The Omaha Daily Bee. 35STABLISIIED J UN 33 19, 1871. OlMAllA, Til CIISDA Y MOKNISCJ-, MAY tM, IDOO-TWELVE PAGES. SI2s GTjI3 COPY riVE CENTS. FORTY MILES OF MEN Lord EobirU Sweeping Towtrd th. Vaal with a Wide Front. HElLBROH IS OCCUPIED BY HAMILTON tut Town of Ifc'rtanc. in tit free State BOERS RETIRE WITH RESISTANCE Continue to Elude the 'la of tha English Afmy. POWELL TELLS OF MAFEKING'S RELIEF Unjd Hie CJnrrlnon mul Townspeople Are Heartily Grnlrf ill Grnernl Snyiniiti, the lliirr Conininiidcr, Wns Alum! ,'nitiireil. LONDON'. May 24.-4:30 n. m. Lord Rob crts is drawing near to Iho frontier of the Trarmviiul. Ilia Infantry masses arc tmrty thrco mile north of Kroonstad, at the Rho nnstcf river. Some thousands of cavalry are already iktosb the river. General French and General Hamilton arc rcparntcd flom each other hy about firty mllrs. while Lord Roberts 18 within twelve tnllrs of Gencrnl French and thirty miles of General I Inruilton. Tho liners urn retiring toward tho Vaal with their heavy baggage. They arc re ported from Pretoria as already acrom that river. Twelve thousand men and fourteen trimn rnmnnso the retreating army. Trains rnnllnun to run from Veronnlglng, at tho Vaal, to Pretoria. A dispatch from Lord Roberts says: "Ian Hamilton reached Hcllbron thle morning nftcr a series of engagements with a Ilocr force under DeWct. who Is retiring before hint. Ilrcadwood has captured fifteen Iloer wagon. Thero liavo been seventy-five casualllcH In Hamilton's force to yesterday evening." Dispatcher to tho Associated Press from llollbron wiy that tho Iloer general, DoWct, had 4.000 men posted on .in adjacent hill, hut that ho retired when General Hamilton tpproached. FlKiirliiK on I'retorln SlrKe. , Foreign engineers assort that Pretoria l able to stand a year's slcgo. According to advices from Louronzo Marquez tho Pretoria formications are described ns complete, but Johannesburg has not yet been placed en tirely In n state of defense. The Transvaal government papers and tho war chest havo hcen removed to Lydcnhitrg. Foreigners continue to leave tho repub lics. Dutch steamers aro coming to Dela goa bay, It Is claimed, to furnish an asylum to llcelng Hollanders. Tho Ilocr forces contlnuo to dwindle. Some of tho correspondents assert that probably only about 24,000 of tho hardest fighters yet remain, nltliough thore aro detached parties in various parts Of tho Transvaal. Ono curious piece of gossip sent from Louronzo Murqucz Is that several women tried to sjambok President Kruger. who was rescued by his bodyguard. Ho rarely leaves tho presidency now, hut works Incessantly, holding councils nt daybreak and during tho night. It Is announced nt Pretoria that on Sunday tho government proposed removing tho Hrltlsh prisoners from Pretoria. I'owell Tell" ii f Ilellef. Tho War olllcc issued a dispatch from Iord lloberls announcing the receipt by him of tho following message from Major General Baden-Powell: "MAFKKING, May 17. I am happy to Inform you that Mafeklng was successfully relieved today. The northern and south ern columns Jolnod hands on May 15 and at tacked tbo enemy yesterday, and, after a small engagement, entirely defeated them with loss. The Hrltlsh casualties were three killed and twenty-two wounded. "Tho relieving force marched Into Mafe !lng at 9 o'clock this morning and the re lief and defense forces combined and moved nut and uttneked tho enemy's head laager. Wo shelled them out und nearly captured Bnyman and took ono gun, a Hag anil a largo nmount of ammunition, ptores, etc. Five dead and fifteen wounded liners wero found. The enemy appears to bo retreat ing in all direction except one commando, which Is Ivlng low, pcsslbly to cover tho retreat of the remainder. "Captain MncUiren and Corporal Murray wero found In tho Iloer hospital. They are doing well. The townspeople and tho gar rison of Mafeklng aro heartily grateful for their relief." Tho first word received from Colonel linden-Powell at Mtt'eklng heightens rather than diminishes tho reports heretofore ca bled of tho gallantry exhibited by the garri son during the closing days of tho siege. ModcNty of MufcUliiu'n ( 'ii in in miller. In an Interview' with tho correspondent of tho llouter's Telegram company, May 11, Colonel Iladcn-Powell said: "My great endeavor Is to prevent the re lief forcn from trying to rush Into the place before they nro strong enough to do so. It would be better 'to make certain of relief In two mouths than to bo beaten in an at temnted relief In ono month. You remember it was said In tho old da)s In Zuliiland that iho natives railed mo 'Umhala Panxa,' the Man who does not rush things. The knowl edge that the whole omplre was watching with appreciation the good fight of tho gar rison tun been worth an extra pound of ra tions a day to the garrison. It was difficult to persuade the civilians of tho necessity of submitting to martial law. Wo had our lit tie dltUrultlits, but later there was a loyal acceptance of tbo military administration and theio was no trouhlo at all. The devo tion of tho nurses and tho women generally was most marked." Referring to 'the requests of newspapers for messages, U.idcn-Powcll looked embar raised and said: "Thdso cha havo got an exaggerated Idea of the Importance of my personality. I look upon myself as the figurehead of the good ship Mafeklng. It has liecn her stout canvas and shape and her brave hull that really fdiovcd the ship nlong and brought her safely through tho stormy cruise. So, whenever I read nice things peoplo say of me I take It that they aro tald Inasmuch as