The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 15), 1871
OMAHA, EE I DAY MORNING, MAY 4, 1 GOO-TWELVE PAGES.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
BRARDFORT IS TAKEN
It it Captured by Combined Movement of
Btvertl Forces.
ROBERTS' FRONT IS FORTY MILES IN WIDTH
Lateit News from Front Indicates a Grant
Forward Movement.
NO REPORT OF CASUALTIES IN THE FIGHT
Brltiit Troops Esit After' .fighting Seven
Ont of Tan Days.,
PRETORIA REPORTS ENGLISH REPULSES
In Minor nnRnKeiiiciitn of April B8
ami HO nt Timlin VCliu nnil Nenr
JJrnnilfort ItoherU Lor
Sonic Soldier.
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LONDON, May 4. It Is announced the
British havo captured Hrandfort.
nitANDFORT, May 3. Morning. Brand
fort -wan captured by a combined movement
of Colonel Tucker's and General Polo
Carow'H divisions on the cast nnd center
and General Huttott's mounted Infantry on
tho went.
The British surprised tbo Boers, who re
troated hastily.
Four thousand of the enemy moved hero
yesterday evening In order to opposo our
advance.
Colonel Tucker's artillery had a sharp duel
with tho enemy's guns and put two of them
out of action.
LONDON, May 4.-4 n. m. General
Broadwood's cavalry brigade baa reached
Isabalfontcln, twenty-eight miles north of
Thaba N'Chu. General Ian Hamilton Is
Mvouacklng at Jacobsruhl, fifteen mllis north
of Thaba N'Chu. General Tucker's di
vision le moving from Karoo Siding. Tho
divisions of Generals French and Rundle
nro In and near Thaba N'Chu.
Thus Lord Roberts has 50,000 men oper
ating clear of tho railway along a front of
forty miles. Ho Is advancing slowly with
some successes, .but nothing decisive. Yet
at all points of concentration the Boers ap
pear lu forco BUfllclent to compel thm Brit
ish to proceed with caution. Their wide
front In a rugged country makes turning
movements off-hand difficult.
Tho Boers, Winston Churchill says, havo
enormous herds of cattlo and flocks of
shoep gathered In tho southeast. These
thoy nro driving northward. Observers in
headquarters at Bloemfontcln seem to think
tho Boers nro preparing to ovacuato Brand
fort and Ladybrand.
Iloiic to Capture Four Thousand.
Tho Boers still holding tho Thaba N'Chu
district ,uraW about 4,000. v. Thoy .have
among 'their guns V forty-founder. A
Bloemfontcln correspondent writing Wednes
day said tbo British hopo.to cut off tho
wholo commando.
Tho Klmbcrley correspondents havo been
prohibited from sending out matter for sev
eral days, tho luferonce being that an im
portant movement Is on foot.
Tho Bloemtonttcn correspondent of the
Standard, telegraphing 'May 2, says:
"I have rlddon hither from Thaba N'Chu.
along tho lino of our advance against
Bloemfontcln. Tho dlstanco Is fully forty
mtUts and yot almost overy point of con
centration Is contested by tho enemy.
"Genoral Itundlo, with tho Eighth di
vision, Is posted on our right Hank with
orders to guard a strong nnd boldly out
lined frontal position in a country of a de
cidedly dltllcult nature. There tho Boeis
havo postcil n number of guns of superior
rcvolght and rango to our own. However,
they show no disposition to do moro than
keep In touch with us and to harass our
advance.
"Further on tho west Ooneral Ian Hamil
ton, with bis division of mounted Infantry,
Is pressing northward, encountering only a
desultory tire. Tho Highland brigade, from
Vaal Krantz, has been engaged, whllo Gen
eral Tucker, commanding tho Seventh
division, has moved eastward from Karoe
Siding and has returned south, followed by
tho Boors.
IJntrcnched Xcnr Kroonntnd.
"Nnvortholoss, the cavalry, owing to tho
greater number of tho enemy, havo been
provented from completing the movomont
that was Intendod to encircle the Boers on
tho march to Hrandfort and the enemy Is
now prepared to offer stubborn opposition on
nn retrenched hill to tho southeast of
Kroonstnd. Thoy will probably abandon
that position as soon as their stores have
been moved north of Vet river.
"Genoral Tucker's attempt to advance on
Hrandfort showed tho onemy to bo In con
siderable 'strength. Tho colonial cavalry
wero engaged and they lost twenty horses
while under flro from pompoms. Tho Hoers
were, however, driven from their posltlou."
Tho Dally News has tho following from
Thaba N'Chu, tinted Wednesday:
"In yesterday's flanking movement Cap
tain Tow so nnd fifty Gordon Highlanders
were surrounded by 250 Boers, who de
manded their surrender. Captain Towso
ordered his men to fix bayonets and charge.
With a wild cheer tho Gordons rushed nt
tho enemy and swept them away with great
slaughter. Captain Towso was blinded In
both eyes by the enemy's flro and through
out behaved mct heroically.
LONDON. May 4. The War otllco has re
ceived the. following report from Lord
Roberts, under dato of Bloemfontcln, May 2:
"Ooneral Hamilton met with considerable
success and drovo tho onuniy out of tho
utrong rosltlou they had takon up at Houtnck
with comparatively Binali loss to us. Tho
Boers dispersed In several directions, mainly
to tbo rust nnd north, leaving twenty-six
prisoners In our hands, Including one com
mandant and sixteen other wounded men.
General Hamilton Is now In camp at Jacobs
ruhl. As the men needed rest after fighting
seven out of the last ten dayB, I ordered
them to halt for tho day. General Broid--wood's
brlgadn of cavalry arrived upon tho
scene In time to afford valuable assistance
by threatening tho enemy's rear.
