THE OMAHA DAILY
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , TUESDAY jVEBKUAUY 1J ! , li)00-TEN ) PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
PLANS OF ROBERTS
lielfl M nhal Oolltcting an Army of Thirty
lire Thousand Men ,
PREPARES TO ENTER THE FREE STATE
He Will to Oompel Qeniral Oronjs to
Kimherley.
HIS FIRST iMFONTEIN
Kimberloj in in Bora Straiti with the Death
Eate Very Heary ,
EFFECT OF THE BOER RAID ON ZULULANU
Kntlvcn T.lablc ( n Ulnc mill 1'litlit Ooui
L 1'uiil'n Men mi Their Own Ac--
tLcount ICiiKlnnd'n
v Inillx Hurl.
' LONDON , Feb. 13. 4:15 a. m. Lord Hob-
fcrta hnn gathered 35,000 men , with whom ,
according to the best military opinion In
l-ondou , ho purposes turning the left of the
IMagcrsfontcIn lines near Jacolwdal , entering
the Free State , compelling General Cronje
to raise the Blcgo of Klmbcrlcy and thus
making his llrst step toward niocmfontcln ,
Yesterday Lord Roberts announced the ap
pointment of General Sir Henry Colvllle ,
hitherto commander of the Guards brigade ,
lo the command of the Ninth division , wblcli
Is being formed and will consist probably
to a great extent of colonial troops. Gen
eral C'olvllle will bo succeeded by General
Iteqlnald Pole-Tarow.
Lord Hoberts tells the correspondents that
when ho gets down to business they sjiall
liuvo ample opportunities to send news. Ills
chief press censor yrHtcrdny Issued now
rules and In future all written communica
tions are to go unchecked. Only telegrams
nvlll be censored.
Klmberley , twenty miles away from the
Modder river position. Is In sore straits.
Details of the December death rate shows
that In n population of 11,000 whiten and
1H.OOO black ? the mortality was RO whites and
188 blacks per thousand. The Infantile death
rate was fi7t per thousand among the whiles
mil 012 per thousand among Iho blacks.
Kntcrle fever was prevalent. This frightful
Ktato of things In December cannot have
Improved much , if at all , lnce , and Iho
lighting power of the garrison inusl have
been greatly diminished. Meanwhile the
bombardment by the Uoers has Increased
snd there la Imminent danger of the town
[ ailing under the very eyes of Lord Tlob-
crls. H IB believed In circles close to Ihe
.War olllco that ho will move at once.
More Troiiim for Africa.
The War olllco Is making preparations lo
toullnuo the stream of troops for South
'Africa. Four large steamers have been
chartered. Japan agrees to let tbo Arm-
Blrongs transfer to England four naval
quick-firers that were built Tor that nation ,
consenting to wall for the execution of itii
own order until the hostilities In South
'Africa ' urr ) ovcr. Several European powers ,
I/ similar 'cons'eiitu ns to guns" being con-
utructcd by Vlcker's Sons & Maxim , cn-
abhi England to secure 100 Maxims.
Two thousand men are constantly em
ployed at Woolwich orsonal , and all the gun
nnd ammunition factorlco are working night
und day to execute government orders. The
weekly output ot four firms Is1.000,000
rounds. Outside of the > requirements for
South Africa , Great Britain Is accumulating
Immense stores of war material.
Ilnulaiiil'M I'ovicr on Hit * \Vanc.
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THE IIAGUH , Feb. 12. ( Now York World
Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Hcrr Muller -
ler , envoy of the Orange Free State to the
Netherlands , Is reported to have said In an
Interview :
"Tho war In the beginning of the collapse
Bf Kngland's irawer In South Africa. The
longer the war lasts the heavier will bo the
rci dUloiiB of peace , for Kngluml will not
)
: ome out of It without giving Important con-
jreslonB. "
A young Trantivnalcr , secretary of the
( r.ilinssy , added :
"Both republics will have full freedom
mil Independence. Further. Unglatid will
have to give up those parts of Capo Colony ,
Natal and Hechuaiialand. where the Inhabi
tants have thrown In their lot with thn
republics , for they must' not bo left in the
lurch. "
\itlvi > N Slay Yi-l Kl lil.
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LONDON. Feb. 12. ( Now York World Cablegram -
blegram Special Telegram. ) Advices from
Durban show th.il the Hoer raid Into Zululand -
land IH assuming alarming proportions
Natal colonIsttf In London drcluro that tin
natives will break away and fight the lloen
on their own account , as the country when
the DOCTB are IH Iho best grazing hind ii
Bouth Africa , and thn Trnnsvaalers will hi
nblo to seize vast quantities of cattle. Na-
talors In London have urged arming tin
Zulus and Dasutot and accepting their nti
ngalimt the Doers , lint the War olllco so fai
IIUH rteadlly refused. It Is now Kiild that U'1 '
Ilrltluh will not ho able to restrain then
much longer and It Is hinted that the na
lives will tioon join In thu war on their owi
nccotiut. This Is accompanied by alarm
from Durban that the Doers will sweep tin
rattle out of Zululand and then raid north
eastern Natal. .
OIIOIIN | | o ! tin * K\ncrlx.
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LONDON , Feb. 13. ( New York Worli
Cablegram Special Telegram. ) The Leadt1
pxperl says :
"Tho government last night refused ti
ray whether llobertn and Kitchener wen
rent to tbo front without coneultntlon wltl
"WoUoloy. It has already been no state
nml It IH again averted that Wolaolo ;
learned the newn from the Monday mornlni
papers and Iho appointments were nmdo 01
the previous Saturday. "
The remainder of hU criticism Is devote
to the govornment'n army plans , lie * ay :
"Tho ministerial scl'sino developed lae
night In both house * in In Ihe main a colos
Fa ) , costly Impcttiuio , designed at onca t
hoax the country into the- Idea that uom
Ffttlsfai-tory refoimB In our military systci
Is the length la bo Rcoiujlahed | and lhro\ \
dust In the eyes ot forflKU nations. "
The Pout expert dejlarrx the movement
of Huberts against the Oraar , Freei Slat
and Duller aJ-avo 'ho Tu-.cJ.t , either to.at
tack again or meet the tlnuklMK niovenun
of the llorra to the cant , ull dupoml u ; o
Irausport urranafmcnu. nml that Itobort
will wait until certain tranvport army serv
Ice | g ready and r-uiplet * .
