THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: EIJ 1 DAT, MARCH 30, isuu.
Telephone. 618 G9I.
Corsets
We fit our corsets in cosy fitting
rooms near by and make no extra
charge for doing so.
"La Vida", "Floxibono" and others. Wo
recommend "La Vida" and 'Flexibono
moulded" because of the great variety of
successful models, and because vc are sole
agents for these makes.
Kaillcal changes In corset fashions The mllltnry straight front, Is correct model
for spring season. The hrst llttlnR corset wo know, Is "La Vida" bins cut gored
corct inuilo of different materials In a variety of lengths Prices J2.75 to $8.00
each .
Fluxlbono moulded corsets appeal especially to ladles of stout figures. Those who
wear Klexlbono corsets, keep the proof of Its goodness fresh in memory. Every
year It grows more popular. Kvery year gtowo better. A corset guaranteed not
to hroiik at the waist line means something to the stout lady Prices from LG0
to i'.OO each.
y Close Otir Store Snturdnys at 6 P. M.
AociTfl foii rosTnu icm glovrs a.id mccall's pattibiins.
Thompson, Belden St Co.
Tltt ONLY EXCLUSIVE DRY GOODS HOUSE IN OMAHA.
V. K. O, A. BUILDING, CO IX. 1UT1I AND DUUQLAI STS.
Senator Ilr-verldga addressed the body. In government without tho revenue feature, nl-
purt ho wald: though tho committee him modified that
"Tho Ibsuo Joined In this debate Involve feature so ns to Insure early freedom of
the power of congress over the Islands and trade. Hut n.s the bill standH, unlctn wo
Uio peoples which providence ban placod In can amend It, wo must vote for It as mein
our keeping, and thiceforo tho expediency Hcd by tho cammlttco or else vote against
of retaining them. It Involves the power civil government nltogethor and civil gov
nnd progross of tho republic throughout all ernment must no longer bo denied to the
lt future. For If congress has not n frets people of Porto Itlco. Delay of civil gov
hand to deal with theso Islands us their dif- ernment to thCHO people Is denial of Justice,
ferent conditions and changing needs de- And so I eiiall voto for the civil government
mand, It is not only Inexpedient, but It may bill because it dom establish civil goveni
bo Impossible to hold thorn. To treat Por;o mcnt at once and because, under the niodlll
Itlco as wo treat Hawaii, and to deal with cation by tho committee. It also establishes
tho latter n we deal with tho Philippine!, nbsoluto reciprocity In tho near future. It
and to apply to all without delay tho same ought to establish unrestricted trado in
fixed formula of lawn which custom and tho ftantly and it may bo that the house will so
Intontlon of statehood has prescribed for amend it If wo should not so amend U here,
our territories from which our state3 arc Nut If wo nro not ablo to so amend it hero
formed, Is a proposition as mad ns It . "nil if tho house should not nmend It, but
novel. ndc-pt tho modified civil government bill, tho
Coii.tllntlon Sot U,..H-r of IIm.ii.. j nimlttctf modification does give us the
. . .... absolute certainty of unrestricted trade at
"o have tho grcntcut opportunity, tho no ,3tant date
greatest duty, with which fortuno ever j
blossel its most favored nation. Kvents ! s" e MKUi Direction,
havo placed u in posltlourf of command "Tho bill ns a whole, while not what I
over tho Pacific. The key to tho commerce wculd havo It In its failure to glvo Imme
of tho Kart Ih in .our.' hands. Wo nro the dlato and unrestricted trado to Porto Hlco
warden of tho guten or tho Oulf. With tho ami in other particulars, neverthelius does
carial a completed work, 'wo c6ntrol the establish civil government which may not
chcflcu nd tho natural hlghwnys of the bo delayed another moment and does Insure
comnlerce of manklild more than any power early reciprocity and so U a step In the
than England; morn than any people of hU- right direction in our progress as an nd
tory. Kvents nro plnclng us whero wo may ministering nation and is a recognition cf
command and, cbmpt-'I 'tho peaco of tho theso creat principles on which that pro
world. PorloWco, Cuba, the Cannl, Hawaii, grcss depends."
tho Philippines, mnko us literally. tho eovcr- lleverldgo closed his opeech, wiylng:
olgnrpq-.'.-er nnipug itliQ natliins, I say make "Mr. President: The groat movement on
us tjio master people of tho world, for I which the Amorloan pcoplo havo embarked
nover will bellovo ,that we will surrender Is a movement of conscience as well as
our possefslon to others, because wo cannot power; of civilization as well as of corn-
Invent Bano and appropriate methods, for
their government nnd control. I will never
bollovo that our constitution manacles our
hands and nurrows our vision and numbs
our brain. I will never admit that our con
titutlon is such n charter of death.
"Of course congress must cxerclso, this
pbwer;li troajitjor Jpc3crlb.jl lnU)Ojqon
cttltutton. Tho co'nstltutlon determines tHo
mothod of copcre&domil,qctlon In exercis
ing all Its powers dW tho constitution fixes
certain fundamental genernl limitations to,
nd absoluto general prohibitions on, the nnd tho balance sheets of the affections of
power of confirms), and when congrca makes ' the governed people. The American masse,
'noedfui. rules nnd regulations respecting in whoso breas'u dwell tho purity, power and
territory or other property belonging to the ' hopo of tho republic and of the world, un
united States' It ennnot transgress theso ( derstand this well. They feel nnd deeply
limitations or prohlbltlonn nny moro than know that wo nro henceforth tho mastir
It can pass laws In any other manner ex
cept.tha ono marked out In tho constitution.