I am tho head representative of the garrison." Do t M 1 1 Are t'oinlnur TlirniiKh. Mafeklng dispatches continue to pour Into Ixmdnn, relating to events profellng tho re lief anil the entry of tho trocps. The corre spondents ngreo that tho Canadian artillery, Major Kndon's seven guns, did splendid work. Some of them assert that tho Cana dlnns did "absolutely essential work In the tlKhtlng.' About 7 In tho evening of the day before tho relief, after Colonel Mahon and Colonel Plumrr had defeated the noers nine miles from Mafeklng. Major Karri Davis and nine scouts entered the town. The Hocib were EnoircnHK r. BEE WANT ADS PAY. Siorx City, May 23. IVHMSHKK JiKK. Sik I Hent ad lo Thk Ukf, two woeks ago and nent same ad to World Herald; have received eight replies, all of whom men tion Thk Hf.k and none mention the World-Herald. I think World-Herald ad readers are those out of a job and broke. Yours, 0. II. lii.Ms J CAPTURE OF ELOFF RETOLD lilnpnfch from .MnfcU I nir .Ini Before (Mr Relief Tell of iurrlon' K ill tnl Inn. MAFKKING, May IS. Tho whole town is animated with n keen cnse of exultation over yesterday's victory whlrh was com plcto, decisive and far teaching. Tho mili tary position shortly nfter sunrlso was ex traordinary. All tho outlying works of tho town wero Intact. Tho Hrltlsh had lost hardly any men and yet threo bodies of federate right Inside the Hrdltlsh lines had been surrounded, cut off and given an op portunity lo surrender, which they had de clined. Commandant Sard Eloff did not realize that his supports had been driven back nnd he Informed n messenger that tho town wbh nt his mercy. Toward noon thero was n lull In the light ing. Everybody at hendqunrterfi went to breakfast nnd the commissariat requisi tioned for horse sausage, broad nnd water for tho men on tho fighting line. Thero was no thought cf half rations, Every ono got all ho could cat. Tho Hrltlsh In tho start, moving from rock to rock, gradually drew In their circle around tho federals, whom they corra lied j like cattle In a pound. Shortly after 4:30 a white Hag wao hoisted by tho enemy and then', amid ringing cheers, tho first batch of Hoers was disarmed and sent to the town. Tho erstwhllo besiegers furnished n In spiring spectacle to the townefolk them selves so long cooped up. As tho hungry, dirty, battle-stained noers marched between tho gleaming bayonets of tho Hrltlsh the Hrltlsh population received them respectfully, but tho Katllrs gavo full rein to their enthUHlasm Ir hoots, yells nnd similar expressions of df.ight. Tho pris oners Hoctned glad the 'ght wns over. u8 tho afternoon ndvpiicwl tho cracklo of muslftotry legin ngnli continuing until nearly 7 o'clock, wh- Captain Singleton Bhouted, "CcnBO lire! A nusago had com from headquarters to tho effect that Elof;. his omcers and men had surrondweu" and had laid down their arms unconditionally to Colonel Horc, who, with a hnndiul of imon, had been a prisoner of Eloff during mont of tho day. hnrf!- hMors tuts u rusttttlriTFa-ticnrf It was EloiT and tho men who stood by him firing on their own deserters, eighty of whom fled. , As tho news spretid by telephone to tho garrisons of tho various form cheor alter chcor resounded. In tho town some started "God Save the Queen," and tno strains oi the national anthem mingled for a few mln uto with tho hoarse shouting of the natives. Soon Captain Singleton and Colonel Horc approached, accompanied by Commnndnnt Eloff nnd his omccrs. The meeting between Colonel Haden-Powoll und the Iloer com mander was dramatic. "This Is Commandant Eloff, sir," said Cap. tain Slngletun. "Good evening, commandant, said Col onel Haden-Powell. "Welcomo and have BDino dinner." As tho Hrltlsh had already 120 prisoners, nbout all thuy could handle, Colonel Hadcn Powoll sent word to Lord Chase Henteneck to open tho way and to allow the. scattered remnants of the federalists to bo driven from th., Rtiiiib. In half an hour everytning was over and in tho nus room at headquarters thn threo Ilocr olllcers were dining. Nearly every wevs In town rakeil up somcwneie a hidden storo of liquor, a bottle of cham- ,n In nun t) ace. a llasK oi wnissy in i'"f" . . . ,, i nnothcr. Tho whole town joincu m im Jubilation, singing "God Save the Queen nnd other patriotic songs all night long, Mt rf thn nrlsoners nro JonanneiuurKer.i They seemed in excellent spirits, scrambled for tho blankets issued, wroio iuiiui i" their frlendi and grumuion ai iicm-uu air man. FLANKING OUT THE BOERS Unliei-tH liri-iiN I p the Tnetlo Which lime lleeii So Sneeennf ul In the I'liNt, HONINGSPRU1T. Orange Free State.Tues- day Evening. May 22. General French has crossed tho Rhenosters river, northwest of here. This movement, combined with Gen era! Ian Hamilton's occupation of Hcllbron, renders tho Hoer position twenty miles In tho British front untenable. Tho latest re ports, however, received say the burghers aro prepared to make a strong resistance and posses tlfteen guns. Fifteen prisoners wero taken today. MANY BOERS SURRENDERING ItninI Kntlrel) Clfiir from Klmhorlry to .UnfeUlnn o Oinltlou to llrllUh. KIMnERLEY, Tuesday, May 22. About fOO Hoers have surrendered at Vryburg tnorth of Kimberley nnd a llttlo more than half way between that placo and Mnfoklng.) The road is all cleur from Mafeklng and all opposition In this district is practically ended. t'niiiiillnn rtlller's Work, DOUGLAS, Capo Colony, Tuesday, May 22. -A force under General Warren, consist ing of mounted Infantry. Imperial yeomanry and two guns of tho Canadian artillery, left Rool Pan Capo Colony, on tho night