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PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.. FEHRUAltY 16 1900.
VOL. IX, NO. 29.
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BOTHA HAS A BATTLE
lie Kills, Wound anil Captures
Mali a Force of Lancers.
Great Sit 1. fact ion ler ti- ws of
French's Succc.ifiil Move I'rlvate I-et-
. ter from a Captain in an lrlh Regiment
Tell of tli Ti rril.-le Fire at Colenso
Make Several Charges AfHlixt the
Boers lor looting Brltih Utilise of
Commons I 'u tlie l.overnmciit Mili
tary .t-lieme.
London. Feb. 1 il. The house of eom
luons has adopcd t!if ;ijveruiaeiit's
military scheme by a vote of -'''.;
againt 31. tin minority consisting
chiefly of Irish members.
Boer l.aaer Near Latlysmith, Feb.
13. Yesterday 'eneral I'.otlia, with at
Miiall lre. i-i'iisstHl Hit' Tuirela to a
doscrti d I'.ritisli o.imp. where lit eii
f oinii. i il fifty lancers, of whom thir
teen v.i'ii' kibe l.live wi.unded ami nine
taken pri-niier. one of the prisoners
was -i-i-i in tell tli.- I'.ritish to fetch
their uuim.led.
Mm li l'l:'.ieil Are I lie Londoner.
Vi!'l"'i. Cob. lo. I iiteno satisfac
tion c.ntiiiues i. n i iii.i lit in conse
tiUeino ..f Ki-!! .Marshal Lord Roberts
plan il upora t i n i :
in
iuii .trioa. as
reveal' il
yest-rla
by t lit
' Then
lispai.-hes published
is no further new
&i:.sf.i:al noniA.
A. i. ...1. ;.it.. tlm Ornn(va
. ' ''f.'tA act i it v at the M odder
V. " " r i jjr of tiuiet colltitleuce
... y .. ' r
ug haudsot
Hobs
U'V,.. ' hero of Khartum
shit.7
toward a much-
that t It it
;ers
victory.
lie Tellx Ahont I Oleil-o t'itlllt.
Minneapolis. Feb. It'.. A private let
ter lias been received here from a cap
tain of the Mtoyal IMiblin Fusiliers,
written from Frere camp after the bat
tle of I'olenso. It is written on the
margins of a copy of the Natal Wit-I-s.s
containing a description of the
battle. The captain writes: "My
regiment lost in killed and wounded
out of aliout NMi, but behaved
endidly. This. I fear, is to be a ter
ily costly war in lives, and I know
e will have many more serious bat
les before us. The lire at Colenso
was terrific, and tlie bullets were like
y h.til. How any or us ever came hack
from the front alive is a womier. but
tit men returned as slowly and steadi
- ly as they would on parade.
Make Charge Ai;aiiit the Kiter.
".My regiment lias lost nearly t'i0 in
killed, wounded and prisoners since
the war commenced, but distinguished
itself at Cleucoe and also at Colenso.
Tlie heat is terrific living under can
vas, and the discomfort great, but if
we can onlv do what we have come to
end that infamous government of
South Africa ami make it a free coun
try 'til our losses will not have been
in vain. The Boers, though kind to
our wounded, looted all the bodies of
our dead, stripping them even of their
uniforms, ami they cut off poor Hen
it's this lieutenant who was killed)
i linger in order to get his ring. They
Jalso fired on our ambulances."
' IN Tilt: COMMONS A'I I.OKOS.
( Wur in Africa the One .Subject licuctl
ill Ittith Houses
London. Feb. Id. I Hiring the debate
in the commons last night previous to
the vote on the government military
iseheme, Itetlmolid strongly objected to
at'dinga single man to the Hritish army.
which, he said, was now "engaged in
: war which is an insult to dod, a
war waged by Christain England
against a Christian people who only
desire to retain their own land." He
declared his belief that the British
reverses were tine to I he fact that the
British cause was unjust.
Wyndham. paiili limitary under sec
- rotary for war. said it was unnecessary
to reply to Redmond's argument, be
cause the Irishmen at tlu front were
giving the answer with their lives.
Balfour, speaking about the possi
bility of employing Indian troops, said
his former statement to the oft cot that
the government would not employ na
tives in the present war was based on
the belief that by common consent the
war would be confined to the two
European races, adding:- "If the Boers
adopt course inconsistent with that
idea we hold ourselves free to reoon
vMev'otir decision."
ItuoliieM llltwk in AnIie.
Leiicre, Ills., Feb. in. Fire destroyed
r.r. mi tire business block at tins piaee.
The loss is .$ir,(KR. The Opera House,
a saltan and dwelling owned by the
dwelling and
millinerv store owned by 1. Eschbach
a Ir.r.ti lot rd ware store, stroehouse
anil another building were burned
llrvan Talk to Carolina Solon.
Columbia. S. C, Feb. Id. William
ion nil." itrvan addressed the general
,..s.o.ihlv here yesterday. On arrival
here Br van was accompanied by the
Bneoial leuislativeeonimittee represent
ing both houses and the committee
frnni tht oitv council, who went to
Charlotte Wednesday night.
Leading Politician Head.
Brazil. Ind.. Feb. V. Major James
M. Hoskins. one of the leading Pemo-
cratie politicians of this congressional
district, died Thursday night of heart
trouble, aged IS) years. Hoskins served
two terms as county auditor in lsCtie-74.
and held the rank of major iu the
Mexican war.
