THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TTtrTCSDAY , FEBRUARY 8. 1900.
SHOOTS HIS FATI1ER-1N-LA\V \
Hirelj in Dangerous Conditioa
frem Ballet Firtd by T. W. Barton.
AIMS WEAPON AT SON AND HITS FATHER
i ; lil.'Htly liiccnnoil lijIlls AVlfr'.i
1 nmll ) Affair * Cxnlnlnn that He
Called iia HUH ) to
WATERLOO , Neb , Feb 7. ( Special Tel-
rgram ) T. W. Barton shot HezeKlaa
Hlvely at noon today. The ball entered the
toft side ot the face , clone to the nose ,
glanced upward , where It struck a bone , and
then glanced downward and lodged In the
base of the brain. Last night Barton came
homo drunk and began abusing bis wife ,
t'lit toward morning they quieted down and
Hi" neighbors thought that It was merely a
d-jnken quarrel and that it had been s t-
t r.l
Vboiit 10 o'clock this morning Dive
HUHy , a 16earold brother of Mrs Bar-
ion who llv In the nouth end of town
b his parents , came up atter his slater o
things and waa going to take them ( o
r father's place when Barton got after
t m with a razor Young Hlvely was car-
rvlng a piece of a buggy ahatt about two feet
1 ng and struck his arm with It. The rarer
struck Barton's face , cutting an ugly gash
\t\fr \ this Hlvely went home and appar
ently thought nothing more about It
About noon Barton went to the hardware
store and purchased a revolver and went
down to his father-ln-law'a house , as he
now says , to apologize , but In place ot doing
this he shot at Dave , but the bullet missed
Us marlc and struck the father There Is
every hope of Mr Hlvely recovering , the
ball having touched no vital point
Papers were Issued for Barton's arrest
He was placed In custody about 2 o'clock
and will have a preliminary hearing before
Justice Meyers this afternoon. Barton has
always borne a good reputation since bo
has lived here
TO ASSIST SUPREME COURT
I.esal I.lKhts UxnrenK Their Opinions
oil the Micccnttoii llcrently
Mnile by The lice.
The following letters have been received
relative to The I1ee' suggestion with re
gard to rellevlnt : the Judges of the supreme
premo court
SUPERIOR , Neb , Feb 5 To the Ed-
iior of The Bee Replying to your favor
of the 29th ult asking for my views on
vour plan for the relief ot the supreme
court , I have not given the matter suf
ficient thought and investigation to hazard
an opinion upon the feasibility of the plan
suggested That our supreme court is over
worked and business Is accumulating to
such an extent as to discourage both liti
gants and attorneys Is a fact well known
to all of our citizens and some relief should
bo 'Horded at the earllent possible time
If t ie plan suggested in The Bee should be
thought feasible by the supreme court I
have no doubt the several Judges of the dis
trict courts would gladly render such as
sistance ? as required , consistent with the
faithful discharge of their duties In their
own districts Yours very truly ,
G W. STUBBS
BROKEN BOW , Neb . Feb 6 To the
Editor of The Bee Yours of recent date
requesting my views on the plan suggested
b- ; ou recently In The Bee that the dis
trict Judges be required to abaist the t u-
promo court received I am of the opinion
'hat the plan would not prove- practical
While ItVis-mio'the entirenimc oCthe dis
trict judge Is not occupied In the actual
trial of cases , the greater portion of their
time Is taken up either In the holding of
rourt or the performance at chambers of
work connected with their courts The in-
'ermlss > lens between terms of court during
hlch they might dpvote some time to work
la the Mipreme court would bo so limited
that they would be of little practical as
sistance Counsel , in their districts , who
frequently require their attention at cham
bers , would be put to great Inconvenience
But to my mind , the most Important ob
jection to your plan is that it contemplate
official action without any authority of law
The opinions of the district judges , though
sanctioned by the supreme court , would not
have the respect of the people or pven the
bar that should bo given the acts of a
rourt of last resort , for the reason alone
hat the judge writing the same would
hereby act purely voluntarily
\ou will recollect there was no little crltl-
ism of the commissioner system and oft-
lme of the- acts of the commissioners which
iv as probably without good reason , and
which waa really the result of the limited
uithorlty of the members of the commlH-
ilon. the unusual manner of their selection
tnd want of responsibility to thf people
Tut behind that system there was some
aw and the commissioners were clothed
nlth eomo lesal authority , while behind
our plan It would seem there Is no law , and
ho district Judges in the supreme court
Rould be absolutely without any legal au-
borltr
What we need Is more supremp judges
nd whiln your plan might ho sompthlng era
a makrt hlft and tend to keep down the
a. cumulation of the work ot the supreme
court I fear It might serve a an cxciibe
for continually refusing to amend the con-
uuiitlou providing for additional supreme
Judges whllo If no help is given the su
preme court the people , when given another
opportunity , will certainly provide for ad
ditional Judges.