of May 20 and marched In two columns under Colo nels Hughes and Spcnce. Nothing wns seen of the Boers until the Hrltlsh wero within two miles of Douglas, when a few shells from the Canadian artillery sent the burgh ers In full retreat toward Douglas. Colonel Hughes' column advanced in skir mishing o'rder and after lengthy exchange of shots tho Moors tied, leaving their laager and a quantity of hioro and ammunition. Again today 300 Boers opened a hot flro on a de tnehment of yeomanry and the Canadian ar tillery repeated their excellent practice and compelled the enemy to retire. lienernl Wnrrrii Oeenplen l)oimln. OAPF.TOWN. Tuesday, May 22 C.eneral Wnrren ha occupied Douglas without sus tainlng any loss. The Hoers havo retreated to tho north -y - - REICHSTAG PASSES MEAT BILL Action Taken on ths Meiauie Which Shuts Out American Froducti. PRESENT FORM WORSE THAN THE FIRST Amhnindor White Snj the Compro mise I More litcliinlte of .Mrnln (rum the t nltcd Str.tc Than the Original, BERLIN, May 23. The Reichstag today voting by roll call adopted tho meat bill by 16.1 to 123 Mites. As It has passed the Reichstag, in addi tion to prohibiting tho importation of canned or sausage meat tho bill provide that until December 31, 1903, tho Importa tion of fresh meat shall only bo allowed In whole, or In certain cases. In half carcasses, and that tho Importation of pre pared meat shall only bo permitted when it Is proved to bo Innocuous, which Is re garded an being Impossible of proof In the case of consignments of salt meat under four kilogrammes in weight. Tbo bill also provides that after 1903 tho Importation of meat shall either be regulated by fresh legislation or tho nbovo mentioned provisions remain In force. The bill In the compromise form is re garded by United States Ambassador White as worse In Its bearing upon tho United States than it was originally. "In taking this view." said Mr. White, "I particularly refer to the virtual exclusion of our corned b"of, which I deem unreas onable, after Its long use here and nftcr the United States has proved Its wholesome nem." iriiii.vs iiiitTiin.YV is cm, unit ATIII). M I ii Ix I e rln 1 llnmiiift to Mnrk the Kvent In London. LONDON, May 23, The usual queen's birthday ministerial banquets took place this evening. Iord Salisbury entertained nt the Hotel Cecil. His guests included King Oscar of Sweden and Norway, the prince of Wales Ambassador Choate nnd other diplomats. Tho gueMs of Chamberlain nnd tho CO' lonlnl otllco Included tho Canadian high commissioner, Lord Strnthcona, and tho Aus lrn(m c(lenitlorl 0P,eKIltca, Gcscheu entertained the duko of York, many admirals, Commander Richardson Clo- er, tho United States naval attache here, and other naval attaches. I1ERLIN, May 23. Preliminary cclcbrn- tlons in honor of tho birthday of Queen Vic torla took placo In Berlin this evening, tho principal incident being tho banquet of the First Dragoons Guards regiment, of which Queen Victoria is chief. Sir Frank Lns- celles, tho Hrltlsh ambassador, and tho staff of tho embassy wero present. Tomorrow tho regiment will parado In tho queen a honor. Emperor William Intends to celc brato the event suitably tomorrow at Wies baden. Commons Knvora Women A lit or men. LONDON, May 23. Notwithstanding gov ernmeiit opposition, tho second reading of tho bill to enable womon to bo elected a'der- mcn and councillors In tho new borough councils, formed under tho new London gov. urnmnnt. thi. bill of 1S99 was carried, In tho HOQse or commorm today "ty"K 'vWtf-or 24S to 129. Chamberlain, Sir Matthew White Ridley, Ritchie, Henry Labouohcro and John Redmond voted with tho minority. The ma Jority was composed mostly of liberals and Irish mcmbors, with a sprinkling of con servatives. The bill was referred to tho commltteo on law. Situation nt Gold Const. C VPI." COAST CASTLE, Gold Coast. Tues day, May 22. Tho situation nt Kumasslc (tho capital of Ashanti) is apparently un changed. A detnehment of 2o0 men of tuo West African frontier force. Colonel Carter commanding, was landed by tho Sokotl to day. Hreeptloii to American Delnrntex. DRESDEN, May 23. The delegation from tho now Deutscho Krlegerbund arrived horc- at midnight. Tho visitors wore received at tho station by tho festival commltteo of the Klrlgorvlerens. KIiik Humbert Heeelves Tlrnper. ROME. May 23. King Humbert this after noon received thn United States ambassa dor, General William F. Draper. The sig nificance of the intorvlew Is not known. TWENTY-TWO DEAD IN MINE Latent liiforiiiiitlon from the Seene or the DlmiNter In North Carolina. CHARLOTTE, N. C, May 23. Tho moat accurate information yet obtainable thl morning Is that twenty-two minors wore killed ln tho Cumnock ml tie disaster last night. Tho explosion occurred at 1:30 o clock nnd is supposed to have been caused by a broken gauze In a safety lamp. Tho acci dent wns ln what Is known as the east heading, nnd between forty and fifty men woro In the mine nt the time. Five wero brought out alive from the east heading, while nono of tho men in tho other parts of tho mlno woro injured. About fifty people from Sanford, a town six miles from the mlno, wont out Immedi ately when tho news of tho disaster was received to assist ln tho work of rescuing tho dead and lending assistance to tho in jured. Within nn hour after the explosion tho work of rescue began, and by night all tho bodies oxcopt one, that of Sim Mc lntyre, had been brought to the top. John Connelly, tho mine superintendent, camo to this state about threo years ago from Pittsburg. Pa. Ho leaves a wife and three small