The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 11), 1871.
OMAHA, Fill DAY MORNING, APRIL 27, 1000 TWJ3LVJ3 PAGES.
SINGLE COPT VIVE CENTS.
THABA N'CHU TARES
General Ilamilton'i Forc Bccaptmo tbo
PJaco Without Opposition.
ENGLISH NOW DOMINATE THE DISTRICT
Tho;
Hold All the Southeastern Free State
Country.
BOERS MNAGE TO ELUDE ROBERTS' NET
Banning Fight is How Going On in tbo
Southeast Free State.
COMMANDANT S. CRONJE REPORTED DEAD
Son f the Cnplnrcit flcitcrnl In Said
to Have Horn Slain IWiuin or
' t w llocr Pence Coiii in ln-
lonera.
LONDON, AprlV 27. Thm BtoomMnboln
correspondent of tho Dally Telegraph, under
Wednesday's date, says: I
"Our mounted Infantry entered tho high I
mountain plateau of Thaba N'Chu today 1
almost without opposition. As Thaba N'Chu
Is a natural fortress this must mean that .
,mV" i
nvmiuin II iliU )i unrtVfl
on to Ladybrand the whole country south of '
that pol if nd In lino with Hloomfontcln '
'will Iki In our hands.
"Ono difficulty Is that many of tho Dorrs
forming commandos, Immediately on find
ing themselves beaten, rutreat to their farms
nnd resumo the roles of peaceful cltlzcn
iihlp, hiding tholr rifles."
Tho Dlocmfonteln correspondent of the
Btnndnrd, telegraphing Thursday, says:
"General lan Hamilton, with mounted In
fantry, naval guns nnd a howitzer battery,
advanced from tho wnter works In tho di
rection of Thaba N'Chu. A largo force of
Infantry supported him. Ho met with no op
position and the mounted Infantry occu
pied a position dominating tho Ladybrand
district."
II ru nit Nrnr ICnrrp SI.IIiik. I
A report comes that a small forco of
British mounted Infantry had a brush with
a party of Doers ton miles east of Kareo
Siding, who were trying to establish a con
nection between Dranfordt and tho Doer
forces to tho southward.
Othorwlso thcro Is no nans beyond the
official dispatches of Lord Roberts, except
belated details of recent operations. It ap
pears that General Drnbant, In tho fight
with the Doers at Wcpcncr, had n narrow
escape. General Polo-Carow's advanco was
much hamporcd by the tardy arrival of ar
tillery, -which provented him from capturing
Lceuw kop buforo darkness sot In and
enabled tho Doers to secure their retreat.
Although tho largo schemo of operations
worked successfully, soveral cases of unac
countable delay In tho advanco aro re
marked by tho correspondents. Taken on
tho -whole, however, thero has been no
bungling and apparently Lord Roberts, with
tho commands In tho bands of,younger gen
erals, now has an exceedingly ofTlclent army.
.Mr th lie ll Mtllt IIoIiIh llonhof.
Tho report that tho Doers hnd reoccupled
Boshot proves to bo untrue. Lord Methuen
1b still near Huntor's division. This In evi
dence that somo Important operations aro
afoot In that district.
It Is understood that the reason that tho
Iloors did not destroy the Illocmfonteln
wator works was that thcro aro many Doors
among tho shareholders.
Tho Doers are showing more activity In
Natal. Thoy aro placing somo heavy guns
for sovoral miles north of Elandslaagte.
Wyndham's explanation in the Houso of
Commons yesterday has arotiBed consider
able comment, cspoclally bis statement that
Jml Roberts Is dnlaycd by tho necessity of
defeating detached forces of the enemy
which threatened his communication from
Capetown nnd Port Elizabeth and which
blocked them from Bast London.
Thn other Information hitherto received
that tho East London lino was blocked had i
been discredited. This was tho Door re
port that the brldgo at Dothullo had been
blown up.
.Nploii Kop Tnlk Stopped.
iMl discussion of tbo Splon kop dis
patches has been postponed until Mny 22 by
tho blocking motion Introduced In tho
Jlousd of Commons yesterday by Jamos
Lowthor.
iA body of Doer prisoners has been landed
at St. Helena.
Tho Netherlands minister of foreign af
fairs hns received tho Doer commission. It
Is said they will tlmo their arrival In the
United States so It will occur at tho most
exciting period of tho presidential election
campaign.
From Lourenz i.Marquoz comes a report
that largo quantities of gunpowder aro go
ing to tho Doers dlsgulsod as sacks of meal.
Tho War office publishes the following
dispatch from Lord Roberts, dated Dloom
font?ln, lAprlt 26:
"General lan Hamilton yesterday drove the
enemy oft a strong position at Uraol's Poort
by n well conceived turning movement,
which was admirably curried out by General
Ridley, commander of the Second mounted
Infantry brigade, nnd General Smlth-Dor-rlen,
commanding tho Eighteenth brigade.
The troops nro today advancing toward
Thaba N'Chu.
"Our losses were slightonly ono yet re
ported, Major Marshall, Grahamstown
mounted rifles, severe wound In the shoul
der." A special dispatch from Dc Wet's
Dorp, dated yowicnlay, says: Owing
to tho approach of General French
nnd to General Rundle's persistent shelling
tho Doors' relinquished tholr positions last
night, retiring with tholr guns In a north
easterly direction. Generals French and
Rundlo Joined hands east of Do Wet's Dorp
this morning.
General Rundlo Is pursuing tho Doers In
forced mnrchon,
DH WET'S DORP. Wednesday, AprlJ 23.
Evening. General French entored this town
today with two cavalry brigades. Ho left
camp nt daylight and found tho Doers hold
ing tho hills. Thrso were shelled and the
lloero retreated. The cavalry pushed around
the position of tho Doers above tho town,
where they wcro holding General Rundlo In
check.
It Is reported that 6.000 Iloors .passed
through thn town last night In order to
nvold General French's attack In the rear.
Hot After I'I.m'Iiik Itiiruilicrn.
LONDON, April 26. All tho Interest In
tho South African war Is now centered In
tho running fight In progress between the
burghers retreating from the southern por
tion of tho Orange Free Stato and General
French's horsemen and the Infantry of Gen
erals Polc-Carow, Chermslde and Rundle.