I bplfpve the next time the proposition Is
submitted the bar of the state , out of neces-
M ty will take- - hold of this question and see
tbut the proposed amendment Is adopted.
Respectfully. H M SULLIVAN ,
Judge Twelfth District
WAHOO Neb , Feb. 5 To the Editor of
Thp RPO My attention bad been previously
called to The Urn editorial In question I in-
clmn to the * belief that the district judges
might be ma lo available assistants to the
supreme court But , llko the late commis
sion Ii would be a tort of a constitution-
dodging process to do so
In aeveinl ot the dibtrUts where there are
' Borden's Condensed Mift Co. , N.Y
two or more judges it woull * > P poss-'i.o In
the rr fnt lo'v state of 'he Jorkets < >
arranjp ? the- business that OOP Judgf caul 1
b spnrpd at least for the greater part of
the tlmr But this would bo only tem
porary , because In mj Jndgment , It will be
only two or three years before It will b
found that there Is a marked Increase In the
volume of litigation In the trial courts
On the whole I do not feel favorable to th
proposition It Is time to bold a constitu
tional convention and rather than resort to
expedients which to say the least , are of
doubtful constitutionality , although of ur-
zcnt need , I think the way out Is to recon
struct the organic law to meet the present
needs
It may bo that constitution building Is a
lost art among us , and It may hp that the
managers of great corporate and Industrial
Interests arc fearful of the capacity of this
people to reconstruct a constitution , but It In
quite pertain that the people will be no
more competent. In the estimation of thrsp
manager * , nor more likely to have recovered
the art five , ten or fifteen years hence than
now Let s stop patching by doubtful expedients
and rebuild th" constitution Respectfully
S II SORNBORGER
STATISTICS OF MORTGAGES
I.ulxir ComniNnlnner Kent MnUr * it
Hrimrt shoviliii ? Wlintnn Done
Diirlns the I'nnt 1nr. .
LINCOLN. Feb 7 ( Special ) Labor
Commissioner Kent today completed .1 re
port showing the number and amount of
mortgages filed and cancelled during the
last half of the jear 1S31 On July 1 , ISDO.
the mortgage Indebtedness of Nebraska was
jriIOJ7,126 53 This amount decreased $1.-
HS.S7157 during the six months , leaving
$152,873,155 OB as the total mortgage Indebt
edness on December 31.
Auditor Cornell has ruled that all fire In
surance companies doing business In Ne
braska must agree that they will not
directly or Indirectly , by way of reinsur
ance or otherwise , write any fire Insurance
upon any property situated In Nebraska , ex
cept under a policy that shall be regularly
Issued by an igent residing In this state
Such companies must also agree not to per
mit any person to solicit or receive an in
surance policy upon property located within
the state which shall be reinsured in any
company not authorized to do business in
Nebraska.
Orders were Issued by the adjutant gen
eral today discharging the following mem
bers of Company H of the Second regiment
upon their own application Privates J R.
Bebb , Charles A Cox , Julius H. Dahlke.
Georgrj W Frleson , Harry P Likes Lerov
H Matlock and James C Woodward Pri
vate Fred Scott of the same company was
discharged for desertion and Private Samuel
Coddon of Company G was discharged with
out honor on the recommendation of the
officers of the company
The Reservoir Ice company of Omaha
filed articles of Incorporation * Mth the secre
tary of state today The capital stock au
thorized Is $73 000 and the Incorporators are
Charles A Achorn , Charles C Hungate and
Walter Coleman
The Bankers' Investment company of
York incorporated with a capital stock of
$7r > ,000 The Incorporators are U V Har-
lan , Joseph Boyer and F R Clark
The Overland Real Estate and Investment
company of Nebraska City was incorpor
ated The principal business of the com
pany as set forth In the articles of incor
poration will be the maintenance of a
theater at Nebraska City The cxpital block
la $ J3,000 and the Incorporators are J
Sterling , Joy .Mark , Carl and Paul Morton.