Rockefeller Story i Oenied.
" Chicago. Feb. 10. The story from
' New York that John I. Rockefeller
will announce a further donation of
ci 5,H.000 to the University of Chicago
at a meeting of the Chicago Alumni
club of New York city next month is
denied officially at tne university,
M1LITAEY SUPPLY TZAUD3.
Mithigan Officials Want tl.e I mi ictmcnts
Agnlri't Ihi ni Ouiislietl.
I-inslng. Mich., Feb. 10. Argu
ments on the motions to quash the in
dictments Against General Arthur F.
Marsh and Colonel Eli R. .Sutton, who
were Indicted bv the grand jury for
the alleged fraudulent sale of military
supplies, have been taken under ad
visement by Judge Wei.-t. Jt is ex
pected he will rentier his decision
within a few tlays. Judge Pope, of
Allegan, in his argument in behalf of
General Marsh, asked for a bill of
particulars, saying it was important
for the defense to know what the re
spondents had done and where J hey j
liadcommitied theaetschargod against!
them. j
Circuit Judge Weist asked if, sup
posing the bill of particulars was!
granted, the prosecution would be
bound by them in the trial of thej
cases. Prosecutor Tnttlo s;ud lie had;
no doubt that such would be the case, j
lie stated that the defense was evi-;
tientiy trying to secure the evnlence
submitted to tin grand lurv
and that!
courts had rcpeattdl v held that such' or American citizens uui not reacn
evidence could not be furnished. He' l iin fmuctually, and asked that pro
thought the motion an attempt to oh- ltst made on account of this rath
tain something which the people did' or arbitrary proceeding on the part of
not have the riirlit to give. j Hie po.-d.il a u liorit ies. The department
The attorneys for the defense, how
ever, denied that lixy wan led any
thing more than a statement as to tlie
time and place when and where the of
fenses charged were committed. The
arguments i ipi.-ish the indictment
against Representative 1 . A. Ham
mond were postponed and no day was
set for the hearing, the attorneys hav-j
ing evidently decided to await the,
jud;
ton
re s action
cases.
in the Marsh ami Sut-
KID'S FATHER A SLUGGER j
As AV-JI a. a -linl-r of tlu Mit lt-iit
Indianapolis. Feb. It;. Kid" Mc
Coy's father, Francis Sclby, w;;s lined
in a justice's court here for assaulting;
Austin Reed, aged 77. Tlie assault1
brought our the story of a remarkable
religious sect which the prize liuhlor's
'fattier and mother have founded, t lie
church of the First Born. It was on- '
tablished last autumn as the result of
a revelation to Mrs Selhy. '1 he church
creed teaches that the Savior will ap
pear before fifty years. Its members
are the chosen of Uod. They will
never die. All property is held in com-;
mon. The temple i an o.ik strict
residence.
Here the members dwell Sclby and
wife and two other men and their
wives. Everything belongs to the
church. The members oat at one table.'
Reed joined the church three weeks
ago. He cannot dlillk coffee. Tli's
started the trouble: he wanted tea.
The others voted solidly for coffee.
Reed, in open rebellion, brought home
a half pound of tea: his complaint as
to the fare continued. This week he
purchased an individual loaf of bread
in plain violence to the rules of the
church. "
NO INHEIRTAKCS TAX ON THIS.
Chicago Man to liiii!e $ 1 ..lOO.O!): I5ei..r
lf,-4t ..-- Jletico. .
Chicago. Feb. Pi. Ir. I . K. Fear-
, i 1. 1 .... L
sons, of l ineage, w no miring i:ie mst
ten years has given to colleges and
charitable institutions gitt amounting
lo 'J.."i m .( H m ). is aboit to deed away
the remainder of his fortune, Sl.".ui.
(KM) iu all. in similar ho'iuosts. Fr
the maintenance of himself and his
wife during the remainder of their
lives Ir. Pearsons will stipulate that
onlv an annuity of 12 per cent, be paid
by those who receive his guts here
after. On the S1.roo.i!iM which it is his in
tention to bestow this will mean a
yearly income for the doctor and his
wife of SoO.ooO. w hich will cease when
both he and his wife are dead.
Legislation for I onl lUfcirern.
lies Moines. Ia.. Feb. It'.. The house
yesterday passed the Kendall mining
bill by a vote of S4 to 1, requiring op
erators to pay for slak in the mining
of coal. A special committee from the
State Fnited Mines Workers' conven
tion called on (Jovernor Shaw and pro
tested against Mine Inspector James
S. Campbell, claiming that he favored
the operators and that he had been
negligent in his duties.
l'lltal Shooting at ft l;in:c.
Kokomo. Ind.. Feb. IG. Arthur AVol-'
ford yesterday shot ami killed Herman
Sehiiitz at the home of Jacob Harness,
south of this city. Wolford Is now in
jail. Tlie shooting occurred during a
dance at the Harness home and was
witnessed by many persons. Schultz
was P.l years old and was a soldier in
the Spanish-American war. The cause
of the shooting is unknown. j
Snins; Their l.atr It ttiti(--. Malinger.
Decatur, Ills.. Fob. Id. Stockholders
of The Herahl 1 lispatch company have
started a chancery suit .against Virgil
N. Hostetler. in which tho.i allege that
he owes the company .s".".t.'uii and ask
an order on him to pay it. He was
for nine years general manager of the
comnanv and sold out a controlling in
terest in it last August.
