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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SATURDAY MOB-HUG, MAHCH 17, 1000-TWELVE PAGES. SIX OLE COPY EIVE CENTS. ALL CLEAR TO CAPE Eoberls Hu Eight of Way from BloamforW te!n to the Southward. GATACRE ENTERS THE TOWN OF BETHULIE Boers Had Deoamoed, However, and the Place is Almost D'serted. BRIDGE AT VANZVL IS FINALLY FINISHED Proclamation Oallta? for Surrender Hnving an Excellent Effect. HUNDREDS ONLY WAIT TO LEARN TERMS Olnny Hnvc Offered to Surrender Their Arum If They Can He Allowed to 4 lletiirn In Their Peaceful ' UC'l'lllllltlollH. (Copyrlght, 1900, by Tress Publishing Co.) jibthulib rridge, March is. 2:io p. m. (Now York World CablcRram. Special Telegram.) Oatacro crossed the Orange river and entered the town of Bethullo with scouts. Tho Capo police and mounted Infantry at noon today aro being met by a flag of truce from part of tho Inhabitants, tho Iloors hav ing evacuated tho ploco yesterday. The road brldso Is Intuct. RHTHULIE, Ornnge Tree State, March 15. General Oatacro arriving hero found that nil tho Uoers bad lied. The town was nearly deserted, the Dutch having trekked on hear ing of tho occupation of Uloemfontoln. It Is believed thnt tho Iloors retired In tho direction of Duwctsdorp. The telegraph Is open to Sprlngfontcln. It Is understood hero that President Krugor two days ago an nexed tho Orango Free Stato to tho South African republic. VANZYL. Thursday, (March 15. Tho bridge over the Ornngo river hero has been com pleted. Tho Drltlsh forces havo crossed and tonight they nro bivouacked In Freo Stato poll. Itiillrmiil Open Southward. IX)NDON, March 1C Lord Roberts has Bent the following dispatch to tho war ofllco: "RLOEiMFONTEIN, Friday. March 10. General Clements crossed tho Orango river yesterday. Hcpalrs to tho railway bridge at Ts'orvulspont havo commenced and It will shortly bo ready for traffic. "General Polc-Carew telegraphs his ar rival at Sprlngfonteln, so that Dloomfon teln Is now practically In rail communication with Capetown. "My proclamation Is already having an excellent crfoct. Several hundred burghers havo expressed their intention to surrender their arms and return to their occupations. "Tho resident commissioner of Uasutoland reports that 800 Doers lately arrived from Illoemfontcln and that n further contingent from tAllwalnorth was only waiting to lnow tho terms of my proclamation to sur render. They had refused to attend a coun cil nt Kroonstadt. to which President Steyn had summoned th'oiif." On tu I'rctorln. LONDON, March 17.-4:20 a. m. With thu railway communication to tho Cape Intact Lord Itoberts will In n very fewi days bo In a position to begin the advanco I on Pretoria. Ills deep political Intuition, J combined with his bold strategy, Is having the desired result In the southern bpctlons of tho Orango Free Stato, which nro rapidly culmlng down. Mafuking Is now the only point for anx iety and as It Is known that a force baa left Klmberlcy Its relief may be announced beforo many days pass. The efficiency of tho relieving column In heightened by tha fact that It Is partly composed of regulars. In the lobbies of Parllamont lost evening It wan rumored that Lord Itoberts Is about to Iftjuo n proclamation announcing that tho former system of government in tho Orango Freo Stato Is abolished and prom ising Freo Sinters who Immediately sur render due consideration. All Firm Ktccpt ItimNln. It Is understood that all the. continental jiowcrs, with one exception, uncompromis ingly refused to Intervene. Tho exception wflH Russia, whose reply was couched In less firm language, although llku tho others It declined to Interfere. It let said tho popo I nlso was appealed to, but he declined to do anything beyond writing a letter to tho queen, appealing to her to stop the further effusion of blood. Dr. Leyds' efforts with King Leopold were quite futile. Tim possibility of tho destruction of Johannesburg Is still discussed here, but It Is stated that tho French and German eharcholdcrs would offer u strong protest. STEYN READY TO SURRENDER Ileport to thnt Kireet Current 111 or in font el n People He ported Contented. nt ni.OEMl'ONTEIN, March 15. General 3'rcttyman U succeeding udmlrably as gov ernor of tho town. Ho Issued a proclama tion today requesting tho burghers within iv radius of ten miles to deliver up their urnin, assuring them they would be paid for the confiscation of their property. Iiord Roberts is ubout to Issue frush lu-oclamntlnns, which, it Is considered, will linve. tho effect of disarming further opposi tion upon the part of tho Freo Staters. Mr. Collins has been apinlntcd landrost, ivlco Paphenfus, depiacd, and Mr. Frnucr Will act as mayor. Great quantities of stores raptured at Wafperfall havo been recovered. As the rcsult of Hunter and Weston's line cutting the llrltlsh havo secured twenty-slx engine nnd tho lino has been rlonred In lho Kaffir liver. Rumorfl are current that Former President Bteyn Is willing to surrender. Much unrest exists among tho Dutch population. The' burghers described tho soldiers ns locusts, eaylng they aro Innumerable nnd of Identical color with them. Tho Free Staters south of here are re ported to be rapidly returning to their xnrnis. tleneal Orobelaar Is nt.omptlng to escape to tho north. He hit? a largo command nnd n big convoy of supplies. The majority of tho townspeople nntlcl liato that tho Free Staters will offer no resistance. i:.Mil,A.M SIMIll.l) I'l'SII r.UU'AHi.V. Army nml .Navy Minulil lie Equipped for All I'ONMlhlr I .meiKeiieleK. C.i!l'.r.lvV w00, " VreM?.I'u,,"',"""r ,Co ) LONDON, March l-INew ork World rsblrKram-bpeclal Teegram.)