THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1J)00. Telephone 618691. 4 it nt Sn A ,1 shelves and the last few show but the new and crisp our salesroom. All day Wednesday we will .show t lie racHt elcRiint rtock of fine Cotton Pet ticoat ever shown In the city. Ono of our very prettiest Underskirts Ii , mado of n high lustre meicerlzed cloth, with elaht little ruffles price U $l.."0. 'Another prrtty Skirt In made of very light weight black moreen, with' thrco rtlfllcH of black taffeta at $3.00. Tor wearing every day nnd where ser-lrp Is wanted, wo recommend our fine Clark Coutll Skirt-nt $1.23. Wo Closo OtiF Store SaturJnys nt 0 P. M. AOE.tTfl FOR FOSTHIt KID OLOVF.S AJVD McCAMS PATTKTtNfl. Thompson, Beldeh &Co. Tltt ONLY EXCLUSIVE DRY GOODS HOUSE IN OMAHA. T. M. O. A. I1UIL.1JINU, CUR. 1UT1I AND DOUGLAS STS. division and strife fatal to tho Interests of rcforni,"' Aft,fcf a long debate, lasting several hours, tho committee 'finally decided eti May U as tho nuiit' suitable date for iSo convention. ) . Mioux Tail Ili-Jolcr-ii. SIOUX FALLS, S. 1)., Feb. 20. (Speolal Toldgram.l-Thoro Is general rfc'oMlig here over tho victory won by Slmix Fulls at Lin coln in capturing tho populist national con vention from such prominent and powerful competitors bh Milwaukee, Kansas City nnd Indianapolis. Tho delegation which went to Lincoln to advance Sioux Falls' Interests Is expected homo tomorrow shortly after noon nnd will bo given a reception befitting the occilslon. Tho citizens will aieet the dele gations at depot with a hand nml carriages midoluerwlno show their appreciation of tho victory won by them. AN ADDHEiS TO THE PEOPLE Mlilllle-of.llio-lloititcrM A Plica I (o Vot er lo Itullv 'lloiniil Their I'll 1 1 1 ii'it ! Slumlord. LINCOLN. Keb. 'JO. (Special.) Tho mld-dlc-'of-the-roadcrs today ismicd tho follow ing address to tho people, repeating tho In cidontB connected with tho meeting of tho national committee and the causes of tho trouble: To tho People's Party nnd Indcuondent Voters of tho I'nltcd States: For manv months It has been evident tint designing persona weio determined to rule, tho peo plo's party in tho Interests of the organized democracy; that tho chosen leaders and officials of our party thought moro of tho success of tho democratic party than they did of our own, than thoy did of tho wel fares and unbuild Inn of tho reform party. While wo havo In tho oast been loth to tako this view of tho mutter, recent events Jiavo been such thnt there ,1s no longer any doubt of tho alms of theso false leaders, nnd that If the. oimioIo'r oartv lu tri live II must no iukcu 111 control ny inu people or liho party ahd the disloyal loaders turned out. oi us council!!. Wo havo hoped that this matter could bn postiraned to tho meeting of a national convention, but tho occurrences of tho past few 'hours at this city. Lincoln, Neb., dur ing tho meeting of tho nntlonal commltten of our party havo mado it Imperative that tho peoplo delay no longer, but act beforo their party Is destroyed. There come times In all aces and under nil conditions when men who have been associated; tpgether can no lodger ncrce, nnd lit tho national commlttoe of the peo ple's party that tlmo wsj reached on Fob innry ID, when by arbitrary and unjust ruling rt-rtnln populh't otllcluls who had been by, thn peoplo Intrusted with leader ship and control sought to repay that trust with purfldy and political chtmnory un heard of In the course and inntingcmcnt of reform parties heretofore. Hefore entering upon a detailed state ment of these outrageous proceedings wo consider It well to recount certain matters lending directly up to tho points at Issue. In December. 1W. several members of tho national committee representing southern rtates met at .Memphis, Tcnn., to consider tho best plnn of procedure to sccuro action by tho national committee. Tho result of the conference was that a commltteo con sisting of W. S. Morgan or Aikausus, M. W. Howard of Alabama and J. A. I'arker or Kentucky wero appointed to correspond with mombors or tho national commltteo and ask them to sign a rcquckl upon Sen ator Hutter that ho call a meeting or the committee ut Chicago. 111., on February 12. .1. A. I'arker was selected ns secretary of that commltteo and sent In all tho mem bers of the commltteo blank forms un dressed to Henator llutler as chnlrman of thn national commltteo und emb tirnnotfltlnn to meet at C'hleauo ruary 13. On December 'Jl Mr. ivtrKcr in person prcsenicu 10 oonnior minor at ion residence in unsuiugion sixiy-muo m s.im petitions, embracing a majority of thu com mltteo. Tho senator rofued to recognize, theso documents, saying that ho hail nl ready sent out to tho members of tho com mltteo a letter uiklne their votos on the time nnd placo of holding tho meeting. However, tfds communication did not reach many of tho members until late lu January: somo dlil not receive. It until after the for mal call had been Issued, whllo tunny mem bern of tho committee never received It at nil, nor did they recelvo any notification whatsoever of tho meeting of tho commit tee. And when tho date and placo of holding tho meeting of tho committee wero fixed, tho wishes of tho slxty-nlno mem bers who had petitioned Henator llutler wero utterly Ignored, and on tho vote of a small minority of the committee the meet ing whs called for Lincoln, Neb., on 1'Cb ruary 19. Ho unfair was tho