"During the afternoon Ganernl lan Ham
ilton was Joined by General Bruce-Hamilton's
brigade of Infantry,
"Tho enemy admit having twelve killed
nnd forty wounded yesterday. Amongst tiro
former was Lieutenant Ounther, a German
officer belonging to the Fifty-fifth regiment,
nnd amongst tho latter was Maxlraoff, the
llussl.in commander of tho Foreign legion.
Twenty-onn out of tlfty-two of tbo enemy'e
casualties occurred among tho members of
that li'glon, Two Frenchmen were among
the killed.
"Kitchener's Horse Is also spoken of In
ttrms of praise."
EDITING WAR DISPATCHES
TclcKrnphlc Correspondence About
Kim IHncloncn Wnr Oilier
.11 rlh lulu.
telegraphic corre
spondence reloTnqHHaa&lon kop dis
patches was Issued to'VkjKit Just before
midnight Thursday.
Lord Iansdownn, secretary of stato for
war, wired 'March 23, asking tho ndvlco or
Lord Hobcrts about publishing the dis
patches, saying: "Wo ' cannot publish all
tho documents enclosed with your dispatch
of February 13," nnd suggesting certain dls,
patches which, In Lord Lansdowno's oplnl. n,
might bo published. Lord Lansdowne
addod:
"Hut I would not feel Justified In thu3
editing the papers unices you conctit and
you may perhaps think It well to refer to
Duller. I suggest aa nn alternative that we
shruld treat your dispatch of February 13
and all Its enclosures an confidential and
that Buller should send through you a full
narrative of tho operations. This you could
forward to me, with nny observations you
desired to make, for publication,"
Lord Huberts replied to Lord Lansdowno
In a dlspntch, dated Dloomfuntcln, March 31,
that ho had suggested to Sir Kedvcrs Bullor
to prepare a full nnrratlvc, but that Sir
Rcdvoru bad answered as follows:
"I do not nt all like tho Idea of rewrit
ing a dispatch for publication. I much pro
fcr to leave It In the hands of tho com-mandcr-ln-chlef.
Lot him select for publi
cation whatever ho thinks proper."
To this Lord Roberts appended that he
would not himself object to tho publication
of a paper edited as Lord Lansdowno had
suggested, but that It might be bettor to
overrule General Uuller's objection and adopt
the alternato course suggested by Lord
Lansdowne. Ho asked Lord Lansdowno .to
wire a reply.
This reply from Lord Lansdowne. dated
April 2, said: "In view of Buller's objoctlon
I abandon the proposal that the dispatch
should bo rewritten and I propose to pub
lish tho selection described In my dispatch
of March 28."
Lord KobortH answered under dato of
April 6:
"I agree to my dispatch of February 13 be
Ing published."
Tho correspondence also contains two dls
patches referred to In Lord Lansdowne's dis
patch of Match 28. Tho first Is from Lord
Lansdowno to General Buller, dated January
H, representing tho Impossibility of publish
ing his dispatches, which contained views of
the situation and forecasts of his Intentions,
and emphasizing tho advisability of sending
dispatches descriptive of the operations for
presentation to Parliament. Tho second Is
from Lord Wolseley to Lord Iloborts, dated
February C, saying:
"You will, I feel sure, agree with me that
Methuen's dispatch regarding Magerstonteln
could not bo published as sent. Thero nro
passages In It Inappropriate to such docu
ments and It also gives Information of Im
portance to tho enemy. If ho likes I will
revise tho dispatch, but I prefer not to
undertako this responsibility. I suggest
that you ask him to cancel this dispatch and
wrlto another."
Tho correspondence does not Indicate
whether Lord Methuen rowroto tho dispatch
as suggested.
Tho Splon kop dispatches as published
wore exactly tho selections suggested In
Lord Lansdowno'a dispatch of March 28.
The -Times,-' referring to thorcorrespond
ence, says:
"Lord Lansdowno's dispatch Is a singular
Invitation to Lord ItobortB to. cook his
opinions for tho benefit of tho unforttinate
British public. Comment on this Is almost
superfluous. There Is nothing so crcdlt
ablo to Sir Redvcra Buller as his refusal
to rewrite a dispatch for publication."
Tho Dall News Says:
"Tho man In tho streot considering what
ho is allowed to see will bo apt to form
rather lurid Ideas of what has been with
held from his gaze."
Tho Dally Graphic severely attacks Lord
Lansdowno "for trying to shift tho responsi
bility." Tho Standard mildly approves the gov
ernment's action In publishing tho explana
tion, but tho general opinion is that the
correspondence should not havo been pub
lished unless in full and tho pnrtlal pub
lication Is, on tho whole, rather badly ro
celved. DELAY IN DELAG0A AWARD
United Stntcn mill British tJovcrn
nicntn Attempt to Determine If
It In Acceptable.
BERNB. May 3. Tho complete Delagoj
Bay railroad nward, which tho secretary of
tho tribunal assured tho United States min
ister, John a. A. Leisbraan, would bo de
livered April 15 at tho latest, is not yot
fnrtlipnmlnir nnd further considerable delay
Is probable, as tho United States and British
governments ure unabio to uetermino tin
nicy iiAniitiiii vuu iuai .,.,kv..w .. .
acceptable. This delay Is regarded very se
riously at tho two legations ana is nanio lo
lead to Joint romonstrancn or a vlgoroua
character to tho federal president, who ap
pointed tho arbitrators.
WISCONSIN MAN THE WINNER
lovrn Sinn Getn Third 1'rlre nt the
Interstate Oratorical
Content.
DENVER, May 3. The twenty-seventh
nnnual contest of tho Interstato Oratorical
acooclatlon at the Central Presbyterian
church In this city was won bv William S.
Wescott of Wisconsin. Paul P. Prossor of
Missouri won second prize and Francis A.
