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PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.. FEBRUARY 27, 1900.
VOL. IX, NO. 32.
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mercy!
One Correspondent so Oescribe
the Position of Cronje.
lilt Altrinrttu Mount Cennim f rustrated
liocr Army Concentrating for the De
fn- of llloemfontt-ln Steyn Said To Re
in favor tif i'race Winston Churchill
Describes an Attack on the Boer Posi
tion by ISnller's Men.
London. Teh. 27. The Times lias the
following frmu Piotermaritzburg, dated
Feb. 2:5: "The Dublin fusiliers bare
again distinguished themselves by vol
unteering to take Grobler's kloof, which
they did. This gallant battalion,
which began the campaign 850 strong.
can today be said to muster on parade
only between 100 and 200 of its origi
nal members."
London. Feb. 27. A dispatch to The
Iaiiy Chronicle from Faardeberg,
dat.'d Feb. 2-".. says: ' General Cronje's
attempt to mount guns was frustrated
by our artillery."
'rii.je t tli? -Merry of Kolirrlt.
Loudon. Cel.. U7 The Daily Mail
has tin' following dispatch from
Faardeberg. dated Sunday: "There are
alioiit -l.iMfii men lieleagured in General
Cronies camp, exclusive of the losses
he has hitherto sustained. His wife
is not with him. although there are
women ami cinitiren in ine camp, me
r.eer position now is almost exclusive
ly confined to the river bed. The enemy
are entirely at our mercy, but Lord
Roberts is treating them with great
consideration 1'rom motives of human
ity." Boers Concentrating Their Forces.
' ' Feb. 27. A dispatch to The
Daily News from Lorenzo Marquez,
dated Friday. Feb. 2.".. says: "It is re
ported here that 5.om burghers have
left Laysmith for the Free State. The
I'.o'ms are concentrating their forces
lurccu
thirty miles outside of
Hloemfonteiu.l
ami the Tree State government is mov
ing to Wiuburg. Reinforcements from
all parts are passing through Bloein
lontein hourly. President Steyn has
telegraphed President Kruger that
Lord Roberts is within a few hours of
Itloemfoiitcin. ami he urges that every
male. irrespective of nationality,
should be commandeered.
JStpyn Saul to Faior IVncp.
"President Steyn is said to favor
peace. The I'.oer general who was In
tommaiid at Colenso sent a message to
President Kruger saying that he had
been smashed up there and recom
mending overtures for peace. The
burghers at Mafeking are also re
ported to hae sent word to Kruger
that they would rather defend their
own farms than tight elsewhere. The
Pretoria government is paying itsdebts
with bar gold, the English professional
coiner having refused to work. Un
demanding how continental sharehold'
ers are affected by the closing of the
Jioliiuson bank. President Ivruger al
lowed the institution to reopen."
1U:"JI!T FROM AVIVSTOX CHt'ItCHILI.
Svoini to letiy That firobler's Kloof Was
Taken Wilkinson's Criticism.
London. Feb. 27. Winston Church
ill, iu a dispatch to The Morning Tost
from l'rere camp, dated Sunday, says:
"The idea that the Boers are raising
the siege of Ladysmith is premature.
The advance is being pursued in the
face of the most stubborn opposition
and of heavy loss. President Kruger's
grandson is among the Boers killed."
4'hurchill then proceeds to describe
heavy lighting last Friday in which
the Inniskillings approached within
r.oo yards of the summit of a rocky
Boer position, and then gallantly
charged in the face of a hail of bul
lets. lie says: "After repeated attempts,
however, and having lost heavily, they
recognized that they were unable to
prevail. Nevertheless they refused to
r treat, but lay down on the lope be
hind a shelter of walls. The Con
naughts and the Dublin Fusiliers were
sent to their support, but the light
faded and the night closed in lefore
the main attack had developed."
Spenser Wilkinson's article in The
Morning Post is almost wholly devoted
to criticism of General Buller's "mis
taken" tactics in sending small forces
to take positions and then reinforcing
these by details, as revealed in the
dispatch from Winston Churchill.
Wilk inson a limits, however, that
Churchill's adtices are too incomplete
t enable a correct idea to be formed,
since his dipatch breaks off in the
middle, leaving the battle unfinished.
Duller lleaiy Loss of Officers.
London, Fd. 27. The war offlce
yesterday Issued an additional list of
the casualties sustained by the Fifth
brigade, under General Builer, Feb. 23
ami 24. which includes seven officers
killed, twenty-three wounded and one
missing. General Buller's death list
contains the names of three lieutenant
t olonels Thackeray, of the First Roy
al Inniskilling Fusiliers; Sitwell, of the
Second Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and
Thorold. of the Royal Welch Fusiliers.
An additional list of the British cas
ualties at Faardeberg. Feb. 18, is an
nounced and gives a lieutenant and
eight men killed, a lieutenant and sev
en men missing and thirty-eight men
wounded.
Afrikander lltind to liaise Cain.
London. Feb. 27. The Brussels cor
respondent of The Daily Mail says:
"As a result of special inquiries in
Boer circles here I am able to cor
roborate fully the reported danger
from the intrigues of the Afrikander
bund and the coming congress. Un
less the ends of the bund are other
wise attained it will fan the flame of
rebellion throughout the colony."