The F J Lewis Roofing and Manufactur
ing company of Omaha has Hied amended
articles of incorporation , changing the name
of the concern to the National Roofing com
pany
\CCIDK\TS Il\ HOUSE A.ND W VGO V
Number of CnMunltien from Icnnn-
T njs Ueporteil Throimh Stale.
ASHLAND , Neb . Feb. 7 ( Special )
Charles Walker , 30 years old , waa Instantly
killed about 12 o'clock last night. He had
been visiting relatives in Clear Creek pre
cinct , northwest of thla city , and in com
pany with William Bradsby and Fred Truax
came to town last night to attend a show
The three started home in an intoxicated
condition and were running their team On
turning a sharp corner near Charles Miller s
place near the city limits they were all
thrown out Walkers neck being broken by
the fall The other men were not seriously
injured Walker's home was at St Louis ,
Mo , although he had been staying at Lin
coln prevlouo to coming here
CRETE , Neb , Feb 7 ( Special ) Fred
Freshe , a well-to-do farmer of Seward
county had a runaway at the Atwood farm
near this cify The wagon waa overturned
and the man Instantly killed by breaking
his neck
I
John and Reuben Rothmuller , drivers of the
I
Crete Lumber companj t. coal wagons , were
badly hurt by a runaway near the B S. M
depot In this city John was badly hurt on
the head , and Reuben broke his right leg
below the knee The Rothmullcrs have
many friends in Omaha
\KIIVI , or i imTB Gi.ovnn.
Cuuntri llonnm the Man Who Ilr-
turnetl Ilnmr on III * Shield.
YORK , Neb , Feb 7 ( Special ) Large
flags floated at hilf mast yesterday busi
ness was suspended a part of the day and
nearly all of York's citizens and people
from surrounding country were here to
show th"lr respect and attend the funeral
services of Frank dlover member of York's |
Company A , First Nebraska whoso remains
arrived hero todav from Manila and were
burled In Greenwood cemetery this after
noon. Chaplain Mallley in his sermon told
of the brave deeds and acts of Nebraska 3
volunteers and told of Comrade Glover's |
sickness The chorus of forty \olccs was led , ,
by Prof Parks At the bead of the proccs- |
alon were martial bands , followed by Com-1
pany A In uniform , then the Grand Array of '
tbo Republic. Women's Relief corps and
Daughters of Veterans
The procttsion'a starting point was the
same place from which Company A about
two years ago started to march to the depot
on Its way to the Philippine islands and
w.ia headed by the same band
S oplINNOUllltlOII Moot" .
\STINGS. . Neb , Feb 7 ( Special ) - -
Representatives from twenty-ono different
towns were present last evening at the
meeting of the Nebraska Speed associa
tion held at the Bostwlck hotel parlors
Several minor committees were appointed , j
'Iho committee on circuit and purura sub
mitted the following , which was adopted
Blair. June 20 to 22. Fremont , June 2(5 ( i
to 2S , Hastings. July 3 to 5. Osccola , Julj !
10 11 12 Central City. July J5 to 27. Hubbell - i
bell August 15 to 17 , Geneva , August 21 to j
21 Srward.ugust 2S to 30 , state fair
( Lincoln ) , September 3 to S , Beatrice , Sep
tember 11 to H NelMn. September 10 to
21 Clay Center , September 28 to 2S , Kear
ney October 3 to 5 , Red Cloud. October i
10 to 12 and Lincoln Park association mile !
track , eliding |
The purses as at present agreed upon I
range from | . ! 00 to J500 and better for all' '
harness races , and $75 to 1100 and more !
for all running races.
VIm 11 Hr.n > fur HolilM-r * .
\LM\ Neb Feb 7 ( Special Telegram ) !
Bursljns entered the duelling of J B
BllllUKs last night and secured two gold
watches and pocketbnoKs containing papers
of \ \ Billings. They also entered the
dwellings , of H J Hill and E L Wlllltts.
securing little of any value. Thcre la no
clue aa to who tbo parties are
I'otluuk tilth n Poc-l.
HEBROS Neb Feb 7 ( Special i \n.
other number of the women of the 1'resby-
'crtan < hur-b 'ecture course was given
Tucai'ay ' n ch by Ednarl Vinop Ccoke pre
senting Potlu-k ttlth a Poet TTie
rradtnjrs were In the form of stories f > 'd '
bj friends with widely differing personal
chararterlstlCB which were Impersonated by
the speaker In a pleasing manner Besides
the eccentric character delineation Mr
Coske recited "The Red Cross Army Nurse"
snd the story of ' Old Glory , " his own com
positions.
