used by Ladysmith Besiegers , BOER LOOKOUTS ARE NOT SLEEPING KIUMV Uvcry Move Jtntliliy tlic Ilrlt- Iwli KorccH TrnttNViinlrr * SHrct thi > Croiuul onlilrli to < ; iviI.'ultlr. . LONDON , Jan. 21. 4:30 : a. m. It Is evi dent from ( Jeneral Bullcr's dispatch to tin wnr olllco and the advices to the Associated Press from Spearman's camp that n hip battle is now being fought. As far as can bo gathered from these dispatches tlia result remains undecided nnd unless the Doer ? withdraw during the night the engagement on which hangs the fate of Ladysmlth nnc ! which may provo the turning point of the whole war , will be resumed this morning. LONDON , Jan. 21. The War ofllce , shortly after midnight , posted the following fron General Duller , dated Spearman's camp January 20 , evening : "General Clcry , with a part of Genera Warren's force , has been In action from t a. m. till 7 p. m. today. By u judicious usi of his artillery hp hns fought his way up capturing ridge after ridge , for about three miles. "Tho troops are now bivouacking on thi ground ho has gained , but the main positioi Is still in front of them. "Tho casualties were not heavy. About 101 wounded had been brought in hy 6:30. : Thi number of killed has not yet been ascer tnlned. " IJ.vnorl.M 1,00k AVIe , Thou ( IIICHH. ( Copyright , 1900 , by Press Publishing Co. ; LONDON , Jan. 20. ( New York Worh Cablegram Special Telegram. ) News o Clcry's action was announced In London as the heaviest fog of the season was settllrif on the city. There Is little or no excite ment. The experts about the war ofllcc ant clubs are- inclined to regard the report will satisfaction. While the location Is not glvei they think Clery must be moving eastwan from the vicinity of Acton Homes towarc Ladysmlth upon the route which Is easles of access nnd which affords the least chanci for the Boers to fortify. It Is said that the main position spoken o Is probably the trenches of the Boers bull in the first place to maintain the siege o Ladysmlth. Those Inclined to sympathlzi with the Boers complained of the meager ness of the report and declared their belle thiit Joubert w.is unly leading Bullorfur- thcr and further Into a trap where he cai he surrounded and defeated. ' lloci-H Shelled CoiillmmilHly , SPKAUMAN'S CAMP , Jan. 20. ( Evening. ! The Boer trenches were shelled continu ously today. Oenernl Lyttleton's brlgad. advanced and occupied a kopje 2,000 yard ! from the Boer position nt Brakfonteln. / company of rifles advanced with a balloor into action and were received with a heavj flro from the Boors. The artillery and musketry fire continue ! from General Warren's pcsltlon. Thi enemy had not shifted Its position at thi tlmo this dispatch was sent nnd the shelh set flro to the grass. Lord Dundonald's force on Thursday sur prised MQ Boers. The British , who wen posted on a kopje , allowed the Boers to ad vance leisurely before opening lire. Thi Boers did not reply and a majority of then galloped off. It Is reported that the re mainder surrendered. llocrM Flro liBli-Incli SliPlln. LADYSMITII. Jan. 20. ( Via Spearman' ; Camp ) . The enemy have placed in positioi new guns throwing eight-Inch shells am ' have been bombarding more vigorously fo | the last few days , though Httlo damage ho | been done. Three of the British force hay I been wounded. I The troops are Jubilant over General Uul I ler'B successful advance. Ills guns can b < heard distinctly acid the bursting , of shclli can bo plainly seen. 1 PRETORIA , Friday , Jan. 10. The Brltlsl I troops this morning wore still crossing tin Tugela end taking up positions , A battle I expected shortly. IIOHIt LOOKOUTS . \IIK XOT ASM2KI1 Mo rimillVnlfhiMl lij- in OIU.V IIorrH Sliiu : IlyiniiH. BOER HKADQl'ARTKHS , Upper Tugela Tuesday , Jan. 16. ( Via Loiirenzo Marquez Friday , Jan. in , Afternoon ) . It becarn < known today that 300 English had cixsiei the pont drift over the Great Tugela am were on the federal si 'e. A display In fore- - had teen made toward Colenso and anothe northward toward Oliver's Hoeck bridge which WHS blown up by us a few days ngc Toward 5 o'clock the alarm was given tha the English were coming. The lookouts ob | served long successive lines of Infantr ; | moving down to the new British position , i bush-covered chain of hl'.ls known an Swartz j I kop. Their forces were sometimes lost litho the trees studding the river bank. At G o'clock they emerged In