Prinre Praises the Dominion Troops.
Loudon, Feb. 27. The" Prince of
Wales, who yesterday paid a visit to
the wounded who had arrived at
Southampton on the hospital ship
Princess of Wales, singled out the
Canadians and told them how proud
the empire -was of them and of their
crave compatriots. Lord Roberts has
appointed to his staff Major Dennison,
of the Royal Cauadian regiment
Australia's Sympathy for Canada.
Ottawa. Ont.. Feb. 27. Lieutenant
Governor Darlet. of New South Wales,
cabled to Lord Minto as follows, from
Sydney, Feb. 2G: "The premier, on bo
half of the people of New South Wales,!
desires to express deep sympathy with
me ieopie oi t anaua in ttie loss of so
many of her valuable and gallant
sons."
The French senate has sentenced
Deputy Mareel-Uabert to five years'
banishment. He was implicated In
rbo Derouiede fla.sco.
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JUMPED TO HIS DEATH.
Train Did .-' Stop So He Took a Leap
T'iat Ended Fatally.
Evansvllle. Wis., Feb. 27. Clifford
Ellis, son of A. G. Ellis, a druggist of
Brooklyn. Wis., died Saturday even
ing, aged 21 years. Ellis attended an
entertainment In this city last Tues
day evening, and at the close of the'
entertainment boarded the midnight
fast mail train for borne. As this
train does not stop at Brooklyn, he
Jumped before he reached that place.
In jumping he struck a mile post, and
lay unconscious for about two hours.
About 3 o'clock Wednesday morning
a farmer found him and took blni
home. Physicians were called and
found both legs broken above the
knees, one knee was badly mangled,
bis face dreadfully cut, besides other
Injuries. Friday noon he became un
conscious, remaining in that state un
til death came Saturday night.
FIRE BURNS DRY GOODS.
Shopping District of Detroit Visited by
the Red Destroyer.
Detroit, Feb. 27. Fire which broke
out in the center of the Woodward ave
nue shopping district at noon yester
day gutted the four-story building oc
cupied by Marr & Taylor, retail dry
goods, and by George C. Darwin's la
dles' clothing emporium. Streams of
water thrown from the front and rear
and from adjoining roofs, aided by the
protection of fire walls, prevented hte
fierce blaze from spreading to adjoin
ing buildings.
Marr & Taylor's loss is estimated at
$70,000, fully insured; Darwin's loss,
$10,000, Insured: Mrs. II. S. Weaver,
millinery, $2,000, partly insured; Ros
enzweig & Co., shoes, $10,000, insured.
The damage to the building, which is
owned by L-owrie Bros., and insured
for $10,000, will equal that amount.
Census Supervisors Instructed.
Des Moines. Ia.. Feb. 27. The cen
sus supervisors of Iowa with those
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be used and instructed them in the de
tail of duties of enumerators. lie says
that in this group of states the enum
erators will be given about 1,500 of
population each.
Suit for a Receiver.
Indianapolis, Feb. 27. Suit was filed
in the federal court yesterday asking
for a receiver for the American Plate
Glass company. The suit is on behalf
of the De Pauw heirs, who own $20,
000 of stock in the glass trust The
complainants aver that the company,
while making large dividends, has
failed to pay the earnings of the mon
ey which the De Pauw estate has in
vested in stock. The claim has been ,
made by the trust that it could not, !
based on its earnings, pay dividends, j
International Cyclists' Association. I
Tarls, Feb. 27. The congress of the
International Cyclists' association con
cluded its deliberations yesterday aft
er several stormy sessions. The ques
tion of the retirement of the League
of American Wheelmen from the as
sociation and the admission of the Na
tional Cycling association In its place
furnished the subject for warm dis
cussion, j
Made an Assignment. j
Boston, Feb. 27. The firm of Simp
son & Co., glovers and hatters, of this
city, has made an assignment. No
statement of assets and liabilities will
be known for a week. The failure Is
attributed to the collapse of the Globe
National bank. The firm has been In
existence for twenty-eight years and
had three stores In this city.
Meeting of the Dunharda.
Wabash. Ind., Feb. 27. Prepara
tions for the great annual meeting of
the National German Baptist Dunkards
at North Manchester, this county, have
begun. Friday the Srst carload of
building material for the tabernacle
the town has pledged itself to erect in
Ilarter's grove arrived and more will
come this week.
Coat Puts in Good Work.
Olivet, Mich.. Feb. 27. The goat of
the Soronian society put In good work
on several candidates. During the day
the girls wore large aprons, and had
their hair hanging down their backs
in pigtails loaded heavily with ribbons,
They were compelled to walk back
wards to chapel with their capes re-
versea.
Oat for State Commander.
Kokomo, Ind., Feb. 27. Captain
.-union t.arrtgus, of this cltv. is an
nounced as a candidate for state com
mander at the next G. A. R. encamp
ment. He was given a strong indorse
ment by the local post at its last meet
ing, and he has a wide acquaintance
throughout the state.