AITnlr * In < ohnj-lrr.
SCHUYLKS. Neb . Feb -Sp ( cat ! )
Ice houses that so long promised remaining
empty during the summer are- now being
filled Splendid fifteen-Inch Ice is cut from
the Dworak mlllpond
The Schnyler Creamery company Is payIng -
Ing out Its annual dividend of S per cent
on the capital stock , amounting to J4SD 15.
The stated meeting of the beard of di
rectors cf the Nebraska Chlcarv company ,
deferred from January 1 was held Saturday
and organization effected T W Whitman
was elected president , F J Everltt secre
tary and J S Johnson treasurer.
! * oinitl liftrr ttnlilnnon.
PONCA. Neb , Feb 7 ( Special ) The
feellnc In thli congressional district that
Congressman John S Robinson will not re
ceive a renomlnatlon for congress eeems to
be growing Secretary of State Porter has
a host of friends in thH district , especially
imong the populists who feel that the po
litical and legal firm of Allen & Robinson
have had enough , and hence they are urging
the precedent , set by Robinson when he de
feated Maxwell for his second term , that
one term is sufficient
' 1 homii-ioii Is Tree ,
PONCA , Neb , Feb 7 ( Special. ) The
case ot the State of Nebraska against R. B
Thompson the Emerson attorney , charged
with obtaining $4500 from W H. Smiley
under false pretenses , came up for hearln ;
before Judge F D Fales Monday The
complaint was held bad in several partic
ulars by the court and the defendant dis
charged Thompson was bound over to the
district court upon another charge He fur
nished bond and is again a free man.
MlSes Will CJIMP Hrsiime < l.
FALLS CITY Neb Feb 7 ( Special Tele
gram ) Judge Thompson of Grand Island
returned last night and the hearing of the
Miles will case w is resumed All the law
yers In the case are on hand to fight for
their clients to the bitter end John L. Web
ster ot Omaha attorney for the plaintiff ,
presented his argument which will take two
or thre- > days to finish The old time Inter
est has been revived but nothing of a sen
sational nature Is expected
Lhi > rltlf > * nml Corrections.
LINCOLN , Feb 7 ( Special Telegram )
The third annual meeting of the Nebraska
Conference of Charities and Corrections was
begun at the State untversitj tonight An
address on the 'New Charltv ' was delivered
by H H Hart of Chicago Governor Pojn-
ter , Chancellor Bessej J E Harris of Ne
braska City Regent E von Forell of Kear
ney. L P Ludden of this city and Mrs M
E Sly of Omaha also spoke
To' ! * How lie Eienneil.
FALLS CITY Neb Feb 7 { Special )
'
Dick Savarv , who broke Jail here last November -
vember and was later captured In Omaha
and afterwards founds guilty of murder la
the first degree , confesses that he hid the
kejs he us = ed In his escape In a crack In the
cell flcor He implicates a jallmate named
William Cox In the Jallbreaking Cox was
up for highwaj robbery and was acquitted
Cnt lee III ' iirerlor.
SUPERIOR Neb. Feb 7 ( Special ) A.
large force of men has been set to work
here today cutting ice for southern ship
ment on the Santa Fe road Benson Bros
of Topeka have the contract The ice Is six
inches thick and only fair quality , but
warmer weather Is feared. The first trainload -
load IfMves tomorrow morning
Ilett'nl Merlins * Held.
TECL1MSEH. Neb , Feb 7 ( Special )
The second week of the union revival meet
ings here starts well The attendance is
gcod THe pastors of the local churches
are in charge now , but commencing Sunday
evening Evangelist McGregor cf Omaha will
be on hand and conduct the meetings for
at least two weeks
SHIM * PnllM on \ < brni l n. '
CREIGHTON Neb Feb 7 ( Special )
Snow fell here to the depth ot about six
Inches Monday It was clear and warm
yesterday and the warm south wind is melt
ing the snow fast The moisture will
very beneficial to the ground.
Soldier's rniivral i't 11llll nii.
GENEVNeb. . Feb 7 ( Special )
Thirty memben of Company G drove to
Milllgan today to attend the funeral of Pri
vate Walter Hogue , whose body had just
reached home from Manila , where he died
on September 20 , 189S
Slot Mmhi n \liolUheil. .
iMADISON Neb IVb 7 ( Special ) The
mayor has Issued an order , to take effect
at once , removing ail slot machines from
places of business in the city
Nevi Nniue for PIHnliiirK .t Ciilf.