-The Post expert declares that Jmibert a only tactics must bo to pray for tlmo lu which to ar- range for a concentration north of the Vaal river. He ray;i the Drltlsh should punh the campaign to a llnUli as soon as poselblo pnd then "the second step Is to spure nn tier tlon to havo the uavy ready for any porslblo situation and behind It to havo the strongest possible field array ready nt home. At the game time no measure that may con duco to strengthening the army In India, should be neglected and coaling stations H. nival banes should all bo made ready li a maritime war were expected." A JUBILEE Cnpturc In the Itc- Oeen- CAPETOWN. March 1C There was great rejoicing through .ut the colony upon the receipt of tho news that Illoemfontcln had been occupied by the Drltlsh. The flmt In timation of the news nt Port Elizabeth was tho firing, of tweiity-ono guns at 11 o'clock In tho evening. Tho Inhabitants hastened to tho streets and carried the mayor op their shoulders to tho town hall, where a demon stration wns made. Today will bo observed as it general holiday. Thero Is great rejoicing at Illoomfonteln, whcBo women nnd children havo been shut off for months. Great cotnpla-it Ii made of tho harsh treatment by tho Doors during tho occupation, Rebels nre coming In dally with their arms from tho south. A number of other rebel leadem have been arrested. When the Drltlsh forced tho passage of tho Orango river this morning they sur prised tho Doors. The Drltlsh troops occupied a position on the north side of tho river with llttlo oppo sition nnd are now building a pontoon. GERMANY'S REPLY TO KRUGER Any Attempt nt Mediation on tho I'nrt of Germany Would AwnUen SllN)llclOII. PRETORIA, March 14 (Via Lourcnzo Mar qucz, Thursday, March IB.) Tho German consul has handed tho following dispatch to President Kruger: "Tho government of Germany and the emporor will bo glad and ready to assist In friendly mediation as soon ns the funda- j mental conditions to such nro apparent, ns soon as It Is demonstrated that both oppo nents destro mediation. Whether the desire nlrcudy exlBts on the Drltlsh Bide can be found by tho republics on direct Inquiry at London or through the good offices of a third government, which has no Important Inter ests of Its own to consider in South Afrlcn. Tho latter assumption Is qualified with a number of nations In nnd nutsldo of Europe, but not with Germany. Any such step on tho part of tho German government would awaken suspicions of having other than a humanitarian view. Tho Increased mis trust thereby engendered would not promote a peaceable settlement. The request of the republics to transmit their appeal for media tion to tho Austro-dlungarian and Swiss governments, whose Interests are watched by the German consulate, has been Imme diately fulfilled." ROBERTS BLAMES GATAGRE SlormWrir Defeat l.nlil to I.nck .ludMinciit on tho l'nrt nf of the General LONDON, March 16. Lord Roberts, In transmitting General Gatacro's report of tho sloiioqlBt JolcllTR St!rmbcr,R1, ' K V, W PlnlnU whch this incendiary statement occurred committee on elections. The failure was mainly due to reliance wag wrlUcn b Rho(lcg nml ,t waB , hU At tho conclusion of hi Interview with on inaccurate information regarding Uio prcBellC0 Umt Pronch waM aakert t0 make , General Corbln General -Whaler wont over ground to bo traversed to tho position held tho nrre9t The Q, wouW havo noMafl , to tho Whlto House, his purpose being (o by the Doers, to tho employment of too small 0 (,0 wUh tho TOattcr. securo speedy action upon his resignation, a force, and to the men being tired out by Rho(,p8 BUrprlaC(, mo very much by sayIng ' it Is learned that such action has been wlth a long night march beforo thoy camo In , that ,hero hnvo only bocn 30000 I)oel8 held by tho president only to legalize Gen- con act with tho enemy. hen It became , t , u fl w j ed ,hat tho cral wheeler's traveling expenses and per evident shortly after midnight that tho M t ,,, headquarters Is that thero diem up to tho moment of his arrival ln guides wero leading the column In the wrong C5 000 f th' t ,., k t Wnshngton. hole and en eavored to And a proper road Should have faneLc than havo risked tho safety of tho entire force by following a routo which brought tho troops Into dlffioult ground commanded on both sides by the Iloers." PRISON FOR FRENCH RIOTERS in Addition the Ilordeniiz l)llnrb ern Mnnt 1'ny the Contn of l'loneciit loll. IIORDEAUX, 'March 16. As an outcome of tho riotous demonstrations against tho Drlt lsh consulate horo when tho windows of tho consulato and of the consul's residence were shuttered by stones, tho threo ringleaders of tho mob, two studonts nnd a clerk, were sentenced today to short terms of Imprison ment and fines and to pay the cost of prose cution. HA IIS VOn .lOIIA.VMSSIIMUi'S FAT1 French ("ii il ( ill Ih tn Tremlile for Snfety of Their liiveNtiiieiitn. (Copyright, 1!0, by Press Publishing Co.) VIENNA, March 16.-(New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) War ex- , sc' 01 ulla L" perts believe tho Doers will blow up ' 11 la understood that a memorial to Presl Johannesburg. The Froemdenblnt suggests lcnt Mchlnley. asking him to Interfere and that tho llrltlsh may bo forced to forms of taho :l naa ln 'no I,0,ltlcaI contests, was peaco rather than fcrlng about this catas- Ul", bU,'J1?c1t ot th'B, conference, but as bov tropbo rral of thoaj. called Into tho conference PARIS. Mnrch 16.