Subject U 1'iiliiful.
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LONDON. I-Yh. la. ( New York World Ca
hlcgraiu Special Telegram. ) The ue na
tlonal drfcKiio icbenu1 rM-lte * pruvc diiuii
poititmeni nmonit n Ulttu-y ; iit'iorltUt ' ; , i
Parliament and Iho j > r < sis. lo view of id
tupremo Imper'Jl enuTKeuoy It anticipate
bomo scheme of moJllleu conscription forth
coming , Instead of which the government
relies on the extension of the voluntary syu-
tr-m with Increased Inducements to join the
mllllla or volunteers. Liberals who resist
milltarlnm In all shapes are relieved to find
the government has refrained from utiliz
ing the present Jingo fever for the ItnpoM-
llon of compulsory military service of some
kind. The military authorities , on the other
hand , regard tbo scheme ns entirely Inade.
quatc , especially an It nflords no assistance
In solving the military problem presented In
South Africa. U Is n mosl remarkable fact
that both houses of Parliament met and
ceparnted tonight without a single question
being asked concerning the critical situa
tion In South Africa. The subject IH too
paliful for nny British member to trust
himself to speak about , hence this helpless
Bilenc.
GATAURE GETS A RUASTIM8
CorrrniioniliMit WrllcM of llnnttllnu
OlMojaltr lliiiniinnt In
C'nnr ( 'ninny.
LONDON , Jan. 30. ( Correspondence
of thn Associated Press. ) The cor-
icHpondcnt of the London Times
v lib General Gatacre forwards this scathing
entry from his diary on December 21 : "Field
day this morning. I devoutly hope thai the
men will not be similarly handled In actual
lighting. No regard whatever tat groun.1 ;
shut eyes , put the head do\ui and go straight
llko a bull at a gale ; but In nuci ! loose order
that the gate will probably survive the
chock. "
Mr. Whlgham , the American correspondent ,
continues to ccnd Interesting nrtlcsca to the
Morning Post. Dealing with disloyalty In
this section , Mr. Whlgiiam says :
"Dtit since the Stonubcrf ; disaster and
our other repulses the disaffection , always
slumbering throughout the eastern counties ,
IfUhoroughlya\vukene > Jaudit merely requires
another Stormberg Incident to bring the
eastern half of Capo Colony down to tin ?
very sea about our cars. Information on
tl-ls point Is very exact. Hound Craddock
ami Alice-dale , through which I have just
parsed , the feeling Is Intense , and It Is a
great mistake to Imagine that the farmers
are not armed to a man or that they lack
ammunition.
"U Is a mistake even to suppose thai only
Ihe Dutch ere against us. There arc unmet
on a certain list which are ns Kng'lidh as
any to be found between London and York.
That the colony will rise enmaaae I do not
for a moment suggest , because It Is Im
possible to Imagine the Slormberg affair ,
which has so heartened the disloyal farmers ,
can be repeated. But as to the aclual
feeling and Iho potentiality of the slluatlon ,
there Is no room for doubt whatever , the
names of many leading citizens are already
on the black list and the list might be ex
tended almost Indefinitely.
"And through this district we hold our
line of communication from Porl Kllzabcth
to Naauwpoort , a distance of nearly 230
miles by railroad , with a force of 1,100
volunteers. You may Imagine that the
commanding odlcer whose Jurisdiction covers
the whole Hue has an anxious tiuio of It , and
he cannot even protect himself by ordinary
military means , for martial law Is not
proclaimed south of Nnauwpoort and any
one who pleases may walk unmolested about
the railways and blow culverts to pieces If
ho IIDH the small wit necessary to Ignite
the Inanimate cartridges and escape the
notice of 1,100 men spread over a distance
of 230 miles.
"No wonder that the war In this part of
South Africa Is a tabooed subject and .m en
talk of Anything else when" they 'meet ,
though there Is nothing else to talk about.
If you go to the bar of the hotel In Allccdalo
the man next you at the counter mav bo a
Hoer or British , a Dutch spy or a llrltlsh In
telligence olllcer. The ono thing which
occupies every one's mind IH the war , yet
listening to the conversation you might sup
pose that no such thing as war ever existed.
It Is a strange , unnatural calm , such as is
wont to precede n storm. Certainly , If the
thunderclap be a British victory the air
will bo most beneficially cleared. "
REASONS FOR THE RETREAT
HOCI-N Hold I'lislllon Which Donil-
nie * Hint Taken bv
LONDON. Feb. 12. 1:12 : p. m. The War
olllco has received the following dispatch
from Field Marshal Lord Roberts , doled
from the Moddor river , Sunday , February 11 :
"I have received a telegram from Duller
as follows , dated Friday , February 9 :
" 'Itaa necessary after tcl/lng Vnalhrantz
to entrench It as Iho pivot of further opera
tions. But I found after trying two dajs ,
thai owing to the nature of the ground
this wan Impracticable. It was also exposed -
posed to the lire of heavy guns In positions
from which our artillery was dominated. It
Is cHscmhil to troops advancing on Lady-
si.ulth by Herding e.r Mongers drift to hold
VualkrantB securely , and accordingly wo are
not pressing the advance by those roads , a ;
1 find wo cannot make It secure. ' "
CARRINGTON TO THE FRONT
Stnli'N Hull lie U'lll 'I'aUe Charge of u
Cfininiiiiul III Smith
Africa.
LONDON , Feb. 12. In the House of Lordf
today , replying to a question .is to whet hoi
Major General Sir Frederick Carrlnglon was
destined for a command in South Africa anil
whether General Mntbucn was still In com
mand at tbo Moddor rlvrr , Lord Lansdowne ,
tbo secretary of slate for war , answered thai
portion of the query referring to Gcnoral
Carrington In the atllrmatlva and added :
"General Roberts IH now at the Moddor rlvei
and In command of the whole force there. '
llulfonr PenlcK Slnfi-mi-nl.
LON'-K.v. ' Feb. 12.-In the House of Com
mons today Mr. A. J. lialfour. nrst lord o
the treasury and government li.uicr. dcnlei
the btntcmont recently published ( hut Hli
Edcnuud J. Mormon , tbo British ambnssadoi
to France , had been temporarily ordered ti
withdraw from Paris , owing to the oltenslvi
attitude of the French press with regard ti
the war in South Africa.