Think hi kerlili; Was Murdered. I
Watertown. X. Y., Feb. HI. Th"
Staudard prints a lengthy statement ;
Bignetl by Mrs. Charles A. Chit kering. I
widow of Representative ( luckVring. ;
who was killed in New York on Titos- '
day by falling from a fourth story
window of the ('.ran. I I'nion hotel. Dr. :
II. II. Cramer and .1. S. Mitchell, Mr.
Checkering s private secretary, m
which it is stated that they believe
that Mr. Chiekeiing was the victim of"
foul play. .
Atlacketl by Insurgents.
Manila. Feb. Id. Insurgent forces,
estimated to number -V.nmi soldiers,
mostly bolomen. attn ked the Ameri
can garrison in the convent at Daroga.
in the province of Aibay, during tie
night of Fob. .". They were repuls.-l.
however, after they had burned much
of the town. One lieutenant wounded
was the only loss sustained by the
Americans.
Fatal" Kail low ns'alrs.
New York, Feb. 13. John B. Olt
man. a broker, was killed at the New
York Athletic club early in the morn
ing by falling down the marble stairs
leading to the main floor. When half
way down the stairs he slipped and
fell, then slid down the remaining
'steps, his head striking each step. Mr,
Oltman was picked up unconscious;
ind died soon afterward
Sutdtle of an Octogenarian. !
Elkhart Lake, W is., r eD. n.
Johann Knoll, aired" SO years, commit- T.timo..y That w, c.iven to the Senate
ted SUicide by hanging himself With a Election- Committee.
binding-twine in his home In the Washington, Feb. 10. Highly sen
town of Rhine, sational testimony was developed yes-
STATEMENT "IS DENIED
Department Takes Note of Ma
oriiiu's Open Letter.
Say 1'l.ey Have o Evidence That Urill-h
Authorities V iolated Our Omt-ial Mail
Fx-Cc.iitttl's M itstutoiiit ixt About Ainer
InKcn Attack on Hay Senate I'uhm'8
Jt Currency Bill, 4(i to I! Attempt to
Itrihe a Montana .Insist-.
Washington. Feb. 1J. While state
department officials were uversje yes
terday 1o discussing the published
statement of ex-Coitsul Macrum, it
was authoritatively stated that a
search of the records failed to show
that .Macrum had ever reported to the
department that his official mail was
being regularly tampered with by the
l.ritish authorities. It was said that
he did, in a general way, report that
both nfii.-ial and private mail intended
inve.-tig.ited the matter and learned
that i'o unnecessary delay existed, and
does not credit tlie statement that any
correspondence, ollicial er otherwise,
was opened, inspected and delayed by
British authorities.
In Drmr Alport tin A inerinircii.
Macrum stated that Lis vice consul.
Van A U'eringeu. eh sed up Ids busi
ness, took i lit- oath of allegiance to the
republic, and went to the front as
burgher. The records show that when
Van Aiueringeii applud for appoint
ment as vice consul at I'retoria he
stated that lie wasboi n in Holland: that
his h -al residence was I'retoria. and
that he was a naturalized citi.cu of
the South African Republic. This
a;vli'-ati:i:) v:;s th'ted Pretoria. Nov.
.Vlliuk mi vtnt.irv l!nv. !
Macrum's statement bas started a
great hal of t'e-n uncial ion of the
"A merief! iiism" of Sccreij'.ry Hay,
whose l'lier.iis do not hesitate to de
nounce t lie ilet.uiu iat ion. which, in fact
began when it was known that the
secretary had negotiated the Hay
I'aiuicef'oie treaty. Although senators
and leiui setitntives interviews! differ
its to tin wisdom of the signing of the
treaty and as to its effect upon isth
mian canal l--nIslMtiou. they one and all
agree that Secretary Hay was acting
for llie I'niiod States when he signed
the document and had no ulterior mo
tives. 'ilay o American tis the Soil." ;
iter Eevoridgo says that Secre
tary Hay
"It is imp
"that he s
cs is. 'I'm
many thi
sin h wild
is an American first and last,
osible :iiirfih-urd." he said.
hould b'-ir-iy American iufer
evigeneies of politics excuse
lg . iM nothing can justify
i : 1 1 1- as reported. Schooled
by I. in.
m::u el
public.
el'l. i'e e s. el, tary !:ewas; ;j
tlie e,. ten;. ,11 pi Op!." of tllO IV-
who--.- : : ; i ; and ihought ho
"lp!e!--d pre e a ml vuw-
!-'v i ,-'- V-tieiii :" '1J ,5"" '"'"
'Tills view is taken by Senators
I'avrs. i ei' -. anil I'rye and
'.t:i1 i es llitl, r.outell. and
SeJ'-l'er V :e ,a sls tin Mae
tor prove t' e existence of a
i':!;n::- e wilii llli',la ml and Sen-
li.!
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itself.
cul'-.i
Repff
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rum 1
e..-. rei
Itoi
Jo'-es of Ark;'!
.s.-is (ieelares it
i-ei vie!lCV of till!
ti-h ir-teresls."
e! i' o-1 rates ti.e sf
'iiiiinisi I ;! ion to I'.ri
si n at." I :;::! A
lit i.i. r sj:s.-
lnr Tr "illy
St'l I S
Wiishing'.