-(New York World Ca-1 1,1(1 not arrive a decision was not reached blegram-Speclal Telegram.)-Tho pwslbll- ll8111t 11,0 oxact cr"1H ,f, ,h """""Bf 1nB' Ity of biowlng up Jonhannesburg has caused ,be bent to 11,0 Pcnt of the United groat excitement hero. Such nn Idea brings fatate8- . the war very close homo to tho French, fori Governor Taylor refused ton ght to state gold mine stocks to tho extent of $50,000,000 . tho contenU or the Import of the appeal aro In the hands of French capitalists nnd : J'wWent McKInlcy. but I Is said that Investors. iiokhs i: vnti:M'in:i) at vhi:vi,i.;. Two taeiiernln. Iliiiveer, Are Slllil to linve Aliniidoiieil the t'liiiNe, (Copyright, lfW. by Press Publishing Co.) LOUREN'.O MARCJUEZ. March 16. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) The Iloers are entrenching at Vreyllr.g north of tin Vaal river. It Is reportul horo that Lucas Meyer and Schalkburge: have relinquished their commnnds In Natal n,i,l pntin linmn Tho Transvaal consul refuses to allow ' ......... Transvaal ccal to bo supplied to Urltljh , b'tcamshlrs. Deny I'nliilslieil Iteporl, LONDON, March 16. Tho report pub lished In tho United States that tho llrltlsh war ship Thetis was chasing tho Gerninn steamer Kaiser off Dclagoa bay, tho Kaiser having tho rioer commissioners on board. iiuuiinucii ,iiu w.iii .nun ui mii my i today, together with a denial of tho stato- mcnt. Tho olllclala of the forelmi olllco sav lll0 Idea of thu officers of a Drltlsh waV shin attemntlnc to removo foretellers from Herman veel is "utterly Impossible nnd au.iuru. Powerful Snlln for Home, CAPETOWN, Thursday, March 15. Tho llrltlsh first class cruiser Powerful, with tho naval brigade, which has been operating agnlnst the Iloers In South Africa, sailed for ) England today. Iluhllli 1'repnri-i. to Deeornte. I DUDLIN. March 16,-At a meeting today, 10 ,on, mayor pregdlng, a committee was ni,p0lnte,l to fittingly receive tho queen and i m was Hllbsc,.lb0li frr tiecoratlons. Dnvln (iiIIh from Vnple, NAPLES, March 16, Webster Davis, United States assistant secretary of tho In- terlor, sailed for New iork today on board the North German Lloyd steamship Alter. RHODES' FLING A DULLER Diamond Klne.Makea Saroistio Remarks at British Commander's Expense. RIDICULES PLAN FOR KIMBERLEY'S RELIEF Prominent Cltlllnnii nf llelcnKiir red City Siintnliirtl Strained llclntloim with Soldiery Only Thirty Thousand Hours In Field. (Copyright. 1900, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, March 16. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Julian Italph In mailed correspondence from Klm berlcy says: "The niorft marvelous thing about Eng land Is her luck," said Cecil RhodcH to mo In an Interview. "Wo mado somo of tho silliest mistakes nnd wo had eomo of the nifJt Incompetent generals, but wo nro com ing out all right, as we always do. "I am glad to have Klmberley relieved, of course; wo aro all glad, but In heaven's name why was It not dono aooner7 What was the good of all that messing about Hensberg and Colesberg? Why did they not do at first what was so readily dono at last? "There Is llttlo use of telling you what Miller's plans were. You people In Eng land have such wonderful Ideas about hl3 geieralshlp. Do you know what his orders to Methucn were regarding Klmberley? They wcro these: Mcthuen wao to como hero to relievo tho town, to carry nil the people nwny from It nnd then to full back to Orange river. "I know It nnd I soy that It Is scandalous. It would hnvo been n disgrace upon England had It been carried out. "I don't refer to the abandonment of the town as n disgrace, but to falling back to Orange river. Why should an English gen eral plan n 'retreat? To arrange to fall back Is simply monstrous." HhniloN .Milken Two Jnkr, From tho words of a dozen leading men In Klmberley I hnvo gathered that thero had I been friction between tho petty forco of rog' uinr soldiers and civilian leaders of tho place. Rhodes has what ho calls two Jokes about tho regulars who led tho column of tho town's defenders. Tho first Is that al though 111 men wcro killed during tho siege, atl of them of tho local soldiers, not ono announcement of a death In those ranks wns issueu irom ueatiquartcrs. on tho : similar service. This was owing lu a inonB other hand, thero did appear under tho head- uro to tho excellent care for their men ex Ing V. It. and n Drltlsh lion and unicorn a hlbltcd by officers nnd to tho watchful pre- pronunciamcnio 10 mo enect tnnt owing iu iiiu iuss in a muio Dy aeain mo sirengtn of the troop to which It belonged must bo ! resignation had been nccepted by tho presl docrcased by one. ! dent ho Intended to make the issue ns to Joke No. 2 was that when tho news of hs rEUt to n Beat ln tll0 bollBe of r Magcrsontcln was received by a regular , B0ntaUvc8 a3 a rCpres(.ntat,vo from Ala force at Klmberlcy a great dea of search- bama. tho ,8SU0 , t b ght telegraphy followed and t .was found for tm, f a fc Henderson. Ho l1! nLr,.,LD?l. ?..e,!lllk I!?. . "I" P"ent himself at the bar of tho houstf C" u-. . , . . 