The Omaha Daily Bee.
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OMAHA, MONDAY MOBNISO, MAY 1 1. 1900.
SINGLE COPY ITtYE CENTS.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 15), J8T1.
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FOR THE LAST STAND
All Sotts and Conditions of Mia Comman
deered at Pretoria.
BOERS REAUZ-: DESPERATE SITUATION
Correspontlinti Picture Burghers ai Cttcrly
Dtniorjd'zjd and Disheartened.
CRITICS ARE CIIRY OF CENSORED NEWS
Expsriecc) Teaches Thf.m to Ba Careful in
Judging from Report!.
i
FORCES ENTRENCHING ALONG THE VAAL
TruiinviiiilcrM to MaWc n Stand nl
Stream lllvldliiu; tin- Thii t.'iuin-(rli-N
Suld lo Hurt' Aban
doned Free Stntcrx.
LONDON. Mny II. Tlio Lourenzo Mnrqucz
correspondent of the Timet), tcU-graphlins
Sunday, says:
"It Is rumored that the Transvaal mail, lit
React scislun. has resolved to onlcr nil res
ldcnts, Irrespective of nationality, to nsalit
In the dcfciiio of tho republic In nccordanco
with tho terms of tho revised military law.
"Tho Hours now lecngnfzo that they are In
the-last extremity nud nil so'ts and condi
tions of men havo been commandeered. Tho-
merchants huvo proteded against the stop
... -....i.i .l .i
nagij or n conHignmuui oi ciiitiiiiiH " ""
in c ference with Amerlcoji trade. , !
l no war in iim;n'niijr rujn i,.
Dally Chronicle's Krojnutnd corrcspomlent
and In less dellnlto terms this is the view to
bo gathered from all tho correspondents.
They picture the liters m utterly domo. al
lied and dlshearlciol by Lord Uoberts' unex
pectedly rnpld ndvanco nnd by his facllo
tuttilng of tho carefully prepared positions
of tho Doers.
lAllll'l-ll-mi Wolllllll HlllMtM I'llloll .llll'li.
There was practically no lighting and
theto are no further details to glvo respect
ing tho occupation of Kroonatad. Tho cor
respondent of tho Dally Telegraph Bays tho
uulou Jack was hoisted In tho market plnce
by Mrs. I.ockhead, tho American wlfo of a
Scotchman.
Most of the hotses of tho Doers are In a
wretched condition, hut President Krugcr
do.iaroB ho will contlnuo tho war.
It nppcars that tho Doem nt Kroonstnd
had been reinforced by 3,000 men from Natal
lust Friday, and that altogether 3,000 with
a number of guns trekked from Kroonstad
on the approach of Lord Uoberts. Tho Doers
made An Ineffectual stand nt Iloschrand nnd
had elaborate entrenchments In front of
KroouBtad, which offered great facilities for
a rear guard action. Their only anxiety,
howeTcr, appears to havo bean to get away
safely with all their guns nnd convoys,
which again they havo succcfcufully accom
plished. Tho low storoathey wcro unaalo
to carry away thoy burned.
Slcii In a Hiikc
President Stcyn Is represented as having
been frantic with rago nnd as having kicked
uud cuffed tho burghers after vainly im
ploring them to continue tho fight.
Lord Uoberts, after n march which Is re
garded as worthy of being ranked with his
famous march to Kandahar, has thus cov
ered another etago of his campaign, a stage
which, although successful and without tho
mistakes nnd mlsfnrtuneu that character
ized tho earlier stages, leaves tho Doer
forces unite lutact, not having lost a guu
nud having lost very few men.
Experience has taught the critics to bo
chary of accepting reports of Doer demor
alization. The Times Baye:
"Tho signs point to military breakdown
on tho part of tho Doers, but after the
experience of the past wo cannot accept tho
roports of demoralization without reserve.
Tho game of war must he strictly played out
to the end."
I.liullcy ii Iti'iiilczvoiiN,
Llndlcy, tho now Freo State capital, Is
forty-llvo miles northeast of Kroonstnd, half
way to Dethlehem, nnd was proudly se
lected as n convenient rendezvous for tho
Ciitnmandrfl now ..retiring before CJenurnl
Diabrant and (Icncrnl Ituudle, In tho Thaba
N'Chu district. Drabrant has occupied
llocpellok, half way on tho road from Thaba
N'Chu to Lndybrnnd.
There Is no news from Oeneral Duller
or from tho far west Bide. Nothing Is
known, therefore, of tho Mufoklng icllef
column.
Tlio Standard publishes tho following from
Durban, stated Sunday:
"There aro persistent rumors hero of
heavy lighting In Natal. A lted Cross train
left last night for tho north."
KrooiiNtml KiiMlly TilUen,
KUOONSTA1). Orango Free State, Satur
day, May 12. Tho arrival of Lord Hoborts
was hailed with enthusiasm by nil the llrlt
lah Inhabitants. Throo hundred Freo Stat
ers wcro anxious to surrender. The bridge
to tho Bouth had not been destroyed, but
the largo 'brldgo near tho town had been
demolished.
Tho Irish brigade- wltlr Iho federals yes
teiday burned the goods shed. According to
the townsncoplo many of tiicm wcro uruiiK
Tho Doers aro now trekking to tho Vaal
river, where they nro entrenching. General
French encamped northeast of tho town
nnd dispatched a force to cut tho line. Tho
project succeeded late nt night, but unfor
tunately nfter tho departure of tho last
train.
Although tho troops had marched sixteen
inllos, they wero In excellent form on en
tering tho town. Many arrests have been
made, chlelly nt those who had maligned
Iho DrltlBh. It was found that many per
sons have been deported from Ladybrand
for ultra sympathy with tho Drltlsh.
President Stcyn has gono to Llndley, tho
now seat of tho Freo Stato government
about forty-llvo miles cast of here. A num
ber of tho tmrghers nro trekking home
ward. Tho opposition In tho Freo Stato Is
practically over.
tluurrcl llrttvccit the Allien,
All tho prisoners In tho hands of tho
Drltlidi here agree that tho quarrel between
tho Free Staters and tho Transvaalers Is so
ncute that tho Transvaalers havo decided
to leave their allies, whom they accuso of
cowardice and lack of patriotism.