Passengers Oft the Californlan.
Tortland, Me., Feb. 27. The Allan
line steamer Californian, which went
on the rocks off Ram Island ledge Sun
day morning, was found yesterday to
have twenty-five feet of water in her
hold. Her pasesngers were taken off
safely. The vessel can hardly be saved.
Well-Known Actor Very 111.
Pittsburg. Feb. 27. Charles L. Da
vis, well known throughout the coun
try for his impersonation of "Alvin
Joslin," is lying dangerously ill at his
home at Avalon,' Pa.
Baby on the F.ngine Pilot.
Decatur, Ind., Feb. 26. A buggy
containing W.Gilbert, wife, and young
baby was struck by the west-bound
Chicago and Erie limited at the Mer
cer street crossing Saturday. Gilbert
and wife were badly injured, and the
trainmen, when they reached the de
pot, three blocks distant, found the
baby lying on the pilot of the engine,
uninjured.
Boy Killed by an Elevator.
Jacksonville, Ills., Feb. 2G. James
Murray, 17 years old, was killed here
Saturday. He was employed in a
candy store, and went into the cellar
br the wav of the elvator for a box.
The elevator did not lock, and started
up when he stepped off. He tried to
stop it, and in doing so was caught by
the neck between the elevator and
floor.
Indiana Den.ocratic Convention.
Indianapolis, Feb. 26. The Demo
cratic state committee Saturday fixed
June 6 as the date of the state con
vention. Terre Haute offered $1,000
for the convention and South Bend
was also an aspirant. After the mat
ter had been considered by the com
mittee for several hours the conven
tion was given to Indianapolis.
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, ,Ic Sa5'S They Are a Purchasable
Element at Elections.
And Bulldozed to Keep Them from the
Poll South, and Tells Spooner That He
Would Have Done the Same Statement
of the Administration's Views as to the
Ilay-Pannrefote Treaty United States
Pledged to a Neutral Canal
Washington, Feb. 27. At the con
ference of house Republicans last night
on the Forto Rican tariff bill assur
ances were given that the president be
lieved the measure' constitutional and
would approve If it came to him, and
an agreement was reached to limit the
operation of the bill to two years and
to reduce the dutv imposed bv it from
25 ot 15 per cent, of the American tar-
iff. As a result the Republican leaders
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claim that the bill will have the sup-
port of all the Republicans except four
McCall of Massachusetts, Llttlefield
of Maine, Lorimer of Illinois and
Crumpacker of Indiana, and that this
loss will be offset by affirmative votes
of the opposition. They claim the
passage of the modified bill as certain.
Washington. Feb. 27. The feature
of the session of the senate yesterday
was the admission by Tillman of the
radical measures taken south .to get
rid of the "nigger" vote. It was dur
ing the debate on the Hawaiian bill
and Tillman argued that his amend
ment substituting the suffrage provis
ions of the constitution of South Caro
lina was in all senses a better provision
than that offered by the committee re
porting the bill. He said: "The people
I l-oi uu nit- un.. ut- .-.in
ot South Carolina In their constitution
have done their level best to prevent
th trom votiUj,. Whn j now
J-u to do is to give the Kanakas
and Portuguese of the Hawaiian isl-
ands the same power of suffrage as we
in South Carolina have given the nig-
;ers.
Spooner Appeals to Tillman.
In reply to a question of Spooner?
Tillman said that the $200 property
qualification had been put into the
South Carolina constitution for the
benefit of the negro. "No provision was
needed for the whites," said Tillman,
"because the whites would get through
anyhow. We have some conscience
in the south as to treatment of the
nigger.' " In a brief, temperate speech
Spooner deprecated a discussion at
this time of the racial question which
had been precipiated by Tillman, and
apiealed to Tillman to lay aside the
bloody shirt.
"Niggers" Is a Menace to Pure Sufl'rage.
Tillman replied that his only reason
for rehabilitating the bloody shirt be
fore it -was finally and irrevocably, laid
to rest was that he wanted the posi
tion of the southern people to be un
derstood. After declaring that in ev
ery southern state, except South Car
olina, the "niggers" held the balance
of power, he added: "As such they
stand there as a menace to a pure suf
frage and to good government because
they are a purchasable quantity, edu
cated or uneducated.
Confesses to Shooting and Itulliloing.
"We are charged with fraud and cor
rapt ion and ballotbox slutting. Finally
after the bayonets hnd come to us
again in 1S7;, we rose in righteousness
and might. We took the government.
AVe stuffed ballotloxes. we bulldozed
the 'niggers' and we shot 'em. And
we are not ashamed of it." Leaning
over toward Spooner and shaking his
linger at the Wisconsin senator Till
man said: "What would you have
done? You would have done the sami'
thing. I see it in jour eye." Laugh
ter.
IiAY-l'Al'M KFOTK CAN A f. THE AT V.
Position of the Administration in That
Important Convention.
Washington, Feb. 27. As there have
leeu many rumors about the attitude
of the administration in regard to the
Hay-Pauncefote convention, it may be
stated as the result of careful inquiry
that the president and the cabinet are
unanimous in its support; that they all
consider its provisions the lest that
could have leen obtained, and the best
now obtainable; that consequently
they all desire Its early ratification;
that there is no intention of withdraw
ing it. and no belief that it can be
amended to any great extent without
destroying all hope of its ratification.