11 U I Off! IlilU Ul'Ull lUllUCU Ul VUfjJClUWll iur u certain force In which presumably ono of tho officers wns Interested. After Klmberlcy wub relieved the military demanded tho arrest of tho editor of a Kim- l.linrlnv n nu-xni nor mnrnlu fif II ... n ,,, , ' . . ',, t," ,,, . tbat aa a method of accounting for! t.hc,r"Tc aa,"5..? "l for their, mistakes, but nevertheless there are but 30,000 Roors ln this war." Itlioilex llrenkn with Ilund. CAPETOWN, March 15. In an Interview published In tho Capo Argus Cecil Rhodes is quoted as eaylng: "I feel strongly that wo cannot havo peaco ln South Africa 3 long as wo havo ln tho republics a rallying ground for disloyalty and disaffection. To go further, I do not think wo can safely federato till wo havo had some years of crown colony govern ment. Personally I have dono with tho Ilund." TAYLOR TO M'KINLEY AGAIN Anotlirr Annenl to lie Addressed the l'renlileiit, hut Import Not Known. to FRANKFORT, Ky., .March 16. Governor Taylor spent tho entire day at tho executive mansion toduy, ln confcrcnco with repub lican leaders, principal among whom wero Joun . xeraes oi uanvmo una u. vt . wnu- uovernor myiur uus expressed a (icsiro ior tho assistance of a small body of troops and also for support In tho wuy of recognition ot him as governor. On it .Illusion for Til J lor. WILLIAMSBURG, Ky., March 16. For mer Congressman Flnley, father of former Secretary of Stato Charlrs Flnley, who Is charged with bi.ig accessory to tho Goebel murdor, snys tht his son Is not absenting himself from tho Btato to avoid arrest, but is on a mission for Governor Taylor. Ho . said Charles has visited republicans at In- , , .i ... . , . . - ui iKi0n, 10 se- euro lunuti iur uuvuriiur layior lo carry on tho fight and to enlist the aid of con gressmen I'ltlSOMMIS T.VKIJ.V TO 1'IIANKFOIIT. Goeliel Simpeetn to lie Given Prelim inary lleurliiiv, LOUISVILLE. Kv.. Mnrch IC-nm.oi., I started for Frankfort today with Secretary of statp i0Wers, Captain John W. Davis, W. n. Cullon arul Harlan Whlttaker. the four iDa ..., ,i.i n n , , . ! 10' ,bo' .u.n venGeT Th ...m k i.. u...i , ... i K'r 'nkfc t. The dena' uro wa thn , B.n cldent As a result of meetings held by a number of prominent citizens of Louisville It Is an nounced that ox-Governor John Youug Drown has accepted tho employment es chief counsel for the men arrested for the murder of tho late William Goebel. Asso ciated with him will be Hon, Georgo Denny of Lexington, W. C. P. Drecklnrldge of Lex ington, Hon. J. C. Sims of Rowling Green, Hon. A, E, Wilson of LauUvlllo nnd several others. These lawyers hnvo beon Instructed to push the cases to an early trial and falling In that to lustltute habeas corpus proceed ings In the state aud federal courts. FRANKFORT. Ky,. March 16. Caleb i Powers, John Davis, W. H. Culton and liar- I lan Whlttaker wero brought here from Louisville today in charge ot Sheriff Suter and deputies. A special detail of police and deputy sheriffs met them at tno trnln nnd they wero marched to tho Jail through the streets, which wcro lined with people. There wns no disorder and tho prisoners greeted their friends pleasantly ns they went to Jail. Secretary of Stato Powers, captain Davis, W. II. Culton and W. L. Hazllp wcro ar raigned later beforo County Judge Moore. Hazlln was released on $10,000 bond. Judgo Mooro set tho examining trials for Monday. llcpuhllcnun Amend Answer. LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 16. Tho amended answer of tho republicans In tho Deckham-Tnylor consolidates suit Involving tho governorship wns filed with Judge Field In tho circuit court today. It has been In preparation by ex-Governor Bradley, Judgo Ycst and other attorneys since Judge Field's recent decision declaring hln court had no Jurisdiction In tho case and that his court could not review tho nctlon of tho legisla ture seating Deckhnm. Tho amended an swer Is mudo principally to perfect tho rec ord beforo tho case Is taken to the court of appeals. WHEELER AFTER HIS SEAT To Ask to lie Sworn In us Itciircucntn tlvc When Hln ItrslKiintloii Is Accepted. WASHINGTON, March 10. flcneral Joe Wheeler arrived In this city this morning from Atlanta, Ga. Ho called at tho War department this nfternoon. In tho nbsenco of Secretary Root ho reported formally to AdJutunt General Corbln, thus complying with the order from the department, which brought him from Manila to Washington. Tho General was In tho uniform of a brigadier genernl of tho volunteer army. Ho looked the picture of health; better than when ho left Washington for Manila. Ho gave General Corbln a brief description of tho conditions In Luzon when bo loft. Ho Insisted that tho war was over and that nothlnc more was to be dono except to run down n few guerillas and Irregulars. Thero was difficulty In this work, ho snld, nnd thero was danger, too, but Its prosecution waB nt "war." Ambuscades wero frequent and annoying and It was not easy to tell whether tho hidden forco was strong or weak; threo or four men had been mistaken for a company In somo cases. Tho general said that tho American troops aro doing splondld work there. They are sound and healthy and In quite ns good1 . shnpo as they would bo at homo, engaged In cautions of tho staff of tho army. i uenerai wneeier R.iiii iii.ii n mnn no liia Ind ask to bo sworn In. As he understood tho rules tho speaker will havo no option, but must submit tho matter to tho house. General Wheeler wns confident that tho de cision' would be ln his favor, though ho realized that therh might bo somo delay, owlnc to a rcforenco of his caso to tho General Wheeler was with the president m' ," . 