location of the meet ing ut this point regurded by many mem born of tho committee that they resolved to stay uway. us it was plainly to be seen that tfio meeting was placed at Lincoln for thn purpose of giving tho Hrynn faction of tho commltteo control in Its organization. It must bo remembered that thcro w.; a rulo lu tho commltteo by which no person could voto but ono proxy, and that tho holder of a proxy must bo n recognized phpullst by tho authorities of tho party In his own state. U was thought by tho Hry nnltes tliut In Nebraska It would he Impos nlblo for tho mld-roaders to llnd men to The Non-Irritating Cathartic Easy to tako, easy to operate Hood's Pills Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. Itiirtltlehilly digests tint food and ulda Nuttiro in Btrcntlienlntr nnd recon structlnirtlio exhausted dlKcstlvo or cans. ltlstlielutestdlHCovercddlKoat' ant und tonic. No other nrunarulloii can approach It In clllclency. It In Btautly rcllovoaund permanently cures PVBpepsia, llUllRCSUUii, iiuuii.u...... Flatulence, Sour Stomach, ruinsou, 6lck IlcadticliP.OnstralKlttiOrmnps nnd nllotliorresultsor nii)erieci.uiBe!uim. rrlco&Oe.iuul fl. Urgotlio contains sw times unullsltclVxikalluboutdyspcpsilnnmllcU frcn Prepared by E. C. De'VI'T A CO., Chleags lUc, Keb, 20, 1900. New Petticoats. AVe aro not quite ready yet to hLiow our complete line of tailor made suits the underskirt manufacturers were a little ! na tii t inn 1 if rxui nri liiuu.nuiu, "l" L' ad tO announce that OUr Spring lllie Of " . -i petticoats is now ready for inspection and 1 ... i, . j j ii Sellllicr. It IS not necessary to Say tliey ,7 ii ii ii i are all new ladies who have seen the bare fixtures of our cloak room for weeks know that we never goods riyht jrom tho factory to I,oti! of stores sell Mack Cotton Mer cerlzed Moreen as SILK MOREF.N. Wo do not thlnl: this Is right. Wo have oklrts made of the very finest Imported cotton moreen nt $3.30 each. Many places charge $5.00 for the same quality. Another Skirt we would like to call your nitration to la n very fine Illack Sateen t'ndtrsklrt, mado with four rullles at $1.50. voto their proxies, utul It was well known that wo well- unable to bring men from other stntes, so It was thought reasonably certain thnt by locating tho meeting: at Lincoln tho minority of tho committee would be ubu to dictate Its actions In tho Interest of Hrynn unit tho democratic party. Hut when the men who wero In control of the party organization reached Lincoln and compared notes they found that they could only comtnand to a certainty forty-two votes In tho committee: whllo the mid rouders had fifty-seven, they having found In Kebraska, at the home of W. .1. Hrynn, plenty of populists who were opposed to the prostitution of the party to cast their prox ies In itccordance with tho will of the mid road members. Then It was that the plot was laid to control the committee by unfair mentis. In giving out proxies of inld-rond voters nn agreement was signed by all proxy holders, showing the demands of the straight populists from tho committer, and that the populists of the nation may see that there Is nothing unreasonable 'or iln Just asked of tho commlttoe, nothing revo lutionary nnd unparliamentary proposed or attempted, wo aro pleused to quote tho agreement verbatim, to-wlt: Tho undersigned, by their several signa tures, witness the receipt of tho proxies mentioned to be used in tho sessions of tho national committee or tho people's party In Lincoln. Neb., on Monday, February Hi, 11)00. and these proxies huvlng been sent to J. A. I'arker to be given out to such par ties as he desires under direct and explicit Instructions, wo hereby agree In voting tho snmo to use them in nil cases In accordance with tho following Instructions: "1. To vote for the holding of a nntlonal people's party convention In strict accord ance with tho so-called Omaha agreement "(u) Said convention to bo held at least thirty days before either tho democratic or republican conventions. "(b) Tho basis of representation to said convention to bo tho highest actuul ntralght populist vote of record, exclusive of fusion votes, cast for state tickets since and In cluillnz 1R92. "(c) Nothing to bo said or done by tho committee or any member or otllcer of It In submission or suggestion of any fusion proposition with either of tho old purtles. "2. To vote for the pluco to hold tho con vention agreed upon by tno mni-roati mem uers oi wie rommiure in any niucun r oy mutual understanding before the sessions of thu committee. "3. To vote to carry out tho law of (lie parly made nt Omaha In 1VJ2 preventing of fice holder from' holding' seats In conven tions of tho party. "4. To voto against nny resolution which may be construed as an endorsement of tiny candidate for president or vlco president. 