Furthermore it is the opinion of Sec
retaries Olney, Day and Hay, in which
they say they have the support of the
best international Lawyers of the coun
try, that the Clayton-Bulwer treaty Is
in full force and effect, and that It can
not legally be got rid of except by
mutual consent. If the treaty now be
fore the senate is rejected, in the opin
ion of the administration no legisla
tion can be had for the building of an
Isthmian canal except through the
repudiation of the Clayton-Bulwer
compact.
If the proposed treaty is rejected it
is the opinion of the state department
that the United States must either
fall lack on the Clayton-Bulwer con
vention, which prohibits the building
of the canal independently of Great
Britain, or declare that they shall no
longer be bound either by their obliga
tions to England or by those entered
into with the Central American states,
to which also the United States have
pledged Its word that the canal shall
be neutral.
CONFERENCES THAT HAVE FAILED
Republicans Cannot Come Together In the
Porto Klcan III 11.
Washington. Feb. 27. After a series
of conference extend ing over four days
the opponents and friends of the Porto
Rico tariff bill have been unable to
reach .anv common ground, and .are
preparing fo submit the matter to the
test of the final vote. "Xesterday was
spent In "counting noses" and working
on the wavering members.
Republicans who are opposed to the
Forto Itico tariff on principle and who
refuse t accept any excuse or com
promise are: Crumpacker, McCalL
Lorimer, Llttlefield. Henry C. Smith,
Heatwolc Jones (Washington. Wat
son, Warner, Cushman and Miller 11
votes. Six others are uncertain.
The eleven votes counted as certain
are enough to defeat the measure, pro
viding the house leaders cannot get
enough Democrats to offset some of
them. At present they are counting on
tJino Tkatnvnr!A t;aa T,f an Do.
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ptTbUcani are" counted as standing ?ast
the line-up of the house on this meas
ure Is: Against, 177; for, 178. So It is
Been that one vote may ssttle the mat
ter. Daly on the Witness Stand.
Washington, Feb. 27. Marcus Dalv.
the millionaire miner of Montana, was
the principal witness before the senate
committee on privileges and elections
yesterday. He admitted that he had
contributec $20,000 or $25,000 to the
prosecution of this case, but asserted
that he had not entered Into any con
spiracy before Clark's election to In
I jure him. He had not contributed any
i of the $30,000 used in the Whiteside
exposure. In conclusion he tendered
his checks and check books for the
past five years for the inspection of the
committee.
CHURCH NOT CONSECRATED
Heroine the Congregation Failed to Com
ply with the Bishop's Orders.
Menasha, Wis., Feb. 27. The elab-
orately-plaiiied ceremonies for thecon-
fcratlon V St. John's Folisb church
!id not Pce Sunday Bishop
Messmer refusing to bestow his bless-
Ing on tne B,.w house of worshjp. nisi,.
op Messmer s action was prompted by
the trustees or fct. John s church con
grcgation failing to comply with his
commands as to monetary matters con
nected with the building of the new
church.
The new uilding has cost $10,000; of
this amount the trustees of the church
only guaranr.d payment in the aggre
gate of $15,000. It was then that Rev.
Malkowskl st irted to raise the de
ficiency through private suscriptions.
The success of- his undertaking was
made known to the bishop by letter Fri
day night, but- his answer showed that
he had made up his mind to teach St.
John's church congregation a forcible
lesson and proclaim his authority.
IOWA SENATORIAL FIGHT.
Effect Itas Been to Doom the Popular
Election of Senators.
Des Moiues. Ja., Feb. 27. One of the
effects of the rent senatorial fight in
Iowa has been to encourage the move
ment for the election of United States
senators by the people. A resolution
asking the Iowa members of congress
to submit an amendment to the fed
eral constitution to this effect has
passed the house and will soon be fa
vorably reported In the senate, where
It will probably pass. This is not a
part of "the movement originating in
Pennsylvania to secure this change,
for it originated in Iowa.
The fight between Senator Gear and
National Committeeman Cummins for
the senatorial nomination lasted the
better part of a year, and It was the
first consideration in the nomination
of a majority of the Republican mem
bers. It had a demoralizing influence
on the make-up of the general assem-'
bly. i
Gas Overcomes Five Persons. j
Chicago, Feb. 27. Five persons, liv
ing at 4411 Wentworth avenue, were
asphyxiated by Illuminating gas and
one of them may die. The victims
are: C. Wirpschlicek, paint dealer,
found unconscious in his kitchen, may
die; Timotny Lawlor, lives In apart
ments over the paint store, not seri
ous; Mrs. Timothy Lawlor, his wife;
Lizzie Lawlor, 13-year-old daughter;
Josie Lawlor, 15-year-old daughter.
The gas that filled the house when
the occupants were aroused was es
caping from a broken jet In Wlrp-
schlicek s living apartments.
Labor Scarce at Milwaukee.
Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 27. Labor
agents here say there is a scarcity of
labor such as has not been known for
years. It is almost Impossible to get
men for work In the northern woods,
where the wages are $30 a month. At
Fort Benton, Mont, the Great North
ern railroad is building a cut-off and
It has been found Impossible to supply
all the men wanted on the work.
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE.
The Mardi Gras festivities are "on"
at New Orleans. "Rex" has arrived.
Four men were killed in the Mount
Fleasant mine at Scranton, Fa., by the
breaking of a mine carriage.
Fire destroyed completely the in
terior and contents of the Manufact
urers building, 51 to 55 Jefferson
street, Chicago, causing a loss of $G9,
000. Samuel M. Simpson shot and prob
ably fatally wounded Joseph C. Grles
teln at Chicago in a quarrel over a
girl.
B. E. Cook, father of Captain Cook,
who commanded the Brooklyn during
the recent war, is dead at Northamp-1
r ii,n,i ot !
ton, Mass., aged 97.
It Is decided that the shah of Persia
will visit England as the guest of the
queen In July or August.
Rhode's sawmill at Mishicott, Wis.,
eight miles from Two Rivers, Wis., was
destroyed by fire. The loss is ?G,000.
A gang of drunken tramps was
found in a box car near Fall River,
Wis. One of the number had fallen
out of the side door of a car while the
train was in motion and was nearly
killed.
More than 100 persons were Injured
by explosions" during the progress of
a disastrous fire at St Ouen. France.
Kansas City people are trying to
have the date of the Democratic con
vention changed from July 4.
"DrJ" John Alexander Dowie. the
Chicago "divine healer," warned his
followers that he was likely to disap
pear any time, as the Masons and the
Methodists had plotted to murder him.
The report from Cleveland that Cap
tain J. S. Dunham, of Chicago, is in
terested in the newly. incorporated In
dependent lug company is denied.
Former Secretary of War Alger gives
It as his opinion that the United States
is not in a state of war.
Miss Viola Young, of Chicago, who
had been to a ball Saturday night was
held up and robbed by two women. I
Lycurgus Lafiin. Chicago pioneer and
milionalre, died at Old Point Comfort,
a.
Gov. Tanner Continues to Imp rove.
Springfield. Ills.. Ib. 20 Governor
rJoZr l,rliU0I ! rt "
whii?t,e,nd,Bir -'"ficLfhS
while the governor Is very sick he
does not consider his condition as dan
gerous. JU
Stricken with Paralysis While Alone.
Traverse City, Mich Feb. 20. Mrs.
T. B. Brockway suffered a fatal stroke
of paralysis Friday morning while
alone in her residence. She remained
unconscious and was not discovered
until evening. She is a pioneer and
her case is serious.
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Are Trying to Harmonize on th
lorto IJican Tariff Hill.
isut None Adopted at Saturday's Caucus
Whole Matter Left to a Committee of
the Majority and Minority Statement
by Kepresentativ? Cannon Clark and
Daly, the Klval Montana Kings, Meet,
but Don't Speak.
Washington, Feb. 2G. The efforts to
unite the Republicans of the house on
a Porto Rican bill have failed, and at
midnight yesterday, after prolonged
conferences, It was stated that matters
were substantially where they were
Saturday. Other efforts at harmony!
may be made todav.
Washington, Febr 27j. The event of
the week in the house of representa
tives will bo the taking of the vote on
the ruerto Rican tariff bill. This has
been set for 3 p. m. tomorrow, al
though the differences which have
arisen on the bill may compel a rear
rangement of the programme. The
general debate on the measure will
close today, and tomorrow up to the
hour of voting the debale will proceed
under the five-minute rule. Extraor
dinary interest attaches to the out
come of this struggle, owing to the
iinerences which have arisen on the
Republican side of the chamber. It
had been arranged that the delrato
should proceed tonight but this must
give way to the Republican confer
ence in the hall of the house at 8 p.
m., when a final effort will be made to
reconcile differences and agree upon a
compromise bill.
Cannon Made a Statement.
Cannon of Illinois, chairman of Sat
urday night's conference, made this
statement of its proceedings: "After
full discussion the conference by
unanimous consent agreed to the se
lection of a committee of ten members,
live of whom were to be appointed by
the chairman of the caucus from
among those in favor of the bill, and
five from those who do not agree to
the bill in whole or part, the appoint
ments to be made by a committee of
three consisting of Powers of Vermont
Crumpacker of Indiana and Lorimer
of Illinois. This commitee is to report
their conclusions and recommendations
to a Republican conference to be held
in the hall of the house Monday even
ing next at 8 o'clock. In accordance
with the resolution I have named
Messrs. Payne. Dalzell. Hopkins. Rus
sell and Doliiver. and the other five
are to be handed to Chairman Payne
tomorrow.
Propositions That Were Made.