( inlf Clininiiloii Dim ofVoiimlN ,
LONDON. Feb. 12. A dispatch frou
Moddcr rlvar announces that Lieutenant F
0. Talt , the an.nteur golf champion , da-i
of the woumlt , bo rcvelvcd during Genera
MacDonald's reconnaissance at Koodoo&bcrg
1'iMTN Sin-lied Oul ,
RENSDURG , Feb. 12. lloblrk's nnd Bae
tiird'H Nek , which the Boers took potsesslot
of Saturday , have been rcoeuupkvl uy tin
British. The Boird were H hollo. I out.
KANSAS TOWN SWEPT BY FIRE
Onc-Thlril of lliiNlnckM Portion of Si
1'iiul U llurneil In ( lie
Ground.
KANSAS CITY. FVb. 12. A Star tpeela
from Si. Paul. Kan. , says : One-third o
the buslnesa portion of thla city was do
Htroyud by flre this morning , entailing :
total loss of $50,000. Insurance , two-tblrdi
Klght buildings , with their contents , wor
L-or uiuvd. Principal lot era : J. J. Owens
general merchandise. (11.000 : J. Kocnlg
gcucral merchandise , (12.000 , R , L. Arnold
gcrerul merchandise , (11,000.
FUSION FALLING TO PIECES
Qarrj Deuel R PS the Comim : Crash rnd
Hastily Gats from Under.
REFUSES TO RUN FOR CITY COMPTROLLER
Sentl n Ifiler of DccllnalIon lo Hie
DiMiiucrulli * CiMilrnl Coininlt lee
'I'lireiileneil ll lnletiatlon ; of
KiiMliiii 'I'leket ,
Thr fll | g of n letter with the democratic
.Ity central committee by llnrry 1' . Heui'l
ibjolutely declining to accept the nomllia-
: lon for city comptroller at the hands of the
three-ring political clictm Is the first and
nest significant sign of the disintegration ol
.ho mongrel ticket put up by the fusion nlll-
KICO on Saturday last. '
Whllo the fusion leaders and their organ
ire trying to make the beet of a bad bar-
; aln and endeavoring to make people believe
ibnt the three-cornered ticket Is giving the
greatest satisfaction lo democrats and popu
lists alike , ( lie fact Is patent on every iildc
Hint the conglomerate combination falls tc
satisfy the honest members of each of the
l/Urtlcs / composing the triple alliance.
Jlopt of the democrats have already
evinced their disgust by Inquiring from one
mother who the candidates for the various
illlces nro. This Inquiry Is caused by the
[ act that many of the nominees are unknown
lo them , and were never before heard of ,
olthcr In public affairs or party politics.
When asked at his home lasl evening what
ho Intended to do In regard to the acceptance
it the nomination for city comptroller. Harry
I' . Dcuel said : "Do ? Do nothing , ! have sent
iv letter to the central committee declining
lo run for the office of comptroller. H Is not
the olllco that 1 wanted. That Is all I have
lo say. "
Krom a well known democrat , thoroughly
Informed ns to the inside of his party af
fairs , the following story Is obtained ;
"Harry Deuel has refused to run for city
comptroller and no one will blame him.
After throwing him down they offered him n
liusk. Mr. Dcuel Is entitled to something
better at the hands of the democrats. He
has been battered around from pillar to post
for several years in democratic conventions.
Whenever there was something worth hav
ing he was simply frozen out. No wonder he
Is tired of cuoh usage. As a sop some little
Ucnc ago they put him on the payroll In the
now auditor's department of the county ,
created by the fusion commissioners , and
that place Is worth as much as the comp
troller's olllce , without half the worry or
responsibility.
"It was all fixed up and understood In the
convention Saturday that Harry Dcuel waste
to be nominated for city treasurer , but In
the mlxup his 'friends' threw him down and
nominated a man of the name of Mcrte s
an absolutely unknown quantity who never
has done anything for the democrats as far
; is anybody knows. The convention gave the
best Job In the elate , outside of the district
court clerkship , to nn x. y , z. How the con
vention could turn down an old-timer like
Harry Dcuel in that way is something that
I am utterly unable to comprehend. Harry
Deuel's withdrawal only emphasizes the odl-
nusness with which the whole ticket strikes
the rank and file of the genuine democrats
who have been bowing wood and drawing
ivater for the 'gang' right along. "
' T.io wrangle.over the First Avnrd council-
manshlp , for which the populists nominated
llio Irrepressible Stuht , aild for which the
lemocrats named Drexel , doesn't contribute
lo the harmony even a little bit.
Still further defections among the nominees
will not surprise
nees are not unexpected and It
prise some democrats If the whole ticket
virtually goes to pieces , especially it the
republicans nominate men acceptable to the
intelligent voters of the community.
The democratic city committee held ft
meeting last night at the rooms of the
bounty Democracy at which the letter was
tormully received , but no conclusion was
reached as to who should bo substituted in
place of Dcuel.
ARE WAITING ON THE COURTS
Truer In HIP SlrunK'f ' for I'ollllenl
Smirriiiiiey In KCII-
IneUj.
LOUISVIbLR , Kob. 12. Although the
protocol was not signed , there Is a truce
In the flght for the state olllccs , to await
action \ > y the courts.
There is = much talk among democratic
legislators about pasting a bill utforing $100-
000 reward for the detection of the assassins
of Governor Ooebel. Such a bill has been
prepared and It Is believed will pass.
Senator Blackburn has been called tc
Washington on personal busluesK , Icavltif
the diplomatic management of democratic
alfalis In the hands of Congressman D. H
Smith. Doth houses of the legislature mcl
again at the court houee today.
When the houfe convened a concurrent
resolution , which had passed the senate , was
Picfented , calling upon "the Hon. W. S
Taylor to at once withdraw the mllltla anc
foice of armed men which ho has gatberei !
about him In the state house and surrcndci
tlr1 executive olllcca to . ! , P. W. Heckbam
the lawful governor. " Under the rules the
resolution went over for one day ,
A concurrent resolution offered Saturday
was adopted providing for the appointment
o. ' a committee of three representatives and
two senators to lnv itlgito conditions al
Frankfort as to the safety and advlsabllit )
of resuming legislative sessions at the cap- !
tol.