Heald of Iowa third.
Tho contestants were tho winners of tho
state contests of tho ten ntntos ombroced li
the association. Tho orators wero: 13.
Dunlavy, Depauw university, Indiana; A. E.
arlngrell, Whittenberg college, Ohio; E. A.
Lundeen, Michigan; Francis A. Heald, Cor
nell collego, Iowa; Omar B, Garwood, State
university, Colorado; Willis H. Kerr, fiello
vuo college, Nebraska; William S. Wescott,
Lawrence university, Wisconsin; Paul Pros
per, Central college, Mis url; J. Frank Coll,
Washburn college, Kansas; Louis D. Leh
man, Eureka college, Illinois.
FIGHT WITH THE FILIPINOS
Four Americans Are Killed nnd Ml
teen Seriously Wounded l,eft
on Field.
MANILA, May 3. A dispatch recolved
hero today from Hollo reports that u des
perate fight toook placo at Lcambanao, In
tho center of the Island of Panay. It ap
pears that a reconnolterlng party of tho
Twenty-sixth Infantry was surrounded nnd
that four of tho Americans were killed and
that sixteen othors seriously wounded wero
loft on the field. The remainder of the
soldiers had a narrow escape.
The dispatch adds that reinforcements
were sent from Hollo rs soon as news of
tho affair was recolved, whereupon the Fill
plnon rotreated to their mountain stronghold.
I
FREE .HOMES BILL IS PASSED
Home Makes Quick Work of Putting Eddy's
Measure Through.
SOUTH DAKOTA MEMBERS HELP GREATLY
Gnnihle nnd Ilnrke finite Prominent
In the Debate thnt I'rreedcd
the Final Vole on tho
1)111.
WASHINGTON, May 3. (Special Tele
gram.) Within tho short space of two hours
and a half tho houso passed tho Eddy frco
homes bill nnd that without a division be
ing taken. Tho passage of tho bill through
tho scuato Is nsaured, the understanding bo
Ing that tho houso should act first on tho
measure nnd then tho scnato tako up tho
houso bill after It Is reported out of tho
commltteo on Indian affairs and thus side
track Pottlgrow's bill, which was tho llrst
bill reported out of that committee this ses
sion. Twice In former years his frco homes
measure has passed thosenatc, but ns often
It died In tho house, whero tho opposition
was much more pronounced than was dis
played today.
Much of the succces of securing tho passigc
of tho bill today Is due to Congressmen Gam
blo nnd Hurko of South Dakota, whoso stato
Is vitally Interested In tho question. Gamble
tuado ono of tho strongest speeches of tbo
day In favor of the measure and had tho
honor of closing the debate. Hurko also ad
dressed tho houso In his maiden effort and
showed himself master of tho features of the
bill, controverting some of tho statoments
of tho opposition In n very buslneisllko way,
which was enjoyed by his colleagues.
Members of tho Nebraska delegation wero
all fj the measure, Congressman Burkett
being especially Interested in tho clause re
lating to agricultural colleges, but when as
sured thoy would be provided for, ho was
content to lot Sherman of Now York attempt
to get a moro deflnlto understanding by a mo
tldn which was overwhelmingly voted down.
For years houso leaders wero united In their
opposition to the bill. Today but two
speeches wero mado against It and those
camo from southern democrats. Venerable
Galusha A. Grow, father of tho homestead
law, n Ncbraskan having made the first
homestead entry, recalled tho scene In 1852,
when as a youngster In legislation be cham
pioned the first free homes bill and ho
thought that thero was yet much good In
tho world.
Tho bill as passed applies only to lands
which havo already been open to entry and
particularly affects tho Dakotas, Minnesota,
Colorado and tho northwestern states and
Oklahoma.
l'orto lllcnn .IiiIkchIiI.
Assistant Secretary Melklcjohn and Audi
tor for tho Treasury Andrews held another
conforence with President McKlnloy todny In
behalf of A. M. Post of Columbus, who Is
being strongly urged by leading men of
Nebraska for a federal Judgeship In Porto
nico. It was learned from Secretary Melklc
john that tho president Is considering nn
othor name, that of Judge Pettlnglll of Porto
Rico, who had been acting as Judge for some
time past under tho military government of
tbo island. Judge Pettlnglll Is recommended
by Major General Davis, In command of the
Department of Porto Rico, and as tho pres
ident is understood to deslro soma ons wV.o
Is familiar with tho customs of the Island
his appointment may result. Nobraskans,
however, left no Btono unturned In behalf of
Judge Post, and spoke in strong terms of
his accomplishments and his legal ability.
Secretary Melklcjohn said the president was
Impressed with tho statements made, but
would not commit himself. It Is understood
that It is tho Intention of tho president to ap
point tho supremo nnd territorial Judges
from tho states, choosing tho rest of the
bonch from among tho leading lawyers of
Porto Illco.
Assistant Postmaster General Heath said
today that applications for rural free deliv
ery routes from Fremont and Poncn, which
had been received accompanied by strong
petitions, would bo taken up as soon as cir
cumstances would permit, tho dopartment nt j
present bolng very much rushed. '
The senato today In an hour and a halt '
passed upwards of ono hundred pension bills, '
among them the houso bills to pension Wil
liam G. Wllloughby nnd Isabel B. Hamilton.
Both theso bills now go to the president for
his signature.
H. C. Richmond of South Omaha is In tho
city en routo to Now England.
Major Samuel L. Woodward, First cavalry,
Is relieved from recruiting duty at Chicago
and ordered to Fort Robinson for duty.
Nebraska postmasters appointed: Avo:a,
Cass county, Gustavo Buss, vlco B. C. Mar
quardt, roraoved; Joy, Holt county, J. 'J.