PHILADELPHIA Feb 7 The Kansas
City Southern Railway company will be th > -
title of the newly reorganized Kansas City.
Pittsburs ' & Gulf railroad which Is to be
sold under forpc'osurp sale on March 10
William F Harrity of this citj , chairman
of tbo reorganizaticn coramittcv said to
day that the new company would probably
bo fully organized and in possession of the
prcpcrty some t'mn 'n ' April.
Kr I of tinlclHon Ulll Cntc.
BOSTON Fpb 7 The botitom dicpped out
todav of the four writs of entry brought by
Mr = Katharine ShlrUn of Kansas City
ncaln--t lonn Stetson sr .Mrs Emma
Stokes. W S Bangs and another to recover
various parcels of ienl estate in this city
of fine value of about $ ' < WO OCO left by th
late John Stetson the m'lllonalrp theatric-
mncn.iti * as the alleged daughter ind onlv
hpjritlaw nf Mr KT i s Stokes 5tPtuon
In f-p HvoM division nf thp supreme court
Judge BlfdsPtt tbo defendant failed to
aoppir In neron or < ouii''pl to try her ac
tions v.hPii ihp\ were called Silo was n < -
rordinslv orlerol fie c oi.rt to bc > non-
"iiltccl Murh hn bpon puhllshpii concernIng -
Ing hi-r claimof belli ? a daughter of tnp
late Sirs John Stttson tj whom w is ilc-
vlTit all lur hu ban'l s nronerty and who
died shortly afterward without a will
Miortliorn llrertlnrx ( ' ni > iif * .
KANSAS fMTY Mo , Fob 7 The Central
Shlrthorn Brpedc-s' association in annu il
reinvention here today wfc'h JOO members ,
present elpctnl "IP following officers j
TrpHldent S F Lonkrldpp OrppiU'aitle , <
Ind llrst vic-o pitsidei't. II C Duncan ,
OibormNlo second vice president S C
Iliinna. Howard Kan secretary. Gcorso
Bellows Marvville Mo treasurer , D W
Smith , Sorlngfield 111
HnrilN Kli-c'lloii IM Itntlllcil ,
S.Vt'RAM ENIO < 'al . Ft b 7 The senate
an l i3pmbl\ < t in joint sosion tod.iv lo
ratifv tln PPC lion of Thomas II TUrd to
the United Statf < "pn ite to Mic-cped Stephen .
M White Aftp" iiit > u ual preliminaries I
Mr IJard w i.s declared CPC ! < P < I
The . ( "sembiv today adopted the joint
rt > 8nlutloi ) IntroduceIn the senate ij
Wolfe urging the bulldins o ( u Pacific
cable
* Mirnr I'lnnti COMI | > Don n.
PHILADELPHIA Feb 7-Under orders
from iho oll'"ial8 of tlu > American Sugar
Rpflnlntf lomnany the Spreokels rertnpri
ht > rp bis closed throwing out of. mploy-
mcnt luOQH me.i It was announcwl today at I
MrCahan b retinerj whlcli Is a rival of
the American Sugar R rinlnc company that '
the iilant will be temporarily cloned within
a few days. NVarlv . ' . ( MO men are employed
at this Dicier
rii * N IMilj IT 4iOf limniir.
NE\V YORK FPh -Dr William Stein-
Itz , tha fcmoiiH c hc > ss player. vva taken
from his hamc > to the Int-ane pavilion of
H lltfMie hOMpltal tonight He U t > J years of
a.rw ami wa confined in an isylum In Mos
cow In 1S57
V lil. < linker * to ( oiuliine ,
\\XBASH lr.l Feti 7A i omb n men < t
all the nuntifai lure's of w ups In the ouu
trj It is said will be c jnsummat"d within
For
Curative u rfe of Swamp
To Prove What This Great Kidney Remedy Swamp-Root will do for YOU , Every
Reader of the "Bee1' May Have a Sample Bottle Free.
Reporters Have Convincing Interviews With Prominent People in Greater New York Regarding Wonderful Cures.
From New York Tmtrmi .1 MIUTV Uli , 1100
65th POLICK PRECIXCT ,
DR. KILMER & Co. , GREATER NEW YORK. Nov. 11 , 1899.