Most of tho Transvaal prisoners think that
If thoy nro defeated ut tho Vaal river tho
Doers will rotreat to Pretoria, but there
nppears to bo a growiug distrust In the
Transvaal government.
In a word the backbono of tho Doer re
sistance seems lo havo been tiroken. Tho
burghers aro lighting without their prevlou
stubbornness.- They seem ready to retreat
on tho slightest pretext. Tho prisoners
vin iho Transvaalers. appear glaJ to hav
been captured. They say they aro Blcfc of
n war which "can have only ono end. Sov
era! havo exclaimed:
"Wo havo lost our liberty, but why should
no loso our liven?"
GATACRE BLAMES HIS LUCK
SlItN III- WlIN t l .KHlMHt It mill Failed
.Not 'lliroiiu.li MIstaucN or
Treachery.
(Copyright, 100f. by Prms Publishing Co.)
LONDON, May II. (New York World Ca
blegram Spe.ial Telegram.) Oeneral (lat
ncre, on being Interviewed nftcr his arrival
here, said: "I had rather bad luck. Those
who Know best would admit thl.. Many
things mlscarrlid that ought not to hnvc
m I sunt led, and would have gone wrong un
der any other general.
I do not believe tho guldo Intentionally
led mc astray at Stonaiberg. The stoiy about
my shooting htm when In tho act of rLlng
away Is puro buncombe."
The Dally News correspondent at Knnn-
stad wires: "Lord Uoberts' march has been
throughout a moM. brilliant achievement. " ' " ' .Y . l 13 -8y I Compton Avenue Presbyterian church,
uuuiiuuui. . " . . nttriicted more iinpml nttnntlnn ttin.il has In,?, tlerntnfnrn llin I'nrh mini Html pmini' It ..... . .
Ita principal feature has "- usually been the cu.se with this sort of . a alwayV bwn a truculent bad but with "' n v nnd Prelbvlerv In
ous sweep of I anking opera ons, vvh c i ! lh A nmKop of MS , or 1.000 from '" ' 1 ( Wl
completely defeated the Intention, of tho, Z' -notla.r -tlrrlri times are probably 1 1!!":;,"
iney certainty were pru.mw.ii .u ",J"" ; niove. Their nctlon, tnken In connection I Throughout the day great animation pre
a stand here, nnd In tho ordinary coursj w)th (,Ri irrcst of cvcral natives for enr- vailed In tho nrronoisiiements whore tho
of things might icasonably havo Hoped "r ! ryltiR concculva weapons tin 4 tho dispersion ' polling took plnce and tho returns show
Buccius, their frontal i.osmon ueing wnuany
imprcgnr.oie.
Hut whatever lis sircngtn, it couui not
avail against nn imemy ndvnnclng . on t)
cxtcnilvo n line as tho nrmy under I't"l i
Huberts. Tho bodies under Generals Tucker
and Hamilton, on tho right, nnd (Jetierals
French and llutton, far to tho left, com
plKcly overlapped the Doers' positions nnd
left no option but to make a run for It."
THREE TO SIX MONTHS WORE
Siii'IImit IIMiimoii'm ForcoitHt of the
i:entM In South Africa S c
I'oMslhlc ( (i in ill leal ton .
NEW YORK. May 13. Rper,ner Wilkinson
of London, In an article on "How long will
in nui
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wha toremw that the war of tho cession
uurasiuu
would last for four yenm: If any hold that
opinion ho gained little credence for It at ,
tho time. In Juno, 18CG, only thrso who
una special opportunities ni Kumui.j
condition of the Prussian army foresaw that
tlio Austrian cmplro woilid be suing for
pence within six wcekii of tho outbreak of
tho then pending hostilities.- Tho duration
of a wa.r depends partly upon tho nature of
tho country In which It Is waged, ,but ninth
nioro upon tho relative resources of tho two
belligerents nnd tho energy nnd determlna
Hdii which entii of them throws Into It. The
last named Is probably tho mo3t Important
factor.
I hnvo from tho beginning expected that
the Docra would niako ft desperate light. Ac
cording to their view tho cauno for which
they arc In arms Is that of their iuJepend--hluti10rly
cneo. or their national existence, aim ior
that cause every community will light harder
and longer than' for any other.
Orcat Ilritoln Is lighting for the unity of
her empire nnd for the moral existence of
tho nation. It Is a cnuso which appeals less
Intelligibly to tho monies than that of lib
erty, and tho disproportion between tho re
sources of tho Drltlsli empire and those ot
tho Door republics Is ho great that neither
tho Drltlsh government nor tho constituen
cies by whese tono It Is accustomed to guldo
Itself aro ablo to realize tho Importance of
tho extreme exertions to bring the war
speedily to nn end.
In tho present caso tho Drltlsh govern
ment, or tho group ot politicians In charge
o tho national affaire. Is not yet more than
hajf nwako nnd If tho provision hitherto
nwlo ror tlio conduct oi mo war muuw
proVo lnstilllclent thero woubLbo considera
ble !olny before fresh exertions by way of
prcpaiuitlon would produce n visible result.
' I hardly expect tho resistances of tho Door
armies In tho Held to bo prolonged for much
moro than three months, but I should not
o surprised If tho effective occupation of tho
whale country required n further six months
f contlinioua effort. Thero aro now under
ho command of Lord Uoberts nltogothor
IDOJXO men and oven If tho most IP-e nl de
ductions bo mnde for casualties of all sorts,
for Invalids, for garrisons left on tho com-
unlrntlons nnd for troops stationed In tho
districts lately dUalTucted and If wo nllow
thnt there mny bo In Natnl IO.C0O to supply
n Held force of 30,000, there Is Htlll abundant
material for Lord Uoberts to attack tho
Doers with a'foico outnumbering their wholo
nrmy.
On tho lowest estimate of what tho Drltlsh
commander ot Nntnl enn' do ho must hold
fast n respectable portion of tho Door forces.
Tho remainder ennnot without great danger
light n pitched battlo ngalnot Lord Uoberts,
for In that cato his attack will certainly
envelop them and Involve them In disaster.
At the best they can dcluy him and harass
his communications.