3. To voto against any resolution or mo tion to unseat any member of this commlt teo on technical points, such us alleged ad herence to Durkor and Donnelly, on the ground that such udherenco is disloyalty to the party or otherwise. "C. In event the commltteo should disre gard tho propositions of the. so-called Oinuhn agreement or should arbitrarily and without Just cause unseat members or this commltteo, tho holders or these proxies ugreo to withdraw from the meeting and take .icparato action along tho lines abovo Indicated." When It was discovered by the fuslonlsts that tho mld-roaders had a majority and that their votes would be. voted aolldly on theso questions, their leaders becamo panic stricken and various schemes were proposed ono of which was to boldly bar them out nnd refuse them admission to tho hall under any circumstances, This plan, however, wus ubandoned nnd It was finally decided that Chairman Hutler should mnko un u temporary roll of the committee In such n way as to give tho fuslonlsts a majority: that they would then settle nil contests in favor of their chosen tools and turn out of i i cimiiiinico cnougu memoers to give them an unquestioned majority. Uoebelism in the. days of Its supremo Iniquity in Ken tucky, Quaylsm at tio height of Its Infnmy In l'cnnsylvanla never knew a moro bold hnlrnian or and Infumnus attompt to disfranchise a peo bodylng tho j pi,.; but that tho people may know how this '"rA'rw" i,T 1 cllt;u' wiih pursued, we call their attention Parker In to tho procedure of these political hue- to tho procedure , cancers. iirci H. I'ho commltteo was mlverttaiwl in , - o clock, but It was Into in tho afternoon when the chairman called the meeting to order. The secretnry rend what ho pur- inn-leu io uu u temporary roil or the com mittee. It hub at onco evident whnt tho sehemep of tho fuslonlsts were. Tho atnto . Arkansas was called nnd the namo of A. . Hie was arbitrarily dropped from tho roll; the namo ot M. W. Howard, In Alabama; tho names of Oeorge W. wick lino or Illinois and N. H. Motslnger of In diana. Frank Ilurkltt or Mississippi, John Heltz and it. H. McCummon of Ohio and a score of other members of. the commltteo whoso tltlo to a seat is unclouded, wero also dropped from tho tomporarv roll; whllo tho member of tho commltten legally elected and recognized by tho party In Florida. Indian Territory. Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Mlnnesotn, .Missouri and New Jersey wero Ignored, and men who havo been repudiated by the party lu convention assembled lu their sevcrnl states put In their jdaccs. An Moon us this roll was completed J. A. Parker, on behair or thn middle-of-the-roaders, asked tho chair for a ro-rcading of tho delegation from Arkansas, which wap done, llo then asked ror what cause and by what authority the namo ot A. W. Hies wan dron;ed from the rolls of the committee. Itobert Schilling at onco nroso and asked b whut authority Mr. Parker camo Into tno commltteo meeting, stating that ho was not u populist. "it Is to answer those nuestlonH that I win apponu i no loiiowiiig committee, re plied Senator llutler, who, ninld a storm qt tt'ftni? -u ... ., inn ii iii - unik.i. t tee. when tho chair, without moro ado. de clarcd tho cnuimlttee adjourned until S o'clock. Notwithstanding emphatic protest Senator Hutler refused to rcrognlie u de mand for a voto on adjournment, and walked down from the stand, dcbertlng tho chair As soon an this wus done Mr. Parker of KentuTKy moved that Mr. Dc.iver of Nebraska tnko the chulr. The motion car ried Alii Reed of Iowa was elected sec retary and an adjournment wns taken, after appoint Inc a committee of three on ere .lent' li, until T.Zto o'clock. At tho tlmo the commltUo received the roport of thn committee on credentials, showing eighty seven members of the commltteo present In person or by proxy. Another adjourn ment was taken, subject to the call of tho i-h-'" The bolting fnctlon of tho committee, which had loft tho hntl beforo the legal ad journment of the committee, held a session nl night and representative pf the regular committee met with them and vubmltted through Mensrs. Allen Hutler. IMgertnn, Tr.icy and Patterson tho following proposi tions of harmony between the Tactions: "That tho majority would yield to tho minority and recounlze their nrKHiilKatlon nill sit with them, provided i c,jp to these propositions! nml sit with them, provided they would nc- e in tnesc propositions! riinl the committee ri'fOKiiIze nnlv local proxies, stnmped with revenuo stamps ac cording to law "That the roll of the meeting nt Omaha in P'.W In incepted as the roll of tho commit- tee, except where subsequent state conven- jamen u. weaver oi Jowa ami J. II. Davis removing- wiui un iiivum w ura 'fi'D , (offen tafcpn in Us ol.lce but thn rnn or of Texas. Mr. Davis did n,.t servo und I when but 2 motuhs old. Sho had Just com- . i "tit mo range or Harry Trary or 'iVxus and lat.u-Tom Iti 'f", two years' course ,llaorde " human ?ytom Is very terson of Colorado was appointed lu his l1'etr1 tt r imiiui i yar wur o wll, j , nta 1o t, cff t f l,ucc- of stl!j' nl th0 t,ne,'1 Ik,irt C01lvcnt al coffco on tho nervous system which locales A number of delegates were trying to get 1 omnha. nervous sjsiem wnicn locates recognition of tho chair to protest acaliist I , . ...m ,,i.i ,i, ' sorao ono or more of tho different orsans III., nt,.w ntmeiil rst unnli .. 