GENTLEMEX :
In justice to you , I feel it is my duty to send you an acknowledgement of the re
ceipt of the sample bottle of Swamp-Hoot you t-o kindly s nt me. I had been out of health
for the past five years with kidney and bladder trouble. Had our best physicians prescribe
for me. They would relieve me for the time being , but the old complaint would in a short
time return again. I sent for a sample bottle of Swamp-Root , and I found it did me a world
of good. Since then I have taken eight small bottles bought at my drug store and I consider
myself perfectly cured. I do not have to get up during the night to urinate as I formerly
did , three or four times a night , but now sleep the sleep of peace. My back is all right
again and in every way I am a new man. Two of my brother officers are still using Swamp-
Root. They , like myself , cannot say too much in praise of it It is a boon to mankind.
We recommend it to all humanity who are suffering from kidney and bladder diseases.
My brother officers ( whose signatures accompany this letter ) as well as myself
thank you for the blessing you have brought to the human race in the compounding of
Swamp-Root. We remain , Yours very truly , JAMES COOK ,
Officers of the 65th Police Precinct. Greater New York. HUGH E. BOYLE ,
JOHN J. BODKIN.
DEAR SIRS :
Received your sample bottle of Swamp-Root which you were good enough to send
me. It helped me wonderfully. Have since taken two bottles purchased from my druggist.
It seemed as if my back would break in two Avhen I got up after stooping. I am now entirely
cured and cheerfully recommend your medicine to anyone suffering from kidney disease.
12 Grand Street , New York City. JOSEPH TRAVERS.
Nov 16 ISO1) ) .
THEODORUS VAN WYCK , former Editor of the Mt Vernon
News , and now one of the most prosperous real estate brok
ers in New York , 12ij South Eleventh Avenue , Mount Ver
non , N Y
TO WHOM IT MAY COjNOERN
I had been a sufferer for the rast five years from severe at
tacks of rheumat sm and kidney trouble , probably contracted
by exposure on hunting expeditions and wading streams ' I
tried many remedies , the patent and other kind , but none of
them seemed to do me any good I was persuaded by an old
and valued friend to try Swamp-Root and frankly confess that
It has benefited me as no other medicine has I now feel like
mjself again. I , do not have the constant aches and pains
which at one time spemed to make life unbearable U Is a posi
tive benefit in ailments of this kind I always keen it in the
house as it is just as necessary as bread and butter
Very rospo fully ,
His Own Physician Ordered It.
New York , Nov 17 , 1S99
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN ,
I was all run down in health and spirits , from overwork on
the Exchange floor I developed nervous neuralgia and also
suffered from an acute attack of rheumatism
Of course , I had careful medical attendance , but while conval
escing my own physician himself ordered me to take Swamp-
Root to build up my nervous sjhtom , and put my kidneys
In shape. It helped me more than any curative or tonic I ever
us.ed and now I alwajs keep It In my medicine chest. With best
wishes for sufferers ,
EDITORIAL NOTE We are pleased to state that a special arrangement has been i
our paper may have sample bottle of the Great Kidney Remedy , Swamp Root , sent absolutel
mention reading this generous offer in the Omaha Morning Bee when tending your a
Binghamton , N. Y.