At the conference the first definite
proposition came from Pcarre of Mary
land, who suggested a compromise fix
ing two years as the limit for the op
eration of the proposed tariff. Gros-
venor said that the proposition limit
ing the operation of the bill to two
years was as far as the measure should
be changed. Laeey brought forward
a compromise giving to the president
full authority to act. Llttlefield felt
disposed to turn the subject over to the
president, as had been proposed. lie
also suggested that free trade be given
to Puerto Rico, with a distinct declara
tion that this should not operate as a
precedent applicable to other insular
possessions. This was met with a
counter-proposition from Throop of
Pennsylvania, that the 2o per cent
rate as provided by the original bill
be retained, with a declaration that
this should not operate as a precedent
MORGAN NON l'El'.SOXA C.P.ATA.
Outside the Tale of Tillman's Courtesy
Negro Vote In South Carolina.
T ashington. Feb. 20. Last week
Morgan refused to yield to let Tillman
reply to statements by Wolcott con
cerning the "suppressed vote of South
Carolina." Saturday Tillman had the
' floor and in the course of his speech
said: "I have felt indignant at the
treatment I received from the senator
I Morgan. Never in my experience in
the senate have I been treated so dis
courteously by any member of the sen
ate." Morgan endeavored to interrupt
Tillman, but the latter waved him
j aside, saying: "I decline to yield to the
; senator. He has put himself outside
the pale of courtesy and consideration
1 so far as I am concerned."
Tilman then explained that under
the present constitution of South Caro
lina there were alout 114,000 regis
tered voters, 14,000 of whom were col-
ore"
Ninety-nine per cent, of the
white vote In the state, he said, was
jemocratic. ine elections in Novem
ber are simply ratifications of the pri
maries. Naturally the result being a
foregone conclusion only 4,000 or 5,000
voters turn out in each district to
j vote."
I After expressing some sympathy
with the argument of Tillman Clark of
Wyoming said: "Wheu the senator
from South Carolina charges senators
, on the Republican side of the cham
j ber with hypocrisy it conies in very
poor grace from him to declare by Al
mighty God that the negroes of the
south should not vote. '
Tillman Such a construction cannot
in fairness be put uon my remarks.
Clark Will you say to this senate
that you are not trying in the south to
suppress the negro vote?
Tillman with great vehemence
No. I will say that in South Carolina
we have done our level best to keep
the "nigger" from voting.
FICIKNDS OF DALY TESTIFY.
Toole Says Ialy Did Not Interfere in Poll
tics in Any Way.
Washington. Feb. 20. Senator Clark
and Marcus Daly, the rival inilionaire
of Montana, faced each other during
the greater part of Saturday in the sen
ate committee
on elections in the In
vestigation of Clark's election to the
senate of the United States. Clark sat
ia the rear of his attorneys and Daly
on" the opposite of tne room. The day
was given up to J. R. Toole, an espe-
; dally close friend of Daly, and who
! said he considered himself in Daly's
political conUdenee. Toole said he
had, as a member of the legislature in
1S0S, voted for Clark for the senate.
Indeed, he had never known Daly to
seek office or try to influence the course
I nf hta friend. '
Last winter when he had told Daly
that some members wanted to casr
their votes for him for the United
States senate Daly had replied: "I au
thorize you to say that I do not want
my name presented to the legislature
for a vote, either complimentary or
otherwise." Nor had he ever known
Daly attempting to influence or control
unmvo
CONFER
I kv primary or other election or state
I cotraty or city convention. '
i Toole's testimony covered tho cnn.
I torial contest from the Daly side of the
question, i- auikner asked: "Did you
not. say airer iir. eiarK s election that
If you had had $100,000 more you could
have defeated him, and that with $200.
000 you could have elected your man?"
"I did not We could have beaten him
with half the sum because I believe
that with that much money it would have
ueen possible to have the Republicans
who voted for Clark go on making pa
triotic speeches and voting for men in
their own party." He denied that anv
money was given by Daly to defeat!
Clark.
Hon. TV. G. Conrad, who was Clark's
principal rival for the senatorshlp
i?y. was the next witness.
"Did you spend any money in the
state campaign?" Campbell asked.
"I did- from $5nnn A unnnn i,i'
it to committees.'' etc. '
"Did you spend any in your effort to
secure your election to the senate?"
"I did not spend to exceed $200 In
Helena beyond the amount of my ho
tel bill."
SPANISH WAR RELIEF CLAIMS.
Aggregate in Michigan Twice the Amount
Appropriated for Them.
Lansing. Mich.. Feb. 2tl. Auditor
General Dix has an irksome task to
Perform looking over and sorting out
the claims of soldiers of the Spanish
war for relief provided for bv an not
passed at the last session of the legis-
lature, making an appropriation of
50,000 ror tills purpose. As nearly as
it has been determined the claims filed
aggregate nearly twice the amount of
appropriation.
It is necessary for the auditor gen
eral to pass upon all claims presented,
rejecting those which are found to be
unworthy and cutting down others in
which the charges are too heavy. The
claims are now being gone over a sec
ond time for the purpose of harmon
iznig them and fixing uniform rates of
charges. At present it is the opinion
of the auditor general that 75 ner cent
oi me iace ot me claims can be Da
O ... e
of the claims can be paid
from the -appropriation, but payment
cannot be made much before March 10.
P0WDERMLLLS ANNIHILATED.
Three Men Killed and One Other Badly
Injured Narrow Escape.