'n.S V10 Whlt0 "0U9C ho said his resignation had not yet been nc cepted, but he expected n decision would bo reached within a fow days. BLOW AT STANDARD OIL TRUST ConKressmnii FIIzkc rnld Wnntn I'liiilMheil for Violation of the Antl-TniNt Aet. It WASHINGTON, March 16. Rcprcsenta' tlvo Fitzgerald of Massachusetts tonight In troduced tho following resolution- "Whereas. It imneura nu n mutiny f He record that the Standard Oil comriany paid in New York on March IS, 1900, tho eSSalvV.0! mhiltloTTthe'recuA? quarterly dividend of W.OUO.W, and. ' .i V .li B"i u. .i m,alM'r. or.-2U;U"S ,recor'' that this last dividend Is. S3.000.0oo In ex- cess of the last quarterly dividend paid by inn' corpora nun, anil, Whereas, it Is also a matter of ;iublle record that the prleo of kerosene oil, tho solo means of lighting used by the middle ana poorer classes oi poopio during tno period of tlmo between tho declaration of anond'cS li! the land I thereforo be U Reeolveil.' That In the opinion of con- gross this action of tho Standnrd Oil com- pany is in (iireei violation oi ino jirovisions of tho Sherman antl-truit law and pun - Ishable by line and Imnrlsonment and lho iillnrnnv cennnil Ih herebv illreeloil In up- eordaneo with tho provlslonH of that net.' tn direct the several district nttornovs of ISndlnnliLihMtMei'rh,i 1!ulrrU'rr"t,re!'ivVH1ii'if ti-lctf (to Institute pr"eee,llngs to bring tho abovo named violators of tho law to Jus tlce. WOMAN IN JAIL FOR CONTEMPT Ordered Comniltteil hy n Federal Judxe l iilll She Aeeouiitn for MUhIiik Property, KANSAS CITY, March 16. Judgo Phil- Hps, In tho United States circuit court, to day committed Mrs. Charlotto A. Dotted of Garden City, Kan., to Jail for contempt of the referee of bankruptcy until she nc- counts for $3,000 worth of goods which shu secured ou credit for her general merchan- dlso storo at Garden City. Mrs. Douell bought $10,000 worth of goods for her storo between July and December, 1899. In December Inst sho failed In busl- ncss and took advantage ot tho bankruptcy act. Tho referee required her to mnko n. statement of what had become of her goods. ln her statement Bho left $5,106.00 unac- counted for Mrs. Deuell would make no definite an- swer to tho questions of tho Judge. Sho denied that any of tho gooiU had been spirited away. She had deposited no money In the bank. Sho kept no book account. Mrs. Deuell was ordered committed to Jail i.. n.i.. Mi.n,,ri BRYAN NOT TO BE PRESENT Acrtlnu .Mnde thnt He Will Stny Away from the K nn huh City Convention, KANSAS CITY, Ma.ch 10. It Is asserted that W. J. Dryan will not be hero during tho national convention In "July. Tho hotels have been anxious to entertain the Nebraska delegation, becauso It was thought Dryan wouia oo wiin tno omer .-saurasKans. The manager of ono of tho hotels said today that while tho subcommittee of the democratic national committee wbb In Kansas City Mon- day and Tuesday ho had received Informu- tlon that Dryan would not be bore. He do- cllaed to glvo the source of hU Information. EDITOR DEFENDS HIS LIFE Oharles Harris Justifies His Course in Kill ing Hart Blenkiron, PUBLISHED ARTICLE CAUSES THE QUARREL Defendant Clnlm to Have Drawn III Itctolvor In Self-Defense unit to Have Fired' It Only When Forced to Do So, HARTINOTON, Neb., March 16. (Special Telegram.) In tho trial of Charles Hairls for tho murder of Hart Dlcnktron today tho testimony of tho murdered man's wife was completed, Tho clothing her husband woro when ho left homo for tho last tlmo wcro Introduced lit evidence. Mrs. Dlcnklrou recognized tho vest when It wns produced and said that tho bloodstains covering the Insldo left breast wero not there when she last saw him. Tho state reBto l after having examined only half of Us witnesses. Tho crowdcj court room was hushed as Harris took tho stand In his own defense. He testified that on tho evening of December 10 last ho was In his printing office at Dcldcn writing letters and heard tho door open anil a person come In, but did not look up until somo ono spoko hi namo and ho looked up to aco Dlenklron Branding In tho door. Dlcnklrou questioned him concerning the article published in tho Delden News tho previous day concerning the trouble Dlenk lron had had with tho Delden bank. Harris admitted that ho wrote It and considered It true. Dlenklron called Harris a liar and applied to him a vilo epithet. Harris Immediately stood up and backed nway from Dlenklron. Tho latter Bclzcd him, however, and dragged him to tho door of tho office. Harris Jerked away nnd run back to bis desk, followed by Dlenklron. Tho former then secured his revolver and threatened to shoot. Dlenklron said that ho had never yet heen frightened by n gun and put his hand to his hip pocket, saying, "Don's you daro move." HarrU Im mediately shot. Dlcnklrou turned around, groaned nnl walked out of his ofTlce. Ho told John Tcmplln what he had done, then went a mile from town and laid down In a corn field. Afterward ho secured a pony and rode to Hartlngton, giving himself Into tho custody of tho sheriff. During nil tho direct examination tho prisoner appeared cool and collected, but under tho fire of cross-questions by At torney Argo, Harris somowhat lost his presence of mind una made n numDcr oi rambling answers, m me miosi oi uns cross-examination court adjourned for tho day. .lury In Sworn In. After threo days of hard work the twelve men constituting the Jury took tho oath at noon yesterday. More than seventy men wero examined be foro tho Jury was completed. Thero Is but ono man from Hartlngton nnd ono from tho south part of tho county, whero the shooting occurred. All aro farmers but ono. It appears that Harris wns n m umber of tho Odd