Rut the Drltlsh hopo of conclusive results
is slim at prrocnt, tho Doers tticaplng un
beaten and hnvlng accomplished an Immense
amount of damage, They clung to their po-
(Continued on Second Pugo.)
EXPL0S,0KLA magaz,neifar eastern crisis cuminc
Smokeless
.Jiliiiniichti
Scrloita It.
(Copyright. IMO. by Press
1.0 ION'. Anrll ST. -(Now Y
Cablegram Special Telegram.) A iin'
less powder magazine In Johannesburg was
blown up Wednesday night, wrecking the
Tratsvaal sovernment arsenal, killing thlr
teen men anil wounding fitly. The authori
ties In Pretoria, suspecting the explosion
was the work of Englishmen, residents In
the Transvaal, 'promptly expelled a lot of
British subjects ten men. 263 women and
429 children.
Tho arsenal was In the Rcgblo works, tho
manager of which, Hcrr Orunberg, Is among
tho wounded. The works employed 200 per
sons, chlelly French and Italians, Tho most
Important machinery was saved
Tho Dally Mall's Lorenzo Marqucz corro-
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snondent notes that the banished British !
subjects have been ordered to Delagoa bay
at a tlmo when there Is no steamer to tako
them to England, adding: "United States
Consul Adclbert liny Is doing his best to
deluy their departuro until a Btcamer Is
ready. As tho British arc suspected of
causing today's explosion by means of a
tunnel dug from n hotiso on tho opposlto
sldo of tho street tho affair Is likely to pre
cipitate the expulsion of those yet remain-
Ing. It Is also feared that tho Ilocrs will
make reprisals on tho mines."
Tho Pretoria correspondent of tho Mall
wires: "Thn government Inquiry suggests
that tho explosion was n planned outrage,
The explosion occurred In a house qulto
separato from the works and required n
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man
'r.r r:r l r::
UII114 .UIJ UWVII IUUUU nit w i- w-ut
Tho factory wilt bo working again In a
fortnight."
PRESS PORTE FOR PAYMENT
Cluirr (irlsfom I'rritriWii ii Note IJc
iii ii n ill n KT " Prompt Met
tlciiicnt. CONSTANTINOPLE Wednesday, April 25.
The negotiations beween tho United States
and tho Porto regarding the American In
demnity clalmn have again been transferred
here. United Statrn Charge d'Affalrcs Grls
com yesterday handed to Tewflk Paulm, min
ister of foreign affairs, a note based on in
structions he had received from Washington,
the tenor of which has not yet been mado
public. It In Understood, however, that it
demandH prompt payment of tho Indemnity.
Tho note will bo dlscurned at the council
ot ministers today. Similar steps by tho
other powers are regarded as Imminent.
Charge Orlscom In tho present circum
stances declines to exprew his views.
Tho only issuo at present, however, Is tho
execution of tho Porto's ropcated promises to
Minister Straus to pay tho Indemnity. After
Mr. Straus left tho matter remained In
aboyanco until tho Associated Press din
patch from Washington, April 17, sharply
reminded the Turkish government that the
question required urgent attention. Tho
Porto immediately telegraphed to tho Turk
ish minister ut Washington asking for ex
planations for reported strained relations1.
Tho minister replied that ho had called at
the Stato department nnd was Informed that
tho situation had not yet assumed a serious
character. Tho words "not yot" eeora to
havo Impressed tho Porte and op the
strength of thla Information the .sultan
Issued an irado In regard to tho Kharput
matter which ho hoped would sorve as a sop
and dnfor prossuro In the demands for In
demnity, although It Is generally recog
nized that permlrelon to robulld will bo of
Uttlo valuo to the ml&slonarleti without the
payment of Indemnity.
Another Irade, Issued April 25, orders Rear
Admiral Ahmed Pasha to proceed to America
In ordor to study tho construction of battle
ships. PRESIDENT TAKING A REST
PnsiaeM (lie Time Utilctly nt Hln Old
Home In Cnoton,
Ohio.
CANTON. O., April 26. President Mc
Klnley today continued In tho full enjoy
ment ot tho rest and freedom from olllcinl
cares and social Intercourse which brought '
him here, nnd besides found tlmo to dis- !
Poso of a lorB amount of personal business
In connection with his local Interests,
Early this morning he had a business con
ference with several men who look after
his Interests here, and later ho was vlsltod
by a number of old friends who have been
his neighbors and constituents for years.
President and Mrs. McKlnley paid
another visit to their North Market street
home during tho morning. Soon after noon
an Informal luncheon was served at the
Darbor homo to tho presidential party, Cap
tain and Mrs. Lafayette McWIUiams of Chi
cago and Mrs. J. T. Ewlng Drooks
Ot
Sewlckloy, Pa.
summer pians, says oecreiury uonoiyou,
have not been completed, but tho president
and MrB. McKlnley will return to Canton
early In July and spend soveral weeks In
tli o r Knrlh Market street honin. Th s
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home, as soon as the repairs aro completed,
Tin rnrnioniiii nnri inm in rnat nnno rnr
the president nnd Mrs. .McKlnley any time
they care to como Later In the summer
tho president will ako a more- extended va-
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whero aro tho best opportunities for rest
and quiet ho requires.
ALLEN TAKES HOLD TUESDAY
l'lnim Are fnr firiinil InniiKurnt Ion
Ceremonies l'orto Itlen Troops
to Take Part.
SAN JUAN. T. R.. April 26. Governor
General Davis, through a goneral order,
has announced to the peoplo of Porto Rico
l.at . the. lna"Bllra,,,on tVv" . Gorrnor
by military, nnvnl and civil parades, which
will bo reviewed by the govornor on tho
Plnza Principal. Tuesday, May 1, will bo
observed as a general holiday throughout
tho Islnnd. Tho citizens nro Invited to sus
pend their ordinary vocations nnd partici
pate in honoring tho day, which Is designed
to bo forever memorabio in tno history of
Porto Rico.