Schweitzer, vlco R. R. Robertson, removed.
l'NisuM.vrio tubus Aim pavoiibd,
Semite Committee IHnrcKnrds Action
of the Houhc.
WASHINGTON, May 3. Tho senato com
mltteo on postofllco und postroads today
comploted tho postofllco appropriation bill
and Chairman Wolcott will report It tomor
row. Tho net incrcaso in tho bill is nbout
$1,000,000, which Includes the provision for
pneumatic tubo service first reported by tho
house committee. It provides $225,000 fur
continuing tho present contracts and adds
1500,000 for extension of tho service to other
cities In addition to those In which It has
not been In uso.
The following amendment has been mado
to tho provision relntlng to letter carriers;
"Provided that letter carriers may bo re
quired to work as nearly as practicable only
eight hours on each working day, but not
In any event exceeding forty-eight hours
during tho six working days of each week,
nnd such number of hours on Sunday, not
exceeding eight, as may be required by tho
needs of the service, nnd It a legal holiday
shall occur on any working day, tho service
performed on said day, If less than eight
hours, shall bo counted as eight hours with
out regard to the time actually employed."
Tho vote In tho commltteo on tho pneu
matic tubo Item was seven to three. Chair
man Wolcott told tho commltteo that when
tho provision was reached in the senato
some member favoring tho pneumatlo tube
service could take charge of tho bill.
MALAWI IX ISLAND TMKASl. HY,
Meiklejnhu Authorize!) Trnimfcr of
('null to Civil OniccrM,
WASHINGTON, May 3. Tho Porto Rico
treasury starts out with a comfortable bal
ance to tho credit of the now civil govern
ment. Acting Secretary of War Melklcjohn
today received a cablegram from Governor
Allen nnd General Davis stating thnt J. L.
Hollander, the nowly appointed treasurer of
Porto Rico, had qualified and given a bond
In tho sum of $100,000,
General Davis asked pormlfslon to turn
over lo tho new official tbo cash, amounting
to $285,000, In the hnnds of the military
governor, and Melklejohn promptly author
ized tho transfer.
PoNtmuHterH for Porto Illco,
WASHINGTON, May 3, Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General, Brlstow today signed
tho commissions of seventy-four pestmastets
to fill positions In Porto Rico. This action
(Continued on Secoud Pace.)
DEATH LIST THREE HUNDRED
at
No I'osslhle Hope thnt&iiy Mull in the
.Mine Will He (Found
SALT LAKE, Utah, Md; 3. So far almost
200 bodies havo been recovered from the
Scoflcld mlno nnd It Is thought that suf
ficient bodies yot remain, to bring the list
of dead near 300.
Nobody entertains the' faintest hope that
there Is a living man In the mine. It Is now
only a question of recovering tho bodies of
tho victims and that caniipt be finished for
several days.
Tho fact that the rush" of- air from the
mouth of tho main cntry,Jof tho mlno was
nufllclent to blow a man and his team across
tho gulch 200 yards will (servo to Indicate
what forco was exerted wlfhln tho workings
of tho mlno and In the lflimedlato vicinity
of the explosion.
Tho body of Joseph Graves, a Utah battery
man, was among tlicso taken out. Ho was
married about tlireo months ago and his
wlfo Is not yot 18 years ofingo. This Is but
one case of many.
If nny ono man Is to blame for the accident
It will never bo known, for no man who can
tell the story has como. out of he mines
nllvo. Many old coal miners, familiar with
theso mines, state that they have always
Btate.
, Theso men also say the company's
f has always been to spare no expense
policy has always been to spare no cxpenso
In order to keep the mince In a thoroughly
safe condition.
At tho coal company's .store everything ta
being given out free of charge that tho
families of the dead nro In Immediate need
nf nn,i 'ihn ninro l hlncr Itrnt nnm, ,nv nnd
night. I
Thc relief fund last night amounted to
$7,800 and contributions in the shapo of
money nnd provisions are bolng received
from many places In and'out of the state
WASHINGTON, May 3. The president to
day sent tho following telegram to tho gov
ernor of Utah:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, May
3. Governor Wells, Salt Like City Utah
I deslro to express my Intense sorrow upon
learning of tho terrible calamity which luu
occurred nt Scoflcld and my deep sympathy
with tho wives, children and friends of tho
unfortunato victims of the explosion.
WILLIAM M'KINLEY.
WASHINGTON, May 3. Ambassador
. ., . ' ,., ;vm. n,. . a
Cambon called at the White Houso today
and presented to President McKlnloy from
President Ixubct of France a letter of con
dolence on tho recent mining disaster In
Utah.
STANDARD OIL RAISES WAGES
MuttrrliiKi of I'onnlbln Labor Storm
t'niiHC (ienernl Advance of
Ten Per Cent.
NEW YORK, May 3. The World tomor
row will print the following:
Twonty-ftvo, thousand men, employed by
tho Standard Oil company, all over tho
country, have had their wages raised 10 per
cent. For several days tho ofllcors of tho
various companies forming the Standard Oil
company have been in consultation at tho
main ofllcos In this city. Mutterlngs of
a possible labor storm gathering camo from
Constable Hook, N, J., where 125 bollor
makors quit work, demanding $2.25 for nine
hours' labor, and this,' .brought about tbo
conforenco which resulted In tho general
IncVcaso of wages.
'Tflilrd VlcePrMIdeat J: M. Alexander,
who has fchargo of tho Novf -Jersey works,
said:
"Benefits of this Increase aro scattered
over tho country wherever a plant of the
Standard Oil company Is situated. In New
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mechanics, who will now work nlno hours
instead of ten. That was their own choice.
"Wo havo never had a general strike.
Thoro may havo been trouble lu spots with
a tow men, generally owing to lack of tnct
on tho part of a foreman."