1,1.. --.I ...! I Uliuilll tinc.n ..... ..u... ...u , , ,, Hons have elected new members, except Unit cafes of contest shall bo before a con test committee composed of live members two to bn appointed by the friends of Seimtor Duller and two by the friend, of J. A. Parker, these four to agree upon a llftli member! and that In settling these contests no votes are to be cast on those cases by cither contestants or contested until nil contests are settled." Those propositions were sinned by forty persons, representing over fifty votes In thn romniltteo: but thev wero Utterly Ig nored, and Instead of a conciliatory report. th rr(clntitliilM rntnmlttrf hroucht 111 U f Port rejecting many proxies, by merely stating "proxy, rejected." No i reason for till rejection was given, and none wouiil i given, -rim proxies rejected were or tuo same form In many Instances as those ro- celved; they were lllled out legally and boro revenue stamps, while sixteen proxies accepted iy the committee wen- or similar form and did not bear revenue stamps as the law rrtiulres. but I hey were fusion proxies und, of course, eligible, strictly so. Tom Patterson of Colorado then moved that all members of the committee who at tended the Cincinnati convention, or who had announced since then thnt thev favored Harker and Donnelly for the candidates of the. people's party, as well as all proxy holders coming under that provision, should bo ibarred from the meeting. .Mr. U alters or Indiana moved ns an amendment that alt persons who In the past had bolted the action or populist conventions nnd refused to support the nominees should lie hnrred out. Notwithstanding many of the persons recognized by the lrlnorlty had bolted the Uryan und Watson ticket. In some Instances supporting Hrynn and Sewall and in other Instances supporting McKlnlcy and llobart, and nlthough several persons recognized by proxy otherwise were athllating with dem ocrats und. not recognized as populists by tho party in their several states, this amendment was lost by n voto of 19Jo 7. The original motion then carried by an al most unanimous vote and tho minority of ono national committee had gone upon rec ord ns being willing to sent confessed bolt ers, democrats and republicans In its com mittee, but refusing to seat populists, whoso only fault was the presumption on the part of a few politicians that they might bolt tho action ot a convention which had not yet beeen tailed. When this action was carried the repre sentntlves or tile regular committee who had eomo on a mission or penc li'ft the hall nnd the mid-road members, representing a largo majority of the legal votes present ut tho meetlmr of the committee, met In an other idace und proceeded to reorganize tho commltteo by electing D Clim Denver or Nebraska national chairman nnd J. A. I'arker or Kentucky national secretary. Paul Dixon or Missouri national treasurer and Messrs. Jerome Kearby or Texas, John C. Lure, or Oregon, W. L. Peek of Georgia L. W Smith or Maine. II. H. Fav or Mln nesota and James II. Ferrlss- of Illinois members of the national executive commit i tee. A committee ot live was appointed to Issue a statement to the press of the situa tion and the same committee was Instructed to Issue a call fur a national convention of the people s party to meet at Cincinnati. O Wednesday, .May 0, lSKK), for tho purpose of nominating populist candidates for presi dent and vice president and. In addition, lo prepare a compirto statement or tno cuso and Issue un address covering the same, to me popunsis or i lie i mica states. Thu call of this committee Is the nnlv legitimate call which can be Issued, as the ruction which claims that t Is the natlonul committee at Its best wus only able to mus ter llitv-two votes, two less than a iiuorum Of these sixteen wero proxies without tho required revenue stamps, and consequently illegal; twelve were men who wero refused p. light to sit on the committee ut the meet Ing in Omaha In 1S3S. as shown by tho ro port of the credentials committee, which Is in the possession of this committee, and bearing the signatures and Indorsement of wiinnm v. Alien, A. II. Cardln. John I' Huehannn, C. A. Harlow and Kltweed Pom eroy; and live others have been turned out by regular conventions in their several states since tho holding of tho meeting nt iimalui as the nurty law provides, at regu lurly held state conventions; whllo ceituln proxies were held and voted by persons who do not und have not for some tlmo past nlllllated with tho people's party In their own states. It Is with regret that your commltteo has to clironicio tins record or political cnicnn cry. Wo hud hoped to seo harmony jirevall nere, nut wiieu nils illegal ami artntrary power to decide who should sit In the ses slons or the national committee and who should not was invoked to gain temporary advantage. It became clear that under nny conditions upon which such un illcirnl com mlttee would issue a call for a convention the same tactics would be pursued there lu making up a temporary roll or tho conven tlon, and the will of uny majority. It mat ters not how grent, thwarted by n fow de signing politicians.' Recognizing this and Tooling that we aro In thq right; that wo represent tho sentiments nnd principles or tno rnnK and tno or tno people s party throughout tho United States, tho majority ot your committee refusod to tumporlzo further wdth the Insignificant minority which presumes to dictate tho policies of a great party. It has been evident for sumo years that tho Intention of certain persons' placed in the leadership or tho people's party has been to lead tho stalwart reiorni voters who mnko up the membership of our purty Into the camp of tho organized democracy. This has been accomplished to some extent -thrniich the nollev of fusion, throuirh which prlnclplo and honor are put upon the auction niocK aim som in oxi-.iango lor offices und position. Your committee docs not believe It Is the will of those who havo in tho past uncenplngly