This is, of course, eelf-ovidcnt, but I state
it only that even tho malice of partisanship
shall not say that we put congress above
thn constitution.
Innt Itlltlnlix Control ('oiinIIIiiIIoii,
"Do you toll mo thut tinder power so broad
wo can set up a king In -Porto Itlco, nnd
that therefore wo hiust so. construo tho
constitution as to forbid such a power? I
answer that we could not, oven If another
section of the constitution did not, In terms,
forbid It.
"Why not? llccnuso our constitution In
terms forbids? Yes., Hut also hecauao our
Institutions forbid. Institutional law Is
older, deeper add more vital than constitu
tional law. Our constitution Is only one of
tho concrete manifestations of our Institu
tions; our statutes nro another; decisions
of our courts nro another. Our Institu
tional law is Ilka the atmosphere, Impal
pable Imperceptible, but 'all-pervading nnd
tho uourco of llfo Itself. There Is scarcely
a decision of our courts of last resort In all
tho republic, involving great constitutional
questions, which docs not refer to tho spirit
of our Institutions ns Interpreting our con
stitution. It Is our Institutional law which
(lowing like our vital blool through tho
weaker constitution, gives that Instrument
vltnllty and power of development. Our
Institutions wcro not established by tho
constitution. Institutional law existed be
fore tho constitution Our Institutions had
their beginnings' well-nigh with the begin
ning of time. They have developed through
the ages. Magna Charta only marked a
period In their growth; the assertion of
the rights of tho Commons marked another;
our revolution marked another; tho consti
tution marked another still. Our Institu
tional low, therefore, our unwritten con
stitution, if you will, tho soul and spirit
nnd breath of life of our written constitu
tion, forbids tho establishment of monarchy
nnywhere, by und under American au
thority. Partisanship shrieks "Imperial
ism" and asks wliora we find words to pro
vent tho development of u czar, beginning
with absotuio power In our possesions nnd
ending with absolute power In tho repub
lie, it such power us the comtltutlon con
fers bo exercised. I answer: I find the .
Impossibility of such a development In our
institutions.
Fl.vorH liiin.cilli.lt' ltccliroi'lty.
"For thesj' rViiRonu I favor Immediate
reciprocity and I shall go cn leeord as vot
ing fo? amendments giving linmedlato unre
stricted freedom of trade to our Island of
Porto Itlco. Hut If we'. In the senate, who
believe that Porto Hlco should have
reciprocity at once, nro not able to eo nmond
tho bill here, I shall, after voting for
reciprocity amendments, veto for the civil
government 'bill ns modified by the cemmtt
tee, becaufio we must pot deny civil govern
ment to the pcoplo of Porto Itlco a moment
longer and because the bill ua modified In
sures free trade with Porto Hlco as scon ns
the civil government cf that island provides
l system of taxation of Ita own. So that tho
sconer Porto Hlco gets civil government
tho quicker It will get freo trade under the
uodltlcatlona nh'.eh the committee hnvo made
!o the blir. I should be glad If the bill could
lx 60 separated that we might voto for civil
Your Liwor
Will be roused to Its natural duties
Hood's Pills
gold by all drugKlsta. 25 ceuts.
Bee, March 20, 1900.
mercc. Directly or Indirectly It affectH all
humanity. Wo go forth on i world career;
wo must conduct It with a world statesman
shipa statesmanship which considers the
effect of every law wo pass upon tho peoples
oor whom our influenco is extending, and
upon tho world at large, as well as upou
ourselves.
' "Sir, 'ndmlnlsfrallorf of government 'means
nioro than balance sheetsk more tbanwelghts
and measures. It mean's thU, but' It nisd
means- tha weighing of tho hearts of men
people of tho world. Thoy doubt not that
human progress Is ono vaBt and swelling
harmony that not even the discords of his
tory can destroy, and they moan that In all
that divine and splendid composition tho
noblest, hlghrst, purest, tendorcst notes
shall bo struck by the American pcoplo as
tho sovereign power of earth,"
HCtl.lllIll.S ll().lli:s TllllOW.Y Ol'lJX.
Hii.iMc "Won 111 Admit .Mm Incniinci
t at i-l SI iMiiIiic'm Dent met lull.
WASHINGTON, March 29.--Aftcr four
daya of stormy debate tho houso today
passed tho nrmy appropriation bill. As
passed, tho bill Is only slightly modified
from tho form In which it camo from the
committee. Ono of tho last amendments
adopted opens tho soldiers' homes to tho
officers and men of tho volunteer and regu
lar armies Incapacitated by service, during
or Binco tho Spanish war.
Tho chief incident of tho day was a de
fenso of the War department against tho
chargu of reckless oxtravaganco in tho fit
ting up of tho transport Sumner, mado by
Drlggs of New Jorscy yesterday. Parker of
Now Jorsoy produced tho itemized cxponscs
furnished by tho War department to show
that thero had been no extravagance.