It Is littlo moro than n month's march
from llloeinfoiiteln to Protorla. Tho Doers,
by tho various expedients open to them of
rear guard, guard actions and rnldd on tho
communications, may prolong this tlmo n
couple of months, but In tho process, even
though they thould cscapo crushing defeat,
their army would bo uaeil up. After that
there Is nothing left to them but guerrilla
warfare, or tho attempt at a wholcsalo
trek" to tho ntrth.
This appears to tno to be tho normal fore
cast, but V havo no personal knowledge
either of the country or tho people and thoro
aro many unknown clementu which conceal
various pofslbllltles which I cannot gauge.
Tho whole ot South Africa Is Inhabited by
Kalllr tribes, who ,fnr outnumber all the
white bottlers. If tho Katllrs were to Join
In the fight on ono sldo or tho other no
ono can foresee what would happen, A sec
ond net of possibilities lies In tho general
course of tho world's ntfalrs. Tho longer
tho duration of tho war tho greater tho
scope for tho oicurrcnco of unexpected
events In wmo other quarter of tho globe
which might modify tlio wholo situation.
it our. iti's si ii pit isijs thi: i;i:iimvs,
llcrllu llllltnry Critic. Co mini rex the
l.atcMt Advance to Kaiidahnr.
DEIILIN. May 13. Tho occupation of
Kroonstnd by Lord Uoberts without resist
ance has caused tho greatest surprise hero.
Tho military expert of the l.okalanzelger
finds nn explanation In the fact that many
of the Doers huvo deserted. He says:
"Ixird Uoberts' advance was rplcndUlly ex
ecuted. It Is worthy to bo placed besldo
tho Kandahar expedition. Tho Hltuatlon Is
now changed so greatly In favor of the llrlt
Uh that tho fato ot tho Transvaal Doers Is
settled."
President Steyn's movement eastward Is
Intel nreted ns confirming the rumors of
blckerlnga between tho Transvaalers and tho
Freo Sinters.
Stand (inline In Vindicated.
nUDLIN, May 13. Tho criminal libel suit
brought by Miss Maud Oonno ngalnut tho
editor of tho Irish Figaro came up today.
Tho charge was withdrawn, tho editor apol
ogizing. Tho editor had published n state
ment that Miss Gonno was a peuolouer nnd
therefore a government spy.
11 ii t Ic I'lauiic In AtiMtriiHn.
SYDNEY. N. S. W May 13. The number
of rases of the bubonic plague officially re
Porte! to this date Is 210, Of these seventy
three havo proved fataU
TALK OF A MANILA UPRISING
M uj Filipinos Leava Araerinin Employers
to Join a Movement.
OFFICIALS DO NOT LOOK FOR AN 0U1BREAK
Object of till" Attempt May He to Show
the .Nimv Civil Commission
tluit tilt' Insurrection
I OlltlllllCS.
MANILA, May 13. The latest rumor of an
outbreak in Manila nmoug the natives, which
was In circulation last week, was seriously
of 8(!Vcral suspicious gatherings, gave color
t0 tho reports
Otllrlnls havo been nctlvo In tho mnttcr,
but are not Inclined to think nn uprising
will be attempted. They believe tho FHIpl- J
1)08 lack the necessary courage, especially
jn vow 0f n,0 (act th.it tho natives feared I
to attempt tho demonstration nt tho tlmo
of ('encral Lawton's funeral, although they
had made careful preparations nnd many In
Kurgcnts had cotno to Manila tor this pur'
poso.
A paper, found among ths cITcJts of den
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oral Pnntealcon (Jarcia asferts that the crowd of a thousande'coUcricd In front of
United States congress has done nothlns j tho bureau of tho natlonullat and antl-Jow-for
tho Filipinos and therefore all Filipinos i a, organ, Ii Libre Parole, to learn the
who aro working for Americans must leave
their employers nt once or suffer tho penalty.
Ono report Is that the Filipino Junta Is en-
dtavoring to Incite an outbreak In order to
show tho civil commission that the Insur
rection Is still nllve.
IIiiciiciiiiiIiio'n Hciiiiliitlou Not Goml.
It does not seem possible that the peace
, on.n llnniifinmlnn lino ilrnwtl fnr
. ,., ., ,,,, iar.
wjn much WBRht wUh
tho Filipinos. Duoncamlno's reputation,
Raned In former wars, Is that of a man
" .... ... ., ,,, ,ii,. i.i
who hurries to get on tho winning side.
Ho was In disfavor with tho Filipinos even
before the collapse of their government ow
ing to a widespread Huspkton of disloyalty
to his colleagues.
Last week Oeneral MacArthur received a
largo number of olllclals, consuls and rep
resentatives of commercial bodies. To LitU
tenant Colonel Crowdcr, his military secre
tary, ho will assign many duties herctoforo
devolving on tho adjutant general. This
nctlon Is taken In view of the increasing tm
nortnnco of the governor-general's position. ;
I Octiernl MacArthur will give to his staff
tn matters of detail and will dc- '
vote himself largely to nuesttons ot policy. ,
Tho towns of Holongus and Mnalln on the ,
Island of Leyte havo been occupied by troops
of tho Forty-third volunteer tniantry. ino
Insurgents opposed tlio lanutng oi uio Amer
icans nnd sustnlned heavy losses. Tho
Americans suffered three casualties.
SHUTS OFF FILIPINO GAME
tiovornor of Hour Koiik Ihniick ii l'roe
Imiiiitlou Prolilhltlnir the Hi-
fifi it liMi'ciirmii.
(Copyright, 1000, by Dress Publishing Co.) 1
11ON0 KONO, May 13. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) Tho gov-
ernor has Issued n proclamation proniuniug
tho export of arms from tho colony. This
Is to prevent the shipment of arms re-
eel veil uero irom uuriiiuuy uj tuu nni",lo enlist volunteers or to bear nrms. ins
Junta.
NRE MAKES MANY HOMELESS
I'lniiii'H Started hy I1om at IMay
Siircml Havoc In u Xnv Jcmey
'1'nit a.
CAMDEN, N. J., May 13. Fire which i
lirnifn nut In the Farmers' market hou o !
at Fifth and Federal streets completely
destroyed that building, ten stores and
about fifty small dwellings, causing a Io3S
rstlmatcd at $200,000 and rendering home -
less than 2.10 persons. Theto homeless
peoplo are tonight quartered In tho Armory
building nnd nro being fed by tno city.