BURGLARS TAP A BANK SAFE
Secure Five Thoumunl Dnllnra
Kncitpc llefore Itohhery la
Known.
nnd
COULTERVILLK, III.. April 26. Burglars
blew open the vaults of the Dank of Coult r-
vlllo with dynamite early this morning, so
cure,! J5.000. nearly all In currency, ar.d
, nn. Thn mhhrs
" ' ' " -"i'
posed to bo members of tho gang which h: s
operated throughout this state, Indiana and
Wisconsin during tho last six montiu.
The village Is practically without protec
tion and tho butglars hail little difficulty In
securing entrance to tho bank bulldp'.g.
They muffied tho Bound of tho explrsion to
well that nothing whatever was known ot
the robbery until the cashier opened the
doors ot his office this morning.
M?-aaaiirciitir in
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jnM.
pTu?!r
7W
kc-
u..-.. ... .... ... ... iu v- gtatn an(1 no asKe)l ,,, inamDer to vu.B w. tho p,, ulcnn tarlff b1, ,g the wl3est ,0CB
ecutlve mansion May 1. lollowlng tho time- , , onJer of the day, which was adopted of , , ,eR((1,at,on pnB,c(l ln recent years
honored custom of the Island, the day's ccro- BS votfS agaln9t 25. Bn(1 ln8tnlcta the Mississippi delegates to
monies will begin with Bunrlso sorenades ' . ... , , ,,.,,., Mti-ii,..,i
by bands of music, followed at 9 o'clock WIMIKLM .NOT TO VISIT I'AHIS. cm a sol Id vote for President McKlnley s
Western Powers Dtttrmined to Prevent
Coup bj Obintse Empress.
AMERICAN WAR SHIPS ARE ASSEMBLING
l ii It rt .rtlnn by Amcrlcn, Knglnntl
mill Japan llcllcvcil to He Xceca
iir ItiiNnlit Foment I iik the
DlnnlTcctloii.
YOKOHAMA, April 7. (Via San Fran
cisco, April 26.) Tho flurry over tho Ma
sampo Incident and tho fears of Russian en
croachments In Korea nro today put en
tirely In tho shade by tho tidings which In
! dlcal1 serious troubles and tho approach of ,
innnthrr rrlsU. nf u'Mrh thn flhlnMin nm.
another crisis, of which the Chinese om
')rcS3 dowager's reign has been so prolific,
?l la 1,m. evident that this restless female
n'"guer nas anotner coup in contompia
!.,.. nn, I. I .. .. 1 .1 . 1 1. .. I t- I . I.
action, to prevent It, as Is ovldcnccd by tho
presence of their fleets.
The China Gazette In a recent editorial
has declared that "If tho present policy of
tho empress dowager, Inspired by her evil I
j advisers, Kang Yl, Prlnco Chlng, LI Hung J
Chang and Usui Tong on tho one hand and
bv thn Russian nnd other continental nollt-
Ipnl U'lmmillnrM nn thn nlhnr la tint anomlllv !
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restrained, an era of -widespread horror and
bloodshed Is not far off. Tho people, and
even many of tho mandarins, In almost all
'tho provinces, most certainly In tho mlddlo
. . . . . , . .
outh. nro ready t0 nso a..d throw o
the strangling yoko that binds them."
That tho present ferment Is widespread Is
evident, not only from the actual disturb
ances and Insurrections In various parts of
the cmpl3, but disaffection among the
Hunancse people, who nre the only real
fighting men In China. It Is only with the
extremcst difficulty that they aro kept In
leash and restrained from (lying at the
arrogant Manchus, upon whom tho cinprcfH
nnd her party rely for their power.
1 : ..Kin ii il . America unit .1 up nil .tiny Aet
Dohlnd all tho disturbances nnd intrigues
which threaten to Involve eastern Asia In a
war It Is qulto naturally to be expocted thit
Japan sees the hand of Russia busily en
gaged In fomenting them. Attention Ib
theroforo nB naturally turned to the neces
sity of somo concerted action on tho part
of Kngland, America nnd Japan. It Is
clearly recognized that almost anything In
tho lino of a Joint determination on the
part of tho threo powers would speodlly
and effectually solve this eastern problem.
Indeed, It Is now looked upon ob the only
recourso for the restoration of peaco to un
happy China. No actual alliance, offensive
or defensive, Is needed.
Tho assemblago of a large American fleot
hero at Yokohama is, In view of tho exigen
cies of tho now situation, now looked upon
as having somo significance. The Oregon
has been hero for somo time, and within tho
last week tho Drooklyn and Concord havo
arrived, tho threo ships attracting much at
tention nnd unstinted admiration. Doforo
tho 10th the Newark, Yosemlte and Daltl
moro aro expected, aa also Ib tho New Or
leans as soon as It comes out of tho dock at
Nagasaki. Admiral Remcy Is expected hero
on the 18th and It Is supposed that ho will
assumo command of tho Imposing fleet
whicil will thon ba assembled In our harborf
Tho foreign community Is keen to nolo
the contrast between this Imprcslvo display
nnd that of tho day not long since when tho
solo representatives ot tho American navy
In these waters was tho old sldewheclcr
Monocacy.
Jitltnnrnr Niivnl Maneuver.
Tho naval maneuvers of the Jopancso
fleot nro now progressing In the Indian sea,
tho original Intention of having them take
placo in the Korean Btrnlts having been
abandoned, It is Bald, out of consideration
to Russian susceptibilities. No foreigners
are allowed to witness them, but at tholr
conclusion thero Is to be n grand review of
the ships In tho harbor of Kobo and all who
deslro can havo an opportunity of seeing
the evidence of tho immense strides which
Japan has taken as a naval power since the
cIcbo of tho Chinese war.
CnP.I&l 1ST ACCUSES LEOPOLD
OUUinuio l nvuui-
Member of tlio Ilcliclnn Clmmtirr A-
rrtH the Klnir 1'rotltn liy
African Atrocities.