"Aro clerks affected by tho Increase?" Mr.
Alexander was asked.
"No; thoy aro on salary and do not como
under the heads of tho departments In
which tho ralso was made."
By the Incrcaso In wages and reduction
In working hours the Standard OH company
benefits employes In tho states of Now York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky,
Maryland, West Virginia, Mtnnrsotn, Iowa,
Missouri, Massachusetts and Maine,
PCRFE HAS MADE NO REPLY
Turkey Taklnir Its Own Time
AiiNivcr DeiunndN of United
State.
to
CONSTANTINOPLE, Wednesday, May 2.
The porte has not replied to the American
note regarding tho indemnity claims.
The ambassadors met yesterday and de
cided to reply to tho porto's noto of April
20 regarding the Increase of duties as fol
lows: "Tho embassies noto tho porte's declaration
thnt It docs not Intend to introduce nny
unilateral measures and will hasten to Inform
their governments of this. Tho ambassadors
have decided to make their consent to an In
crcaso conditional on the removal of tho
abuses In tho matter of chemical analysis,
tho suppression of warehouse duties and the
abolition of tho stipulation whereby articles
not specified in tho tariffs mny bo Inter
dicted, confiscated or destroyed. Tho am
bassadors havo decided to make the pay
ment of Indemnities to foreigners a separate
question and to deal therewith at a later
dato."
BULGARIAN PEASANTS RISING
Nature of Movement AKnlnnt Govern
ment In AruuiiiIiik AliirmiiiK
Proportion.
SOFLA, Bulgaria, May 3. Tho rUIng of
peasants in the vicinity of Rustchuk is as
suming ularmlng proportions. Tho peasants
havo succeeded In disarming some troops and
havo used rifles against others. Two officers
and fifteen men havo been killed or wounded.
A similar number of peasants fell.
About 3,000 peasants nro now marching on
Rustchuk against two battalions of troops
sent to defend tbo town.
DANISH ISLANDS LOST TO US
Coiitlrnintlon of a CnhleRrnm Printed
In The lire Several Weeks
Auo.
LONDON, May 4. Tho Copenhagen corre
spondent of tho Times says:
Tho project of selling the Danish West
Indies to tho United States has beon aban
doned. There Is a btrong opposition to tho
Idea nnd tho king himself Is against It.
AVIIhclm to Prmldent Sullen,
BERLIN, Mny 3. Emperor William has
cabled to tho president of Brazil, Dr. Campos
Sallcs, ns follows:
"I send your excellency an expression of
my sincere sympathy nnd hearty wishes for
the happiness and prosperity of the friendly
nation which you so worthily represent."
Emperor William's message Is undoubtedly
occasioned by tbo meeting of tho Brazilian
congress, which assembles annually on
May 3.
PROGRESS OF THE CHURCH
Methodism Has Increased Ninety-Scven-Fold
in Throe Hundred Yean.
BISHOP'S QUADRENNIAL ADDRESS READ
Church Will Not Ahnndnn Position on
the Liquor (Incsttnu Vlctva
on Mnrrlnmc nnd Divorce
nnil Amunemmln.
CHICAGO, May 3. With tho inlty nnd
tho clergy theoretically, If not practically
equally represented, tho second setslon
of tho Mothodlat Episcopal general confer
ence began here todny. A crowd of dele
egatcs who were formerly In tho provisional
ranks created a Hurry of amusement when
they called at tho entrance reserved for
delegates. They had negle.-ted to securo
rnrdtiof admission and wero promptly
denied admission by n portly doorkeeper,
who, having been a roldler In Cuba, would
do nothing not oftlclnlly ordered. They
rotreated from thnt door and entered un
challenged with tho general crowd at tho
T " Becrela,7b f , ,oUl
1 em they could secure ticket, of admls-
muu v) merely asHiug lor uicm, aim inus
the Incident closed,
Tho Interest of tho delegates to tho
Mothodlst conference todny was centered In
tho reading of tho bishop's quadrennial ad-
( (,rcss by Bishop B. G. Andrews. Tho ad
dress, which was prepared at n re:ent mect-
lnR of " bo''lril of bishops in Indianapolis,
I ""ru for by Dr. Frank M. Bristol of
Washington. Bishop Andrews was given
close intention and when tho spectators
gathered from tho report that whllo tho
country had Increased fourtecn-fold duriug
tho last 300 years, the Methodist Episcopal
church had developed nlnety-seven-fold, they
applauded enthusiastically.
The bishop's nddrcss stated that tho church
will not abandon Its position on tho liquor
question. "On tho contrary, aroused and
Indignant at tho aggressions of the liqt or
power, at tho inexcusable miscarriage of the
nntt-cantecn law and at tho now perils In
which tho nation Is Involving Its now pos
i sessions, It will summon and pledge all our
,iu, ,, , . ' ,,..ii
i tninlAinra find nnnnlh t n mn?n it nf ni'm 1 n fwl
struggle against this enonmous ovll."
MurrliiKC nnd Divorce.
As to marrtngo and divorce, "In the
presence of this evil, tho church cannot allow
Us rules on tho subject of divorce and re
marriage to bo In any case Inoperative and
void. Lot, If need be, tho church law bo
amended to moro perfectly express tho new
testament rulo of marriage. But by tho volco
of lta public assemblies, by Its pulpits and by
tho Judicious exercl30 of discipline, tho i
church should keep Itself puro nnd aid tho
civil law nnd tho practices of society to bo
como pure.