Follows and Woodmen lodges, nnd all Jurymen who belonged to cither of thoso lodges wero sought out and Dnrred. At 1 o'clock Gcorgo W. Argo, attorney for tho .state, opened with a detailed state ment of the murder last December, and told how Harris had ruthlessly munjered the husband of the- bereaved wife who was then ln tho pretence of the Jury. Attorney Jay opened for tho defense and mnde a scathing denunciation of the llfo of tho dead man. This caused a lively discus sion among tho attorneys Interested, but Judgo Graves overruled the objections of : Z7d and allowed that tho specific acts of : tho decerned might bo brought In that manner beforo tho Jury. Tho first witncFB called was John Dlenk lron ot South South City, who lived at Del den nt tho time of the killing and who wns ono of tho first persons present after his brother was shot. Tho clothes that tbo dead man had nn at tho tlmo of his death wero exhibited to the Jury, also the revolver with which tho fatal abot was fired. Technical llrldenee Introduced. t i. m ..i , ... . . juaepu iJieiiiwi un ul uautiuii nun uil' lasi witness called yesterday. He testified to having carefully examined tho clothing worn by his dead brother at tho tlmo of tho shooting nnd that ho had experimented with ,.... ,V, ..m. ,nvf,,p or., I n n.nl,in. nt , the same caliber ns tho ono used by Harris, , with tho result that tho same burned con- dltlon as exhibited upon tho dead man's ,',, ,,, . n,.iki nPn,i,,nn,i , n less distance than eight feet. This was dono to show that tho parties nt the time of tho footing must have been at some distance apart. It Is thought that the defense In- tended to prove that tho parties clenched "1 bt "hen they wero in that condition J ' m.NS.MOItl? CASK GOES TO TIIK .UllV. , ,i i., 'ei,i,. i I,c'Pa , . r."7,.l , ' ' , ArKliiueiits ill Muriler I rlnl. LEXINGTON, Neb., March 16. (Special t.imth i-Th iifti, ii.nv nf m iii,n Tclegram.)-Tho fifth day ot tho Dlnsmoro murder trial openod this morning at n o'clock with tho same largo attendanco aB on tho two previous days. Judge Humor , resumed his plea, begun yesterday, and continued, with a brief Intermission, until nfte-r tbo noon hour. His arguments worn cxhaustlvo nnd searching. A number ot times he produced a notable sensation In tho court room. ' At 1:30 court ngaln' convened and Norrh Drown took up the argument In behalf ot tho defense. Mr. Drown took up such points of Mrs. Lane's testimony as had not b"n touched upon by his colleagues. Mr. Drown occupied one hour and fifteen mln- ulcs. Judgo Sinclair then closed In behalf of the state. Ho reviewed tho arguments or tho counsel for tho defense with greet force "d power. He minutely dctillcd tho clr- cumstanccs as shown by tho evidence that 'cd to tho commission of tho crlmo by Dlnsmore. Ho called attention to tho testl- mny of Dr. Dell and how that gentleman, by nlH professional acumen, discovered that -Mr. Lauo could not havo committed sul - clde. He showed tho Inconsistency of Dins- ,Doro ln waI"nK until the bodies wero cold heforo going for tho neighbors and clo32d h rn appeal to tlje good ud.nent of 11,0 members or tho Jury to falthfull) per- fornl their duty and uphuld tho sanctity 1 of famllv honor, nrotcct tho Interests nt society oy oringing in a verdict or gun y against tbo defendant, who, according to the evidence, wns guilty of tho crime charged against him A, Ih., nr.t.ilnn nf Tun 3I nnln I .-'a , At the conclusion of Judgo Slnclali s nr- giimnnt court adjourned until 7:30 p. m nt which tlmo Judgo Sullivan charged the Jury nnd It went to tho Jury room to con sider the case. About G o'clock In the afternoon an ex- citing episode occurred which for a tlmo. I produced a startling sensation. D. FV' , Tussing, ono of tho wltnefsea of the sUt, i who is chairman or tho Hoard or county ! Commissioners of Duffalo county, becatnn i intoxicated, went to tho court house and ' Inquired If Dlnsmore was guarded. IIt ! then went under tho steps of tho building1 . and proceeded to charge a revolver with I cartrldces, remarking that he wanted one ! CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Xebraska Fair; Continued Cold; Northerly Winds. Teniiierntiiro nt Oniiiliii ycstrrdnyl Hour. Iok. Hour. Dei;. 1 it. in O 1 p. m ..... . it II li. in , ' ii i, in -I t ii. m i :t i, iii r N n, ill II I p. m S 0 it. n r n ii. iu n 10 n. Ill !t II i. Ill II 1 1 II. lit I T p. Ill O 1 - ill t S p. in II II p. in S Ileloiv rem. shot nt Dlnsmore. Sheriff Hays nnd Deputy McMInn wero summoned and placed him, under arrest. Ho resisted nnd It required tho assistance of a, third man beforo ho was overpowered. Ho was then disarmed and locked up In a cell, I.VrUHKST IN IIOHLOCtCIMl Tltl.VI.. C'etehrnted Case Will lie First In the Illnlrlet Court Next Week. (HASTINGS, Neb., March 16. (Special Tel rgrnm.) Tho celebrated Horlocker-Morey poisoning caso will be tho first case to como up ln the district court hero next week nnd much Interest Is already being man ifested In every movement pertaining to this ense. Mlaa Vlnln Ttnrlnnlf pr. Hin n..tiHe,1 nr. rived hero tonight from tho Jacksonville mi i cnnitnriim, .whom im c iniJ .i confined Immediately after her preliminary of two dn'8' 1,10 "onto today passed the hearing Inst summer, when sho was arrested Von Itlco rc,lef bin- As P'"8' the on a warrant sworn out by County Attorney measure carries 12,095,000. tho president McCreary charging her with having nt- , belnR authorized to uso that sum for "public tempted to murder Mrs. Charles Morey by . education, public works nnd other govern puttlng arsenic In candy and placing It nt ' mental and public purposes." Mrs. Morey's studio door. Allen of Nebraska offered an amendment Viola Horlockcr was accompanied to Hast- to 'uo bl" declaring that tho constitution Incs by her sister. Zora. and unon their extends over l'orto Itlco by Its own force, arrival hero were driven to their sister's (Mrs. HayrH) home, where they will remain throughout tho trial. SIOUX MUST SlAY AT HOME Seerelnry lllteheoeU Itefiiies the Xe hrnshn liiillimn I'ernilsnlon to l're Nent Clnlm nt AVnnhlnuton. WASHINGTON. Mnrch 16. (Special Tele- Kram.)