DRUSSELS, April 26. In tho Chamber of
Deputies today tho debate on tho massacres
In the Congo Free State, arising out of the
exploitation of the India rubber Industry,
1 was concluded. The socialists again ns-
Bcrted that tho agents of tho Belgian com
panies, In order to obtain premiums which
aro given in proportion to tho quantity of
. kKnv Dai.ll.nrl h.Va linntl (MllltV fif fricllt-
; .... un..niit imnn thn nntlvnn. thn hands of
I.ui uiuiui.ij " - '
thousands of whom, they declared, had been
. , ,h,,. fiirn . nrncure
j demanded of them.
l" . ,, ,n,,r vnndervelde. vlo-
I attac'Ued tho present regime and re-
"""" .. . ,,.
eate(j nl8 assertion uiui luo rihb "
i 1 n,mBe,f tho uhlcf tramckcr
; .,.,,, ,',ri ,!,. nn Fav
ropiynB, denied that the stato had
' 1 , ,h appolntment9 of
th eent8 of tho Ue glan company nnu
categorically afnrmcd tnat King L,eopom
possessed no shares In any rubber company
in tho Congo Free State, adding that the
government was determined to repress any
excesses In Us territory.
Lorand, socialist, declared tnat tne ex-
planatlons of the minister wero pitiable and
moved that the Chamber Insist on cxplana-
Hons ot tho atrocities in tno oiongaim
country.
xv'Anfcttn fnrmer minister Of Justice, TO-
, thnt guch a motlon constituted an
! Insult to tho government of the Congo Free
Ilia Intention to Go There Ineoiciilto
llenled hy Foreign Office.
BERLIN, April 26. The stntwnent of the
. ..,-1. il.nA i n nnr.n H n I
nn,nhatlcally denied by tho German foreign
emphatically uenieu u,
Toe"nable Gorman officer to see the ex-
pos
Itlon tho kaiser has rckcinnen ino io
nntor.
Officers must use tno prcscriDco
precautions In order to prevent becoming
Victims Of tno rrcilCU rraimmuisu
l.utln Mitat Give Wny to tieriniin.
nmiMN. Anrll 26. Emperor William has
empowered the- Prwmlan J")n'6t,er
Gtudt tn frtrhld hereafter tbo
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cauun. . ,,1
ol w" .""7:: .
. .1 .w. .Anu ntmcninK an a 1 niouu .uu u.ti'w.
.iuii uiiu ib is an ciui'ii. mill iu.b mite iiiu i . . . .,,.., .. n. .......
, ..... . . u .,.! 'bin won, and Griffiths, ono ot tho flvo other
western powers nro resolved, by concerted' . , . ... ,
i I til villi lU 11 LiUIl
Frennh nresc that tho present visit to Paris r nation republican convention In session to
nf Prince Hohonlohe, the lmporl.il chan- nt Muskogee, with 150 delegates prea
rnllor Is Intended to pavci tho way for Km- i t, endorsed William Mcllotto for national
" " ' ...-i. .i innnnr.in i.. committeeman to succeed Leo K. Bennett.
ancn of a "raoro general use 01 me t.unim.i , wpre pas8C(1( endorsing the cnndldacy of
tongue." An order to this effect has Just , prwlljellt McKlnloy.
been Issued,
Mrnlulit I'opnllMt for t'onureaa,
Cnatro lUpela n Writer. : SAGINAW, Mich., April 26. The popu-
KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 26. Dr. Rl- . lists 0f .the Eighth congressional district
cardo Beccrra, nn aged and distinguished i today nominated P, R. Crosby of Saginaw
Colombian, resident of Caracas, has bctu . county for representative to congress and
expelled from Venezuela by ordor of Trea- adopted strong resolutions favoring the raid
ident Castro for press writing. dlo-oX-the-road populists-.
INDIANA TICKET 13 NAMED
Republican .Nominate n Colonel of
tlic Spnnlah-Amerlcnn Wnr for
(iurrrnnr,
For Governor.... WINfTkI.D T. W'muN
I.lrutennnt Onvernor.NEWTON GILBERT
Secretary of State I. II. HUNT
Auditor of Stitto W. II. IIAUT
Trensurer of Htntc LEOPOLD LEVY
Attorney General W. J. TAYLOR
Superintendent of Public InstruvMnn..
F. L. JUNKS
Judges of Supremo Court
First District JOHN II. JORDAN
Fourth District I.. J. MONKS
Iteporter of Supremo Court.. C. F. IlKMY
State Stnttclnn . JOHNSON
Dclegatcs-at-Largo to the Nntlonnl Con
vention SENATOR FAIIHIANKS
SENATOR nKVEIMDOE
GOVERNOR MOl'Nf
Charles S. Hemloy was elected chairman
of the republican state central committee.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 26. Alter a con
test that lasted from 9 o'clock till 3 In tho
nfternoon Colonel Wlnflcld Taylor Durbln
... ....
of Anderson was nominated for governor
on tho sovonth ballot by the republican
stnte convention today.
As tho ballot closed It was seen that Dur-
candidates, moved to make the vote unanl
nious. At tho republican state convention
four yeuro ago Governor Mount also re
ceived tho nomination on the seventh ballot.
Colonel Durbln made a brief speech of
thanks.
Ho has always declined to ac-
ccpt
public office. In 1S92 ho
to tho national republican
' Oftt
convention as a delegate, having prior to
that tlmo served as a member of tho re
publican stato committee. In 1596 ho was
mado a member of tho national committee
from Indiana, and since that time has taken
a promlnont part In tho work of tho na
tional party. Ho has taken nn active part
In Grand Army affairs. Durbln was ap
pointed colonel by Governor Mount to serve
In tho lato Spanlnh-Amerlcnn war as com
mander of tho 161st regiment. He and his
regiment went to Cuba, where It did gar
rison duty.
CHOICE OF MASSACHUSETTS
Stnte Itppiihllcnim I'. I ret DrlrKntrn mill
Altcrnnten to .iitlouiil Conven
tion nt IMillnilelphln.
DOSTON, April 26. Tho republicans of
Massachusetts today elected delegates and
alternates to tho national republican con
vention In Philadelphia. Of tho 1.89i
delegates entitled to seats lucre were 1,251
present. Congressman F. II. Glllct, tho
permanent chairman of tho convention, de
livered a long address. Tho platform, which
was presented by Attorney General Knowl
ton, was adopted unanimously.
The resolutions affirm ndheronco to the
platform of tho St. Louis convention of 1896
and congratulate tho country "upon the re
jection of freo silver coinage and the en
dorsement of tho gold standard."