children. Willie Tyson wns tho son of Jordon Tyson, a prominent citizen of Mooro county. This Is tho second explosion this mine hns bad within the last four years, tho former ono having occurred on Dceomber 28, wo, wnen lorty-mree men lost their lives. Tho bodies wero prepared for burial last night and tho funeral took placo today. A great muny of tho bodies taken from the mine had ben burled nnd the scenes around tho mouth of tho shaft yesterday wore heartrending. The mines aro situated nt Cumnock. In Chatham county, nbout six miles from San ford. Tho mine has been long used In a desultory fashion, but In 1R8R Samuel A, Hensey of Philadelphia organize 1 a com pany and put In modorn machinery. escapingsoldTers ARE SHOT Fort lllley Primmer Wonnileil AttemptliM to Get ttny from it Sentry. In FORT RILEY, Kan,. May 23. Two mill tnry prisoners, John Arnold and George A. Fryman, serving sontenccs of ono year each .IiaI nt hv iinnlrv u'Mlf. atlnninllnr to escane. The prisoners mado a daring rush upon tho sentry nnd disarmed h'm. ' Smith, director of traiiportatlon and civil i and In general to nnu a more congenial salle.l -HelpenhinU for Philadelphia.; Ma taking his Krag-Jorgenseii with them nnd ! engineering of tho Un ed States commls- domicile than Illinois afforded. 1 he men V'i'nRo ran for the niiid. A sergeant oi artillery heard the disturbance and shot tho fleflllig Iprlsonets. Arnold is shot through tho ubdo. men, his Injury being critical. Fryman was shot in tbo arm. AS SIZED UP BY GEN. SCHWAN i. Iteiinrl on Coiiilltloiis III the I'hllllMilnei I'lUplnon Hopr for Deiniicintle Vletory. WASHINGTON. May 23. The War de partment has received an Interesting report from Brigadier General Theodore Srhwan. I'. S. V., dateil on the transport Thomas, at sea, May 12. 1900. He submits a thorough review of the state of affairs In the Philip pines up to the time of bis departure from Manila, on April H last, making particular reference to what ho believes to be tho Irrctrlevablo collapse of the Filipino in surrection as a whole. He expresses the conviction that, If left alone, the Filipino would soon demonstrate their absoltito In ability to govern themselves. 'The principal Islands, ho says, "arc now, ns before, held with an Iron grip by the military. In Luzon all the interior, as well as all tho coast towns of Importance, nro occupied by American troops." General Schwan states that the sole hope entertained by tho Insurgents for a revival of the insurrection lies in the supposition that the United States troops will bo obliged lo abandon many of their present positions at the opening of the wet season, owing to Inability to secure supplies during that period and also "In the possibility of vic tory for tho democratic or aiiti-expanslon party In the coming presidential campaign." General Schwan says tho insurgents think that such a victory will mean the with drawal of all military forces now In tho Islands. With tho exception of the savage mountain tribes and tho numerous bands of hrigands. says tho roport, tho greater majority of both tho educated and peasant classes In the Philippines heartily desire a restoration of pence and order under American rule. Tho many bands of robbers and brigands form a disjointed nucleus for a prospective rccon ccntrntlon of insurgent forces nnd tho re newed prosecution of tho rebellion. Con tinuing, the report says: "Indeed, theso guerrilla b.inds and their dopredatlons constitute all that Is Implied by tho 'Philippine Insurrection.' as It now exists. The operations of troops nnd the pacification of tho towns not yet subdued will bo carried on regardless of tho rainy season, which, ns stated nbovo, tho In surgents bellevo will cause an abandon ment of many Important towns by our troops." In concluding his report, General Schwan says: "Tho most serious obstacle In tho way of the complete pacification of tho Islands now llos In the mutual distrust be tween tho troops nnd tho Inhabitants. Thin, 1 believe, will disappear- nftcr each class becomes tnoro thoroughly acquainted with tho other nnd the benefits to be derived from an Intimate relationship with tho mili tary becomo appreciated by the natives. On tho other hand tho work rut out for tho troops will be greatly facilitated when they gain the confidence of the well disposed nn tlves. When the lnttcr find that tho troops have enmo to stay thoy undoubtedly will resist tho exactions of the robber bands, turn nbout and assist the American troops In ferreting out their haunts and plans anil tho days of tho guerrilla rebelling will bo numbered." DES MOINES TEMPI ADMITTED My c Shrlncrs III ! l U7,n-Gn-ZlK All llRlit- M'lilrl ' llMlll. I... WASHINGTON, May 23. Tho imperial council of tho Mystic Shrlno completed its twenty-sixth nnnual session hero today after transacting considerable bus-lncss. Knnsas City was chosen as the oasis where tho tribes shall gather next yenr aud Juno 11 nnd 12 wero fixed an tho dales. Following a long-established custom each of tho olllcorH for the preceding year was moved forward to tho position ahead of tho onu occupied, the only new ono being the imperial outer guard. Tho position established was given to Noble Henry A. Holllns, potentate of Rnmcz tomplo, Toronto. Canada? Tho othem who wero advanced ono step eacn as stated were Imnerlnl potentate, Loll 11. Winsor; Im perial deputy potentate, Philip C. Shaffer; chief rabbun, nenry i. . niwu. i"M'" - slstant rabban. George tt. ureen; imperial high priest nnd prophet, George L. Brown; Imperial oriental guide. William S. Brown, imperial treasurer, Benjamin