rought tho battles or reform movement snail no som xo mi corrUDt and servile politicians or either o tho old parties, and thcrerore we call upon tho neoule's oartv or tho several states of tho union to support us In this honest ef fort to savu the party from those who would destroy It. Tho cause Is too great to mirrender to spoilsmen It is tno sncrei cause of human liberty. When this causo goes down, with It goes the hope or lib erty tor tho puople or America. Let us never surrender tho people's party, but stand by It and uohold It In Its onward course, until finally tho victory shall bo ours. It wus at Cincinnati that the people's party was born; It was niere that a few determined men met lu ISM and declared that It should not die; now let us gather tho clonn Into a mighty conclnve on May i nt thn hlrthnhicn of our party and kindle anew tho fires of llborty In our ranks u-lileh havo been dimmed bv the faithless nesa nf our Miosen lenders In the past, and In this revival of (ho people's party let us udopt a system or party government imu will mnKe nnoincr oeiruyai iiii;uiui; Ami in this effort to malic tno i'eonie ? party tho people's party In deed, as well as In name, we Invito tho assistance nnd co-operation or ull citizens oi mis repuuin who nro opposed to the plutocratic meas"' urea or tno two out parties; who invor un nrpnt ni'lnclnlcs or human liberty onuncl In thn rimiihii nlntfnrm. and with dl red legislation our battle cry wo will go Into tho .nmpalgn of 1900 stronger than ever berore ns a party, and rid. thank Hod. or those raise leaders who have In thn n:iHt hetriived us for the tleshnots o democracy and the crumbs that fall from tho masters tames. D. OLF.M DHAVKR. Chairman. J. A. PAirivKH. Secretary. DEATH RECORD. etlle II. Miller. SPIHNliFlRLD. Neb., Feb. 20. (Special Telecram.) Miss Nettie E. Miller, onl child or Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Miller, editor of tho Sprlnglleld Monitor, died in this city at 2 o'clock this morning, death resulting from typhoid fever. Miss Miller was taken sud denly HI fcomo threo weeks ago, requiring nn operation for appendicitis, which she had successfully withstood, and was almost fully recovered when tho fever sit in, ono week ngo. with tho abovo result. She was born ut City. Neb.. December 21. 1SS0, family homo In this place Frldr; February ;j, nt 10 o'clock. AVeiillliy Xelirnl.ii I'liriner. AtniURN, Neb.. Fob. 20. (Special.) F. W. Hcnnlng, ouo tf Nemaha county's wealthy farmers, died nt his homo, north east of Auburn, nt I o'clock this afternoon, nftcr nn Illness of but thrco days. Old i'liriiNliil Settler. PLAfNVIEW, Neb., Feb. 20. (Special.) J. . itawk, aged about 75 years, died .Mou , day morning. Ho was un old pettier. Ho leaves a wife, three sons und a daughter. SmiuvnIIiIi' Ilurleil Ten mi. EVANSTON, Wyo.. Fob. 20. (Special.) Persons coming down from Jackson's Hole report that a snowslldo occurred on Teton pass a few days ogo. Two teams wero burled uud it required two duys to dig them out. The drivers escaped, but somo of tho burses wire killed. W iiiiiiin Suu'rimo llciilen Imtlii, BOSTON. Feb, 20 -Tho honso todi.v had lis annual debate on woman sutTrase. re. suiting lu the defeat of the proposition, 121 to S2, a larger majority than Mr many yeuis, j 00 SOON FOR CONSCRIPTION Motion for Ame.dcd Militia Ballot Act Defeated by the lords, ORD SALISBURY FEARS THE EFFECTS Asserts It Woo III Drill- Men In Truin- Atliiutlc Countries llnsrlicr)' Is Annum I In- Proposal's Supporter. LONDON, Feb. 20. In the House of Lords during the discussion of the motion ot tho earl of Wcmyss. favoring nn amended mllltla ballot net, Ixird Lansdowne, secre tnry of atato for War, said ho thought It would be inexpedient to have recourse to tho mllltla ballot except In the ease ot a complete lalluro of the voluutccr system. Tho duke of Devonshire, lord president of tho council, expressed similar opinions, adding that the present emergency did not call for the "recent hysterical uppcals" of iAird Hosebcry nor for a mobilization of the fleet. Tho earl of Klmberlcy supported the con tention of Lord Laiifdowne. LordMtosobery, Lord Dunravcn and Lord Northbrook, with others, supported tho pro posal of Lord 'Wcmyss. Tho marquis of Salisbury opposed tho motion. He said there was not the slight est chanco ot passing such a hill without angry and larlmonluus debate nnd without a public discussion of those dangers to which Lord Hosebcry thought tho country exposed. Ho afked If tho house thought that would bo advantageous. Would Drive .Men from MiikIiiiiiL "Suppose tho bill wero to pass," said tho premier, "und tho ballot were to prove un successful? It would give abroad nn Im pression of dqfensolcesncss, thus adding to tho many dangers enumerated by tho noble lord (tho earl, of Hosebcry). 'If tho ballot were Introduced It would be lmposslblo to Btop short of conscription. 'It has bcon suggested that tho ballot would havo tho effect of driving men Into tho ranks of thu volunteers. 