They plcdgo tho republican party "to sup
port such amendments to the banking laws
as will provide a flexlblo and sufficient
medium of exchange, to tho end that capital
may obtain fair returns, that American com
merco may bo enlarged and that labor may
bo assured ot steady employment and of
the largest poreilblo share In tho fruits of our
oxpandlng trado."
Rolatlvo to "combinations ot capital for In
dustrial and commercial purposes" tho reso
lutions declaro that "whenoyor they become
destructive, of tho rlgh'. citlons they
should bo suppressed by adequate statutes
enacted by legislatures .of the Btates or by
changes If tho resulting evils are beyond
tho power and Jurisdiction of tho states."
An to the Inhabitants of tho Islands ac- ,
quired by tho treaty of Paris the resolutions
say: "No greater trust than tho uplifting
and tho educating of theso defenseless peo
ple has been Imposed upon the United States.
Tho republican party believes It to be tho
high and aslemn duty of tho nation to accept
and oxecuto this trust, with all tho respon
sibilities It Involves, by retaining tho Islands
and by providing for their adequate govern
ment upon tho principles of liberty nnd
humanity."
Tho resolutions favor the construction of
an Isthmian canal and the laying of ft Pa
cific cable and declared that congress should
offer by legislation such reasonable protec
tion nnd encouragement to American ship
ping ns shall revive, build up and strengthen : cannon boomed for tho first tlmo on Amcr
our morchant marine, exproeses "hearty I lean soli Thursday evening at sunHet In
nnd unqualified endorsement of the admin-I Threo Oaks. Tho causa of tho demonstration
Istratlon of President McKlnloy" and urges , was n telegram received from Mayor E. K.
tho nomination of Secretary of the Navy j Warren, who had an Interview with Ad
John D. Long for vice president. j mlr.il George Dewoy Thursday morning, in
Tho delegatcs-ot-large were chosen by which tho admiral gave his full and definite
acclamation as follows: ' prciniso that ho would devoto nt least two
Sonator Henry Cabot Lodge of Nahant, i hours to Threo Oaks early In June, at tho
Samuel W. McCall of Winchester, William tlmo of his promised western trip, which
B. Piunkett of Adams and Walter Clifford covers Detroit, Kalamazoo, Gran Rapids and
of Now Dedford. The alternates nro:iv few other prominent cities. Mr. Warren
Colonel Georxe R. Jowctt of Salem, Alfred i concludes his messago of notification with
E. Roso of Lowell, Dr. Samuel B. Courtney
of Boston atd Henry P. Field of North
ampton. This concluded tho business of tho con
vention. Congressman Dolllver of Iowa mado a
brief speech and tho convention adjourned.
MUnUslppI Ilelennten for McKlnley.
JACKSON, Miss., April 26. M. A. Mont
gomery, H. C. Turley, John R. Lynch and
James Hill wero named by tHo stnte repub
lican convention which adjourned here at 10
o'clock tonight as delegates-at-largo to ths
national convention at Philadelphia.
The final session, lasting nearly flvo hours,
was a turbulent ono. Tho Montgomery fac
tion, otherwise known as tho new white
leadership crowd, captured the convention
and elected threo of the four men choson es
dePgats-at-largc. II. C. Turley of Natchez
; WM elected nntlonal committeeman. Turley
; jB a brother-in-law of Judge Thompson,
: president iMcKlnley's former law partner,
i Tho resolutions endorso President McKln-
inv nHmlnlulnnllnn thn NlpnrAiriinn niinnl
' movPmonti declare that tho flnnnco question
hn9 ,,een offcctually om, nnnlly settled, that
Creek Notion Ilepnlillenna,
MUSKOGEE, I. T.. April 26. The Creek
J ani elated James A. Parkinson delegate
, nml A R ganRer alternate to tho Pbll-
! nlphla convention. "'solutions were
, - -
MeKlnley'a Cnntlltlnoy lOnilomeil,
MARQUETTE, Mich., April 26. Tho
Twelfth district republican congressional
convention today selected tho following del-
rgatos to tho national convention: M. M.
I Johnson. Ishpemlng; T. E. Cole, Ironwood;
t .. . . . .. .......
I alternates, itoocrt n. nnieius, iiouguton;
oucri ... ..-.u. ,,ouR,o,
Uuteher. Newberry. Tno delegates
1 .,i...,. 1... i...r
FREEDOM FOR MRS, ADAMS
Jnry in Cincinnati Acqnit3 Womsn Who
Shot Her Husbind.
WILL MAKE HER FUTURE HOME IN THIS CITY
Touch I n c Sectim Arc I'.nnrtril In
Court Itoom During Iteliitlon ot
the Story of the llcnil li
Wl t ileum'.
CINCINNATI, April 26. (Special Tele
gram.) Jesslo Adams was ncqultted of the
charge of tho murder ot her husband by
Judge Schwab in tho pollco court today.
Palo and worn she solemnly walked Into
the court at noon to answer tho charge of
tho murder of her husband, Charles Adnms,
In their npartments In the Primrose flats on
Raco street. Sho was nccompanlcd by her
two little children, who sat on her knee dur
ing tho trial. Neither of the children was
old enough to reallzo tho full enormity ot
tho mother's troubles. Whllo Policeman
Muohlo described tho holes in tho bark of
tho murdered man's head tho woman Itaned
her head away. Tears trickled from her
eyej, nnd It wnB by the most determined ef
forts that sho was nblo to restrain herself
nnd prevent a hysterical outbreak. Her sis
ter, Gertlo Furraan, sat In tho prlsoneis'
dock with her.
Detcctlvo Newbcckcr corroborated tho tes
timony of Officer Muohle, as did his part
ner, Phil Roach, and Dotectlvo Jack 'Mc
Dermott. All tho officers stated that Mrs.
Adams' face and neck showed light bruises.
Dr. Walker, tho surgeon, told of tho pltla
bio physical condition of Mrs. Adams.