DEMOCRATS REMAINING AWAY
Ituinilillcaii -KlHliitiir * Hcdirn ti
KrniiUfort to Itcxnmc
KllANKFORT , Ky. , Fob. 12. The mornlnj
tiMu ftom London brought lo Frankfort :
large number of the republican inemtiuru o
the Immature. Only a ftnv absentees wen
leported when the tensions were called It
: ho capital building at noon , most of wbon
had gone to their homes In various parts o
the state to epend Sunday , nad these nn
i-\u ; < nc'd to arrlvo later lu the day.
Nothing 1ms been heard from Louisville n
to wether the democratic members of tb
legislature will adjourn their session ti
Frankfort , but the republicans appear con
lldcnt thai such action will soon bo taken.
All guards were today removed from thi
various tulles In the capltol and executlvi
buth'.Ingp , except the/so stationed al the door ;
lea-llng to Governor Taylor's anto-roocn am
prhnto ollli'djnil the public was allowed t' '
como r.n4 go without quebtlon.
Tito u publican bouac and ecnato met a
12 o'clock , nine being picscnt In the lattc
and twenty-eight In tbo former.
'I ho senate aj-i-olntod a committee to In.
fonn , d'oirerr.or Taylor that It had convenei
In Fr.nKfort and was ready for business. I
reported In u few ; inl'iuu-s that ( loverno
Taylor had received it and replied : "Woll
go ahead. "
The ho. u ) appointed a lmllar committee
and both house * then adjourned for the day
Flint a Itnllel Intended fur ( Joel , el ,
KllANKFQKT. Ky. . Feb. 12. Late tbl
afternoon the detectives working upon tb
Goebt'l assassination dls-overed u bullet cm
bedded In one of the trees In the south ( tide
3f the capltol square. It had ctrurk the
: reo about twenty Indies fiom the ground
mil almost an a line from the executive
building and the shot where Governor Goe-
licl fell. A block of wood containing the
bullet was cut from the tree and Is now
In the possession ot tbo prosecuting at
torney.
.iriMsn . TAKT iiirviis viurMivrs. ;
l-Vilrrnl Court tin * SIMIHof Context *
Over .Minor IHIIccM.
CINCINNATI , O. , Feb. 12. In the United
Stolen circuit court of appeals Judge W. 11.
raft heard arguments this Afternoon for
svrr three hours on the applications for In
junctions against the Kentucky Stale Hoard
sf IJIectlon commissioners and the contes
tants for the state olllces other than gov
ernor and lieutenant governor.
The largo court room wns unable to hold
all who came to the federal building for
admission. Many of the vial tors were from
the Kentucky side , notably the plaintiffs
ugalnst Ihe state board who are cUtxona ol
Covlnglon. The republican state ofllccrs
were also present , but the only one of the
ilofondniitt ; In attendance was Judge 1'oyntz
of the state board. There wore quite u num
ber present from Frankfort and Louisville.
After the conclusion of the argument ?
Judge Taft ndvlsod the counsel that he
would announce his decision , ro far us the
couri having Jurisdiction In the cases arc
concerned , at 2 p. m. on Wednesday next.
SHOWS UP SWART SOCIETY
Former Sri-rolnry tiillarnii lllr cb Di
lates UIIIMI Hie VIci-K of HIIK-
liiiiiri Sivcll Net ,
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LONDON , Fob. 12. ( New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Arnold
White , sometime secretary to llaron Hlrsch ,
Is appearing ns a modern Juvenal , lashIng -
Ing the vices of smart spclcty. In Pago's
CMironlcle today he attributes Britain's pres
ent position In her effetencss of military
administration to the bauelul Influence of
smart soclcly , where disreputable women
who affect the conduct of l iis without her
graces are Its leading spirits. When the
morals of the poultry yard nourish amid the
atmosphere of the stable It is only natural
that the Intelligence of the nursery Is ap
plied to the problems of empire. Kvery now
and then an explosion takes place and the
public learns with bewilderment that cheatIng -
Ing at cards is the normal feature of smart
society , or that women courtesans In all
but name are no more tabooed , by smart
society today than at the pavilion at Brigh
ton In Ibc days of the regent. The wrong
class of American women who nro not re
ceived at New York or Washington are
pushed Into what is seemingly , but not
really , exclusive society. Smart women
without self-re
without character , men
spect , and the government lee philosophical ,
effete , preoccupied or exhausted to see Eng
land's greatness is slipping away from her ,
are allies In Hits infamous confederacy. "
COUNT VON BUELOWON SAMOA
Speak * In ItelcliHtau : nml MriitloiiN
lledvcc'ii
Frit-Hilly llflnlloiiN
Ccrinaiiy nml America.
BERLIN , Feb. 12. In introducing In the
Reichstag today the draft of a law author
izing the abrogation of the Tonga island ?
treaty of 1S76 , Samoa , < : vaty of 1879 and a
portion of the Zenzltai : -itynt lSS5.x the
minister of foreign alfalrn , Counl von Buo-
low made a speech , during which bo said the
legislation was necessitated by the recent
Anglo-Gorman and German-Anglo-American
agreements dividing the Islands. So far an
Tultulla was concerned the minister said
Germany never contested the American
claims that the United States possessed the
right of a porl and seltlement Ihere. Since
lb"8 VIpolu and Savnil had formed an eco
nomic whole and therefore they could not be
separated from each other , but could casilj
ho severed from Tullulla.
Conllnulng , the minister said : "I have
pleasure In stating thai the Americans did
not hinder , but rather furthered this clear
severance. We hope tbo relations of Ger
many with the United Slates and Samoa will
remain friendly , even as the relations of the
Gorman and American members of tbo Sa
moa commission have been thoroughly
friendly. "
Count von Buelow then dealt lenglhllj
with the Tonga , Solomon , Togoland and Zan
zibar questions and Iho benefits accruing tc
Germany by the treaties recently concluded ,
Ho next referred to the opcchil agreement
to arbitrate the claims arising from the
troubles In Samoa. He explained that tin
German claims were estimated at about 100-
000 marks.
"This agreement , " added the foreign min
ister , "is now before the American senate
It Is proposed that the king ot Sweden slmi :
bo arbitrator , and I think we may antici
pate that hl decision will bo In accordance
witli the principles of fairness and Justice. '
After reviewing the advantages to but !