1 tnther siir pert that It would drive them to emigrate to transatlantic countries where their own language and religion prevail and where there Is no ballot of that sort to frighten them. I prefer not to run the risk of nwak cnlng unaccustomed emotions at n time" when It Is necessary that tho nation should work in harmony. Tho House of Lords rejected the motion of Loid Wemyss by a vote of 0!) to 12. COMMONS ON JAMESON RAID i eriiinen t's l'rlends Defeat the .Motion lo Heopeii the Inquiry Cliuiiilierlaiii Defends Himself. LONDON. Feb. 20. The House of Com mons today was crowded when Mr. Uaviil Mfred Thomas, liberal, moved the reopen. ing ot the Inquiry Into the Jameson raid Among those In the diplomatic gallery was tho United States ambassador, Mr. Joseph II. Choate. Mr. Thomas disclaimed any per gonal animosity against .Mr. Chamberlain, the secretary of .state for tho colonics, hut said the Inconclusive nature ut the first In quiry had created widespread dissatisfaction, which had deepened tho indignation at tho disclosures of the continental newspapers, Impugning tho Impartiality of the commit tee. Ho said t was in tho Interests of tho nation nnd the character and reputation ot tho House of Qoipruons, nnd Mr. Chamber lnin, that there should be a full nnd search ing Inquiry. , . Mr. Thomas! further asserted thnt thn previous inqulrj1" was a farce and that the fresh facts adduced In. tho correspondence published by the Independence Beige were strong grounds for A. fr.ch, inquiry. Mr. Samuel Thoma3 Kvnns. liberal, seconded the motion. In so doing ho agreed that thcro wero strong grpqudf. for suspecting that the colonial officer, Mr. Chamberlain, had prior knowledge, of ,0)0 events, leading to the raid. Mr. Chamberlain, amid profound attention, snld there was absolutely nothing In what had happened since 1897 which could pos sibly bo raised as ground for a second In quiry. He then proceeded to review the wholo history of the commltteo and re peated his previous declaration, especially referring to the Hawkesley telegrams. Mr. Chamberlain ridiculed tho grounds advanced for a now inquiry and said tho "precious collection of documents" pub lished by itho Independence Ilelge had been offered for sale to various London papers which "would not touch them with tongs," nnd at Inst, he added, they "found a cus tomer In a friend of tho Boers " Sir Henry Campbell-Dannerman, who de fended tho committee's proceedings, said ho feared tho spocch of tho colonial secretary would not tend to lessen public suspicion. Ho appealed to tho government to allow tho Inquiry to bo reopened, declaring that It would bo a great relief to show to tho world PAYS MILLIONS To Tnlk Health to the Public. A short tlmo ago tho advertising mana ger of tho Postum Cereal Co., Ltd,, nt Bat tle Creek, Mich., furnished this paper with a statement ua follows: "Wo recelvo In some single months 1,200 to 1,500 letters from peoplo explaining their experience with coffco drinking, which would Interest nny physician or nny person muklng the sub ject of health a study (and that Is really a very Important subject for every one). Many of theso letters give tho details of how tho writer, having been 111 for mouths, nnd In some cascu for years, without dis covering the causo of Illness, has finally been led to suspect that coffee (which Is really u drug) has been tho cause, ami in order to provo for their own satisfaction, huvo abandoned coffco nnd taken up Pos tum Food Coffco, with rcmnrkablo results lu muuy cases .... Tho most common ailments from coffee nro headache, general nervous prostration I and stomach trouble. Many times n blotchy complexion Is tho result, nnd a very largo number speak of serious kidney troubles i that bavo been set up, which disappear I i when coffco is left off and Postum Food body. It U plainly evident that nny person Buffering with lung trouble, catarrh, heart trouble, bowel complaint, pain In tho back of tho head or at tho top ot tho spinal column, femolo troublco nnd n wldo rango of difficultlcH will be surely nnd 'perman ently helped If coffen Is left out of tho diet, and Postum Food Coffee tnken up. The reason Is as clearly marked out us any plajn conclusion thnt tho mind can reach and is absolutely proven by personal test. Coffee U a distinct poison to many people, often slow and Insidious, but sure. Leaving It off vlll remove tho cause of tho trouble, ard on tho other hand. If Postum Food Cuffeo Is taken up. tho natural cloments which exist In It, and which nro selected from the grains of tho eld, Intended by Nature for rebuilding tho nervous system will mikn themselves shown In Inrreascd strength, vitality and hculth. Wo foel that we hnvo n clear right to tell theso facts over and over again to the pub lic, nnd to nsk them "to make trial for tliemtelvrii. in .order 'o provo tho truth of our statements," Thn subject Is worth tho attention of every ono Interested In physi cal and mental health. that tho lttitlsh government nnd people had' nu part In tho "Iniquitous folly of ISO."