Doys accidentally or purposely sot ' flro
to n largo pile of tarred lumber, which had
been stored In tho market house by tho
Dell Telephone company. They wero play
ing thero shortly before tho fire began. Tho
llanies spread raplilly through tho grease-
soaked market houso and communicated to
a row of small buildings near by, nt the
simo tlmo eating their way Into Federal
stieet and entering tho old postolllco build-
Ing adjoining and partly destroying It. in J
lire depart. nt of Philadelphia was called
upon for assistance nnd sent four companies.
When tho chemical laboratory oi vviuiam
Cowglll caught thero was a scries of explo
sions,
CALLS GERMANS HIS ALLIES
:mpcriir Kriiiui" .Inncph SpcnUH
Iteccnt VlNit nud the Outlook
for reiiec.
of
ni'DA PEST. Mny 13. Jteplying today to
nn address from tho presidents of the Aus
trian and tho Hungarian delegations with
reference to his recent visit to Ucrlln. Em- T :'... C;7n."
poror PrnnslH Joseph declared! ; 11,0 editorship of William Waldorf Astor n
In the intimate relations ot tho allies VM Mall Magazine. Friction has ex ti ed
so clearly manifested nt Dorlln 1 find a for Homo tl.no between them. Mr. Astor
happy complement of tho excellent relations was not satisfied villi tho Progress of tho
between Austria-Hungary and all tho pow- mngnzlno and deflri'd to save LC00 a year,
ers especially Uussla. May this augur firm Hamilton's salary. This rupture Is not sur
conditions for tho continuing maintenance . prising, seeing that Hamilton Is quite iuex
o( vmce perlencol In magazine work nnd was np-
Aritylc Finally Hurled.
(Copyright. 1900. by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON. May 13.-(Now York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) Tho Duko
of Argyle has nt last been burled, nftcr his
body had luld In Btato for three weeks at
Inverary becnuso tho duche.is, his third wife,
was unablo to bring herself to glvo tho
order for tho Interment. Tho new duchoss,
Princess Louise, was so enraged at this rier
formanco that she left Inverary nnd did 'not
attend tho funeral.
Tho papers necessary to provo the sue
cession ot tho new duko havo been lost,
so that while ho cannot any longer sit In tho
House of Commons, neither can ho take
his placo In tho Houso ot Lords,
Ziich TnlorN DcMcciiiliint Honored,
HALIFAX. Mny 13. Inspector Zach Wood
of tho Canadian Northwcat mounted pollco
has been promoted to the command of that
force In succession to Colonel Steele, now
In Africa. Colonel Wood Is a descendant of
President Zachary Taylor ot tho United
States.
IlncU InIiiiiiI Mil) i:tcud,
CHICAGO, May 13. Tho llecord tctnorrow
will say: It is reported that tho Chicago,
Uock Island & Pacific will extend Its line
to Portland, Ore. Donver Is the present
western terminus ot this road, It Is said
tho final purvey has been finished between
Denvor and Oudon and tracklaylng on that
part of the extension will begin this sum
mer A preliminary survey has been made
between Ogden and Portland.
HOT ELECTION HELD IN PARIS
.NittliimtlUtN (let TvTiTlit' Out of Tlilrlr
.Sen I In Tin- 31 ii ii I el put
Council,
PAH1S, May 13. The second ballots In
the municipal election? In l'arls In the dis
tricts led without definite results May 0
havo given the nationalists twenty out of
thirty feats. This rejfult fully Justified them
In claiming n great lo.al victory. Including
the districts they cairled on May C, the
nationalists will now cmtrol twenty-eight
new members In the municipal council. This
gives them n sweeping, majority, for with
the royalists, conservative and disgruntled
republicans they cm count on forty-clgbt
votes In a body consisting of eighty.
Thus the Wnldeck-uqusseau cabinet has
suffered a serlou3 rebuff In Paris nnd the
that a record number of electors went to
tho voting booths. An fihtuslng feature was
the strtlgglo between the rival candidates
in hnvii everv inch of available wall snaco
covered with their own manifestations.
Thetc was n continual procession of ballot
stickers who covered up the posters of
rivals. Ono candldattf had a hundred bills
printed bearing tho words "This Is a lie."
These were plastered above tho posters con
taining the address of hie opponent.
Intense excitement 'prevailed during tho
evening on Houlevard Mont Matre, where a
results. These werc'shown on nn Illuml
tinted transparency efcrtcd on a balcony of
tho bureau. Detwecn tho announcement of
results portraits of Paul Derouledo and of
antl-natlonallsts were thrown on tho screen.
The portrait of Derouledo was greeted with
frantic cheering, hut tho others brought
forth loud hooting and hissing. Finally tho
proceedings becamo so uproarious that
strong detachments Of -poll o were Biim
moned and tho space along the boulevards
In the neighborhood 'ofr the olllccs of Li
'Llbro Parolo was cleared and tho adjacent
streets wcro cordoned. This measure led to
several conflicts between, the crowd and tho
police, but there were no serious disorders.
At a lato hour bauds 'qf nationalist youths
were parading the sld.'istrccts cheering and
shouting.
iti:i)iio.M)
DUNOUXCUS
SAMSlltttV.
lie Spool; nt mi IrMli DcuioiiMlratloii
at MunclU-ntcr.
MANCHESTER, England, .May 13. John
v. itni'imnmi. chnlrmanT of tho nationalist
nnriv. nnd John Dillon.iformcr chairman of
tuo jolnt winR 0f tho Irish parliamentarians,
nppearc,i hero today Oftjthc platform o$ the
,irmnnstrntlon at Freo Trade hall. Hcd-
motu saltl tuo mcetln'celebrated tho cloio
of a diEa3(rous chaptcr'in Irish history. For
tho rBt tmo Jn a decode, he had tho plena-
nro. ho remarked, of islanding on tho plat
form with Dillon, whose prcsenco proed
tho ccnulnoness ot thoercunbn.