open ordc nnd advanced In two llnct ) to the low kopje on the river bank. At B:30 : they tool ; up i position amid complete silence on the Doe Bide , their horses tethered where there wa the least danger from chance shells , and tli men prepared to muko a night of It at thel posts. Night had fallen. With tlm glean came fitful flashes of lightning from th thunderclouds which had been threaten ! * ] ) I all day. The clouds eventually separated showing the moon. Simultaneously with the clearing sky wol known Dutch hymns were repeated frca kopjl to kopjl with a strangely weird effect highly Inspiring both the graybeards am the hc-ardlcES youths. The battlefield Is ful of historical significance. Splonkop hill whence I am now writing , was n hill fron | which the Hour trekkers , after crossing thi Dakensberg mountains , spied out tha thci barbaric Natal and found It fair In thel eyes. M.\V II A IS 13 SIKKI3 OF M.V I'KK I.\ ( ; I'rler of Kveryt lilnir GoliiK l'l > Hup idl 3' In UK * TrniiHviial. ( Copyright , 1900 , liy Press Publishing To. ; MAFE.KINO , Bechuannland , Jan. 20.- ( Now York World Cablegram Special Tele' ; gram. ) All accounts from near and far in I lilt-ate a raising of the long slego of Ihl [ place. Prices of everything , ri < pociallj j piovendcr. are going up rapidly In thi | Tr.inKvual on account of the war Troops and civilians In Mafeking are well > There IB little to chronicle In the way o : I news. Life here la monotonous. The Uocn THE BEE BULLETIN , Weather Fnreoast for Nebraska- Fair. SIlKhlly I'oldir ; Variable Wlud . Pn EC. I llrl ! on the I'nrlft MliHtny. Ili-llUli Mlnlstr > Tremhlei. All-Day Fluhl In Africa. Itiiltrnails Wint Hates ItcMloreil. U Doith'e I. > o'111111 : In Kttnins. Heiort on the Holicrts ( 'line. Wheeler Will lie Coiillrmeil. It NehriiNkii s. Hnllroails Must Furnish Cars. Work of the l.ahof Itnreiin. t \ > MS nf the Haiti-nails. Flllolnos Aiithnsh American * . Kentucky ( iiiherniitorliil Contest , Comptroller Talks of Tax l.c\ > . Fooit for I.tie Stock DIseiiNMcd. II Oninhii Soelel > e linller. 7 Deiiiocrstt.si ! < ll County I'nyrolln. South Omaha Alan Wants DaiuiiKex. S Connell I'llltlN l.oetile s. liMtn ! .cilNlat l e Proei'eillllKS. liMtn > e > tn and Commei ) ! . 11) ) Welril Tales of llnho Woe. DlMlilet McNNCtiircr llo.v . II Weekly Siorllnu | ; HevliMv. ISketeh of a liner Chief. I 1 In the Domain of Woman , in Weekly \miiMeinent HIM lew. Weekly > liiNleal llelew. Kehoes of the Ante Hooni , III "The l.sle of the Wlnilx. " 17 A'onthVs Deiiarlment , IS P.-Mtorlal anil t'ommeiit. I ! ) Midwinter "aim In Cnlia , | AViirk \ssoelaleil Charities , j Omaha. Death llr.le liieretiKliiK. UO 1'rourens of ' - . j l'hotOf-riiiliy. | J | . 'c HNe v Plants Ahroail. - \ Cniulll l < iu or Oniiihn's Traile. Conimerelal and I'liuuielnlIMVN. . " : t Htisslr.'s Mlierlao ltiiUwtt > . continue to bcmbanl us , but with small re sults. On the other hand , the British soldiers Imvn killed many of the besiegers since New Year's day. .MAJOR BA1LLIE. RELATIONS WITH TRANSVAAL Montague While \ol I.lkrly ( o He < ilveii Olllelal Heeoifiilllon by WiiNliliiKton A lit ho HI lex. WASHINGTON , Jan. 20. ( Special Tele gram. ) Montague Whlte.consul of the Trans vaal at London , Is in Wash ington as the accredited dlplo- j mutlc representative ) of the South African republic. His presence ! In that ca pacity occasions much speculation whether the State department will receive him In official capacity. The weight jf opinion among those conversant with diplomatic usages Is that our government cannot rec ognize ; him as tha diplomatic representative of the Transvaal. According to the con vention ot 1SS4 between Great Britain nni ! the Transvaal , the former country was nc- corded thu privilege of passing upon nnj tieaties the Transvaal might make , nxcopl with its neighbor , the Or.ingo Free. State Our government Is 'O'bllged o rccuRtilit 'thla arrangement. Had the Transvaal es tablished diplomatic relations with this country after 1884 and before the outbrcali or the present war , they would have beer ccntinuod despite the war. But to receive a diplomatic reprwentatlve of the Trans- veal now would be regarded as an unfrlcndlj act toward a frjendly nation , as It would be In eftect a nullification by our govern ment , ot the convention of 1884 between war ring countrioa and an assumption of the right to enter Into a treaty with thn Trans vaal without regard