"Closely associated with theso evils la tho
popular pafslon for unwholesome, coar.se
and debauching amusements. Whoovor
watches tho dally press cannot miss tho evi
dence of shameful degradation In tho the
ater, concert nnd dance hall and on tho raco
course. And the tendency to great iixcms
nUo In other comparatively Innocent forms
of amusement cannot escape attention. Tho
seriousness of Hfo soems largely forgotten,
lbs opportunities of usefulness unoccupied,
tho vigilance, necessary for righteousness re
laxed and tho 'love of tho passing world
gaining In masterfulncfs. It Is not to bo
wondered at that every earnest age has
tended to reprobate nil amusements, as In
compatible with Christian Ufa. Experience
has shown that It Is Impossible to Itnposo on
youthful and lmmaturo Christians a law
which many a saintly soul, of thoughtful
choice, imposes on Itself. Tho attempt to
enforco absolute abstcnslon from recroatlvo 1
amusements reacts toward unrefralnol In- i
dulgence. A discrimination between tbo ad
missible and tho Inadmissible Is, therefore, '
Imperative So great Is the danger to spirit
ual Hfo that wo suggest that It would bo
profitable to placo among tho special advlcos j
of the discipline a brief but cogent stato-
ment of tho parlls which attach to many
amusements of tho ovils Inseparable from
othors, nnd of tho principles by which tho ;
Christian should regulate hie choice among ;
and his uso of them. j
Tho address recommends cither tho abo-
lltlon of tho tlmo limit on pastorates or a. j
return to tho old thrco-yoar limit rule. j
A report that nt an informal meeting I
of leading members of tho commltteo on
episcopacy last night it was agreed that five
bishops bo retired nnd six now ones elected ,
was, In regard to the first Item, denied by
Bishop Merrill today. "Nothing In thnt ,
direction has been done," ho said. "Tho i
report Is meroly n bit of political poetic I
license, according to my belief," Thoso ,
slated in tho rumor for retirement wero
Bishops Merrill, Fobs, Andrews, Hurst nnd
Walden.
lliiNincHa Before Conference,
When tho business session got under way
twenty alternates were seated in placo of
absent delegates, Frank Kern beiug given
tho seat made vacant by tho withdrawal of
Mrs. M. Y. McMahan. John H. Clssell,
northwest Indiana conference, then mado n
motion modifying a former action and di
recting .that tho commltteo on boundaries
bo formed In accordance with tho provisions
of tho rulos of discipline. Tho discipline
provides that this connjiltteo shall bo com
posed of one minister from each conferenco
and presided over by a bishop. Dr. J. M.
Buckley protested against tho adoption of
this motion and substituted another, giving
tho commltteo an equal number of lay and 1
of clerical delegates. Dr. Buckloy's motion
was carried under suspension of ths rules.
A commltteo was appointed to invcstlgnta
tho caso of Caleb Butterworth of Camden,
N. J.. as his right to a seat was questioned
yesterday,
llnrtzell I'lcnds Mrltnlii'M ('muc
Bishop J. Charles llnrtzell pleaded tho
causo of tho Briton In tho Transvaal to
night beforo an audlcnco that almost filled
tho auditorium. Ho spoko from Impressions
gained by personnl observations of condi
tions In South Africa, from personal ac
quaintance with President Krugor nnd his
advisers and from closo study of laws and
the administration of laws by the govern
ment. Bishop Hartzoll mado his argument
In behalf of tho English. Tho audience was
pro-Ilrltlsli In lta sympathies.
dutch ciiimcuus -with liDitr.nr.its.
Synod Deelnrcn TrnunrnnPn Wnr on
KiiKlnnd MlKhteoun.
MILWAUKEE, May 3, Tho synod of Chi
cago, embracing 180 Dutch Reformed
churches, In setelon today, passed resolu
tions declaring tho war of tho Transvaal
with England to bo a righteous war as far
as tho Boera aro concerned and commending
tho action of tho Dutch Reformed churchea
In rallying to tho relief of tho
Boors with genorous contributions and
also for tho relief of tho famlno
strlcken In India. England Is criticised for
falling to earn for her oiibjccts In India.
Rev. G. H. Dublnk of Holland, Mich., wni
elected president. Tho synod decided to
work for tho establishment of academies In
various parts of tho several stutes included
In tho synod, to act us feeders for Holland
academy and Hope collego at Holland, Mich.,
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Ncliraskn
Fair; Warmer; Southerly Winds,
Temperature nt nmiihn ycntcrdnyi
Hour. Dei. Hour. licit,
n n, in 10 1 . in O'J
l n. in Kl M p. in (l.'t
7 n. n II! a p. in (1.1
H n. in. Id . p. in ).-,
I) n. in Ill ft ii. in (17
10 n. in r.'J (I i. in (HI
Ji ii. n r.n 7 p. in (ii
i- in r,s h v, in (i:t
it p. HI ui
Plcarant Pralrlo academy In Illinois and
tho Northwestern classical academy at
Ornnge City, la.
A. M.- M, Church Conference.
WASHINGTON, Mny 3. Tho gencrnl con
fcrciico of tho African Methodist Episcopal
Zlou church Is In session hero, Ulshop Imax
of Charlotte, N. C, presiding. Tho opening
sermon was delivered by Blohop Hood of
Falrvllle. N. C. Thero nro 300 delegates,
lcprfsentlng every stato In tbo union, Africa,
Bermuda and St. Christopher Islands. Bishop
Small, representing tho church In Porto
Rico. Cuba, nnd tho Hawaiian Islands, nlso
la present. Tho most Important legislation
to come beforo tho body Is Uio election of
bishops nnd tho consideration of a proposed
chnngo In the organic law of tho church.
Tho confcrcnco represents a membership
of more than COO.OOO. A letter from Prcsi
dent McKlnloy was read, In which he re
gretted his Inability to bo present at tho
opening cxerclsro and expressed tho hopo
that ho might bo ablo to attend some fu
turo session.