"Much remains to be done," said tho
speaker, "but tho nationalist party Is deter
mined to let tho JoaiHpast bury Its dead
At tho very moment after tho chlvalrotts re-
ccptlon to tho party; Nvhen nn opportunity
presented to cement Arto' countries, Lord
' Salisbury has misrepresented Irish claims
js iordgutp BpoUc of dangers ahead for tho
pmnlr(. ,f the forces ho mentioned wcro to
(,agh on nrltlsh shoies thero Is one spot
they would not ho received ns enemies
invmlers. Ho advocated tho formation
of r,fle clubg( mlt ,o will not permit Ireland
nronosal. therefore. Is nn Insult to Ireland
and so far aa tho res! of tho empire Is con
cerned It Is nuerllo and nbsurd
"Irishmen can now seo moro clearly than
ever tho work they havo to undertake. Thl3
task Is again to makd it Inconvenient and
dangerous to withhold Irish rights. It Is
not by conciliation an 1 appeal to loyalty that
the grievances of Ireland will bo remedied."
Dillon referred to iho pleasure lie nan in
meeting Kcdutond on common ground, ami
sa(i tho real significance of the union would
1 not ho understood until after tho elections,
' Uruolutions were nlopted congratulating
tho party on the reunion and pledging the
p lrty to reforms Inaugurated by l'arneu.
HISSI.V "WATCH I MS V.M-'I.I J
SAM.
.Iciilou or the ProurcNM of the In
demnity .NcKotlatloiiw.
LONDON, May 14. Tho Times publishes
this morning a lotter from Its Odessa cor
respondent, dnted Mny 0, In which ho com-
1 monts upon tho suspicion nnd Jealousy with
. which official circles In Uussla are watching
tho progress ot the TAirko-American dispute.
Ho quotes nt great length from nn Importnnt
nrtlclo sanctioned by the Turkish censor
, that has appeared In the Odessa Llstok,
, which declnres thnt "tho imperial policy oi
tho L'nlted Stntcs-ls prompted by the neces
sity of finding new outlets for trade."
Commenting on th.i report that tho United
; States government was to dispatch a strong
lleet to liurope, tno writer iiints unit, ihmbiu
would head the powers la picvcntlng such a
violation of Turkish waters.
tilVCH I'll HlN'jJ'OMltloll.
(Copyright, I9u0, by Frcss T'libllshlng Co.)
LONDON, May 13. J New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) usrd i-reu
pointeu uy Astor iur svw.ii. wjbui.d.
! DAMt ROBBERS DO MURDER
" '
l.nnlerH of a Kuiihiih IiiHtltiitlnu Kill
One of u 1'iinnc I'nrnii
liiK The in.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 13. A Times
special from Emporia, Kan., says:
Hundreds of men on loot and horseback
and In all kinds ot vehicles are scouring
Neosho valley tonight for two bank rob
bers, James Murphy and U. F. E3tell, who
last night killed Deputy Marshal Edward
Uoberts of Dunlap. u member ot a party
that had been pursuing tho robbers for eev
oral days.
"On May 0 Murphy and IJtotell robbed n
bank at Maryvjlle, Kan., and since then a
posso of deputies has pursued them, travel
ing a distance of over 150 miles. About mid
night last night the robbers wero run Into
accidentally In the dark by Itoberta und a
companion, who had become separated from
the pursuing party. Deforo they recognized
the 'robbers ono of tlio latter had emptied
both barrels ot his ehotgun Into Uoberts,
killing him insintly. Tho robbers later
stole Former .Mayor Sargent a horso and
ixggy nnd started south.
Uoberts was" well known In Emporia nnd
tho news at his tragic death caused Intenso
excitement. Numerous postes were hoou
formed nnd began scouring the, country.
About 6 o'clock this evening tho robbers
had been traced to wlthlu threo miles of
Emporia.
FIGHT FUR CREED REVISION
Pretbjterian Gtnenl Assembly to Debate
the Question Tbi3 Weok.
NEW EXPANSION OF FAITH MAY FOLLOW
SlrmiK Sentiment Helms Wnrhed In
l'ltvor of it ChuiiKc (lliji'i'l Iniiiilile
Fciituics of Westminster
Confession.
ST. LOUIS, May 13. In this city on
Thursday next the Presbyterian general as
sembly will meet In the WnHhlugtoti and
Tho Interest of the topics on tho program
nnd the scope and pOFslble effects of tho
overtures to be presented will make this ono
of tho meat Important .nucmbllt's held for
the ln3t twenty years.
Ono of tho most Important matters to bo
brought up Is the question as to whether or
not the Westminster confwslon of faith fhall
bo revised. This Is n question that ia dis
turbing a largo part of tho Presbyterian
church. Tho following aro the Bectlonw In
tho confession to which it Is said exception
Is taken:
"Dy tho decree of Ood, for the manifesta
tion of Ills glory, some men and angels nre
predominated unto everlasting life and
othera foreordained unto everlasting death.
"Thcso angels and men, thus prediatl-
nated and foreordained, nre particularly nnd
unchangeably designed, nnd their number Is
so certain nnd dellnlto that It cannot bo
cither Increased or diminished."
Severn! Presbyteries havo asked Hpeclflc-
nlly that tho assembly should nppolnt ,i ccm-
mltteo to consider the whole question of
creed revision, while others desire simply
that a new creed should be ordered, leaving
the old ono untouched to bo preserved In
tact ns nn historical document, while the f
new version snail bo tno wonting cteeu oi
the church.
These overtures will nil lie referred to tho
ccmmlttco on bills and overtures, of which
Dev.-Dr. Robert F. Sample of New York
will bo tho chairman. A report will bo pre
sented to tho assembly and uteps may be
tnken which shall lead to a new expansion
of the Prcsbyterlnn faith.
Next to creed revision the topic of the
most lmportanco from a general point of
view will bo tho much discussed case of
Herman Wawzawiak, the converted Jow,
whoso troubles havo been aired In the courts
o! the church for several years.
Other overturcn relate to tho ofllce of tho
stated clerk of tho assembly, Uev. Dr. Wil
liam II. Uoberts, who has held that position
for sixteen years. Tho salary up to last year
was $3,000, but when It was Increased to
$1,000 other eyes wero turned toward tho
office, which la permanent. Efforts have
bcci frequently made to wrest It from Dr.