DcfeiKlnnt'n Sinter TcNtlllcM,
Gertie Furman followed Dr. Walker. She
said that sho wns not In tho room when tho
shot wns fired. She Bald that when Adams
arrived homo for his supper ho quarreled
about tho meal. Later Adams suddenly
Jumped from his bed, where ho wns sitting,
nnd romarkcil that he would "spill somo
blood pretty toon." Sho said ho then be
gan to rummage In tho bureau where ho
kept his pistol and razor. When his wlfo
asked him what ho was looking for Miss
Furman says that Adams suddenly Btruck
her nnd knocked his wife down. Ho Jumped
on her and began to bent her. 'Miss Fur
man said that sho ran from the room for
assistance, and whllo in the hall sho heard
tho shots.
During tho cross-examination of Mis? Fur
man little Irwin Adonis, tho ro3y-cheekcd
baby boy, fell asleep In his mother's arms.
Onco a fly crawled across tho rosy glow of
health that painted tho plump cheeks, and
little brother Fay, ever on tbo alert, snapped
It off tho sleeper's face. The voices of tho
attorneys were, softened down to n, low tono
that nt times Bank almost to a whisper. Tho
witnesses were In sympathy with the baby,
too, and onco In a. while when thoy unron
Bclously raised their voices they quickly
glanced at tho child with looks of apology
lest they had disturbed tho sweet slumber of
Innocent childhood.
Frank Grieve, a hardware clerk of Fifth
and Elm streets, testified to having sold
Mrs. Adams tho revolver sho used a short
tlmo before tho shooting. Sho told the
clerk sho wanted n pistol to protect herself.
Mrs. Adams then took the utand nnd Bald
that her husband abused her and sho was
afraid of him.
She was acquitted within three-quarters
of an hour. It Is believed tbo case will bo
dropped, as thero aro no witnesses to dls
provo her story.
Mis. Adams will visit her mother, who
lives In a small town In Missouri, accom
panied by her Uttlo ones. After remnlnlng
with her mother a short tlmo sho will
mako her permanent homo with the mother
of hor husband In Omaha.
DEWEY CANNON IS FIRED
Three OnUn Hns n Celehrntlon Over
Adiulrnl'n Promise to Visit
Them.
THREE OAKS, Mich., April 26. (Special
Telegram.) Tho world-renowned Dowcy
tho words: "Doom tho cannon."
Captain C. L. Hooper of tho McCullough
suggested that tho cannon point westward,
for, ho says, " 'Westward the star of cm
plro makes Its way.' It Is toward tho west
that civilization Is advancing, and it Is
In tho direction of tho enemy." So the
gun was placed near tho Dewey park, whore
pointing toward tho setting buii, It awoke
tho echoes for miles nround. Bells wero
rung nnd whistles wcro blown nnd hun
dreds ot voices Joined in ft piolonged
cheer.
In tho light of the admiral's promise. Jllss
Gould's favornblo consideration, und pledges
of Interest and support, by numerous other
distinguished porsonages, scarcely nnythlng
can prevent tho ceremonies at the formal
unvolllng of tho Dewey cannon ln Juno from
being an enthusiastic success.
ST0NC0WICH LOST HIS BET
Wnnrred Powder Would Not Kvplode,
but It Did nml Killed the
Win it er.
GREENSDURO, Pa., April 26. It was
throuch a wager entered Into between
Ocorgo Stoncowlch and John Mlckollck thnt
death nnd destruction was brought about
In the tenement houso at Larimer on Tues
day night. Tho party of Austrlans sat In n
room whero thero wns stored several kegs
of powdor and scmo dynamite, at tho hemo
of John Mlckollck, discussing tho explosive
powers of powdor and dynamite. Stoncowlch
olfored a wnger of 25 cents with Mlckollck
that tho blasting powdor contained In the
kegs would not Ignlto. Tho bet waB ac
cepted and ft quantity of tho powder was
placed on tho floor, a lighted match thrown
Into It and Stoncowlch lost tho bet. The
body of John Mlckollck lies nt tho morgue
hero. Tho other victims will recover.
O. M. Dnilme In the Culm Co in puny.
NEW YORK. April 26. At a meeting of
tho subscribers to tho Cuba company today
tho entire capital Mock of KOOO.OOO was
taken up. Arrangements wero made to
secure 2,5OO,O0O cash for Immediate use.
Tho following board of directors was
elected: Sir William Van Home, president;
William C, Whitney. Thomas F. Ryan, P.
A. II. WIdenrr, Ocneral Samuel Thomas,
neoreo O. llHVn. Edward Herwiml nnd
Ocneral G. M. Dodge. Tho shares of tho
company nro KSO.uOO each.
ANhlnnil Mini II m n Valuable Cinv,
KANSAS CITY. April 26.-Tho sale of
Hereford rattle from tho Armour. Sparks,
Funkhout-er and Iogan herds was contin
ued today nt tho stock ynrds. Tho prices
realized are considered low. Sixty head
sold today at an average of 1279 it head
William Humphrey of Ashland, Neb,, paid
f 130 for tho cow Queen Quarantine,
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraskn
Local Thunder Storms: Snutl - ly Winds.
'!' in pernt tiro nt Oniiilui j cutcrilny I
Hour. I)'u. Hour. Dck.
n. tit ...... .Ml I p. nt 7.
tl ii. nt Till ii p. nt 77
7 it. nt .Til it p. in...... 711
M II, III .Ill I p, nt Tit
l II. Ill (Ill , p. ill...... 7!l
ID n. m Ill (I p. til 7(1
II il. Ill (Ill 7 p. in lt
1- II 7'J S p. in I7
I) p. Ill (17
STRIKERS ATTACK WORKMEN
inn TrnnmtcrK it i. it it Carpenter lliiitlv
lleittcii In CIiIciiko One Srrl
oiinly Injured.
CHICAGO, April 26. Tho nttarks of strik
ers in tho building tradtu labor war upon
nonunion woikmen were continued today, a,
mob assailing two teamsters, whllo an aged
enrptmter wns badly beaten by n trio ot
strike sympathizers. Tho Injured arc:
Patrick Tnnsey, teamster; sctrlously In
jured by mob.
Henry Schcllhorn, teamster; badly beaten
by mob.
Stophen Gaul, carpenter; slugged from be
hind by threo men.
Tnnsey und Schcllhorn wcro engaged In
hauling cand to the Wfwtern KIcvlrlcal
building, against which ft strlko Is directed.