Samoa and Germany from the new sltuatlor
Count von Buelow concluded bv exprcsslut
the hope that all parlies would ho satisfied
The bill then passed Its flrfit and scconi
readings.
RIOTERS HAVE FULL SWING
\VlillOM Till * ! ' ItefiiK"In T MVII for Fein
of Violence from the
FORT DE FRANCE , Island of Martinique
Feb. 12. ( Via Haytlen Cable. ) The whlti
Inhabitants of Le Francois , being thrcatcnci
with death by the rioting strikers , hav <
sought refuge here , the governor bavin ;
declared It Impossible t. , guarantee tliuli
lives The managers of the plantations an
requesting pern'lsslon to organize forces o
military for the purpose of protecting tin
persons who are at work , but tbo governoi
will not accept the responsibility of author.
Izlng such a step.
A band of rioters yesterday marched t <
Fort do France without molestation , shout
Ing "Long live the negro racol" "Dowi
with the whites ! " "Down with the murder
ers ! " "Vengeance ! "
Placards provoking pillage , murder and In
ccndlarism were posted at Point a Pctre.
TrniiMviuil J-'rcUliiu llci-raltx.
HALIFAX. N. S. . Fob. 12. Immigrant
arriving here , mostly Russian Jews , havi
Informed the Immigration commissioner
that tome of their number bound to th
United States ware offered 200 roubles a
Amsterdam lo join the Transvaal forces
Tbo 'offer was made to those who had mill
lary training.
K uMicror IlotilN < 'IINOIIIIII-V | , Audience
PEKIN. Feb. 12. Notification ban heel
sent by the tuung-ll-yamen lo the foreign lo
gallons that the emperor will hold the cus
ternary new year audlenco February 1ft. Till
h regarded as an important Indication o
the desire of the dowager omprcnj and th
uuthoritlrn to reassure the foreign repre
Ecntatlvcw.
Movement H of Oi't'nn V * MN * | M
St , * * ln B' Ji ttri4 i"itvt , i if | r-VV 1 HI J\
At Nagasaki Balled Inrt Kicvenii.
Sca'tlc.
At Nvw York - Arrive 1 Armenia , fron
Swlncmundu. Armenian , from Stettin.
KELLY IS CAUGHT AT LAST
Young Man Wanted in Omaha 5s Arrested in
San Francisco.
EMBEZZLER IN CLUTCHES OF THE LAW
'MiM-n lo Philippines I'.nil Aflt-rn nnl
Hi'fiii-iiN In Cnllfiirnlit anil Mnri-li-s
Oulr to Connto Crli'C lit
i IKliiiiiK Hun. y
SAN FRANCISCO , Fob. IS. ( Special Tolo-
Rrntn. ) After n clmso of nearly 20,000 tulles ,
Frederick S3. Kelly , wanted In Onuihn for
imibcziclemcni of J5.000. has llnally been tip-
lirehoiiUt'il ninl Is now speeding eastward
tin the Overland Flyer , bound for Chicago ,
( hero to fnco representatives of this Insur
ance company whose confidence ho betrayed.
Accompanying the defaulter Is Captain Jules
Callundan of Morse's Detective- agency , who
captured him , and ( he prisoner's wife , an
Oakland young woman to whom ho hns bccii
marrle.l but n few months. Kelly Is going
llrst to Chicago , whore he has Inllnentl.'il
friends ami tclatlvcs. on whom he depend ! !
10 make good his fthorlnge.
Kelly was arrested late Saturday after
noon on Kdrty street , just lifter ho hud left
the Xormnndio hotel , where ho and his
wlfo had been staying for some tlmo. Cap
tain Callundan bluntly Informed the prisoner
that bis Uentlty was fully established mil
any elfort to escape would be fruitless. Much
to his Htirplse , Kelly promptly acknowledged
his guilt and appealed to the detective to
lake him to some place where he could en-
iliiro his humiliation with the least publicity ,
1Crurotnl it.
" 1 have long expected this , " said Kelly ,
"and to be truthful , 1 will Hay lo you that I
11 in really glad that this awful pursuit has
ended. For nearly two years 1 havu Ihvd
In constant fear of arrest and then , to addle
lo my mental tortile. I have married a young
und estimable woman who I have contin
ually feared would learn my past. I am
Hilling to go without any legal procedure.
I hope to Induce relatives to assist me and
the eooner 1 see them the better. 1 should
have appealed to them long ago. hut , like
most men who havn bitterly repented their
misdeeds , I have months lived In hopes of
nmhlng a stake with which I could reim
burse the company 1 robbed and begin life
aver again. "
After ho lied Omaha In April , 1SOS , with
the little money ttlll In his possession ,
K ; lly crossed the Canadian border and hur
llea"to Victoria , where he hoarded the Hint
outgoing steamer to the Orient. Suspecting
that ho had come this way , the Insurance
people communicated with Morse's detective
agency and after several week's work they
traced Kelly aboard the steamer. Then his
[ rail was taken up in the Orient and eventu
ally the missing cashier was discovered In
Manila , where liu had spent the last of his
funds and had been forced to accept the
position of manager of the Alhambrn , a
noted resort in the Philippine metropolis ,
patronized _ largely by Americans and Kng-
llshmcn.
Experience has taught Detective Morse
that 00 per cent of those who flee from their
country to escape the penalties of wrong
doing eventually return , FO he patiently
hided his time until repentance and remorse
tempted Kelly to-return. Finally his patience
wnSf rewar < tudJjloiso't , , agency vf * . .dvi.Uil
by'Its representative In Manila thatKolly
hud taken passage on a steamer sailing for
tais city.
AVt'IlMMlll-ll h.V Di-lPt'll VON ,
When the vessel arrived here , sure enough
Kelly wa aboard , and he was promptly
placed under ( surveillance. Ills arrest could
have been effected then , but there , was some
hitch in the legal procedure attending the
Issuance of a warrant in Omaha.
Kelly for a tlmo maintained himself hereby
by different employments and finally , two
months ago , ho married n Miss Hughes of
East Oakland , daughter of n well known
printer of this cityA few days ago Morse's
agency learned that Kelly was becoming
restless and was talking of leaving the city.