Sllbst it lit" i'
W as p.;- - e.l
j i'e dee'sive
t". 1 1:0 tin:'!
i: c S'-taitor- iii t trd Th
.'.".-.Mil-! '.li-- Me iis'.ire.
Feb. Id. '1 lie setiate
,, tt - iio:;s. i-orreiicy bill
v the senate yt-terday by
t-e j.e-ity ef MX t "' I. Fliof
p-ss;g-' Ihe blil aillend-
t-i.i'siiiei-i .1 uinler the t 11
O'liy tt, of these ameud-a-lept!T--one
ofiered by
einm:iiee keeing the door
i-t,:i I ioe.ii bimetallism and
! hi ,M ''iv.e-ola. providing
b.t .i':s wit li -'.Yiio i caoi-
in
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i.ili'!av voted
f :;e
1 -1
.".!.!".!, bile?;!, but
the o.t'.v senator
was not paired.
Mule offered by
tin I emoera tie
lei- :.,
V. I i T lii
Tito fr
Jole-S.
was
am
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. the 1 .
v ;'.s i'. i"
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br;
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iv ;i ".nandity of
'!: -17 to u's 'I he sen
i -list thi passage of the
i'.a.e. Berry, Butler.
hi. Clark of Montana.
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i Ot.C.S
Keim
rs-.n. . 1 a oi. I. llar-
1 A "'".:! ilsas. Jones
i t , il. i
of Nov
I .am in.
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The !
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Ma.
.MeJInery. Mc
y, Morgan. Fet-
tin. M
vims.
II. r. ViP
ill as i a.
,'it. Snihvau. Talia
ln. Turlcy ;i nd Vest.
I provides that 'th
-if gold, liiiie-ienrhs
standard unit of
f'irnis of Ftiitotl
d..i',ar
tile.
v.-he-
f ""..S g .'.:
tail "oe ;
at.-l ih-it
Mates
n
l.ey
il it.
ad !e mn.'.nta iiied at a
ind that trcasurv notes
parity v.
and g, eell'l;;
..!d. 'li..'
is to set a p.
in gold for
!-s ,:,-,ll be red"omable in
e i . ' try of liie treasnry
ii a fiiud of S 1 r.t i. H m i.oi i!
Ihe redetnn; 'on of these
Holes. ;tli
ligure no
powered
States, b
v.:: 'A pet
it i a!
,d to
t I. '!
to s
maintain this fund at a
,v stoii iitm lo is em
11 h.ai-! of the Fnited
ar'n.g iutorej-t at ma excee.l
ci nr.
. m. ;.; the duly of the secre-
t i'-y of the treasury, as fast as stand
ard silver drd'ai are eolited. tt) retire
an eipt:i .meoliii tji. t '-eastiry notes
i'i'd lo is,i:e silver cei l hica tes against
ihe silver --o comel. Under certain
provishats. too. i: .!d eorMicatos are to
be issued :u;::;:wt the ir-dd hold in the
treasury. No i'ldico .-dates notes or
triasnry l-oio- nte .. he issued iii
denominations of less ihau shi. ;md no
silver coi ti. .:t:- in denoiuin,itoti of
more than
I .! seer : aiy : in'' r.ea-;;ry is also
ailttioliv-vl 'o fef -..d ti.e Voe led .it
or tae i n km .-.Trues m . tnrty-year
bonds heaiing 2 !'! cent, interest, the
princ'.jMl and. interest of th-se bonds
to be paid in gold.
A.ny national bark, by deposit'ng
viO the United States lmuds of this
couT'.ry, shail Le permitted to issua
circulating notes to the face value of
the bonds deposited, no bank being al
lowed to issue circulating notes in ex
cess of the amount of the paid-in capi
tal stock of the bank.
ATTEMPT TO lUMIlK A Jl'UGE.
terday in the investigation by Ihe sen
ate comuittoo on privileges and elec
tions of tlie election of Clark to the
senate from Montana. Justice Hunt,
a Republican member of the Montana
supreme couit, testified that his family
physician, J)r. Tracey, had made what
he (the justice) regarded as attempts
to have him consider a $100,000 bribe
to favor Lawyer Wellcome, one of
Clark's attorneys, in the disbarment
proceedings against Wellcome for his
action in the Clark campaign. The wit
ness did not directly connect Clark
with this bribery proposition, so the
latter's counsel moved to strike the
whole testimony from the record, but
did not succeed. The witness testified
that the same day one of the attempts
to bribe him had been made similar
efforts had been put forth to
reach Justice l'iggott, another of the
justices of the supreme court of Mon
tana. Counsel for- Clark ross-iiuoslioned
Justice Hunt quite sharply as to why
he had not prosecuted the doctor or
made a statement at the time concern
ing the matter, the reply in substancu
beingthat witness iclt too much humili
ated over the proposition and also
believed that Tracey did no realize
the enormity of his offense.
The commit tee held a night session
at which Justice l'iggott testified con
cerning remarks made to him on two
tlays when lb. Tracey had interviews
wirh Justice Hunt. Justice l'iggott's
statement was that ( lark's leading
counsel. Frank E. Corbett, had come to
him. and while apparently under great
j excitement said that he had just been
advi-od by Mr. Xcill. of Helena, that
the supreme court could be unduly in
fluenced in the Wellcome disbarment
proceedings and wanted to know if
it wore in-, and spoke of denouncing
any such attempt. Witness had in
formed counsel that he never would
hoar of su h an attempt from him
(Piggotti for he would kill any one
coming to him with a bribe offer.