They had dumped tho tand In front or tho
building, whew without warning n mob of
fifty men, mostly pickets who had been In
tho neighborhood ever clnco the strlko
started, began hurling brleka. stores nnd
paving blocks at them. Thoy were hit fro
i urntly, but to mako the Job complete tho
Ktrlkers closed In on them and pounded and
kicked them. The arrival of tho rollco dis
persed thn mob nnd the Injured men wero
taken to their homee.
Gaul, who Is 60 years old, was attacked
when he was going to work. He had been
threatened by strikers, but bo quietly did
the three men creep tion him tlint ho fell
an easy victim. Oscar Neld. a union "car
penter, was nrrotod und charged with par
ticipating in tho nssnult.
A complaint was mado today that the girls
who aro to slug in the. chorus which Is to
bo a feature of Dewey day havo been thrcnt
ented with vlolenco if they persist In nt
tendlng rehearsals. The throats are said to
have linen made hy union pickets and their
sympathizers, who, according to Prof. Ga
briel Katzcnborgcr, have been standing
guard nt tho entrance to Stolnway hall,
whero tho rchenrsals take place, frightening
ecmo of tho girls away and causing general
consternation. The unions aro arrayed
against the wbolu celebration commlttco be
cause tho Dewey grand stand is being built
by nonunion men. Prof. Kntzcnbergor Is
In chargo of the chorus and has applied to
tho pollco for protection.
Tho Evening Post says It Is reported this
nfternoon that tho materlnl men havo forcod
u split In tho contractors' ussoclntlon, be
tween which organization and tho building
trades unions a war has existed for two
months, costing millions of dollars In wages
and paralyzing building operations.
Tho report comes from n member of tho
committee appointed by tho city council.
The contractors for brick work, It Is said,
havo been forcod by the brick manufactur
ers to agree to arbitration, thus retiring
frem tho position assumed by tho con
.tttclors' aesc-clatlon that the "nulUllng-
Trndes council must go." Somo of tho con
tractors under prcssuro today ngrccd to
treat with tho raunlclp.il committee and
this, It Is said, moans tho beginning of the
end of ono of tho worst building trades
strikes Chicago over experienced.
BOYCOTT DEWEY CELEBRATION
OrKitnlxeil I.nhor of ChlenKo OrdcrN
L' ll I () ll Member to T.ll.e .No
I'nrt in It.
CHICAGO, April 26. Tho long-talked of
boycott of tho Dowcy celebration ' by or
ganized labor took form today when tho
cxesutivo commlttco of district 8 of the
International Association of Machinists Is
sued nn edict declaring tho promoters of
tho celebration antagonistic to union labor
and ordering members of tho union to tako
no part ln It.
Genernl StrlUe I'rolmble.
KANSAS CITY, April 23. A Star special
from Pittsburg, Kan., says: President
Mitchell of Indianapolis of tho Urited Mlno
Workers' association nnd Thomas Lew's,
vlco presldsnt of thnt organization, nro ox
Iiccted hero within ft day or two and will, It
Is said, endeavor to force tho coal operators
of Kansas to grant tho union scale of wages
and night hours. Tho men nt Yalo and
Fleming, It Is stated, will immediately csk
for tho $1 per ton schedule, nn licreaso of
10 cents, and If It Is not paid will quit work
at once.
Somo of tho operators aro granting tho $1
rate, but working their men ten hours. A
big mass meeting of minors Jias been called
for next Monday at Weir City, when tho men
..in nkoiv iipinrir.tnn tinon n nrncram. Tho
Indications nro that the operators will hold
out and that a general strlko will result.
Job I'rcasiiien Strike.
DETROIT, Mich., April 26. Ono hundred
and fifty Job pressmen, feeders and assist
ants, who nro members of n. newly organ
lzed local union branch, went on a strike to
day In nn endeavor to unionize all tho print
ing establishments In Detroit nnd socuro n
uniform scale ot wages for Job press work.
Tho employing printers decline to mako tho
wages uniform.
Steel VVorkH ("loac for Itepulra,
COLUMBUS, O., April 26. Tho local
plant of the National Steel company has
been closed under ordors from tho general
offices, tho reason assigned being to mnko
extensive repairs. Botwcoen 3C0 nnd 400 men
are thrown out of work. Two weeks la glvon
as the duration of tho shutdown. The loral
officials deny that the shutdown Is due to tho
condition of the markots.
Shopmen on n Strike.
BUFFALO, N. Y., April 26. The era
nloves of tho Now York Central railroad
shops, about 2,200 men ln nil, went out on
a strike this morning. This number In
cludes 1,800 men In the Bhops and 100 ln
the yards. An Increaso In wageH nnd tho
reinstatement of certain mon alleged to
havo been unjustly discharged Is domanded
by tho men.
DAMAGE BY PRAIRIE FIRES
Jinny Hottaca, Iloraea .11111 ("nttle Dr.
stroked nnd One Life In Itc
ported I.ONt.
STEPHEN, Minn., April 26. Extensive
prnlrlo tires havo dnno much damago In
Kittson county, sweeping north anil crossing
tho International line.
In tho country noar Heattnn, between
thirty nnd forty houtos nnd many horses and
cattle havo bcon destroyed. A young man
lost his life, It Is reported, forty miles
cast of Stephen.
Sol.llerh to l.cnve I'roton I.uiiiIIiik.
CROTON LANDING. N Y April 20. The
soldiers will leavo for home tomorrow
morning, their places being tuktn by a
forco nf twenty-llvo deputies united with
Winchester lilies.
RUIN LEFT B' FIRE
Ottsws, Cnd, and Surrounding Towns
Snffcr Great Dainago.
TOTAL LOSS OF OVER FIFTEEN MILLIONS
Fiio Eqns.ro Milos of Territory Bntned Otor,
Thonsacdi Loft Homolosi,
SEVERAL FATALITIES ARE INCLUDED
Factories, Mills, Ohurchos and Mtny Homes
Swept Away.
TOWN OF HULL PRACTICALLY WIPED OUT
Slrnnir Wind Aids the I'lntitra, Which
in One Instance Leap lltilf n .Mile
Started from un IJuclcnn
Chimney.