W. Rowell, imperiol recorder. Henry A. ColllnH: Im perial first ceremonial master, Rial S. Peck; Imperial second master, Alvah P. Clayton; Imperial marshal, Archibald N. Slan; Im perial captain of guards, Edwin 1. Alderman. Tho long controversy over the question of admitting Za-Ga-ZIg temple of Des Moines, la., to full altlllatlon with Xho other temples In the order wan settled ainrmatlvely and tho new tciuplo will come in with COO nobles. George W. McArtnoy and Charles II. Austin, both of Des Moines, will be tho first poteu tnte and recorder,, respectively. The rank nnd file of the order continued to enjoy themselves during the day. The Arab patrols gavo an exhibition on the Whlto House ellipse. Tonight President and Mrs. McKlnley gave a special reception nt tho White House In honor of the visiting Shrlners. It lasted from 8:30 to 10:30 and was largely attended. The hnutia was beautifully decorated for tho occasion. Tho Marino band furnished tho music. Tho president nnd Mrs. McKlnley wero nfslsted ln receiving by tho women of tho cabinet. GOLD DEMOCRATS CONFER limner Are that Thry Will I'nf Their Own National Ticket lu the Field. INDIANAPOLIS, Intl., May 23. The gold democrats of Indiana litdd in Important con ference hern this afternoon to determine tholr position In tho coming national cam paign. lenders of tho party say their purpose to nominate a national gold democratic ticket will bo influenced by the courso of the Kan sas City contention. If to concessions aro made a national tlrket H1 be put In tho Held. The gold men hava assurances that freo silver will not be endireed by tho com ing Indiana democratic i invention. Resolutions adopted thlf afternoon declare that fiev silver is not a dad issue and thnt it Is cvory democrat's deiy to fight Bryan Of tho administration th conference says: "For principles which, wo bellevo to be McKlnleyism wo have iithing but abhor rence. Tho flowering of ilinnulsm and spoll Ism In the thievery and ' urruptlon recently unearthed In tho Cubin administration mnl.es it Impossible, as It seems to us, for nny democrat to support! McKlnloy." It Is probable a national conference will bo called later. I Mm. l.iinutry nnil lift. Sheldon Sail, NEW YORK, May 2. Among the pas sengers on the St. Iyiuji, which sailed to day for Southampton, fere Mrs. Langtry, ' 1m.i I.-itimn N!iivnrtu fP.ilmnr Wconl, I Gould. Lady Mary Saokfillo and WHIard F. slon at ttio 1'aris exposiion. On the Teutonic weti Row Charles M. Sheldon of Topeka. Kail, and Mrs. Sheldon . nnd Miss Hallto Kfailnle Hives, the I authoress. STRIKERS KILL AN OFFICER Special Policeman in St. Lanii is Shot During; a Riot. VICTIM WAS A VETERAN OF TWO WARS Ilnrrlende I'llrd on n Trni'U nnd the Mulled Street Cur .llndp n i'nruct Oilier I'rolinhle l'litiilltlc ), ST. LOUIS, May 23. Renewed rioting and another' fatality marked tha pregreus of the strike on tho St. Louis Transit company's 8 stem today. A Cass avemm car was stopped at tho corner of Twenty-third and ; gram.) At 3 o'clock this morning the Cass avenue, lu order that a barrlcado fuslonlsts of the First Nebraska district which had boon placod acrcss tho track j are deadlocked oer the choice for a uin mlght bo removed. During tho enforc.d . Krt.!l!!lollaJ mmlacc. xieclx ballots havo nan a uig crown oi sirixo t,ymp.unui s at tacked the car, firing a number of shots. Ono of tho bullets struck Special Pol.ce tr.nn Duncan K. Mcllen, who was riding on the front platform with tho motoiman, in ' tho left arm, passing through his body and coming out on thn right side. The police- man tank unconscious to the floor. nt hop nn t fiilniori u hn 1i.nl htnii nlnl Irttmrl at the corner to protect the cars then l:,t S',lmon cf cy 18 tri,lllK ln thc charged tho crowd and beat them back. A democratic convention as a dark hoise. riot call was sent In to the Ninth dlstrli t It was agreed by the conference com station nnd a dozen mounted policemen ctmo I tnlttee that tho nomlneo must securo a ma at full gallop to the scene. The combined J jmity n all threo of the conventions. There rorcet, soon restored order. McHeu wns placed in an ambulance and a hasty trip wus made to the dispensary. When the unfortunate rollccman was taken out and laid on the operating table it was found that ho was dead. McRca was about K0 yturs of ago nnd was appointed to the foico last Monday. Ho was a Mexican war veteran nnd served as n private during tho civil war on tho confederate sldn. Ho conies of a prominent family In New Orleans and was formerly a resident of Kani-as City. I, llllt- Hoy I'nlall) Shot. Eddlo Mnnz, 3 years old, wn.i shot through tho leg this afternoon by a man on a Cass avenue car. Tho little boy was sitting on tho front doorstep, when somo small boys, who had beat throwing stones nt a west bound Cass avenue car. run up thti alley south of tho house. . man who Is supposed 1 to be an emergency policeman leaned out Bryan. Tho resolutions bind the delega from tho car and fired a shot nt tho tleolng tlon not only to support Bryan for pres- bojfi. The shot struck little Manz In tho ' right leg mur the hip. It Is feared tho I wound will prove fatal. II. 11. Hodge, a conductor on the Tower Grove line. Is a patient nt tho St. John's hospital, HUfTcrtug from Injuries which It Is believed are fatal. He was asraultcd by a crowd of men on his enr at a crossing of iSallna street Tuesday afternoon. On of them Htruck Hodge over the head with a club, inflicting nn ugly wound. While somo of the crowd hold him othotM seized the motormnn, II. L. Kobusch, aud stopped tho car. Then Kobusch