Fearing that ho might finally escape , his
former employes were advised of this fact
and the response came to arrest him.
H was not until late Saturday night that
his young wlfo learned of his post and then
only after his arrest and when It was neces
sary to explain the cans ? . The young woman
was determined to accompany her husband
cost , and with nor lear-Ktaliicd checks con
cealed by a dark veil she was beside him
when the Journey across the bay begun.
\Vhcn seen this morning Captain Harry
MCTFC. further than admitting that Kelly
bad been arrested and was now on his way
east , declined to discuss the case , explain
ing that ho believed Kelly had completely
icformed und Blood a good chance of making
full amends for his offense.
JAPANESE TAKE AN ISLAND
( iiiiiliDiit I'rlnecloil Kinds ( he I'lau
Kl.vliiK ami llefralns from
J.r-.iulliiu.
MANILA , Feb. 12. It Is reported that the
United Slates gunboal 1'rlncoton visited the
TatancH and Calagau lUaii.ls , which were
omitted from the Paris treaty of peace , be
ing north of 0 degrees ot latitude , raised
American Hags und appointed native gov
ernors. It Is added that the Pilnreton found
( ho Japanese flag flying at Iho Ilayat Island
and refrained from landing there , pending
orders.
Reports fronn native sources , which are
not confirmed , say General Plo Del Pllar , Ibi ;
Insurgent commander , died of fever recently.
The Princeton occupied the northern
Islands under a government order. The re
port that the Japanese flag was found flying
Is not confirmed , but there are rumors that
*
Japan Intendcxl to take the Islands. The
natives willingly substituted the American
flag for the insurgent ofllclals nnd took tbo
oath of allegiance.
The natives of Samar and Lcyto are re
turning to their towns and the normal con
ditions are being icsumed.
OIlM1 Ilxi of Deatlio.
WASHINGTON , Fob. 12. General Otlu
has reported to Iho War dcpartmenl the fol
lowing additional casualties among tbo troope
In the Philippines :
Deaths Drowned , February 4. Wesley
Randall , A. Fifth Infantry ; Arlington
Tucker , Forty-eighth infantry , Rio San
Juan ; malarial fever , December G , Willla < ii
II. Erwlu , A , Fourth cavalry ; January 18
George H. Waltcrara , I. Thirty-eighth Infantry -
fantry ; Fi-bruary , John F. Sollman. cor
poral , C , Twenty-seventh Infantry ; dysen
tery , January a , First Lieutenant Assistant
Surgeon llralnard S. Jllghlcy , Jr. , U. S. A. ;
January 31 , John H. Cooklcy. K , Thirty-
fourth Infantry ; February 2 , J5ndo 15
Kitchen , M , Seventeenth Infantry ; variola
January 25 , Willis II. Street , 0 , Thirty
sixth Infantry ; February 2 , Preaton R. Back
H , Thirty-sixth Infantry : JOth , Leandei
Hobby , M , Thirty-sixth Infantry ; concuBSloi :
of brain , 1st , Louis O. Nelson. 0. Twelftl
Infantry ; abaccss liver , 3d , Jumos K. Sul
livan , C. Nineteenth Infantry ; heart lesion
5th. Maurice fain. A , Twenty-Be'ond In
fantry ; nephritis , ( ith. Willie Ogle. M , Thir
ty-second infantry , peritonitis , 7th. Percj
Leadneri. rorporal , band. Thirteenth Infan
try sarcoma of stomach , 4tb , James Ma
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
,
l-'ororast for Nebraska-
Fair and folder ; Northerly Winds.
Temperature at Uiiiahn yev
lour. DI-K. HOIII- .
' n. in Ull I it , ut Us
It n. in "It t ! ii , in US
7 a. in. . . . . . U7 ! t p. in Ull
s n. in U7 -i n. 111 ui
! > n. in " 7 n i > , 111 ut :
III II. 1 U7 < l | i. ill UU
It II. in. . . , , . Ull 7 | i , ii UU
iu 111. . . . . . . . . u ? s n , 111 ui
I ) Ii. i UI )
- ney , 11 , Twenty-sixth ; gunshot , accidental.
Jecember 211 , Clnlsiy Underbill , corporal.
5 , Thirty-second Infantry ; January Si , Lewis
V. Holer , U , Forty-eighth Infantry.
Denlli of lileiilciinnt
WASHINGTON , Feb. 12.-Among the list
if dcollts In General Otis' report received at
ho War department today was that of Flrai
.li'uteimiit llralnard S. lllgloy , assistant
inrgcon , f. S. iA. , who died at t'orregldor
.ilnml lu .Manila buy on. the ltd Inst. of
icttle dysentery.
Lieutenant Hlgley was n native of Ohio
mil was appointed to the army from that
itato Novombci- , ISflT. He entered thn
inny medical Hfhc.ol In this city Immediately
ipon his appointment and graduated at the
lead of his clasn on April 1 , 1S S. llefore
caving for the- Philippines ho was stationed
it Fort Xlchrara , Neb. Lieutenant lllglev
vas about 30 years of age and le.ivon a
vldow and one child.
Y1RS. LAWFON'S HOMESTEAD
kVlilniv of ( be ( icm-ral Mn > - Sell Her
( 'nilfnriiln I'roiiorly it ml H <
side In tonl vlllc.
LOS ANGHLKS. Cal. . Feb. 12. ( Special
IVIegrain. ) Captain J. M. C. Preston , for
uany years Identified with the unbuilding
) f Southern Nebraska , has for several days
vlth his wife been a guest at the Nadeau.
Captain Preston comes to Los Angeles every
vlnter and visits many sections of southern
-allforula. Having closed hla cattle feeding ,
umber and hardware business at Olean ,
< eb. , bo has concluded to make southern
'allfornla his permanent residence.
Captain Preston and the Into General
leury W. Lawton wore Intimate nssorlatcs
rom boyhood , having enlisted each at the
igc of IS In the Thirteenth Indiana regiment ,
mo in Company A and the other In Company
i , both reaching the captain's rank by pro-
notion. Captain Preston as financial nil-
Iser of General Lawton was instrumental
n persuading the dead soldier to purchase
ils orange ranch near lledlands and assisted
ilm in doing so , still holding a mortgage of
: o,000 on the place.