Uoberts nnd they will bo renewed again at
this meeting.
now Dr. Oeorgo U. Stewart, president of
tbo Auburn Theological seminary, but for
merly of Harrlsburg; the Uev. Dr. Daniel
W. Fisher of Hanover, Intl., Uev. Dr. Wil
liam McKlbbin of Cincinnati and Dev. Dr.
Charles A. Dickey of Philadelphia are among
thcuo who havo been put forward for tho
olllce by Interested friends.
CONGRESS NEARING AN END
House Will 11c Iteiidy to Adjourn
June 1, Semite Mny Continue
1, miner.
WASHINGTON, May 13.--Tho houso this
week will send to tho senato the last ot the
gcnc.ial supply bills the generil defl3t"ncy
and the military academy appropriation
bills and will be ready for udjournment tih
soon ns tho senate pnstvM them and adjusth
tlief differences between the two brandies
upon those already passed or pending In
conference. These conference' reports on ap
propriation bills nro to bo given tho right of
way from now until tho end of tho fcwslon.
Tho houso leaders say they will bo ready
for the slno dlo adjournment Juno 1, but al
lowing for delays and accidents Incident to
the closing up of the soulon, they nre not
Inclined to think both houses will bo ready
to quit .before Juno 10. Lnter on If com
plication) nriso In tho senato the houso may
emphasize Its readimsi to adjourn by ad
journing over from, day to day whilo tho
senate is in the final throes of dissolution.
Tho general deficiency bill will bo taken
up tomorrow nnd It will bo followed by the
military academy bill. It Is understood tho
senato army reorganization bill may be taken
up on Wednesday. The remainder ot the
week until Satuiday will bo devoted to mis
cellaneous matters. Saturday under a spe
cial order adopted some time ago la lo bo
given up to tho ceremonies nttending tho ac
ceptance of tho statue of Oeneral Orant pre
sented by tho Grand Army of tho Republic.
The senato tomorrow will resume consldn
oration of tho naval appropriation hill and
till.
it Is expectcvl that the measure win ue , mucii water n iney were juijuik uu.
pnfsed during tho day. Senator Chandler has long list Is nt present In the handB of Cap
glveu notice that ho will call up tho Clark ' tain Colleran and the. persons who nro til
case en Tuesday nud that he will endeavor j lce.l to have nccepted the proprsltlon nf
to keep It beforo the sonalo until a voto Is tho conspirators are nltu known to the police,
reached. This program will meet with snrao Wolfo Is a rato laker In the water office
objection, hut It ia expected the greator part
of tho week will bo devoted to consideration
of this case. Senator Wolcott some tlmo ago
gavo notlco that he would call up the post
olllco appropriation' bill and It Is thought
that It may bo dispesed of In a day or two.
Senator Hobs has given notice of n set ipeech
and thero nro some conferenco reports to bo
presented which may cause discussion. Thero
may be a clash over tho M' -Uana caso and
other business, hut tho Clark contest seems
to bo tho only event of Importance! for tho
week.
KILLED BY NEGRO IN A CAR
Ilnppciilmr at AiiKUHtn, Ha., "Which It
In Itcported AViih Followed
liy I,y n ' Ii 1 ii ur.
ADCUSTA, Ga., May 13. Aleck Whitney,
aged 25, a society leader and popular young
man, was Bhot and killed on a etreet car
hero' tonight by Gus Wilson, a negro. Tho
shooting vvas tbo result ot troublo over a
seat In the car.
It Is reported that Wllion vvas taken off
tho Georgia railroad passenger train nt
Hnrlrai, Ga., n etntlon twenty-fivo mile
fiom here, nnd lynched. Ho was being takon
to Atlanta for safekeeping.
Fill In Into a Vat and I h Scalded,
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., 'May 13. James A.
Shore, it well known illntlller. who owns n
plant nt Flng Springs", Mo., Is dying trnm
tho effects of scalding. He was loaning
over it vat to nttueli some ploro of mn
chlnery to It and, losing his bnlnnco, fell
in.-Thu vat was nlmost full nnd hen ted to
a high temperature. He retained his tires,
enco of mind, grabbed for the rim of tlio
Vlll, unu Hueceeueii in ihiiiiiik iiiiuni'.i uui.
.Movement" of Ocean Vcnm'Im, May HI,
At New York-Arrlvcd-Ornfr Wiildcrseo,
from Hamburg; La d lacogne. from Havre
At DoHton Arrived Hibernian, from
GlnHirovv.
At Movlllo-Arrlved-Clty of Home, from
New York, ror tiinscovv
A
,t QueenHtnwn-Salled-Invcrnia, from
.crpool, for New York.
LlV
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraskn
Fair, fooler; Westerly Winds.
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ELECTION TROUBLES IN
Sonic Oltlclnli i'rliiK to Hi
NIIIIIINlllllltlc llcCllllkC of.
nil ti mIi I i .Miij or WiiiiIn '(
HAVANA, May "lS.-Senor
governor of Havana, has applle
civil
enoral
Wood for permission to utter
urgent
private affairs for the next six,
s. tlen-
ernl Wood replied that thero i
objeC'
Hon to this, provided arrangements wero
made for carrying on tho routine work of
the province.
Recently a disposition has been manifested
on the part of certain olllclals to evade re-'
Bponslbility for the duties of several Im
portant offices during tho elections, the fear
being that In some places theto will bo
trouble between the partisans of rival can
didates and the officials In question not be
ing desirous to use the rural guards or ask
for United States troops. Senor Nunez says
he has lecelved complaints from many small
towns In the province with reference to tho
courso of tho mayors in anticipation of tho
elections. The complaints, which nro vir
tually tho same, allege that the nnaorB nto
making an iltegal use of their pcsltions with
a view to securing re-election. This they
nro ablo to do effectively, but the election
Inspectiirs nre nominated by the municipal
ities and In many small towns the mayors
would be able to get their own friends nom
inated by tho special election candidates
who will count the votct. llcsldes, the In
scription boards can also bo(ussurcd In tho
same fashion.