ANOTHER STORY OF ANDREE.
(amr fluun .hi I.ar.tl inflit lCalloon, but
Tn I i:r.liTt il tiv KsltiiiiOH.
London. Feb. o a. m. The Stand
ard today pi hits the substance of a let
ter from Bishop Xcvuhaui. of Mono
sonee. d.i'e.l Fort Churchill. Hudson's
Bay, Oct. 1. which says: "Two Eski
mos came here this summer, after
traveling from the far north, to tell
that two white men had come down
from the sky in a balloon, the remains
of which they had seen.
"They say the mi n had been mur
dered by some F.-kimos there. I be
lieve this is net hemic, but have not
had time to inquire. It would be sad
if this should be the hist of poor An
dree and Ins companion."
TV0 THOMAS 0ERIEXS.
IJni'i Itciiuc !' Same X:in. a olilier of a
Net. Vnrk I!ei;i!io lit.
Indianapolis. Fob. l.". - Thomas
O'Brien, of Tagus. Me., and Thomas
O'Brien, of N'evay. I ml., were in the
United States court here and if their
statements ar- to be believed they are
SlTr.joils o'T'.ricn made application for
pension, claiming be fought in the
Fourth New Vo;k Lincoln cavalry dur
ing the civil war. Thomas O'Brien
from Maine savs he is ihe O'Brien
who fought with the Fourth cavalry,
and iu brought discharge papers to
prove it. The Indiana man says lie
lost his papers in a fire. The Maine
man took the stand and identified the
; Indiana man as Thomas Iscarvo.
j "The Indiana o'Bii.n will please
' Stand up." exclaimed Assistant Dis
. trict Attorney I.afollette. "Mr. Maine
; O'Brii n, do you know that man?"
Maine scrutinized Indiana and then
.bawled out: "Shore, it's Tommy
Iscarvo. my old bunkie in the Lincoln
cavalry. Him ami me fought together
! and was in Andersoiiville together,"
Captain McCoy turned to the docu
i ments and there found Thomas Is
; carvo duly recorded as a member of
'company H. Then Robert J. Wallace,
of New York, another government
I witness, also recognized the Indiana
i O'Brien as Iscarvo.
j The Vevay man had but a few wit
l nesses and they could only testify that
! he had lived in Switzerland county for
j fourteen years and was a quiet, law
abiding citizen, lie said if lie is not
j the real Thomas O'Brien he does not
: know who he is. His witnesses said
they had never known him by any
: other name and always accepted his
I story-
MAKES A CHASGE OF EOODLERY
Farmers I ii-ip am Man Accuses the I.e-j-isl::tnrs
of .11 ichi tun,
Grand Rapids. Mich.; Fob. 33. II.
II. Porter, oi" I lowagiac, -chairman of
the legislative commiitoe of the Mich
igan Association of Farmers' Mutual
Fire Insurance companies, in a sensa
tional report to tic association, said a
bill was introduced in the last legisla
ture which if passed would have crip
pled farmers' companies. He said he
went to Lansing to see about it, and
was Informed by R. Mott, claiming to
represent other mutual companies,
that it would cost ihe farmers 5-100 to
have the bill pigeon-holed, lie said
he agreed to pay it, provided favora
ble action resulted, and then went
before the insurance committee to
make an opposition argument.
A few days later he was informed
that his a run n ion t was so forcible
that the committee had been impressed
with the importance of the measure
and the price bad gone up to $700.
Porter said lie did not pay this amount
but the bill w-is not passed; neither
was another bill which the farmers
companies wanted passed. Porter
claims to have letters and other docu
ments to incriminate several mem
bers of the legislature.
I.c:-iuc of Vmcritnn Wheelmen.
Philadelphia. Feb. It,. Yesterday's
session of the national assembly of the
League of American Wheelmen was
devoted entirelv to the reading of re
ports, l'n sideut Thomas J. Keenan
ar., read a lengthy report and devoted
. some space to racinz. Durinz the
course ot his remarks he said that rac
in- oweu everything to the league; the
rciK-ie Hunting to racing.
tiovpi uor lahner Not Seriously 111.
-spiiiiiifi.i, iiis.. icu. 10. Governor
Aaiincrs condition was somewhat iin
proved yesterday morning. He spent
i uuiui iii'.ii auu jis aoie to sit up
for a few minutes. His condition,
though he is a very sick man. is not
alarming to his family as has been re
ported, and he expects to be able to
resume his duties at the state house
within a short time.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal church.
Chicago, was almost totally destro;Vd
i.y lire, wmcn starteu wnne a prayer
meeting was being held.
MAIMS STATEMENT!
I:-CoiimiI Tells Why He
xireil to Come Home.
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Weslred to lVrtoiinlly Lay llefore the De
partment II in Mew of the Situation In
the Transvaal lriti!i Censor Monkeys
with I in le Sam's OlMt ial Correspondence
Macrum Ultimate That Hay Has
Treated Him Ifadly in More Than One
Particular.