was dragged from tho car. Emergency Police man Alexander Dunn, who waB detailed on the car. attempted to escape, but four men surrounded and disarmed him. Several of them struck htm in the face. Meanwhllo tho assailants knocked Hodge down and kicked him until he w-as unconoclouo. Kobusch and ITunn eluded tho crowd snrt, ran across tho open Held to tno .power house, two blocks away, where they ob tained aid of a squad of policemen. Negotiations' were not reopened today with the representatives of tho St. Louis Transit company by President Hawcs of tho police board, as was expected. Tito grlovanco committee of the union decided that the proposition which Hawcs asked permission to submit to the company was practically the samo as that which had al ready been rejected. To lie Vn More Confcrenren. r.eneial Manacer Baumhoff of tho Transit company said that no new IlneH had been i tho delegates-at-large. opened today, but that the number of cars In his opening prayer Rev. Dubber of had been increased on those lines In opera- i Wichita set tho delegates wild by his eon Hon. Cars probably will not be run at I eluding clause, praying for tho nomination !,.,. ,.,ni ihn Qtriur. ta nnded. The com- and triumphant election of William J. , pany hlul a gmU (lcal nf rou,p operating tne Cn(fl avenue Hue during tho day. Few passengers rode In tho enrs. Disturbances wero frequent along thn line. The request of United States Marshal Bohlo that ho bo nllowed to appoint 100 deputy marshals to help preserve law and order lias been referred by Attorney Gen eral Griggs to Judge Adams of tho United States district court. Marshal Bohlo was instructed lo confer with Judgo Adams i ttMit.1 CnlAu TMotrlnl Attnrnnv Ttn7lni and defer to their Judgment In tho mat- tr district Attorney Rozler says ho sees no nttv nt nresent for tho nnnolntlng of denutv marshals. He said that slnro tho federal Injujnctlon had been Issued strikers nnd others seemed disposed to let tho wires, cars and other property of tho street rail way alone. Threo police officers nave nccn indicted ny tho grand Jury on the charge of neglect of iintv In falling to suppress disturbances! when called upon to do so in the early days of the strike. Chief Campbell has adopted this method of compelling olllcers to do their duty. ASSOCIATED PRESS ORGANIZED Chnrter IhkiiciI liy New York State Illinois Decision Mntlc It Neeessiiry. NEW YORK, May 23. A charter was is sued at Albany, N. Y today to the follow ing named men. ns Incorporators of a news gathering organization to be called tho ! Associated Press: Stephen O'.Mer.i of the Boston Journal, Adolnh S. Ochs evf tho New York Times, si Clair McKelwav of tho Hrooklyn Eagle. William L. McLean of the Philadelphia niilletln. Frank I). Novcw of the Washing- ton Star and A. H. Ilelo of the Galveston, vm .ind Dallas News. The membership of tho corporation Is to consist of and to be. limited to the proprle- tors of newspapers. It is to bo purely mutual anil co-operative, to mako no profits and lo dcclaro no dividends. It Is not to ull ,oua Inn lu tn pnllrpt fni- nnil to ills. tribute to Its members only. Its operations and membership will cover tho entlto coun try. Onti of the Incorporators said: "Tho decision of the supreme court of Illinois has swept away a number of tho fundamental principles of tho association with which we have been connected nnd has made It lnipn.-sibln for that organlzatkn i tn R0 on nmi ment tho needs and fulfill tho desires of Its members. We havo looked about for some plan and In full accord of niMi tlcallv all our aswlatos have cenclu led to organize a new Associated Press, under Iho laws of Now Wk. Wo havo In mind' .tmr.li, tn larrv Into this new eomnratlon I a of' the principles that gave character to tho old one. to make no chango whatever In th.. fundamental theories and to nrorervo !nla(,t a" ,nn ngnt.i oi inuivuiiiHi memners ' ongHKi-u - simply acting as trustees for tholr nsio-laini until thn plan can be so far perfected as to' turn it over to a fully qualified mcmba -j ship." CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Generally Fair, Warmer. 'I'einpprntifre nt Omnhn est erilii l Hour Iteit. Hour. Ilru. . n. tn till t p. in.,..,. Tl l ii. m ..... . r1) i, m ..... . 7- 7 ii. m lit it i. in ..... . 7U M ii. to Hit I ii. in 7 1 tl n. in Ill n p. m ..... . Tit II) n. m 117 II p. in 7(1 II II. III...... lit) 7 i. m...... lilt I'J II 70 S p. m till II i, m lis FUSIONISTS CANNOT AGREE Coin rntlon of the l'lrot llUlrlet DrnitlneUeil Ihrr n Ciiiiilldnte for CoiiKreNs, AUU'RN, Neb., May 21. (Special Tele- been taken with no result. Oiorgo W, Burgo of Lincoln, populist, has tho support of tho popullHt and free silver republican conventions, Matt Gerlng of Plattsmouth, democrat, na3 .ho .hupport of the democratic conven- ! tlon. Is no prospect of an adjournment, nor for a nomination. All torts of chnrges and countercharges have been made among the threo wings of the combine, and there is much 111 feeling among the partisans. No offer of com promise has yet been suggested by either side. PRAYS FOR BRYAN'S SUCCESS Iter. Itnlilier's llrqneHt iiptiinileil ! Knnnnn Drinoerntle Contention nt Wlehltn. WICHITA, Knn May 23. The Kansas democrat. In state convention here today, selected delegates to the Kansas City con- ventlon and endorsed them strongly for Ident, but also to support for vlco president only a man who is now and was In 1S96 In full sympathy with the Chicago platform. The lx delegates-at-largo selected are: J. A. Johnson of Marlon county, David Overmeycr of Shawnee. James. N. Flke