An amendment was adopted to give to
officers and men of tho volunteer army who
did not receive extra pay when mustered
out ono month's pay If they served within
tho United States and two months' pay If
they "served beyond the limits of the United
States.
Thu resolution unanimously reported from
tho committee cn elections No. 2 In the con
tested election caso of AVhlto ngalnst Hore
Ing, from tho Eleventh Kentucky district,
confirming llorelng's right to tho sent, was
adopted without division. ISoth tho contest
ant and tho contcsteo nro republicans.
In I'livnr of Hump Produce.
WASHINOTON. March 2. Senator Ilerry
today Introduced the following amendment
to tho army appropriation bill:
"Tho quartermaster's department In mak
ing contracts and purchases of articles nnd
supplies for tho military service shall glvo
preference, all olher things, including prlco
and quality, being equal, to article of
growth, production and manufacture of tho
United States; and as between tho produc
ers, manufacturers, merchants nnd dealers
of tho United States, preference Bhall be
given, nil ether things being equal, to those
producers, etc., who are not members of, or
In any way connected with, any trust or com
bine framed to produce, manufacture or sell
thn articles which are being contracted for
and purchasfd by the quartermaster's de
partment for tho mllltnry service."
Cnmmaiidcr Vcrj- Ordered lloi.te,
WASHINGTON, March 29. Commander S,
W. Very has been relieved of the command
of thn Cnstlno and ordered homo from Ma
nila by regular steamer. He will be relieved
of the command by Commander C. G. Dow
man, now nt the Maro Island nnvy yard.
Commander Very has had some trouble with
officers attached to tho Castine, due. It Is
said, to his methodB of enforcing discipline
aboard ship. Commander J. II. Drlggs will
tako fho placo ot Commander llowman aa
equipment officer at tho Mare Island navy
yard.
1'crnln SeniU n Milliliter.
WASHINGTON, March 29. Tho shah of
Persia has appointed Mofakham ed Dowleh
minuter plenipotentiary of Persia to tho
United States. The Persian mission here
has been vacant for somo years. United
States Minister llowcn nt Teheran In com
municating the nows to tho State depart
ment strongly commends tho shah's actlou,
SPANIARDS CET MORE TIME
Six Months More for Those in Philippines to
Change Flags
UNSETTLED CONDITIONS THE CAUSE
Annerllon of American (,Vcrcluiit.v In
.1li.li- Tom km Wliprr Sinnlnril
1.1. e More Technic ill iiinn
I'rncllcnl,
WASHINGTON. March 29. Secretary Hay
and Duke d'Arco, the Spanish minister, today
signed a protocol extending for six months
tho period of time allowed Spanish residents
In tho Philippine Islands to elect whether
they sfiall remain Spanish subjects or sur
render their allegiance nnd adopt the na
tionality of the territory in which they
reside.
Tho article in tho Paris treaty bear
ing on this subject nllowed the Spanish
residents ono year from tho dato of tho
exchange of ratifications of the treaty within
which to make their choice. That period
expires on the 11th of next month.
The extension arranged for does not apply
to Cuba or Porto Itlco. It is confined in opera
tion to tho Philippines for tho reason that
conditions In tho archipelago havo been so
unsettled as to warrant the Spanish residents
In hesitating In making an election In this
Important matter.
Many Important towns In Luzon, wliero
Spanish subjects reside, arc ns yet without
American garrisons nnd tho assertion of
American sovereignty over them has been
rather technical than practical, while on
many of the Philippine islands no American
troops or reprejentatlvrs of tfic American
government havo ever landed. These con
siderations are deemed sufficient to warrant
tho extension to tho Spanish residents of
moro tlmo In which to make up their mind
as to their future. It may be, too, thnt
tho Spanish residents in theao Islands deslro
to avoid making a choico until thero has
been some authoritative nnd final determina
tion In tho United States of the exact status
of citizens in tho Insular possessions of the
United States.
NO PLAGUE AT C0ZUMEL
Mexican AniluiNxndnr In Vutliorlty for
Denial of Current
lttimorN.
WASHINGTON. March 29. Tho Mexican
ambassador is authority for the following
statement:
"Certain rumors having como to the no
tlco of tlio Mexican government, which
havo been current in this country with re
gard to the existence of the bubonic plague
cn tho Island of Cozumcl, belonging to tho
state of Yucatan, it has nmdc suitable In
quiry with a view to ascertaining whether
these rumors have any foundation, and hao
learned pcaltlvcly that there has not been
a slnglo caso of bubonic plague either at
Cozumei or nt any other placo in tho re
public." Notwithstanding this fact, however, an
order has been Issued In view cf the ad
vices received to tho effect that casea of
that plnguo havo occurred In tho Argen
tina Republic, to closo the port of Cozumei
to vcwcls from South American ports.
FAVOR ALLEN'S RESOLUTION
Committee ltcpurt mi Ilciinmt
X ii nil) er of Cnftiinl t lew In
the riilllpi.ln.x.
for
WASHINGTON,, March .29,-The, senate.
commltteo..on military qrfajr.joday author-;
Ized a favorable report,(uppn" Senator, Allc;i!s
resolution Sailing' upon 'the secretary" of "war
for Information its to the number of United
State-soldiers who have been killed or who
havo dlod of wounds In tho Philippine
Islands, nnTTTho number who have died from
dlseaso and also tho number who have com
mitted culcldo or become insane. The com
mlttco amended tho resolution so as to call
for Information as to tho comparative losses
and disabilities of colored trocps in tho Phil
IpplncH as compared with white troops.