Washington, Feb. 15. Following are
the important points of a signed state
ment given out last night by Charles
E. Macrum. former United States con
sul to Pretoria: "The situation in Pre
toria tras such that first, as an official,
I could not remain there while my gov
ernment at home was apparently in
the dark as to the exact conditions in
South Africa. Secondly, as a man and
citizen of the United States, I could not
remain in I'retoria, sacrificing my own
self-respect and that of the people of
I'retoria while the government at
home continued to leave me in the posi
tion of a British consul and not an
American consul. I want lo say right
here that there w :.''" ne single re
quest made of me U-.t-o'i the depart
ment of state looking to the care of
Ilritish interests in I'retoria which I
did not fulfill and report upon ncord
iug to my ord.vs.
Americans rightini; for the Utters.
"I issued the statement received from
the state department that Americans
must remain neutral. In the face of
this A morion ns were continually going
to the front and taking up arms in the
cause of the Boers'' " juld not help
but know that in .". ' iiese were cit
izens of the Unlli d Sia es. I also knew
that many of them in utter despair at
the apparent attitude of our own gov
ernment were taking the oath of al
legiance to the Transvaal republic.
When affairs i cached that state my
vice consul. Mr. Van Atnoringen, closed
up his business, took the oath of al
legiance to the republic, and went to
the front as ji burgher, I thought the
time had come when I should make a
report of these oonlitions.
Com ln ins of he Itrilisli Censorship.
"It was over four weeks from the
time the war opened before I received
a single mail dispatch from my govern
ment or a personal letter. The mail
for the Transvaal had all been stopped
at Cape Town by order of the high
commissioner. When this mail was
finally forwarded to me after Colonel
Stowe, the consul general at Cape
Town, had secured its release, I had
the humiliation as the representative
of the American government of sitting
in my office in I'retoria and looking up
on envelops bearing the official seal of
the American government opened and
officially sealed with a sticker, notify
ing me that the contents had been read
by the censor at iMtrban.
Mull Services font miiiilly luterriipte.f.
-;riioiiail service f rom I Vlaq;-, Iy,
by the action of British men-of-war at
that port. The service was over two
weeks longer than by the west coast,
and there was continually rumors that
that port would be closed and com
munication with the outside world en
tirely out off. The cable service tor the
Transvaal was absolutely cut off. I
was privately informed by the Belgian
and Herman consuls at I'retoria that
their official cables in code to their
governments had boon refused by the
censor."
ASKS i Olt l.KAVE O V AltSENCIC
Is Surprised When lie l.earns That He Is
o Longer Consul.
Macrum then tells of the holding up
of an entirely harmless cable by the
P.ritish censor and proceeds as follows:
"The misrepresentations which had
been going on before the war and aft
er it opened were of such a serious na
ture, and would require such detailed
explanation, that on the 0th of Novem
ber I filed a cable to the department in
code stating that 1 wished leave of ab
sence in order to visit the states. I set
forth in this cable that my vice consul
had enlisted in the lioer army; that a
Mr. Atterbury, an American whom I
hail known very favorably for more
than a year, could take charge of the
office uutil niy return. In reply to this
dispatch, which was forwarded with
out any delay. I received from the de
partment a reply advising me that my
presence at I'retoria was important to
public interests."
He then details his repeated cables to
the department at Washington asking
permission to leave i reioria. some ui
which were not answered ami some
delaved by tlie censor, uutil finally on
Dec. 4 lie received a cable permitting
him to come home, and signed by Hay.
Macrum cabled that he would come by
Naples. On his way home he notihed
the department ot nis w nereaoouis.
He then proceeds: T arrived in Wash
ington Monday, the 3th of February,
and renorted to Assistant Secretary
Hill, of the state department, who of-
liciallv informed me that "secretary
llav's son had leen appointed in my
id-ice .-ind that he was on his way to
I'retoria.
"I appreciated the seriousness of the
conditions in South Africa to the ex
tent that on my way to Washington
Iwdioving that I was still the Consul
in I'retoria I refused to make any
statement that would in any way in
volve the department or embarrass it.
My one object was to lay the informa
tion before tin department as to the
tine state of affairs -in South Africa.
If the department thought these facts
wore of a value sufficient to warrant
the expense of tlie trip I had taken I
expected to be remunerated and return
to Pretoria, leaving the department to
act as it may see fit upon the fact:
which 1 laid before it.
-Instead of this. I find that Sec
retarv Ilav. whether acting upon the
reports in the newspapers or upon ad
vice from the P.ritish government, or
some other motive I do not know, saw
Ct not to wait until I could present my
vrhvn I accented my post as consul
knew nothing of any secret alliance
between America and Great Britain.
nd that I had seen nothing in the
regulations which made the consul of
the American repuolie subject to the
whims and caprice of an Lngltsn ruin
tnrv censor at Durban. " "
"There is not one soul who can point
to a single official act of mine which
departed from the strictest neutrality
Mv confidential dispatches to the de
partment contained information which
will show my sympatny ror tne re
public, but which time will prove to
be unbiased as to actual facts. My
acts as a public official are all recorded
f .at tne deuartmeut
M.v acts now as a
private mau can iu no way involvae the
public service, and I simply make this
statement iu my own defense as
against those which have come from
the department, secretly and officially.
"CHARLES MACRUM.
MINE " WORKERsToF- IOWA
Refuse to lostp.ne the Joint Conference
Will Ask a liaise.
Des Moines. Ia., Feb. 13. The meet
ing of the National Mine Workers for
the Thirteenth district, composed of
Iowa and northern Missouri, ap
pointed the usifal committees on scale,
organization and manner of procedure.