Captain Preston has come to Los Angeles
it this time to meet Mrs. Lawton. who will
) e In lledlands In about two weeks , and to
isslst Iho widow In closing up Iho affairs ot
ho Lawton estate. He Is of the opinion
hat Mrs. Lawton will dispose of her prop-
: rty before she leaves Oakland , thai In Iho
uluro she may reside In the east , possibly
n Louisville , Ky. , Ihe home of her parents
md where her children now are.
NO FACTIONAL DIFFERENCES
I'rexlileiit of Oliln llopiibllcnn Clulix
„ VpnrntiTtntr n. Unlicil
1'urty.
CINCINNATI , Feb. 12. The fifteenth
innual state convention of the Ohio League
if Republican Clubs assembled here Ihlfl
nornlng with about 800 delegates present.
[ 'resident Goldrtibogcn of Cleveland , In his
innual address , laid stress on the facl tbat
'factional differences of former years had
jccn wiped out and thai the republicans ol
'resident McKinloy's stale never wore lu
r.ore harmonious lines. "
Cleveland was selccled as the place for
he convention next year and rcsolutlono
voro adopted endorsing the national nnd
itato admlnlstrallons and Senators Foraker
md llanna of Ohio , republican members ol
The following resolution was received with
Jiithuslasm and passed nmld uproarious up.
ilause :
Resolved , by the Ohio Republican league
In convention assembled , That the follow
ing message be lelcgruphed to Hon. W. S.
J'avlor :
"Hon. W. S. Taylor. Oovernor , Frank
fort. Ky. : The republicans of Ohio , a -
icmbled In tbo Ohio Republican league
[ ouvenllon. send greeting to yon IIH gov
ernor of Kentucky and hereby express tn
von our congratulations for the gallant
and patriotic stand you have made for the
republican parly and for your bravo and
fearless light lu defenfo of Hie suffrages ol
the voter.s and of the rights of tbo whole
people of Kentucky. ( Jo on , be linn , lake
no backward step , make no compromise. "
WHEREABOUTS OF W. J. BRYAN
Illvcr Oralor IN MuUlui ; OutMKI ! |
Stand * Tlironcli flu- South
ern SlatcM.
RICHMOND , Vii. . Feb. 12. William J.
Uryan reached here al 8:40 : o'clock this
: nornlng from Washington , escorted by u
lolnl committee of tbo Virginia legislature ,
jo having been Invited to address that body ,
rho trip WB made In the private car ol
1'rcnldent Williams of the Seaboard Air Line
tyHtcm. Notwithstanding a steady ruin there
was a large * crowd at the depot which | n-
ilstcd on ohaklng hands. Mr. Bryan war
Irlvcn to the Jeffcreon , where ho partook ol
breakfast with members of the commltloe ,
State Democratic Chairman Ellison and nth-
LTS.
LTS.Ho will address an audience In the Acad
emy of Muole this afternoon. Tonight he
will bo 'tendered a reception by Chalrmat :
KIlLson , at which the members of Ihe genera
assembly will be present. Mr. Bryan wll
spend tonight In Richmond und go to Ral
eigh tomorrow. He spcakn there In the
nftcrnoon and at Chapel Hill , S. C. , the ncxl
day ,
CULLOM DELEGATES BOLT
Tanner Men "Win In a ilot K lull I m
llcpnlillcaii ( 'onreiillon nl
.Siirlnirllelil ,
SPRINGFIELD. III. , Fob. 12. At the San-
gamon county republican convention , callec
hero todaytho Cullom delegates bolted. Till !
was done after a forenoon marked by tin
hottest kind of fighting between Governoi
Tanner'H delegates und tbo delegates sup
porting Senator Cnllom. When Andrew J
Leotcr was made temporary chairman tin
Cullom. men , seeling no hope with a Tnnnei
man In the chair , left Iho hall.
CONFIDENT OF A NEW TRIAL
C'OIIIINC ) for llolaml Mollm-iix Cviiecli
( hut IIU Cane Will lie
HiarilKiiln. .
NI5VY YORK , Feb. 12. Bartow S. Week *
senior counsel for Rotund U. Mollncux , ual <
today tail bo felt confident a new trla
would bit granted. Mr. Weeks wn asked I
mepH would bo taken to l > uep Mollneux fron
r.olug to Sing Sing while awaiting tbo I-CHU )
of the appeal and replied that he knew o
no way that that could be avoided.
HONOR ABE LINCOLN
Sfoung Stalwart Repuhlicjns Hold n Big
Bar.qu.ot at Lincoln ,
3ANQUET TO COMMEMORATE ANNIVERSARY
Fwo Hundred Ardent Followers of the
Martyr President Attend.
MAGNIFICENT MENU AND ELOQUENT TALK
B , E. Spencer , Retiring President of the
Olubi Officiates as Toastinastor.
BANQUET HALL DECKED WITH B\NNERS \
Ciivi-nmr Stanley of KntinnN mill
Cliiillliilii Alllllh-y mi Hit ; MM ! ( if
SlienUi-i-N Hood It on n III Ion u
Doctrine Uxiioiimtcil.
LINCOLN' , Kcb. 12. ( Special. ) One of
the largest and most onthusltutlc banquets
aver given in this city was held here tonight
under the- auspices of the Young ' .Men's Uc-
imbllcnu club , commemorating the birth of
Abraham Lincoln. It was the ninth annual
Lincoln day baminet given by this organiza
tion and the attendance was larger than on
: uiy previous occasion , there being over 200
present when the feast began , shortly after
10 o'clock. The. large dining room In the
Llndell hotel , where the banquet was held.
was crowded to its utmost capacity. It was
beautifully decorated for the occnulon with
llowers and the national Amcrlcau colors.
Over the speaker's inblo wore suspended
large pictures of Abraham Lincoln , Wash
ington and Grant , all draped with silk hun'- '
Ing , producing a moot plc.islng and patriotic
[ ITc-Cl.
The speakers were Governor William K
Stanley of Kansas , C. 13. Ilcavls of Kails
Rlty , .1. W. Johnson , 1'aul Hunger and
[ 'haplaln Mulllcy of this city. Kollowlng the
iMistom cf the club , 15. H. Spencer , the re-
llrlug president of the club , officiated as
toastmaater. After the banquet had been
served ho made a few remarks and then
Introduced J. W. ' Johnpon , the first speaker.
who responded to the toast "Organization , "
is follows :
.V I'riilinr Dream ,
When sonic of us young men were really
young we read a story In the old school
l > onks about how a man writ I to sleep and
while asleep went into a world of chuneo.