of Thomas, John H. Atwood of Leavenworth. Dr. C. W. Brandenburg of Marshall and H. W. Stewart of Sedgwick. John F. Rowe of Neosho, A. T. ilogers of Mitchell, T. T. Hackney of Sumner, J. M Davis of Bourbon, Earl Illackshero of Chaso and Harry McMillan of Ottawa woro elected to.be altornates-at-largo Theso district delegates wero pnmptly endorsed: First district, Dr. S. F. Neely of Leavenworth nnd W. W. Lctson of Brown; Second district, W. II. Daniels of Wyan dotte and L. D. White of Miami; Third dls trlct, H. Parke Jones of Wilson and Rovllo Nowton of Montgomery; Fourth district. Itobort Hf. Itoaletf of Ru'lnr am Dr. A. j7 Eastman of Coffey; Fifth- districts J. sT, Pendorgast of Dickinson and N. F. Graham of Washington; Sixth district. John Schlyer of Ellis and J. Q. Adams of Uosks; Sovenih district. E. G. Phillips of Finney and . L Gordon of Harbcr. In tnklng the chair Farrolly made a spech covering briefly the Issues of the campaign. Six delegates-at-large and four teen district delegates are to be chosen. Caucuses mako It apparent thnt J. G. John son, national committeeman, David Over meycr, John H. Atwood, C. W. Brandenburg James Flke and H. W. Stewart will bo 1 Bryan ll. l lie niiH4ue liiBicn autuiui iniii- utes. DAKOTA REPUBLICANS MEET Atleniliiner In I.nrKcit In History of 1'nrty Convention In .Mute. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., May 23. Tho re mainder of tho dolegnles to tho republican stato convention arrived today and tho at j tendance Is tho largest In tho history of I republl.-an conventions of tho state. Tho convention was cnlled to order at 2 o'clock I by S. N. Herreld, chairman of tho repub- ! can state central committee Carl S. Wood of Clark county waw elected temporary chairman and after tho appoint ment of committees a recess wns taken until 10:30 p. m. to give way to n torchlight pro cession nnd an address by John L. Webster of Omiiliu. It was 10:15 when the convention rens- semhled. S. E. Wilson of Fall River was made permanent chairman. Tho platform declares against trusts, favoro a constitu tional amendment enlarging tho powers of congress to deal with them; endorses the free homestead bill; endorses tho currency legislation of congrefs and favors expansion. The following nominations wero mndo: Dejcgntos to the Philadelphia Convention Emlle Brouch of" Turner. George Rice of Moody. L. L. Iostotter of Kingsbury, A. H. Hetts of Hanson, C, 11. Collins of Brown, N. P. Beebo of Edmunds, James Holley of Pen nington, Cranvllle G. Bennett of Lawrence. Congressmen-nt-lrgo Charles II. Hurkn of Iiorre (renominated) itntl r.nen w. .Martin of Dondwcod. I Governor-Charles N. Hcrrlcd of Eureka. ', The convention of tho Stnte Leaguo nf ' Republican Clubs completed Its Inbots today by the election of ttio following olllcers President, W. (1. Porter, Sioux Falls; vlco president, w. J. innrm.y, uimiiwmiu; nr.:- retary. A. B. Sessions. Sioux Falls; treas rer, F. W. Brooks, Aberdeen. DELEGATES ARE FOR BRYAN ' I Helev of I'nsltlon of Men Selected for ev lurk State Con vention, NEW YORK, May 23. Tho Journal and Advertlfccr says that of the 450 dolegutes to tho state convention lt!2 aro pledged to In hist on Bryan delegates to thn national eon ventlon and 126, nearly all fiom New York City, are unpledged. The remaining delu gates have not yet been chosen. .lo ementM of lleenn Vi-kni-Ik, Mny 'Jt'.l At New York -Salled-St. Louis, for "Zl u,r Zn.' At Southampton--Arrlved-St. Paul, from New York; Lahn, from New York via ' ;J''m ??om XLZ" New York via Cherbours. At Liverpool - Arrived -'lenrglitn, fieim Boston: Dominion, from Montreal; ficcaiili from N,.. york. p,,rHan. irom .lmiirenl , York. , At Cherbourg - Arrived -- Patricia, from -n'W mrK, ior ikuiihuik. unm-iimui, mini NAW' t;,r,H,onl, . Salle1 yJMmla, frum I Lhcrpool. for Boston. GUILTY MUST SUFFER Determination of th Adminiitration toPnn ish Foital Embfztltrs. PRESIDENT SHOCKED AT DISCLOSURES Directs the Prosecntion of All Qnilty of Traids in Cuba. INSTRUCTIONS ARE GIVEN BRISTOW Gorernor General Wood to Be Fnllj In formed of DevelonruonU. SENATORS DEFEND THE ADMINISTRATION Plult Itrnd Letter of liintrnetlonn from Pnxlmiistt'r eieneriil to llrl-Ion- Snootier mill lliilr Delinte. WASHINGTON. May 23. In a speech to- day In the senate Piatt of Connecticut read the following letter of Instructions from tho postmaster general to llrlstow: May pi. 19U0.-. Hon Joseph L. llrlstow-, Fourth AfslHtnttt Postmaster tlenenil Sir: Suiiiilemetitlng my letter of May 12. dlrei t- Itig you to pruned nt once to Cuba, the fol ic Mug runner lustiiit linns are given for your guidance. You will liniiii'illiitelv on your arilval at ll.iviitin confer freely nnd lullv with tien- etul Wood, military Koxenmr, and will keep in lonsnittt enmiuiiuii niioti with him In the work on which you enter. Yon will co operate wllh tho military governor, both In the Investigation of all Irregularities In the postal service of Cuba and In any measures for :be reorganization of th sys tem that inn v be undertaken. The examination by the Inspectors, al ready provided for, will have begun before our arrival. You will assume general supervision of (bis examination and will enforce the Instructions heretofore given that It shall be of the most searching and tbotnugh eb, nailer. If you find that yon need u id 111 Inruer force for the prompt and complete pcrforuianio of thli dutv. you will call for It. The Investigation must hn i otniirehenslve and minute, covering every branch ol the service and all ehisse of otVl.ils. Hi prosecution must hn governeuNsoli'ly by the