CENTRAL MEN TO GO BACK
Strike on the Grent System Avoided y
nn I iiilcrstiinilliiK Not to llepnlr
Cnrs for Other Ito'ndn.
BUFFALO. N. Y., May 3. Tho striking
car repairers of tho Now York Central will
return trc work In n body tomorrow morn
ing. This was agreed to at a Joint meeting
of tho Car Repairers' association hold at
East Buffalo tonight.
Tho othor roads did not adjust tho differ
ences With tho car repairers today, and
whllo nmlcnblo negotiations aro pending nnd
mny bo concluded tomorrow, tho situation
on these lines Is unchanged.
Thero wero no positive developments In
tho strlko of tho railway freight handles
todny. These strikers claim that tho freight
houses of all linen aro badly crippled, hut
they appear to depend for success chiefly
on their belief of a sympathetic movoment
of kindred railway organizations in refus
ing to handle nonunion loaded cars.
It was stated that In tho agreement
reached with Superintendent Waltt yester
day It had been thoroughly understood
tho Central men who returned to work
should not be nsked to repair cars for nny
of tho roads on which tho striko still ex
isted. This removed any obcctlon to the re
sumption of work by tho Central men.
Attempts wero anndo todny to settle tho
car repairers' strikes on tho other lines,
but they were not successful. Tho executive
commltteo then split up Into four sections,
confromlng to the roads still out, nnd four
conferences wero held without deflnlto re
suits today, but thero may bo results to
morrow. A sliding scalo of wages was con
sidered by tho men but not accepted and tho
question will bo taken up tomorrow again.
PAPERS AFTER PAPER TRUST
Petition AnkliiK tlmt IllKh Prices lie
InvcatlKnted Is Presented to
ConnrcHH.
WASHINGTON, May 3. Representatives
of tho American Publishers' association pre
sented a measure; to tho flnanco commltteo
today asking thai somo relief bo afforded on
account of tho hlghor prlco of paper. The
delegation said the nHsoclntlon represented
22,000 papers. No partcular legislation was
advocated.
Tho delegation was received by Senator
Allison, acting chairman, In the absence of
Senator Aldricb. The resolution recited
that tho prlco of printing paper used by
newspapers has Increased from CO to 100 per
cent without reason or warrant to be found
In tho conditions of the Industry, which was
believed to bo tho working of a trust. Tho
association appealed to congress to Inquire
Into tho conditions complnlned of to tho end
that suitable legislation might bo provided
to remedy theso conditions. As nowspapors
nre sold at a fixed price tho resolution says
publishers cannot put tho Increased coat of
tho paper on tho consumer nnd In many In
stances this Increased cost means tho con
fiscation of profits and In others It creates
actual loss.
A copy of the resolution was also presented
by the delegation to tho houso ways and
means committee.
CHICAGO UNION PICKET SHOT
Trouble In Marled on n Street Cnr
Olllcei'h Protect Nonunion
.Men.
CHICAGO, May 3. Soveral nonunion coal
heavers wore attacked by five union pickets
on an Ashland nvenuo car tonight nnd Den
nis Hannlson, a union picket, was Uiot nnd
perhnps fatally wounded. Tho nonunion
men wore under tho protection of special
Officer James Mulaney and two city police
men. As tho union pickets had been mnklng
threats the men remained In tho yard un
til tho car camo, hoping tho pickets would
not molest thorn. Hut beforo tho car had
gone half a block tho men ontercd tho car
and attacked them. Special Olllcor Mulaney
fired at the pickets, wounding Dennis Han
nlson In tho left groin. Mulaney nnd Don
nls t'onanrs, a union picket, wero arrested.
COLOMBIA REBELS ON TOP
The)' Seem to Mi; (ictdritr the Ilelter
of the Argument Thene
I)a j n.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 3. Now
brought horn today by tho British stoamer
Floridlan, from Colombia, is to tho effect
that the robels aro getting tho better of tho
fight in that ropubllo nnd that they aro ex
pected to onter Boca dol Toro. It U
added that no soldiers being available, tho
government haa sont twenty-live policemen
to Boca del Toro on a launch belonging
to the canal company. The situation Is
considered serious.
Colon Is under martial law amftho crews
of Bhlps In port havo been warnod not to go
ashoro after dark.
Wlien thd Floridlan left Colon April 30
nothing was known thoro about tho roportcd
capture of Carthagena by tho rebels.
.Movements of Oceun VennclN, Mil)' ft.
At New York Sailed Laurentlun, for
Glasgow; Fuerst Bismarck, for H'nmhiirg,
via- Plymouth nnd Cherbourg; Ji lirrtugne,
for Havre; Koonlgen Louise, for Dromon,
via Cherbourg.
At QueoiiHtown S.illrd Oceanic, from
Liverpool, for Now York. Arrived Rhyn
land, from Liverpool, for Philadelphia.
At Olusgow Arrived Anchorla, from
New York; Htato of Nebraska, from New
Tirk.
At Liverpool Arrived Teutonic, from
New York: Michigan, from Boston; New
BnKlimd. from Boston.
At Naplea Arrived-Oillfornlu. from Now
York.
TURNED BY A TRICK
Endorsement for Thurston Aohlored by a
Littla Sharp Prectlos.
DELEGATES WON BY MISREPRESENTATION
Federal Brigade Eoouris Support for Ttmt
Reprissntat.Te by Ohioineiy,
REBOUND OF SENTIMENT APPARENT
Miitake Mde bj the OonTentiou Seei of
All Men Too Late.