Milwaukee. Feb. 20. A special from
riatteville. Wis., says: The Platte
ville Powder mills were wrecked by
an explosion Saturday afternoon, kill
ing three men and badly injuring an
other. The dead are: Thomas Bass.
William Rottiger and Fred Genthe. II.
S. Beck, machinist, of Bethlehem, who
was in one of the presses, was
thrown against the machinery and
badly hurt, but he will recover.
The cylinder mill exploded first and
this was followed by the -two presses,
the shock being heard for miles
around. The mixing mill took fire and
was hurtled to tho f rAnnt Kmrnrol it
the other buildings were badlv S"",u S,ut in "nU Two offlrara
wrecked. E. F. Newton, the superin- , Kiiied-Situation with Buiier.
tendeut, had just arrived on theground hterkstrom, Feb. 20. General Gat
from Pleasant Prairie, and narrowly , a('re na issued a divisional order an-
eseaped being struck by flying tim-
bers. There is no probability that the
mill will be rebuilt
Competition In the Tug Business.
Cleveland. Feb. 20. The Indenen
dent Tug company was incorporated
Saturday under the laws of Ohio with
a capital stock of $100,000 to compete
with the tug combination known as
the Great Lakes Towing company
The organizer of the new company is
captain .1. A. Sweeney, of this city
who has three independent tugs. He
expects to 1k joined by Captain Dun
ham. of Chicago, and the owners of
the independent tugs at Toledo, Mil
waukee, Escanaba and Buffalo.
Mils Plea Is Self-Defense.
Princeton. Ind., Feb. 20. Joseph
Schmidt. the lS-year-old boy who killed
Ms employer, E. S. Cothern, with
hatchet in a drunken brawl at Cen-
tralia. Ills., Monday night, was ar
rrsted litre Saturday. The boy car
ried a revolver and claims that he had
it for the puritose of killing himself
if in danger of arrest He says that
Cothern started to attack him and he
picked up the hatchet and used it In
self-defense. He will be taken to Cen-
fralia for trial.
Issue Is Municipal Ownership.
Des Moines. Ia.. Feb. 20. The Re
publican city convention Saturday was
one of the most bitterly contested ever
held here. Mayor John McVicar was
nominated for a third term, receiving
70 votes to 57 for J. I. Myerlv. The
McVicar forces dictated the platform
which declares for lower car fares
night and morning for the benefit of
workingmen:also, forprosccution of the
contest lor the municipal ownership of
public utilities.
Mrs. Henrietta Snell Dead.
Chicago. Feb. 20. Mrs. Henrietta
Snell died Saturday moruiug at her
home. Washington boulevard and Ada
streets, after an illness of three days
with heart disease. She was nearly 70
years old. Mrs. Snell was the widow
of Amos J. Snell. the millionaire.
whose murder has remained a mystery
for twelve years. Mr. Snell was shot
in the parlor of his home on the night
of Feb. 8. IRKS. Suspicion turned to
ward "Y line ' Tascott. a wayward
nephew, who. it was thought, commit
ted the crime from motives of rob
bery, but he was never found.
Half a Company Deserts.
New York. Feb. 20. More than half
a company of the l.ooo recruits at Fort
Slocum deserted on Thursday night
and escaped to New Rochelle, N. Y.,
with the connivance of sentries who
had been posted to prevent Just such
an occurrence. Ten of the men have re
turned, but two of the sentries who
desert ed with the others and forty-two
of the privates have not yet been heard
from, ine men wno came back are
now in solitary confinement
Hostilities Over a Steamboat Race.
Marietta, O., Feb. 20. A race oc
curred between the steamboats Valley
Belle and Duffy Saturday, and for fif
teen minutes they kept so close to
gether that their guards touched. The
excitement culminated in hostilities be
tween the boats' crews. A man on the
Valley Belle shot at the fireman on the
Duffy, but the bullet missed its mark.
The conflict was terminated only by
the Duffy pulling away from her rival.
President Adams Much Better.
Madison. Wis.. Feb. 27. President
Adams was yesterday afternoon re
ported to be resting easy and consider
ably better than Sunday. He has suf
fered no further setback since Satur
day morning, and, while he is still
dangerously ill, those in attendance up
on him are growing much more hope
ful, and if no change for the worse
takes place it is believed he has a good
chance for recovery. 1
CLOSING INf CKONJE
British Forces Tighten Their
irlp on the Uoer Leader.
'
'
Offer of Medical Aid lterused liurgher
Also Refuses to Part with Women and
Children He Has with Him Many Pris
oners Being Taken by the Ilrltish Oat
are Keports Another Case of Being
Trapped Two Officers Killed, and Many
Missing lighting in Buller's Front.
r .1
laarueoerg, orange Free State.
in. h- 24. The British took eight v pris
oners as the result of yesterday's en-
s-agemeut A balloon ascended and
discovered several nw t . ,
" . eeial new m orks, which
" i Ine " ff"us she,1,,1 tKv.
Koberts Defeats the Burirliers.
London, Feb. 20. The war office
publishes the following dispatch from
Lord Roberts, dated Faardeberg. Feb.