(ioon N.vrmn at iiiAiio i t r m v.
Xo Sinn of Former Trouble nt the
Hearing YcNtcrdiiy.
WASHINGTON, March 28. Tho Cocur
d'Aleno investigating commltteo met today
with no outward evidence ot tho exciting
events of yesterday, nlthough thero was
considerable good nnturcd raillery nmong
members as to when tho "first round"
would bo called, Governor Steunenbcrg was
again on the stand nnd Lcntz conducting
tho cross-examination.
Tho evldcnco was on unimportant details
until Governor Stcunenberg was questioned
aa to a recent petition from tho Coeur
d'Aleno district asking tho secretary of war
to retain federal troops there. This peti
tion has not yet been presented to tho
federal authorities and tho committee went
Into executive session to dctermlno what
to do with, tho matter.
Tho commltteo decided in executive ses
sion to fllo the petition from tho Cocur
d'Alencs with tho eecretnry of war nnd In
tho meantime It will not be made publfc.
It is understood, however, that It Is an
extenslvo document, bearing about 1.G00
names, and states In substance that while
pcoplo ot a distance may regard the policy
adopted by tho governor and military au
thorities as harsh, yet that the signers
fully uphold tho policy adopted and con
sider It necessary to ovorcomo tho lawless
ness and disorder which, it Is stated, has
existed for some time. It requests tho
secretary of war to continue tho guard of
troops In the Cocur d'Aleno district.
Governor Stcuncnberg's examination was
resumed nt tho open session, developing
llttlo additional, nnd at noon tho commltteo
adjourned until tomorrow.
PI.ATT FOII AX IXniA.V CO.Vr.ltKSK.
Illll for Coin oca t Ion nt HiilTalo Dur
Inpr tin- i:ioMltlon.
WASHINGTON. larch 29.-r-Senator Piatt
tndnv Introduced an amendment lo tho In-
! dlan appropriation bill providing for n cun
' grem of tho representatives of the various
; Indian tribes of the United State-i nt the
uulTalo Fanamerican exposition ami ap
propriating '$40,000 for tho payment of tho
expenses of tho congress.
Representative Drlggs of New York has
Introducod a resolution reciting published
charges of extravagance In tho furnishing of
tho United States transport Sumner and di
recting that n select commltteo of nine mem
bers Investlgnto 'tho charges, in this caso
nnd all others pertaining to the army trans
port service.
Tho amount ef bonds offered for exchange
for the new 2 per cents up to tho closo of
buslnr today was $176,675,800, of which
SIS. 87 1,550 came from individuals and In
stltutlonn other than national banks.
l'F.XSI()S FOH WIMTHHX VUTWIAXS.
Survivor of Uio Civil Wi.r Heme in
hered liy the t!o veniniPiit.
WASHINGTON. March 29. (Special.)
Tho following western pensions havo been
granted:
IssUo of Mnreh 13:
Nebraska; Additional Trelllo Provnncher,
Kmerson IS. Increase August Wehrs, Ne-bra-;u
City, $14 to $17: Christopher Under
wood, Farnnm, $i to $S. Original widows,
etc (Special accrued March 15) Sarah M.
Ciooden, Friend. IS- Elizabeth M. Jones,
Fall City, $12: minors of Lorenzo S, Orcutt,
Hastings, $12. Restoration nnd reissue
Hannah Orcutt (deudr. Hastings,
Iowa Original-Timothy Wright, Mal
lard, JO Nathan Miming, independence, IS;
John K Price, HtTm Lake. 110: John
niley, Jullun, IS. Addltlonul-l'eter Hlegler,
Dubuque. 16 to K Ttenewnl -Florlfel Dav
enport, Odnr Falls, 112. Increase Klljah
Uanoe, Sloan. 1 to tin. Original widows,
ctc.-Llzilo M, Tyler, Hampton, JI2. Wid
ows Indian warn (special accrued March II)
Mary D, Palmer, Dubuque, SS,
COST OF THE TRANSPORTS
MclUlcJnlin (.Iren Uic Srunte Informa
tion of llo.v ,scvcrnl Million
Were Spent.
.WASHINGTON, March 29. Acting Secre
tary Mclklejohn has sent a report from tho
quartermaster genernl to tho senate In reply
to a resolution of January 9 last calling
upon the secretary of war for a list of nil
transport ships and other vessel's purchased
or chartered by tho War department slnco
March I, 1897, together with their names,
from whom purchased or chartered, the cost
of purchaso or charter, tho coat of fitting
up or repair, and tho number nnd names' of
vessels sold nnd the reasons for such action,
I It is shown that thirteen veusels havo
I ben purchaped by tho quartermaster's dc
1 partment slnco March 4, 1S9T, exclusive! of
those purchased for tho army transport
bervlec for transportation Incident to tho
Spanish. war. Thcuo included tho ferryboat
Jchn Hancock, the steam tugs General
Hunt, Martha nnd John Harry nnd ten
'steam launches, aL,n total cost of $112,173,
, with 1925 for repairs.