The scale committee will probably rec
ommend ; cents per ton, mine run, an
advance of lo cents over last year's
scale. The request of the Operators'
association that the joint conference
be postponed from Feb. 13 to Feb. 25,
26 and 27 was refused by a unanimous
vote. Tlie operators requested this Id
order to secure information as to the
Illinois scale before arranging one in
Iowa.
Operators say they will not attend a
joint conference before Feb. 23, and
will refuse to treat on any other terms
than the screening scale. The scale
last year was S3 cents for screened
coal. The local coal operators and
Teamster union have conferred, the
teamsters demanding a raise of 10
cents per ton for hauling. They have
been getting :3 to 30 cents. The de
mand will probably be refused and the
teamsters, gixi in number, will prob
ably strike and tie up the city's coal
supply.
EIGHT HURT AT "FIRES.
All or Whom May llie, While Thirty
Five Lives "Were Imperiled.
Chicago, Feb. 13. Eight persons
were injured, perhaps fatally, in four
fires that occurred late Tuesday night
and early yesterday in different parts
of the resilience districts of this city.
In all about thirty-live lives were im
periled by tlu fires and there were
heroic deeds of rescue by the firemen.
The most . serious occurred at a
boarding house at 20J1 Indiana ave
nue, where the following were injured:
C. F. Slado. a student at a veterinary
college, severely burned and carried
out unconscious by the firemen; M. W.
Littlefield. overcome by smoke; Curtis
Jamison, sleeping on the third floor,
overcome and rescued by firemen;
Frank Hampden, overcome and car
ried from building.
The two small children of Mrs. II. E.
Bump, sleeping on the first floor, were
also overcome by smoke and rescued
by their mother at the peril of her own
life. The total Josses will not amount
to $30.1 m m. Most of the fires were
caused by overheated furnaces.
DIS ASTP OUS CfAS EXPLOSION.
Twenty Men iu Peril anil One of Them
Instantly Killed.
Joliet. Ills.. Feb. 13. A disastrous
accident resulting in the death of two ;
men and the injury of others occurred
at the Joliet plant of the Illinois Steel
company at 3 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. The roofs of blast furnaces Nos.
of a great mass or i.'JW the wi5'
the furnace by a gas explosion. The
tons of iron brought with it the iron
pillars and a portion of the stone walls
holding the roof iu place.
Twenty men were working in the
blast furnace, and as they heard the
roar of the falling iron, they ran for
their lives. Martin lilotnik was caught
and his head crushed, resulting in
instant death. A man who was with
Blotnik at the time is missing, and
It is believed he is buried under the
wreck of the roof. John Dominlck
was caught before he could get out
and his legs crushed, lie may die. Sev
eral others escaped with cuts and
bruises that will not prove serious.
The loss due to the accident will be be
tween $2,1 mo and $.1,000.
Saloon Ouestlon in Iowa.
Des Moines. I a., lVb. 13. The board
of suifcorvisors, sitting as a board to
canvass the saloon consent petition for
this city, granted a motion on behalf
of the saloon men for a continuance of
thirtv days. The saloon people want
the time to secure affidavits as to the
genuineness of a large number of sig
natures which have been assailed as
forgeries.
Wisconsin Iiairymen.
Watertown. Wis., Feb. 13. The
twentv-eiiihth annual convention of
the Wisconsin Dairyman's association
got down to business yesterday with a
eood attendance of delegates. Presi
dent IL C. Taylor delivered his annual
address. Trofessor E. W. Woll, of
Madison, told the dairymen of the
Danish system of butter exhibits and
C. P. Goodrich, of Fort Atkinson,
spoke of the experience necessary in
breeding a dairy herd. James H.
Beirue. of Oakland, read an interesting
paper on -'How My Cows Were Cared
I- or and I- ed.
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE.
M. Varicle. of Paris, will attempt to
go from Vancouver to Dawson by bal
loon.
John V. Storm. !)f years and 2
months old. died at Fishkill Village,
X, Y.
Berlin authorities deny that Ger
many has any designs against Macao
ha rbor.
A college professor in the east de
clares that whisky is not an antidote
for snake bites.
Carl L. Slade. who was burned dur
ing a hre In a Chicago boarding house,
lias since died.
On invitation Secretary of Agri
culture Wilson addressed the Iowa
house yesterday.
Three men were drowned and much
damage done to property by a freshet
along the Hudson river.
The Czechs have adopted a plan by
which they hope to force the dismissal
of the Austrian reichsrath.
Princess Agnes Salin Salm. of Carls
ruhe, Germany, is going to Chicago to
organize a hospital corps for the Boers.
Richard P. R. Millar, general freight
agent of the Missouri Pacific railroad,
died suddenly at Lincoln, Neb., aged
GO years.
Until May 1 and possibly permanent
ly there will be practically no milk
delivered Sundays on the Chicago
south side.
Anti-imperialists at Boston llaveeon
gratulated and thanked Senator Pet
tigrew for his anti-expansion talk in
the senate.
The bill repealing the so-called Hor
ton law. which permits boxing matches
in the state, was passed in the New
Y'ork assembly.
During the last seven months the
balance of trade between the United
States and Europe was $313,728,183
In favo? of the United States.
FRENCH MAKES A HIT
Strikes Boers Where They Were
Not leookinjr For Him. .