." Arthur J. Hal (our. tho government leader, stigmatized thu motion ot Thnmns ns u "personal attack on the colonial secretnry which will recoil on his opponents " Tho division followed. The HotiHO rejected the motion to reopen tho Inquiry by a vote ot 286 against 152. CHAMBERLAIN MAKES APOLOGY Trie In finer Ip HI" Vlli'unl Cmii pllell) In tin- .Ihiiickoii Itnlil. (Copyright. l!Xi0. by l'ress I'ubllshlng Co.) LONDON, Feb. 20. (Now York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) The opinion Is generally held ninong politicians of all parlies that If (Minmberlalti Is Innocent, as he asserts himself to be, of complicity In tho Jameson raid conspiracy, he made the mlslnko of his life In refusing tho fresh Inquiry demanded. Hut ho is determined thf secrets of that transaction shall not bo j llsclcsed and the ministers and their sup porters had no option but to support him or provoke a cabinet disruption. Chamberlain's defense was n masterly ex- amplo of special pleading, llo cleverly evaded reference to tho main points In the Indictment and posed before his party ns a victim of political intrigue and personal ani mosity for his Imperialism. His defense was completely shattered in tho powerful criticism by Kdwurd Illnke, but no speech , could affect tho result, onco tho government was committed to the policy of obstinate concealment. The radicals aru resolved to . pursue tho questlun persistently until tho wholo facta are disclosed, availing them selves of every parliamentary opportunity for bringing It forward. Thore aro profound misgivings of n grievous tfictlMl blunder having been per petrated, affording crowning Justification for tho Uoer refusal to believe In Chamberlain's good faith. Ambawador Choate nnd his son were present during Chamberlain's rpeech, to which Mrs. Chamberlain was also nn agl totcd listener In the woman's gallery. An amusing Incident occurred In tho Hou?o of Lords this evening when Karl Wcmyss was Hpcaklng on the mllltla Fallot ques tion. Tho prince of Walcn was sitting with his hark to Wemyss on the bench In front and Wcmyss being given to vigorous ge turcs suddenly brourht his papers down with a bang on the prince's lint, knocking It over his eyes. Tho prince laughed and moved to n place of safety, Inspecting his ruined hat ruefully nnd Wcmyss said re assuringly to the house : "Thcro Is no harm done. It was only a light touch." Outburst VuiiIiihI riiniiiberlnlii, (Copyright. 1!W. by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Feb. 20. (New York World Cablegram Speclul Telegram.) Ah an out burst of a protest from tho Wesleyans against Chamberlnln's presiding nt tho an niversary luncheon on Murch 2, In com memoration of the founder of the- church, the Leader this morning prints thlrty-sovun letters from clergymen and daymen declar ing that Chamberlain Is responsible, for the war and Insisting that ho shall not be honored by the Wesleyans. Other radlcul papers throughout tho kingdom have taken up tho crusade of tho Wesleyans against Chamberlain and nro denouncing his ap pearance as chairman at the memorial meet ing. BOERS FALLING BACK (Continued from First Page.) but to push forward to reach Ladysmlth and JolniWhlto. Tho meaning of thin Is thnt tho llaers havo eent tho bulk of their force to resist Iloberts. Buller's- cue. now Jh to ad vnnco to Lalng'u nek or sond two divisions across to relnforco Iloberts. Tho main Doer army from Natal and tho bulk ot the forces south of the Ornngo river nre hurrying to tho centrnl sceno of action. It Is to be hoped thnt Cronjo's resistance will be overcome beforo their arrival. Serious actions nre now lit progress, tho dccUlvu battles of the war, for the Boer aro collecting all their forces to opposo Iloberts and every nervo should bo strained to strengthen bis hands so- ns to ensure his success," GERMANY WOULD BE FRIENDLY (iovcrninoiil In SoIIcIIoiih About ftrnw I u If Aiill-lirrniim Sentiment In (rent llrllnln. BERLIN, Feb. 20. Tho Foreign offico watches with eollcltudo tho grow'lng antl Oornian sentiment In Orcat Britain. The truth is that (lermany, since tho outbreak of the war In South Africa, has maintained tho strictest neutrality. No rcsponslblo German statesman or odlclal has hitherto expressed sentiments denoting Anglophobia. It may also be osserted positively that Kinroror William has on several occasions spoken In u spirit of decided frlendllnefH toward tho British. True, tho Cermnn ptcss Ih Inclined to bo antt-Brltlsb, as aro also tho masses of the people, but, tho For eign offico points out, this Is a spontaneous outbreak, for which tho German govern ment cannot bo held responsible. Tho Foreign ofllco denies (bat there Is nny Justification for tho statement In par liament of William St. John Ilroderlck, Ilrltlsh under secretary of state for foreign affairs, particularly for tho assertion that Gormnny harbors schemes against tho In dependence of tho Netherlands, Tho llerllnor Post tonight eontnlns an Iii6pIiod artlclo setting forth the foregoing in detail. lleiuly fur it Four tlon dm' Hi-kc. (Copyright, 1900, by Press Publishing Co.) GABERONES, Feb. ll.(Ily runner from Mafeklng.) (Now York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Thoro was nn artillery fight all around en tho cvonlng of February S. Tho Boors fired nil night fitfully and on Sunday from Fort Ayrc. Tho Booro sent through tho lines Tranirn.il newspapers tvlileh nnntiilnml iinll.l,,,, 1.,,i MnnA..tn nn.. , , m , wi victories, u is prcsur,iej nere that these aro nothing but bursher lies. There was moro shelling on tho 6th and 7th and the night of tho 8th. Tho town hds been warned to prepare for four months' more siege. Cltlacno and tho garrison nro ready and willing. All have absolute confidence, but tho siege 13 dull work, Tho 0th wns a quiet dny with night firing on the 10th. Tho first shell blew James Ball, a linen draper, to pieces. MAJOR BAILLIE. liners Are lleiilen OH. (Copyright. iVCft, bv Press Publishing Co) STERKSTROJl CMP, Feb. lf. r..1 p. m. (Vow York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) force i.f 1,000 liners n Btnrm berg under command uf Vand.irdt with Field Cornet Dewct of Barklv, with six gum, at tacked tho c.n.ip nf i'ip Royal Sots Capo police with t.io guni of tho Seventy-seventh battery nt dawn tcday from , tho hills north west of the poaltlon. Colonel Morgan Pny ler, commanding, ..hollcd tho Hoern out and drove them In the direction of Jamestown. At Dordrecht tho Ilrltlsh casualties were none. Ono Boer was kllk.!. The Ahell fire of both sides was ini.Toctlve. JEWELL. Milfel.luu in t inier (iroiinil, LONDON. Feb. 21.