to Great Britain's rlghl of veto of such treaty under that conven tion. Besides , there Is grave doubt as to the con stitutional power of the executive to take such action In the absence ) ot specific an- thority by congress , Inasmuch as It mlghi poiMbly he construe , ! by Great Britain nt nn act of war. It is trim the Unlte-d Statef has a consul at Pretoria , but he Is charger with no diplomatic functions. A Transvaal consul in this country has no diplomatic standing. Consuls In fact nro commercial , not diplomatic agents of the country employ ing them. The president or secretary ol state may receive Mr. White as a private I person , but not as diplomatic representative ot the Transvaal. In receiving him In nn un official capacity no orfen&e can bo taken bj Great Britain , while quite as much ran be elfected in that way as though he wore j formally received as the diplomatic repre sentative of the government nt Pretoria. Mr. Whlto'ti position Is somewhat com- i plicated by the fact that 1'e Is a subject i Great Britain and not a citizen of the Transvaal republic. His reception In n pri vate rapacity hy tlu < prcnlrlent will satlafj the sentiment of the country , while It cat : give no just offense to the British govern ment. There Is some talk In congress of thai body's taking action toward rncognlzlng thf two South African republics , the Transvaal and the Orange Free State , as Independent states and in nowise under the suzeralntj o' Great Britain. Whether definite action In this direction will bo taken will prob ably depend on what happens In South Afrlcn In the near future. MACRUIYI REFUSES TO TALK HUM \ < > Information for I'l-exn AVI1I Keep UN Seeret Until He Meetw Secretnrr llnj- . ( Copyright , 1900 , hy Press Publishing Co. ) NAPLES , Jan. 20. ( New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) I bearded the Kast African liner Koonlg this morning urn : met Mr. Macrum , lately the United Statei consul at Pretoria , breakfasting with til ! wlfo and child. Macrum was Ballow end languid , having suffered niunh from fovor. Ills wife/ , also la out of health. Only their fulr-halred 3- year-old child was looking well. I acquainted Maerum with the rumors am Insinuations publlbhod about his leaving lilt post at n critical tlmo and showed him t clipping from a newspaper. Ho Hushed In dignantly and Bald : "My ciisclenco : Js clear. I refuses to make any statement regarding the cause of m } resignation. I will not depart from my fixct rule to refuse Information to the press. 1 would not give It to Ambassador Draper ( ai Rome ) or any other United States represent ative except Secretary Hay. " Being asked if It Is true that ho Is the beartr of a letter from President Kruger te Pre Idc-nt McKlnley , ho said : "I decline to answer any questions about my mission. " A suggestion that a frank dcclaratlor alight bo advantageous both to him and te the Transvaal drew forth thp petulant re. tort : | "It's no use. My Information IB for the | Statu denartincnt alcne. I don't care whnl i Is sa'd ' about me. I have a duty to per fora , and will perform U " I Ma- - rum JooKs like a > nun overborn bj I ( Continued on Fourth Page ) ROADS PLAY A HAND Ask ths State Board of Transportation to Eestoro Hundred-Pound Rates , WANT ITS FORM IB ORDER RESCINDED Claim that Ohango from Carload Rates Will Not Be Disadvantageous. TRANSPORTATION COST NOT INCREASED Ask to Have the Suit in the Douglas Oounly District Court Dismissed , BOARD HOLDS' AN tXECUTIVE SESSION ( in-ill I'lriMiriIN UMiiK llriniKlit In Unit * on Tim ! lloily to llnvo Thrill Do UN ( lie ttontlx \ \ | NI. LINCOLN , Jan. 20. ( Special Telegram. ) The State Bcnrd of Trannporlntlon liaH been asked by the railroads doing business In Nebiaskn to rescind lla order of two ycaivi ago reHtorlng carload rates on shipments of live stock. They contend that the change Irom the carload to the 100-pound rates does not materially Increase the cost of transportation , especially on large hlp- mcntK. The board Is also asked to have dis missed the cute now pending In the district court of Douglaa county against the Union Pacific railroad to recover lines for the violation lation of the order. The petition was considered by the Board of Transportation and Its sect claries In ex ecutive session this afternoon , at the con clusion of which It was decided to defer the whole matter until Monday. The strict est secrecy prevailed nt the