ANALYSIS OF THE VOTE SIGNIFICANT
Onlr Hci.ul.licnn Dlntrlntn In ttir Statu
Itcfune in Give Their Annent to
the Ilenl nn Carried
ThroiiKh.
hnf ' Ma' 3-(sPclal.)-Tho clouds
havo rolled away from tho battle ground and
tue cleared atmosphore has coolod dnwu tho
feverish excitement, A sobor survey of tho
situation reveals tho fact that tho siren song
of harmouv which n..rr,,no..i ,i... ......
rldors was an Ingenious dcvlco of tho federal
"sum inni rought with Thurston to ropo
in thO Unsophisticated rnnnlru ,ll
nnd mnko them furnish tho vote for nn en-
.orsomeni or Thurston nnd his relations to
tho Standard Oil trust for which tho party
Is already being called to answer.
Slnco tho closing of tho convention hall It
has nlso leaked out ihni ti, .,, .i..
- - " auutaiull 1I1U.T
in;iiy on tno contingent of railroad mnnlpu
latnrs who wero on tho ground pulling tho
strings for harmony. Tho night beforo tho
convention defeat stored Thurston In tho
fnco by a ahortago of from 150 to 200 votes.
Tho thing that saved him was tho deal by
which Lambortson was withdrawn on condi
tion that tho Burlington should swing Its
Inilucnco In tho Fourth and Fifth districts
to Thurston nnd givo him part of Thomp
son's Lancaster delegation. Before Liwnbert
son's withdrawal it was openly nssortod by
both Dietrich and Morlan, who had tho Fifth
district well In hand, that Thurston would
not bo nblo to muster a corporal's guard In
that district. Tho Lancaster delegation had
been pledged In writing over tho slgnaturo
of I. M. Raymond to stand solid with Doug
las against Thurston, whllo Gago with Its
thirty-four votes In tho Interest of Prout
was consldored safo for at least twenty-flvo
votes for tho deiegntes opposed to Thurston.
Leaving out tho chnngo in Richardson, nlso
engineered by the samo Influence and of
which ono-hnlf was openly against Thurs
ton, thoro wero enough votes If tho original
program had been carried out to havo left
Thurston 150 behind Norrls Brown.
Started In the Sixth.
Tho flno work began In tho Sixth district,
whero tho hind ofllco men, postmasters,
deputy marshals and consuri enumerators
held sway. Under pretenso of calling
mooting to unlto on Sixth district candidate
for state offices, tho trap was sprung by a
resolution endorsing Thurston as tho can
uldaltr of that Ulstrlst In placo of Norrls
Hrown, who had made a gallant fight fof
congresB two yearn ago and Is tho most ef
fective campaigner In tho district. Although
a largo part of the Sixth district was not
at tho meeting, thoso who came later were
dragooned Into line by tho assertion that
tho district had beon pledged solid.
Had the Fifth district held firmly to tho
position taken by Dietrich and Morlan thnt
Thurston's endorsement would bo nn In
cubus Oil tho ticket, thn nnmnnilnMinnn fm.
Thurston In the Sixth would havo been offset
nnd left Thurston In tho cold. Tho deal that
took LambortBon out of tho raco Mcmed,
however, to blind theso lenders to danger
from tho trust dilemma.
What seems most amnzlng now Is that a
man who did not get a single voto from the
delegates representing tho republican dis
trict In which ho llveo should havo received
two out of every threo votos in the districts
that aro intensely nntl-trust and In which
tho republican party has been kept in a
seomlngly hopeless minority for years.
Classified by congreralonal districts tho voto
for Thurston, compared with tho total voto
of each by counties, shows:
,,. ...... Totnl. Thurston.
First district is8 71
Second district in 0
Third district ins 132
Fourth district jm ui
Fifth district 177 U2
Sixth district 179 117
Total 1,633 "coil
Whut the I'Mirurcn Mean,
Theso figures aro significant and sugges
tive. In two districts represented at
Washington by republican congretsmen
Thurston received only seventy-four votes
out of n total of 285. In tho four popocratlc
districts In which tho republicans havo been
vainly struggling to got on their foet for
yoars, D35 votes were cast to endorse tho at
torney of tho Standard Oil trust out of a
total of 746.
Equally suggrstlvo Is the fact that tho re
prated denials of an alllanco brtwron Thurs
ton and Schneider wero disproved by the
tally of tho counties known to bo nt the
disposal of Schnoldor. Dodge, his homo
county, Otoo which was Instructed for
Schnoldor and Richardson, whero Reavis
posed an Schneider's chief lieutenant, all
cast their votes solid for Thurston.
Tho robound In already making Itself
manifest among the delegates who remained
ovor, ns well as hero In Lancaster county
whero tho political barometer Is watched
(Continued on Second Page.)
WATER WORKS DAM BREAKS
Not Thouuht Ail)- Coiinldernhle l)n in
line Will Me ("mined
lu Ileuver,
DENVER, Colo., May 3. The Donvc-r
Water company'n now dam In Platto canon
broke thin morning, releasing 1,000,000,000
gallons of water stored In tho reservoir.
Tho flood will reach Denver about noon to
day. It Is not expected to do any damage
horo, but may causo trouble for tho ranchmen
and railroads in tho eastern part of tho
stato whero tho river is already out of Its
banks In some places.
Tho rivor had rlen four feet at Littleton,
twolvo miles from Denver, at 11 o'clock. No
Inconvenience will result In this city from
tho breaking of tho dam, as tbo water com
pany's storage system embraces other reser
voirs which nro ampin to supply all needs
of the city.
Tho Castlowood dam, at tho head of Ohorry
creek, la leaking badly, and It Is bolleved It
will glvo way soon,
Tbo flood' passed Denver without causing
nny damage. In Platto canyon tha river rose
five feet, covering tho Soutl) Park rallioad
tracks In places. AH trains were annulled,
Tho loss to tho water company Is small, al
the masonry of the dam on Goose croek,
which Is as yet unfinished, remains Intact
and only a rork dump built lo hold back tb
; water temporarily was washed awty,
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