OTTAWA, Ont.. April-27Flve. square
miles of territory burned over, moro than
2.r.00 dwellings, factories, mills, stores and
other buildings destroyed, entailing a less
estimated to reach 20,000.000. and between
12.000 anil 15,000 men, women and children
homeless is a sunnnlng up of tho havoc
wrought by tho flro which has been raging
nt Hull and In Ottawa slnco 11 o'clock yes
terday morning and at midnight was not
completely tinder control.
IMost of tho lumber pllcn In Hull nnd
Ottawa havo disappeared and nro 'now mero
heaps of churrcd wood anil ashen. Half a
dozen church nnd schools, n number of
mills, tho Hull water works, the Hull court
houso and Jnll, tho convent almost every
business placo and about 1.000 dwelling nnd
shops In Hull havo been destroyed! In
dent, practically nothing of Hull Is left but
a church nnd a few houses beyond It.
Tho ppot whero tho fire originated Is
about a quarter of n mllo from tho mnln
street of Hull nnd as n gnlo was blowing
from tho northwest right In tho direction of
tho lumbor piles and mills both on tho
Hull and Ottawa shorts of the Ottawa rlvor
and Chuudloro Falls It was Boon seen thnt
tho llro was almost certain to bo a largo
ono.
By 1 1 ;S0 o'clock tho flro had got a good
hold of Mnln street and the tuitlro stiotH
with dozens of cross streets wero burned.
Practically thero Is not n house left ln tho
street.
I'Mre .In in p Half it Mile.
About this tlmo the flro made n Jump of
nearly half n mile anu Ignited Eddy's wood
yard, near tho March factory. It was soon
ln flames nnd tho flfty-mllo-nn-hour galo
which wns blowing drovo n high column of
Annies across Bridge street and sot lire to
the Eddy papor mill aud tho other buildings
of tho company. Tho llro nt this tlmo also
Bprang across the Ottawa, river and caught
the sheds ln tho rear of tho Mackny Milling
company, on Victoria Islnnd, and ln a fow
minutes tho lumber piles on Victoria, Chau
dlcre Islands, ono ot tho power houses ot
tho Ottawa Electric company, tho Victoria
fnimdryindlinir jii tho bullJus-QO, tha
two Islands wcro ItTflaines. --
In this city It Is estimated that between
tho mills, factories, etc., burned, l.DOO resi
dences wcro destroyed. The totnl loss Is
estimated at Jin.000,000 and tho Insurance
at ?2,r.00.000.
In Hull tho flro hns about burned nut.
Tho business portion Is all gone, and over
half of tho residences. Tho Roman Catholic
cathedral has been saved, together with
Eddy's sulphlto works. Gllmour & Hugh
Bon's mills nro -also standing. Tho only
means of comunicatlon between Ottawa and
Hull la by boat. From 2 o'clock tho only
water to bo had ln Hull Is frcm tho river.
Chief Ilenolt of tho Hull llro brigade was In
jured and taken to tho general hospital lu
Ottawa.
Origin of the Finnic.
Tho flro originated through a flro In ft
dirty chlmnoy nnd the high wind caused tho
Humes to spread rnpldly. Coming to the
Ottawa side of tho river and that portion nf
tho city east of Division street tho old
boundary lino of tho city beforo Rochester
vlllc was nnnexed wes almost entirely burne I
town. Horo and thcro a building re
mains. Tho village of Hlntonburgh, still further
(net, iin closo proximity to tho city hns not
been destroyed oh rapidly. Tho greater
part remains. Mechanlcsvlllo. too, which
was reported to havo been cntlroly swept
away, still remains.
Tho flro at midnight wns largoly confined
to that part of Rorhcstorvlllo lying near tho
St. Louis dam In tho southeast part of tho
city. Unless a heavy wind rises tho ro
mnlndor cf tho city Is safe.
Tho bucket brigades of tho military nnd
the Montreal tlremen, with their engine, did
yeoman servlco at this point.
Some of the FutiilltlcN,
Casualties so far reported are Miss Cook,
an old woman who lived In Wellington
street, near tho French church, nnd who
was burned ln her houso to a crisp. An
unknown man was found dead on the Cana
dian Pacific tracks. James Mavan Is re
ported fatally Injured, und somo pieces of
timber fell on James Merryflnld, who wns
taken to tho hospital. Tho government Is
supplying blankets and doing all In Its power
for tho comfort of tho sufferers.
JUNKET OF CUBAN TEACHERS
All ArrmiKcmeiit Completed for Their
Vii.lt to the l itltcil
SIlltfH.
HAVANA. April 26.-A. E. Fry, superin
tendent of schools, returned hero yesterday.
Ho Bays nil arrangements for tnklng tho
Cuban teachers to Harvard have been com
pleted. Tho government will furnish Ilvo
transports; quarters havij been ottered th'
women teachers at Cambrldgn and tho mon
will bo boarded nt tho various halls. Thn
teachers will bo taken to Now York, BrBt' n,
Niagara and probably Chicago, all without
expento to themselves.
Cuptaln William L. Pltchor, president of
tho Havana pol'eo court, has returned frocn
u tour ot tho Island. Ho says ho found tho
cities clean and sanltury, that tho people
ccemed satisfied and ho thinks the talk of an
uprising Is absurd,
Thn magistrate found mcst of the har
bors In bad condition,
Grain Uiportcra' AkxocI.iIIiiii.
ST. LOUIS. April 2i.-The Post-Dlspateli
today Kays that tho Gulf Ports Grain Ex
porters' association has been formed, with
licadquarters at Ht. Ixiuls, by the lurxcst
exporters of St. I.oul, Chicago and Kim
sas City, for tho purpose of protecting the
exporters of the country against the arbl
tiary and constantly changing regulation
of the Maritime association.
Officer of thn association aro H. F Hall
of Hall nnd Robinson of Kansas City,
prntddtiit; Frederick C. Orthwoln of tho
William D. Orthweln Grain company of St.
Louis, secretary and treasurer; and an
executive committee, eomposod of William
Stuede Fred C Orthweln and William J,
Orthweln, Tho mfmbcrshlp consists of th
principal exporting llrms of Kansas CKy,
Chicago and St Louis, to which will b
added thoso ot New Orlaajis and G!vcsta.
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