-Sccretary Hitchcock of the nterlor , ,x tl)(, prosllclt t0 gomn tha Philippines dt.partmcnt today rendered a decision ad- , ,,, otuorwlBO directed, tho appropriation vtrso to tho application of tho delegation bn,B or confcrcncc reports, of Santeo Sioux of Nebraska, which camo Tho lcxt of lbc rorto i,lco bm 8 a8 fol io Washington in tho Interest of Bcveral 0W8. nlloged tribal claims against tho govern-i , ,t olmct(.(, etc.( that tho sum of s:, mcnt. Authority for tho delegation from 0)5,405, being the amount of customs rev this trlbo to visit Washington was denied "tiuo received nn Importations by tjio ln.l mnnlh l,ul It n,n. rnml hrnl. 1'llltod atltteS from 1'ortll ItlCO SlllCO til. a i " " !"..,.. Senator Thurston. Secretary Hitchcock Is j a believer in the Ideo that thero Is llttlo uso ln spending the money of Indians In hnvlng them visit Washington when their affairs aro well understood by the commis sioner of Indian affairs and until there Is greater occasion for n visit thnn nt pres. ent appears the Santees will have to work is hereby appropriated for tho mimoses through agent II. C. Dnlrd. herein specified, out of uny moneys In tho Eulogies on ex-Senator Haywnrd will ! treasury not otherwise appropriated, be set for tomorrow in tho house, In charge ' Tho Ilr3t amendment was that of Allen of of Congressman Durkct, who will deliver Nebraska. It provided that "tho eonstltu tho first address. Other speeches will bo tlon was by forco of the treaty concluded delivered by Mercer, Sutherland, Stark, between the United States nnd tho kingdom Ncvlllo and Mcl'herson of Iowa. ' of Spain, at Paris, France, April 11. 18!'?. Comptroller Dawew today approved am extended over tho Island of Porto Rico and application mado to convert the Fanners' Us Inhabitants." bank of Weeping Water, Nob., Into the First j l'orto Illeo n l'lvot. National bank, with a capital of S 25,000. j chton of TMng eal,i that Porto nlc0 An application waa also .approved to organize m,aH lho ,lvot arnllna v bll.,, turB0 on0 ,,,,,, the .nwt National bank . of Newman Grows Rravcst questions brought Into American Neb., and the First National bank of Day- pollUe (ortr ycnrs. ln;,MI.n, ea,'!h Wltb i25-0, CapUaI' Allison moved to lay the amendment of milium ixu.i vwia lou- ..pnuinieu post- master at Cluttervllle, Dutler county, Ia. W. A. Campbell at Treynor. Pottawattamie county, In., nnd M. N. Hill at Richards, Fremont county, Wyo. SMYTH AFTER THE RAILROADS Sues Three Lines for lf17O,000 I) mu ll Ken tu Spite of Siipicmu Court Decision. LINCOLN. March 16. (Special Telegram.) Attorney General Smyth today began suit against threo Nebraska railroad companies for damages aggregating 1670,000. Suits aro filed In tho district courts of three counties, i I r.ir..v tnw iin haa nRninB. i t., i ii.. ... v.v.,iA ,u, ,u,v,vuv, iihainn, iuu uoiuu i u- riuc; in salino, ror 1210,000, against tho Missouri Pacific, and In Thayor. for $150,000, ' against tho. Rock Island. Damages do- manded nro penalties which tho attorney ' COIiem! BUVS UTO lllil) fOT IlllPCCll Violation j of the Nebraska maximum rate law. Tho sult8 nre cntlroly separate from thoso now .penning in ino supremo court againsi mo same roads. I Tho !"ctlo,n 18 remarkable In view of the ; fact t""t ,tho "upremo court of the United . S,a,e8. 1,eM that tho Nebraska maximum 1 "t0 "uconstltutlonnl. Attorney Pnliii ft I Umifl ) nnn 4 rmil n Ihil tlm litnllriti 0ent'ral Srayth contends that tho decision ho,lllB, Hood only Insofar ns It affects the schedule rates fixed by tho law and that ,bo Prlnclplo of tho legislature's enactment Is operative. Tho supremo court, it Is maintained, declared that certain schedules were uareasoiiiujiy low. uue nu not puns ln port0 jhCOi al food producta, farm lm upon the merits of the law as a whole. Tho niem(,tg nnd many other useful and ncees- 1 action comes as tho greatest surprise to rail- , ,. i.i ,i road attorneys, who regarded tlm supreme court decision as settling tho whole question of maximum freight rates ln this state. ; SHELDON TURNS A DEAF EAR ' Oiuiihn Clerprymim nnd Counellninil Sue In Vnln fnr Fill or from the I'reiieher-Udltor. TOPEKA, Kan., March 16. (Special Telc- gram.) Rev. Mr. Charles W. Savldge of Omaha and Councilman C. O. Lobeck camo to Topeka to interest Rev. Mr. Charles M. Sholdon in tho work of the People's church at Omaha, of which Dr. Savldge Is pastor, , Tho church docs work of a missionary cbtr- actor umong tho lower classes and for that jeason help was expected from Mr. Sheldon, but tho visitors were disappointed. They wcro told ttero was no availablo spaco. I n0th men wero very much disappointed ' and Mr. Lobeck said: "I don't believe Jesus would have turned us down nftcr wo had j Comc 230 miles. ! v.-..