There was no God there no overruling
1'iovlilcncc no organized condition of any
thing no logical connection between caus-o
und effect , but everything went just us It
happened. There was no rule by which
events followed each other and no law of
any kind not even the law of cause anil
effect , which aroused such Indignation up
nt the slate house a year or two ago , when
referred to by somii it-publican member ,
causing our populist friends to xlciiounco. It
bitterly und declare that it such n law was
In the statutes they would have It re
pealed at once. In this world of chance the
peojilo were always In suspense , for they
never could tell what was going to happen
next.
This dreamer walked amoiiff the pcoplo
and saw them In nil the grotcsquenesa of
mind und 'body ' In which this chance world
had ur--ntiia thorn. Ii i ruel-ono imm wlw
was walking backward * ) and ho observed
that this man had 'but ono eye , which was
In the back of his lloud , an that bo was com
pelled always to walk backwards or look
backwards , und I remember very well that ,
as boys In school , wo understood then , Just
as the. school boys of this * country under
stand now , the general characteristics of
the political parties und used to whisper to
each other when wo cume to this one-oyeri
man , who never could go forward except by
going backward , and nay , "Democrat. " lie
met another one-eyed man and his eye hap
pened to bp In the top of bis head , but hla
head Imppene-d to bo hung down between
his legs , so 'that bo was forever looking
down at the mlilillu of the road. Ho met
another man , who had eyes all over him
but limy all bappened to bo turned luwnra
Instead of outward , so that ho wus ulwnyi
lookingut himself. A H natural conse-
( lueiK'c he thought about himself and wrotn
about himself and dreamed about himself ,
as If ho was the only man on earth , for hn
was never able to see anybody or anything
or any Interest In llfo except himself. Jin
met another man who hud no eyes at all
and no ears and no head and there was
nothing to him except u tremendous pair
of JungH with two legs til OMO end and a
larynx ut the olhur mid tlieno great lungs
went slnlkliig thri.iigli . ( he country , heaving
and stretching like a pair of great bellows
sending out through the larynx u most dole
ful and melancholy MUUII ! . Some of the
men In this world of dinner * were bald-
headed. and beardless and some of thni
would suddenly shoot from their great
sheaves of slough-grans whiskers , such us
used to be produced down in Kansas before -
fore the reimbllcaus of that state learned
that republicanism , iir.ictlcully mid thor
oughly organzcd : in an Intulllgont com
munity , wan more potent In iiollilctt than
lunus and whiskers.
Tlit- Application ,
Now , lo riiuko an application of this story ,
a good many pcoplo In this Ktalo havu been
bo staggered und confused by 11m ap
parently Illogical events of the last tow
years tbat they have lout sight of the fact
that this Is not a world of uhaneo In ans-
thitiK not uvt-ii in polltlis. I don't lilamu
the pcoplo for being contused. They talk
together on the farm and on the mi-eel cor
ners and In the buniiieK3'olllccn ami wonder
what will happen ne.xt. H does not seem to
occur to them that what has huppcnod hem
In Jsebraska. In our politics IH pericctly logi
cal. It IH aevordliiK to the Jaw of ciiuwo
and effect. Whatsoever wo HOW we , reap
here , just as In other ntulca.
Wo are apt to trust too much to the Juu-
tlco of our caum. Horn In Nebraska wo
havu material conditions which mulch Urn
promlHcH that I'resldcnt McKlnloy inndo to
the people In ' 96. Kvorythlne ho promised
bus romp true. Nol ono Joi or tittle IUIH
fulled. Itui all this la not enough. It la
not enough that truth IB on our side. Or
ganized truth In politics will succeed. Bui
\ye have no organized republican truth lu
this slati ; . Wo 'have played wltti organlza-
tlon llko children. As rojiubllcaiu wo look
out over the state ; wo BOO the J.P. plo pros
perous. We know that they are prosperous.
and they know It , nild uvuryhmly knows It
but right In the midst of this prosperity
the calamity organizer IH at work. Coin
Ilaivey canvassed this state last summer
from suhool huuso to ivhool IIOIIHO and
raided u campaign fund of $70,000 to l >
used In this state this year to provo to I ho
Nebraska people that there Is no prosperity
here. Organized falsehood Is moro potent
than uimrKunlzcd truth and that 1 why
wo were defeated lu the last campaign.
And wu will bo defo.ited again If w > i do
not avail ourselvoB of the practical noccs-
Bltlivi of practical politics.
Uontlomeil of the Young Men's Repub
lican club , It Is ii | > to you to uliow that
your organization exists for somothlni ;
moro than an annual buiio.nct. Thuso an
nual banquets are very pleasant affairs
"J nl < < ono Is especially ciiteHalnlntr , ! .
cause It Is gracf-d Ijy thn prepenne of our
dlstlntiilshcd guests , the. | onubpi | | ) } | ( jMV'5
ornor of Kansas , lu bin c.hai'uulHiaim ud-
inliilstrnlloi ) ho matches the higher jo.
Etlncts of that splendid ntulo. Let IIH lir.i-
late the republicans of Kunuus. They
learned ho\v to organize. It took them a
KOIM ! whllo to understand what wan uocc -
sary , but t'he ' rtvmlts ( hero show that they
did at last understand It , and that they
have been amply repaid for their rwlns
Oruaidzatlon Is thu word. It IH all thc-r
Is In this campaign In Nebraska. Wo bine
vtir.vlbliiK cl e. All the conditions are In
our favor. If wo do not carry thin ntalu
In thu next election It will bo our fault.
Thltt M u republican Htato und the pooplu
are waiting for an organized republican
party In Nitbrusku that will step forward
and claim Its own.
Alan In Hie ( 'niiipnltrn.
"Tho Young Muii and the Coining Cam
paign" wcru treated by I'aul Hunger , ono
of the youtigdit mwnbors of the club , wtu
suld :
Wo younj ? men , who In November next
will east our llrnt vote for a presidential
nominee , anticipate with no little nliMmm
the duwn of election dm , We shiill walk
Into the booth with ull thai cviiBUoUb l > ndu