clear of the meeting , all the members of the board be ing extremely reticent regarding the pro ceedings. The strongest pressure Is being brought to bear to secure compliance with the re quest of the railroads and it IB understood that boveral of their representatives will be In the city Monday to confer privately with the members nnd secretaries of the trans portation board. WILLING TO LEASE FOR CANAL CoNtu Itlen mid \luiiriiKiui nivr State Department 1'onlllve of Their A III. CHICAGO , Jan. 20. A dispatch from Washington to the Chronicle says : The State department has received assurances from Costa Rica and Nicaragua that they are willing to lease territory , to the United States for 300 years o'r200 * years. , If neces sary , for the construction ot the Nicaragua canal. This definite ) assurance absolutely re moves any doubt that may have existed as to the agreement of a treaty between the United States nnd Costa Rica and Nicaragua by which the absolute control of the canal shall be vested In the United States. The State department will proeeqd to make the formal treaty with Nicaragua aud Ccsta Rica an KOOII as the bill has been pnssed by congress , but in the ini''inwhlle It Is expected tint there will be further ex change of notes discussing the treaty bo- twecn the governments , in advance of the eventual passage of the bill and Its signa ture by the president. It was stated today nt the department that Nicaragua had consented to arbitrate lltt ( inferences with the- Maritime company which holds that its concession , while It nominally expired October 31 last , in still of force , under certain clauses of the agree ment. While this matter Is admitted to ar bitration It was stated at the department that It would not have any effective delay on the negotiations between the United States and the two Central American re publics. GENERAL ANDERSON RETIRES ARC Mmlt Hello-en Him of the Com mand of Department of the I/nlten. CHICAGO , Jan. 20. Brigadier General Thomas M. Anderson , commander of the De partment of the Lakes , w.is relieved from active duty today under thn law which re quires army officers to retire nl the age of 64. ( Jeneral Jume.'i F. Wade , commander of the Department of the Dnkotas , ha been or- dere d to assume temporary command. Gen eral Anderson will remain In Chicago for the present and may enter commercial bui- IneHB. General Anderson Is a nephew of Major Anderson of Fort Sumter fame and led the first United States force * to land In the Philippines. Ho entered the army aa a private In the Sixth Ohio Infantry In April , 1861 , nnd served throughout the rebellion , receiving u captain's commission In May , 1S6) ) . Ho was made a brigadier general In the regular army March 30 , 1883. He Is the author of miaicrous books on military sub jects. TWO HUNDRED YAQUIS KILLED Defeated hy Mexican * In llaril-Foimht llnUle Klve 11 u ml red Taken I'l-lHiinern. SAN FRANCISCO , Jan. 20. A special to the Kxnmliicr from Nogales , Mexico , ayn a battle has been fought by the ) Mexicans and Yaquls , In which the YaqulB were de feated , with heavy loss. Their killed num bered 200. Flvo hundred were taken prln- oncro. .fuller Henry' * Slayer W15ST PLAINS , Alo. , Jan. 20.-Ieii ) Illeh- nnlcnii , who rnurdeied Jailer Allen Ilenry In Jnll at this pliuion the 17tli. Wim can- Hired tonight at Muminotli SpringM , Ark liy He.ii Ulclrr , the mayor of the town Itlchurdson went to the homo of ISldor anil liegh'td for food. liltier Invited him In ami ' when he luul Heated himself at the table fovcireil him with n mm. HlclmrdHon HUT- rendered without revlstance und confe se-d IllH crime ; . .South Dakota .tinnier it ml .Suicide. MINNEAPOLIS , Jan. 20.A special to th. Journal from ciminburluln , S. n. . Bays : A repcrt IHIH just reached here from Qreaory county of a sensational killing and suicide AccurclliiK to the report a eounty mun of prominence called at thei homo of County CornmlKHloner NclHon and the two becnmo engaged In a euntrovcrsy uhluli | 8 said lo have icHiilted in NC OD'H killing the visitor nnil committing O'Keefe Anl.N Heller rroin llehU. . / ! ( ' , < ! , J"n r" u I'e'lMon ' tiled In the I nlted Htiitt-H illstrli-t court today J A p'Kcefe. n ralli-uad contractor who wa lii liUHliiwH In Omaha In IMS. n ks to l < o re. lli-ved of an IndebtcdncHs of Jtti.Bni , jje l > m no IIHHPIH Tile Inri-'e"t en < it0' N a. II JIallory of I'hurHon , la. , for J23,0uo.