2L 12:20 p. ni.: "Parties of Boers
recently arrived from Natal attacked
our outposts in force again yesterday.
They lost a good many killed ami
wounded and nearly Km) prisoners, in
cluding a commandant and three field
cornets. Our casualties were four
officers wounded, nine men killed,
twenty-three men wounded, two men
missing. On the 21st and 22nd one
i ,r, aml ,1"r,, ' '"nwere wounded.
oers t sing Ifum-Uum Bullets.
"Six men were wounded yesterday
by hollow-nosed .Mauser bullets. The
nickel case is slit with four slits, mak
ing the projectile of the most expan
sive nature possible. A wounded Itr
-brought to our hospital yesterday had
sixty of these bullets in his pockets.
During the advance to and at Kiniber
ley the casualties were: Officers, two
killed: thirteen wounded: men, four
killed, seventy-eight wounded."
Cronje Position More Hopeless.
I aardeborg.
Feb. 20. Gen. Cronie's
' poslt,on ls more hopeless than ever.
1 V"1' K"u om"t" '
he sloping ascents
from I he river on all sides, and bv the
rush of the Shropshire on Wednesday
night up the river bed the Boers lost
2oi yards space iu their cover. De
serters say the British fire has been
very deadly and aitinn that General
Cronje himself is willing to surrender,
but is overborne by the young Boers
from the Transvaal. There are wom
en and children with the Boer force.
General Roberts proposed to let them
pass out of danger, but this suggestion,
as well as the proffer of medical aid,
has been rejected. The kopje cap
tured by the British last Wednesday,
when fifty prisoners were taken. Is a
most important strategical position. Its
possession should enable us to repulse
any Boer reinforcements from theeast
ward. r.ATACKE MEETS A I ISA STICK.
' nouncing the killiug
farm yesterday of
at Schoemen's
Captain Mont
morency, commanding Montmoren
cy's scouts, and Lieutenant Colonel F.
II. Hoskier, of the Third Middlesex
volunteer artillery. A reconnaissance
in force with eight guns found the
Boer.4 occupying a ridge three miles
beyond Molteno, in the Stormberg di
rection. Montmorenej-'s scouts charged
the Boers, who crept round the scouts
flank, pouring iu a deadly fire. The
scouts were finally compelled to retire.
The reconnaissance was Valuable, and
would have been most satisfactory had
it not been for the unfortunate dis
aster to the scouts, with whom Lieu
tenant Hoskier happened to be. Their
loss was four killed and many wound
ed and missing.
Colenso, Feb. 20. The Boers, who
had been reinforced, made a stand on
Thursday at Grobler's kloof and on a
range of hills running east They had
been forced from all their positions on
the right General Lyttleton's di
vision on Thursday advanced under
cover of the kopjes. The Boers fired
a Cruesot and a "long torn." The Brit
ish artillery was well sheltered and
the British infantry advanced a mile
and a half, and a continuous tire was
kept up until after dark. The Boers
stuck to their positions. General
Wynne was slightly wounded. i
The Boer positions are not consid
ered strong, with the exception of
Grobler's kloof. The hills eastward
are not ao high and cannot be en
trenched so well as the mountains
which the British have taken. Early
on I-rlday a severe rifle fire was re
sumed on the right and front from the
positions held over night, by both sides.
The British naval guns, howitzers.
mountain and field batteries shelled
the Boer trenches incessautiy. The
Boers replied with two heavy guns.
During the afternoon the Fifth bri
gade, the Inniskillings and Dublin
leading, began to advance up the hills.
In spite of the constant shelling the
Boers stood up in their trenches, aim
ing deliberately down the hills. The
Infantry advance was further covered
by parties on the' right and left firing
volleys. It was slow, the British taking
advantage of every bit of natural cov
er. The Boers on the crests of the hills
as well as from the trenches part of
the way down poured lead along the
advancing line. At dark the British in
fantry had reached within a few hun
dred yards of the first line of Boer
trenches.
Who Family Nearly Annihilated.
Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 20. A special
to The Courier from Geneva says: The
midnight express on the Lehigh Val
ley railroad struck a carriage contain
ing seven persons at Tut tie's crossing.
about twenty-five " miles east from
Rochester, Instantly killing five of the
occupants, fatally injuring another,
and badly bruising the other. All wero
members of one family. The dead are:
Mrs. Amy Smith. Bert Smith. Miss
Miranda Smith. Glee Smith and Cath
erine Smith the two last children.
The injured are: Peter Smith, husband
of Mrs. Smith and father of the other
victims; Gardner Smith, 21 years olL
General Attack on John BulL
Milwaukee. Feb. 24. Sergeant A.
Belln. of Paris, who served in the army
with Captain Dreyfus, was in Milwau
kee yesterday. In an Interview he said
he believed that within a short time
Russia. France, and even Germany,
would be In a conflict with England.
nieil of Too Much Morphine. -Madison,
Wis., Feb. 24. Dr. Ray E.
Sharp, son of Dr. Mila B. Sharp, of
this city, died suddenly In his office at
Elgerton Thursday from the effects
of an overdose of morphine. Whether
or not the drug was taken by mistake
la not known.
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