the next slxtv dajs with a capital of J20-
( HO WO The American % A hip companj con-
trolllntr noar'v nine-tenths of the procltn -
tlon has bpen negotiating to this end f T
rrcnths The American has ihimv-tlvp fac
tories at Wpsttlc'Id. Mass ilonp besides
factories at other point *
ALL ALONG THE LINE
( Continued from First Page )
to the Intense darkness our artillery flrpd
several star ahellp Nothing happened The
Bopr artillery Is sporadically active , but
waa quiet today While the cavalrj horses
wcro grazing yesterday tl'o Boers cut out
about fcrty , losing two men Ths grass U
now excellent and sniping has increased
Owing to our taking advantage of this fact
the Boors captured two native grass cutters
Thursday. The Rulwaan gun at Chievoley Is
ehelllng Helpmakaar post Vestcrday while
sitting In an earthwork a private of the
Sixtieth was buried completely , but extri
cated himself in a few seconjs unscratcheu
There have bpen several large bodies of
Boers behind Blauabank Bulwaan and Tele
graph hill lately It Is impobwble to ex
plain their Intention Beers have a'so ' been
seen returning to Colenso after visiting their
supply base ut Elandslaa tc The weather
Is warmer and brighter , but still cold for a
South African summer The spirits of the
men ar ? good There Is a general complaint
for lack of npwa , both war and general \
better supply of news would encourage the
men The Tommies all grumble There l.i
nothing to talk about The local situation
to threadbare Even the scraps of news
published last night by orders had an ex
ceedingly cheering effect and has worked
wonders STIMRT
REDMOND CHEERED BY IRISH
llovri Declaration Hint Time- Max
Louie lo llml tin1iir In
bout ! , tfrlrn ,
LONDON Feb 7 John Relmond , chair
man of thu United Irish party , was loudly
cheered by all sections of the Irish mem
bers when bo rose in the Hou e of Com-
muns today to move an amendment to the
adc.iesa in reply to the speech from the
throne , representing the time had arrived
to bring the war to a conclusion en the basis
of recognizing the Independence of th i
Transvaal I
He said the Irish party abhorred this war
and Intended , so far us possible , to main
tain thp independence of the republics de
fended with such heroism
Mr Redmond admitted that wiion the
empire was Involved In complications a
feeling of hope and satisfaction stirred the
majority cf the Irish at home and abroad
But ho continued the 8mpathlen ot the
Irish would still have be n pro-H ar. even
If England had not been concerned and
another power had attempted to "act1 the
bully and oppressor In South \frlca '
England today added Mr Redmond ,
stood "not In splendid but In disgraceful
Isolation. Turkey alone lending her counte
nance
While admitting that official expression
of hostility had not been heard 'n the United
I Statet , , "chiefly because America , being en
gaged in the Philippine war had not felt
hersnlt in a position to rebuke England , as
she would otherwise have done , " Mr Red
mend dfdaied that the overwheim'ng
I opinion of leading American statesmen was
| hobtllp to Oreat Britain in this war , and
bald the unanimous disapproval of the
1 world demonstrated that the
war was un
just and It ought therefore , to bs stopped "
AH to whether the prospects of home rule
were adversely affected by the attitude of
the Irish , Mr Redmond said he thought Ire-
'
1 ind had nothing to lose and everything to
| gain by raining its voice on the side of
! justice and liberty
Mr Patrick Joseph Power , membsr for
the past division of Waterford county , sec-
j ended Mr Redmond's amendment
i Mr Rpcjmond's amendment was rejected
by a vote of 368 to 66 The houss then ad-
I Journed
| Timothy Healy. Irish nationalist , during
the course of n speech dwelling on the Brit
ish defeats said
"Heretofore the Boers have only had two
feast days in their calendar , Dingman a day
a d Majuba day But England has given
them Bullcr' ? day , White's day , Gataoro'a
day , Methuen's day. Yule's day and Symons'
day "
i Loud and continued cries of "Shame1"
greeted the reference to the dead general
| and Mr Healy hastened to declare that ho ]
j had thn greatest respoH for the late Gen
eral Symons
Mr Healy , continuing , said the most pa-
j thetic Incident of thp war was the corre-
I spondenco bot-veen General Sjwons and |
I General Joubert before General Symons
c'eath and the only unworthy feature was
that the English turned their backs upon
their djlog general
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U 'iTlii3 > IN Mill on Kurtli. I
PARIS. Feb S Major Comto Ferdinand
1 Walsln Esterhazy. the reputed author of
the bordereau , which brought about the' '
conviction of Captain Dreyfus en charges
of treason , has shown feigns of life by send
ing to the amnesty committee of the Senate -
ate a protest agaln&t any proposal of am-
nesty He ask * to be prosecuted and Indi
cates the lineb of the prosecution.
Mm"-r ( .Ivi-M III * Ojilnlon , ,
INDIANAPOLIS. Feb 7 General W R (
Shatter , while In this cltj with the Lawton
funeral party waa asked for his opinion re-
| gardlng the Transvaal war The general
wb ] 'a ' following the movement of Buller
{ toward Ladysmlth closely taid
j 'Our British rousinu were of the opinion
only a lov , months ago that our land opera
tions > n the Spanish-\merican war were
going on very slowly How is It today
with their operations against the Boers' "
\Vo soon finished our work in Cuba , wherp
we were opposed by one of the great powers
of thp earth The Boprs aiP not a powpr at.
'
all , and vet the work of subduing them
seems to b one of no small Importance and
not likely to bo acccoipllshcd very readllj. "
i-i'tirIP * Moor I outimiiiclo * .