Forty-nlna vcstel of nil elapses were pur
chased for tho army .transport service during
and slnco tho Spanish war, Including about
twcnty-n,vo small craft kucIi as tugs,
launches and r lighters, purchased In tho
, Phillpnlrios. Tho total purchaso price of
theso vessels was .48,071,455, and tho total
cent of. reflttlng.and repairing was S5.189.093.
i Tho most expensive vessels wero the trans
ports Grant, Logan, Sheridan, Sherman,
Thomas nnd Hancock. Tho purchase prlco
of thu first five named was $660,000 each,
and that of tho Hancock $600,000. The ex
pense: of fitting up theso vessels Is Btated
as follows: Hancock, $543,516; Grant,
$23S,I59; Logan, $483,S39; ShcTldan, $339,169;
Sherman, $526,964; Thomas, $335,306. It
thus appears that tho Hancock, Logan nnd
Sherman cost oVer $1,000,000 each and tho
other threo named a slightly leas amount.
Tho purchase prlco of tho Transport Meado
was $400,000, and $374,000 woh tcepended In
fitting it up, Tho purchase price of the
Sumner was $160,594, and $250,000 addi
tional was expended In fitting it up1. The
original cost cf tho hospital ship Relief was
$450,000, and $265,591 was expended in Its
transformation. Tho hospltul ship Mis
souri has cost tho government so far
$430,612, of which n little moro than halt
was oxpended In adapting it to hospital pur
poses. Two of the largo transports, Durn
eldo and Hooker, are captured Spanish
steamers. All the principal transports were
acquired under the terms ot their charters
and wcro paid for' ottt of the appropriation
for tho national defense.
Thero wera 147 vessels chartered for tho
transport servico at a' 'total cost of $10,631,
F19 for services rendered, and a total cost
of $1,894,342 In restoring them to their
original condition on cancellation of
charters. Of the chartered vessels sovonty
nlnei wero attached to tho Atlantic fleet at
a cost for service of $2,882,284, and for re
palm of $175,5S0. Tho remaining sixty
eight chartered vessels were employed on
tho Pacific at' a cost of $7,749,235 for service
and $107,608 for repairs.
TIIUSTS IX. NCJAI'S AXI) Fl'SKS.
(icrmini Mnn.ifnc'tiirerN Attempt to Se
eiire Uniformity of Price.
WASHINGTON1, March 29.-Consul Gen
eral. aucrithcr, at Frankfort, under dato ot
January "9, .wrJfeg.,.to trift statc department
relativo Iqatrgst of soap manufacturers
formed lnsj 8ummjr(ji six of tho Rhenish
provinces with jtlic .objqct of, establishing
uniformity InSPrtees or. both harand
soft soap. "Certain motjiods employed In the
endeavor totorce'all manufacturers In theso
provinces lo Join tho trust have resulted In
legal complications, whose' final adjustment
Is awaited with great Interest.
Consul Hralhard H. Warner, Jr., at Lelp
slo Informs the' State department of the
formation of a safety fuse trust In Germany
comprising, besides eight German manu
facturers, a Ilelglan manufacturer. The trust
Is the outcome of fierce, competition which
so reduced tho cost ot fuses that n many
Instances they wero below tho actual co3t
of production, Tho manufacturers now
look for a return of good times as a result
of tho nowly formed union.
Philippine Comnilnslon Meets.
WASHINGTON, March 29. The Phlllpplno
commission met this forenoon and agreed
upon tho personnel of tho staff that Is to ac
company tho commission to Manila. They
also agreed on certain outlines which they
will follow In thplr -work In tho Philippines.
Theso will bo submitted to the secretary of
war thin afternoon.
dipt. Tlioiiinn Honorably Discharged.
WASHINGTON, March 29. Captain Wil
liam I). Thcmas, Forty-sixth volunteer In
fantry, having been found physically dis
qualified to perform tho duties of WS rank,
haa been honorably discharged from tho
servico of tho United States.
Hcnnte Aitri'i'n to Conference Itcnort.
WASHINGTON, March 29. Tho confer
ence report on tho diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill was agreed to today by
tho senato soon after U convened
President Xniiicn ltenr Admiral.
WASHINOTON, March 29. Tho president
today nominated Captain Charles Scotten,
U, S. N., to he a rear admiral.
MAY LIBERATE MANY CONVICTS
If Contention for Dreyer In Upheld
.Toilet Will Lose Cook County
PrlHonerx.
CHICAGO, March 29. Upon tho decision of
Judge- Dunno In regard to tho contention of
tho attorneys of ..the former banker, E. S.
Dreyer, now under a pnnltentlary sentenco
for crabezzlomcnt ot $316,000 of tho fund
of thc West Park board, who are trflng to
secure his roleaso on a writ of habeas corpus,
may depend tho liberty of evory convict
sent to Jollot from Cook county slnco 1896,
Dreyer's attornoys, claim that tho mittimus
In their client's caso which provided that
he should bo confined until released by tho
Stato Doard of Pa'rdons, was in error, In
thnt tho pnrolo law ot 1S95 provided that
tho Stato noard of Pardons had no au
thority to release, but only to recommend
such action to tho governor, constituted an
error sufficient to warrant his release.