- of Ailiium' Dentil. .logramT-Tbe murder"' h.t "td'-Mof Charles Adams, local passenger iient of tho t'nlon Pacific! railway, by bis wife J-lo. In .jir flbmt tl)0"t,nH Ib tlmt t.ry ,mo of t, three bullets lu Adams' body entered from behind. There was one In the back ot Xdamw could have beVsmiggllng for life uml nt tho same tlmo bo In a position to lire three bullets Into the back nf her ' adversary Is a matter that Is puzzling I tlWHO Wild nre Studying tllO CnHO. It H lin , . (lf. rth mont InnliiK. moreover, that the revolver did not belong to Adams nor did be know It was ln tho house. He had no revolver nf his own. The ono which was used to kill blm was fresh from tho shop. Who bought It Is not krov.T.. .Move tneiitx e "eeiin Vi'mhi'In, Mnrch III 1 Hambiiri;. Sailed L'Aqultalnc. tor. Havre At Now York Arrived Patrxia, from uromen, ror uremen, via Mouuiiimiuon. At 1ten"l"wn-Ar'"lvc',-''''nnlnd. from 1 A"1 1 Auckland (ronl San Francisco, for Sydney, N S W. At Havre-Arrived -La ("hiiinpagne, from Nh.w IS;,,.,,, Hti..,i,miirnii-im t.. n,w Vo?I -8Hllcl-ittrn.lns. for All) FOR PORTO .RICO Senate, After Two Dajs of Debate, Passes Appropriation Bill, NOT READY TO EXTEND CONSTITUTION Allen's Amendment to Talis the Wand in is Defeated. THIRTY-SIX AGAINST, SEVENTEEN FOR Porto Elcans to Get Two Million Dollars When Bill is Blgvdr MEASURE ADOPTED FREE OF AMENDMENT Those Not Wltliilrmrn Are Hefented Tlllniiin .Snn He In Wlltlnir Trust I'rcsldent MeKlnley nt All Tliiies. . WASHINGTON. March 13. After a de- bate, at times spirited, extending over parts , bl11 11 v38 l0Kt. 30 ,0 17 Jones of Arkansas withdrew a freo trado amendment offered by him and that propo sition therefore did not tench a voto. Other efforts to amend tho bill wcro fruitless. An order was made by tho senate us to tho consideration of the caso of former Senator Quay, It being unanimously agreed that It should bo taken up two weeks from next Tuesday and discussed until disposed of, tho discussion not to lutorfcro with tho unfinished business, tho Spoolier bill, nnthor- ........nulliin nf Pnrtn Itlco hv tno HDUIIIhII l llfllll 111,11 ,11 1 1,1,1, 11 LU kiy forces on the nth of October. 1WS, to tho 1st nf January, vjw. sunn lie pinteu ,ic tho disposal uf the president, to bo used fur tho B'jvernmcnt now existing und which may lipreuftor bo established In l'orto Itlco tiiid fnr publlo education, pub lic works nnd other governmental und pub-llt-i purposes therein, und tho said sum. or so much thereof as may be necessary. Aii,,n on tho ,abe. Tho motion nrova led. 36 to 17. Tho detailed vote wus as follows ) Yeas: . ' Allison, j Daker, Lodge. Mellrldn, Mcl'onias, Met '"limber, MeMlllun, Penrose. Pel kin?. Prltrthard, Quarles, llOMI, Hownll, Sboup, Simon. SiKioner, Thurston, Wnrrcn, Wellington, 'etnore :!6, Ueverldgc, Carter, Davis, Deboe. 13 kins. Fnlrbaanks, Forakor, Foster, Oallinger. jifo' llanna, llawley, J.0","'., ,. ' ' Nays: uaiwi, Rate. ' "cry. 'J11.1'0''' Allen. tlulberson, Harris, Kenney, .Mclaurlu, .Morgan. Kn uilns, Tillman, Turley-17. fcParkof Montana, (Jjay. I Jones of AikanBas withdrew the amend- mnnt ho bad offered yesterday, "Tho course wo havo purauod toward these people," said he. "Is wrong und ndefen- sible. What tho Porto Rlcans want Is not li . . i l..,.ln. T t I.. tint fuiH if iulilfitll charity but Justice. It Is perfectly evident that tho prostration of affairs on the Island 1h ,ie to tho high taxes with which tho people there aro ullllcted." jn answer to a question by Allen, Allison r0plled that under the military government ' v ,ir.nps ere admitted freo of duty K,,ry articles -were, uuiniucn i ' It was propoeed to pass a Porto Rico bill hero In tbo senate that would be entirely Juet to Porto Itlco and to the United States. Allen Doiti that Include tho tariff pro vision? Allison Undoubtedly. I'nyliiK llliiKley Itntcs Now. Allen asked what ratcw of duty tho goods of Porto Rico woro now paying ln tho United States. "They aro paying the rates fixed by the Dingley act," replied Allison. "Tho bill we shnll pass for Porto Rico will bo liberal and Just to all. I tako It there Is no sena tor on either side of this chamber who would propeso to continue tho present com mercial conditions between tho United States nnd Porto Rico for any considerable time. I want the matter hastened In overy way passible." Remarking that ho could not ascertain Just what tho object of tho bill was, Jones said ho would content himself by offering tho following amendment: "From and after tho passage of this act no duty shall bo collected on articles coming into Porto Rico from other parts of the United States or on goods coming from Porto Rico Into other parts of tho United States." Pcttus of 'Alabnma declared tils opposition to 'tho bill, holding such appropriations woro dangerous ns precedent nnd ought to bo t bnndoncd. Tlllmnn said thoro wns evidently so much division among the republicans that It ap peared doubtful to him wholher thoy would bo nblo to enact any Porto Rlcan legislation at all. He said It looked as If tho republican party had reached the end or Its rope and that the last hope now was to contend that congress was without limitation In the gov ernment of or In legislating for acquired territory. Referring to the difference between tho government's treatment of Hawaii and Porto Itlco as to the admission of their respective products, Tillman said: "Senators owed ft to themselves to not show such discrimina tion on tho ono hand aud such outrages on tbo otbor." Ho was going to vote for tho pending bill, ho said, becauso tho enuetment of the meas ure Into law was the only way to restore to