purpose of ascer taining tile until and the whole truth and It must lie iim-omproniMng and unsparing Beside inpi r Islng the investigation in co-operation with the iallltnry governor, It will bo your duty to examine the organ ization of the postal service, with Its sys tem of checks and balances, and report what greater or additional safeguards can Iih provided. I'tidi-r the system established at the beginning of the American occupa tion of Cuba the administrative side of tho service was placed under the control of tills department and the auditing or checking side under the entitled of another. This a tho system of tho United States govern inent. How IrrcKulntit Ic Were ComhIIiIc. Tho Irregularities and peculations which havo been brought to light wero apparently accomplished because olllcers appointed unit responsible to different departments nnd who should have been a check upon each other entered Into collusion and conspiracy to perpetrati) theso wrongs on the ono sltlo and to pass nnd cover them up on tho other. You will carefully Investigate by what defects of supervision or defense they wero consummated and wlvit further men. ures of tirot-'ctlon In tin; missing nmi In auditing of accounts nn.-i In thg h.niOUng of public, funds and jite.iJertyj.. may, , be needed, It Is desired also that the central organization of the postal service In Cuba shall recelvo your special attention. You will examine mt to whether It Is framed In the best manner for elllelntst admtulstta tloti. You will see whether, compatibly with a. good mall service for the ueople, atij retieuchmeuts can be made and whether ecunomic-t can be effected by a consolidation anil reduction of bureaus. It Is desired to bring the postal expenditures within the postal revenues so fur as mav he i oiislstent with the obligation of tiro Oiling a satlxfactory mall service. Your presi-nro In Cuba, as the representa tive of the department, with theso lustritc l Hons, makes you the ranklmr olllccr of thn postal administration. You will consider mm advise what removals or other action may bo required in tho cause of Justice, lor the Interest of tin- government and the people of Cuba, und for the welfare of tho service. lull aro chosen for this duty with the approval of the picsldetit, who is deepl shocked at the shameful betrayal of trust on the part of the olllelnls in whom con fidence had been reposed and who directs that In dealing with all irregularities whim have heen or may he illKioseii the sole rule of action shall he thorough and com plete Investigation, (he tigorouH and un sparing prosecution of all guilty persons and their .swift ami certain punishment. 1 nu will communicate llicso Instructions. to General Wood, keeping him fully In- tornu'd as you proceed anil reporting regu larly to tbo department. Respectfully yours, CHARLES EMORY SMITH. I'ostmaster tieueral. liny nf Itiixplnir lleluite. This wn.s a day of rasping political con troversy and oratory In tho senate. With tliii controversy thohe on tho democratic side, anomalous ns it may seem, had little to do. What by far-soelng oenntors Is re garded no likely to be tho paramount Issue of tho approaching national campaign was tho subject of two notable speeches, ono by Platt of Connecticut and the other hy Spooner of Wisconsin. The former was an answer to the speech delivered a few dnys ago by Bacon of Georgia, on his resolution demundlng an Investigation of financial affairs In Cuba. Platt favored the adoption of tho resolution, but deprecated what ho declared was n cheap effort lo make political capital out of a Hhamcul condition of affair; which tbo repuhllcan party needed no prodding to Induce It to probo to tho bottom. The speech of Spooner was a continuation of his nddress of yesterday nn tho Philippine question. In Its course ho becamo Involved In a heaited colloquy with Hale of Malno over the government's ronduct of affairs in our Insular possessions1, It wns a remark able controversy between two of the best equipped debaters In tho sennit? and was listened to with profound attention by sen ators, many representatives and crowded galleries. Spoonor will continue his speech tomorrow. Fraud lllxco ereil hy Wood, "About a month ago," began Platt, who Is chairman of tho commltteo on relations1 with Cuba, "General Wood, tho governor general of Cuba, was led to suppose that there had been Irregularities In that por tion of tho government of Cuba under the supervision of tho director of polls. He Im mediately organized an Inspection which has been unsparingly pressed. "The i-onalor from Georgia (Bacon) seems ti think, as do some of tho nowttpapors, that all the malfeasance In olllco and fraud have been brought to light not by the United Statra governinont olllelals, but by outsiders, but It U to General Wojd that the credit of the dlhtovery nf thoio frauds and tho wrong doings belongs and to the administration be longs the credit of probing to the Imttom theso frauds. The senator from Georgia biu no monopoly on the shamo and humiliation with which every patriotic man Ih nfuioled over recent doings. They are shocking. They are a direct blow lo every truo citizen of the United States. "If tho wrongdoing had been committed In Boston, Now York or Washington It would havo been sad and shameful, but It would not he ho sad nnd shameful as It Is since it occurred In the Island of Cuba, where tho ad ministration Is engaged In a gleal work of freedom and lUiilanthrnpy. "But nothing has occurred in thn history of defalcations that has made such an 1m- 'Continued sa Socoud Vise.)