Dreyer's attorneys have aleo raised the
technical jrolnt that Dreyer had been twice
placed In Jeopardy by the dismissal of the
Jury In a former trial before a decision had
been reached.
When Attorney 'Mayer finished bis argu
ment today Judge Dunno asked the state's
attorneys If tho mlttlml wcro printed forms.
Upon receiving tho reply that all prisoners
wero , sent to Jollet upon this form of
mittimus tho court rejoined: "If Mr.
Mayer's contention Is true thero will not be
many men from Cook county left In Jollet."
The stato will argue against tbo point to
morrow. Travel to Purls Show HrRlns,
NEW YOIIIC. March 29. Travel to the
Paris Exposition has begun. Tho French
lino stcnnier I.a Tournlne, -when It sailed
for Hicvrn today, had the largest number of
passengers on board that It has carried on
any eastward trip In three years, thero be
ing 3.10 In tho cabin and 200 In the steernge.
Tho applications for passage of thirty-five
persons had to bo refused.
To Cnrt Colli tn. One nay,
Take Laxative Dromo Quinine Tablet. All
druggists refund the money If It fall to cur
E. W. Grove's slcnaturo Is on each box. 25c.
RUNNING CRONJE TO EARTH
Brilliant Detcrlption of tbs Defeat of tbt
"Lion of Africa."
ROBERTS' STRATEGY, CRONJi'S CUNNING
Hands TliriMin (lilt Hint Kiiciunpnsseil
the liner (ieneral ( ntll Ills Only
Itcooitrsr XVnn DIkhIku;
Itnthule.
LONDON, March 21. (Correspondence of
tho Associated Press.) For a conclso and
graphic summary from a man on the spot of
tho movements which led to tho corralling
of General Cronjo Provost-Dattcrsby's Id
ler from Panrdcbcrg to the London Morn
ing Pest Is probably unequalcd. Under dato
of February 24 he writes:
"Lord Hobcrts' achievement stands re
lieved, not only by Its own merits, but
from the background of falluro which had
preceded It. It was tho conception of a
man undaunted by thn successes of bU
foes and accustomed not only to win his
battles, but to take tho risk ot losing them.
"Cronje, lying In Insolent Injury across
tho hope" of Klmbnrley, heard that an nniiy
had broken at Five Points Into the stato
and was moving, no one knew whither.
"Accustomed to tho dragging Importance
of our ndvanco when unaided by a railway
he sent bis outposts to stop us at the Mod
dor nnd tho Hlct,
"Uut the men to whom tho task had been
entrusted either found our scouts beforo
thorn or awaited them In too leisurely a
mood. General French swept tho drlfta
with his cavalry and his guns nnd tho men
who held them fled precipitately, leaving
the damper In their billies beside the flro
and tho eggs Just broken for tho spoon. And
ns French cleared tho drifts other portions
of this army loomed up to hold them. Tho
Seventh division filled tho upper ford of tho
Rlet, tho Sixth laid its grip on tho lower.
"Then during successive nights tho un
seen arm was extended between the rivers
nnd tho Modder was seized. The great
moment came when, with a hand on either
stream, a threatening hnnd to every move
ment ot its opponent, the cavalry division
was Hung forward In a wido sweep to the
northeastward and Klmbcrley was rcllnved.
relieved almost without a shot fired or a
man lost; relieved nnd nt tho samo moment
made a menace to tho forco which had
awaited confidently its full for months.
"That Is strategy.
Cronje Knew n .Master Opposed llliu.
"Cronjrf, who needs no Instruction In;
such a matter, know It for what It was;
saw In tho swiftness and daring of tho
hands which had encompassed htm that he
was playing at Inst with a master In the
game of war, and with n resolution as swift
as It was sound flung over the hopes on
which ho had bo long been building, threw
his droams to the winds and lied.
"It la not every commander that knows
the hours of abandonment as well as tho
moment for nesault, and Is as willing to
break his plans ns to change them, but
Cronjo is one of them. Only his experience
of our methods made him a day late. He
still counted on our Indecision nnd his
security betrayed him.
"Desplto a wonderful march from Magera
fontcln his rearguard was struck at Klip
Kraaldrltt on tho Modder and a beautifully
handled rearguard action could not shako
off tho troops which had como up on him,
tired enough, hungry enough, but as eager
for. battle as ho was to evade it.
"Thoy hung to hin flanks for two nights
and a day and on tho next Cronje found
a foet In front of him as well, for with
scdrce'ly a day's rest for hard-worked
lofaetf 'French had swung out of Khllbcrldy
and stood between him and home. r
"Behind his enemy was' growing stronger
with every moment which delayed him; In
front was tho very forco ho could have
no hopes to cludei, a forco of mounted men
and mounted guns, equal to his own In
mobility, superior in effectiveness.
Army Sinks In Itlver lied.
"In a llko position almost any European
army would have done Its best to cut
through tho open and, failing, would havo
surrendered.