At Meena nlmost the cntlro body of citi
zens refuted to vote because of the nllerd
Improper behavior of tho partisans of tho
mayor. In tlio larger towns this cannot bo
carried out so well ns In the smaller, where
the sympathies of each man nre known nnd
where as sr.on us any voter Is suspected ot
being hostile to the mayor nil torts of ob
Btnctts aro placed In tho way of his Inscrib
ing.
Senor Nunez, who has placed these matters
before Oeneral Wood, says ho will do nil he
can to ensure fair play, but that he has
comparatively little authority, tho question
resting with tho courts.
Tho mayor of Dejucal vvns recently nlmost
mobbed by tho townspeople. He cnlled on
Oeneral Leo for n detachment of United
States troops to protect him. Senor Nunez
told Oeneral Leo ho was cshnmed nf him
becnuso this official had all along advocated
tho withdrawn! of troops from tho Island and
proved to be the first to Invoke theiti aid
when troublo arose. Tho members of the
national party demand that the mayor of
Dejucal bo tried by the courts for endeavor
lug to steal tho elections.
WATER FRAUDS IN CHICAGO
Two KmiiloycN of the City Depart
ment Arri'Mtcd ConfcMN to AlilliiK
llln CoiiHiilraey.
CHICAGO, Mny 13. A schemo by which
tho city ot Chicago has been defrauded out
of sums aggregating $200,000, according to
Chief of Detectives Colleran, has been un
earthed by detectives, and two men nro now
In Jail charged with conspiracy, while seven
others aro under surveillance. Clnrenco M,
Wolfo and Oeorgo W. Plggott, employes of
tho water office in the city hall, nro under
arrest charged with participating In tho con
splrncy, which, It Is said. Tins been going
on for five years. Wolfe and Plggot were
caught In the net of changing the dial
of a water meter In the Rainier hotel. Tim
detectives say the alteration wns part of
tho schemo In tho fraud operated.
During tho last two months two city detec
tives havo stood in a room seven feet square
In tlio b.ascnieiit of tho Hauler hotel look
Ing through narrow peepholes In a fourteen
inch brick wall and waiting for evidence
So conclusive Is the showing agaliiBt the
men arrested that they have confessed their
guilt.
Tho schemo Is simple enough for any per
son connected with the water department
Dy breaking tho cap of a water meter tho
conspirators had no difficulty In changing
the hands on tho dial so as to cut down ns
much ns desired the record of water used
In thousands of Instances within the past few-
years this has been done, according to Chle
ot Detectives Colleran. Supcrintendea
Nourso of tho water office places tho city'
low at $100,000 for tho past flvo years, whll
Captain Colleran doubles It.
Tho nllcgod fraud was reported to tho au
thorltlcs by Jamro O. Tralnor, of the firm
of Southard & Tralnor, who said he vvns np
proached In March by n man who said h
had "fixed" tho meter of tho ltalnlcr hotel
of which Tralnor was manager. :.nd wanted
his money. Ho told Tralnor that n number
j of buildings wero getting three times as
and Iiggott Is his assistant
DEATH IN WIND AT ST. PAUL
Three People Killed mid OthcrN In
jured Due Fatality Occam In
u Church.
ST. FAUL, Minn., May 13. Three persons
wer killed and two wero seriously Injured
during a nevere wind and rainstorm shortly
after S o'clock last evening. Tho ' lllod:
FANNIE MULLEN, 610 Summ avenue,
Uilltd In St. Luke's church.
JOHN M. LAND, Stillwater Itoa.l, struck
by lightning.
I'ATUICK SEXTON, "SO Dayton n 'nuo.
Tho Injured:
Miss Mnry Sexton, aged fi, 790 Inylnn
avenue, nrm nnd head cut nnd bruised. Pat
rick Sexton, Jr., nged 10, bruised and .ut.
Tho wind played havoc with tho telephone
wires botw."i this city nnd Minneapolis,
connection between the two titles only Lo ng
obtnlneil now by roundnLout clrcultt. Tho
poltvi of tlio telophono company for two
blocks were strewn over tho tracks of tho
Iiit.,rnrbnn trollev lino, thus blocking traffic
for the night. Sidewalks wcro displaced by
tho windstorm and buildings suffered by
wind nnd lightning.
Patrick Sexton, senior member of a firm of
wholesale cigar dmlero, had been nt Como
park with his four children and thoy wcro
driving homo. On Halo street tho storm
dislodged tho sidewalk, which crashed Into
Sexton's carriage, killing him nlmost In
stantly and morn or lift Injuring hlo dough
ter, who vvns In the sent with him, as well
ns his 10-year-old boh.
Tiilmiiue Spcnt.N at HdlnhiirKh,
EDINUUKOH, May 13. Synod hall, which
has a capacity of 0.000, wa crowdod todny
by nn assembly to hear Hov. Dr. DoWItt
Talmage. Dr. Talmage delivered a Mcond
lecturo Inter to a largo aHiembly hlockadlnis
I ''" ,,,'t, lit, n i ,7, hail
tho approaches to tho lull.
S.i
m
TO CALL OUT TROOPS
Governor Stcphcni Will Use the Militia if
Neceswj to Quell Riots,
d:sordirs IN ST, LOUIS MUST STOP
SUto'i Chief Excut!ve Will Not Iloiitate to
Use His Power.
HE ISSUES A STATEMENT TO POLICE
TjIU Coinmifsionen They Should Do All 1
Their Power Fitst.
GENERAL SYMPATHY STRIKE MAY COME
.Man Mccttnir of All t'nluiiN In the City
to lie Held Only Mull Cur K
It it ii n I ii if on the
"t
t Salihatli.
ST. LOl'IS. May 13. Governor lion V.
Stephens, accompanied by Attorney General
Crow, cntue down from Jeffetson City this
evening. The governor gnve nut u commu
nication that he had sent to the ptetldent
of tho Hoard of Pollco Comml.lotiers nud
ho chief of police. It Is dated at Jefferson
Mty, .Mo., May 13, nnd Is ns follows:
Dear Sirs: The coiidltlniw Unit now niiit
for sevetiil days hnvo existed In St. Iiula
must be termlmileil. Am unv ernor of tho
state It is my Muty to sic that pence and
order are preserved In Missouri, to tlio
end tli.it the ordinary buslnesM und utTulrs
of life tuny lie iittemleil to by our rltizona
Willi salety nrd i uiivcttlence to Ihctinulvcrt.