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MODDCU RIVER , Feb 6 11 I m
( Now York World Cablegram Special Tele
gram ) The Highland brigade , two squad
rons cf the Ninth Lancers * and the Sixtv-
second field batteiy made a succpssful recon
naissance west , entrenching their positions
and covering Frazer's and Koodocober
drifts , separating the enemy's commandos
bcth sides of the Riot laager nrth . ! 000
yards from the main road to Douglas and
Kimberley , and south 1,000 jards from the
center BATTERSBY
iiiii Tor TIIrun l.i-jcl * Dou n.
BERLIN , Feb 7 Dr Loyda leaves Berlin ,
very much dissatisfied because of the refusal I j
of Emppror William to receive him. his |
chagrin not being sensibly mitijatecl by an I
invitation to dinner from Herr von Wedel , j j
mlnls'fr o' the royal household Ho now
expects to go to St Petersburg when the
weather moderates
GERMANY . NOT INTERESTED
Horn \ t I\IMTI to Hen I'nrtj to tlio
M'-'nrniiiiiiij ( "nun I \ irrf -
IIIC'IH.
BERLIN Feb. 7 In regard to tha cabled
report that the United States an I Oreat
Britain are trying to obtain the consent of
( jprmany and the other powerj to a Nica
ragua agreement the foreign oillca here says
that as Germany was not a party to the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty * fjermnny has no
political Interests in ihose parts and no
right to expect c-ltfirr the I'nlted States or
Oreat Britain to seek to obtain Germany's
consent to a Nlcaraguan agreement
I'nitccl States \mbassador White says the
United States gave no compensation what
ever to Orc-at Britain and most assuredly
gave neither land nor harbors In Alaska In
exchange for the abrogation of the treaty
IM'MKV/ Vl.l , OVUIt GIMtMVM.
i : iT5 lloxullul i-1 llrrlln ( romleif
M\l ) TIloiiMiiuil ( an CM nt .Munich.
BERLIN Feb 7 Tha Influenza , which' '
has spread throughout German * now num- '
bcrs 60,000 victlma at Munich In Berlin today - |
day every bed in every hospital waa o upied
and thp hospital nhyslclans , hundreds of
whom have been stricken by the malady , are
scarcely able to tare for their patlentH
Among thoiiu belfcvod to be dying Is Dr
I eiber leader of the centrists or clerical
party In the Reichstag , who today received
the sacraments.
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FORECAST OF THE WEATHER
More ' mm In E lrrmiCiiMrrn I'or-
HOIIH of WliraxUit 'I'lnirNiIn j
IV I r Wo : ' lit'r I'rlilnj.
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WASHINGTON Fob 7 Forecast for
Thursday and Friday
For Nebraska and Kansas Fair Thursday
and colder with snow in extreme eastern
portions. Friday fair with rising tomper-
.iturii , brisk northerly winds
Tor Missouri Oold wave Thursday , with
fair In northern and rain changing to snow ,
In southern portions , high northerly winds ,
Friday fair and continued cold
Tor Iowa Fair Thursday , with decidedly
cililer in eastern portions high northerly
winds , Friday fair anil continued rold
For South mkota Fair ami continued
cold Thursday , Friday fair , with rising tem
perature , northerly winds , becoming vari
able.
OFFICE or run WEATHER BUREAU.
OMAHA , Fob 7 Om.ihu record 'of tpm-
puraturo anil precipitation , compared with
the corresponding day of the last threa
10113. y
lOW ISM 1S3S 1S07
Maximum tempTnniro 31 7 to 44
Minimum U'mm'ruUiro . in u 20 " 1
AvciiffH temperature ' > t . '
Pru initutlon . 00 0) ) T oo
lipfonl of temperature and precipitation
nt Omaha for this day and since March
I , 1KO'
Normal for the dav . . , ; j
UxrpsH for the day i
Accumulated PV PSH slm March 1 si
Normal rainfall for the < lny o j in < ii
Dellc-lonry for thi > di\ Clinch
Total rainfall since March 1 2 $ 11 Inches
Deficiency slncn March 1 I 9" > Inches
Defip'enc v for ror porloci. ivis 4\Ui Im lies
Deficiency for cor period 1SU7 10 1 ! Inches
Iti-IMirt from Million * ill S p , in ,
! a
I- =
Below zero
T Indicates trace of precipltatlnn
U'CIl'8 A WKLSH
Local Forecast Otflcial
VI this Tlf-'iM'TK riiilnj.
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