"Dut dashing tactics suit tho Dear aa
llttlo as yielding Is suited to Cronje. His
reply -was 'Tho rats.' Ho nnd his force
sank sullenly into tho riverbed, sank as
completely out of sight as though they had
risen Into tho sky, and there, nt this mo
ment they nro llko a rat In a hole snarl
ing, spitting, but Immovable.'"
in tho rapid courso of epoch-making
events which precoded and followed the re
lief ot Kimberloy, General French's ride to
Klmberley escaped tho minute attention It
would otherwlso havo received. It Is said
that slnco 600 cavalry charged and charged
fruitlessly at Dalaklava, no such spoctacular
sight has been recorded in the annals ot
war. In this case thero were 10,000 men,
and with them raising the' dust of tho
plains wcro somo forty-two guns. Tho
correspondent of tho London Tlme9 de
scribed theso things ae follows;
"On Monday tho march began. Itandam,
eight miles to the southeast, wns soon
passed, and a sharp skirmish secured
Deklclsdrlft on the Klet. After half of a
day tho column moved on, At Kllpdrift
tho cavalry division halted a night. Tho
breathless haste of a dash through the en
emy's country carried out with a rapidity
probably without a parallel had loft Its
mark on the horses nnd tho transport was
hopelessly In tho rear. Five days' rations
and forage were carried by each man and
scanty Indeed was the amount doled out
day by day. Some ot the horses lis til had
but recently been disembarked and tho un
expected climate had Impaired tholr health,
apart from tho Inevitable slackness caused
by a long sea voyage.
Push Oil Under IliirnliiK Hun.
"It had not been possible to spare them.
Day after day tho cavalry moved at high
pressure over the shadeless veldt during tho
hottest houra of thn day. It Is difficult to
convey to English readers the burden that
tbrj olono entails. The absence of shade
It not a relative matter. Often for twenty
mites continuously thero Is not a bush that
a child could creep under for shadow, the
very leaves of the treeti that arc, found near
watering, places nro thin or deeply serrated
poplaru nnd babel thorns, giving llttlo or
no shelter from tho tremendous heat of tho
midday sun.
"On Thursday the 15th at 10 o'clock tho
advance was made and the shelling and cap
ture of two laagers n few miles out of Kllp
drift op the northern side of tho river
cleared tho way for the Junction nf tho
forco encamped on tho Modder somo five
irdles cast of the border fence. This body
was composed of Kitchener's and Roberts'
horse and two moro regiments of mounted
Infantry. Deforo they entered tho great
plain of Alcxandcrsfonteln tho contingent
from Modder river tho Scots Grays, House
hold cavalry and two lancer regiments
also Jolnod tho force, which now numbered
somo 10,000 men, sevon batteries of horse
artillery and three field batteries.
Tliunilrrli.u- Across the Plnln.
"Their entry Into the plain was the signal
for the great nvent ot tho day. Tho p'aln Is
perhaps thrto miles In width and flvn In
length, converging slightly to tho norlh
and fringed with kopjes. Wild quinces and
babel thorns in scattered groups of thre
and four aro the only trees in this wide
and level expanse, and tbo wholo force
headed by the Lancer regiments and the
Scots Grays as advance guard, deployed at
ten yards' intervals and thundered acro38
It. The kopjes on either side were held by
Doers, who poured bullets and shells Into
the advancing men, almost hidden by the
curtain of dust which rose from under thj
horses' hoofs.
"Tho kopjes were quickly cleared by tho
Impetuous rush of the mounted Infnntrj.
Lieutenant Sweet Eseott of tho Sixteen-Ii
Lancers wns the first officer to (all, shot
dead nt fifty yards by a Doer who received
a lance through his throat almost before
ho could produco tho invariable cry for
mercy. Kopjo after kopje was cleared' and
tho Doers were driven from them right nnd
left, ns tho column crashed forward like
some great ploughshare, thrusting aside tho
enemy on either side, helpless to withstand
this tremendous charge nnd almost power
less to harm It.
"A barbed wire fence stretching across
the plain checked the ndvance for a moment
nnd thnt cnnblcd the Doers to withdraw
their guns. It wns no time for n Hank move
ment to eapturo them.
Hluw nf llesletfers Itrohen.
"At Devlltler's farm, nt the northern end
of the plain, tho column halted nnd reformed
In column after watering the horses. They
had come ten miles and broken the ring
ntound thn besieged town. The pace at
which tho ndvanco had been mado had both
minimized tho casualties nnd prevented
Cronjo from nppearlng with 10,000 men to
lino tho kopjes on the plain. Cronjo
realized that ho was defeated and nctol
With his usual sagacity.
"Tho cavalry column had hardly gone five
miles beyond the plain before the ox wagons
ot the; Doern wero In-spanned nnd the long
lines of transports were trekking back nctcps
tho. very line of advance ho had been pow
erless to check. Cronjo nctcd with promptl
(udo nnd dominion. Dy evening of thin same
' day not a man of all tho thousands of Ihe
investing fot.CM. beyond a few sttagglliig
bodice, of men out patrolling or foraging
.when Cronje gave tho order to retreat, was
left on tho ridges and hills that had been
their camping ground so long.
"Meanwhllo tho cavalry pushed on. From
Devllller's farm tho country reaembles nome
groat Engl lull park, studded with single
trees and undulating under the long grass
through which the guns ploughed long
tracks in the crumbling red soil.