I will perform my whole duty oh I sec It In
this mutter anil nil penco ollUers must per
form theirs.
I shall nut hesitate If I deem It iiecrs-
s.try to use promptly the full power of
i no him to rn restore ana preserve oruer
ami :.irc In St IaiiiIh.
"Tno iltizctiM have u right to expert nnit
reci Ivo nde piate protection from oilhtahi
to render life, property and the tr.ins.ie
Hons of business secure. IillTereiieeH or
icntruversli's between citizens must not
bo allowed to produce dlconler ami ileitroy
the public pence. And If those on cither
hIiIo of it contiovei!y. or person1" In nym
piilhy with either side, or IiiwIok.4 Individ
uals for whom neither side to a dl pute Is.
perhaps, responsible, take advantage ot
vvnat tnev deem uu oppoi tuiiiiy m vioinm
the law, it Is, In any event, the duty of of
llrers to nromntlv arrest all olTenderH.
using whatever power Is needed to enforco
icspcct tor ami oiiciiienie to me invv.
IllNordci'M Mil! He Stopped.
It Is Hot 111V lllltv. nor vnnra. In nftlrlnllxr
pns on the merits of the rontioversv vvlilelv
Iiiim pr idticcil tho exliiing condition or
arrnlrx In St. Loiil.x Tho imrtlct to th
exltlnr dispute In St. Iuils mut adjust
or settle their differences without endnn-
gnlng tno narty or illstuiblng the good
order of the community. Tnlf controversy
between certain peisoiin bus niodin ed dis
order nnd Interferes with public pi nro nud
retauls transaction of business ami tills
i ondillon ranunt be tclrratiil ami a normal
state, of affairs must be cstnlilMinl Imme
diately. As Individuals you Ii.ivi and aro
entitled tn your opinion regarding tlm
merits of the controversy. Doubtless your
sympathies are with one side or the other.
nut an executive officers of the law you
have but one thlnir to do nnd thnt Is r cm torn
penre and BUppress nil disorder.
i neiievo ino lav, nns clollieil vou vvita
complete official power to accomplish this
result. If your regular police force Is not
HUtllclent, In your Judgment, the Invv given
you uutniiruy ic. anil suiuciciit men to meet
any ernerseney. I require that yon t.cr
eluo the power vested In you promptly.
Each side to the dispute which has caused
the existing conditions claims that It is not
violntlnr the law. but that others nro ro
spnnslblp for the disorder. Hut, so far as
vou nre concerned In the performance of
your duty, It matters not who Is resuonsl
ble: tbo arts treating public disturbances
must be stopped at once.
It Is Important In circumstances like thfl
present that the commission of iinlawtul
arts lie speedily ended, for each hour they
,tro allowed to continue only tm lies tho
lawiessly-dlsnosi'd to commit depredations
and create disrespect for the law.
Therefore, to the end Hint the publlo
peace and order mny be restored and main
tained, you nre directed to ue Immediately
the full 'lower given you bv law ind If
your power Is Inndequutc (which I am loatli
to believe) notify me and 1 will exert Isn
my full authority to assist you. Very truly,
LON V. STEPHEN'S,
Oovernor of Missouri.
Governor Stephens was nsked If the Mnte
ment In his communication to the effect
that he would use the full power of tho stnto
to re.'tore and preserve order meant that ho
would call out tho militia. He declined to
make any explanation of the communication,
saying It ppoke for Itself.
(icncrnl Strike May Occur.
The secret mn.'vi meeting held at Wnll
halla hall tonight by tho presidents, sccro
tariw and business agents of every trade and,
labor organization of St. Louis, nfter a bos
slon lasting toveral bourn, adopted a resolu
tlon calling a general meeting for Wednes
day night to consider the advisability of or
dering a general sympathetic strike, In caso
the differences between the street railway
company nnd Its employes nre not adjusted,
before thnt time.
Tho resolution nlso nsks that the racra
btrs of the trades nnd labor unions of St.
Louis contribute to the maintenance of tho
fctrlklng street car men nnd provides for tho
Institution of proceedings ngnlnst the St.
Louis Transit company to annul tho fran
chises under which Its different Urns oper
ate bemuse o the failure lo run tars as pro
vided by It.i charter.
Tho Brewery Workers' union nnnotlnceil
that It would contribute $1,000 a week to
ward the support of tho strikers.
This, the sixth dny of the street railway
strike, has been especially quiet and devoid;
of Interest. Not a wheel on any ol tho lines,
except of tho mnll cars, was turned in tint
city today, in conscquenco of tho decision ot
Chief of Police Campbell to give the men ot'
tho force, who had but little time for rent
during tho past five dayB, a chance to re
cuperate for tho coming week.
Much All Slop Hoiiiilnn.
Tho management of tho two street rall-
vvay companies, who feared to run curs with
out pollco protection, decided to niako no at
tempt to keep thulr lines open today. As a
result tho turbulent scenes' that last wcokT
marked tho reopening of the dlffen'nt llncu
wcro not experienced and tho day passed off
without any serious trouble. Tho only pollco
on duty wcro stationed at tho different power
houses and car sheds
Doth tho Suburban nnd Ft. I,ouIh Transit
companies will operato ns many of their"
linos tomorrow ns tho pollco department will
afford protection for.
Tho owners of vehicles of every descrip
tion had tho streets to themselves today.
Hut for them tho streetH would have been
dfhcrtod.
This was tho last day, nccordlng to Cen
tral Manager Daumhoff, that the places va
cated by men on tho St. 1iuln Transit com
pany would bo held open for them. After
today new men will bo put In their places.
Mr. Daumhoff says that all tho old men who
return to work will bo nlloaed to avail
thomselveo of the new scale of wngitt und
get tho Incrensed pay to which they will l
entitled by reason of their long service with
tho compnny.
In his room at tho lintel. Governor
Stephens held a conferenco with the local
pollco officials. Attorney General Crow wan
present ns the governor's legal advisor. Tho
conference was still In hchsIoii at 1 m.
Monday. Governor Stephens, who wns'soen
at that hour, said he bad come to Ht.Loula
I