- A dispatch to tho DaJly Mali from Mafeklng, dated Friday, February 9, says: All business here Is bolng conducted under ground. Tho resilient commissioner has fcumptuous npartnients In a subterranean "bomb proof " Tho Cape police havo a largo hall, with a piano. Tho Mafeklng hotid dining rr.om seats forty All thete have been dug out aud are knocrvlous to shells, SOUTH DAKOTA'S CONVENTION Republican Central Committer Meets t Huron and Agreea on Date. WILL BE HELD ON MAY 23 AT SICUX TALLS IJnllicrliiR Will IIiiionc F.lnlil Dele 1 unlex to the Nn tin un1! I'oinenllon nml iiiultiiile I'liiiiiri'nnnt'H nml Mule Ollloori. HtiltoN, S. n., Feb. 20. (Special Tele gram.) Tho republican stato central com mltteo tonight named Sioux Falls ns the plnce, and .May 23 ns the date, for tho con vention to nominate eight delegates to the national convention nnd candidates for con grcis nml state olllcers. Strong efforts wero mado for two conventions. Tho basis of representation will make n total of over 1,000 In tho single convention. .MIIIt.MO.NS l.'.VVOU Tllll IIIU IIOKX. I'rolinlilllty Hint Tlie Will (Jo Abend vtllli l'iliinliil Ion Selii-ine, CIIKYENNK. Wyu.. Feb. 20. (Special.) Apostlo Abraham Woodruff and party of .Mormons, delegated oy the Mormon church to visit the Dig Horn basin und Investigate tho climate, resources, etc.. preparatory to sending a Inrgo Colony of Mormons to that section, has returned. He enys he wos de lighted with the Dig Horn country nnd be lieves It tin ideal place In which lu loedto a colony of his people, llo said that he and his colleagues would mnko a favorable report lo tho higher 'officials of the Mor mon chtlrh and thnt In all probability they will decide to go ahead with tho llfg Horn river- 'colonlzatloit scheme. Considerable difficulty-was experienced by the members Of the Investigating committee, ns the weather Was hitter cold during the Inst few Hays of their stay in tho basin. They wrro the guests of Hon. W. F. Cody (lluffnlo Hill) for two days and nights at his ranch near Cody City. I'liipnre fur ynliller's lloily. CHEYENNK. Wyo., Fob. 20. (Special ) The remain of Clyde Woods, tho Chcyenro boy who vm killed lu bnttlo In the Phil ippines, will arrlvo In Cheyenne from San Francisco tomorrow morning. Definite ar rangements for tho funeral have not been made, but In nil probability It will be a military ono and will bo held tomorrow. Woods, whoso mother nnd sister live here, was a drug clerk In Denver at the time of the breaking out of hostilities with Spain and from thcro went to Oregon, whero ho enlisted with the First Oregon volunteer Infantry. Ho served In the ranks with the regiment and with distinction until tho day of his death. I lllef of I lie HIiiimIhiiicn Demi. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 20. (Special Tel cgrnm.) Washakie, chief of the Shoshone Indians nt tho Wind Illvcr reservation. Wyo ming, died at Fort Washakie last Friday. Washakie was about i0 years old, and one of the best known lndlnn chlef.s In the United States. He was chief nf the Pbo ehoncs for fifty years nnd always tho frlrnd ot the whites. He negotiated the famous treaty of 18711 with General Shormnn and rendered the government valuable aid In all of Its campaigns ngnlnat the Sioux, Cheyennek nnd Hlnckfect. Dick Woshnklc, oged about 3,' years, will succeed the venerable old war rior as chief of tho Shoshonco. l.nrue Wolf Motility Seeureil, HOT SPRINGS, S. 1)., Feb. 20. (Special.) William Word of Mcado county has Just returned from a forty-thrco days' wolf hunt upon the ,r.ingo north of the Illack Mill, where he succeeded In capturing 227 f wolf Scalps. Ho says thnt the best of the season is yet to come, ns In March tho young pups can cally he caught, and there nre lots of them breeding. The wolf bounty Is thus proving a bonanza to some of the cow boys, and Is appreciated by the cattlemen and, sheepmen, who would be overrun with wolves and much loss of stock result were It not for this method of disposing ot the ravenous nnimaln. Wjoinlnu Volunteer Ilurleil, BUFFALO, Wyo., Feb. 20. (Special. ) Tho, funeral of George Rogers, sergeant of Compmy C, First Wyoming Infantry, was held hero last Friday afternoon. This was tho first funeral of a Wyoming volunteer who lost his life In thu Philippines. Ser geant Rogers was ill and confined In a hos pital nt Manila at tho time ot tho breaking out of hostilities with the Filipinos nnd whllo standing at a window watching tho progress of a battle ho wus shot down by a Filipino. Rogers was tho first man from this stato to lose his life in the Philippines. Dakota !teillillciilix Meet. LEAD, S. I)., Feb. 20. lSpeclaI.)-Tho second meeting of tho Republican club ot Lead met Saturday night with n very lorge attendance. Speeches were mndo by promi nent republlcniiH nnd resolutions were adopted upholding President McKlnlcy In tho policy thnt ho has pursued on tho Phil ippine question nnd Senator Pettigrow was denounced. 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