Horses Knlllt.tr Dead.
"Hero the pace began to tell and horse
nftor horse that had struggled on eo far fell
dead from somo wound unnoticed In the
heat of the light, Tho strain on tho horses
of tho Iloynl Horso nrtillery had been ex
treme and It Ih Impossible to praise too
highly the handling that brought nearly all
cf them safely through tho melto.
"Thero was no tlmo to pause nnd at last
Rome three miles from the front, sluht of
Klmberley burst upon tho column through
the frlngo ot trees.
" 'A pasaago lwllous maketh a port pleas
ant, nnd thovlong, weary weeks of anxiety
and hardship, the disappointment of Ma
gersfontcln nnd tho heartslckness cf deferred
hopo wcro nllke forgotten. Klmberley wns
relieved nnd tho remainder of tho march
might as well have, been a review.
"The Doers to tho north of tho town at the
Intermediate station nnd Knmphcrdam wero
firing their last shots from their large guns
In Ignorance of their failure on the south,
but theuo BDon stopped and General French
soon entered the town, which In a moment
bad put out Its flags nnd decorations.
"Tho panic that had beon caused by the
continuous bursting ot the huge shells over
every part of the besieged town vanished
andfrom tho 1,200-foot lovel of the dlamonl
mines thousands ot women and children
omerged Into the light of day."
AT MAFEKING IN JANUARY
Kvrn Then Ihe Ilntlnns Had Hern
Itediiced mid Foodstuffs Were
llccomli.K Scarce.
LONDON, March 21 (Correspondence of
the Assoqlsted, Press.) Writing January; "0,
nftet.ip ,n,rst U00 days, cf 8legethad ,heen
completed, tho Mnfeklng correspondent of
tho London Times says:
"Wo 'havo now begun to prepare for an
lndcflnlto sojourn In 'Mnfeklng and almost
nil foodstuffs, beyond a few luxuries, havo
been taken ovor by the military authorities.
Although wo havo enouch food to last sev
eral months, thin precaution Is necessary, us
when tho sleso Is raised many weeks munt
elapso beforo supplies can como In. Tho
garrison has been put upon a scale of re
duced rations half a pound of bread, half
a pound of meat a day. Tho rcductlqn
In bread took placo in tho early part ot tho
year, -while tho orders In relation to tho
meat supply wero Issued during this week.
Matchtu nnd milk aro prohibited from pub
lic sale and tho latest order prevents the
Bhcps from opening. All supplies of bis
cuits, tea and sugar preserved also have
been commandeered. It is, perhaps, difficult
to define precisely what In tho present cir
cumstanced nro luxuries, buu) lest there
should bo any doubt upon the point the prlco
of every variety of coraestlblo has been In
flated to an abnormal value. The shop
keepers and hotel proprietors and, Indeed,
anybody who can find any possible excuso
for doing so, have trebled the prlco of their
goods, pleading that tho Inflation Is due to
tho slcgo."
Lady Sarah Wlleon, also shut up In Mnfe
klng, writing to tho London Dally Mall, given
the woman's point of view ns followa:
"Thero Is something very cowardly In tho
fairly regular evcnfng shell from the big
gun, which Is usually loaded and nlmed at
sundown nnd fired off between 8 and 9 p.
m., or even latnr, over a partially sleeping
town, 'very early hours being kept here,
when tho Doers must know men and women
may be killed indiscriminately.
"Fcr thin last .hot wearied 'women and
children generally wait beforo leaving their
sheltor nnd seeking their beds In their va
rious homes, but sometimes, as a refinement
of cruelty, It Is not fired at nil and theso
evenings tho poor things creep to bed at
last with many forebodings1.
"A featuro of tho town at present Is Its
bombprcofs or shelters from tho fire. From
rough holes, hastily dug nnd covered over
with boards and earth, which wero nt first
constructed at tho arrival of tho monster
Creuiot Doer gun, which Area a projectile of
ninety-four pound, these refuges bavo beon
Improved upon till they aro now luxurious
chambers roofed over ivlth best steel rails
and sandbags, ventilated and lighted by
round windows and largo drain pipes.
"Mine, for Instance, measures 18x100 feet,
and is eight feet high, with boarded floor,
covered with matting and paneled wood
walls, painted whlto, with three large port
holes for 'windows. It much resembles the
cabin cf a yacht and its efficacy has been
thoroughly tested, ns It Is, I think, tho only
shelter In the town on tho top of which a
ninety-four-pound sholl actually exploded
without oven making tho glasses Jlnglo or
disturbing varloun war trcphles hung on the
walls Inside."
FIRE RECORD.
Indian Territory Timi. Dainiiict'il.
SOUTH il'ALESTBR, I. T., March 29.
A fire, which started In the Grand Avenuo
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destroying over a dozen binall buslncsj build
ings, Including tho Grand Avonuo hotel, tho
Wilson house, tho Janes and Fcgarty blocks,
tbo Telephone exchange and two livery sta
bles. The totl Icsb is over 150,000.
Fruit Jnr Factory.
NEW YOIlK, March 29. Fire at New
Drunswlck, N. J lost night did 1100,000
damago to tho Consolidated Fruit Jar fac
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of employment.
Pennsylvania Court Deelslon,
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