Oor Busy with the Spade Near Frere
Mafektng Women's Imager Again
Shelled by the Burghers Spies In lia-den-Powell's
Camp Comment of a Lon
don Strategist on the Success of French
Story ot the Rensburg Fighting.
London, Feb. 13. The war office has
Issued the following message from
Lord Roberts, received last evening:
'Dekiel s Drift, Feb. 14, 810 a. in.
General French left this point at 11:30
yesterday morning with three brigades
of cavalry, horse artillery and mounted
infantry, including several colonial
contingents, in order to seize a cross
ing of the Modder distant about twenty-five
miles. He reports by dispatch
dated 3:33 p. m. that he had forced a
passage at Clip drift and has occupied
the hills north of the river, capturing
three of the enemy's laagers, with their
supplies, while General Gordon, of the
Fifteenth Hussars, with his brigade,
who made a feint at Rondeval drift
four miles west, has seized it and a sec
ond drift between that and Clip drift,
toj, rther with two more laagers.
Was Too tJuick for the Boers.
"General French's jierformance Is
brilliant, considering tlie excessive heat
and a blinding dust storm which raged
during the latter part of the day. Ow
ing to the rapidity of his movements
General French met with but slight
opposition, and his losses were small.
Lieutenant Johnson, of the Inniskilling
Dragoons, is the only officer reported
severely wounded. The sixth division
was last night on the north bank of the
Riet at Waterval drift, and is moving
to support the cavalry. The seventh
division is here and will go on this aft
ernoon. Four officers and fifty-three
men had to be seut last evening in the
returning ox wagons to the railway
line, prostrated by heat and exhaus
tion." Boers Busy with the Spade.
London. Feb. 13. The Daily Tele
graph has received the following, dated
yesterday, from its special correspond
ent at Frere: "On Sunday the Boers
advanced down the I.adysmith road to
ward Potcieter's. Three hundred men
on horseback, -with others, proceeded
to a point whore they began to con
struct new rows of trenches at right
angles to the road. This was about
two miles north of the drift. A party
of Boors also crossed the Tugela, now
very low. about six miles below Pot
cieter's drift, where they sniped the
South African Light Horse, who re
pulsed them. Several other skirmishes
have taken place, and the Boers are
evidently anxious about their positions.
V WliJ'? ?;vl"iro.usrff r f -iYri r ninl - tne
Spion kop range eastward to tne
lllangwana and Monte Cristo hills,
botli on the side of the Tugela."
Boers Shell Mafeking Again.
London. Feb. 13. The Daily Chroni
cle publishes the following dispatch
from Mafeking. dated Jan. -.".i: "Une
Boers shelled the women's laager for
two hours on Saturday, Jan. 27. Boer
women, warned by spies, evidently,
went into the trenches, and clapped
their hands and hurrahed when the
shells fell near the English women.
Lady Sarah Wilson was slightly
wounded. Major Gould-Adams and
Captain Wilson received contusions
from shell fragments."
VIEW OF A LOXnOS STRATEGIST.
Calls French's Movement the Brilllan)
Opening of a New Campaign.
London, Feb. 15. Spenser Wilkin
son, in The Morning Post today, says:
"There is good news today, for a new
campaign has begun. The movements
of Lord Roberts are a practical illus
tration of the principle of concentra
tion of action in time and space. The
unexpected presence of the Sixth di
vision makes Lord Roberts stronger
by 10,000 men than any one had ven
tured to hope. Evidently he ordered
General Macdonald's reconnaissance
to Koodoosberg in order to draw the
enemy's attention westward, away
from the contemplated move through
the Free State.
'The Boer army is barred from the
direct route to Bloemfoutein, and even
on the road by Boshof it would be ex
posed to a flank attack during the
march. General Cronje, on learning of
Lord Roberts' dispositions on Tuesday,
and yesterday, must have had an in
teresting problem. He had to consider
whether to hold on to his positions at
Jacobsdal and Magersfontein and to
seize Kiuilerley, or to raise the selge
and move off and. if so, in what dl
eetion whether to Bloemfontein or
northward across the Yaal.
"These events fYom the brilliant op
ening of a new campaign which is be
ing marked by concentration of pur
pose and by an energy and rapidity
that augur well for the future. The
public must wait patiently for the re
sult of these operations, remembering
that the distil nee to be covered is con
siderable and tlie heat great. Possibly
enough there may be no general action
until Friday.' '
SOME IJETAirS FROM KENSBURG.
Horn Said to Hare Been Seven to One In
the Fighting There.
Rensburg. Feb. 13. Before dawn
yesterday the enemy opened an attack
upon Slingersfontein. assaulting with
musketry the hills on the northeastheld
by thne companies of the Worcester
under Captain Hovel. The artillery
attack legan at sunrise. The Boers
approached in great numbers, esti
mated at seven to one. The British,
under good cover, sustained the attack
throughout the day. Meanwhile two
big guns on the west opened upon the
British at daylight and fired for half
at hour, when a British howitzer si
lenced them with lyddite, the British
artillery firing with precision.
Then another Boer gun to the north
opened on the Royal Irish Rifles, but
rather ineffectually, as the Rifles had
good cover. The shelling continued
all day. and last evening the Boers
brought up a forty-pounder in order to
bombard the camp from a hill to the
north. The attempt was plainly visi
ble, as the gun could be wen being
drawn up by eighteen oxen. .
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about six months she assumes the rolo
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